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Santa Maria in Campitelli or Santa Maria in Portico is a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the Piazza di Campitelli, Rome, Italy.
The church contains a 25 cm-high icon of the Virgin Mary dated by style and dendrochronology to the 11th century, though it had previously been claimed by tradition to have appeared miraculously in 524 at the table of Galla, a Roman woman who was helping the poor, and then carried in processions since 590. It was previously housed in the now-demolished Oratory of Santa Gala, sited at what is now the piazza's far end near the Porticus Octaviae (giving the church and icon its name of "Madonna of the Portico").
The icon was believed to have saved the city from plague in 1656 (or 1658), when it was carried in procession through the streets. On account of this, the earlier church on this site was replaced by Pope Alexander VII between 1659 and 1667 with the present one, designed by Carlo Rainaldi in the high Baroque style.
The present church has a travertine façade with large columns against (but not attached to) it, thus giving it strong vertical lines. The original design included statues which were however never executed.
The main gate to Manshuin, reserved for the Imperial Family (and special visitors?). Part of my running course, this is the first time in 8 years I got this gate right for a photograph.
In a cloud of spray, GB Railfreight Class 92, 92014 blares through Hartford station with the Caledonian Sleeper Down Highlander service (1S25).
April 2012
The Netherlands
Candid shots in and around the Public Transport in The Netherlands
Ricoh GRD IV
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With the war destroying villages and half the province the king calls on his allies to come to his aid. From various spies the lego eagles soldiers learn of the black falcons main camp. A days journey leads them to the falcons camp. Black falcon archers call out, We are under attack!! Soldiers from both side charge at each other with a thunderous roar. The battle is quick sending the black falcons to fall back to higher ground to escape total defeat.
Anne in the snow -
State Highway 12, Utah, United States
I'm revisiting the photos I took in southern Utah, northern Arizona, and northern New Mexico in 2009, reprocessing some, adding a few, and deleting others.
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 24-105 f/4.0L IS
Processing with Lightroom 3, Photomatix Pro 3
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Taken at the Kirkland (Washington State) Classic Car Show 2010.
Hereford Cathedral, in Hereford Herefordshire. The current Hereford Cathedral dates from 1079 and is a Grade I listed building. Its most famous treasure is Mappa Mundi, a mediaeval map of the world dating from the 13th century.
The cathedral is dedicated to two patron saints, namely Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint Ethelbert the King. The latter was beheaded by Offa, King of Mercia in the year 792. Offa had consented to give his daughter to Ethelbert in marriage: why he changed his mind and deprived him of his head historians do not know, although tradition is at no loss to supply him with an adequate motive. The execution, or murder, is said to have taken place at Sutton, four miles (6 km) from Hereford, with Ethelbert's body brought to the site of the modern cathedral by 'a pious monk'. At Ethelbert's tomb miracles were said to have occurred, and in the next century (about 830) Milfrid, a Mercian nobleman, was so moved by the tales of these marvels as to rebuild in stone the little church which stood there, and to dedicate it to the sainted king.
Before this, Hereford had become the seat of a bishopric. It is said to have been the centre of a diocese as early as the 6th century. In the 7th century the cathedral was refounded by Putta, who settled here when driven from Rochester by Æthelred of Mercia. The cathedral of stone, which Milfrid raised, stood for some 200 years, and then, in the reign of Edward the Confessor, it was altered. The new church had only a short life, for it was plundered and burnt in 1056 by a combined force of Welsh and Irish under Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, the Welsh prince; it was not, however, destroyed until its custodians had offered vigorous resistance, in which seven of the canons were killed.
Hereford Cathedral remained in a state of ruin until Robert of Lorraine was consecrated to the see (made Bishop) in 1079 and undertook its reconstruction. His work was carried on, or, more probably, redone, by Bishop Reynelm, who was next but one in the succession, and reorganised the college of secular canons attached to the cathedral. Reynelm died in 1115, and it was only under his third successor, Robert de Betun, who was Bishop from 1131 to 1148, that the church was brought to completion.
Of this Norman church, little has survived but the choir up to the spring of the clerestory, the south transept, the arch between the north transept and the choir aisle, and the nave arcade. Scarcely 50 years after its completion William de Vere, who occupied the see from 1186 to 1199, altered the east end by constructing a retro-choir or processional path and a Lady Chapel; the latter was rebuilt not long afterwards—between the years 1226 and 1246, during the Early English style—with a crypt beneath. Around the middle of the century the clerestory, and probably the vaulting of the choir, were rebuilt, having been damaged by the settling of the central tower. Under Bishop Aquablanca (1240–68), one of Henry III's foreign favourites, the rebuilding of the north transept was begun, being completed later in the same century by Bishop Swinfield, who also built the aisles of the nave and eastern transept.
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One Thousand Museum is a high-rise residential condominium in Miami, Florida, United States. The building was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. Completed in 2019, the 62-story building stands at a height of 707 feet , making it one of the tallest buildings in Miami.
In early 2018, before the building was finished, an episode of PBS' Impossible Builds featured the building, which they referred to as the "Scorpion Tower", and described it as "one of the most complex skyscrapers ever to make it off the drawing board."
American Avocet chicks are the cutest little critters. All legs and a puff of feathers. I was fortunate to spend some time with them in a park in down town Denver Colorado.
YIPPPEE! the weekend's finally here, hope this starts it off on a bright note for you.
and a happy May two4 long weekend to all Canadian flickr'ites. it's the unofficial start of summer in the great white north, time to celebrate.
Gailes Marsh, The Scottish Wildlife Trust, Irvine, Scotland.
In the UK there are more than 250 species of hoverflies and over 6,000 worldwide.
Thats an awful lot of individual photographs you could take of this type of fly alone.
Happy weekend folks!
Cheers
Don xxx
In the silence of the oncoming darkness on the shores of Yellowstone Lake, where coyotes cry out in the night, and solitary wolves howl to each other under the stars.
This photo was taken well after sunset on June 25, 2012 under a cloudless sky as the stars shone brightly.
Technical details: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Sigma 20mm f/1.8 lens at ISO800, f/5.6, 30 sec.
The little traveler inside me was close to dying from happiness in Florence. It was surely an amazing experience...
“Most of my images are grounded in people. I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face. I try to convey what it is like to be that person, a person caught in a broader landscape, that you could call the human condition.” - Steve McCurry
Photographing Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) celebration in Oaxaca City, Mexico put my skills as a travel photographer to the test. The fast paced action of the spontaneous street parades, the wild Banda bands and joyous spirit of the Mexican people made for a memorable week.
While I spent a good portion of that time behind the lens, I also found time to step out from behind it and be an active participant in the celebrations and meet the locals.
I met Alejandro, a college student, on my second evening in town and he invited me to join his group of girlfriends and dance the night away on the streets of Oaxaca.
I had a unique cultural experience getting my haircut from Carlos the barber. Although I took four years of Spanish in college, it was still a task to communicate with him to make sure I would not go bald. In the end, I still had my hair and he taught me about futbol and I shared my passion for American football.
I met Cesar while enjoying my morning coffee at a sidewalk cafe on Oaxaca’s zocalo (public square). He shared some great tips on where to photograph the best street parades and the small cemeteries, without tourists, where I could get an intimate feel for the Mexican tradition of Day of the Dead.
Now that I have returned to the United States, looking at my photographs brings both happiness and sadness. As much as I cherished meeting, photographing, and understanding the Mexican people, I also know that I may never meet these people again in my lifetime.
Everyone I met on my journey had a story to tell and storytelling is the essence of a travel photographer.
Come join me on my journey....
Happy Travels!
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Marsala (Maissala in sicilian; Lilybaeum in Latin) is an Italian town located in the Province of Trapani in the westernmost part of Sicily. Marsala is the most populous town in Trapani, and the fifth-highest in Sicily.
The town is famous for the landing of Garibaldi on 11 May 1860 (the Expedition of the Thousand) and for its Marsala wine. A feature of the area is the natural reserve of Stagnone Lagoon—a marine area with salt ponds.
Marsala is built on the ruins of the ancient Carthaginian city Lilybaion, and includes the archaeological site of Motya island, an ancient Phoenician town.
(Wikipedia)
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Salt evaporation ponds area north of Marsala is a must see for those seeking for beautiful and tranquil places - have been there twice, in the morning and in the evening, and both the visits of this charming place were really worth of.
Post harvest scene in Furebetsu, Furano, Hokkaido. 10 days ago. Back is Mt.Furano.
Mamiya Press Super 23, Sekor 250mm F5.0, negative ISO 160 expired, developed normally.
Bigger sizes: www.flickr.com/photos/threepinner/15630698776/sizes/l
Byron Bay. Population 9,300.
Captain James Cook sighted and named Cape Byron in May 1770 as he sailed past it. A couple of days later he named Mount Warning as the coast has dangerous rocks there for sailing ships. Cape Byron is the most easterly point of Australia. The Colonial Architect James Barnet designed the lighthouse in the 1870s but it was not proceeded with until 1899 when another architect designed a lighthouse for the cape. It was completed in 1901 at a cost of over £18,000 which would equate to millions of dollars these days. The lens with 760 pieces of prismatic glass reflected the light into the ocean from a six wick light. This was updated in 1922 and again in 1956 when the light was electrified. The lighthouse was fully automated in 1989 and the last lighthouse keeper left at that time. The white light can be seen 50 kms out to sea. In 1954 a new whaling station was built at Byron Bay to capture and process humpback whales. The whale oil was first used in the Australian margarine industry and the flesh was sold for livestock fodder. A quota of around 120 whales a year was set for the factory. The whaling station closed in 1962 and over those eight years 1,146 whales were slaughtered. Australia ceased all whaling in 1978. The old lighthouse keeper’s house built in 1899 is now a small museum. For those with time to spend you might see humpback whales on their annual migration northwards from Cape Byron, between June and November.
Although red cedar cutters went into the hinterland in the 1840s and 1850s permanent settlers as such did not begin to arrive until around 1870. The first white land purchaser arrived in 1881 and the town was not surveyed until 1883. Town land sales began in 1886 when the first postal service began, several stores and a hotel opened and the government began work on a jetty which was completed in 1888. The first official Post Office opened in 1888. The town grew and by 1890 the surrounding farmers were growing bananas, pineapples, corn and potatoes. They grazed cattle and soon had dairy herds. The railway from Casino reached its terminus here in 1894. In 1895 Norco opened a factory and cold storage facility to handle dairy and meat products. By 1925 Norco had the largest butter factory in Australia at Byron Bay. Sadly it closed in 1975 after Britain joined the European Common Market and vegetable oil based margarines entered the Australian market place in competition with butter. What you see in Byron Bay today is largely an early 20th century town. Although the railway from Casino closed decades ago the old tracks have been turned into a tourist railway. Fares are $8 for a return trip to north beach and they run hourly from 10:15 am using NSW carriages built from 1949 to 1970. A round trip with a 35 minute stop at North Beach takes just under an hour.
In the 1970s when Nimbin became popular with down-at-heal hippies Byron Bay went in a different direction and became popular with the wealthy escaping city life but still with people with an interest in the “alternate lifestyle”. Some celebrities including Paul Hogan, Elle MacPherson, Johnny Young and Olivia Newton-John have purchased properties here. Other artistic and literary people moved here too including Craig McGregor author of several novels and many social critiques of Australian society. The annual Blues and Roots Festival is the major music event of the northern rivers each year. The residents and politically green dominated Byron Shire Council has prevented Club Med from establishing here as well as McDonalds and other drive in take away food outlets. Buildings are limited to three storeys as the locals do not want any crass Gold Coast style development!
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This is the same photo as the previous one with selective color and HDR
This was taken at night looking into the West Coast Coffee shop. Many ArtPrize pieces are in this shop. ArtPrize officially starts on Sept 18....my favorite time of the year in Grand Rapids.
Painting on back wall..."Imminent Attack" Brian Peterson
In need of some refurbishment work! Abellio London Enviro 200 8781 (YX12DLK) seen near Selsdon Library on route 433 to Addington Village
Top enlisted U.S. Army Africa Soldiers lecture in Ethiopia
By Rick Scavetta,
U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs
When Sgt. Maj. Brian Warren recently spoke to a group of officers about how to best support new soldiers and the importance of noncommissioned officer evaluations, his words were translated into Amharic - the language of Ethiopia.
Warren, U.S. Army Africa's communications sergeant major, was one of several senior enlisted leaders from U.S. Army Africa and U.S. Africa Command who recently spent time mentoring Ethiopia National Defence Force officers - the core cadre of instructors who will, in turn, help the Ethiopian military build its top enlisted ranks.
The guest lecture program is part of a 12-week course coordinated by U.S. Army Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. The program takes place at an Ethiopian training camp near Tolay, roughly a four hour drive west of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
"We sometimes call this a 'train-the-trainer' program," Warren said.
"In this case, the Ethiopian students ranked from lieutenant to major.
They will go forth and instruct ENDF NCOs to become sergeants major. For them, it's a way forward."
Ethiopia recently established the noncommissioned officer ranks of sergeant major and command sergeant major, Warren said. The discussions covered a variety of topics that sergeants majors might face serving at battalion and brigade levels.
In late-2008, a CJTF-HOA team of U.S. Army NCOs from the Fort Sill, Oklahoma-based 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment began sharing coursework with ENDF instructors - professional leadership development similar to what U.S. Army NCOs undergo when they progress through enlisted ranks.
Then, ENDF training cadre suggested the U.S. Soldiers offer instructor training to support the newly created senior enlisted ranks. The 2-18th Soldiers began that task in early 2009, offering insight to the ENDF on how they can instruct a sergeant major-level course.
A call went out to U.S. Africa Command for guest mentors to provide support. Sergeants major from U.S. Army Africa and U.S. Africa Command responded. In May, Command Sgt. Major Mark Ripka, U.S. Africa Command's senior enlisted leader, launched the guest visits. Mentors, to include senior enlisted leaders from CJTF-HOA, Special Operation Command-Africa, Marine Forces-Africa began rotating through the program, staying roughly a week at a time.
Supporting the course in Ethiopia is a great way to cooperate with African military counterparts, said Sgt. Maj. Kellyjack Luman, U.S. Army Africa's operations sergeant major, who spent the last week of June in Tolay.
"NCO capacity building will continue to grow, as the ENDF incorporate tools we offer with their own unique requirements," Luman said.
As the U.S. Army celebrates 2009 as the Year of the NCO, Luman said the team of CJTF-HOA NCOs mentoring in Ethiopia exemplifies the NCO ethos at its best.
"Our NCOs are doing a magical job in an austere environment," Luman said. "And they are building lasting relationships."
Like many militaries in Africa, Ethiopia's forces traditionally rely on officers for leadership. The U.S. Army, however, maintains the longstanding professional NCO corps, which offers leadership, guidance and motivation to soldiers of all ranks. That concept is catching on with the ENDF and other African nations who partner with U.S. forces, said Sgt. Maj. Bryan Witzel, U.S.
Army Africa's senior logistics NCO, who just returned from a week at
Tolay.
"Ethiopians appear to be very open people, open to new ideas," Witzel said. "The ENDF is looking to strengthen the capabilities of its NCOs.
They have a clear concept of where they want to go."
Having U.S. Army sergeants major on hand added to the discussion, Witzel said.
"You can have the science of instruction - the lecture on Powerpoint slides," Witzel said. "Our visits provide the art behind the science."
Managing conflicts within an organization is something U.S. Army sergeants major often face. Witzel's lecture covered how "everyday conflicts are part of organizational behavior," he said.
"Our discussion focused on ways to understand and mitigate such conflict and how conflicts are okay if managed properly," Witzel said.
While establishing rapport, the U.S. Army NCOs also assessed ENDF capabilities to find better ways to partner.
"We learn their structure, they learn ours," Witzel said. "In the future, we can work better together in a combined effort."
CAPTION: Sgt. Maj. Brian Warren, U.S. Army Africa, spent a week guest lecturing ENDF officers at Tolay, Ethiopia.
U.S. Army photo - submitted
United States Army Africa, Public Affairs
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Kaohsiung
Ferry
Taiwan
2013
Life in and around public transport
Nikon D7100 + 35mm 1.8
Latest blogpost: thecovertphotographer.wordpress.com
VIDEO: poses in my LBD in my living room.
Aah, a month ago, I was in the French Alps... enjoying a lovely week of snowboarding, good food and the occasional drink. And don't forget the jacuzzi and sauna! 😉
I know casual outfits aren't my most popular outfits here on Flickr.. but I do really like this shot!
Hope you're all having a good one! 😊
Sitting in a cozy hotel lobby, together with other bears.
The bar is filled with delicious specialties from this island - but at the moment nobody is there to serve them.
Île de la Reunion, Indian Ocean
In Ballarat a ghost Town in Death Valley, A very old man have a shop. He have many life and story to tell...
Dans Ballarat, une ville fantôme dans la Vallée de la Mort, un vieil homme tient une boutique. Il est plein de vie et d'histoires du passé. Son accent est par contre difficile a comprendre, il doit penser la même chose de moi :-)
Ballarat at Death Valley, California, USA
Volkswagen Golf VR6 mk3 (1992-1998).
Escala 1/56 (?).
Guisval.
Made in Spain.
Años 90.
Con logos VW TDI, Adac Mordbein y Motor Sport.
Volkswagen Golf III VR6 (Guisval)
"La versión más potente del Golf III con 174 cv, fue hecha por Guisval.
Un molde muy bueno, con sus faros de tipo cristal y los pilotos traseros rojos , independientemente del color del interior (...).
Tuvo decoraciones de Rallye , y sin deco, "de calle".
De los 20 , el más difícil es cualquiera de los primeros con ruedas tipo margarita."
Fuente:
uno64.mforos.com/2092588/11196942-historia-guisval-1962-a...
Some versions of the VW Golf 3 at 1/56 scale aprox. (Guisval):
swiftysgarage.net/topic/7428489/1/
ameblo.jp/usa0517/entry-11559574009.html
Some versions of the VW Golf 3 at 1/56 scale aprox. (Majorette, Siku, Guisval):
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VR6 engine
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Volkswagen's VR6 engines, and the later VR5 variants, are a family of internal combustion engines, characterised by a narrow-angle (10.5° or 15°) V engine configuration.
Developed by the manufacturer in the late 1980s, evolutions of these engines are still produced by them."
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The Volkswagen Group VR6 engine was introduced in Europe by Volkswagen in 1991, in the Passat and Corrado; and in North America the following year.
The Passat, Passat Variant (estate/wagon), and U.S.-specification Corrado used the original 2.8 litre design; the European-specification Corrado and the 4WD Passat Syncro received a 2.9-litre version with 140 kilowatts (190 PS; 188 bhp)."
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"In 1992, with the introduction of the Volkswagen Golf Mk3, a six-cylinder engine was available for the first time in a lower-midsize segment hatchback in Europe. North America waited until 1994 to receive this engine; at the same time, the European model started to use the 2.9-litre in the VR6 Syncro model. The corresponding Vento/Jetta VR6 versions appeared in the same years."
"Volkswagen Group removed a cylinder from the VR6 in 1997 to create the VR5 (...) It was introduced in the Passat in 1997, and the Golf and Bora in 1999."
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Volkswagen VR6 engine
Manufacturer
Volkswagen
Also called
2.8 V6
Production
1991-2005
Power output
140–204 PS (103–150 kW; 138–201 hp)
Also called
2.9 V6
Production
1994-1997
Power output
184–190 PS (135–140 kW; 181–187 hp)
Combustion
Fuel system
multipoint indirect injection
Fuel type
petrol
Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VR6_engine
More info:
www.rac.co.uk/drive/car-reviews/volkswagen/golf/207497/
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Volkswagen Golf Mk3
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Volkswagen Golf Mk3 is a small family car, the third generation of the Volkswagen Golf and the successor to the Volkswagen Golf Mk2.
It was launched in Europe in November 1991 (though not in the United Kingdom until March 1992), and in North America in the spring of 1994."
(...)
"The Mk3 Cabrio replaced the Volkswagen Cabriolet, which continued the original Golf until 1993, although the original Golf, sold as Rabbit in the United States and Canada ceased sales in 1984.
The Mk3 Cabrio continued until the 2002 model year, when Volkswagen replaced it with a convertible version of the Volkswagen New Beetle."
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Volkswagen Golf Mk3
Manufacturer
Volkswagen
Production
4.8 million units
1991-1999
Cabrio: 1993-2002
Assembly
Wolfsburg, Germany
Puebla, Mexico
Brussels, Belgium
Bratislava, Slovakia
Uitenhage, South Africa.
Designer
J Mays
Class
Small family car (C)
Body style
3-door hatchback
5-door estate
5-door hatchback
2-door convertible
Layout
Front engine, front-wheel drive / 4motion four-wheel drive
Platform
Volkswagen Group A3 platform
Predecessor
Volkswagen Golf Mk2
Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet Mk1 (Cabrio)
Successor
Volkswagen Golf Mk4
Volkswagen New Beetle convertible (Cabrio)
Palermo
Palermo Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo, located in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. As an architectural complex, it is characterized by the presence of different styles, due to a long history of additions, alterations and restorations, the last of which occurred in the 18th century.
The church was erected in 1185 by Walter Ophamil, the Norman archbishop of Palermo and King William II's minister, on the area of an earlier Byzantine basilica. By all accounts this earlier church was founded by Pope Gregory I and was later turned into a mosque by the Arabs after their conquest of the city in the 9th century. Ophamil is buried in a sarcophagus in the church's crypt. The medieval edifice had a basilica plan with three apses.
The upper orders of the corner towers were built between the 14th and the 15th centuries, while in the early Renaissance period the southern porch was added. The present neoclassical appearance dates from the work carried out over the two decades 1781 to 1801, supervised by Ferdinando Fuga and Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia. During this period the great retable by Gagini, decorated with statues, friezes and reliefs, was destroyed and the sculptures moved to different parts of the basilica. Also by Fuga are the great dome emerging from the main body of the building, and the smaller domes covering the aisles' ceilings.
Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale is a series of nine religious and civic structures located on the northern coast of Sicily dating from the era of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily (1130-1194): two palaces, three churches, a cathedral, and a bridge in Palermo, as well as the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale. They have been designated together as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This dedication took place in 2015.