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Diessenhofen is a village and a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The village is situated on the south shore of the High Rhine just opposite the German town of Gailingen am Hochrhein.
History
Diessenhofen is first mentioned in 757 as Deozincova. In 2000, the village of Willisdorf was incorporated into the municipality. The earliest traces of a settlement are Stone and Bronze Age scattered objects found in the shallow valleys of the district and on the banks of the Rhine. A hoard of coins from the Roman era (251-270), and the remains of three towers of the Danube-Iller-Rhein limes (4th century) show Roman settlements in the area. The reference in a deed of the Abbey of St. Gall from 757 mention an Alamanni village, which was probably on the plateau south of the church. In 1178 Count Hartmann III of Kyburg, raised the village to town and probably appointed a Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) family as the Stewards of Diessenhofen. By 1245, at the latest, it was the center of a bailiwick and a castle was built in town. Compared to Schaffhausen and Stein am Rhein, Diessenhofen was a modest market town. Hartmann granted the town a measure of freedom and self-government. He used the castle and bridge over the Rhine to secure and defend his possessions on both sides of the Rhine. After the extinction of the Kyburgs and the transition of sovereignty to the Habsburgs in 1264, the city developed as one of the cornerstones of the region. The Stewards, who sat at Unterhof Castle, temporarily united both the Vogt and Schultheiss offices into a single person. By 1320 the citizens chose a Town Council of 8-12 members, and during the 15th Century this evolved into a 24-28 member Grand Town Council. In 1349, the Duke of Austria wrestled the Vogt office away from the Stewards and granted it to another Ministerialis. These two developments made citizenship rights in Diessenhofen increasingly important.
The loss of Habsburg influence and the decline of the Habsburg supported Stewards gradually transformed the city between 1415 and 1442. Diessenhofen was captured in 1460 during the conquest of Thurgau by the Swiss Confederation. The town was besieged for ten days before it was captured, but, much like Frauenfeld, it retained certain privileges in the new Thurgau. These included both the high and low courts and the recently acquired customs, tax and Vogt rights, as well as the castle. After 1574 they also acquired the rights over the left bank of the Rhine and the possessions of Paradise Monastery. During the 16th Century, the town gained the low court rights over most of the modern Diessenhofen District. Diessenhofen's court decisions did not have to be approved by the Governor in Frauenfeld, but went directly to the Confederation Council, in contrast to the rest of Thurgau. The city only had to pay homage to the Governor every two years.
The patronage of the church of St. Dionysius is mentioned in 1468. The advowson right in the 12th Century was included in the possession of the Count of Thurgau. By 1230 it was held by the Kyburgs. In 1264, the city government through the Habsburgs had the right. Practically, the citizens exercised the right after 1383 and it was legally confirmed in 1415. When the Protestant Reformation entered the town in 1524, many citizens converted to the new religion. The Mass was abolished in 1529 by the Protestant pastor, who also ordered the confiscation of Catholic Church property. Diessenhofen supported the city of Zurich in the Second war of Kappel in 1531, which ended in a Protestant defeat. After the defeat, the Catholic cantons reintroduced the Mass in 1532. The church remained a shared church until the construction of the Catholic Church in 1966–67. In 1349 the Jewish community of Diessenhofen was driven out of town. In 1401 a Jewish man was successfully prosecuted for ritual murder, which led to further persecution in Winterthur and Schaffhausen. During the 13th Century, two Nunneries were built between Diessenhofen and Schaffhausen, St. Katharinental and Paradise, which remained in operation until their dissolution in the 19th Century.
Since the Early Middle Ages the district has been known as the granary of the Thurgau due to its extensive and productive grain fields. Additionally, already in the 9th Century widespread viticulture is mentioned in the Upper Rhine region. Until the 19th Century, the city was largely self-supplied for food and served as a collection point for food heading from the farms to the surrounding cities (especially Schaffhausen and Zurich). In the 12th Century are a weekly markets in town. Starting in 1387 two yearly markets opened and by the 19th Century that it had increased to eight yearly markets. The local industry covered only the simplest needs of the city and its limited market area. The limited industry and area provided too little money to support the formation of trade-oriented guilds. Diessenhofen was never dominated by a single industry or a special craft. It never was involved in the international Lake Constance trade industry. The town's location on the Rhine favored the development of fisheries, and it benefited from the salt trade. Bridge and transit tariffs provided the majority of the town's income until the abolition of internal tariffs in 1848.
Geography
Diessenhofen has an area, as of 2009, of 10.12 square kilometers (3.91 sq mi). Of this area, 4.24 km2 (1.64 sq mi) or 41.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.67 km2 (1.42 sq mi) or 36.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.62 km2 (0.63 sq mi) or 16.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi) or 5.0% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.8%. Out of the forested land, 33.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 40.9% is used for growing crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality borders on north with Germany and the canton of Schaffhausen. On the east is the district of Steckborn, on the west the municipality of Schlatt, and on the south the municipality of Basadingen-Schlattingen.
Heritage sites of national significance
Unterhof Castle, City Archives in the Rathaus (Town council house), Former Dominican Monastery of St. Katharinental with its granary, the zum Goldenen Löwen House and the Goldener Leuen Collection, the Rheinbrücke (Rhine Bridge), and the city walls with Siegelturm are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. Both the town of Diessenhofen and St Katharinental Monastery are part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Architecture
The Altstadt of Diessenhofen centers on the Siegelturm a tower in which seals and official documents are kept. The old covered bridge over the Rhine was rebuilt in 1814. It leads to Gailingen am Hochrhein in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Transport
Diessenhofen sits on the Lake Line between Schaffhausen and Rorschach and has two railway stations: Diessenhofen, at the southern edge of the city center, and St. Katharinental, near the former Dominican monastery, west of the city center.
(Wikipedia)
Diessenhofen ist eine Kleinstadt und eine Gemeinde im Bezirk Frauenfeld des Kantons Thurgau in der Schweiz. Die seit 2000 bestehende politische Gemeinde umfasst die ehemalige Munizipalgemeinde Diessenhofen mit deren Ortsgemeinden Diessenhofen und Willisdorf. Von 1798 bis 2010 war Diessenhofen Hauptort des damaligen gleichnamigen Bezirks.
Geographie
Das Städtchen Diessenhofen liegt am Südufer des Hochrheins an der Strasse Schaffhausen–Stein am Rhein und zeigt sich in seiner ursprünglichen, mittelalterlichen Struktur, die bis heute erhalten ist. Bei der Schifflände mündet der Geisslibach in den Rhein. Das Gemeindegebiet mit dem Brücken- und Grenzstädtchen Diessenhofen erstreckt sich über rund 5 km am südlichen Ufer des Rheins zwischen Schaffhausen und Stein am Rhein. Der Hochrhein bildet die Grenze zwischen Deutschland und der Schweiz.
Diessenhofen hat einen Bahnhof an der Bahnlinie Schaffhausen–Kreuzlingen.
Geschichte
Die Ursprünge der Ansiedlung reichen bis in die Stein- und Bronzezeit wie Einzelfunde in den flachen Senken des Bezirks und an den Rheinufern belegen. Ein Münzschatz aus römischer Zeit wird auf die Zeit von 251 nach 270 datiert. Aus dem 4. Jahrhundert stammen Überreste dreier Wachttürme des Donau-Iller-Rhein-Limes.
Weltliche Herrschaft
Die älteste erhaltene urkundliche Erwähnung als alemannische Siedlung Deozincova stammt aus dem Jahr 757. Priester Lazarus schenkte damals dem Kloster St. Gallen seinen Weiler Deozincova. 839 hiess es Theozinhovun, was mit «bei den Höfen des Die(o)zzo» übersetzen werden kann.
Diessenhofen wurde durch Graf Hartmann III. von Kyburg 1178 mit 60 Hofstätten zur Stadt erhoben. Die Stadtrechte wurden in der 1260 verliehenen Handfeste bestätigt und erweitert. Im 13. Jahrhundert erschien dann erstmals der Name Diessinhovin und in dieser Zeit haben die Kyburger in Diessenhofen auch Münzen geprägt: einen rechteckigen Kyburger Pfennig mit Kopf und Umschrift «DIONI-SIVS» (Stadtheiliger der Stadtkirche St. Dionys).
Im Vergleich zu Schaffhausen und Stein am Rhein blieb Diessenhofen ein bescheidener Marktort. Nach dem Übergang der Herrschaft an die Habsburger 1264 entwickelte sich die Stadt zu einem ihrer Eckpfeiler in den Vorlanden, wobei die Truchsessen von Diessenhofen, die auf der Burg Unterhof sassen, zeitweilig Vogtei und Schultheissenamt in einer Hand vereinigten. Ab 1320 wählte die Bürgerschaft einen Kleinen Rat von 8 bis 12 Mitgliedern, im Verlauf des 15. Jahrhunderts dann einen 24- bis 28-köpfigen Grossen Rat. Nachdem der Herzöge von Österreich 1349 die Vogtei aus der Pfandschaft der Truchsessen gelöst und an andere Ministerialengeschlechter vergabt hatten, gewann die Bürgerschaft zunehmend an Bedeutung. Der Einflussverlust der Habsburger und der Niedergang der Truchsessen liessen die Stadt 1415 bis 1442 reichsfrei werden.
1460 wurde Diessenhofen im Zuge der Eroberung des Thurgaus von den Eidgenossen nach zehntägiger Belagerung eingenommen; es behielt jedoch wie Frauenfeld gewisse Privilegien in der gemeinen Herrschaft Thurgau. Diese umfassten die Hoch- und Niedergerichtsbarkeit und die kurz zuvor erworbenen Zoll-, Steuer- und Vogteirechte mit dem Schloss, ab 1574 zudem die Herrschaft über die linksrheinischen Besitzungen des Klosters Paradies sowie vom 16. Jahrhundert an die meisten Niedergerichte im Gebiet des späteren Bezirks Diessenhofen. Gerichtsurteile wurden nicht an den Landvogt in Frauenfeld, sondern direkt an die eidgenössischen Instanzen der neun Orte weitergezogen; die Stadt hatte lediglich alle zwei Jahre dem thurgauischen Landvogt zu huldigen, wenn dieser bei Amtsantritt die Lehen feierlich erneuerte. Im Jahre 1512 erhielt die Stadt von Papst Julius II. eigens einen wertvollen «Juliusbanner» für die 1508–1510 im «Grossen Pavier Feldzug» geleisteten Dienste zur Vertreibung der Franzosen.
In der Zeit der Helvetischen Republik wurde der Bezirk Diessenhofen 1798 dem Kanton Schaffhausen angegliedert. Bereits 1800 kam der Bezirk definitiv zum Kanton Thurgau.
Als Grenzort war das Städtchen Diessenhofen wiederholt von Kampfhandlungen betroffen, insbesondere während des Zweiten Koalitionskriegs (1799–1801) und des Zweiten Weltkriegs, als jeweils die 1292 erstmals erwähnte Holzbrücke über den Rhein schwer beschädigt wurde. Nach 1900 entwickelte sich die kleinstädtische Siedlung unter Wahrung der mittelalterlichen Bausubstanz entlang neuer Strassenachsen weiter, vor allem gegen Süden zum 1894 eröffneten Bahnhof. Diessenhofen bildet heute als grösster Ort des früheren Bezirks als Sitz von Oberstufenschule und als Zentrum der regionalen Konsumgüterversorgung dessen Schwerpunkt und ist seinerseits verkehrsgeografisch und wirtschaftlich auf das nahe gelegene Schaffhausen ausgerichtet.
Im Jahr 2000 fusionierte im Zuge der Thurgauer Gemeindereorganisation die Ortsgemeinde Willisdorf mit der Orts- und Munizipalgemeinde Diessenhofen.
Religion
Das Patrozinium der Kirche St. Dionysius ist 1468 erwähnt; das Patronatsrecht war im 12. Jahrhundert samt Hof im Besitz des Thurgaugrafen, kam spätestens 1230 an die Kyburger, 1264 mit der Stadtherrschaft an die Habsburger und wurde ab 1383 faktisch von der Bürgerschaft ausgeübt, was 1415 bestätigt wurde.
1524 traten zahlreiche Bürger zur Reformation über. 1529 wurde die Messe abgeschafft, ein reformierter Pfarrer bestellt und die Kirchengüter eingezogen. Die Stadt Diessenhofen unterstützte Zürich im Zweiten Kappelerkrieg 1531. Nach der Niederlage der Reformierten stellten die katholischen regierenden Orte 1532 die Messe wieder her. Das seither bestehende Simultanverhältnis endete erst mit dem Bau der katholischen Kirche 1966/67. Zwischen Diessenhofen und Schaffhausen liegen die im 13. Jahrhundert gegründeten Klosteranlagen St. Katharinental und Paradies, die bis zu ihrer Aufhebung im 19. Jahrhundert von Frauenkonventen besetzt waren.
1349 wurde die jüdische Gemeinde von Diessenhofen ausgelöscht. Der 1401 gegen einen Juden durchgeführte Ritualmord-prozess zog weitere Verfolgungen in Winterthur und Schaffhausen nach sich.
Wirtschaft
Seit dem Frühmittelalter prägte der Ackerbau die Landwirtschaft des früheren Bezirks, der als Kornkammer des Thurgaus bezeichnet. Bereits im 9. Jahrhundert wird der im Hochrheingebiet weit verbreitete Weinbau erwähnt. Bis ins 19. Jahrhundert war die Stadt vor allem von Ackerbürgern bewohnt, versorgte sich weitgehend selbst und fungierte als Ort des Austauschs zwischen der Landschaft und den umliegenden Städten, vor allem Schaffhausen und dem Zürcher Gebiet. Im 12. Jahrhundert sind ein Wochenmarkt, ab 1387 deren zwei und bis ins 19. Jahrhundert acht Jahrmärkte belegt
Das Gewerbe deckte die einfachsten Bedürfnisse der Stadt und ihres beschränkten Marktgebiets und war zur Bildung von gewerblich orientierten Zünften zu schwach. In Diessenhofen dominierte nie ein einzelner Wirtschaftszweig oder ein Spezialhandwerk. Auch hatte der Ort am Leinenhandel, der im ganzen Bodenseegebiet zur internationalen Exportindustrie emporgewachsen war, keinen merklichen Anteil genommen. Die Lage am Rhein begünstigte die Fischerei. Ausserdem profitierte Diessenhofen vom Salzhandel; Brücken- und Durchgangszölle stellten bis zur Abschaffung der Binnenzölle 1848 die wichtigste Einnahmequelle der Stadt dar.
Um 1830 setzte die Industrialisierung mit den ersten Stofffärbereien und -druckereien ein, die ihren Höhepunkt nach 1900 in der Ansiedlung zahlreicher Textilbetriebe erreichte. Ab dem 17. Jahrhundert existierten Gerbereien und Bleichereien. Seit dem frühen 19. Jahrhundert sind Mühlen und Sägereien bezeugt. Das Holzgewerbe (Zimmerei, Schreinerei und Möbelbau) spielt noch heute eine wichtige Rolle in Diessenhofen. Die Ziegeleien bei Schupfen und Paradies, die seit dem Spätmittelalter die reichen Tonerde-Vorkommen ausbeuteten, entwickelten sich um die Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert zu grösseren Industrieunternehmen. Diejenige in Paradies war noch im Jahr 2000 in Betrieb. Daneben existieren zwei industrielle Grossbetriebe (Werkzeug- und Formenbau, Kerzenfabrikation), mehrheitlich jedoch mittlere und kleinere Werkstätten.
Den grössten Beschäftigungsanteil nahm 2000 der dritte Wirtschaftssektor mit etwa der Hälfte der Beschäftigen ein. 50 % der Erwerbstätigen waren Wegpendler, vor allem nach Schaffhausen.
Verkehr
Die 1894 eröffnete Eisenbahnlinie Etzwilen–Schaffhausen und der Aufbau eines kantonalen Strassennetzes im ersten Drittel des 19. Jahrhunderts verdrängten zunehmend die – seit 1825 mit Dampf betriebenen – Transportschiffe, so dass die Rheinschifffahrt heute fast ausschliesslich dem Tourismus dient. Seit 1983 wird Diessenhofen durch eine Umfahrungsstrasse längs des Rheins vom Durchgangsverkehr entlastet.
Kultur und Sehenswürdigkeiten
Das Wahrzeichen Diessenhofens im Zentrum ist der Siegelturm, in welchem Siegel und Urkunden seit dem Mittelalter aufbewahrt wurden. Bemerkenswert ist die Monduhr und das Zifferblatt mit den astronomischen Symbolen für die zwölf Tierkreiszeichen. Die Hauptstraße des Orts führt unter dem Torbogen des Siegelturms hindurch.
Die gedeckte Holzbrücke über den Rhein wurde 1816 eröffnet und ist Lebensader zwischen den Ortschaften Gailingen am Hochrhein und Diessenhofen. Der Oberbau der Brücke wurde in den Jahren 1996 und 1997 renoviert, die Sanierung der Jochpfähle im Jahre 2002 abgeschlossen.
Das Städtchen Diessenhofen und das Kloster St. Katharinental sind im Inventar der schützenswerten Ortsbilder der Schweiz aufgeführt.
(Wikipedia)
100,000 highly trained gymnastics in brightly coloured costumes perform in perfect unison at the May Day Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea with a backdrop created by 25,000 children holding up picture boards. This has to be the greatest show on earth!
sometimes in the oddest places i see light that needs to be photographed... btw for the past year or so, v goes to a class that uses the exercise ball...
Remember your social distancing. Ruby-throated Hummingbird meets a Honey Bee in flight. Now if I could just get them to wear face masks.
Looking across the Hertfordshire countryside from a bridleway just outside Royston.
Taken whilst out on daily exercise bike ride yesterday evening.
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While out for a jog, I came across these two sportspeople doing their thing in the early mourning sun. One was running into the sun while the other was cycling away from it.
With a jubilant 'GIB', Royal Saudi Air Force Boeing F-15SA Eagle 633/12-1073 from No.6 Squadron returns to Waddington as 'Hero 33' during Day 1 of Exercise Cobra Warrior 25-1
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It is most important now to stay healthy in the time of pandemic. The best thing to protect yourself from virus is to have a healthy body and therefore you need excercises. Do not stay home and let your limbs be idle,
Many people now come out for jogging or walk. I had a walk in False Creek area too.
I was doing long distance candid shots.
Wish you a good day!
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Vyayaam Shaala is an exercise hub where traditional equipment of exercise is used.Here one of personnels performing daily exercises during early morning hours in one of the vyayaam shaala in Varanasi.
Varanasi | Uttarpradesh | Feb '17
This scene requires no explanation ... the only thing I'll say is that it was a good example of a pattern that I did see repeated, over and over again.
Note: I chose this as my "photo of the day" for Oct 27, 2015.
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As I’ve mentioned in a couple of recent Tumblr blog postings, I’m working on an exercise for a new class that I’ve started taking at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in the fall of 2015.( You can see the earlier Tumblr postings here and here.)
In addition to taking a bunch of photos (see the other Tumblr postings for details and descriptions of what the photos are supposed to illustrate), we also have the task of editing our images down to a maximum of 10 “presentation images” that we will share with the ICP class next week. When our instructor, Joanne Dugan, asked me last week if I anticipated having any problems with this aspect of the assignment, I shrugged and said, “No, I do this all the time …”
Well, yes and no: I do do a lot of editing/winnowing of my photos before deciding which ones should be shared with anyone else. But I had forgotten that I also do a lot of cropping, color-adjustment, tweaking, and general post-processing before I upload my photos to Flickr, Facebook, or even Instagram. For this particular ICP exercise, we were also told not to crop the photos, and not to do any post-processing. That makes things a lot more difficult …
On the other hand, part of the exercise is to assemble and share a maximum of ten photos that collectively tell a “story” of some kind – and to “tell” that story with anywhere from a word, to a sentence, to a paragraph for each of the photos. That makes things a lot easier … after all, if a photo has to be presented in isolation, then it truly stands alone. And it is intended to be viewed without any accompanying text, then it really stands alone. There’s nothing wrong with that; indeed, one might argue that that’s the whole point of photography: a picture should “tell” a story all by itself, without any extraneous verbiage to “explain” what might not be obvious to the viewer.
But not very many things exist in complete isolation of the rest of the universe, especially in today’s interconnected world. I suppose some people would debate that point quite vigorously; and some people might argue that a photograph of a person, place, or thing should be able to “stand alone” without anything else. I certainly have seen photos that fall into this category, and I suppose I’ve taken a few like that, too. Or, maybe if I never intended my photos to be considered in complete isolation from one another, perhaps that’s how some people prefer to look at them …
But for me, that’s a pretty rare phenomenon. Almost always, I find myself telling a story. The photographs obviously present one “dimension” of the story, in a visual form; and I’ve been trying to remind myself lately that videos can present can present one, and sometimes two, additional dimensions (motion and sound) that can add enormously to the viewer’s understanding and appreciation of the underlying story.
But even if one uses only traditional photos, I find that it’s almost impossible for me to crate (or make, or take) one photo by itself; invariably, I take dozens, if not hundreds or even thousands, which collectively tell a story. It may be a story about someplace I’ve been, or some event in which I’ve participated, or some individual (or group of individuals) that I want the viewer to know and appreciate in more detail than would be possible to communicate in a single photo.
And then there are the words … maybe it’s because I spend part of my time as a writer and teacher that I find it almost impossible not to augment my photos with words. Lots of words. Indeed, sometimes far too many words; and sometimes clumsy words, or the wrong words. And I do realize that there are times when the situation would be improved if I would just shut up, and let the photograph do all of the communication. But for better or worse, I guess I’m a photojournalist.
With that in mind, I began the process of editing the photos for my recent ICP assignment. Here’s what I found:
1. It’s not as easy as one might think, when you start with a large number. I began winnowing the original images when I had 2,700 (after 9 days of shooting), and I still had 5 days of shooting left).
2. It’s much more difficult than I had imagined, given the constraints of my ICP class: no cropping, no post-processing, and a maximum of only 10 images. I’ve worked within those constraints for the final images that I’m submitting to the ICP class; but for these Flickr uploads, I’ve ended up with 40-45 images – and they have been heavily cropped, tilted, color-corrected, noise-dusted, and tweaked in various other ways. C’est la vie…
3. Using the collection of photos to “tell a story” is both easier and harder than I thought it would be. I’m including these background notes in all of the photos that get uploaded to Flickr … because I’ve learned (form past experience) that some visitor will zoom in on just one particular photo, without necessarily looking at all of them, and/or without seeing the overall notes for the entire album. And I don’t think I’ll find it difficult to write a few sentences to provide the background details for each photo … but whether they “flow” and create one overall, coherent “story” remains to be seen.
4. Aside from a narrative “story,” there are some “themes” that I noticed throughout this entire two-week exercise. The most significant one was exactly what I had anticipated: patterns. If you are lucky enough to sit in the same spot at the same time, day after day, you see the same rhythms, the same people, the same repetitions of life’s little actions and emotions. Many people have the opportunity to see these patterns, because they do follow the same schedule, day after day, on their way to their job or their school. But some of us have irregular routines, and any, most of us don’t pay any attention. If you slow down, and pay attention, you’ll see the patterns.
But sometimes the pattern involves uniqueness – i.e. strange and unusual people or events that seem to happen only once. But I have to keep reminding myself that my visits have lasted only two weeks; if I was here for a month, or a full season, or perhaps an entire year – then perhaps I would see these strange incidents repeating themselves
5. Another theme – which I did not anticipate, but was delighted to see – was the pervasive sense of affection and caring between and among everyone on the street. Mostly it was apparent in the interactions between parents and children; but sometimes it was between dog-owners and the dogs they were walking; sometimes it was between friends who happened to be walking along together; and sometimes it was between complete strangers and me, as the strangers would smile and nod and say “hello” if they noticed I was watching them. It was a great experience.
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I am very lucky to live in a remote location, up a single track road in the Peak District. The moor literally starts on the other side of the lane from our house. In these times of COVID lock-down, it gives a lot of options for taking local exercise...
This is on Whaley Moor, looking towards Windgather Rocks and Shining Tor, with Combs Moss in the background.
After catching a morning baseball game between the Trenton Thunder and the Reading Phillies, I stopped over to catch some Northeast Corridor action from the adjacent riverwalk. Here, an NJ Transit train heads for the Morrisville Maintenance Center as some employees from the nearby offices get some exercise in.
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The hardest, though perhaps the most rewarding, photography trip I have done so far was finding and photographing Mountain Gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Ugunda. I will never forget that, neither the gorillas nor the 2x3hr trek through dense forest. What an exercise that was. Well, that was 5yrs ago, so maybe it's age, though second in line was chasing these Mountain Hares (Lepus timidus) a few weeks ago. One meter of snow is heavy... proper exercise. Loved it!
J-5015 F/A-18C Fleigerstaffel 18 Swiss Air Force, on approach for runway 23 at RAF Lossiemouth 17/11/2017.
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A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber and a Qatari Mirage 2000 fly in formation, Feb. 19, 2019. The aircraft participated with regional partners to test objective-based command and control actions during Joint Air Defense Exercise 19-01. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Clayton Cupit)
Note: this photo was published in a Jun 26, 2009 blog titled "The Art of Unselfconscious Exercise." It was also published in a Jul 15, 2009 blog titled "Behavior Change and Brain Disease: Lessons from History." And it was published in an Aug 4, 2009 blog titled "Sencillos cambios para aplicar cuando corres." It was also published in an Aug 21, 2009 blog titled "Diferentes formas de comprobar los efectos del ejercicio." And it was published in Sep 1, 2009 blog titled " Take a Jog: The Best Kept Running Routes in San Diego." It was also published in a Sep 9, 2009 Spa Magazine blog titled "comotivate to reach personal goals." It was also published in an undated (Dec 2009) Jog4Life blog titled "Beginner Week One Marathon Training."
Moving into 2010, the photo was published in a Jan 7, 2010 blog titled "How to Lose Weight With Aerobic Exercises." And it was published in a Mar 22, 2010 Hurraki blog titled "Bild: jogging," as well as a Mar 22, 2010 blog titled "12 Tips for a Physically and Mentally Balanced Life." It was also published in a Mar 31, 2010 blog titled "EUROBAROMETRAS: SPORTAS PER TV VIS DAR LAIMI PRIEŠ MANKŠTĄ 1." And it was published in Jun 16, 2010 blog titled "La corsa “…for dummies” – 8 – Iniziamo a correre: il terzo mese! " It was also published in a Jul 7, 2010 blog titled " Sport hilft gegen schlechte Stimmung." And it was published in a Sep 13, 2010 blog titled "Krafttraining für Läufer nur zu empfehlen." It was also published in a Sep 23, 2010 blog titled "Are You Exercising At the Right Intensity? Do the Talk Test" And it was published in an Oct 8, 2010 Unpluggd blog titled "4 Wrap Around Headphones For Working Out."
Moving into 2011, the photo was published in an undated (late Jan 2011) blog titled "Ask The Trainer: Losing Weight." It was also published in an Feb 6, 2011 blog titled "An unexpected benefit of doing the Postaday2011 Challenge!" And it was published in a Feb 15, 2011 blog titled "Why Side Aches Are Such a Pain in the Abs." It was also published in an undated (late Feb 2011) "San Ramon Patch" blog titled "10 Questions." And it was published in a Mar 10, 2011 blog titled "Start running the right way," as well as a Mar 11, 2011 blog titled "Sport per bruciare calorie. Il quiz." It was also published in a Mar 30, 2011 blog titled "Report Highlights Georgia Health Divide." And it was published in a May 10, 2011 LifeHacker blog titled "Get Rid of That Stitch in Your Side with This Three Minute Fix." And it was published in a May 24, 2011 Finnish blog titled "Lenkille kirjaston kautta." It was also published in a Jun 23, 2011 blog titled Thousands RSVP for Global Group Run on Meetup," as well as a Jul 12, 2011 blog titled "４０歳目前にして初めて１０ｋｍ走れたメタボジョギングの話." And it was published in an Aug 15, 2011 blog titled "休日の過ごし方を提案してみました ." It was also published in an Aug 19, 2011 blog titled "How to Stop Working and Go Home At Night." And it was published in an Aug 20, 2011 Mashable blog titled "3 New Startup Tools For Shopping, Selling and Running," as well as an Aug 25, 2011 blog titled "Ejercicios para adelgazar | correr o bicicleta." It was also published in an undated (early Oct 2011) blog titled "5 questions to ask yourself before you get married." It was also published in an Oct 28, 2011 blog titled "25 Exceptional Photos of Runners, Races & Marathons." And it was published in an Oct 30, 2011 blog titled "iPhone4Sは3GSに比べてGPSの精度が高い ." It was also published in an undated (early Dec 2011) blog titled "Healthy and Fit in Bellingham."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Jan 3,2012 blog titled "More flexibility at work equals better health, new study confirms." It was also published in a Jan 9, 2012 blog titled "Adelgazar después de Navidades." And it was published in a Jan 12,2012 blog titled "Why Your Stress Problem is Everyone’s Problem." It was also published in a Mar 13, 2012 blog titled "Pierda peso y manténgase en forma con estas aplicaciones." and a cropped, horizontally reversed version of the photo was published in a Mar 26, 2012 blog titled "Migrän oct Nyheter." A cropped version of the photo was also published in a Mar 30, 2012 Toronto Life newspaper blog, titled "Dear Urban Diplomat: should I jog with my manager if it helps get me a promotion?" It was also published in an Apr 5, 2012 blog titled "Cómo cuidar la estética del corridor." And it was published in a May 24, 2012 blog titled "The 4 Pillars of Great Bootcamp Planning." It was also published in a Jul 4, 2012 blog titled "5 Ways to Save on a Fitness Trainer (in Singapore)," as well as a Jul 5, 2012 blog titled "Sport: evita i rischi durante l’estate." It was also published in a Jul 9, 2012 blog titled "Study: Gym-Goers and Organic Shoppers Give in to Fast Food Temptations." And it was published in a Jul 18, 2012 blog titled "What Can Ruin Your Health More Than Smoking?" It was also published in a Jul 25, 2012 blog titled "Corsa: allenamento e consigli per principianti," as well as an Aug 30, 2012 blog titled "Para adelgazar: mejor correr 30 minutos dos veces que una hora continua." It was also published in a Sep 3, 2012 blog titled "Ponte en forma después del Verano con estas aplicaciones para tu iPhone." And it was published in an undated (early Oct 2012) blog titled "Five Signs of a Healthy Heart." It was also published in an Oct 18, 2012 blog titled "The Right Type of Exercise Is Critical to get the Full Health Benefit." And it was published in a Nov 16, 2012 blog titled "How Much Exercise Do You Need in A Day?" and a Nov 16, 2012 blog titled "Pledge #10: Sharing Shelter," as well as an undated (mid-Nov 2012) blog titled "Consejos a la hora de empezar a correr."
An oddly-cropped version of the photo (showing just the joggers' legs, from the knees down) was published in a Nov 19, 2012 blog titled "RUNNERS COMPLETE GOSPORT HALF MARATHON 2012." It was also published in a Dec 2, 2012 blog titled "What Are You Waiting For? When Is Your Next Workout?" It was also published in a Dec 12, 2012 blog titled "Con la tabella del benessere scopri con quanti Km di corsa migliora la salute." And it was published in a Dec 21, 2012 blog titled "Mit weniger Gewicht auf den Hanteln mehr Pfunde abnehmen."
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in a Jan 7, 2013 blog titled "ランニングマシーンで下半身シェイプアップ！" And it was published in a Jan 31, 2013 blog titled "Our Pilgrimage is Not a Race." It was also published in a Feb 2, 2013 blog titled "Why Exercise is Good For Mental Health?" And it was published in a Mar 4, 2013 blog titled "IT Band and Patellofemoral Syndrome: how did your knee pain turn into a ‘syndrome’?" A cropped version of the photo, in which only the woman is visible, was also published in a Mar 25, 2013 blog titled "Why Music Helps You Work Out." It was also published in a Jun 28, 2013 blog titled "Sign Up for the Greater Downtown Council, YMCA Sidewalk Shuffle 5K; Today’s is the Last Day to Register at the Discounted Price."
Moving into 2015, the photo was published in a May 1, 2015 LifeHacker blog titled "lHow to Stop Working and Go Home At Night."
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I've strolled through Riverside Park on several previous occasions (click here to see a collection of approximately seven other Flickr albums of my Riverside Park photos) -- but even though the sign at the 96th Street entrance is always the same, and the pathway is always the same, the people and the individual vignettes are always different.
Sometimes it's simply a function of the weather: people dress differently, act differently, and are engaged in different activities in early spring than they do in summer or late fall. But much of it simply has to do with the incredible variety of people who take advantage of the opportunity to relax, read a book, jog, or picnic with their families.
So ... this just happens to be what it looked like in Riverside Park on the last day of May, in 2009.
This chap, a wharf worker, was actually doing push ups to pass the time, while waiting for the ship to depart, so they could let go of the bow ropes.
As someone mentioned, is the other man practicing yoga?
Captured from on board "Pacific Explorer" while it was berthed at Nuku'alofa, in the Kingdom of Tonga.
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Company Commander from A Coy, Victorian Fusileers Regiment addressing his soldiers at the end of the exercise. This is the last exercise before they go on their Christmas block leave in December.
A US Army (USA) 25th Infantry Division (Light) Soldier wears Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear and carries an 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during exercise rehearsals at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, Louisiana (LA). (US ARMY PHOTO BY RAYMOND A. BARNARD 011126-A-0051B-040)
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