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“He is a great, great, crazy man and a very good person. He has the most passion about food of anyone I have ever met,” says Fantin. “For Seiji, it’s always the kitchen, the kitchen, the kitchen! He doesn’t use salt ever. Instead, he marinates everything, and he has excellent techniques for fish, which result in the best possible of all possible cuts.”A stint at the 2-star Akelarre in San Sebastian, Spain, also significantly molded his personal style.“The Spanish style of cooking has a very strong visual impact. Sometimes the appearance is even more important than the taste! Spanish chefs will pay great attention to the details of the dish on the plate,’’ says Fantin. “When I worked at Akelarre, there was a lot of natural beauty around us, so we would go into the mountains in the morning to pick herbs and flowers, and two hours later, they would be served on the plate. “This is apparent in the dishes he serves later, additions to the menu that he will introduce to customers a week later for a 5,000 JPY lunch course: Carciofo ripieno di riccotta, cus cus alla menta e pistacchi (Italian artichoke stuffed with ricotta, zucchini and broccoli and served with pistachio crème and mint cous cous);
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The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located in the southeast corner of the Lower Square in Olomouc, is a monastery church of the Capuchin order. Capuchins were brought to Olomouc by Cardinal Franz von Dietrichstein as early as 1615. The monastery church, however, wasn’t built until after the Thirty Years War.
The church was built by an unknown master builder between 1655 and 1661 as a simple single nave church with two side chapels and a rectangular presbytery. It was one of the first religious buildings in the city after the Swedish occupation of Olomouc (1642-1650). Unfortunately, not even the architect, whose work is considered very restrained, is known to us. The church’s layout belongs to typical Capuchin structures of the Mannerism period, built by the Capuchin order mainly in northwestern Europe. The nave has a barrel vault with lunettes, side chapels are vaulted over with cross vaults. The simple smooth main facade of the monastery church with a high triangular gable creates a significant urban landmark of the southern side of the Lower Square. The frontage is decorated with a mosaic above the entrance portal depicting the scene of the Annunciation. The stone entrance portal bears the date of commencement of construction of the church - the year 1655.
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Name
In the twelfth century, Olomuc and Olmuc were the first handed down name forms. In the fifteenth century an alleged first form Juliomontium (Julius hill) was assumed, according to Julius Caesar as the alleged founder. The original meaning is unclear. In the Czech, Olomouc means 'bare mountain' (Old Czech holy, 'bald' and mauc 'mountain'). The name of the city is in the Moravian-Haná dialect, a subgroup of the Middle-Moravian dialects of the Czech, Olomóc or Holomóc, in German language Ölmütz, in Polish Ołomuniec and in Latin Eburum or Olomucium.
History
Beginnings
At the end of the second century there was a Roman army camp, the northernmost known in Central Europe. Up to the fifth century there was a Germanic settlement.
In the late 7th century a first Slavic settlement arose in today's Povel district. Around 830 this was destroyed. A new castle was built on the Peter's hill (Předhrad), which was probably one of the important castles of the Moravian empire. In the ninth century three churches were built.
Přemyslidenstaat (Přemyslid dynasty)
Olomouc was first mentioned in writing in 1017 when Moravia became part of the Bohemian state of Přemysliden. In 1055 it was the seat of a separate part of the Principality. In 1063 the bishopric of Olomouc was founded by Vratislav II. Around 1070 a new castle was built. In 1077 the monastery Hradisko was founded. In 1126 Heinrich Zdik became a bishop.
At the beginning of the 13th century, the last prince of Olomouz died, Moravia was united and placed under the jurisdiction of a Margrave of the Přemyslids. In 1248, Olomouc was first mentioned as a royal town. In 1306, King Wenceslas III resided during a campaign to Poland in Olomouc, and was murdered here, which resulted in the extinction of the Přemyslids dynasty in the male family tree. The city developed economically very quickly and became the capital of Moravia.
In the Hussite wars, Olomouc was an integral part of the Catholic side. In the succession of the Charterhouse Dolein, which had been lost in the Hussite wars, the Charterhouse Olomouc was founded in 1443, which existed until the abolition in 1782. In the 16th century numerous palaces were built in the Renaissance style. In 1566 the Jesuits came to Olomouc. They founded a school which was raised to a university in 1573. In 1588, the bishop became an imperial prince.
17th and 18th centuries
In the Thirty Years' War the town was taken by the Swedes in 1642 and occupied for eight years. After the Thirty Years' War, the largely destroyed and depopulated city lost the status of the Moravian capital and abandoned it to Brno. Since a great deal of damage had been caused by fires, a detailed "fire extinguishing order" was issued in 1711, in which a number of preventive measures were also discussed.
On 26 December 1741, the city was occupied by the Prussians during the First Silesian War. After this event the fortifications were extensively expanded. A second siege by the Prussians in 1758 withstood the new fortification. In 1777, the diocese became an archbishopric.
In 1794-1797 the prominent French-American soldier and politician Marquis Lafayette was interned in Olomouc as a political prisoner of the Donaumonarchy, after being captured in Flanders by the French coalition in 1792, and then, for the time being, imprisoned by Prussia.
19th century
In 1841, the city received a railway connection. In the middle of 1845, the railway from Olomouc to Prague ("Northern State Railway") was put into operation (Olomouc-Moravská Třebová, Moravská Třebová-Prague). In 1848, the Archbishop's Palace housed the Imperial Court, which had fled here because of the revolution in Vienna. Emperor Ferdinand I handed over the government to the eighteen-year-old Francis Joseph I on December 2, 1848. On 29 November 1850, the German Confederation under Austrian leadership was restored in Olomouc by the Agreement of Olomouc (also known as the Olomouc Treaty) between Prussia, Austria and Russia. In the years 1850 to 1866 the fortification systems were extended again. In 1886, the fortress status was abolished. 1899 drove in the city the first tram.
20th century
After the collapse of the Austrian Empire in 1918 and the founding of Czechoslovakia, the Czech citizens became majority, which included, among other things, the integration of the two towns of Hodolina and Nová ulice, as well as eleven other municipalities (Bělidla, Černovír, Hejčín, Chválkovice, Lazce, Nové Sady, Nový Svět, Neředín, Pavlovičky, Povel and Řepčín) in 1919. In 1921 lived in Olomouc 57,206 inhabitants.
On March 15, 1939, the city, as well as the other areas of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, erected on the same day by the German Reich, was occupied by the Wehrmacht. As early as 1939, the Olomouc University was closed by the German occupying forces. It was not until 1946 that it was restored under the name Palacký University of Olomouc.
The German-speaking population was expelled from Olomouc in 1945/1946. Their assets were confiscated by the Beneš decree 108, the assets of the Protestant church were liquidated by the Beneš decree 131, and the Catholic churches were expropriated.
In the 1970s and 1980s, a number of prefabricated housing estates were built in the peripheral areas.
Since 1971, the entire old town has been protected as a historic preservation reserve. Floods in 1997 made the city very vulnerable, about a third of the city area was flooded. In the year 2000, the Trinity Column was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list. According to the administrative reform of 2000 the former district town with the establishment of the Olomouc region became its administrative seat.
Jews in Olomouc
The synagogue in Olomouc
The first Jews settled in Olomouc as early as 906. From the year 1060 they had to live in a ghetto and bear a yellow identification mark. In 1454 all Jews from Olomouc were expelled. This law was valid until 1848.
The Olomouc Synagogue was built between 1895 and 1897. On the night of March 15, 1939, after the occupation by the Wehrmacht, the synagogue was lit and burnt down. At the same time about 800 Jews were arrested and later deported to the Dachau concentration camp. Some of the synagogue 's benches were removed, serving as church benches in a village church near Prostějov and were finally put up in the renovated synagogue in Krnov in 2004. Some of them are now in the Synagogue of Loštice and are reminiscent of the Jewish citizens murdered in concentration camps. The seat of honor is dedicated to Berthold Oppenheim, the Rabbi of Olomouc and Loštice.
During the period of National Socialism, 3,489 people were deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto in five transports, on 26 and 30 June 1942, on July 4, 1942, and on March 7. Only 285 Jews of the city population survived. This was the end of the Jewish life in Olomouc for a long time. Since 2011, by artist Gunter Demnig Stolpersteine (stumbling blocks) have been and still are being laid to the memory of murdered Jews in Olomouc. Olomouc is one of the cities with the most stumbling blocks in the Czech Republic (as of 2016) with Prague and Brno.
Only since 1989 there has been a revival of the Jewish cultic life in the city. In 1991, an independent Jewish community was established with a field of activity for the districts of Olomouc, Šumperk, Jeseník, Bruntál and Přerov.
Name
Im 12. Jahrhundert waren Olomuc und Olmuc die ersten überlieferten Namensformen. Im 15. Jahrhundert wurde eine angebliche erste Form Juliomontium (Juliusberg) vermutet, nach Julius Caesar als angeblichem Gründer. Die ursprüngliche Bedeutung ist unklar. Im Tschechischen bedeutet Olomouc ‚kahler Berg‘ (alttschech. holy ‚kahl‘ und mauc ‚Berg‘). Der Name der Stadt lautet im mährisch-hannakischen Dialekt, einer Untergruppe der mittelmährischen Dialekte des Tschechischen, Olomóc oder Holomóc, auf Deutsch Olmütz, auf Polnisch Ołomuniec und auf Lateinisch Eburum oder Olomucium.
Geschichte
Anfänge
Ende des 2. Jahrhunderts befand sich hier ein römisches Heerlager, das nördlichste bekannte in Mitteleuropa. Bis ins 5. Jahrhundert gab es eine germanische Besiedelung.
Im späten 7. Jahrhundert entstand eine erste slawische Siedlung im heutigen Ortsteil Povel. Um 830 wurde diese zerstört. Es entstand eine neue Burg auf dem Petersberg (Předhrad), die nach ihrer Größe vermutlich zu den wichtigen Burgen des Mährerreiches zählte. Im 9. Jahrhundert wurden drei Kirchen gebaut.
Přemyslidenstaat
Olomouc wurde im Jahr 1017 erstmals schriftlich erwähnt, als Mähren Teil des böhmischen Staates der Přemysliden wurde. 1055 war es Sitz eines eigenen Teilfürstentums. 1063 wurde das Bistum Olmütz durch Vratislav II. gegründet. Um 1070 entstand eine neue Burg. 1077 wurde das Kloster Hradisko gegründet. 1126 wurde Heinrich Zdik zum Bischof.
Anfang des 13. Jahrhunderts starb der letzte Olmützer Fürst, Mähren wurde vereint und einem Markgrafen aus dem Geschlecht der Přemysliden unterstellt. Zum Jahr 1248 wird Olomouc erstmals als Königsstadt erwähnt. 1306 hielt sich König Wenzel III. während eines Feldzuges nach Polen in Olmütz auf und wurde hier ermordet, wodurch die Dynastie der Přemysliden im Mannesstamm erlosch. Die Stadt entwickelte sich wirtschaftlich sehr schnell und wurde zur Hauptstadt Mährens.
In den Hussitenkriegen war Olmütz fester Bestandteil der katholischen Seite. In der Nachfolge der Kartause Dolein, die in den Hussitenkriegen untergegangen war, wurde 1443 die Kartause Olmütz gegründet, die bis zur Aufhebung 1782 bestand. Im 16. Jahrhundert entstanden zahlreiche Paläste im Renaissancestil. 1566 kamen die Jesuiten nach Olmütz. Diese gründeten eine Schule, welche 1573 zur Universität erhoben wurde. 1588 wurde der Bischof zum Reichsfürsten erhoben.
17. und 18. Jahrhundert
Im Dreißigjährigen Krieg wurde die Stadt 1642 von den Schweden eingenommen und acht Jahre okkupiert. Nach dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg verlor die großteils zerstörte und entvölkerte Stadt den Status der mährischen Hauptstadt und trat diesen an Brünn ab. Da durch Brände viel Schaden entstanden war, wurde 1711 eine detaillierte „Feuerlösch-Ordnung“ erlassen, in der auch eine Reihe vorbeugender Maßnahmen zur Sprache kam.
Am 26. Dezember 1741 wurde die Stadt von den Preußen im Ersten Schlesischen Krieg eingenommen. Nach diesem Ereignis wurden die Festungsanlagen umfangreich ausgebaut. Einer zweiten Belagerung durch die Preußen im Jahre 1758 hielt die neue Festungsanlage stand. 1777 wurde das Bistum zum Erzbistum erhoben.
1794–1797 wurde der prominente französisch-amerikanische Soldat und Politiker Marquis Lafayette in Olmütz als politischer Häftling der Donaumonarchie interniert, nachdem er von der antifranzösischen Koalition 1792 in Flandern gefangengenommen und dann vorerst von Preußen eingekerkert worden war.
19. Jahrhundert
1841 erhielt die Stadt einen Eisenbahnanschluss. Mitte 1845 wurde die Eisenbahn von Olmütz nach Prag („k.k. Nördliche Staatsbahn“) in Betrieb genommen (Olmütz–Trübau, Trübau–Prag). Im Jahr 1848 beherbergte das Schloss des Erzbischofs den wegen der Revolution in Wien hierher geflohenen kaiserlichen Hof. Kaiser Ferdinand I. übertrug hier am 2. Dezember 1848 dem achtzehnjährigen Franz Joseph I. die Regierung. Am 29. November 1850 wurde in Olmütz durch die Olmützer Punktation (auch „Olmützer Vertrag“ genannt) zwischen Preußen, Österreich und Russland der Deutsche Bund unter österreichischer Führung wieder hergestellt. In den Jahren 1850 bis 1866 wurden erneut die Befestigungsanlagen erweitert. 1886 wurde dann der Festungsstatus aufgehoben. 1899 fuhr in der Stadt die erste Straßenbahn.
20. Jahrhundert
Nach dem Zerfall des Kaiserreichs Österreich 1918 und der Gründung der Tschechoslowakei kamen die tschechischen Stadtbürger in die Mehrzahl, was unter anderem auf die Eingemeindung der zwei Städte Hodolein (Hodolany) und Neugasse (Nová ulice) sowie elf weiterer Gemeinden (Bělidla, Černovír, Hejčín, Chválkovice, Lazce, Nové Sady, Nový Svět, Neředín, Pavlovičky, Povel und Řepčín) im Jahr 1919 zurückzuführen ist. Im Jahr 1921 lebten in Olomouc 57.206 Einwohner.
Am 15. März 1939 wurde die Stadt, wie auch die übrigen Gebiete des am selben Tag vom Deutschen Reich errichteten Protektorats Böhmen und Mähren, von der Wehrmacht besetzt. Noch im Jahr 1939 wurde die Olmützer Universität von der deutschen Besatzungsmacht geschlossen. Erst im Jahr 1946 konnte sie unter dem Namen Palacký-Universität Olmütz wiederhergestellt werden.
Die deutschsprachige Bevölkerung wurde 1945/1946 aus Olmütz vertrieben. Ihr Vermögen wurde durch das Beneš-Dekret 108 konfisziert, das Vermögen der evangelischen Kirche durch das Beneš-Dekret 131 liquidiert und die katholischen Kirchen enteignet.
In den 1970er und 1980er Jahren entstanden in den Randgebieten mehrere Plattenbausiedlungen.
Seit 1971 ist die ganze Altstadt als Denkmalschutzreservat geschützt. Das Hochwasser im Jahr 1997 zog die Stadt schwer in Mitleidenschaft, etwa ein Drittel des Stadtgebiets wurde überschwemmt. Im Jahr 2000 wurde die Dreifaltigkeitssäule in die Liste des UNESCO-Welterbes aufgenommen. Nach der Verwaltungsreform von 2000 wurde die bisherige Kreisstadt mit der Errichtung der Olmützer Region dessen Verwaltungssitz.
Juden in Olmütz
Die Synagoge in Olmütz
Die ersten Juden siedelten in Olmütz bereits 906. Ab dem Jahre 1060 hatten sie in einem Ghetto zu wohnen und ein gelbes Erkennungszeichen zu tragen. Im Jahr 1454 wurden sämtliche Juden aus Olmütz ausgewiesen. Dieses Gesetz war bis 1848 gültig.
Die Olmützer Synagoge wurde von 1895 bis 1897 erbaut. In der Nacht vom 15. auf den 16. März 1939, nach der Besetzung durch die Wehrmacht, wurde die Synagoge angezündet und brannte ab. Gleichzeitig wurden etwa 800 Juden festgenommen und später in das Konzentrationslager Dachau deportiert. Einige Sitzbänke der Synagoge wurden ausgebaut, dienten lange als Kirchenbänke in einer Dorfkirche bei Prostějov und wurden schließlich 2004 in der renovierten Synagoge in Krnov aufgestellt. Einige davon stehen heute in der Synagoge von Loštice und erinnern an die in den Konzentrationslagern ermordeten jüdischen Bürger. Der Ehrensitz ist Berthold Oppenheim gewidmet, dem Rabbi von Olmütz und Loštice.
Während der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus wurden 3.489 Menschen in fünf Transporten, am 26. und 30. Juni 1942, am 4. Juli 1942 und am 7. März 1945 in das Ghetto Theresienstadt deportiert. Nur 285 Juden der Stadtbevölkerung überlebten. Damit erlosch das jüdische Leben in Olmütz für lange Zeit. Seit 2011 wurden und werden in Olmütz von Gunter Demnig Stolpersteine zur Erinnerung an ermordete Juden verlegt. Olmütz gehört mit Prag und Brünn zu den Städten mit den meisten Stolpersteinen in Tschechien (Stand 2016).
Erst seit 1989 gibt es eine Belebung des jüdischen Kultuslebens in der Stadt. 1991 wurde eine selbständige jüdische Gemeinde mit einem Wirkungskreis für die Bezirke Olmütz, Šumperk, Jeseník, Bruntál und Přerov wiederbegründet.
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Milledgeville is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is northeast of Macon, located just before Eatonton on the way to Athens along U.S. Highway 441, and it is located on the Oconee River. The rapid current of the Oconee River here made this an attractive location to build a city. It was the capital of Georgia from 1804 to 1868, notably during the American Civil War. Milledgeville was preceded as the capital city by Louisville, and it was succeeded by Atlanta, the current capital.
The population of the town of Milledgeville was 18,757 at the 2000 census.
Two events epitomized Milledgeville's status as the political and social center of Georgia in these years. The first was the visit to the capital in 1825 by the American Revolutionary War (1775–83) soldier the Marquis de Lafayette. The receptions, barbecue, formal dinner, and grand ball for the veteran apostle of liberty seemed to mark Milledgeville's coming of age. The second event was the construction (1836-38/39) of the Governor's Mansion, one of the most important examples of Greek revival architecture in America.
On January 19, 1861, Georgia convention delegates passed the Ordinance of Secession, and the "Republic of Georgia" joined the Confederate States of America, to the accompaniment of wild celebration, bonfires, and illuminations on Milledgeville's Statehouse Square. Three years later, on a bitterly cold November day, Union general William T. Sherman and 30,000 Union troops marched into Milledgeville. When they left a couple of days later, they had ransacked the statehouse; vandalized the State Chapel by pouring honey down the pipes of the organ and by housing cavalry horses in the church; then destroyed the state arsenal and powder magazine; burned the penitentiary, the central depot, and the Oconee bridge; and devastated the surrounding countryside. In 1868, during Reconstruction, the legislature moved the capital to Atlanta—a city emerging as the symbol of the New South as surely as Milledgeville symbolized the Old South.
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Kanchana is a bright young nurse in Sri Lanka. She graduated eleventh out of 30,000 nursing students in her country and is dedicated and energetic about her work as a nurse. Where she is today is a far cry from where she was a few years ago. During her first year in nursing school, a male acquaintance threw acid on her while she was on her way to school. The violent practice is common in this region of the world, and most women are targeted for their beauty, out of jealousy, or for refusing the advances of the person who accosts them.
Kanchana had to undergo many painful operations, hair loss and the wearing of a facial mask for months to reduce scarring. Dr. Chandini Perera, Interplast’s partner in Sri Lanka, performed Kanchana’s much-needed operations and provided her the needed after-care. In addition to restoring her functionality and reducing her disfigurements, Perera also fought to have Kanchana continue with her nursing studies. The school administrators thought it would be too distracting and disturbing for other nursing students and teachers to look at Kanchana, who needed to wear pressure garments to ensure proper healing. Perera also helped Kanchana seek legal justice, and the perpetrator is in jail.
Now healed but still with some scarring, Kanchana works as a nurse at Perera’s hospital, but not without another fight with hospital administrators who believed her scars would disturb the patients. Kanchana’s smile and efficiency are doing just the opposite; she is telling her story when asked, and so many patients have stories of their own. Kanchana is having an empowering effect on those she meets and is raising awareness about violence against women and the discrimination against those with disfigurement and disabilities.
She is moving forward and focusing on a profession that allows her to give back the same care she received. Though this event forever changed Kanchana’s life, her will remains strong and she has persevered against all odds with her caring nature intact.
She is one of our many patients who continually inspire us and reinforce our belief that reconstructive surgery can be the tool to a new beginning. By removing one of the many major obstacles that our patients face, these surgeries make it possible for them to strive for their full potential, just like Kanchana has.
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Nine Mile Canyon is a canyon, approximately 40 miles (60 km) long, located in the counties of Carbon and Duchesne in eastern Utah, in the Western United States. Promoted as "the world’s longest art gallery", the canyon is known for its extensive rock art, most of it created by the Fremont culture and the Ute people. The rock art, shelters, and granaries left behind by the Fremont make Nine Mile Canyon a destination for archaeologists and tourists alike.
There are at least an estimated 1,000 rock art sites in the canyon, with more than 10,000 individual images. The true figures may be ten times as high, but there is no question that rock art is more concentrated here than anywhere else in North America. Much is in the form of pecked petroglyphs, and there are many painted pictographs as well. Researchers have also identified hundreds of pit-houses, rock shelters, and granaries, although only a limited amount of excavation has been carried out. Many of these structures are located high above the canyon floor on cliff ledges, pinnacles, and mesas. They were built by the Fremont, whose presence in Nine Mile has been dated at AD 950–1250. Indeed, Nine Mile Canyon was one of the locations most heavily occupied by the Fremont. In contrast to the purely hunter-gatherer cultures that surrounded them, the Fremont practiced agriculture, growing corn and squash along the canyon bottom. Compared to other Fremont areas, relatively little pottery is found in Nine Mile, suggesting that beans, which must be boiled for hours to become edible, were not an important part of the local diet. The Fremont left irrigation ditches and earthen lodges on the canyon floor that could be seen as late as the 1930s, but are no longer visible after generations of modern cultivation.
By the 16th century the ancestral Utes were in the canyon. They added to the rock art already on the walls, but in styles of their own. Many scenes, for example, depict Ute hunters on horseback and date to the 1800s. Despite the number of Ute artifacts found in Nine Mile, there is no archaeological evidence of any Ute camps or residences.
In 2009, 63 archaeological sites in the canyon were listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, 36 in Carbon County and 27 in Duchesne County. Most are named in the National Register listing only by their archaeological site codes, but there were three named sites in Carbon County: Cottonwood Village, Drop-Dead Ruin, and First Canyon Site. The named ones in Duchesne County are Centennial House, Fool's Pinnacle, Karen's Cist, Maxies Pad, Nordell's Fort, Redman Village, Sunstone Village, and Taylor's City. The locations and details of these sites are not disclosed by the National Register. The 63 sites include 40 Fremont constructions, 19 rock art sites, and 4 sets of historical-era dwellings. A further 165 sites were added on September 12, 2012, all of them designated by codes only. Of these listings, 158 are in Carbon County and 7 in Duchesne County.
The canyon became a main transport corridor in the region during the 1880s. Settlers established a number of ranches in Nine Mile, and even a short-lived town named Harper. No longer heavily traveled, the rugged canyon road was used mostly for recreation and tourism through the end of the 20th century. The discovery of rich deposits of natural gas deep beneath the Tavaputs Plateau has brought an influx of industrial truck traffic since 2002. The large amounts of fugitive dust produced by the trucks' passage may be damaging the rock art. Public debate is ongoing about how best to balance energy development in the canyon against the preservation of its cultural resources.
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This is looking up the tree from the bottom. If the Angel were real she'd be saying "You pervert! Quick looking up my dress!"
I made this Christmas tree! Seriously! I took a couple of tomato cages out of the garden, turned them upside down and put lights all the way around it. Then I put the garland on it. Put the Angel on top and there you have it, a Christmas tree.
My family isn't big on Christmas trees. I'd like to have a nice big tree but I do agree that they are a lot of work and upkeep, even the artificial ones.
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Bennett is a confident cat who likes people and other cats. He has the cutest kitty trill! He will play-fight happily with other cats, but will also lay back and watch the world quietly. He's a lean, long cat somewhere between five and six months old. He found a new home 13 November 2016.
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This is thought to be one of the most haunted places in the UK. Built in 1610 by Sir John Trevor, it's been considered haunted since even then – Sir John's gatekeeper commited suicide after seeing a ghost. There have been at least three other violent deaths, not counting those caused by the most infamous resident.
Before becoming Lord Chief Justice of England (1681-3), then Lord Chancellor (1683-88), then dying in the Tower of London, 'Hanging' Judge Jeffries lived here in the 17th Century. He held court in the dining room; those sentenced to hang were executed immediately in an adjoining room. Yes, in his own home.
There have been a disproportionate number of accidents on the nearby A541 dual carriageway (viewpoint of this photo), many of them caused by motorists swerving around ghostly figures.
Okay; I'm sceptical, too, but I visited in the 1980s, and certain rooms genuinely felt 'wrong'.
Quite apart from the paranormal aspect, the three-storey, Grade I Listed, Jacobean mansion is interesting in itself, with odd and unique features. The staircase is constructed of wood from a ship of the Spanish Armada, a sofa was a gift from Napoleon Bonaparte, and there are witch marks in the main fireplace, intended to ward-off evil.
Better On Black?
This doll is not only one of my prettiest and largest in my Disney collection, it is the most recent addition to the ShopDisney.com lineup as of October 2021 and was previously only available at Walt Disney World in Florida, or more exactly for guests of the Disney's Perfectly Princess Tea character meal experience at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort. This is a very upscale princess-themed party and rather costly at $333 for one adult + one child. This Aurora doll serves as a takehome souvenir for all attending girls (only given to girls unfortunately) and with the party currently not taking place, Disney probably decided to sell the growing stock of dolls they had sitting around to the public.
Since the dolls are already placed completely unboxed at the dining tables when guests arrive, these do not come in a fancy retail packaging, rather in a plain, unmarked white cardboard box when ordered through ShopDisney.
The Aurora Tea Doll is a very similar construction like the discontinued "Disney Princess & Me" dolls that were created by Jakks Pacific a few years back - in fact I suspected the very same factory behind them, as they feature extremly similar facemolds and reflecting eyes. And indeed, Copyright 2010 by Jakks Pacific can be found stamped into her neck!
Aurora looks so perfectly pretty and really stands out with her 18" size. She has soft blonde, 10" long hair, although the quality doesn't quite match Barbie's saran hair. Also, a lot of glue was used for her curls on her forehead and the little strand of hair on her right. Her face is done really well and clearly recognizable as Aurora, somewhat similar like the 12" Classic Doll of the Disney Store, just super-sized. She features subtle, lovely blushing on her big cheeks, golden earpieces and a tiara as well beautiful pink lips on a closed mouth. Her head can turn and tilt to the left and right.
Her dress looks very true to the "real" Aurora theme park character with lovely ornaments and small amounts of glitter. The pink color is really nice while her long arm sleeves are transparent. Her dress is a rather heavy quality and displays nicely without the help of paper inserts or any other help to make it appear wider or fuller.It has a velcro on its back to allow for an outfit change. A transparent plastic wand is attached with a rubber band to her right arm, yet she can't hold it on her own in her hands. A Perfectly Princess Tea Party tag is on her left arm. Her shoes are made out of a very simple pink fabric, yet do stay on just fine, even though they feel like slippers. The dolls massive and rather heavy body has 5 points of articulation: Neck, shoulders and hips. The knees and elbows do not bend, yet she can stand or sit on her own.
This doll is equally fun for play and display and will definitely stand out. Just perfect if you love the Disney Parks, the princesses and dolls!
Retails for $64.99 at ShopDisney.com. Disney's Perfectly Princess Tea Party is currently not being offered due to the pandemic. Her price is rather steep compared to the Jakks Pacific dolls from a few years ago (more than double) and she's not a limited edition doll.
The University of Vienna is the oldest university in the German-speaking and -cultural area, and both the largest university in Austria as well as in German-speaking countries.
History
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The founding document of the University was signed on 12th March in 1365 by Duke Rudolph IV and his brothers Albert III and Leopold III. signed and the university therefore is also called "Alma Mater Rudolphina". It is after the University of Prague, then part of the Holy Roman Empire, the second oldest university in Central Europe. The present main building was built in 1877-1884 by Heinrich von Ferstel on the Vienna ring road (Ringstraße), previously the main building was near the office door (Stubentor), at Ignaz- Seipel-Platz, where the old University Church and the Austrian Academy of Sciences are located. In 1897, women were first admitted as regular listeners, even if at first only in the philosophical faculty. The remaining faculties partly followed at a considerable distance: 1900 the medical, the juridical 1919, 1923, Evangelical theological and in 1946 finally allowed the Catholic theological faculty women as ordinary listeners. With the romanist Elise Richter succeeded eight years after the start of the women studying at the University of Vienna the first woman to habilitate (1905), she was 1921 also the first extraordinary professor. Only after the Second World War, the physicist Berta Karlik was appointed to the first full professor of the University of Vienna.
Research and teaching
Currently are around 63,000 students in about 130 disciplines at the University of Vienna enrolled, of which 22 are bachelor and 27 master's programs. The research activity of the University is carried in total of approximately 6,100 researchers and scientists. Of these 6,100 persons are approximately 3,200 people staff of the University of Vienna, about 900 people are active in projects that are financed by external funds. Among the 6,100 scientists and academics are also about 2,000 lecturers, many of whom also contribute to the research at the University of Vienna.
Location
The scientific institutions of the University of Vienna are spread over 60 locations in Vienna. The center is the historic main building on the Ringstrasse (Universitätsring). Here is the seat of the university management and the administration of most organizations. Another spatial center constitutes the nearby situated university campus, where the majority of scientific institutions has settled and the new auditorium center was built.
See also :
* Building of the University of Vienna
* General plan of the buildings of the University of Vienna
* 360 ° x180 ° panoramic photo of the campus overlooking the Auditorium Center
Structure
Rector of the University of Vienna is currently Georg Winckler. The University of Vienna is divided into several departments and centers. Under the new law, the University Medical School in 2004 spun off into the Medical University of Vienna, as well as before the economic studies were released into independence. Other faculties were also restructured, so the natural science faculty was divided into a number of small but specialized units.
Faculties and Centers
* Faculty of Catholic Theology
* Faculty of Protestant Theology
* Faculty of Law
* Department of Economics
* Faculty of computer science
* Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies
* Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies
* Faculty of Philosophy and Education
* Department of Psychology
* School of Social Sciences
* Department of Mathematics
* Department of Physics
* Faculty of Chemistry
* Department of Geosciences, Geography and Astronomy
* Faculty of Life Sciences
* Centre for Translation Studies
* Centre for Sports Sciences and University Sports
Famous people
The following Nobel Laureates have taught at the university:
Robert Bárány, Ludwig Boltzmann, Josef Stefan, Victor Franz Hess, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Hans Fischer, Karl Landsteiner, Erwin Schrödinger, Victor Franz Hess, Otto Loewi, Konrad Lorenz, Friedrich August von Hayek
Other famous scientists who have taught at the University of Vienna:
Theodor Billroth, Viktor Frankl, Johann Josef Loschmidt, Carl Auer von Welsbach, Johann Palisa, Karl Freiherr von Rokitansky, August Schleicher, Joseph Skoda, Joseph von Sonnefels
Famous alumni of the University of Vienna:
Bruno Bettelheim, Paul Feyerabend, O. W. Fischer, Ivan Franko, Karl Kautsky, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Karl Kraus, Jörg Haider, Lise Meitner, Alois Mock, Pius III. (Pope), Peter Porsch, Manfred Rumpl, Adalbert Stifter, Kurt Waldheim
See also: Austrian universities, colleges and polytechnics
In the "new institution building " (NIG ) of the University is one of the last still operating paternoster lifts in Austria.
Web Links
* Official Website
* History of the University of Vienna
* Online newspaper of the University of Vienna
Famous People
Erwin Schrödinger monument in the courtyard of the University
The University at the back of the 1000-shilling bank note (1983)
See also: Category: High school teacher (University of Vienna)
Nobel Prize
Robert Bárány (Medicine 1913)
Julius Wagner-Jauregg (Medicine 1927)
Hans Fischer (Chemistry 1930)
Karl Landsteiner (Medicine 1930)
Erwin Schrödinger (Physics 1933)
Victor Franz Hess ( Physics 1936)
Otto Loewi (Medicine 1936)
Konrad Lorenz ( Medicine 1973)
Friedrich August von Hayek (Economics 1974)
Other important scientists
Theodor Billroth, Marietta Blue, Ludwig Boltzmann, Franz Brentano, Charlotte Bühler, Karl Bühler, Rudolf Carnap, Conrad Celtis, Viktor Frankl, Freud, Kurt Gödel, Olga Hahn-Neurath, Berthold Hatschek, Marian Heitger, Moriz Hoernes, Marie Jahoda, Moritz Kaposi, Berta Karlik, Hans Kelsen, Alfred Kohler, Helmut Koziol, Florian Kratschmer von Forstburg, Johann Josef Loschmidt, Lise Meitner, Oskar Morgenstern, Otto Neurath, Johann Palisa, Richard Pittioni, Pius II, Elise Richter, Karl Freiherr von Rokitansky, August Schleicher, Moritz Schlick, Wendelin Schmidt-Dengler, Klaus Schönbach, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Josef Stefan, Nikolai S. Trubeckoj, Carl Auer von Welsbach, Johann Puluj
Significant students
Franz Alt, Peter Apian, Franz Ballner, Bruno Bettelheim, Nicetas Budka, Paul Ehrenfest, Janko Ferko, Paul Feyerabend, Hertha Firnberg, Heinz Fischer, O. W. Fischer, Ivan Franko, Sigmund Freud, Alcide De Gasperi, Kurt Gödel, Jörg Haider, Theodor Herzl, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Husserl, Heinrich Freiherr von Huyssen, Elfriede Jelinek, Karl Kautsky, Edith Kneifl, Karl Kraus, Bruno Kreisky, Hans Kudlich, Hryhory Lakota, Paul Lazarsfeld, Käthe Leichter, Peter Luder, Ernst Mach, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Alois Mock, Pope Pius III., Paul Pella, Peter Porsch, Henning Röhl, Manfred Rumpl, Wolfgang Schüssel, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Hilde Spiel, Adalbert Stifter, Mutius of Tommasini, Kurt Waldheim, Stefan Zweig, Ulrich Zwingli, Joseph von Sonnenfels
See also: Faculty plaques, University of Vienna
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She is wearing an apron over her dress with loose socks and Mary Jane shoes. Her head is adorned with her favorite red Babushka with lace.
Her dark brown hair is long and has soft curls. She also has sweet bangs.
For her make-up, she is wearing olive yellow eye shadow, pink lips and salmon pink blush.
She has lavender pink colored eyes. The skin type is natural.
Release: Milk and Honey
Release Date : August 2011
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Is was stated that there was going to be a severe storm here in Brisbane early afternoon.
However, it came by around 6pm, with a heavy front of rain.
This was one of the best shots I managed to get.
Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Falmouth was the site where Henry VIII built Pendennis Castle to defend Carrick Roads, in 1540. The main town of the district was then at Penryn. Sir John Killigrew created the town of Falmouth shortly after 1613.
While Falmouth's maritime activity has much declined from its heyday, the docks are still a major contributor to the town's economy. It is the largest port in Cornwall. Falmouth is still a cargo port and the bunkering of vessels and the transfer of cargoes also keep the port's facilities busy. The port is also popular with cruise ship operators.
Mount Auburn Cemetery is the first rural cemetery in the United States, located on the line between Cambridge and Watertown in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Boston.
With classical monuments set in a rolling landscaped terrain,[2] it marked a distinct break with Colonial-era burying grounds and church-affiliated graveyards. The appearance of this type of landscape coincides with the rising popularity of the term "cemetery", derived from the Greek for "a sleeping place." This language and outlook eclipsed the previous harsh view of death and the afterlife embodied by old graveyards and church burial plots.[3]
The 174-acre (70 ha) cemetery is important both for its historical aspects and for its role as an arboretum. It is Watertown’s largest contiguous open space and extends into Cambridge to the east, adjacent to the Cambridge City Cemetery and Sand Banks Cemetery. It was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2003 for its pioneering role in 19th-century cemetery development.
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"Heesco", is a Mongolian-born, Melbourne-based contemporary muralist and fine artist celebrated for his large-scale public works.
"Heesco" is particularly famous for his massive contributions to the "Australian Silo Art Trail" and for single-handedly transforming the rural town of Yarram into a major street art destination.
Furthermore, "Heesco" is also the President of Lantuun Dohio Australia, a charity dedicated to eradicating child abuse in Mongolia.
Finally, the artist was originally part of the prominent "WEWF" Crew and collective.
Notable Major Projects and Immersive Installations:
"Neo Tokyo" @ Sunshine West, Melbourne (2024) - www.flickr.com/photos/colourourcity/albums/72177720331082...
"Haring | Basquiat in Tribute" @ "the End to End Building", Collingwood, Melbourne (2019) - www.flickr.com/photos/colourourcity/albums/72177720332549...
"Miss Citizen of the Universe" @ Victoria University, Footscray, Melbourne (2018) - www.flickr.com/photos/colourourcity/38629461556/in/album-...
Notable Iconic Australian Silo Art Trail Large-Scale Murals:
Gunnedah, New South Wales (2020)
Grenfell, New South Wales (2018)
Griffith Water Tower, New South Wales (2024)
Karoonda, South Australia (2019)
Murrumburrah-Harden, new South Wales (2021)
Yarram, Victoria (25 Muals) (2020 - 2023)
Weethalle, New South Wales (2017)
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Bobby Hull's autograph is a thing of beauty. When signing his name, Hull typically stacked his autograph, signing "Bobby" then "Hull" underneath. Most examples of his signature feature this signature trademark. Hull's signature is typically signed with every letter visible, occasionally accompanied by his jersey number (9) and his nickname, "The Golden Jet." A gracious signer (as are most hockey players) Hull's autograph is readily available, but is of major importance. His stature in hockey lore is cemented forever. He retired in 1980 as the second leading goal scorer and his resume includes almost every possible award and trophy given by the league. LINK - www.psacard.com/autographfacts/hockey/bobby-hull/94/
Bobby Hull wore #16 and #7 early in his NHL career before switching to his famous #9, which he wore for the majority of his time with the Chicago Blackhawks. He wore #9 in honor of his childhood hero, Gordie Howe.
Robert Marvin Hull OC (January 3, 1939 – January 30, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His blond hair, skating speed, end-to-end rushes, and ability to shoot the puck at very high velocity all earned him the nickname "the Golden Jet". His talents were such that an opposing player was often assigned just to shadow him.
During his 23-year playing career, from 1957 to 1980, he played in both the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association with the Chicago Black Hawks, Winnipeg Jets, and Hartford Whalers. He won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player twice and the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading point scorer three times, while helping the Black Hawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961. He also led the WHA's Winnipeg Jets to Avco Cup championships in 1976 and 1978. He led the NHL in goals seven times, the second most of any player in history, and led the WHA in goals one additional time while being the WHA's most valuable player two times; his 77 goals scored in the 1974–75 WHA season was the most in league history.
He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983, the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997, and received the Wayne Gretzky International Award in 2003. In 2017 Hull was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
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Cropredy has ancient origins, a chapel in the church is dedicated to St Fremund, an anglo-saxon saint thought to be the son of King Offa. It's name combines the Old English croppe or hill and ridig, a small stream. The village is only a few miles from Banbury, in hilly country along the banks of the River Cherwell. Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries Cropredy belonged the Bishop of Lincoln. More recently Brasenose College, Oxford, has become a significant landlord giving it's name to the local pub.
Dramatic changes to centuries of agrarian life were heralded by the excavation of the Oxford canal which runs alongside the Cherwell south-east of the church. This busy waterway was superseded by the Great Western railway, the village even had it's own station until 1956.
Unusually Cropredy retains the ringing of the curfew bell, in Medieval times this was a signal to return home and 'cover their fires'. Roger Lupton local priest between 1487 and 1528 was so lost in dense fog that he could only find his way from nearby Chacombe by the ringing of Cropredy's bells. He founded a fund in gratitude which paid for the daily winding of the clock and tolling the bell morning, noon and night. The bell is still rung Tuesday and Thursday nights for five minutes after eight O'clock.
The village is best known for the Civil War 'Battle of Cropredy Bridge'. A rare Royalist victory at a time when the Parliamentary forces were in the ascendancy. In June 1644 the King slipped out of Oxford to avoid two Roundhead armies which were rapidly approaching. At this point the Earl of Essex chose to lead his army south and relieve the siege of Lyme Regis leaving Sir William Waller to pursue the King with half of the men. Waller shadowed the Royal army to Worcester only for the King to double back towards Banbury where the Parliamentary commander saw an opportunity to split the Royal forces which were strung out along the Daventry road. Waller's artillery crossed Cropredy bridge but were too far ahead of the infantry and were overrun. Fierce fighting followed but neither side achieved a significant advantage and a chance of capturing the King was lost. As children we were told stories of a phantom drummer boy.
Cropredy's most prominent claim to fame is their music festival founded when Fairport Convention played the village fete in 1976. Cropredy Music Festival grew from these modest beginnings and now attracts over 20,000 music fans every year.
St. Mary the Virgin is an impressive building constructed from the local rust-coloured ironstone. While part of the wall of the south aisle has been dated to c1050 the present church begins in the 13th century with significant 14th and 15th century additions. The south wall has two tomb recesses thought to be built for Simon de Cropredy and his son c1200. The church has an interesting 13th century parish chest and the chapel dedicated to the anglo-saxon saint Fremund has two 15th century screens, one of which has the initials AD which may stand for Alice Danvers. The nave arcading, tower and choir arches are Perpendicular in style with no capitals and continuous moulding from ground level. The tower is early 15th century with the belfry and parapets added 80 years later, There are eight bells, six from the late 17th century, two added in 2007 called Fairport and Villager. Fragments of a Doom survive above the chancel arch. The church has a 17th century pulpit and a rare pre-reformation eagle lectern which is said to have been hidden in the river before the Battle of Cropredy where it lost one of it's lion feet. The beak has a slot for collecting 'Peter's Pence'. There is a beautiful 15th century head of the Virgin Mary in stained glass which was found in the churchyard. There are two fonts, one Norman and one Victorian. In the tower is a magnificent clock by John Moore of Clerkenwell dated 1831.
Cropredy is just off the Daventry road a few miles from Banbury about an hour from Stratford-upon-Avon.
Bagan; (formerly Pagan) is an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar). From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Kingdom of Pagan, the first kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar. During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, over 10.000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2200 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day.
The Bagan Archaeological Zone is a main draw for the country's nascent tourism industry. It is seen by many as equal in attraction to Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
ETYMOLOGY
Bagan is the present-day standard Burmese pronunciation of the Burmese word Pugan, derived from Old Burmese Pyugam (meaning 'Pyu Village'). Its classical Pali name is Arimaddana-pura, lit. "the City that Tramples on Enemies". Its other names in Pali are in reference to its extreme dry zone climate: Tattadesa, "parched land", and Tampadipa, "bronzed country". The Burmese chronicles also report other classical names of Thiri Pyissaya and Tampawaddy.
HISTORY
7th to 13th CENTURIES
According to the Burmese chronicles, Bagan was founded in the second century CE, and fortified in 849 CE by King Pyinbya, 34th successor of the founder of early Bagan. Mainstream scholarship however holds that Bagan was founded in the mid-to-late 9th century by the Mranma (Burmans), who had recently entered the Irrawaddy valley from the Nanzhao Kingdom. It was among several competing Pyu city-states until the late 10th century when the Burman settlement grew in authority and grandeur.From 1044 to 1287, Bagan was the capital as well as the political, economic and cultural nerve center of the Pagan Empire. Over the course of 250 years, Bagan's rulers and their wealthy subjects constructed over 10000 religious monuments (approximately 1000 stupas, 10000 small temples and 3000 monasteries) in an area of 104 square kilometres in the Bagan plains. The prosperous city grew in size and grandeur, and became a cosmopolitan center for religious and secular studies, specializing in Pali scholarship in grammar and philosophical-psychological (abhidhamma) studies as well as works in a variety of languages on prosody, phonology, grammar, astrology, alchemy, medicine, and legal studies. The city attracted monks and students from as far as India, Ceylon as well as the Khmer Empire. The culture of Bagan was dominated by religion. The religion of Bagan was fluid, syncretic and by later standards, unorthodox. It was largely a continuation of religious trends in the Pyu era where Theravada Buddhism co-existed with Mahayana Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, various Hindu (Saivite, and Vaishana) schools as well as native animist (nat) traditions. While the royal patronage of Theravada Buddhism since the mid-11th century had enabled the Buddhist school to gradually gain primacy, other traditions continued to thrive throughout the Pagan period to degrees later unseen.
The Pagan Empire collapsed in 1287 due to repeated Mongol invasions (1277–1301). Recent research shows that Mongol armies may not have reached Bagan itself, and that even if they did, the damage they inflicted was probably minimal. However, the damage had already been done. The city, once home to some 50.000 to 200.000 people, had been reduced to a small town, never to regain its preeminence. The city formally ceased to be the capital of Burma in December 1297 when the Myinsaing Kingdom became the new power in Upper Burma.
14th to 19th CENTURIES
Bagan survived into the 15th century as a human settlement, and as a pilgrimage destination throughout the imperial period. A smaller number of "new and impressive" religious monuments still went up to the mid-15th century but afterward, new temple constructions slowed to a trickle with fewer than 200 temples built between the 15th and 20th centuries. The old capital remained a pilgrimage destination but pilgrimage was focused only on "a score or so" most prominent temples out of the thousands such as the Ananda, the Shwezigon, the Sulamani, the Htilominlo, the Dhammayazika, and a few other temples along an ancient road. The rest - thousands of less famous, out-of-the-way temples - fell into disrepair, and most did not survive the test of time.
For the few dozen temples that were regularly patronized, the continued patronage meant regular upkeep as well as architectural additions donated by the devotees. Many temples were repainted with new frescoes on top of their original Pagan era ones, or fitted with new Buddha statutes. Then came a series of state-sponsored "systematic" renovations in the Konbaung period (1752–1885), which by and large were not true to the original designs - some finished with "a rude plastered surface, scratched without taste, art or result". The interiors of some temples were also whitewashed, such as the Thatbyinnyu and the Ananda. Many painted inscriptions and even murals were added in this period.
20th CENTURY TO PRESENT
Bagan, located in an active earthquake zone, had suffered from many earthquakes over the ages, with over 400 recorded earthquakes between 1904 and 1975. The last major earthquake came on 8 July 1975, reaching 8 MM in Bagan and Myinkaba, and 7 MM in Nyaung-U. The quake damaged many temples, in many cases, such as the Bupaya, severely and irreparably. Today, 2229 temples and pagodas remain.
Many of these damaged pagodas underwent restorations in the 1990s by the military government, which sought to make Bagan an international tourist destination. However, the restoration efforts instead drew widespread condemnation from art historians and preservationists worldwide. Critics are aghast that the restorations paid little attention to original architectural styles, and used modern materials, and that the government has also established a golf course, a paved highway, and built a 61-meter watchtower. Although the government believed that the ancient capital's hundreds of (unrestored) temples and large corpus of stone inscriptions were more than sufficient to win the designation of UNESCO World Heritage Site, the city has not been so designated, allegedly mainly on account of the restorations.
Bagan today is a main tourist destination in the country's nascent tourism industry, which has long been the target of various boycott campaigns. The majority of over 300.000 international tourists to the country in 2011 are believed to have also visited Bagan. Several Burmese publications note that the city's small tourism infrastructure will have to expand rapidly even to meet a modest pickup in tourism in the following years.
There is a well-known saying of Myanmar people : "If you are a real Myanmar, you must have been to Bagan." Bagan is spirit of history of Myanmar.
GEOGRAPHY
The Bagan Archaeological Zone, defined as the 13 x 8 km area centered around Old Bagan, consisting of Nyaung U in the north and New Bagan in the south, lies in the vast expanse of plains in Upper Burma on the bend of the Irrawaddy river. It is located 290 kilometres southwest of Mandalay and 700 kilometres north of Yangon. Its coordinates are 21°10' North and 94°52' East.
ARCHITECTURE
Bagan stands out for not only the sheer number of religious edifices of Myanmar but also the magnificent architecture of the buildings, and their contribution to Burmese temple design. The artistry of the architecture of pagodas in Bagan prove the achievement of Myanmar craftsmen in handicrafts. The Bagan temple falls into one of two broad categories: the stupa-style solid temple and the gu-style hollow temple.
STUPAS
A stupa, also called a pagoda, is a massive structure, typically with a relic chamber inside. The Bagan stupas or pagodas evolved from earlier Pyu designs, which in turn were based on the stupa designs of the Andhra region, particularly Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda in present-day southeastern India, and to a smaller extent to Ceylon. The Bagan-era stupas in turn were the prototypes for later Burmese stupas in terms of symbolism, form and design, building techniques and even materials.
Originally, an Indian/Ceylonese stupa had a hemispheric body (Pali: anda, "the egg") on which a rectangular box surrounded by a stone balustrade (harmika) was set. Extending up from the top of the stupa was a shaft supporting several ceremonial umbrellas. The stupa is a representation of the Buddhist cosmos: its shape symbolizes Mount Meru while the umbrella mounted on the brickwork represents the world's axis. The brickwork pediment was often covered in stucco and decorated in relief. Pairs or series of ogres as guardian figures ('bilu') were a favourite theme in the Bagan period.
The original Indic design was gradually modified first by the Pyu, and then by Burmans at Bagan where the stupa gradually developed a longer, cylindrical form. The earliest Bagan stupas such as the Bupaya (c. 9th century) were the direct descendants of the Pyu style at Sri Ksetra. By the 11th century, the stupa had developed into a more bell-shaped form in which the parasols morphed into a series of increasingly smaller rings placed on one top of the other, rising to a point. On top the rings, the new design replaced the harmika with a lotus bud. The lotus bud design then evolved into the "banana bud", which forms the extended apex of most Burmese pagodas. Three or four rectangular terraces served as the base for a pagoda, often with a gallery of terra-cotta tiles depicting Buddhist jataka stories. The Shwezigon Pagoda and the Shwesandaw Pagoda are the earliest examples of this type. Examples of the trend toward a more bell-shaped design gradually gained primacy as seen in the Dhammayazika Pagoda (late 12th century) and the Mingalazedi Pagoda (late 13th century).
HOLLOW TEMPLES
In contrast to the stupas, the hollow gu-style temple is a structure used for meditation, devotional worship of the Buddha and other Buddhist rituals. The gu temples come in two basic styles: "one-face" design and "four-face" design - essentially one main entrance and four main entrances. Other styles such as five-face and hybrids also exist. The one-face style grew out of 2nd century Beikthano, and the four-face out of 7th century Sri Ksetra. The temples, whose main features were the pointed arches and the vaulted chamber, became larger and grander in the Bagan period.
INNOVATIONS
Although the Burmese temple designs evolved from Indic, Pyu (and possibly Mon) styles, the techniques of vaulting seem to have developed in Bagan itself. The earliest vaulted temples in Bagan date to the 11th century, while the vaulting did not become widespread in India until the late 12th century. The masonry of the buildings shows "an astonishing degree of perfection", where many of the immense structures survived the 1975 earthquake more or less intact. (Unfortunately, the vaulting techniques of the Bagan era were lost in the later periods. Only much smaller gu style temples were built after Bagan. In the 18th century, for example, King Bodawpaya attempted to build the Mingun Pagoda, in the form of spacious vaulted chambered temple but failed as craftsmen and masons of the later era had lost the knowledge of vaulting and keystone arching to reproduce the spacious interior space of the Bagan hollow temples.)
Another architectural innovation originated in Bagan is the Buddhist temple with a pentagonal floor plan. This design grew out of hybrid (between one-face and four-face designs) designs. The idea was to include the veneration of the Maitreya Buddha, the future and fifth Buddha of this era, in addition to the four who had already appeared. The Dhammayazika and the Ngamyethna Pagoda are examples of the pentagonal design.
ECONOMY
Bagan's economy is based mainly on tourism. Because of boycotts against the previous military government, the Bagan region's tourism infrastructure is still quite modest by international standards. The city has a few international standard hotels and many family-run guesthouses. Bagan is also the center of Burmese lacquerware industry, which to a large degree depends on tourist demand. Much of the lacquerware is destined for souvenir shops in Yangon, and to the world markets. Moreover, the lacquerware-making process itself has become a tourist draw.
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Until the marina bill comes in. The summer is sliding by, and we have not been to the sea in a long time.
So, I went looking for an archive photo.
This marina is next to a hotel area in Eilat, our southern port on the Red Sea, and we don't own a boat. ;-)
Nikon D90, AF-S Nikkor 55-200 VR, HDR from a single image.
Konark Sun Temple ([koɳarəkə]; also Konârak) is a 13th-century Sun Temple at Konark in Odisha, India. It is believed that the temple was built by king Narasimhadeva I of Eastern Ganga Dynasty around 1250 CE. The temple is in the shape of a gigantic chariot elaborately carved stone wheels, pillars and walls. A major part of the structure is now in ruins. The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has also featured on various list of Seven Wonders of India.
ETYMOLOGY
The name Konark derives from the combination of the Sanskrit words, Kona (corner) and Arka (sun), in reference to the temple which was dedicated to the Sun god Surya.
The monument was also called the Black Pagoda by European sailors. In contrast, the Jagannath Temple in Puri was called the White Pagoda. Both temples served as important landmarks for the sailors.
ARCHITECTURE
The temple was originally built at the mouth of the river Chandrabhaga, but the waterline has receded since then. The temple has been built in the form of a giant ornamented chariot of the Sun god, Surya. It has twelve pairs of elaborately carved stone wheels which are 3 meters wide and is pulled by a set of seven horses (4 on the right and 3 on the left). The temple follows the traditional style of Kalinga architecture. It is carefully oriented towards the east so that the first rays of sunrise strikes the principal entrance. The temple is built from Khondalite rocks.
The original temple had a main sanctum sanctorum (vimana), which was supposedly 70 m tall. Due to the weight of the super structure and weak soil of the area the main vimana fell in 1837. The audience hall (Jagamohana), which is about 30 m tall, still stands and is the principal structure in the surviving ruins. Among the structures, which have survived to the current day, are the dance hall (Nata mandira) and dining hall (Bhoga mandapa).
The Konark temple is also known for its erotic sculptures of maithunas.
Two smaller ruined temples have been discovered nearby. One of them is called the Mayadevi Temple and is located southwest from the entrance of the main temple. It is presumed to have been dedicated to Mayadevi, one of the Sun god's wives. It has been dated to the late 11th century, earlier than the main temple. The other one belongs to some unknown Vaishnava deity. Sculptures of Balarama, Varaha and Trivikrama have been found at the site, indicating it to be a Vaishnavite temple. Both temples have their primary idols missing.
A collection of fallen sculptures can be viewed at the Konark Archaeological Museum which is maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India.
HISTORY
ANCIENT TEXTS
According to Bhavishya Purana and Samba Purana, there may have been a sun temple in the region earlier than current one, dating to the 9th century or earlier. The books mention three sun temples at Mundira (possibly Konark), Kalapriya (Mathura), and Multan.
According to the scriptures, Samba, the son of Krishna, was cursed with leprosy. He was advised by the sage, Kataka, to worship the sun god to cure his aliment. Samba underwent penance for 12 years in Mitravana near the shores of Chandrabhaga. Both the original Konark temple and the Multan temple have been attributed to Samba.
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (1st Century CE) mentions a port called Kainapara, which has been identified as current day Konark.
SUN DIAL AND TIME
The wheels of the temple are sundials which can be used to calculate time accurately to a minute including day and night.
SECOND TEMPLE
According to the Madala Panji, there was another temple in the region. It was built by one Pundara Kesari. He may have been Puranjaya, the 7th century ruler, of the Somavasmi Dynasty.
NARASIMHADEVA I
The current temple is attributed to Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty. His reign spanned from 1238 to 1264 CE. The temple may have been a monument to his victory against Tughral Tughan Khan.
DHARMAPADA´S TALE
According to local folklore, Narasimhadeva I had hired a chief architect called Bisu Maharana to build the temple. After a period of twelve years, a workforce of twelve thousand almost finished the construction. But, they failed to mount the crown stone. The impatient king ordered the temple to be finished in three days or the artisans be put to death. At the time, Bisu Maharana's twelve-year-old son, Dharmapada arrived at the site. Bisu Maharana had never seen his son, as he had left his village when his wife was still pregnant. Dharmapada successfully proposed a solution to mount the crown stone. But, the artisans were still apprehensive that the king will be displeased to learn that a boy succeeded where his best artisans failed. Dharmapada climbed onto the temple and leapt into the water to save his father and his co-workers.
COLLAPSE
There have been several proposed theories for the collapse of the main sanctum. The date of the collapse is also not certain.
The Kenduli copper plates of Narasimha IV (Saka 1305 or 1384 CE) states the temple to be in a perfect state.
In the 16th century Ain-i-Akbari, Abul Fazl also mentions Konark being in a proper state. The account also mentions the cost of construction being 12 years of revenue.
The cause of collapse is also placed on Kalapahad who invaded Odisha in 1568.
In 1627, the then Raja of Khurda had removed the sun idol from Konark and moved it to the Jagannath temple in Puri.
James Fergusson (1808–1886) had the opinion that marshy foundation had caused the collapse. But, the structure has shown no sign of sinking into its foundation. Fergusson, who visited the temple in 1837, recorded a corner of the main sanctum still standing. It also fell down in 1848 due to a strong gale.
According to Percy Brown (1872–1955), the temple was not properly completed and so it collapsed. This contradicts earlier recorded accounts of the temple being in a proper state.
In 1929, an analysis of a moss covered rock estimated the date of abandonment at around 1573.
Other proposed causes include lightning and earthquake.
ARUNA STAMBHA
In the last quarter of the 18th century, when worship had ceased in the temple, the Aruna stambha (Aruna pillar) was removed from the entrance of Konark temple and placed at the Singha-dwara (Lion's Gate) of the Jagannath temple in Puri by a Maratha Brahmachari called Goswain (or Goswami). The pillar is made of monolithic chlorite and is 10.26 m tall . It is dedicated to Aruna, the charioteer of the Sun god.
PRESERVATION EFFORTS
In 1803, requests were made for conservations by the East India Marine Board, but only removal of stones from the site was prohibited by the Governor General. As a result, a part of the main tower, which was still standing, collapsed in 1848.
The then Raja of Khurda removed some stones and sculptures to use in a temple he was building in Puri. A few gateways and some sculptures were destroyed in the process. In 1838, after the depredation of the Raja of Khurda, Asiatic Society of Bengal requested conservation, but the requests were denied and only preventative of human-caused damages were guaranteed. The Raja was forbidden to remove any more stones.
In 1859, Asiatic Society of Bengal proposed moving an architrave depicting the navagraha to the Indian Museum in Calcutta. The first attempt in 1867 was abandoned as the funds ran out.
In 1894, thirteen sculptures were moved to the Indian Museum.
In 1903 when a major excavation was attempted nearby, the then Lieutenant governor of Bengal, J. A. Baurdilon, ordered the temple to be sealed and filled with sand to prevent the collapse of the Jagamohana.
In 1906, casuarina and punnang trees were planted facing the sea to buffer the site against sand-laden winds.
In 1909, the Mayadevi temple was discovered while removing sand and debris.
The temple was granted World Heritage Site status by the UNESCO in 1984.
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K is for Kilometres!
Today we climbed a big hill in our area, we covered 14 Kilometres and climbed 2320 feet! Also if anyone is interested burned over 2000 calories!
Anyway I'm rambling this is a shot from the top, it was cold wet and windy so I tried to get a few shots in a little time.
This picture marks day 4/365
Still practicing with my manual settings so any tips/hints/comments will be gratefully received, but please be nice!! :)
This is a Green Lynx Spider.
See more of this amazing looking creature here in my set, "Green Lynx Spider:"
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Lynx_Spider
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This shot is a tease; more, and closer, ones to come. :)
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I first saw this flash of green with those long spindly legs sitting on my rose and I immediately thought: "Son of a bitching katydid eating my roses!"
I'm glad I looked more closely before I wreaked havoc and destruction! What an incredibly beautiful and fascinating spider!!
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Today is Shaun's Golden Birthday: He's 13 today! Based on these photos taken this morning at the beach, you'd never know he's slowing down.
Some days, he can barely walk around the block; we have to take the lift in our building more frequently since he's slipped down the stairs a few times now; and he needs to wear doggy pants (don't call 'em diapers!) at bedtime.
Now that he's a senior dog, I have to recognize his limitations, and that hasn't been easy for me. As someone who likes to defy age as much as possible, forcing to go his speed has been an exercise in patience, which I know I need. These times have introduced me to the value of slowness, mindfulness, and what limited time we have with our furbabies.
A Beat Safari csapata ismét egy egyedülálló rendezvényre invitál Titeket!
"Back To The Roots, Back To The Underground"
Röviden ez lehetne a mottója mindennek amit csinálunk és örömmel tapasztaljuk hogy erre részetekről is van igény!
Ezúttal nem csak a magyar élvonal dj-i közül állítottuk össze a lineupot, hanem az országhatáron túlról is csemegéztünk:
MAIN BALLROOM: (Heavyweight Neurofunk)
22:00 - Damien (dnbnoise.com)
23:00 - Sp
00:00 - GOSH (HIGHSCORE / AT)
01:00 - Bowsar (Eatbrain, / AT)
02:30 - Prolix (Trendkill Records, / RAM Records UK)
04:00 - Magematix & Khaist & Stuy (Beat Safari)
06:30 - Horns (The Hive)
OLDSCHOOL LIBRARY: (Wickedness From The Past)
22:00 - FSBL - LimitlessCrew
23:30 - Braincrack
00:30 - Midlow (Nowsound)
01:30 - Longman (Airbag, Tactile)
02:30 - Cr1s & Lia (dnbnoise.com)
04:30 - Dj Mist
05:30 - Kakas (Limitless Crew)
07:00 - Stuy & Khaist & Magematix - Beat Safari
Jegyárak: (18+)
Elővétel: 2500 Ft
Deep Record Store - Aradi utca 22. 1062 Budapest
Giháda - Üllői út 59., Budapest
Helyszínen 23:00-ig: 3000 Ft
Helyszínen 23:00 után: 3500 Ft
Vendégeink - azt gondolom - nem szorulnak bemutatásra de azért csak a rend kedvéért egy pár mondat:
PROLIX (Trendkill Records, / RAM Records UK)
Az angol származású Prolix nem véletlenül ismert a legtöbb drum & bass rajongó számára: turnézott már USA-ban, Ausztráliában, Új-Zélandon, Európában. Neve egyet jelent a minőségi, keményvonalas, előremutató neurofunkkal...
Mi sem bizonyítja ezt jobban mint saját kiadójának sikere, (a Trendkill Records kiadványai jelenleg is az élvonalba tartoznak) és azon producerek listája (a teljesség igénye nélkül) akikkel együtt dolgozott a jónéhány év alatt: Noisia, Misanthrop, Icicle, Mob Tactics, RIDO, MC Coppa és Gridlok. Remixet készített már Ed Rush & Opticalnak, Black Sun Empirenek és Chase & Statusnak.
Személyes kedvencünk tőle a Renegade Hardwarenél megjelent Crater Nocturnallel, és a Noisiaval közös Asteroids amit a méltán híres Vision Recordings jegyez ... :)
BOWSAR (Eatbrain, / AT)
Bowsar bécsi születésű 2004 óta aktív dj, producer. Első saját EP-je (Protons EP) egyből a belga székhelyű Mindtech Recordings-nál debütált nem kis sikerrel 2011-ben.
Zenéi olyan neves kiadóknál kaptak helyet mint az imént említett MINDTECH RECORDINGS , Eatbrain, Disturbed, Syndrome Audio, Modulate Recordings, Close 2 Death Recordings, és a Trust in Music ...
GOSH (HIGHSCORE / AT)
A budapesti születésű, de bécsi székhelyű dj, promoter számos stílusban mesteri mixtechnikával rendelkezik.
Lehet D&B, Hardcore, 90’s Rave, House, Bass, Breaks, Deep Dubstep, Grime, Uk Garage, Hip Hop, vagy Rap - Ákos füle mindig az atomóra pontosságával tartja mixeket! ;) Jelenleg a Fluc_Wanne rezidense, promotere. Nem kisebb rendezvénysorozatok szervezése kötődik a nevéhez mint a HIGHSCORE, Rave On Vienna, Club Panda, hogy csak párat említsünk a sok közül ...
A hazai vonalat a 2000-es évek budapesti klubélét meghatározó dj-k képviselik:
- Midlow a Nowsound rendezvénysorozatával beírta magát történelemkönyvekbe.
- Longman és az Airbag neve egyet jelent a minőségi törtütemekkel, - ahogy régen is, most is.
- Sp és Scinetyic a hazánkba berobbanó neurofunk nagykövetei voltak, előremutató szetteik óriási hatást mértek a szcénára.
- a Dnbnoise.com és Limitless Crew dj-i szakadatlan pörgetik a bakeliteket már ’99 óta.
- Horns és a The Hive Dj-i a keményebb zenék rajongóinak kedveznek ahogyan Braincrack által jegyzett saját trackek is ...
Deko: Goof Art Deco
Visual: Spec_VJ_Worx
Saturday 3rd November 2018
It is a truth that you don't know how ill you were until you begin to get better.
I had been suffering with a cough for maybe three months now, usually at night when I went to bed. I had been forced to sup from bottles of cough syrup to enable me to drop off, and in later weeks, sleep was being broken by me coughing in my sleep as I turned over. At times my chest ached with the coughing. And worse of all, it seemed never to end.
I was planning on going to the doctor, but my inner voice told me, what could I say, I cough a lot? So, I bore it. And I did through the day too, sucking on cough sweets as I worked though the day and a dry coughing fit would render me incapable of talking.
And then, late last week, it just stopped. One night I went to bed, laid on my other side and dropped off. And slept deeply for nine hours, except when Scully brought me in a mouse for me and would not be quiet until I looked at it under the bed. The lay in the dark as she ate it, crunching through the bones.
So, I can sleep long and deep at night, and no longer cough my way through the day either. All rather marvelous, and so worries I might have caught the plague or ebola go unfounded.
Once my back is better, I can think about exercise again and tackling my weight. Again. I mean, we all have good intentions, but this time I really must do better. I heard from my friend Tony that he has given up sugary soda and cakes, maybe I should give up, or partly give up booze, as it is pure calories. Or, give up the meals for half the week that seem to demand the accompaniment of a glass or three of red, of a bottle of Belgian#s finest.
We shall see.
Jools asked me what the plan was for the weekend.
Sheffield Park, I replied.
Train then, she said.
No, the other Sheffield Park, but that is also nearby!
Sheffield Park is in Sussex, a good two hour drive from Chez Jelltex, and in preparation for the trip, Jools had done the shopping on Friday, meaning we had nothing else to do on the day.
Jools did not ask why we were going to Sheffield Park, just accepted it.
After breakfast we set off, driving up the M20, soon to be Europe's largest lorry park, where only two lanes are now open and for 25 or so miles there is a 50mph speed limit whilst workers strengthen the hard shoulder to allow for mile upon mile of nose to tail lorry parking, which is the sum of the UK's only Brexit preparation.
Even worse is that the motorway that links the M20 with the M25 west, the M26, is to be closed both ways indefinitely to allow for more lorry parking, this will make the simple business of getting about more tricky. If we have fuel for our cars, of course.
We cross into Sussex, and the sat nav takes us south off it to East Grinstead, then by back lanes through woods and rolling fields towards Haywards Heath to Sheffield Park. All the time I was looking at the sky, looking for signs of the clouds clearing, the forecast clearly spoke of sunny intervals, but this was just solid cloud, and dull.
We arrive at Sheffield Park just as the gates were opening, paid our entrance fee to get in, and then the age old problem, which path to take? I look at the map and point vaguely in the other direction and say "that way".
We are confronted with the first of a series of lakes, each surrounded by a mix of trees, some still green or evergreen, but others yellow or red leaves showing well. Just not dramatic in the dull light. Above us, the clouds had began to clear from the north, but would it ever unveil the sun way to the south? As the time neared to half ten then eleven, the clearing reached the sun, and it was like that scene from Wizard of Oz when it went from black and white to technicolor. Amazing.
Not sure how long the sun would last, we and the other photographers rush round getting shots of the park, showing off its autumn colours.
By now the gardens were getting busy, so we beat our retreat back to the car ten drive the half mile down the road to the Bluebell Railway station of the same name. I already knew there were no train running, but the station buffet would be open, and would be very much cheaper than the team rooms the National Trust usually charges for.
We have a sandwich each, some crisps and I have a pint of Harvey's Old ale, which was rather wonderful.
After a quick look round the station shop, we go back to the car for the drive back home, following the same route as took when we came, the clouds had rolled back over, so we had had the best of the weather and I felt lucky we got the shots we did.
Back home I put the radio on the listen to the footy; City were away at Sheffield Wednesday, and start well, but miss an early penalty, and seems it was going to be one of those day. We had not won there since 2001, nor won in the league in November since 2008, so the omens were not good.
But in the second half, City went up the gears and rattled in four goals in quarter of an hour, and looked like Barcelona at times, but that might have been the poor opposition. But the upshot of this result, and the fact that Sheffield Utd lose is that, for 24 hours at least, Norwich are top of the league, and our rivals, despite employing our old manager, Paul Lambert, were rock bottom after drawing 1-1.
We go to Whitfield in the evening for some card action, but Jen and John both have colds, and we are still pretty tired, meaning that we only play one game of meld, which Jen wins, and Syn scoops the jackpot in Queenie, meaning we were all done by nine, and able to be home and in bed by ten.
This is a photograph from the 30th Annual AXA Raheny 5 Mile Road Race 2014 took place in Raheny Village, Dublin, Ireland on Sunday January 26th 2014 at 15:00. The 'Raheny 5' has become one of the most famous road races in Ireland. The race has continued to grow year-on-year and this year was no exception on the year of it's 30th Anniversary. Almost 3,000 participants took part in the various events of the day. The incredible voluntary organisational work carried out by Raheny Shamrocks and the local community in staging the race every year must be acknowledged.
The weather was postively wintery today. There was an icy wind blowing into the face of the runners at various points in the course. This made for some very variable mile-splits. Overall the weather was favourable in that the rain stayed away and there was some helpful 'wind at the back' for the runners in places.
The race route starts at All Saints Park and goes into Raheny Village via Watermill Road. The route then turns west and along the Howth Road before turning left onto Sybill Hill Road. The route then turns left again onto Mount Prospect Avenue and continues until you run down to the sea-front and the Clontarf Road. The only real hill in the course is at the left turn from Clontarf Road onto Watermill Road. Finally, at the North East end of St. Anne's Park the race turns left and makes it way to the finish which is positioned at the start area of the race.
We have an extensive set of photographs from today's race at the 1 mile and then 400 meters to go. The full set is available at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157640185381674/
Some links, related to this race, which you might find useful:
The Raheny Shamrocks Club Internet Homepage: www.rahenyshamrock.ie/ or www.rahenyshamrock.ie/news/axa-raheny-5-2013
Raheny Shamrocks Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/rahenyshamrock?sk=wall&filter=2
A GARMIN GPS Trace of the race route: connect.garmin.com/activity/24632342
Our Flickr Set from the Raheny 5 Mile Road Race 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157632621783395/
Our Flickr Set from the Raheny 5 Mile Road Race 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157629086163673/
Our Flickr Set from the Raheny 5 Mile Road Race 2011:http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157625939674838/
Our Flickr Set from the Raheny 5 Mile Road Race 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157623196555201/
The Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread for the Race 2013: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056776031
The Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread for the Race 2014: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057117075
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.
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Maria Marques is feeling fear. Check out the profile on www.visualfeelings.net/person/mariajoao-rmarques-gmail-com
Well, there it is. The end of another year. Normally I like to write a huge post about the year as a whole, but it has been so long, it's hard to even think about everything that's happened. So let's have a go at a list, and inevitably miss loads out.
Good points of 2010
♥ Media Practice and Theory Class of '07 graduated with flying colours, because we're so damn awesome.
♥ Organising the Degree Show, with all the stress and fun side by side.
♥ Getting an awesome girlfriend who puts up with my uselessness
♥ Snow, snow, snow, snow, lots of snow. Building snowladies giving birth to snowbabies, snowball fights, sliding downa huge hill on a plastic bag, meeting up in the dead of night to sit on a snow armchair on the beach
♥ Dressing up/getting other people dressed up for photography projects. Rabbit costumes and wrestlers aplenty.
♥ Getting a job at the Odeon. I love the people there. That job would be unbearable without the constant level of humour and fun we all seem to spark off in each other.
♥ Summer time lazing around in town, on the level, quieens park, watching dvds constantly and just generally enjoying life.
♥ My birthday, complete with Jurassic Park cake, was awesome
♥ London ZOOOO
♥ Moving out of Bernard Road (sad face) but getting an awesome little flat in Kemp Town with Katy Lennon, fulfilling my dream of having a seaview with a balcony.
♥ First christmas away from home was amazing and perfect and couldn't have gone better =)
This has been a massive year of drama also, but then again, when isn't it? I'm not even going to go into the amount drama there has been. It's best to just forget about it and leave it in the past where it belongs. It's kind of sad that the MPT crew has petered out, but that was going to happen once we left university, for one reason or another. But that's life. I try and keep in contact with the people I like and who like me. I always think Christmas is a time to forgive and forget, and start the new year fresh. Like some sort of personal baptism.
This notebook was one of my favourite Christmas presents from Helen. Imported and all! I'm going top customise it from bits from the Lego Shop.
A few things I've thought about doing in the next year
♥ Getting a tattoo
♥ (regretfully) leaving the odeon to get a job in a field that I actually want to work in.
♥ Starting a 52 week project. One portrait of people I know a week for a year. It's going to be a collaberative effort with each person so they get a portrait that they are happy with.
♥Entering more competitions and just trying to get my work out there a bit more
♥ Start working on more tangible, tactile, surreal photography. Making and building things and then photographing them.
So yeah, there we go. Have a Happy New Year everyone, here's to 2011 and the rest of our lives.
www.sapadventures.com/ The Inca Trail is a magnificent, well preserved Inca Trail route which connects Machu Picchu with what once were other regions of the Inca Empire, and today it is one of the world’s most popular treks. This four-day walk goes from the highlands of 4,200mts and down through the cloud forests to finally arrive at Machu Picchu - 2,380mts.
DAY 01. - Between 06:00 and 06:30 we pick you up at your hotel in our private bus. Ensure you have your original passport and ISIC student card (if applicable – for a discount on entree fee to Machu Picchu).
The journey by bus to km 82 (the starting point for the Inca Trail) takes approximately 3 hours. Once we get there and are all ready to go, this first day will have us walking mostly through the valley. It starts at 2380m with a small climb to a plateau overlooking the Incan site of Llactapata and rewards you with superb views of Mount Veronica. Walking times are always approximate depending on weather conditions, group ability and other factors, but generally you will walk about 2-3 hours before lunch. Then after lunch we walk on just past the village of Wayllabamba to reach our first campsite at 3000m.
Approx 14km, 6 hours walking this day at Inca Trail.
DAY 02. - Day 2 is the most difficult day as you Inca Trail walk from about 3000m to 4200m — the highest pass of the trek (known as Dead Woman’s Pass – but don’t be discouraged!). You can walk at your own pace and stop to get your breath whenever you like. You’ll find your energy returns once you continue down to the valley of Pacaymayo, where we camp at 3600m.
You can hire a porter from the village of Wayllabamba to carry your pack to the top of this pass for approximately 70 soles. If you wish to do so you must organize and pay this money directly to the person who carries your items, and please check your belongings upon receiving them at the end of this service as these people are not Sap Adventures staff.
This is the coldest night at Inca Trail; between +2/+4 degrees Celsius (in December) and -3/-5 degrees Celsius (in June). Approx 12km, 7 hours walking this day at Inca Trail.
DAY 03.- Day 3 is exceptionally beautiful because of the ruins you will witness and the incredible stone Inca Trail you walk one, and also because there is a lot more downhill than uphill! However, there are about 2000 stairs descending from the ruins of Phuyupatamarca to those of Wiñaywayna, so take care with your knees. If you have had knee or ankle injuries an extra porter is recommended so that you are not carrying extra weight and overstressing your joints. There is a guided tour of all the ruins on the way. Camping is usually at Wiñaywayna 2700 mtrs.
Take extra care of your personal belongings at this campsite as all the tours campsites are nearby. As usual, always keep your daypack containing your valuables with you. The only hot shower on the Inca Trail is on this third night at Wiñaywayna. There is a hostel near the campsite with an 8min hot shower for 5 soles, and a bar and restaurant where you can purchase bottled water.
Approx 16km, 6 hours walking this day on Inca Trail.
DAY 04.- We get up extremely early to arrive at the magical Intipunku "The Gate of the Sun" as the first rays begin illuminating the lost city of Machu Picchu down bellow. A further 20 min walk down from here takes us to the famous view from the terraces at the end of the trail. It is a good time to take pictures before the 10:30 crowds arrive. Your tour of Machu Picchu should last about 2 hours and finish between 10:30 and 11:00am. Then you have free time to climb Huayna Picchu if you wish (This is the famous peak in the background of most images of Machu Picchu. The trek is about 90 minutes). A maximum of 400 hikers can climb this mountain per day so if you are determined then start immediately after your tour! Or, of course, you may simply just collapse under a tree and quietly reflect in amazement at the mystery, the architectural achievement and beauty of Machu Picchu.
From Machu Picchu, it is a pleasant walk through sub-tropical jungle down to Aguas Calientes (about 45 mins), but if you are weary you may also take a bus – the $7 bus ticket is included and your guide will give you the ticket.
Once in Aguas Calientes you can have a hot shower, and then store your backpack while you go to have lunch, visit the hot springs or shop around the village.
If you are not extending your stay for one night in Aguas Calientes*, you will leave around 6pm to return to Cusco by train or by a combination of train & bus. Please note that during the high season there are a number of different departure times for the trains that run only to Ollantaytambo, from where buses run onwards till Cusco. The type of return journey depends simply on availability. You will arrive back in Cusco around 9 - 9.30pm.
Approx 7km, 2 hours walking this day on Inca Trail.
Cook is a railway station and crossing loop on the standard gauge Trans-Australian Railway from Adelaide to Perth, with no inhabited places around.
The town was created in 1917 when the railway was built and is named after former Prime Minister Joseph Cook. The town depended on the Tea and Sugar Train for the delivery of supplies, and is on the longest stretch of straight railway in the world, at 479 km which stretches from Ooldea to beyond Loongana. When the town was active, water was pumped from an underground Artesian aquifer but now, all water is carried in by train. Attempts have been made to introduce trees and other vegetation, but these have not been successful.
Today, it is said to have a resident population of four, and is essentially a ghost town. The town was effectively closed in 1997 when the railways were privatised and the new owners did not need a support town there, although the diesel refuelling facilities remain, and there is overnight accommodation for train drivers. Cook is the only scheduled stop on the Nullarbor Plain for the Indian Pacific passenger train across Australia and has little other than curiosity value for the passengers. The bush hospital is closed, and the shop is only opened while the Indian Pacific is in town. It has a few houses and fuel tanks for the locomotives. The crossing loop can cross trains up to 1800m long.
Every year, Lymington Yacht Haven and the town High Street hosts a fleet of stunning Ferraris, a beautiful Italian market, live music and much more! The free event is the perfect family fun day and took place on Sunday 2nd July 2017 with an estimated fleet of over 40 Ferrari cars in attendance. The last one I attended was the 1st July 2018 one. It was very hot and sunny and this time I went to the Yacht Haven to get some better pictures and Videos. There are too many in the High street of Lymington on this special free day event. During this time the bus stops in the high street are closed due to the vast amount of people visiting at this time.
Lymington Italia Festival is organised by the Lymington & Pennington Town Council and supported by Lymington Yacht Haven, the UK Ferrari Owners Club and other Lymington Businesses. Lymington is a port on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It is to the east of the South East Dorset conurbation, and faces Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight which is connected to it by a car ferry, operated by Wightlink. The town of Lymington lies within Southampton and S.W. Hampshire and contains the villages of Beaulieu, Boldre, Hordle, Milford-on-Sea, Pennington and Sway. Under the Local Government Act 1972 the borough of Lymington was abolished on April 1, 1974, becoming an unparished area in the district of New Forest, with Charter Trustees. The area was subsequently parished as the four parishes of New Milton, Lymington and Pennington, Milford-on-Sea and Hordle. Lymington New Forest Hospital opened in 2007, replacing the earlier Lymington Hospital. This is a community hospital and has a Minor Injuries Unit but no Accident and Emergency.
The town has a large tourist industry, and is situated near the beautiful New Forest. It is a major yachting centre with three marina’s. A beautiful, Georgian market town, Lymington ( population 14,330 ) is situated on the southern edge of the New Forest, between Southampton and Bournemouth and at the western end of the Solent. The town is world renown as a sailing resort; there are two large marinas Berthon and Haven and two sailing clubs RLYC and Lymington Town. Lymington has several interesting independent shops including some designer boutiques. On Saturday a market is held in the High Street, the origins of which probably date back to the 13th century. At the top of the High Street is the Parish Church, St Thomas Church ( built around 1250 ), from the bottom of the High Street a cobblestone road leads down to the Old Town Quay, still used as a base by commercial fishing boats.
The original HMS Pickle was built in 1799. She survived the Battle of Trafalgar and was the first ship to bring the news of Nelson's victory back to Britain, along with the sad announcement of Nelson's death. The replica HMS Pickle was built in St Petersburg in 1996. Originally launched as the schooner Alevtina Tuy, she was later converted into a replica of HMS Pickle for the Trafalgar Bi-centennial celebrations.
The Lymington Open Air Sea Water Baths a life guarded open air lido in Lymington, Hampshire. Built in 1833 it is the oldest lido in the UK, and at 110 metres long by 50 metres wide it is also one of the largest in size and in volume with 1.7 million gallons of water. The baths reopened in 2010 following a campaign by local people who also completed the baths' refurbishment. The current sea water baths date back to 1833 when the Lymington Bath and Improvement Company was set up. The bath house was built shortly afterwards and is now the club house for the Lymington Town Sailing Club. As time went on the baths struggled to compete with others in the area, particularly at Bournemouth. In 1855 they were sold to George Inman who owned a boat building company further up the river. In 1886 the Lymington Sea Baths Company leased the baths from Inman. The baths continued under several different owners until 1929 when they were taken over the by the Lymington Corporation.The 1930s were something of a golden period for outdoors baths and lidos with people flocking to bathe on bank holidays in the summer. Today the baths are owned by Lymington and Pennington Town Council.
You can walk along the beautiful Solent Way coastline from Lymington, the Solent Way follows the sea wall west around marshes and nature reserves until it reaches the picturesque waterside hamlet of Keyhaven and Hurst Castle can be easily viewed by taking the small ferry from Keyhaven. Harbour -. This walk I did in 2016 and in places it is a bit boring. However the views of the Isle of Wight along with the ferry arriving and leaving Lymington Harbour provide you with an interesting opportunity for taking many photos or videos. The wildlife along this part or the Solent Way is of interest to many walkers also.
The Postcard
This is the back of the Skegness clock tower postcard.
The Jolly Fisherman
Skegness is often associated with the railway poster 'Skegness is so Bracing'.
The poster, which features the Jolly Fisherman, was created by John Hassall (1868-1948). There is now a recently created statue of the Jolly Fisherman quite close to the clock tower.
The stamped date of the postmark is difficult to read. It looks like 1913, which would be about right - the stamp on the postcard features the 'Downey Head' of King George V which was engraved from a photograph by W and D Downey, the Court Photographers.
The Downey Head stamp was issued between 1911 and 1912, so in 1913 Nell must have had a stamp left over from the previous year, or maybe they were still being supplied.
W. & D. Downey
W. & D. Downey were Victorian studio photographers operating in London from the 1860's to the 1910's.
William Downey (14th. July 1829 - 7th. July 1915 in Kensington), who came to be known as the Queen's Photographer, was born in King Street in South Shields, a decade before commercial photography had become a reality.
William was initially a carpenter and boatbuilder, but in 1855 he set up a studio in South Shields with his brother Daniel (1831 - 15th. July 1881), and later established branches in Blyth, Morpeth and Newcastle.
Their first Royal commission was to provide photographs for Queen Victoria of the Hartley Colliery Disaster in January 1862.
In 1863 they opened a studio at 9, Eldon Square in Newcastle, in a building that was demolished in 1973. The same year William set up a studio in the Houses of Parliament and produced portraits of every parliamentarian of the day. The whereabouts of these photographs is unknown to this day.
William opened another studio at 57 & 61 Ebury Street in London in 1872 with Daniel continuing to manage the Newcastle branch.
The London studio enjoyed the patronage of Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales, with William taking photos at Balmoral and Frogmore during the 1860's. The first Royal image was of the Princess of Wales at the York Agricultural Show in 1865. The studio also produced the iconic carte-de-visite portrait of the Princess of Wales piggybacking Princess Louise. The studio received a Royal Warrant in 1879.
Downey used Joseph Swan's carbon process for their best work. In the 1880's Mawson, Swan & Morgan of Newcastle were the world's largest manufacturers of photographic dry plates, the convenience of which made photography a commercial reality. George Eastman spent some time there during the eighties, and afterwards invented the Box Brownie and roll film, ending the monopoly of studios on permanent images.
William Downey's son, William Edward Downey (1855–1908), managed most of the royal sittings during the Edwardian era.
Gladys Cooper, a child photographic model of the time, reminisces about the Downeys in her autobiography:
"I can remember the Downeys quite well – they were father and son. "Old" Downey was a very tall old man with a long white beard, and very red-rimmed eyes. He always wore a long frock-coat with a red ribbon in his buttonhole, and looked a dignified old gentleman, who was quite capable of receiving and greeting Royals with just the right manner of respectful homage.
It was considered a great honour to be photographed by "Old" Downey himself. He never "took" anyone lower than one of the Princesses, or perhaps a duchess now and then, if he felt in the mood. His staff treated him rather like Royalty itself, and, when he rode abroad in his carriage, they would stand round with rugs, cushions, etc., until he waved them aside in lordly fashion.
"Young" Downey (he was always known as "Young" Downey to distinguish him from his father) was a big man – or so he seemed to me then – with a bald head. He was an artist in his work, and used to say that he always knew the best side of anybody's face after one good look at them. He certainly made some fine photographs of the famous beauties of his time, and possessed the art of retaining character in the face of his sitter. I used to enjoy my visits to the Downey père et fils. "Young" Downey was very fond of children, and my sisters Doris and Grace and I had plenty of fun playing about in the great studio, or dressing ourselves up in the wonderful assortment of garments that he kept there".
William Downey's Personal Life and Death
William senior was married to Lucy, who had been born in Speenhamland, Berkshire in 1843, and they had one son and one daughter. He joined the Photographic Society (later The Royal Photographic Society) in December 1870. The 1891 and 1901 census records show that he was living at 10 Nevern Square, Warwick Road, Earl's Court, Kensington.
Downey's prized silver collection was stolen from his Earl's Court home in November 1914 – the burglary is said to have brought on his death 7 days before his 86th. birthday.
The Assassination in Sarajevo
Little did Nell know when she posted the card on Tuesday the 5th. August 1913 that 46 weeks later in Sarajevo, on the 28th. June 1914, 19 year old Gavrilo Princip would use a Belgian-made 1910 semi-automatic pistol to put a bullet into the jugular vein of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
Princip fired only two bullets; the second inflicted a fatal abdominal wound on Franz's wife Sophie who, contrary to a popular myth, was not pregnant at the time - she was 50, and IVF had not yet been invented.
The world would have to wait another 64 years and 27 days for the world's first IVF baby - Louise Brown - to enter the world with a huge yell at Oldham General Hospital UK on the 25th. July 1978.
The Archduke died in his car before he could be driven to the Governor's Residence. His last words were said to be: "Sophie! Sophie! Don't die - stay alive for the children".
The assassination set in motion a series of events that led directly to the greatest human conflict that civilisation had ever known.
A Major Error
It was a conflict which might not even have happened had it not been for a stupid error - Franz Ferdinand's chauffeur went the wrong way during a cavalcade.
He unwittingly stopped the car in a dead-end in front of Gavrilo Princip, thereby giving him an unobstructed opportunity to take the shots.
If the chauffeur had practised the route the day before, the Great War might never have happened.
Nine million in Lima, rush hour is not the time to figure out a way back to the airport. Fortunately, We found a young college student who spoke English. She quickly called us an Uber which pulled up on the crowded sidewalk. No account was necessary as a predetermined cash payment was quoted in advance. Next time we will pay the limo driver to wait for our return trip to the airport hotel. We did not have any other problems in the city, but it was real apparent that we were no longer in Kansas, if you know what I mean.
Celebrating the completion of the tunnel boring work is a great milestone for the project and for the communities this line will serve. The Evergreen Line project is more than 75% complete, and the work to finish the line, including the tunnel, is well underway. Once Evergreen is complete, BC will have the longest, fully automated rapid transit network in the world.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015TRAN0165-001980
This is the view looking into the building seen in the previous three photos. I shot this from the doorway--I definitely did not feel like stepping inside, as in real life this looked a lot darker. Unquestionably the creepiest location I've ever photographed. View large on black.
Yashica-Mat LM with Yashinon lens, f/16, 1 sec. Kodak Portra 400NC, developed with Arista C-41 kit.
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The competitive subscription market is about to have a new entrant to the market with ITV and the BBC braced to establish a Netflix style streaming service, having been given the green light from the authorities. First rumored a few months ago, the service with a working title of “Britflix” will see the two competitors collaborate to provide content via iPlayer. In a White Paper on the future of the BBC, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale called on the broadcaster to develop some sort of added subscription services over the next couple of years, in response to a call from the BBC for new powers to impose subscriptions.
It is being reported that other media content makers, Carnival and NBC films will be coming on board. Preceding strategies for the platform have suggested that it will also play host to a number of initial commissions from the BBC, and that it is going to be centered around archive content as opposed to first runs. The move implies that popular shows like Sherlock and Dr Who, may shortly be accessible for spectators to binge watch.
With a market becoming ever more crowded and a limit to the number of subscribers, the smart money is on them dropping the subscription fees and switching to an ad funded model. For Karma this means our production division and brand advertising agency could be involved.
karma.co.uk/bbc-itv-opening-iplayer-compete-big-subscript...
Jawbone Canyon is a geographic feature in the Mojave Desert and a Bureau of Land Management area located in Kern County, California, 20 miles (32 km) north of Mojave on CA 14. The area is a popular destination for hikers and off road vehicle enthusiasts.
Europeans first settled in the canyon around 1860—naming it Jawbone because its shape resembled a mandible—and the trail was used as a trade route from Keyesville into the Piute Mountains (not to be confused with the Piute Mountains of the eastern Mojave Desert). During the Kern River gold rush, several gold mines operated in the canyon; the most successful of these, the St. John mine, yielded nearly $700,000 worth of gold between 1860 and 1875. The Gwynn mine, on the Geringer Grade, ran six claims yielding a total of $770,000 worth of gold and quartz before ceasing operations in 1942. Mining continued throughout the 1940s, mainly focused on rhyolite and antimony.
Downtown Los Angeles - Boyle Heights - Vernon, Huntington Park and Southeastern Los Angeles County Flatland Communities skyscraper skyline located at Solano Canyon - Los Angeles, California 90012.
Below is the Los Angeles Police Training Academy School and Dodger Stadium.
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Zuri is a lounge / club in Belgiums coasttown Knokke. It's located in the casino building. I love the way they didn't make any compromises in the interior design. Everything white, no disturbing elements and awsome lighting armatures by modular. When these led lights change color the walls and furniture take on the same color. It looks great,… sci-fi like. The stange shaped doors add to this feeling.
Dracula is always so amenable to my requests to go take photos or go for a walk. So much of our relationship prior to dating/marrying involved going on long walks and I am so happy that years into our marriage we are still doing it. We had to do some quick moving to try to get to some vantage points where I could capture the full scope of how beautiful this sunset was. I didn't think it would be this easy to miss those steep, sudden, and constant hills of Pittsburgh but its always been hard to argue with the ache in my legs/backside when you saw those views.