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I wish the light had been better. In Flames seemed to like the darker lights with bright lights arranged behind them with gave the crowd a cool show but caused a lot of back-lighting.
In The Shadow of Wounded Knee: Life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
An unkept park in the village of Pine Ridge, littered with beer cans. There are few, if any, public spaces that are taken care of in Pine Ridge. There are also no libraries.
On the Great Plains, hidden away on little traveled back roads, is the place formerly known as American Prisoner of War Camp Number 334. It is now known as the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). They are the tribe that suffered the infamous Wounded Knee Massacre, in December of 1890, in which over one hundred unarmed women and children were killed. Since that day Wounded Knee, and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, have been a symbol of the wrongs inflicted on Native Americans by the descendants of Europeans. Pine Ridge is the quintessential example of the failures of the reservation system, with staggering statistics on everything from violent crime to education.
Sadly, Pine Ridge continues to be the setting for an ongoing massacre within the tribe. Gangs on the reservation are out of control, and the violence they live by grips even the smallest villages. Unemployment on the reservation fluctuates between 85-90 percent. Recent reports vary but many point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 to $3,500 per year. The housing office is unable to afford to build new structures, and existing structures are falling apart. Many are homeless, and those with homes are packed into rotting buildings with up to 5 families. Frequently, grandparents are raising their grandchildren because their own children have succumbed to alcoholism, domestic violence, and general apathy. Making life even more grim, fifty percent of the population over 40 suffers from diabetes and the life expectancy for men is a mere 48 years.
Common Crane
The common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.
A medium-sized species, it is the only crane commonly found in Europe besides the demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo). Along with the sandhill (Grus canadensis) and demoiselle cranes and the brolga (Grus rubicunda), it is one of only four crane species not currently classified as threatened with extinction or conservation dependent on the species level.
The common crane is a large, stately bird and a medium-sized crane. It is 100–130 cm (39–51 in) long with a 180–240 cm (71–94 in) wingspan. The body weight can range from 3 to 6.1 kg (6.6 to 13.4 lb), with the nominate subspecies averaging around 5.4 kg (12 lb) and the eastern subspecies (G. g. lilfordi) averaging 4.6 kg (10 lb). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 50.7–60.8 cm (20.0–23.9 in) long, the tarsus is 20.1–25.2 cm (7.9–9.9 in) and the exposed culmen is 9.5–11.6 cm (3.7–4.6 in).
This species is slate-grey overall. The forehead and lores are blackish with a bare red crown and a white streak extending from behind the eyes to the upper back. The overall colour is darkest on the back and rump and palest on the breast and wings. The primaries, the tips of secondaries, the alula, the tip of the tail, and the edges of upper tail coverts are all black and the greater coverts droop into explosive plumes. This combination of colouration ultimately distinguishes it from similar species in Asia, like the hooded (G. monacha) and black-necked cranes (G. nigricollis). The juvenile has yellowish-brown tips to its body feathers and lacks the drooping wing feathers and the bright neck pattern of the adult, and has a fully feathered crown. Every two years, before migration, the adult common crane undergoes a complete moult, remaining flightless for six weeks, until the new feathers grow.
It has a loud trumpeting call, given in flight and display. The call is piercing and can be heard from a considerable distance. It has a dancing display, leaping with wings uplifted.
This species is found in the northern parts of Europe and Asia. Formerly the species was spread as far west as Ireland, but about 200 years ago, it became extinct there. However, it has since started to return to Ireland naturally and there are now plans to help it return to Ireland on a greater scale. The common crane is an uncommon breeder in southern Europe, smaller numbers breeding in Greece, former-Yugoslavia, Romania, Denmark and Germany. Larger breeding populations can be found in Scandinavia, especially Finland and Sweden. The heart of the breeding population for the species is in Russia, however, where possibly up to 100,000 cranes of this species can be found seasonally. In Russia, it is distributed as a breeder from the Ukraine region to the Chukchi Peninsula. The breeding population extends as far south as Manchuria but almost the entire Asian breeding population is restricted to Russia.
The species is a long distance migrant predominantly wintering in northern Africa. Autumn migration is from August to October and spring migration is in March through May. Important staging areas occur anywhere from Sweden and Germany to China (with a large one around the Caspian Sea) and many thousand cranes can be seen in one day in the Autumn. Some birds winter in southern Europe, including Portugal, Spain and France. Most eastern common cranes winter in the river valleys of Sudan, Ethiopia, Tunisia and Eritrea with smaller numbers in Turkey, northern Israel, Iraq and parts of Iran. The third major wintering region is in the northern half of Indian subcontinent, including Pakistan. Minimal wintering also occurs in Burma, Vietnam and Thailand. Lastly, they winter in eastern China, where they are often the most common crane (outnumbering black-necked cranes ten-to-one). Migrating flocks fly in a "V" formation.
It is a rare visitor to Japan and Korea, mostly blown over from the Chinese wintering population, and is a rare vagrant to western North America, where birds are occasionally seen with flocks of migrating sandhill cranes.
In Europe, the common crane predominantly breeds in boreal and taiga forest and mixed forests, from an elevation of sea-level to 2,200 m (7,200 ft). In northern climes, it breeds in treeless moors, on bogs, or on dwarf heather habitats, usually where small lakes or pools are also found. In Sweden, breeders are usually found in small, swampy openings amongst pine forests, while in Germany, marshy wetlands are used. Breeding habitat used in Russia are similar, though they can be found nesting in less likely habitat such as steppe and even semi-desert, so long as water is near. Primarily, the largest number of common cranes are found breeding in wooded swamps, bogs and wetlands and seem to require quiet, peaceful environs with minimal human interference. They occur at low density as breeders even where common, typically ranging from 1 to 5 pairs per 100 km2 (39 sq mi).
In winter, this species moves to flooded areas, shallow sheltered bays, and swampy meadows. During the flightless moulting period there is a need for shallow waters or high reed cover for concealment. Later, after the migration period, the birds winter regularly in open country, often on cultivated lands and sometimes also in savanna-like areas, for example on the Iberian Peninsula.
The global population is 600,000 (2014 estimate) with the vast majority nesting in Russia and Scandinavia. In some areas the breeding population appears to be increasing, such as in Sweden, whereas on the fringes of its range, it is often becoming rare to non-existent. In Great Britain, the common crane became extirpated in the 17th century, but a tiny population now breeds again in the Norfolk Broads and is slowly increasing and a reintroduction has been underway since 2010 for the Somerset levels. In Ireland, it died out as a breeding species in the 18th century, but a flock of about 30 appeared in County Cork in November 2011, and a smaller flock a year later. It was additionally extirpated as a breeder from Austria around 1900, from Hungary by 1952 and from Spain by 1954. The recovering German breeding population of 8,000 pairs is still also a fraction of the size of the large numbers that once bred in the country. Poland has 15,000 breeding pairs, 50 pairs breed in the Czech Republic and 2009 was the first confirmed breeding in Slovakia.
The main threat to the species, and the primary reason for its decline in the Western Palearctic, comes from habitat loss and degradation, as a result of dam construction, urbanisation, agricultural expansion, and drainage of wetlands. Although it has adapted to human settlement in many areas, nest disturbance, continuing changes in land use, and collision with utility lines are still potential problems. Further threats may include persecution due to crop damage, pesticide poisoning, egg collection, and hunting. The common crane is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
A Class 08 stands on a short siding. Usually Suffridge is a through station but for this meeting it would not have fitted so it was temporarily made a terminus.
For information about prints or you would like to use one of my photos, please contact me at joshcolemanphotography@gmail.com.
In another two years or so this station will be fully functioning and will include in indoor garden. So it's on the list for a return visit in the future!
Turm von Sta. Maria in Calanca ( Baujahr um 1300 - Genannt Castello - Mittelalterlicher Wohnturm - tower torre tour Bergfried Höhenburg Burgruine Ruine Burg castello rovina castle ruin château ) im Dorf Santa Maria in Calanca im Calancatal in der Region Moesa im Kanton Graubünden - Grischun der Schweiz
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- Entstehungszeit : um 1300
- Burgentyp : Höhenburg
- Erhaltungszustand : Ruine
- Bauweise : lagenhaftes Mauerwerk
- Ort : Santa Maria in Calanca
- Geographische Lage : 46° 15′ 44,5″ N, 9° 8′ 44,8″ O
- Höhe : 970 m
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Der Turm von Sta. Maria in Calanca steht auf einem länglichen, auf allen Seiten abfallen-
den Plateau oberhalb der K.irche S.ta. M.aria A.ssunta im Dorf Santa Maria in Calanca im
Calancatal im Kanton Graubünden in der Schweiz.
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Der aussen fünfeckige Wohnturm mit drei Geschossen weist innen einen rechteckigen Grund-
riss auf. Das zweite und dritte Geschoss enthält je einen gewölbten Wohnraum mit einer um-
laufenden Steinbank und Kamin, deren Rauchabzüge sich unterhalb des Daches vereinigen.
Links und rechts des Kamins ist je eine schartenförmige Fensternische angebracht. Die
Geschosse sind durch in die Mauer hineingebaute Treppen miteinander verbunden. An
der Westseite liegt ein durchgehender Abortschacht mit je einer Sitznische pro Geschoss.
Der Zugang zum Turm erfolgte über einen Hocheingang an der Westwand, der direkt ins
zweite Geschoss führte. Das Erdgeschoss diente als Zisterne.
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Als Abschluss vermutete Erwin Poeschel eine offene Plattform mit Zinnenkranz. 1932–1933
wurde der Turmabschluss bei Restaurationsarbeiten stark verändert. 1979 wurden erneute
Sicherungsarbeiten vorgenommen. Heute ist der Turm durch eine Plattform mit Brüstungs-
mauer abgeschlossen.
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Über den Bau des Turmes liegen keine urkundlichen Belege vor. Die Bauweise der Ge-
wölbe, Kaminanlage, Abortschacht und Fensterform ermöglichen eine Datierung um 1300.
Sicher ist, dass der Turm in eine bereits bestehende Anlage hineingebaut wurde, von der
heute noch geringe Mauerspuren sichtbar sind.
Sie wurde wohl von einem lokalen Adelsgeschlecht erbaut und bestand aus einer Um-
fassungsmauer und einem Wohntrakt in der Nordecke. 1968 wurden bei Grabungen
Fragmente von Wandmalereien und Ofenkacheln aus der Zeit vom 13. bis zum 15. Jahr-
hundert gefunden.1203 wird in den Urkunden ein Ser Anricus de Calanca erwähnt, der
jedoch nicht mit dem Turm in Beziehung gebracht werden kann.
Als Erbauer des Turmes werden die Freiherren von Sax - Misox vermutet, die um 1300 er-
folgreich eine geschlossene Herrschaft über das Misox anstrebten und dabei lokale Adels-
geschlechter verdrängten. Die fremdartige Bauweise in der Art eines französischen Don-
jons lässt darauf schliessen, dass als Baumeister ausländische Fachleute beigezogen
wurden. 1291 und 1296 wird Martin von Sax als Herr über das Calancatal erwähnt, 1316
sind es die Brüder Martin und Heinrich von Sax.
Erstmals urkundlich erwähnt wird der Turm im 15. Jahrhundert, als er im Besitz des Familien-
zweigs von Sax - G.rono war. Als am 20. November 1480 Graf Johann Peter von Sax die ge-
samten Herrschaftsrechte im Misox und Calancatal an den Mailänder Condottiere Gian Gia-
como Trivulzio verkaufte, wurde die Burg Santa Maria di Calanca nicht erwähnt. Vermutlich
war sie bereits um die Mitte des 15. Jahrhunderts verlassen worden.
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( BeschriebTurmSantaMariaCalanca Burg Burgruine Castillo Castle linna château castello
城 Ruine Ruin ruiner Ruïne ruins rauniot Руины rovine 廃墟 kasteel slott zamek castelo
castillo ruïnes ruiny ruínas руины ruinas Rovina Ruina Mittelalter Geschichte History
Wehrbau Burganlage Festung Mittelalter Geschichte History Wehrbau Burganlage
Festung AlbumBurgruinenGraubünden Graubünden Grischun Grigioni Grisons
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Ausflug ins C.alancatal am Sonntag den 09. September 2012
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Mit dem Z.ug von B.ern über L.uzern nach B.ellinzona und weiter mit dem
P.ostauto über G.rono, B.ivio C.alanca durchs C.alancatal bis zur E.ndstation R.ossa
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B.esichtigung des D.orfes und K.irche von R.ossa
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Mit dem P.ostauto von R.ossa zurück bis T.evegno
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K.urzer F.ussmarsch und a.nschliessend per A.utostop ( TI ) bis S.anta M.aria in C.alanca
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Besichtigung von K.irche und T.urmruine
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Zu F.uss von S.anta M.aria in C.alanca nach C.astaneda
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Per A.utostop ( TI ) nach G.rono
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B.esichtigung des m.ittelalterlicher T.urm T.orre F.iorenzana
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Mit dem P.ostauto zurück nach B.ellinzona
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K.urzer A.usflug mit dem F.ahrrad zu den W.erkstätten von B.ellinzona
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Mit dem Z.ug von B.ellinzona über Z.ürich zurück nach B.ern
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A Norfolk Southern stack train passes through Chesterton, IN led by SD70ACe No. 1004 and C40-9W No. 9201.
In 1981 together with some of my mates I went to the
pictures/movies in Frankston Victoria Australia to see the Film "Gallipoli" . I have always had an interest in Military history (especially Australian Military history) but that movie started an interest that has been with me ever since. In 1989 together with my mate Mike Barnes we flew to Istanbul , hired a car and drove down to Gallipoli for the ANZAC day service. We managed to Visit ANZAC , Helles and Suvla and most areas in between These are the photos I took on that trip , It hard to believe it was 30 years ago... Since then I have visited every battlefield in France and Belgium where the AIF (Australian Imperial Force) were involved and also the camps where they were based in the South of England. Please do have a look at the rest of the photos in the album. Best wishes "MO"
Riders make their way through Indiana that has winding roads, hills and straightaways.
Photo courtesy of David Basaldua
By the time we reached Stresa, we didn't have a lot of time to sight-see, so we took time to have some coffee at a little cafe/bar on the street.
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Type 100 inside the Aylsham Fire Station, with appropriate licence plate to boot!
I think the appliance to the left is also a Dennis.
It's been weeks I received tons of new clothes (I took advantage of ebay Kdsfun's shop september promo : free shipping !), amongst them I got several SIS lovely fashions :)
So I tried to take a few photos today...
Villagra in the Colldejou Stage of Rally Catalunya 2007. The last stage of the day, the last day of the rally. Ford Focus wrc, Munchis team. #12
H.E. Archbishop Elpidophoros Celebrated Orthros and Divine Liturgy today at The Archdiocesan Cathedral of The Holy Trinity in NYC.
Photos:© GAOA/DIMITRIOS PANAGOS
Melody took this photo with her Canon Powershot A110 as I was shooting the Osborne Fire Finder No 4 with fire watcher Ron explaining the fire finding tool as a visitor friend stood on the right holding Dusty, Stephanie's and Ron's little dog. The sign at the bottom of this photo states: Heavens Gate Lookout Built 1929. That building disappeared long ago to be replaced with the one in this picture.
Door de vele regen, staat het water in veel beken in de Zwinregio hoog en staan er her en der velden en akkers onder water. Het peil van de polderwaterlopen wordt deze winter in het algemeen iets hoger gehouden om het grondwater na de droge zomers aan te vullen. Maar de situatie wordt door de beheerders van de vele waterlopen (Vlaamse overheid, provincie, polder en de stad zelf) nauwgezet opgevolgd. In de Zwinregio is er vooralsnog geen reden tot paniek.
www.kneistikrant.be/hoge-waterstand-zorgt-niet-voor-probl...
Launched in 1959 with subsequent B (1961 on ) and C-spec (1963 on) but I'm not enough of a Dartista to be absolutely sure which one this is. I guess the looks grow on one but sales were never stellar with 2645 manufactured in a five year production run.
Pride in London Parade had 35,000 people marching. It started just after midday at Hyde Park Corner and carried on until Whitehall Place. The crowds came out on a warm partly cloudy day and packed the streets all along the route. There were stages at many locations including Trafalgar Square, Soho and Leicester Square. It was estimated that more than a million people came to watch. The parade was briefly stopped by Stop the Oil protests in front of the Coke float, this lasted 20 minutes before police came and arrested seven. This happened right in front of me.
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