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On the final night of Navaratri, we celebrate Goddess Siddhidatri. She is the ultimate form of all the devis so far, and the sashtras say She can only be worshiped after all of the other forms have been venerated.
She is the one who delivers ultimate success, and in fact, those who worship Her with full devotion are bestowed all eighteen forms of success. According to the Puranas, even Lord Shiva achieved salvation through Her grace. She grants perfection and the power to act with gratitude and humility, revealing the Love of God.
As we do every night of Navaratri, we performed a guru-puja, kalash-puja, yajna, abhishekam, and arati, as well as Divya Prabandham satsangs from different speakers. Tonight we also had a ceremony to venerate all nine devis.
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I was reorganizing photos stored on my computer and I came across this one taken right after the snow melted this early spring. It was taken in the wetlands portion of my backyard in Merrimack,NH. It shows decaying leaves on the forest floor under a thin film of water.
This abstract image is best viewed large.
Hershman, Lynn, Eleanor Coppola, Contemporary Art Council, Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art Re: Forming Familiar Environments. [Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art?], 1975.
See MCAD Library's catalog record for this book.
Some day soon, eggs will no longer be packaged in recycled paper containers, but will be housed in translucent futuristic delivery units. This we can look forward to...
Final inspection for concrete housing forms destine for the Bahammas. For more information on formwork visit Concrete Forms
Black Form - Dedicated to the missing Jews
(conception: Sol DeWitt). read more in the village VOICE
Dieser Block wurde im Rahmen der internationalen Skulpuren-Ausstellung Skulptur.Projekte 1987 von Sol LeWitt als Teil eines Projektes vor das Schloss Münster gestellt.
Jetzt steht die Black Form als Mahnmal für die zerstörte jüdische Gemeinde in einem Park gegenüber von dem Rathaus Altona.
Chronology
Period Description
1704-1712 overall planning and construction period
History
The Episcopal Church in Hessian Fulda looks to a history reaching back to Frankish time that is closely linked to the missionary work of the Empire territory.
The karolingical predecessor construction
On the site of a probably in the Saxon wars destroyed Frankish Herrenhof (manor farm) founded Sturm, a disciple of Saint Boniface, the monastery of Fulda. After the Anglo-Saxon missionary was killed by the Frisians 754 and was buried in the newly built church, developed this quickly to a popular pilgrimage site. Not least the growing number of monks and pilgrims made a comprehensive extension of the as hall church with a semicircular apse designed construction necessary. So the abbot Ratgar (791-819) first began with the establishment of a new Ostanlage (east layout) before to the then to a three-aisled basilica expanded building then a weitausladendes (elaborate) transept was added a second apse in the west. This Westanlage (west layout) refers clearly back to the Constantinian Church Old St. Peter in Rome and documents architecturally impressive the Rombezug (reference to Rome) of the directly to the Holy See subordinated monastery when it was founded.
Also the ring crypt under the western apse follows the example of the early Christian Roman Peter Church. There, Pope Gregory I about 600 had made the grave of the Prince of the Apostles by a similar facility for the pilgrims accessible.
The baroque new building
Not only the for its time of creation unique size and complexity of the Ratgarbasilika, but also its religious significance as burial place of Boniface allowed the Carolingian building to become a model for its Baroque successor. Thus Johann Dietzenhofer oriented himself with his in 1704-12 erected new building at the disposition of the previous building, those foundations were taken as far as possible. Also the baroque atypical system as three-aisled basilica seems explicable only from the reverent preservation of the original design. Only the west choir of the early medieval double chancel replaced the architect through a two-tower facade.
After air war damage during the Second World War, the restoration was completed in 1954.
Architecture
Following the example of the Carolingian episcopal church, Johann Dietzenhofer built the baroque cathedral as a three-aisled basilica with a transept and crossing tower. The above discussed Rombezüge (references to Rome) of the "Ratgarbasilika" he revived by a clear reference to Francesco Borromini's reconstruction of the Lateran Basilica once again. The Roman model paraphrasing, alternate in the nave large arched openings with smaller rectangular, above which figure niches are set into the high nave wall. In the aisles the individual yokes appear as independent, by horizontal oval domes centered spatial units.
Above the intersection arches a massive dome, whose drum is divided by double pilasters between which windows and figure niches alternate.
The as canopy formed high altar, where Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Marmorziborium in St. Peter's Church is evoked, gives a clear view of the elongated monk choir.
The exterior building is largely determined by the additive looking arrangement of towers, domes and chapels. The per se narrow twin-tower facade with its incorporated Ottonian towers is corrected in its Gesamtproportionierung (overall proportioning) by the two laterally attached chapels. The two flanking obelisks let the show side of the church gently fade away.
Decoration and equippment
The spatial effect is determined by the contrast between the white of the wall surfaces and the stucco on the one hand and the black and gold color chord of the architectural elements and the equipment to another.
The stucco with its many figurative representations was created by Giovanni Battista Artari.
Of the rest of its features, especially the numerous baroque tombs deserve special attention.
Markus Golser
Wikipedia article
Baroque Cathedral Church Basilica Two towers Crossing tower
icicles formed on branches over the Ottawa River melting in the afternoon sun (March 27, 2012). Some of the "baubles" look like they're defying gravity owing to the break in their anchor.
Yasir also took the same shot and his description about the place and situation says it all
:-)
"Las sociedades orfebres prehispánicas desarrollaron formas particulares de entender el mundo. Con ellas ordenaron su entorno y lo llenaron de contenidos simbólicos. Estas cosmologías dieron respuestas a los problemas centrales de la existencia, como la muerte, la enfermedad y el significado de la vida. Imbuidas de un profundo sentido religioso, convertían el universo, la sociedad y sus creaciones en realidades sagradas, mientras establecían entre los hombres y sus ancestros un vínculo esencial para la continuidad de las tradiciones. Los metales, y en especial el oro, simbolizaron las fuerzas fertilizadoras del sol y expresaron el origen divino del poder de los gobernantes."
143621 & 143618 approach Topsham forming 2E37 15.33 Exmouth to Exeter St Davids. Saturday 24th September 2016.
In 1494, the Jewish square unter the name of Schulhof (Schoolyard) formed the central center of the Jewish Town which was first mentioned in 1294 as the "schoolyard of the Jews". The Jewish city stretched to the north to the church of Saint Mary on the Strand, the western side was bounded by the Deep Ditch, the east side by the Tuchlauben. The south side was formed by the square Am Hof/At Court. The ghetto comprised 70 houses arranged in a way that their back walls formed a closed bounding wall. The ghetto could be entered through four gates; the two main entrances were on Wipplinger street (Wiltwercherstrass). The square was surrounded by fifteen houses and five streets led to it. Around 1400, 800 inhabitants lived here: traders, creditors, scholars in Kammerknechtschaft (Servi camerae regis (Latin: "servants of the royal chamber", German: "Kammerknechtschaft") was the status of the Jews in Christian Europe in the Middle Ages).
On the place itself was located the synagogue (mentioned for the first time in 1204), the only stone building among the private and communal houses, which occupied a third of the square in the west, the hospital (now Jewish square No. 10, House of the Cooperative of the Dressmakers), the house of the rabbi and the Jewish school on the grounds of the municipal garden (now the Collaltopalais), which was one of the most important in the German-speaking world. Here famous rabbis taught and worked and turned the city into a center of Jewish knowledge. After the school, the square then was named "Schoolyard". Later, this name was transferred to the smaller square of the Jewish Garden lain to the north behind the church At Court, which still today is listening to this name. The original school yard has been given the name "New Square" (on the Newn plac) since 1423, since 1437 it is called Jewish square.
For the construction of the memorial to the Austrian Jewish victims of the Shoa excavations were carried out from July 1995 to November 1998. These are regarded as the most important urban core investigations in Vienna. On the eastern half of the square were furthermore found the dry-stone walls, a well and cellars of a whole block of houses, which had stood here at the time of the synagogue. The in 1995 excavated remains under the Jewish square of the in 1421 destroyed synagogue bear testimony of the medieval community life and its destruction. In 2000, the Museum Jewish square was opened as the second location of the Jewish Museum in Vienna. In this museum, a permanent exhibition on the history of the Jewish square as well as the foundations of the destroyed Or-Sarua Synagogue can be visited directly under the memorial (see also: Jews in Vienna).
The complete redevelopment of the square and its conversion to the pedestrian zone was completed in autumn 2000 with the inauguration of the Holocaust memorial. The city of Vienna was awarded the special prize of the City of Vicenza in Italy for the design of the Jewish square by the Dedalo Minosse International Prize's Jury.
Der Judenplatz bildete unter dem Namen „Schulhof“ bis 1421 den zentral gelegenen Mittelpunkt der Judenstadt, der 1294 als „Schulhof der Juden“ erstmals erwähnt wurde. Die Judenstadt erstreckte sich nach Norden bis zur Kirche Maria am Gestade, die Westseite wurde vom Tiefen Graben, die Ostseite von den Tuchlauben begrenzt. Die Südseite bildete der Platz Am Hof. Das Ghetto umfasste 70 Häuser, die so angeordnet waren, dass ihre Rückwände eine geschlossene Begrenzungsmauer bildeten. Durch vier Tore konnte das Ghetto betreten werden, die beiden Haupteingänge lagen an der Wipplingerstraße (Wiltwercherstrass). Der Platz wurde von fünfzehn Häusern umsäumt und fünf Straßenzüge mündeten in ihn. Um 1400 lebten hier 800 Einwohner: Händler, Kreditgeber, Gelehrte in Kammerknechtschaft.
Am Platz selbst befanden sich die Synagoge (erstmals 1204 erwähnt), der einzige Steinbau unter den Privat- und Gemeindehäusern, die im Westen ein Drittel des Platzes einnahm, das Spital (heute Judenplatz Nr. 10, Haus der Genossenschaft der Kleidermacher), das Haus des Rabbis und die Judenschule auf dem Grunde des Gemeindegartens (jetzt das Collaltopalais), die eine der bedeutendsten des deutschsprachigen Raumes war. Hier lehrten und wirkten berühmte Rabbiner und machten die Stadt zu einem Zentrum jüdischen Wissens. Nach der Schule führte der Platz damals seinen Namen „Schulhof“. Später wurde dieser Name auf den nördlich gelegenen kleineren Platz des Judengartens hinter der Kirche am Hof übertragen, der heute noch so heißt. Dem ursprünglichen Schulhof gab man seit 1423 die Bezeichnung „Neuer Platz“ (an dem Newn placz), seit 1437 heißt er Judenplatz.
Für die Errichtung des Mahnmals für die österreichischen jüdischen Opfer der Shoa wurden von Juli 1995 bis November 1998 Ausgrabungen durchgeführt. Diese gelten als die bedeutendsten Stadtkernuntersuchungen in Wien. Auf der östlichen Hälfte des Platzes wurden außerdem die Bruchsteinmauern, ein Brunnen und Keller eines ganzen Häuserblocks gefunden, der zur Zeit der Synagoge hier gestanden war. Die 1995 unter dem Judenplatz ausgegrabenen Überreste der 1421 zerstörten Synagoge geben Zeugnis des mittelalterlichen Gemeindelebens und dessen Vernichtung. Im Jahr 2000 wurde das Museum Judenplatz als zweiter Standort des Jüdischen Museums Wien eröffnet. In ihm sind eine Dauerausstellung über die Geschichte des Judenplatzes sowie die Fundamente der zerstörten Or-Sarua-Synagoge direkt unter dem Mahnmal zu besichtigen (siehe auch: Juden in Wien).
Die komplette Neugestaltung des Platzes und seine Umwandlung zur Fußgängerzone wurde im Herbst 2000 mit der Einweihung des Holocaust-Mahnmals abgeschlossen. Die Stadt Wien wurde für die Gestaltung des Judenplatzes von der „Dedalo Minosse International Prize's Jury“ mit dem Spezialpreis der Stadt Vicenza in Italien 2002 ausgezeichnet.
Todos los viajes cuentan con hotel, transportes y guías, es una gran forma de conocer el estado de Sonora.
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Tres mil sonorenses partieron a ‘turistear’ y conocer su estado, luego de ser despedidos por el Gobernador Padrés.
Hermosillo, Sonora.- Cada rincón de Sonora, con sus playas, atractivos históricos, pueblos mágicos, ríos y sierra, fue puesto al alcance de todas las familias sonorenses a través del programa “Sonora Sonríe, turismo de Rutas” que impulsó el Gobernador Guillermo Padrés desde su campaña.
Para que todos los sonorenses tengan la oportunidad de conocer su Estado, a bajo costo y con una atención de calidad, el mandatario estatal cumplió una promesa más al presidir el inicio del programa con el banderazo de salida al convoy de camiones que llevan a los primeros tres mil viajeros de 21 municipios.
Padres e hijos partieron este viernes de Hermosillo a turistear por las cuatro rutas contempladas en este programa que el Ejecutivo proyectó desde su campaña, dijo, en razón de que la mayoría de los sonorenses no conocemos nuestro estado.
“Hay miles de sonorenses en la sierra, en las zonas urbanas incluso y en los pueblos que no conocen el mar; igual hay sonorenses que viven en las regiones del mar que no conocen la sierra y la riqueza cultural de nuestros pueblos y ciudades; yo mismo conocí Álamos ya siendo Diputado Federal, pues nunca salíamos de mi pueblo en Cananea, al menos no de vacaciones o a pasear”, comentó.
Turismo interno
Destacó que con este modelo, todos los sonorenses, principalmente de escasos recursos económicos, podrán cumplir el sueño de viajar, de conocer tradiciones y paisajes, así como reforzar el vínculo familiar.
“Queremos que todos los sonorenses puedan conocer su tierra, su grandeza”, subrayó.
Además, los municipios contemplados en las rutas fortalecerán su economía y se generarán empleos.
Luego de agradecer la participación de Ayuntamientos y prestadores de servicios turísticos, el Mandatario Estatal resaltó que este tipo de programas, son posibles por las acciones emprendidas para quitarle privilegios a los políticos e invertir más en la gente.
“Sonora Sonríe, turismo de Rutas”, tiene la finalidad de promover el turismo interno, tal como se hace en algunos países europeos, con excelentes resultados.
El programa consta de cuatro Rutas:
Bicentenario-Centenario, que recorre Cananea, Arizpe, Hermosillo, Ures y Magdalena.
Ruta de Misiones: por Caborca, Pitiquito, Oquitoa, Atil, Tubutama, Imuris, Cucurpe y Magdalena;
Ruta de Playas: por Puerto Peñasco, San Carlos y Bahía Kino, y
Ruta de Ciudades: por Cananea, Hermosillo, Ciudad Obregón, Álamos y Guaymas.
Cada ruta tiene un costo de 999 pesos e incluye tres días y dos noches de hotel, transportación, guía de turistas, comidas y paseos, accesible para todas las familias.
Javier Tapia, Coordinador de la Comisión de Fomento al Turismo, destacó que la meta para finales del 2010 es superar los 500 viajes realizados, con 20 mil ciudadanos.
A esta meta, se sumarían 600 viajes que busca promover la Asociación Estatal de Padres de Familia, en las escuelas, mediante convenio a firmar con el Gobierno del Estado.
Creating a piece of land art with interaction form local school children on Coney beach Porthcawl alongside events from Porthcawl Lifeguards. 25 June 2010.
The Sunburner. An early form of air-conditioning, the burner was gas powered, and once fired up would force up (like a chimney) and expel warm air from the smoky stale auditorium, drawing in fresh air through vents in the lower parts of the house. Converted to natural gas in 1979. Designed by Frank Matcham in the Italian Renaissance style and opened 1903, it is a classic example of Edwardian elegance. After many years of cinema use, the theatre was restored in 1979, and again in 2007. It is grade 2* listed, and seats just under 1,000 on three levels. The theatre is part of an arts complex in the Pavilion Gardens.
Buxton, Peak District, Derbyshire, England - Opera House, The Square / Pavilion Gardens
June 2008, image reworked 2021