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Abdij van Herkenrode

 

De Abdij van Herkenrode, een voormalig klooster voor cisterciënzerinnen met abdijhoeve en bedrijfsgebouwen, is gelegen op de zuidelijke Demeroever in Kuringen, een deelgemeente van de stad Hasselt in Belgisch-Limburg. Het geheel is gelegen te midden van een sinds 1974 beschermd bos- en landbouwlandschap, en toegankelijk langsheen twee dreven.

 

Herkenrode is afgeleid van enerzijds het Keltische woord arika, verkleinwoord van ara (dat rivier betekent) en anderzijds rode dat open, ontgonnen plaats in een bos betekent. Herkenrode staat dus voor een open plaats bij een beek.

 

De abdij werd volgens een onderzoek van de universiteit van Utrecht (2013) – zie verder – in 1192 gesticht door Gerard, graaf van Loon. Hij verkocht een deel van zijn domein aan een broeder uit Aulne, die er een klooster voor cisterciënzerinnen stichtte. De verkoop was bedoeld om zijn deelname aan de Derde Kruistocht te financieren. Sommige geschiedschrijvers vermelden dat hij door de prins-bisschop van Luik verplicht werd om de abdij te stichten tot verzoening voor het verbranden van de collegiale kerk te Tongeren. Daarnaast gaf hij een aantal tienden als onderpand voor een lening. Omdat de graaf overleed bij het beleg van Akko, kon hij zijn lening niet terugbetalen en verwierf het klooster aanzienlijke rijkdommen. In 1217 werd de abdij opgenomen in de orde van Cîteaux. Zij was de eerste en werd de grootste en rijkste vrouwenabdij van die orde in de Nederlanden. De religieuzen rekenden zich tot "des nobles dames de l'ordre de Cîteaux du comté de Looz". (adellijke dames van de orde van Cîteaux van het graafschap Loon)

 

De graven van Loon waren enkele jaren voordien verhuisd van Borgloon naar Kuringen, op 2,5 km van de plaats waar de abdij werd opgericht. Zij waren verwikkeld geraakt in een strijd met enkele andere machtsblokken. Hun hoofdburcht in Borgloon werd in 1179 vernield en ze weken uit naar de burcht (het latere Prinsenhof) in Kuringen. Vanaf graaf Gerard I werden alle graven in de abdijkerk van Herkenrode begraven. Enkel de laatste graaf, Diederik van Heinsberg, werd hier niet begraven omdat de abdis zijn begraving weigerde nadat hij in de ban van de kerk was geslagen. Ze wist niet dat die ban al was opgeheven. Uiteindelijk vond de graaf zijn laatste rustplaats in de nu verdwenen kerk van het Augustijnenklooster in Hasselt. Na het overlijden van de laatste graaf ging Loon, na jaren van strijd en discussie, in 1366 over in handen van het Prinsbisdom Luik. Ook met de prins-bisschoppen had de abdij goede relaties in het bijzonder met Everhard van der Mark die regelmatig verbleef in het Prinsenhof in Kuringen ten tijde van abdis Mechtildis de Lechy. Hun wapenschilden prijken in het poortgebouw van de abdij dat dateert van 1531.

 

Onlusten, vooral in de 15e eeuw, zorgden voor een sterk verval. Vanaf omstreeks 1500 kende de abdij een heropbloei onder impuls van daadkrachtige abdissen zoals Mechtildis de Lechy, Anna Catharina de Lamboy en Barbara de Rivière d'Arschot. In de 18e eeuw plande abdis Anna de Croÿ (1744-1772) zelfs een totaal nieuwe abdij naar een ontwerp van architect Laurent Benoit Dewez. Slechts de imposante 50 m lange Abdissenresidentie Herkenrode in classicistische stijl is daarvan in 1768 gerealiseerd. De residentie bevat een aantal zalen gedecoreerd door door schilder Franz Anton Brändl(1720-1782) uit Praag die sinds 1749 in Hasselt woonde, zoals de blauwe en grijze zaal. Een weids Engels landschapspark van ruim 10 ha met uitheemse boomsoorten naar de idee van Capability Brown sluit met een ruim terras aan op de achterzijde van het gebouw.

 

Uit een goederenregister van 1793 blijkt dat Herkenrode met zijn 3.108 ha grondbezit, veertien grote agrarische bedrijven en nog enkele woningen, een van de rijkste abdijen in de Nederlanden was.

 

In de abdij resideerden twee soorten zusters: koordames en conversen of werkzusters naast enkele mannelijke religieuzen, de pachter van de abdijhoeve, gasten, pelgrims en ambachtslui van allerlei slag.

 

Na de invallen van het Franse bezettingsleger werd de abdij eind 1796 opgeheven. Na de verkoop aan Claes en Libotton takelden de gebouwen langzaam af. In 1826 verwoestte een brand grote delen van de kerk, die ingericht was als werkplaats met weefgetouwen. Eerder verving men de brandglasramen door klaar vensterglas. In 1844 werd tot de afbraak van de ontstane ruïnes overgegaan. Daardoor verloor Herkenrode ook het bovengronds mausoleum van de graven van Loon. De kerk, op de plaats van de eerste middeleeuwse kerk, dateerde uit het begin van de 16e eeuw. Zij was 64 meter lang en 10 meter breed. (20 meter langer en 2 meter smaller dan de Virga Jesse basiliek in Hasselt.)

 

De abdij had drie refugehuizen (vluchthuizen) die er nog zijn, weliswaar met een andere bestemming: in Hasselt in de Maastrichterstraat (1544) (zie Refugehuis van de Abdij van Herkenrode), in Maastricht in de Kommel (1574) en in Sint-Truiden in de Schepen Dejonghstraat (1624).

 

Van het twaalfde-eeuwse klooster is niets bewaard gebleven. De onderbouw van de molen aan de Demer kan nog uit de vroege fase dateren. De gebouwen die nu nog te zien zijn, waaronder het monumentale poortgebouw (1531), de watermolen op de Demer, de infirmerie (ziekenhuis) (1658), de hoevegebouwen (1656 - 1740), de tiendschuur (1656) en de residenties van de abdissen (1538 en 1774), dateren allen uit de 16de-18de eeuw.

 

Een deel van de kunstschatten uit de kerk zijn elders bewaard gebleven:

 

Het barokke hoofdaltaar, werk van Jean Del Cour (1631-1707) en de grafmonumenten van twee abdissen, Anna Catharina de Lamboy († 1675) en Barbara de Rivière d'Arschot († 1744), werden overgebracht naar de Virga Jessebasiliek in Hasselt.

 

De glasramen zijn samengebracht in zeven vensters van de Lady Chapel in de kathedraal van Lichfield (Engeland). Zij stellen scènes voor uit het nieuwe testament en afbeeldingen en wapenschilden van de schenkers, historische figuren uit de zestiende eeuw, en behoren tot de best bewaarde glaswerkensembles uit de Vlaamse renaissance. Ze vallen op door de uitzonderlijke kwaliteit van hun technische uitvoering, door de tekening, de kleuren en de wijze waarop het glas werd gesneden. Zij zijn van de hand van twee kunstenaars, Marten Tymans uit Antwerpen en Lambert Spulbergh uit Mechelen en dateren van de jaren 1532-1539. Stijlstudie onthult een sterke invloed van de Antwerpse school en het gebruik van getekende of gegraveerde composities afkomstig uit het atelier van Pieter Coecke van Aelst. Abdis Mechtildis de Lechy liet ze maken. In 1802 werden ze door de toenmalige eigenaar verkocht aan een Engelsman op doorreis die ze grotendeels verkocht aan de anglicaanse kathedraal van Lichfield. In 2015 werden zij grondig gerestaureerd. Ook kwam glaswerk terecht in een viertal andere kerken in Engeland.

 

De majolica-tegelvloer uit het koor is te bewonderen in het Jubelparkmuseum in Brussel. De tegelvloer in Antwerps plateel werd gelegd in achthoeken, bestaande uit een vierkante tegel met een afbeelding en vier zeshoekige tegels met bloemmotieven. Abdis Mechtildis de Lechy bestelde deze vloer in 1532 bij Petrus Frans van Venedigen in Antwerpen. In 1888 verkocht de toenmalige eigenaar 505 van de majolicategels aan het Jubelparkmuseum in Brussel

 

Een rijkelijk versierd antifonarium (een verzameling van liturgische gezangen) uitgewerkt op perkament. Dit unieke exemplaar, in 1544 besteld door Mechtildis de Lechy, wordt nu bewaard in de abdij van Gethsemani in Kentucky.

 

Vijf bladen van een dertiende-eeuws cisterciënzer martelarenboek bevinden zich in de Bijzondere Collecties van de Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht. Deze bladen zijn in de achttiende eeuw gebruikt om nieuwe boeken mee in te binden. In de marge van het blad van 29 september staat een notitie met de stichtingsdatum van de abdij van Herkenrode. In tegenstelling tot in andere bronnen genoemde datum van 1182, staat hier juist het jaar 1192. De bladen zijn ook bijzonder, omdat ze het oudste bekende overgeleverde handschriftelijk materiaal uit de abdij van Herkenrode zijn.

 

Een aantal schilderijen, waaronder statieportretten van tal van abdissen, is te zien in de Sint-Quintinuskathedraal (Hasselt), in het stadsmuseum in Hasselt en in het klooster van de Kanunnikessen van het Heilig Graf in Herkenrode.

 

Een deel van de grafsteen van Margareta van Stein, abdis van 1303 tot 1333, bewaard op het terrein van de abdijsite.

 

47 schedelrelieken en een aantal botten en reliekhouders, samen 114 stuks, elk gehuld in waardevol middeleeuws textiel, versierd met gouddraad, rivierparels en vergulde plaatjes. Dat maakt ze tot een van de grootste reliekenverzamelingen van Vlaanderen. Zij zouden volgens de legende toebehoren aan de elfduizend maagden die samen met de Heilige Ursula werden vermoord in Keulen. Het grote aantal maagden is een vergissing te wijten aan het verkeerd lezen van de tekst XI M V als 11.000 Virgines in de plaats van 11 Martyres Virgines (11 Martelaressen Maagden). De relieken werden door abt Willem van Ryckel (1248-1272) uit Sint-Truiden aan de abdij van Herkenrode geschonken. In de 15de eeuw was er in de abdij een apart altaar waar de relieken voor de bedevaarders werden tentoongesteld. Sinds 1826 werden ze bewaard in de kerk van Kermt. Vanaf 1993 worden ze bewaard in de Sint-Quintinuskathedraal (Hasselt). De mogelijkheid om ze weer aan het publiek te presenteren wordt onderzocht.

 

Topstukken opgenomen in de lijst van het beschermde culturele erfgoed van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap :

 

In het Hasseltse stadsmuseum bewaart men een verguld zilveren torenmonstrans uit 1286 - de oudst bekende ter wereld - in Parijs gemaakt in opdracht van de abdis van Herkenrode. Daarin werd sinds 1317 een miraculeuse hostie, het Sacrament van mirakel, bewaard.

 

In de Provinciale Bibliotheek van Limburg bewaart men een aflaatbrief in 1363 uitgevaardigd door Paus Urbanus V waarbij de gelovigen die de abdijkerk op bepaalde dagen bezochten een veertigdaagse aflaat kregen. Hij is versierd met een afbeelding van de abdijkerk waaruit een processie vertrekt waarin het Sacrament van mirakel in de torenmonstrans van 1286 wordt meegedragen.

 

Van acht monumentale schilderijen, De deugdzame vrouwen van Lambert Lombard, uit de 16de eeuw, kwamen er vier in de kerk van Stokrooie terecht en werden daar pas in 1981 'ontdekt' als werk van de beroemde renaissancekunstenaar. De vier andere bevinden zich in het museum Grand Curtius in Luik; allen werden in 2006 gerestaureerd en toen tijdelijk in Luik tentoongesteld.

 

De torenmonstrans, de aflaatbrief en de vier schilderijen van Lambert Lombard in de kerk van Stokrooie zijn erkend als 'topstukken' van het culturele erfgoed van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap.

  

Het klooster van het Heilig Graf met een permanente tentoonstelling over de Orde van het Heilig Graf :

 

In 1972 kochten de kanunnikessen van het Heilig Graf een deel van het domein: de 18de-eeuwse abdissenresidentie met het landschapspark en de bouwvallen van het 16de-eeuwse abdissenverblijf en vestigden er in 1974 een klooster en een bezinningscentrum. In 1982 kochten zij ook de infirmerie uit 1658 en de resten van de vervallen 16de-eeuwse zusterverblijven. Het 8 ha groot landschapspark wordt sinds 2015 beheerd door het Agentschap Natuur en Bos.

 

Een nieuw klooster voor de gemeenschap van de zusters werd vanaf 1985 gebouwd op de nog aanwezige fundamenten en gewelven van het 'oude' abdissenkwartier uit 1538. Een jaar nadien werd ook de kloosterkerk in hedendaagse architectuurstijl gebouwd. Architect Lucas Van Herck ging hierbij uit van een filosofie die het patrimonium behoudt en toch ook dynamisch verder ontwikkelt. Dit betekende historizerende restauratie, curatieve conservering, invularchitectuur en nieuwbouw.

 

De moderne kerk, steeds voor het publiek toegankelijk, is opgevat als een centraalbouw met in het midden een 'volle leegte' waar het altaar vooruitgeschoven is opgesteld. Rondom dit centrum zijn het koorgestoelte voor de kloostergemeenschap en de tribunes voor de gasten geschikt. Belangrijk voor de spiritualiteit van de Grafzusters is de open grafkamer van de Verrezen Christus, rechts van het altaar.

 

Tot eind 2014 was er een bezinningscentrum gevestigd in de classicistische 'nieuwe' Abdissenresidentie Herkenrode.

 

In de overwelfde kelders van het 16de-eeuwse abdissenverblijf bevindt zich sinds september 2012 een permanente tentoonstelling over de Orde van de Kanunnikessen van het Heilig Graf. In drie opeenvolgende ruimtes wordt het verhaal verteld van de oorsprong en verspreiding van de Orde, hun invloed en verspreiding in Limburg en Hasselt en het leven en de spiritualiteit van de zusters.

 

Ontsluiting van de abdijsite :

In 1998 werd het andere deel van het domein, 105 ha groot, met het poortgebouw, de watermolen en de hoevegebouwen verworven door het Vlaams Gewest, die de gebouwen in beheer gaf aan de erfgoedorganisatie Herita.

 

Architect Herman van Meer stelde in opdracht van Erfgoed Vlaanderen, nu Herita, in 2001 een masterplan op voor de ontsluiting en benadering van de gehele site en vervulde de opdracht voor de restauratie en aanpassing van de gebouwen. De tentoonstellingsinrichting en scenografie werd verzorgd door Mimesis.

 

Opgravingen begonnen in 2004 op de plaats waar de kerk en een aantal kloostergebouwen stonden. De volledige kerk en het herenhuis werden blootgelegd. Resten van het omvangrijke grachtensysteem werden teruggevonden. In de overblijfselen van het gastenverblijf werd een kleine laat-16de-eeuwse beerput opgegraven. Het kloosterpand kan nu volledig worden in beeld gebracht aan de hand van de opgravingen (o.a. kapittelzaal, refter, sacristie).

  

Restauratie van het landschap :

 

Het landschap rondom de abdij wordt heringericht, inclusief de waterlopen, met de toestand van 300 jaar geleden als model. Onder meer wordt de Demer weer in zijn oorspronkelijke bedding, de huidige Tuilterdemer, gelegd en zal zijn waterkracht leveren aan de Tuiltermolen. Vijvers worden weer aangelegd ongeveer op de plaats waar zij vroeger veelvuldig aanwezig waren. De cisterciënzerinnen aten veel vis. Zij volgden immers de regel van Benedictus die voorschreef geen vlees te eten van dieren die op vier poten lopen. Een appelboomgaard van een honderdtal verschillende appelsoorten (hoogstam) en een kersenboomgaard zijn reeds aangelegd.

 

Bewegwijzerde wandelpaden werden ingericht en een kruiden- en inspiratietuin van 2 hectare, met meer dan 400 kruiden en planten en een 200 meter lange loofgang, is opengesteld voor het publiek. (zie Kruidentuin Herkenrode). Je betreedt de tuin langs een een zonnewijzer waarin de mens betrokken is.

  

Restauratie en herbestemming van de gebouwen :

 

Sinds 2002 is de tiendschuur uit 1656, ten tijde van abdis Anna Catharina de Lamboy, met een oppervlakte van 1000 m² en 15 m hoog, deels met steun van privésponsors gerestaureerd. Cncerten, allerlei evenementen en feesten vinden er plaats.

 

Begin mei 2007 is de restauratie van het Poortgebouw Herkenrode voltooid. Dit gebouw van 1531, ten tijde van abdis Mechtildis de Lechy, is het eindpunt van een lange dreef afgeboord met een dubbele rij bomen. Het gebouw dat toen al een knooppunt was in de abdijsite heeft als functies: tentoonstellingsruimte, conferentie- en seminarieruimte.

 

De portierswoning biedt sinds midden 2009 een onderkomen aan de administratieve diensten.

 

In het hoevegebouw is er vanaf september 2011 een belevingscentrum. Daar maakt de bezoeker een reis door de tijd vanaf het begin van Herkenrode. Hij wordt meegevoerd in een verhaal van voor- en tegenspoed, van oorlog, ziekte en geweld, maar ook van de financiële en culturele rijkdom van de cisterciënzerinnen. De tocht maakt hij met een gids of met een virtuele abdis in een audiogids. Het aanwenden van oorspronkelijk beeldmateriaal, ensceneringen, filmopnames met acteurs, klankdecors, realistische opstellingen en info- en opzoekkiosken maken van het bezoek een totaalervaring. Het verhaal van Herkenrode wordt bovendien in een ruim historisch kader geplaatst en verbonden met Hasselt, Limburg, Vlaanderen, maar ook met Europa.

 

Naast de restauratie wordt ook de commerciële exploitatie een belangrijk aandachtspunt in de ontwikkeling van de site.

 

Eind 2013 vestigde de administratieve diensten van uitgeverij Clavis zich in de hoevegebouwen met een educatief centrum Willewete. Dit centrum werkt samen met de hogeschool PXL en heeft als doel kinderen helemaal te laten opgaan in taal, wetenschap, geschiedenis en multimedia.

 

Begin 2015 werd de restauratie van de paardenstallen voltooid en mits een uitbreiding met een passiefbouw ingericht tot eet- en drinkgelegenheid.

 

Een jaarlijks terugkerend evenement op de site is 'de Sage van de Eenhoorn' een magisch-middeleeuws familiespektakel met tal van voorstellingen en activiteiten voor jong en oud op Pinksterzondag.

  

Ook de restauratie van een groot deel van de Tuiltermolen, een watermolen aan de westelijke rand van het domein, is gerealiseerd. Tijdens die werken werd een deel van de grafsteen van Margareta van Stein, abdis van 1303 tot 1333, teruggevonden. In het molengebouw waren destijds drie molens: een graanmolen, een olieslagmolen en een schorsmolen.

 

De Tuiltermolen is eigendom van het ANB (Agentschap Natuur en Bos). In een deel van de gebouwen is Herkenrode vzw (niet te verwarren met Abdijsite Herkenrode vzw) gevestigd die als vrijwilligersorganisatie van daaruit werkt aan de realisatie van haar missie: "bijdragen aan het ontsluiten en doorgeven van het materiële en spirituele erfgoed van de cisterciënzer beweging in het algemeen en de cisterciënzerinnen op Herkenrode in Hasselt in het bijzonder" o.m. met publicaties, het organiseren van reizen naar cisterciënzer abdijen in Europa, het ontwikkelen van abdijproducten en het bevorderen van kruiden in haar kruidenkenniscentrum. Vanuit het andere deel (de schuur uit 1746) beheert een boer de gronden en graasdieren rond de abdij (72 ha).

 

Het bakhuisje van de Tuiltermolen is hersteld door cursisten van de VDAB.

 

Hedendaagse kunst :

 

Waar de verdwenen abdijkerk lag, staat er sinds maart 2015 een permanente installatie van Hans Op de Beeck met de titel Het Stille Uitzicht. Via een smalle lange gang kom je in een ruimte waar door middel van elkaar reflecterende spiegels de illusie wordt gewekt van een grijs, kaal en oneindig verstrekkend desolaat landschap met ontbladerde bomen, heuvels en waterpartijen. Je kan er in een donkere ruimte, op zitbanken gezeten, de oneindige ruimte ondergaan. Met dit hedendaags kunstwerk tracht men ook een alternatief kunstminnend publiek aan te trekken.

 

Organisatie en beheer :

 

Wat het gedeelte van de site betreft dat eigendom is van het Vlaams Gewest wordt de restauratie van de gebouwen, de inrichting ervan voor nieuwe bestemmingen, de aanleg van de tuin, de opgravingen en het uitbesteden van de commerciële exploitatie beheerd door de Vlaamse erfgoedorganisatie Herita. Het omliggende landschap wordt beheerd door de Vlaamse Overheidsdienst het Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos. De niet-commerciële exploitatie en animatie ter plaatse is in handen van Abdijsite Herkenrode vzw, een stedelijk Extern Verzelfstandigd Agentschap (EVA) opgericht onder de auspiciën van de stad Hasselt. Het EVA coördineert ook alle partners op de site.

 

De abdij van Herkenrode maakt deel uit van het Europees Charter van Cisterciënzer Abdijen en Sites. Dit is een cultureel-toeristisch netwerk waarbij tal van cisterciënzer abdijen en abdijsites over heel West-Europa zijn aangesloten.

 

De abdissen van Herkenrode voerden een opspringende eenhoorn in het wapen van de abdij. Het logo van de huidige Abdijsite Herkenrode toont ook de eenhoorn. De eenhoorn springt weer op!

 

De wervende slogan voor het project Herkenrode luidt "waar je cultuur en natuur ontdekt!".

  

Herkenrode Abbey (Limburgish: Abdij van Herkenrode) was monastery of Cistercian nuns located in Kuringen, part of the municipality of Hasselt, which lies in the province of Limburg, Belgium.

 

Since 1972 some of the surviving buildings have served as the home of a community of the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre, who have since built a new retreat center and church on the site.

 

In 1974 the buildings and the surrounding estate were designated and since then protected as a national historical monument and landscape.

 

History :

 

The abbey was founded in or about 1182 by Count Gerard of Loon, who sold a part of his lands to raise funds for his participation in the Crusades, and used some of the proceeds to endow a Cistercian monastery for nuns. (Some historians claim that he was forced to do so by Rudolf of Zähringen, the Prince-Bishop of Liège, as a penance for having burnt down the collegiate church of Tongeren).

 

In 1217 the abbey was formally accepted into the Cistercian Order, the first, and also the greatest and wealthiest, women's monastery of the Order in the Low Countries. The nuns referred to themselves as the "noble ladies of the Order of Cîteaux of the County of Loon" (Dutch: adellijke dames van de orde van Cîteaux van het graafschap Loon).

 

After Count Gerard was killed during the Third Crusade at the Siege of Acre in 1191, his body was brought back by the same Archbishop Rudolph, who had led an army to the siege. Rudolph reached, though, only as far as Switzerland, dying there on the way home. Gerard was buried in the church of the abbey he had founded, which from then on became the burial place of all the Counts of Loon. This custom continued up to the last Count to die with that title, Dietrich (or Theodoric) of Sponheim (d. 1361), who was refused burial here because he had been excommunicated.

 

In 1366 the County of Loon passed into the possession of the Prince-Bishops of Liège, with whom the nuns succeeded in remaining on good terms.

 

During the 15th century the abbey, like many others, suffered a severe decline, but from around 1500 enjoyed a revival. In the 18th century a total reconstruction was planned, of which the Neo-Classical abbesses' lodgings was built, as well as an English garden, still intact, with exotic trees.

 

The French Revolutionary Army invaded the region in 1795 and annexed it to France. During a policy of anti-Catholic measures which were in effect from 1795-1799, they seized the abbey and expelled the nuns, as a result of which the monastic community was permanently dispersed. The abbey was sold to Claes and Libotton, after which the buildings gradually fell into disrepair. In 1826 a fire destroyed much of the church, which had been in use as a factory, after the stained glass windows had been replaced by clear glass. In 1844 the remaining ruins were demolished, including the mausoleum of the Counts of Loon. Many artworks from the church have survived and are kept in museums.

 

In 1972 the Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre bought part of the old abbey grounds with their remaining buildings. They have since built a new monastery and retreat center. Ten years later, they built the Church of the Risen Lord, which now serves the canonesses and their guests.

 

Much restoration work has taken place on the remaining buildings of the previous abbey, all of which date from the 16th-18th centuries

  

Abbesses of Herkenrode :

 

Ingeltrude I (1182-1205)

Jutta I (1205-1237)

Ingeltrude II (1237-1257)

Jutta II (1257-1272)

Margareta (1273-before 1281)

Aleidis van Diest (1281-1302)

Margareta van Stein (1303-1333)

Agnes van Guigoven (1333-1337)

Beatrix van Lobosch (1341-1354)

Aleidis van Wanrode (1354-1365)

Catharina van Kerkom (1365-1391)

Catharina van Goetshoven (1395-1412)

Aleidis van Rijkel (1414-1433)

Elisabeth van Kerkom (1433-1442)

Beatrix van Reckhoven (1442-1447)

Catharina van Schoonbeek (1447-1456)

Catharina van Pipenpoye (1456-1491)

Gertrudis de Lechy (1491-1519)

Mechtildis de Lechy (1520-1548)

Aleidis de Lechy (1548-1561)

Catharina van Goor (1561-1579)

Albertina van Schwartsenberg (1579, for a few months only)

Catharina van Gaver (1579-1585)

Anna van Blockerien (1585-1620)

Margareta de Berghes (1620-1637)

Barbara de Hinnesdael (1637-1653)

Anna Catharina de Lamboy (1653-1675)

Claudia de Merode (1675-1702)

Catharina van Mombeek (1702-1725)

Gertrudis van Mettekoven (1725-1728)

Barbara de Rivière d'Arschot (1728-1744)

Anna de Croÿ (1744-1772)

Augustina van Hamme (1772-1790)

Josephine de Gondrecourt (1791-1796)

Alfa Romeo is expanding its model range with the addition of its MITO, the Italian alternative to the successful MINI

 

Alfa Romeo is expanding its model range with the addition of its MITO, the Italian alternative to the successful MINI. Design, style, character, performance, agility and fun to drive should grant the new, small, Alfa Romeo sales of some 80,000 units per year world-w

 

Alfa Romeo is expanding its model range with the addition of its MITO, the Italian alternative to the successful MINI. Design, style, character, performance, agility and fun to drive should grant the new, small, Alfa Romeo sales of some 80,000 units per year world-wide. The MITO has been designed under the direction of Austrian designer Wolfgang Egger, now head of Audi design.

 

Alfa Romeo is expanding its model range with the addition of its MITO, the Italian alternative to the successful MINI. Design, style, character, performance, agility and fun to drive should grant the new, small, Alfa Romeo sales of some 80,000 units per year world-wide. The MITO has been designed under the direction of Austrian designer Wolfgang Egger, now head of Audi design.

 

Alfa Romeo is expanding its model range with the addition of its MITO, the Italian alternative to the successful MINI. Design, style, character, performance, agility and fun to drive should grant the new, small, Alfa Romeo sales of some 80,000 units per year world-wide. The MITO has been designed under the direction of Austrian designer Wolfgang Egger, now head of Audi design.

 

Alfa Romeo is expanding its model range with the addition of its MITO, the Italian alternative to the successful MINI. Design, style, character, performance, agility and fun to drive should grant the new, small, Alfa Romeo sales of some 80,000 units per year world-wide. The MITO has been designed under the direction of Austrian designer Wolfgang Egger, now head of Audi design.

Letojanni is a comune (municipality), and coastal resort in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 170 km east of Palermo and about 40 km southwest of Messina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,634 and an area of 6.8 km².Letojanni borders the following municipalities: Castelmola, Forza d'Agrò, Gallodoro, Mongiuffi Melia, Taormina.

 

Letojanni è un comune italiano di 2.760 abitanti della provincia di Messina in Sicilia.Distante 32 km da Messina e 45 km da Catania, la cittadina fa parte del comprensorio turistico di Taormina.

Sino alla metà dell'Ottocento Letojanni fungeva da marina, o borgo dei pescatori, del comune di Gallodoro; la costruzione di una strada provinciale e successivamente della ferrovia favorirono lo sviluppo del borgo, al punto che nel 1879 la sede comunale fu trasferita da Gallodoro a Letojanni, e il comune prese il nome di Letojanni-Gallodoro. Nel 1952 le due località furono separate..Ricco di infrastrutture alberghiere in estate ospita innumerevoli turisti

 

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Photo by Aimee Corrigan

Part of a mural in San Francisco, California's Mission District titled "No Human Being is Illegal". On May 28, 2010, a 42-year-old undocumented immigrant, Anastasio Hernández Rojas, was killed by Customs and Border Protection personnel. He left behind a widow and five children whose home is in San Diego. PBS broadcast eyewitness video showing Rojas handcuffed and surrounded by about a dozen agents, as CBP personnel administer what appear to be five Taser shocks. One officer has his knee on Anastasio’s neck; the words “quit resisting” are heard over the prone man. The San Diego coroner’s office classified Anastasio’s death as a homicide, recording in addition to a heart attack: “several loose teeth; bruising to his chest, stomach, hips, knees, back, lips, head and eyelids; five broken ribs; and a damaged spine.”

Not everything that is interesting is on the surface. Although Talkin Tarn is a pretty place, and handy for my 365, there's interest beneath too. Some years ago, when were friends with Iraq, some of their helicopter pilots came to train in this area. One of them managed to crash into the water, and the wreckage is still down there somewhere.

 

I'll never understand international relations. We train helicopter pilots for Iraq. Iraq uses helicopters to drop chemical weapons on the Kurds. We then invade Iraq so a dictator can no longer attack his own people. But how have I got one to this? This is surely not a fitting subject to accompany this photograph! Where was I going with this anyway.

 

I'd been to watch the Carlisle United football match the previous night with my brother. And I was reminded of the prank I played on him when were young. He was six and I was nine and one night I heard him get up out of bed and go to the bathroom. I sneaked out of my own room and climbed underneath his own bed. When he got back, I waited and waited in silence. After about five minutes I suddenly let out a bloodcurdling roar and started pushing him mattress up and down, doing my best monster impression.

 

I heard him cry out and run off down the stairs at high speed shouting at the top of his voice. He didn't take time out from his flight to warn his dear brother of the monster under his bed, I noted, as I sneaked back to my own room and went to sleep. I didn't let on it was me for another twenty years, when I put the story in as part of my speech at his wedding.

he London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel situated on the banks of the River Thames, in London, England. The entire structure is 135 metres (443 ft) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres (394 ft).

 

It is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3.5 million people annually. When erected in 1999, it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, until surpassed first by the 160 m (520 ft) Star of Nanchang in 2006, and then the 165 m (541 ft) Singapore Flyer in 2008. It is still described by its operators as "the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel" (as the wheel is supported by an A-frame on one side only, unlike the Nanchang and Singapore wheels).

 

The London Eye, or Millennium Wheel, was officially called the British Airways London Eye and then the Merlin Entertainments London Eye. Since 20 January 2011, its official name is the EDF Energy London Eye following a three-year sponsorship deal.

 

The London Eye is located in the London Borough of Lambeth at the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River Thames between Westminster Bridge and Hungerford Bridge. The site is adjacent to that of the former Dome of Discovery, which was built for the Festival of Britain in 1951.

 

The wheel's 32 sealed and air-conditioned ovoidal passenger capsules, designed and supplied by Leitner-Poma, are attached to the external circumference of the wheel and rotated by electric motors. Each capsule represents one of the London Boroughs, weighs 10 tonnes and holds 25 people, who are free to walk around inside the capsule, though seating is provided. The wheel rotates at 26 cm (10 in) per second (about 0.9 km/h or 0.6 mph) so that one revolution takes about 30 minutes. It does not usually stop to take on passengers; the rotation rate is slow enough to allow passengers to walk on and off the moving capsules at ground level. It is, however, stopped to allow disabled or elderly passengers time to embark and disembark safely.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Eye

Provincia Hostel is a lovely, homely, backpacker hostel in the beautiful city of Valledupar, is a hostel with the warmth of home.

 

Provincia Hostel has five comfortable and nicely decorated private rooms with bathroom, TV, air conditioning or fan and 22 dorm beds available. Prices range from 18,000 Pesos per person for dorm beds with fan, 22,000 Pesos per person for dorm beds with air conditioning 45.000 Pesos per person in a private room or 60,000 Pesos for double occupancy in a private room with air conditioning and private bathroom.

 

This comfortable hostel has all the facilities you could hope for including a fully equipped self-catering kitchen with free coffee available all day, bag Storage, courtyard, some great social areas with a barbeque, hammocks, strewn garden, a sociable dining area, book exchange, free internet and WIFI connection available for guest use. There's also cable TV with a large DVD collection in the lounge area, air conditioning or fan in rooms, several bicycles free for rent and a Plenty of information is available on what to do locally and the staff will happily advise you on day trips, activities and tours from Valledupar as well as hostels and places to visit all across the country.

 

The hostel has become a popular stop for backpackers not only for its friendly welcome and great facilities but as a base for exploring Northern Colombia. Located in a beautiful city, this is the perfect place for relaxing. We have a wonderful, friendly, and clean hostel. The nice and quiet atmosphere will truly make you feel at home. You will find a calm, clean and inexpensive hostel.

 

Hostal Provincia Valledupar - Colombia. Photo by Provincia Hotel Valledupar

   

CONTACT INFORMATION

HOSTAL PROVINCIA

Calle 16A # 5-25, centro, Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia

Tel: (0057-5) 580-0558, Cel: (300) 241-92-10

We are located one block from Plaza Alfonso Lopez

Latitude: 10.476513 Longitude: -73.243629

Close to Santa Marta!!! (4 hrs by bus)

EMAIL: info@provinciavalledupar.com & provinciavalledupar@yahoo.com

WEBSITE: www.provinciavalledupar.com & www.hotelenvalledupar.com

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•24 hour staffed office • dormitories and private rooms •free coffee •linen included •free Internet services •free Wi-Fi •TV room •cable TV •free DVD movies •patio area •BBQ •chill out in the many hammocks •laundry service •fully equipped kitchen •Facilities available: Refrigerator; Micro-wave oven; Electric kettle. •bag storage •book exchange •tourist information •bookings for all hostels in Colombia • free local calls •free bicycles •staff guided ecological trips (space permitting) •economical rates!

She is a gorgeous doll. Don't get me wrong. I adore her. But she is not a black doll. She is a white doll in black-face. Whomever in my friend's circle I showed this to said she was pretty but that she didnt look "black".

 

I dont like it when they take someone with Caucasian features and paint her face black. There is a movie in the 80s starring C. Thomas Howell where he paints his face black to pass up as a black man, in order to get a scholarship to go to Harvard Law. And he looks ridiculous. Going black face is not my idea of creating diverse, ethnically beautiful and sensitive dolls. Blackface represents a time when white Americans would put dark paint on their faces and act out incredibly racist and offensive stereotypes about African Americans. The symbolism of blackface is incendiary, insensitive and racist. This is a fact.

 

Furthermore, turning identity into a costume essentially - which is what you do when you take a white person and just paint their face dark - is not okay. Turning a doll with clearly white features black and and thus taking a piece of a marginalized person for privileged people to look at and enjoy like a fucking punchline is not okay. There is more into being black than just darker skin. Taking a doll with clearly Caucasian features and thus just taking features of whiteness while superimposing black color on them, is offensive.

 

There is an important distinction to make when it comes to race: race should not ever be used to treat anyone differently or to gauge a person's value and worthiness, or to deny them rights, but that does not mean race doesn't matter. And I think that's where a lot of people go wrong

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To many people, especially people of color, race matters. It can matter in a lot of negative ways, manifesting in poor treatment, harassment, or simply the circumstances into which they were born. It can also matter in many positive or affirmative ways; concepts like "Black culture" or "Black pride" exist as a counterpoint, a way for Black people to take pride in themselves and their experiences. Serious stuff, like mistreatment by the police and justice system, or basic stuff, like hair.

 

To white folks like us, this often doesn't make a lot of sense; we were taught as kids that race doesn't matter. But it's very easy to say that something that rarely seems to affect us doesn't matter; our race as white people is seen by society as default, our experiences as normal. Our stories get to be the ones that get retold and remembered, and we retell and remember them quite frequently.

 

It's like saying it doesn't matter who wins or loses, after collecting the trophy and the prize money.

 

So taking a black doll and making her white, and thus white face is very different than taking a white doll/person and making her blackface. something like whiteface doesn't affect us; it's just skin tone, after all. It's also why, as Americans who are very disconnected, often by generations, from our European ancestors, we often don't give a shit about those stereotypes either. Most people with Scottish ancestry don't give a shit when people make Scottish jokes, and they wouldn't give a shit if people made Czech jokes, if those were jokes people over here made. It's not all that important to them.

 

If you are a person of colour in America, it is impossible not to notice race, so for a white person to say "oh race doesnt matter" is incredibly trite, because it fucking DOES MATTER. Even if you've never been subject to malicious racism, you know that you are perceived as an outsider to the dominant culture. Even if you didn't want to care about race, race has been made important for you, personally. You've experienced a lot of shit you know is basically invisible to white people because of "just" your skin tone.

 

So when some white guy (or in this case, white girl) rolls along in blackface it rings hollow. It's a mockery, somebody who thinks that all you need to emulate this giant, deeply personal and nuanced concept of Blackness is some shoe polish.

That's what's offensive.

 

People may say this is just a doll, not a person. And it is true. But this doll wasnt created in a vacuum. It is an extension of our culture. And it sends a message and signal. The argument that it doesnt matter because it is a doll (or a cartoon, a movie, anime, action figure etc) is specious at best and callously, dangerously ignorant at worst.

 

So, conceptually, I am not too pleased with this doll and while, ironically enough, discussions about not liking her have been turned into accusations of racism basically on doll boards, it is actually the other way around for the reasons mentioned above.

 

There was a lot of talk about "why dont we just take a black doll and turn him white" or "we should have a black doll in every line. Turn Giselle, Agnes, Rayna, Imogen, what-have-you, black." I saw someone posting images of African Americans with albinism and advocating for such dolls to be produced. in other words, skin color, and thus with it identities, were appropriated without any sensitivity as to their rich complexity and history. As if there wasnt an entire identity behind black skin. As if it was just a fashion statement.

 

So instead of trying to do this kind of stuff, such as take white dolls and plaster shoe cream on them and have them pass up as black and vice versa, why not actually work to create dolls that represent being black and are sensitive to all the wonderful ethnic and cultural diversity of the black experience? Why not create something original, something that celebrates the beauty of being black, as opposed to taking a white doll and having her run around in blackface? That is not diversity and that's not inclusion. Demanding a Poppy in blackface might appear to be oh so open minded, but it really isn't.

 

2011 is the Year of the Rabbit and to welcome the New Year the Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCC UK) invited guests to explore Korea's traditional customs throughout February.

 

These fun events introduced 'The Great Full Moon Festival'

 

A regular feature at the KCCUK is our Film Nights and the screenings for February included two Period Dramas, namely: Portrait of a Beauty (Cert.18: Thurs. 10.02) and Forbidden Quest (Cert. 18: Thurs. 24.02). Prior to the screenings, there was an opportunity to try on a Hanbok and taste traditional rice cakes (Tteok) in reception.

 

The KCCUK also staged the following performances, a Korean traditional music concert - Tori Ensemble (Mon 07.02) and a traditional Music and Dance Evening - A Celebration of the First Full Moon (Fri.18.02,).

 

The movie Portrait of Beauty features a real-life character Shin Yun-bok who is more famous by his pen-name Hyewon. To celebrate this famous Joseon Master, the KCCUK Library became a studio to draw your own Hyewon pieces. There was also information to discover and paint your Zodiac Animal as well as partake in traditional Korean games in reception or to make a wish on our Wishing Tree.

 

Additionally for the whole month of February, all visitors to the KCCUK were able to sample traditional green tea whilst listening to the melodic sounds of traditional music.

That Luang (Lao:'Great Stupa') is a gold-covered large Buddhist stupa in the centre of Vientiane, Laos. Since its initial establishment, suggested to be in the 3rd century, the stupa has undergone several reconstructions as recently as the 1930s due to foreign invasions of the area. It is generally regarded as the most important national monument in Laos and a national symbol.

 

The That Luang according to the Lao people was originally built as a Hindu temple in the 3rd century. Buddhist missionaries from the Mauryan Empire are believed to have been sent by the Emperor Ashoka, including Bury Chan or Praya Chanthabury Pasithisak and five Arahata monks who brought a holy relic (believed to be the breastbone) of Lord Buddha to the stupa. It was rebuilt in the 13th century as a Khmer temple which fell into ruin.

 

In the mid-16th century, King Setthathirat relocated his capital from Luang Prabang to Vientiane and ordered construction of That Luang in 1566. It was rebuilt about 4 km from the centre of Vientiane at the end of That Luang Road and named That Luang. The bases had a length of 69 metres each and was 45 metres high, and was surrounded by 30 small Stupas.

 

In 1641, a Dutch envoy of the Dutch East India Company, Gerrit van Wuysoff, visited Vientiane and was received by King Sourigna Vongsa at the temple, where he was, reportedly, received in a magnificent ceremony. He wrote that he was particularly impressed by the "enormous pyramid and the top was covered with gold leaf weighing about a thousand pounds". However, the stupa was repeatedly plundered by the Burmese, Siamese and Chinese.

 

The That Luang was destroyed by the Thai invasion in 1828, which left it heavily damaged and abandoned. It was not until 1900 that the French restored to its original design based on the detailed drawings from 1867 by the French architect and explorer Louis Delaporte. However the first attempt to restore it was unsuccessful and it had to be redesigned and then reconstructed in the 1930s. During the Franco-Thai War, That Luang was heavily damaged during a Thai air raid. After the end of World War II, the That Luang was reconstructed.

 

The architecture of the building includes many references to Lao culture and identity, and so has become a symbol of Lao nationalism. The stupa today consists of three levels, each conveying a reflection of part of the Buddhist doctrine. The first level is 67 metres by 68 metres, the second is 47 metres along each side and the third level is 29 metres along each side. From ground to pinnacle, the That Luang is 44 metres high.

This is Akira.Her name means bright in Japanese.She is made from felt and a fabric,from my own patterns.I call the color/pattern of her kimono watermelon stripes.She's embellished with ribbon(sewn on) and a cute ice cream cone detail at the bottom of her kimono.She is about 15" from ponytails to the tips of her toes.

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This is my TRENDMASTERS Casper the Ghost Fleshie Blaster Unpainted First Shot Prototype in all black plastic, with a white brace in front of the trigger and one green ball. The retail toy was to come with 4 balls and each ball would have the face of either Casper, Stinkie, Stretch or Fatso on it. But some of these prototypes came with these unpainted green balls instead. The interesting thing about this particular proto is, the silver view finder thingy attachment on the top. Not sure if it was a custom attachment, or an early part of this toy's development, as it was apparently not part of any of the ABC Iterations and remains a mystery to those that worked on this toy.

the shade garden is coming on quit well plants to be seen are a mix of primulas and aquilegia foxgloves selfheal teasels muscari armeniacum in front corner gooseberry and a fern and an acer in the pot

This is a photograph from the second running of the newly situated Irish 3/4 Marathon (formerly the Athlone 3/4) which was held in Longwood, Enfield, Co. Meath, Ireland on Sunday 8th of October 2017 at 10:00. The event is positioned perfectly in the calendar as a key training race before the Dublin City Marathon at the end of the month. This year was the second year that the event was held in Longwood, Co. Meath which is now well known for its hosting of the Longwood 10KM/5KM annual races and a host venue for East of Ireland Marathon series marathons on a bi-annual basis. The race started and finished at Longwood GAA club just outside the village of Longwood. It followed an anti-clockwise course around the beautiful picturesque countryside of south Meath. The course went through the townlands of Longwood, Castlerickard, Killyon, Hill-of-Down, Anneville and Ashfield Clonard, Blackshare, Stoneyford and back to Longwood. The river Boyne and Blackwater were crossed as was the Royal Canal and the Dublin-Sligo Railway line at Hill-of-Down. Overall this was a very different course to the previous years in Athlone. The overall elevation of the course works out at 3/4 of the total elevation of the Dublin Marathon course. What most stood out about today's race was the course and how the countryside around it looked on a beautiful almost perfect Autumn morning. There was a large local effort with stewarding and many local people watched from their gardens as the race passed by. The organisation of the race was first class with every detail taken care of from the start until the finish. There was some rain showers from about 13:00 onwards but these soon passed.

 

There is a large set of photographs from today's race - taken at the start in Longwood village and the 25KM mark outside near our home.

 

They are available on our Flickr photostream at the following set. www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157687694983023

 

Photographs from 2016's race are available on our Flickr photostream: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157673672195732

 

NOTE: These are completely unofficial photographs are not connected commercially with the Irish 3/4 marathon event photography. Please check the Official Website www.irish3quartermarathon.ie/ for official photographs and other media.

  

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Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account(s)?

 

Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share directly to: email, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.

 

BUT..... Wait there a minute....

We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. We do not charge for our photographs. Our only "cost" is that we request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, VK.com, Vine, Meetup, Tagged, Ask.fm,etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us or acknowledge us as the original photographers.

 

This also extends to the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.

 

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Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.

 

In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting takes a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.

 

I would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?

Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.

 

Let's get a bit technical: We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs

We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?

The explaination is very simple.

Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.

ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.

 

Above all what Creative Commons aims to do is to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

 

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.

 

Don't like your photograph here?

That's OK! We understand!

 

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.

 

I want to tell people about these great photographs!

Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably http://www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets

 

Brussels is the de facto capital city of the European Union (EU) and the largest urban area in Belgium. It comprises 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels proper, which is the capital of Belgium, Flanders and the French Community of Belgium.

 

Brussels has grown from a 10th-century fortress town founded by a descendant of Charlemagne into a metropolis of more than one million inhabitants. The metropolitan area has a population of over 1.8 million, making it the largest in Belgium.

 

Since the end of the Second World War, Brussels has been an important centre for international politics. The presence of the main EU institutions as well as the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has made the city a polyglot home of many international organisations, politicians, diplomats and civil servants.

 

Although historically Dutch-speaking, Brussels became more and more French-speaking over the 19th and 20th centuries. Today a majority of inhabitants are native French-speakers, although both languages have official status.

 

Linguistic tensions remain, and the language laws of the municipalities surrounding Brussels are an issue of much controversy in Belgium.

This photograph is from the collection of Barry Howard, who was an Electrician at local coal mines such as Hebburn No. 2 and Northern (Rhondda) Colliery, and at Saxonvale Colliery, further up the Hunter Valley. Mr Howard has very kindly permitted us to to publish these photographs on this website for the benefit of researchers and for those who served in the mines and their families.

 

If you have any information about the photograph, please contact us or leave a comment. We greatly value your contribution.

 

Please contact us if you are the subject of the image, or know the subject of the image, and have cultural or other reservations about the image being displayed on this website and would like to discuss this with us.

 

This image can be used for study and personal research purposes. If you wish to reproduce the image for any other purpose you must obtain permission by contacting the University of Newcastle's Cultural Collections.

Here is the remainder of the photos of my shoe exploits from the past few months.

Acquired these sandals for the summer. Unfortunately, these should have been named "Tight Fit", as they are very tight for size 4 1/2. Also the strap is very short. But they seem to be stretching, so hopefully I'll be ble to wear them for more than an hour.

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This is a censored paper towel dispenser located in the women's bathroom in the Math and Physics building. This is green because it helps prevent wasting too much paper. It only dispenses a certain amount of paper each tim.

Is it on road or off road? It can't seem to decide...

 

Read my first impressions of these slick MTB tyres on the Muddymoles website.

Operation AVRO is a forcewide initiative that delivers a surge of extra resources and specialist officers to a different part of Greater Manchester each month.

 

This month saw the operation take place on the region's transport network.

 

The operation targets crimes that members of the public in that district have told us give them the most concern.

 

Members of the press and key partners, including local representatives, are invited to attend Operation AVRO deployments to see results first-hand and conduct important multi-agency work, such as welfare visits.

 

More details on AVRO can be found by visiting gmp.police.uk and following us on social media.

 

You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

 

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

 

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

 

You can access many of our services online at www.gmp.police.uk

  

Raghurajpur is a heritage crafts village in Puri district, Odisha, known for its master Pattachitra painters, an art form which dates back to 5 BC in the region and Gotipua dance troupes, the precursor to the Indian classical dance form of Odissi; it is also known as the birthplace of one of the finest Odissi exponents and Guru, Kelucharan Mohapatra. Apart from that, the village is also home to crafts like Tussar paintings, palm leaf engravings, stone and wood carvings, wooden, cowdung and papier mache toys, and masks.

 

In 2000, after a two-year research and documentation project by INTACH, starting 1998, the village was chosen to be developed as state's first heritage village and developed as a Crafts village, soon the village had an interpretation centre, commissioned artwork on the walls of the artists’ homes and a rest house.

 

It also has the distinction of the only place where the traditional decoration called Patas, used under the throne of Lord Jagannath and on the three chariots during the annual Rath Yatra festival, that takes place at pilgrimage town of Puri, some 14 km away, known for the Jagannath Temple.

 

OVERVIEW

Situated amidst groves of coconut, palm, mango and jack fruit, the main village has two streets with over 120 houses, most decorated with mural paintings, where the painters reside and practice their pattachitra craft, besides many other that practices throughout the village, including traditional masks, stone idols, papier mache, sculptures, wooden toys. The village also a series of temples dedicated not only to Bhuasuni, the local deity but also to various Hindu gods including, Radha Mohan, Gopinath, Raghunath, Laxminarayan and Gouranga.

 

Around, 2000 it was developed as a heritage village by INTACH, and soon became a major rural tourist destination of the state, drawing tourist, both domestic and foreign to the village. Villagers were also trained to provide heritage walks to the visitors by the organisation, and has since become a template for heritage tourism in the region.

 

Today it is also the venue of the annual Basant Utsav - Parampara Raghurajpur (Spring Festival), which was first organized in 1993 under the aegis of State Tourism Department and astern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata, held in the month of February/March and an important tourist draw.

 

PATTACHITRA

The pattachitra paintings are made over a piece of cloth known as Patta or a dried palm leaf, which is first painted with a mixture of chalk and gum. Over the prepared surface, colorful and intricate pictures of various Gods, Goddesses, and mythological scenes with ornamentation of flowers, trees and animals are then painted. The paintings on Tussar saris, especially the Sambalpuri Saree depicting Mathura Vijay, Raslila and Ayodhya Vijay owe their origin to ‘Raghurajpur Pattachitra paintings’.

 

LOCATION

It is situated 14 km away from Hindu pilgrimage town of Puri, on the southern banks of river Bhargabi (Bhargavi). Visitors from Puri take the Bhubaneswar road, near Chandanpur, on NH 203, and upon reaching the Chandanpur Bazaar, they can take a right turn to reach Raghurajpur. The village is then around 1.5 km from Chandanpur.

 

WIKIPEDIA

Brownsea Island sits in Poole harbour it is the second largest natural harbour in the world, second on to Sydney harbour in Australia. Brownsea Island ( was also known as Branksea ) is the largest of the islands in Poole Harbour in the county of Dorset, England. The island is owned by the National Trust. Much of the island is open to the public and includes areas of woodland and heath with a wide variety of wildlife, together with cliff top views across Poole Harbour and the Isle of Purbeck. The island was the location of an experimental camp in 1907 that led to the formation of the Scout movement the following year. Access is by public ferry or private boat; in 2017 the island received 133,340 visitors. The ferry trip itself is well worth the time. When I went it was £11.50 return trip. But on the way back the ferry takes a scenic route round the islands to arrive back at Poole Quay.

The island was purchased by wealthy stockbroker Charles van Raalte who used the island as a residential holiday retreat. During this time the castle was renovated and served as host to famous visitors such as Guglielmo Marconi. Robert Baden-Powell, a close friend of the van Raaltes, hosted an experimental camp for boys on the island in the summer of 1907. Brownsea was largely self-supporting, with a kitchen garden and a dairy herd. Many of the pottery factory workers had stayed on after it closed, farming and working for the owners. Charles van Raalte died in Calcutta in 1907 and his wife eventually sold the island in 1925. In 1927 it was purchased at auction by Mary Bonham-Christie for £125,000. A recluse by nature, she ordered a mass eviction of the island's residents to the mainland. The National Trust then agreed to take over responsibility for the island if enough funds were raised and in 1962 it then purchased Brownsea for £100,000. Work was carried out to prepare the island for visitors; tracks were cleared through areas overgrown with rhododendrons and firebreaks were created to prevent repetition of the 1934 fire.

Brownsea Island lies in Poole Harbour opposite the town of Poole. It is the largest of eight islands in the harbour. The island can be reached by one of the public ferries or by private boat. There is a wharf and a small dock near the main castle. The island is about 1 1⁄2 miles ( 2.4 km ) long and 3⁄4 mile ( 1.2 km ) wide and consists of 500 acres of woodland ( pine and oak trees ), heathland and salt-marsh. The entire island, except the church and a few other buildings which are leased or managed by third parties, is owned by the National Trust. Most of the buildings are situated near the small landing stage. The northern portion of the island is a Nature Reserve managed by Dorset Wildlife Trust and an important habitat for birds; this part of the island has limited public access so as not to disturb the wildlife.. A small portion to the southeast of the island, along with Brownsea Castle, is leased to the John Lewis Partnership for use as a holiday hotel for staff, and is not open to the public. The island forms part of the Studland civil parish in the Purbeck local government district. It is within the South Dorset constituency of the House of Commons and the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

In all the time I have lived in this area I never knew there was a very lovely Church on the Island and managed to take photos and videos of my visit there both inside and out. St Mary’s Church was built in 1853, the church remains very much as it was then - its organ is pumped by hand and the only lighting comes from candles. It's a Victorian church that isfixed in the past so with no electricity or water supply. But its regular spring and summer services can attract congregations between 3 and 300 - and it remains an important part of Brownsea's small island community. A Family Service is held at St.Mary’s at 3.00pm every Sunday from May to September.

From 1st August until 8th in August 1907, Robert Baden-Powell held an experimental camp on the island, to test out his Scouting ideas. He gathered 21 boys of mixed social backgrounds ( from boy's schools in the London area and a section of boys from the Poole, Parkstone,Hamworthy, Bournemouth, and Winton Boys' Brigade units ) and held a week-long camp. The boys took part in activities such as camping, observation, woodcraft, chivalry, lifesaving and patriotism. Following the successful camp, Baden-Powell published his first book on the Scouting movement in 1908, Scouting for Boys, and the international Scouting movement grew rapidly. Boy Scouts continued to camp on the island until the 1930’s, when all public access to the island was forbidden by the island's owner. After ownership of the island transferred to the National Trust, a permanent 20 hectares or 49 acres Scout camp site was opened in 1963 by Olave Baden-Powell. In August 2007, 100 years after the first experimental camp, Brownsea Island was the focus of worldwide celebrations of the centenary of Scouting.

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Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1990, she rose to fame with the release of "Vision of Love" from her eponymous debut album. The album produced four chart-topping singles in the US and began what would become a string of commercially successful albums which solidified the singer as Columbia's highest selling act. Carey and Boyz II Men spent a record sixteen weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995–96 with "One Sweet Day," which remains the longest-running number-one song in US chart history. Following a contentious divorce from Sony Music head Tommy Mottola, Carey adopted a new image and traversed towards hip hop with the release of Butterfly (1997). In 1998, she was honored as the world's best-selling recording artist of the 1990s at the World Music Awards and subsequently named the best-selling female artist of the millennium in 2000.

Carey parted with Columbia in 2000, and signed a record-breaking $100 million recording contract with Virgin Records America. In the weeks prior to the release of her film Glitter and its accompanying soundtrack in 2001, she suffered a physical and emotional breakdown and was hospitalized for severe exhaustion. The project was poorly received and led to a general decline in the singer's career. Carey's recording contract was bought out for $50 million by Virgin and she signed a multi-million dollar deal with Island Records the following year. After a relatively unsuccessful period, she returned to the top of music charts with The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). The album became the best-selling album in the US and the second best-seller worldwide in 2005 and produced "We Belong Together," which became her most successful single of the 2000s, and was later named "Song of the Decade" by Billboard. Carey once again ventured into film with a well-received supporting role in Precious (2009), and was awarded the "Breakthrough Performance Award" at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

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Bales of hay all over the county. This is a sure sign that Fall is almost here and the growing season has nearly come to an end.

This is an amazing image. Well not the image but the fact that it is even here.

I had one negative left in an open pack of 8x10 809 Polaroid material. I thought I would give my 8x10 Leonardo 3' pinhole camera a shot at it. My day started with a wonderful cup of Kona coffee and that was the last time anything went right.

Go to #12 if you would like the Reader Digest Condensed version.

 

1. In loading the Polaroid film holder I pushed the envelope to far and exposed the edge of negative about 3/4 of an inch, then buckled the edge, after about 3-4 tries got it loaded.

 

2. Found that you can not use the Leonardo "pressure plate" too thick with the wider Polaroid film holder but decided to try it anyway, grabbed my focusing cloth to drape over the film holder and back to help with potential light leak. (Why am I worried I already exposed the film to daylight)

 

3. Double checked my light meter to make sure that it went to f 256, f220 close enough. Didn't check the battery.

 

4. Camera flew to the floor of the Jeep just backing out of my barking space.

 

5. Got to the cemetery, chose my location. Set up the camera. Knew the exposure was going to be in minutes so was going to use my cell phone clock for a timer.

 

6. Meter doesn't have enough battery to give me a reading, but enough juice to blink at me and tell me the battery is low. Ok I'll guess. Used the meter to weight down the focusing cloth, no free rides here. Guessing 15 to 20 minutes exposure.

 

7. Cell phone - flat out like a lizard drinking. Guess the 3 minute charge I gave it the day before was not enough. Last resort use the clock in the Jeep.

 

8. Breeze kicks up.

 

9. Shoot it, head back to the shop to process it. Whacked the camera on the steering wheel getting back in the Jeep.

 

10. Loaded the positive about three times, not sure which slot it went in. Checked the instructions. Cat walks on processor.

 

11. Miracle out of scripture there was an image when peeled.

 

12. Incorrectly loaded negative, camera fell off car seat, got whacked on steering wheel, man handled the positive, no meter, no clock, wind kicked up. AMAZING that there is an image here.

   

Film: Polaroid 809 heavily expired, Scanned in grayscale.

19 minute exposure, + / - one minute, Timer complements of Jeep.

 

Camera: Leonardo 8x10 3" Focal Length, 012" pinhole lens

 

Image by: Leslie Lazenby, 28 Jul 2012

Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, OH

Not sure I should take credit for the image, I did every thing in my power to ruin it.

  

 

Northern Ireland

 

Northern Ireland, is a separate country from The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland is a part of the UK, United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, Northern Ireland is largely self-governing.

 

Belfast is the capital of, and largest city in, Northern Ireland. Belfast has been the capital of Northern Ireland since its establishment in 1921 following the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It had been the scene of various episodes of sectarian conflict between its Catholic and Protestant populations. These opposing groups in this conflict are now often termed republican and loyalist respectively, although they are also referred to as 'nationalist' and 'unionist'.

 

Today, Belfast remains a centre for industry, as well as the arts, higher education and business, a legal centre, and is the economic engine of Northern Ireland.

 

For more on Northern Ireland visit:

www.discovernorthernireland.com/

 

Fore more on Belfast visit:

www.discovernorthernireland.com/Belfast

  

BELFAST–CAIRNRYAN

Cross the North Channel by ferryCross into Northern Ireland, pass the Mountains of Mourne, and stop in vibrant Belfast before boarding a ferry bound for Scotland.

 

Globus Travel

Essential Britain & Ireland Tour

October 21st 2013 thru November 1st 2013

Ten day tour visiting five countries

England

Wales

Ireland

Northern Ireland

Scotland

www.globusjourneys.com/Product.aspx?trip=4GB

 

For more on Globus Travel

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Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK United Kingdom in Northern Europe

10/27/2013

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These are Towers 8 and 9, of 10 (running out Radio Road, from west to east) on San Bruno Mountain, the 1300-foot ridge that isolates San Francisco and its climate from the rest of the Peninsula. To the FCC, it is ASR (antenna structure registration) number 1010566. Details on Tower 9:

 

Structure Coordinates: 37-41-12.3 N 122-26-7.3 W (NAD 83)

Structure Address: 700 Radio Rd (san Bruno Mtn T9 #8250)

Structure City: Daly City, CA

Structure County: San Mateo County

Elevation Info

Site Elevation: 390.1 meters (1280 ft)

Height of Structure: 61.3 meters (201 feet)

Overall Height Above Ground: 78.3 meters (257 feet)

Overall Height Above Mean Sea Level: 468.4 meters (1537 feet)

 

Scott Fybush in 2011: "Tower 9 is the original KRON-TV/FM tower, now used by KTSF (RF 27/virtual 26) and by KRZZ 93.3)." It was part of a complex built by KRON, then the NBC TV affiliate on channel 4, in 1949.

 

Perhaps the longest tenant on this tower was KTSF/26, which had been broadcasting after the digital transition on channel 27, but relinquished that channel in the spectrum auction, and is now, in the great repack, a "guest" of KDTV-DT, virtual channel 14, pre-repack on channel 51, and post-repack on channel 20. It broadcasts from Mount Allison in the East Bay.

 

At the top now is the four-bay antenna of KRZZ/93.3 fm, which has radiated from a number of other sites around the Bay. In my time there (starting in 1985), it was on the KOIT/1260 (originally KYA) tower on Candlestick Hill, moved up to San Bruno after that tower was dropped in a storm, and then moved to the East Bay hills while maintaining an auxiliary transmitter on the new KOIT tower, and eventually moving back here. Details:

 

Effective Radiated Power: 6 kW

Transmitter Output Power: 5.3 kW

Antenna Center HAAT: 415 m (1362 ft.)

Antenna Center AMSL: 458 m (1503 ft.)

Antenna Center HAG: 72 m (236 ft.)

Calculated Site Elevation: 386 m. (1266 ft.)

Height Overall*: 79.6 m (261 ft.)

Omni-Directional Antenna

Antenna Make/Model: Electronics Research Inc. (ERI) MP-4C-HW

 

The lone TV antenna on Tower 9 right now is

 

KMMC-LD Channel 40

ERP: 14 kW

R/C AGL: 48 m (157 ft.)

Site Elevation: 390.1 m. (1280 ft.)

Height Overall*: 78.3 m (257 ft.)

Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: ALI ATC-BCC78CW-40

 

KCNZ/28 also has both a construction permit CP and an application for this tower. Details on the CP:

Channel Sharing Guests:

KMTP-TV, San Francisco, California

KOFY-TV, San Francisco, California

KQRM-LP, Petaluma, California

Repacking Information:

Pre-Repack Channel: 28

Post-Repack Channel: 21

Post-Repack ERP: 12.8 kW

Phase: 9 Completion Deadline: 5/1/2020

Site Location: 37-41-12.3 N 122-26-07.3 W (NAD 83)

ERP: 12.5 kW

Polarization: Circularly polarized

Electrical Beam Tilt: 1.0 degree

R/C AGL: 59.4 m (195 ft.)

R/C AMSL: 449.5 m (1475 ft.)

Site Elevation: 390.1 m. (1280 ft.)

Height Overall*: 78.3 m (257 ft.)

Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: R.F. Systems PEPL5U-CM4

Antenna ID: 1004992

 

The KCNZ application is for—

Site Location: 37-41-12.3 N 122-26-07.3 W (NAD 83)

ERP: 15 kW

Polarization: Circularly polarized

Electrical Beam Tilt: 1.0 degree

R/C AGL: 59.4 m (195 ft.)

R/C AMSL: 449.5 m (1475 ft.)

Emission Mask: Full Service

Site Elevation: 390.1 m. (1280 ft.)

Height Overall*: 78.3 m (257 ft.)

Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: R.F. Systems PEPL5U-CM4

Antenna ID: 1005308

Polarization: Circularly polarized

 

There is also an FM translator: K327GZ(FX)/95.3

for KDOW.1220am.

Effective Radiated Power: 0.04 kW

Transmitter Output Power: 0.043 kW

Antenna Center HAAT: 0 m

Antenna Center AMSL: 420 m (1378 ft.)

Antenna Center HAG: 30 m (98 ft.)

Site Elevation: 390 m. (1280 ft.)

Height Overall*: 78 m (256 ft.)

Directional: aimed northwest

 

When I wrote about it in Linux Journal, back in 2010, with guidance from my last docent on the mountain, Tim Pozar, wireless Internet service was provided to scientists on the Farallon Islands, offshore, from the base of this tower..

 

We visit Tower 8 in other shots.

  

This is a photograph from the second running of the Athlone Flatline Half Marathon ("The Flatline") was held at Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Saturday 14th September 2013 at 11:00. There was beautiful weather for the event which started and finished at St. Aloysius College near the Canal Banks area of the town just slightly west of the River Shannon. This event was professionally organised and the very flat course meant that many runners both seasoned and new to the scene achieved season or personal bests. Almost 1,000 participants successfully completed the event in the beautiful September sunshine. Everyone involved must be congratulated for the flawless running of the event. This event is sure to go from strength to strength over the coming years. The "Flatline" also included an option for a full marathon which was fully supported by the Marathon Club of Ireland and the East of Ireland Marathon Series. This allowed participants to run the Flatline twice for the qualifying marathon distance. About 80 people took part.

 

This is a photograph which is part of a larger set of photographs taken at the start and finish of "The Flatline" 2013. The URL of the main set is www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635495089498/. There are some photographs of the finishers of the marathon.

 

For reference the satellite navigation Coordinates to the event HQ are (Longitude: -7.948153, Latitude: 53.420575)

 

Event management and timing was provided by PRECISION TIMING. See their website at [www.precisiontiming.net/]

 

Viewing this on a smartphone device?

If you are viewing this Flickr set on a smartphone and you want to see the larger version(s) of this photograph then: scroll down to the bottom of this description under the photograph and click the "View info about this photo..." link. You will be brought to a new page and you should click the link "View All Sizes".

 

Overall Race Summary

Participants: Such is the popularity of the race this year that registration closed for the race in mid-August 2013. There were well over 1,000 participants who took to the start line.

Weather: The weather on the day was almost perfect for running. The runners were bathed in warm September sunshine for the duration of the race and into the early afternoon. In the sections of the race out towards Clonown and around the Bord na Mona areas there was a stiff breeze but nothing major.

Course: "The Flatline" ceratinly lived up to its name. It is as flat a course as one is likely to find. A garmin connect gps trace of the route is provided here [connect.garmin.com/activity/199678412] Geographically the course spends much of the race in County Roscommon with only the first and last kilometers actually in County Westmeath. This gives geographically inclined runners the novel opportunity to race in two Irish provinces in one race. The course had distance markers at every kilometre and mile along the way. There were official pacers provided by the race organisers.

Location Map: Start/finish area and registration etc on Google StreetView [goo.gl/maps/8qCes] - Ample parking was supplied with some over-flow car-parking options also available.

Refreshments: An Alkohol Frei bottle of Erdinger was provided to every finisher as they crossed the line. Light refreshments were served.

 

Some Useful Links

Precision Timing Results Page: www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer

Facebook Event Page for the 2013 www.facebook.com/events/495900447163378/ (Facebook logon required)

Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2013 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056984967

Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2012 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80049447

GARMIN GPS Trace of the Route for 2013: connect.garmin.com/activity/199678412

Race HQ Venue in 2013: St.Aloysius College Athlone : staloysiuscollege.ie/

Race Sponsors Vision Express Athlone: www.visionexpress.ie/opticians/opticians-in-republic-of-i...

Action Physio Athlone: www.actionphysio.ie/

Race photographs from 2012's Flatline - supplied by PIXELS PROMOTIONS: pixelspromotions.zenfolio.com/p126168889 (on route) and at the Finish line pixelspromotions.zenfolio.com/p31872670 - please note these are not our photographs (see www.pixelspromotions.com/).

 

How can I get full resolution copies of these photographs?

 

All of the photographs here on this Flickr set have a visible watermark embedded in them. All of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution WITHOUT watermark. We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, etc or (2) other websites, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us. This also extends the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.

 

Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.

 

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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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Bihać is a city along the Via Dinarica trail in Bosnia and Herzegovina. COVID-19 has had a deep effect on tourism in the country, and UNDP, Switzerland and the city launched a "Rest in Bihać" voucher program to attract more domestic tourists.

 

The Via Dinarica is a long-distance trail that extends the entire length of the Dinaric Alps, first conceived of by a group of passionate hikers to connect the seven countries and territories of Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo*, and Albania. Read more here: voyages.eurasia.undp.org/exposure/an-epic-trail-comes-to-...

 

Photo: Dejan Miholjčić / UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina

Eerie scene with Gregory Peck to the left and Kevin McCarthy popping up at the other end.

Operation AVRO is a forcewide initiative that delivers a surge of extra resources and specialist officers to a different part of Greater Manchester each month.

 

This month saw the operation take place on the region's transport network.

 

The operation targets crimes that members of the public in that district have told us give them the most concern.

 

Members of the press and key partners, including local representatives, are invited to attend Operation AVRO deployments to see results first-hand and conduct important multi-agency work, such as welfare visits.

 

More details on AVRO can be found by visiting gmp.police.uk and following us on social media.

 

You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

 

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

 

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

 

You can access many of our services online at www.gmp.police.uk

  

Is it me or is every Allegro that you see nowadays (and I guess you don't seem many) a Vanden Plas? Maybe if you like these cars you only want the 'best'

 

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This is a photograph from the East of Ireland Marathon held at Lusk, Co. Dublin, Ireland on Easter Saturday, 19th April 2014 at 09:00. The race started and finished in the grounds of Lusk United Soccer Club (goo.gl/maps/luVz1). The marathon route followed four loops of a route around the back roads north of Lusk village. The rural roads were perfect for the marathon as there was very little traffic except some movement of agricultural machinery between various farms. This area of Co. Dublin is famous for it's vegetable growing industry. A water and feed station was provided at the end of the loop [here goo.gl/maps/A1JU1]. This was almost the perfect day for marathon running. There was little or no breeze. However temperatures were unseasonably high with temperatures close to 18C (64F) during the race.

 

The East Of Ireland Marathon Series aims to make marathons affordable and convienient for the runners of Ireland. The serires organisers aim to promote marathon running and to make the process as stress free and enjoyable as possible. All courses are measured to full AAI standards and have a minimum of 10 Entrants. The marathons are self sufficent to a degree although there are limited supplies of water available on the day of the race. There will be no extra frills like chip timing and finish gantrys. However all finishing times are accurately and officially recorded. This is to keep the price down and keep the races as affordable as possible. The East of Ireland Marathon series is all inclusive and welcomes runners who are new to marathon running as well as experienced veterans.

 

This photograph is part of a Flickr set of photographs we took at this event. The Flickr set is available here [https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157644148125334/]. This set includes photographs from the start, in-race, and finish of the race.

 

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In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.

 

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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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This is for studiozoe in response to her photo www.flickr.com/photos/studiozoe/43980580/in/set-325640/

 

It's just the thing. Nothing like a decent breakfast on a Saturday moning after a week of commuting to London and getting back home after 9pm most nights. Ah... and nothing like eggs from your own chickens either!

This is a set of photographs from the start, 8.5KM mark, and finish area of both of the races in the 10th annual Longwood Village 10KM and 5KM Road Races and Fun Runs which were held in Longwood Village, Longwood, Co. Meath, Ireland on Sunday 20th October 2019 at 11:00. The races are held annually to support the development of the local GAA club while also supporting local charities. The race has support from Trim AC which sees the race have full AAI premit status. These races have grown steadily over the years and this year again almost 600 participants took part in the two races. This is an impressive statistic given that a very large number of local runners will be preparing for the Dublin City marathon 7 days from now. The number of entrants in both races have grown steadily over the years. Both races provide marathon runners and all other runners, joggers and walkers with an ideal opportunity to race on a very fair course in a beautiful rural setting. Barry Clarke of Longwood GAA and Trim AC and his very large group of volunteers deserve the highest of praise for the very high standard of organisation immediately apparent to anyone taking part in the race. Overall the whole day was a great success with the hard work put in by the organising committee ensuring that participants enjoyed their race experience. Both routes were accurately measured, kilometer points clearly marked, junctions well stewarded, and electronic timing provided. The event provided many local runners, joggers, fun runners and walkers with a local event to support whilst at the same time providing runners preparing for events such as the Dublin marathon with an opportunity to race a short, fast, distance in the lead up to marathon day. The GAA club provided excellent stewarding and traffic management all around the course. The race had a professional feel to it and as before it gets better year on year given the very positive feedback from many of the participants each year. The weather was reasonably good for racing with bright, crisp, sunny Sunday morning with high temperatures for this time of year of around 11 or 12c.

  

We have an extensive set of photographs from all of the races today in the following Flickr Album: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157702660163805

  

Timing and event management was provided by PopUpRaces.ie. Results are available on their website at www.popupraces.ie/

 

Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2018: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157702660163805

 

Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2017: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157661720601468

 

Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2016: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157672030705623

 

Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2015: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157660017638535

 

Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2014: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157648845224981/

 

Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157636477484093/

 

Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157631820426332/

 

Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157627782257481/

 

Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157625058772687/

  

Longwood is a small village in South East Co. Meath and is close to the town of Enfield with access to the M4 Motorway.

  

5KM Course: The 5KM started in Longwood village. Runners then took a left turn in the Village down St. Oliver's Road. This straight section of road brings runners to a left turn onto a very well maintained boreen road for less than one kilometer. The race then emerges and joins with the 10KM at Stoneyford where the runners take a left and then another left before arriving back at the finish line in Longwood GAA club. Overall this is a very fast and flat 5KM with no hills to speak of.

  

10KM Course: The 10KM event begins in Longwood Village outside Dargan's Pub and proceeds westward out of the village. There are some interesting points along this part of the course. At the 2KM point the runners will run under the double bridges - an aquaduct for the Royal Canal and a bridge carrying the Dublin Sligo Railway line. The race then enters county Kildare just before the 3km and after taking a right turn at the four-cross roads known locally as Lally's Cross it returns to County Meath on top of the River Boyne Bridge (Ashfield Bridge) which forms the county boundary. The race follows a straight road for the next 2KM until runners encounter Blackshade bridge which is the toughest climb on the route. As a point of interest Blackshade bridge brings runners back over the Royal Canal and the Railway line. The race then crosses the River Boyne again at Stoneyford before taking a right which will bring runners on a testing two kilometer stretch with some short hills. The 10KM course then joins with the 5Km course for the final 1.5KM back to Longwood GAA club for the finish.

 

Colonial Williamsburg is the historic district of the independent city of Williamsburg, Virginia. It consists of many of the buildings that, from 1699 to 1780, formed colonial Virginia's capital. The capital straddled the boundary of two of the original shires of Virginia, James City Shire (now James City County), and Charles River Shire (now York County). For most of the 18th century, Williamsburg was the center of government, education and culture in the Colony of Virginia.

 

Colonial Williamsburg is meant to be an interpretation of a Colonial American city, with exhibits including dozens of authentic or accurately-recreated colonial houses and relating to American Revolutionary War history. Prominent buildings in Colonial Williamsburg include the Raleigh Tavern, the Capitol, The Governor's Palace, and Bruton Parish Church. However, rather than simply an effort to preserve antiquity, the combination of extensive restoration and thoughtful recreation of the entire colonial town facilitates envisioning the atmosphere and understanding the ideals of 18th century American revolutionary leaders. It was here that Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, James Monroe, James Madison, George Wythe, Peyton Randolph, and dozens more helped mold democracy in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States.

 

The Historic Area is located just east of the College of William and Mary, founded at Middle Plantation in 1693, just prior to the establishment of the town as capital of Virginia and its renaming. The university's historic Wren Building stands at the west end of Duke of Gloucester Street.

 

Colonial Williamsburg is a major source of tourism to Williamsburg, as well as a touchstone for many world leaders and heads of state, including U.S. Presidents. The United States hosted the first World Economic Conference at Colonial Williamsburg in 1983. It is the centerpiece of the surrounding Historic Triangle of Virginia area, which has become a popular tourist destination for visitors domestic and foreign. The other two points of the Historic Triangle are Jamestown and Yorktown.

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Early in the 20th century, the restoration and recreation of Colonial Williamsburg, one of the largest historic restorations ever undertaken, was championed by the Reverend Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin and the patriarch of the Rockefeller family, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., along with the active participation of his wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, who wanted to celebrate the patriots and the early history of the United States.

 

Many of the missing Colonial structures were reconstructed on their original sites during the 1930s. Other structures were restored to the best estimates of how they would have looked during the eighteenth century, with all traces of later buildings and improvements removed. Dependency structures and animals help complete the ambiance. Most buildings are open for tourists to look through, with the exception of several buildings that serve as residences for Colonial Williamsburg employees.

 

Notable structures include the large Capitol and the Governor's Palace, each carefully recreated and landscaped as closely as possible to original 18th century specifications, as well as Bruton Parish Church and the Raleigh Tavern.

 

The major goal of the Restoration was not to merely preserve or recreate the physical environment of the colonial period, but to facilitate education about the origins of the idea of America, which was conceived during many decades before the American Revolution.

 

In this environment, Colonial Williamsburg strives to tell the story of how diverse peoples, having different and sometimes conflicting ambitions, evolved into a society that valued liberty and equality.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Williamsburg

  

The Pashupatinath Temple (Nepali: पशुपतिनाथ मन्दिर) is a famous, sacred Hindu temple dedicated to Pashupatinath and is located on the banks of the Bagmati River 5 kilometres north-east of Kathmandu Valley in the eastern city of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. This temple is considered one of the sacred temples of Hindu faith. The temple serves as the seat of the national deity, Lord Pashupatinath. This temple complex is on UNESCO World Heritage Sites's list Since 1979. This "extensive Hindu temple precinct" is a "sprawling collection of temples, ashrams, images and inscriptions raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred Bagmati river" and is included as one of the seven monument groups in UNESCO's designation of Kathmandu Valley as a cultural heritage site. One of the major Festivals of the temple is Maha Shivaratri on which day over 700,000 devotees visit here.

 

The twelve Jyotirlinga (in India) are the body and the Jyotirlinga at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu (Nepal) is the head over this body.

 

The temple is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams (Holy Abodes of Shiva) on the continent. Kotirudra Samhita, Chapter 11 on the Shivalingas of the North, in Shiva Purana mentions this Shivalinga as the bestower of all wishes.

 

HISTORY

The temple was erected anew in the 15th century by Lichhavi King Shupuspa after the previous building had been consumed by termites. Countless further temples have been erected around this two -storied temple. These include the Vaishnav temple complex with a Ram temple from the 14th century and the Guhyeshwari Temple mentioned in an 11th-century manuscript.

 

LEGEND ABOUT THE TEMPLE ORIGIN

Pashupatinath Temple is the oldest Hindu temple in Kathmandu. It is not known for certain when Pashupatinath Temple was founded. But according to Nepal Mahatmaya and Himvatkhanda, the deity here gained great fame there as Pashupati, the Lord of all Pashus, which are living as well as non-living beings. Pashupatinath Temple's existence dates back to 400 A.D. The richly-ornamented pagoda houses the sacred linga or holy symbol of Lord Shiva. There are many legends describing as to how the temple of Lord Pashupatinath came to existence here. Some of them are narrated below:

 

THE COW LEGEND

Legend says that Lord Shiva once took the form of an antelope and sported unknown in the forest on Bagmati river's east bank. The gods later caught up with him, and grabbing him by the horn, forced him to resume his divine form. The broken horn was worshipped as a linga but overtime it was buried and lost. Centuries later an astonished herdsmen found one of his cows showering the earth with milk. Digging deep at the site, he discovered the divine linga of Pashupatinath.

 

THE LINCHCHAVI LEGEND

According to Gopalraj Vamsavali, the oldest ever chronicle in Nepal, this temple was built by Supuspa Deva, a Linchchhavi King, who according to the stone inscription erected by Jayadeva 11 in the courtyard of Pashupatinath in 753 AD, happened to be the ruler 39 generations before Manadeva (464-505 AD).

 

THE DEVALAYA LEGEND

Another chronicle states that Pashupatinath Temple was in the form of Linga shaped Devalaya before Supuspa Deva constructed a five storey temple of Pashupatinath in this place. As the time passed, the need for repairing and renovating this temple arose. It is learnt that this temple was reconstructed by a medieval King named Shivadeva (1099-1126 AD). It was renovated by Ananta Malla adding a roof to it. Thousands of pilgrims from all over the world come to pay homage to this temple, that is also known as 'The Temple of Living Beings'.

 

OTHER BELIEFS

There are several complex stories involving the origins of Pashupatinath. One story goes, in brief, that Shiva and Parvati came to the Kathmandu Valley and rested by the Bagmati while on a journey. Shiva was so impressed by its beauty and the surrounding forest that he and Parvati changed themselves into deers and walked into the forest. Many spots in the Kathmandu Valley are identified as places where Shiva went during his time as a deer. After a while the people and gods began to search for Shiva. Finally, after various complications, they found him in the forest, but he refused to leave. More complications ensued, but ultimately Shiva announced that, since he had lived by the Bagmati in a deer's form, he would now be known as Pashupatinath, Lord of all animals. It is said that whoever came here and beheld the lingam that appeared there would not be reborn as an animal.

 

FINDING OF SHIVA LINGA AT PASHIPATINATH TEMPLE

It is said that the wish-fulfilling cow Kamadhenu took shelter in a cave on the Chandravan mountain. Everyday Kamadhenu went down to the place the lingam was sunken into the soil and poured her milk on top of the soil. After ten thousand years some people saw Kamadhenu pouring milk on that same spot everyday, and started to wonder what that would be. So they removed the soil and found the beautiful shining lingam and started worshiping it.

 

TEMPLE COMPLEX

The area of Pashupatinath encompasses 264 hectare of land including 518 temples and monuments. Main pagoda style temple is located in the fortified courtyard within the complex guarded by Nepal Police and has a police outpost post along with living quarter within. In front of the western door there is a huge statue Nandi bull, in bronze. Along with many temples and shrines of both Vaishnav and saiva tradition.

 

TEMPLES AND SHRINES IN THE INNER COURTYARD

Vasuki nath temple

Unmatta Bhairav temple

Surya narayan temple

Kirti mukh bhairav shrine

Budanil kantha shrine

Hanuman shrine

184 shivaling shrine

 

TEMPLES AND SHRINES IN THE OUTER COMPLEX

Ram mandir

Virat swaroop temple

12 jyotirlingha and Pandra Shivalaya

Guhyeshwari Temple

 

MAIN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE

This main temple is built in the Nepalese pagoda style of architecture. All the features of pagoda style is founded here like cubic constructions, beautifully carved wooden rafters on which they rest (tundal). The two level roofs are of copper with gold covering. The temple resides on a square base platform with a height of 23m 7 cm from base to pinnacle. It has four main doors, all covered with silver sheets. This temple has a gold pinnacle (Gajur). Inside are two Garbhagrihas, outer and inner. The inner garbhagriha or sanctum sanctorum is where the idol is placed and outer sanctum is an open corridor like space.

 

THE DEITY

The sacro sanctum, or the main idol is a stone Mukhalinga with a silver yoni base bound with silver serpent. The lingam is one metre high and has faces in four directions. These faces represents various ascepts of Shiva; Sadyojata (also known as Barun), Vamdeva (also known as Ardha nareshwor), Tatpurusha, Aghor & Ishana (imaginative). Facing West, North, East, South and Zenith respectively representing five primary elements namely earth, water, air, light and ether. Each face has tiny protruding hands holding rudraksha mala on right hand and a kamandalu on the other.Unlike other shiva lingams in India and Nepal this pashupati shiva lingam is always Dressed in its golden vastra except during abhishakam, so pouring milk and ganga jal is only possible during abhishakam through the main priests.

 

PRIESTS

Daily rituals of Pashupatinath are carried out by two sets of priests ;one being the Bhatt priests and other Bhandari. Bhatta or Bhatt are the one who performs the daily ritual and can touch the lingam, where as Bhadaris are the helper and temple care taker priests but are not qualified perform pooja rituals or to touch the deity.

 

Bhatta or Bhat are highly educated Vedic bhramin Scholars from Brahmin family from South Indian State Karnataka.Unlike other Hindu temples priesthood of Pashupatinath is not hereditary. Priests are selected from a group of scholars educated by Shri Shankaracharya Dakshinamnaya Peeth Sringeri on Rig Vedic Recitation, initiated in Pashupata Yoga by Kashi Math,Shiva Āgama and learned Recitation of Samaveda from Haridwar.After qualifying and fulfilling all those criteria they will be selected for Priesthood by Raj Guru of Pashupatinath Temple undergoing strict examination on Vedas and Shiva Agamas and then the qualifies are sent to Kathmandu for performing Puja and Daily Worship of Lord Shri Pashupatinath This tradition is reported to have started by the request of Adi Shankaracharya in the 8th century, who sought to unify the different states of Bharatam (Unified India) by encouraging cultural exchange. This procedure is also followed in other temples around Bharata-varsa which were sanctified by Adi Shankaracharya. The unique feature of this temple is that only 4 Bhatta priests can touch the deity.Current Bhatt priests of the temple are;

 

Ganesh Bhat (15th head priest of the Pashupatinath Temple aka Mool Bhat) from Udupi.

Ram Karanth Bhat from Mangaluru.

Girish Bhat from Sirsi.

Narayan Bhat(Recently appointed) from Bhatkal

Raghavendra Bhat (Priest for Vasuki Nath temple only)

 

Bhandaris or Rajbhandari are the treasurers, temple caretakers, and assistant priest of the temple.

 

These Bhandaris are the descendants of helper priests brought up by early Bhatts, but were allowed to settle in Kathmandu valley and later assimilated in existing Newar caste of Rajbhandari - a high-caste Chathariya/Kshatriya clan of Kashyapa gotra. Their main function is to help the Bhatta priest and perform maintenance of the inner Garbhagriha. They can have little or no Vedic knowledge but still qualify as assistant priests if they belong from the same family lineage and undergo some basic criteria like caste, gotra, lineage purity, educational qualification, etc. They work in set of four and change in every full moon day. There are a total of 108 Bhandaris.

 

ENTRY AND DARSHAN

Temple courtyard has 4 entrances in all directions.The western entrance is the main entrance to the temple courtyard and rest three entrances are only opened during big festival . Temple security (Armed Police Force Nepal) is selective regarding who is allowed entry into the inner courtyard . Practicing Hindus and buddhist of Indian and Tibetan descendent are only allowed into temple courtiyard . Practicing Hindus of western descent are not allowed into the temple complex along with other non Hindu Visitors. Sikh and Jain groups are allowed into the temple compound if they are of Indian ancestry. Others can look at the main temple from adjacent side of the river and has to pay a nominal fee of $10 (1000 Nepali rupee) for visiting hundreds of small temples in the external premises of the temple complex . The inner temple courtyard remains open from 4 am to 7 pm for the devotee but the Inner Pashupatinath Temple where the Lingam of lord Pashupatinath is established is open from 5am to 12 pm for the morning ritual and viewing and from 5pm to 7 pm for evening ritual. Unlike many other Saiva temples devotees are not allowed to enter in the inner-most Garbhagriha but are allowed to view from the exterior premises of the outer Garbhagriha.

 

FESTIVALS

There are many festivals throughout the year .Thousands of people attend these festival.The most important festival is the Maha Shiva Ratri .Bala chaturthi and Teej.

 

CONTROVERSY OF 2009

In January 2009, after the forced resignation by the chief priest of Pashupatinath temple, the Maoist-led government of Nepal "hand picked" Nepalese priests to lead the temple, thus bypassing the temple's long-standing requirements. This appointment was contested by the Bhandaris of the temple, stating that they were not against the appointment of Nepalese priests but against the appointment without proper procedure. After the appointment was challenged in a civil court, the appointment was overruled by Supreme Court of Nepal.However, the government did not heed the ruling and stood by its decision. This led to public outrage and protests over a lack of transparency. The paramilitary group of the CPN (Maoist), called YCL, attacked the protesters, leading to over a dozen injuries. Lawmakers and activists from opposition parties joined protests, declaring their support for the Bhatta and other pro-Bhatta protesters. After long dissatisfaction and protest by Hindus both in and outside Nepal, the government was forced to reverse its decision that had been declared illegal by the Supreme Court of Nepal and reinstate Bhatta priests.

 

2015 EARTHQUAKE

The main temple complex of Pashupatinath and the sanctum sanctorum was left untouched but some of the outer buildings in the World Heritage Site were damaged by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.

 

WIKIPEDIA

This is a shot of our 10 year old Bichon Frise, Buddy. He barks all the time, begs for food, digs in the trash if you forget to close the door, eats mud and is spoiled rotten.

 

BUT, he's full of unconditional love, he loves to cuddle, understands a hundred words or so, has the patience of a saint, has never bitten anyone (even my kids when they were little and hyperactive). We wouldn't trade him for the world. Dogs just become part of the family, and if you'd like a perpetual 2 year old, get one! :)

 

R.I.P. Buddy 8/04/18 ❤️

Vanessa Amorosi singing her first number 1 single This is who I am from her upcoming Hazardous album!

"This Is Who I Am"

On 28 August 2009 Amorosi's new song "This Is Who I Am" was serviced to Australian radio. On 31 August 2009 Universal Music Australia released a press release for Amorosi's new single with details of new single and album.

 

The first single to spawn from her forthcoming album is the fierce pop-rock song "This Is Who I Am". The undoubtable hit single was produced by MachoPsycho (Pink) and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge (Green Day) and was serviced to Australian radio this week. The video for "This Is Who I Am" was recently shot in Los Angeles and directed by Christopher R Watson who is better known for his work on the international hit TV series "CSI New York" and horror film "Hostel". The video was predominately shot on green screen and will launch on September 14. - Universal Music Australia

 

"This Is Who I Am" debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Charts for the week beginning October 18, 2009. This is Amorosi's first number 1 single. The single holds the top spot for the second week in a row - becoming the first Australian artist to debut at #1 and hold #1 single since Silverchair's "Straight Lines" in 2007. "This Is Who I Am" has achieved Gold sales in Australia.

 

Her new album Hazardous is set for release on November 6, 2009.

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The Today team have galloped into Melbourne to kick off festivities for the biggest racing event on the social calendar, the 2009 Melbourne Cup Carnival.

 

To celebrate the Carnival, TODAY is broadcasting LIVE from Bourke Street Mall this Thursday and Friday. Karl and Lisa, along with Cam, Georgie, Richard, Steve and Richard Reid, are bringing all the fun, fashion and excitement of TODAY to the streets of Melbourne.

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On what looked like the worst Saturday's weather forecast in ages, we had planned a family day at Al's sister's for a beer festival held at most of the local pubs in Dronfield near Sheffield, with the added bonus of a free shuttle bus between them all.

 

We'd had a couple of hours of pleasant sunshine having been drenched at lunchtime on our way to the first pub. We were even saying how we'd been lucky really considering the bad forecast...

 

...BUT the last pub we went to had a local rock group on, the Lizard Kings. The minute the band started the rain poured down, the wet knocked the group's power out a couple of times and we just gritted our teeth and stayed out in it through two separate downpours. Beautiful double rainbow made up for it a little bit!

 

This is Al watching the group and having his beer watered down at the same time!