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This is the quiet end of the beach - the sand to the right is lovely and soft and an Ideal place to take the kids for a picnic and gets very crowded in the summer time .....If you look in the background you'll see the Pier - that's where all the arcades are which I steer clear of LOL.....
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.
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I reload the plastic 126 Instamatic cartridge with 35mm film. My scanning procedure is to place the negatives in a Lomography digitaLIZA, that goes on an Epson Perfection 550 flatbed scanner. I use ViewScan to scan the negative then ThumbsPlus to adjust the contrast and darkness.
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In Amsterdam is afscheid genomen van de Trapkarren. Ik noem ze altijd nep GTL's. Daar zijn deze trams van afgeleid.
Gereden werd in drie groepen met in totaal zes wagens. Welke van verschillende hoeken in Amsterdam hun ronde deden. Leuk was het achter elkaar zetten van vijf excursie wagens op de Amstelveenseweg. Later voegde de 909 zich nog in het gezelschap.
Rond de middag kwamen de 820, 822, 904, 914, 917 en 919 nog bij elkaar bij het Haarlemmermeercircuit en konden de ruim 100 deelnemers even pauzeren. Daarna gingen de trams weer naar allerlei uithoeken in de stad om nog even bij het oude eindpunt van lijn 2 in Slotermeer nog één maal bij elkaar te komen. Daarna vlogen de trams weer naar de plekken waar men de dag was begonnen en kon men moe maar voldaan weer naar huis.
Een demonstratie in het centrum gooide nog wat roet in het eten maar het Amsterdamse tramnet heeft genoeg alternatieven baanvakken waar deze hobbelpaarden zich nog één keer konden uitleven.
De 820 was al weer voorzien van klassieke rolfilms. Samen met de 919 worden dat de museumwagens waar de Electrische Museumlijn Amsterdam zich over gaat ontfermen. De 904 gaat naar het trammuseum in het Duitse Wehmingen bij Hannover. De 822 wordt hoogst waarschijnlijk de Amsterdamse variant van een rijdend tramrestaurant.
De 919 en er achter de 822 wordt op z'n plek gezet.
Kokus is my dog. he is Siberian Husky and 1/4 Neapolitan Mastiff. here his first Doggie bath(:
Kokus in Hebrew is Coconut(:
March 2010
Pickering Castle is situated on the southern edge of the North York Moors on a limestone bluff which formerly overlooked the meeting point of two of the main highways through the north of England: the east-west route along the Vale of Pickering and the north-south route through Newton Dale to Malton. The monument consists of a single area which includes the site of the 11th century motte and bailey castle and the 13th century shell keep castle. The former was built by William the Conqueror either during or shortly after the 'harrying of the north' in 1069-70. It consisted of an earth motte crowned by a timber palisade, flanked on the north-west side by a crescent-shaped inner bailey and, on the south-east side, by a contemporary or slightly later outer bailey. The inner bailey measured c.120m by c.35m and was bounded to the north by a steep natural slope surmounted by a palisade and to the south by deep 15m wide ditches linked to the ditch encircling the motte. The outer bailey, which measured c.185m by c.25m, was protected on the north side by these same ditches and, on the south side, by a 5-8m high palisaded bank with an outer ditch. To the immediate east of the outer bailey ditch a further earthwork bank may have provided additional defence on this side; alternatively it may be part of a medieval defence system associated with the adjacent settlement. The motte is c.20m high and has a base diameter of c.60m. It is not yet clear whether this is the original 11th century motte or a later medieval reconstruction. In the latter case, the earlier motte will have been preserved inside the later while, in addition, the buried remains of a wide range of domestic and service buildings will survive within the open areas of the baileys.
The reconstruction of the castle in stone largely took place between 1180 and 1236. There were three main phases to the work at this time, the earliest involving the late 12th century replacement of the palisade round the inner bailey with a curtain wall and also the probable construction of the first shell keep on the motte. In its present form the shell keep dates to the early 13th century but the foundations of the earlier wall will survive underneath. The remains of the early curtain wall still stand round the inner bailey, surviving best where the curtain was incorporated into later buildings. The earliest buildings so far identified are the early or mid- 12th century Old Hall, a free-standing residence whose surviving foundations show it to have been half-timbered, and the Coleman Tower, constructed at the same time as the inner curtain and an integral part of it. The Coleman Tower guarded the entry across the inner bailey ditch and was also a prison; hence its earlier name, the King's Prison. It was square in plan and had its entrance on the first floor, the level underneath being where the prisoners were kept. On the east side are the remains of a small building and also a stairway leading onto an adjacent wall. This wall, built across the motte ditch in the late 12th century, replaced an earlier palisade and provided access to the summit of the motte. A similar and contemporary length survives on the opposite side of the motte, crossing the ditch and joining the curtain alongside the later Rosamund's Tower. The keep consisted of a rubble wall enclosing a roughly circular area 20m wide. A wall walk would have lined the inside of the wall above a series of garrison buildings. The foundations of some of these buildings survive but it is not certain whether they date to the 13th or the 14th century. In some cases they will have replaced earlier timber structures whose buried remains will also survive. Also of uncertain date are the foundations of a number of buildings in the inner bailey, including a service range to the south-west and a group of buildings referred to as the Constable's Place in the accounts of the years 1441-43. The latter were half-timbered and some sections predate the inner curtain though others were clearly added later. A survey of 1537 lists a number of distinct structures, including the Constable's hall, a kitchen, buttery and pantry, and quarters for staff and servants. At the southern end of the group were a number of storage buildings, one of which is believed to have been the wool house. Two additional service buildings lay adjacent to the Old Hall and are thought, originally, to have been contemporary with it. To the south of these is the chantry-chapel which dates from c.1227 and is still complete though in a much altered state.
To the west of this is the early 14th century New Hall, initially built as a residence for Countess Alice, wife of Earl Thomas of Lancaster. This was later used as a courthouse which gave rise to it being named King's Hall or Motte (moot) Hall in later surveys. It was a penticed or lean-to building of two storeys which utilised the inner curtain for its outer wall. The inner walls were timber-framed and, as much of the surviving stonework is late 12th or early 13th century, it clearly replaced an earlier building. The upper chamber or solar of the 14th century hall was an elaborate plastered room with a decorated fireplace. The last major programme of building dates to 1324-26 when Edward II ordered extensive works to be carried out which included replacing the whole of the timber palisade round the outer bailey with a stone wall. This outer curtain included three projecting towers, a gatehouse with a drawbridge over the outer ditch and a postern gate which led from the north-east arm of the inner bailey ditch, underneath Rosamund's Tower and out onto the rampart. A second gate and drawbridge, built at this time alongside the Coleman Tower, had fallen out of use by the 16th century and can now no longer be seen. The three projecting towers, named from north-east to south-west, Rosamund's Tower, Diate Hill Tower and Mill Tower, are all square in plan and all would have led out onto the wall-walk along the inside of the curtain though, in the case of the Mill Tower, the curtain to either side has not survived sufficiently well to demonstrate this. The ground-floor entrance to the Mill Tower consisted of two doors linked by a short passage, in which the first door opened inwards and the second outwards indicating that the tower was built as a prison, a role it took over from the Coleman Tower. North of the Mill Tower, the outer curtain crossed the inner bailey ditch which can also be seen outside the castle walls on the west and north sides. This section of the ditch was part of the original 11th century defences and was quarried out of the rock on which the castle was built.
A levelled area alongside the inner edge indicates that quarrying of the rock-face continued after the ditch was cut. The quarried stone would have gone towards the construction of at least some of the castle buildings. Aside from its strategic and administrative roles, Pickering Castle had two other functions: to guard and manage the large forest which lay adjacent and to provide a court and place of detention for those found guilty of offences against it, such as poaching, unauthorised clearance and the theft of timber. The forest was an extremely important economic resource during the Middle Ages and its particular importance at Pickering can be seen in the great use made of wood in the castle buildings and also, most significantly, its continuous use in the defences down to the 14th century. Also important to the castle economy during the 14th century was the sale of wool, and it also had responsibility for managing the royal stud created by Edward II in c.1322. Possibly the stables known to have been located against the outer curtain at this time, between the gatehouse and Diate Hill tower, were connected with this. According to the Domesday Book, in 1086 the manor of Pickering was held by the king, that is, William the Conqueror. The castle established at this time as part of the subjugation of the rebellious North remained in royal hands until 1267 when it was conferred with the title Earl of Lancaster on Edmund Crouchback, younger son of Henry III. Edmund's son Thomas succeeded to both title and estates in 1296 but was executed for treason by Edward II in 1322, whereupon his estates reverted to the king. Following the unsuccessful Scottish campaign of the same year, and the ensuing retaliatory attacks on the north of England by Robert the Bruce, Edward ordered the building works noted above, clearly intending to keep Pickering a royal castle. However, in 1326 his son Edward III confirmed Henry, the younger brother of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, in his brother's titles and estates, and, in 1351, the castle became part of the Duchy of Lancaster when that title was created. Upon the elevation of the House of Lancaster to the throne in 1399, and in 1413, the succession of Henry V, the Duchy reverted to the Crown and Pickering became a royal castle once again. It has been in State care since 1926. A number of features within the protected area are excluded from the scheduling. These include the ticket office/sales point and its paved base and steps, all English Heritage fixtures and fittings such as bins, bridges, safety grilles, signs, railings and interpretation boards, the surfaces of all modern steps and paths inside and outside the castle walls, lighting and the modern walls and fences round the outside edge of the protected area but the ground beneath all these features is included.
This is Marie Onette, my last custom pullip. Previously, she was an alte pullip, but now she's is a sexy force of destruction ^___^
She is in a catholic paramilitar group that hunts demons in a near post-apocaliptical world in my new story project: Heav(y)even.
Based on Lady from Devil May Cry anime and videogames... but she is not exactly a custom of her, just based on.
What is este'3far? este'3far is Asking Allah sub7anah wata3ala for forgiveness and we all know that.
fa'6el elest'3far 3a'6eem and there are many a7adeeth and 2ayat that shows ahamiyat eleste'3far.
قال أبو هريرة سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول والله إني لأستغفر الله وأتوب إليه في اليوم أكثر من سبعين مرة
etha erasool 9allah allah 3laih wsalam kan yesta'3fer more than 70 times a day. n7na sho engool. so sisters and brother 3laina beleste'3far. :) عن ابن عباس أنه حدثه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من لزم الاستغفار جعل الله له من كل ضيق مخرجا ومن كل هم فرجا ورزقه من حيث لا يحتسب
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حدثنا محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن عرق
سمعت عبد الله بن بسر يقول قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم طوبى لمن وجد في صحيفته استغفارا كثيرا
وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَأَنْتَ فِيهِمْ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْرَارًا وَيُمْدِدْكُمْ بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ أَنْهَارًا
أَيْ إِذَا تُبْتُمْ إِلَى اللَّه وَاسْتَغْفَرْتُمُوهُ وَأَطَعْتُمُوهُ كَثُرَ الرِّزْق عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَسْقَاكُمْ مِنْ بَرَكَات السَّمَاء وَأَنْبَتَ لَكُمْ مِنْ بَرَكَات الْأَرْض وَأَنْبَتَ لَكُمْ الزَّرْع وَأَدَرَّ لَكُمْ الضَّرْع وَأَمَدَّكُمْ بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ أَيْ أَعْطَاكُمْ الْأَمْوَال وَالْأَوْلَاد وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ جَنَّات فِيهَا أَنْوَاع الثِّمَار وَخَلَّلَهَا بِالْأَنْهَارِ الْجَارِيَة بَيْنهَا هَذَا مَقَام الدَّعْوَة بِالتَّرْغِيبِ ثُمَّ عَدَلَ بِهِمْ إِلَى دَعَوْتهمْ بِالتَّرْهِيبِ .
الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّار ِالصَّابِرِينَ وَالصَّادِقِينَ وَالْقَانِتِينَ وَالْمُنْفِقِينَ وَالْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ
أنوار الاستغفار
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listen to this yzakom allah 5air
{اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ يُمَتِّعْكُمْ مَتَاعاً حَسَناً} [هود: 3].
نسأل الله المغفرة والعفو والعافية..وأسأل الله أن ينفع بها المسلمين والمسلمات وصلى الله على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين
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"Meantime the brightest of the female kind,
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--Homer's Iliad, George Chapman
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The Palácio Nacional da Ajuda is a neoclassical monument in the city of Lisbon, in Portugal. The Palace was built during the 19th century to be a residence for the Kings of Portugal.
The site where the Palace stands, in the neighbourhood of Ajuda, was previously occupied by the Royal Tent (Real Barraca), a wooden structure that housed King José I after the Ribeira Palace was destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake. After this wooden structure was destroyed by fire in 1794, during the reign of Queen Mary I and Prince John VI, a new Palace begun to be built by architect Manuel Caetano de Sousa, who planned a late baroque-rococo building. The lower storeys of the towers of the Palace, with typical rococo windows, date from this time.
In 1802, the project was entrusted to the Portuguese José da Costa e Silva and the Italian Francisco Xavier Fabri, who planned a magnificent building in the modern neoclassical style. In 1807 the Royal Family had to flee to Brazil, following the invasion of Portugal by French troops, and the works proceeded very slowly with Fabri taking charge of the project, later followed by António Francisco Rosa. Lack of financial resources would cause the project to be greatly reduced in scale.
The Palace became a permanent residence of the royal family during the reign of King Luis I (after 1861) and his wife, the Italian princess Maria Pia of Savoy. Their architect, Possidónio da Silva, introduced many aesthetic changes and turned one of the lateral façades into the main façade. After the death of her husband, Queen Maria Pia continued to live in the palace until a military coup overthrew the monarchy in 1910. It is now a museum.
The Ajuda National Palace is one of the earliest neoclassical buildings in Lisbon. The Palace is square-shaped with a central courtyard. The West wing of the palace is unfinished, while the East wing is now the main façade with two towers at the corners. The central part of the façade has a tympanum with the coat-of-arms of Portugal and an entrance hall with statues of the virtues by Joaquim Machado de Castro and his disciples dating from the early 19th century. The interiors were decorated by many important 19th century Portuguese artists.
Quality is not so hot because it's on my old Minolta compact, last one at work.
This is also for my good friend Gabi who loves these Hi-Viz jackets : ))
Milledgeville is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is northeast of Macon, located just before Eatonton on the way to Athens along U.S. Highway 441, and it is located on the Oconee River. The rapid current of the Oconee River here made this an attractive location to build a city. It was the capital of Georgia from 1804 to 1868, notably during the American Civil War. Milledgeville was preceded as the capital city by Louisville, and it was succeeded by Atlanta, the current capital.
The population of the town of Milledgeville was 18,757 at the 2000 census.
Two events epitomized Milledgeville's status as the political and social center of Georgia in these years. The first was the visit to the capital in 1825 by the American Revolutionary War (1775–83) soldier the Marquis de Lafayette. The receptions, barbecue, formal dinner, and grand ball for the veteran apostle of liberty seemed to mark Milledgeville's coming of age. The second event was the construction (1836-38/39) of the Governor's Mansion, one of the most important examples of Greek revival architecture in America.
On January 19, 1861, Georgia convention delegates passed the Ordinance of Secession, and the "Republic of Georgia" joined the Confederate States of America, to the accompaniment of wild celebration, bonfires, and illuminations on Milledgeville's Statehouse Square. Three years later, on a bitterly cold November day, Union general William T. Sherman and 30,000 Union troops marched into Milledgeville. When they left a couple of days later, they had ransacked the statehouse; vandalized the State Chapel by pouring honey down the pipes of the organ and by housing cavalry horses in the church; then destroyed the state arsenal and powder magazine; burned the penitentiary, the central depot, and the Oconee bridge; and devastated the surrounding countryside. In 1868, during Reconstruction, the legislature moved the capital to Atlanta—a city emerging as the symbol of the New South as surely as Milledgeville symbolized the Old South.
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This is the third in my series of Autumn leaf macros taken along the Sweet Track at Shapwick .The air was filled with the movement of falling leaves and dragonflies on the wing
What I like with this is the way the dragonfly is roosting on a curled Autumn leaf and the veins on the leaf echo the dragonflies wing. I am guessing this is some of darter dragonfly.
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This is the kind of breakfast that I ate more than 30 years ago, and most people still do after all these years, minus the oldie cups and saucers of course. Most people in Singapore and Malaysia here like to add black soy sauce and white pepper to their half-boiled eggs. And for bread, most would go with kaya (coconut jam), margarine or butter, peanut butter and/or jam. For coffee, it's the Arabica variety that is most prevalent here.
The historic City of Ouray is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 813 at the U.S. Census 2000 and 1,000 as of the U.S. Census 2010.
The entire present-day economy of Ouray is based on tourism. Ouray bills itself as the "Switzerland of America" because of its setting at the narrow head of a valley, enclosed on three and a half sides by steep mountains.
Originally established by miners chasing silver and gold in the surrounding mountains, the town at one time boasted more horses and mules than people. Prospectors arrived in the area in 1875. At the height of the mining, Ouray had more than 30 active mines. The town—after changing its name and that of the county it was in several times—was incorporated on October 2, 1876, named after Chief Ouray of the Utes, a Native American tribe. By 1877 Ouray had grown to over 1,000 in population and was named county seat of the newly formed Ouray County on March 8, 1877.
The entirety of Main Street is registered as a National Historic District with most of the buildings dating back to the late nineteenth century. The Beaumont Hotel and the Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library are listed on the National Register of Historic Places individually, while the Ouray County Courthouse, St. Elmo Hotel, St. Joseph's Miners' Hospital (currently housing the Ouray County Historical Society and Museum), Western Hotel, and Wright's Opera House are included in the historic district.
Ouray is located in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. It is about 40 miles (64 km) south of Montrose. It is only 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Telluride, but due to the severity of the landscape, the drive is about 50 miles (80 km). Ouray is connected to Silverton and then Durango to the south by Red Mountain Pass which crests at just over 11,000 feet (3,400 m). The drive along the Uncompahgre River and over the pass is nicknamed the Million Dollar Highway, although the exact origin of the name is disputed. Yankee Boy Basin, located a few miles from town, boasts a beautiful spectacle called Twin Falls.
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I made this for my mom's 70th surprise birthday party. 20x30 poster board. She was so excited that I think she went right home and put it on display under her bed.
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share that our recently retired officer of 46 years, Officer Dennis Neverve, unexpectedly passed away last night. He was 70.
The Palo Alto City Council was slated to honor Denny tonight at 6:30 p.m. with a retirement resolution heralding his remarkable career. We had planned to have a retirement celebration immediately following the reading of his resolution. In accordance with the wishes of Denny's family, both the retirement resolution and the private celebration will still occur. Denny’s last official day as an employee of the City was February 14, 2014.
We will miss our partner. Denny was an extraordinary police officer, a loyal servant to Palo Alto, an outstanding man, and above all, our faithful friend.
As we struggle with how best to remember and honor the memory of such a dedicated officer, we figured that a simple way to start would be to let you read his own words. Denny penned the following letter a few weeks ago, shortly before his retirement.
“My Legacy”
Dedicated to: City of Palo Alto, Palo Alto Police Department, Palo Alto Community
I was born in Burbank, CA (Los Angeles suburb) in 1943. My first contact with the police was there when I was about 10 years old. I saw 2 boys a little bit older shooting out street lights with BB guns. I told my parents and they called the police. They arrived at my house and took me on a “ride along” to see if we could locate them. Within a couple of blocks we located them as they were shooting out another street light. The boys were arrested and I went home, sincerely impressed by riding in a police car with uniformed officers.
My second encounter with the Burbank police was a few months later when I ran a stop sign on my bicycle and was stopped and cited by a motorcycle officer. Again, I was impressed with the officer, his shiny bike and polished boots. My only problem was how I was going to tell my father – oh my! So I got home and I told him up front and I could tell he was not impressed with me but said, “We’ll take care of it” when notified. I almost wanted to intercept the letter and throw it away but realized that it would not work.
Anyway, we went to the Police Department as notified and completed the course. Both Dad and I were impressed by the various officers that talked to us from civic responsibilities to bicycle safety and putting me and other young offenders through a bicycle riding course to enhance our bicycle skills.
In 1956 we moved from Burbank to Morgan Hill, CA and guess what? The Chief of Police (John Moreno) lived directly across the street. I was now 13 years old and knew all the 5 or 6 officers on the department at that time. Chief Moreno allowed me to “ride along” before “ride alongs” were considered.
When I turned 21 years old, I started applying at various police agencies/cities for police officer; CHP, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department, Mountain View, Los Altos, San Mateo, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and several others. Some correspondence and testing with all these agencies were slow at best. In May 1967, I started testing with PAPD and after completion in two months, I was offered employment with PAPD. On July 3, 1967 I was sworn in as a police officer by then Chief of Police William (Bill) Hydie.
After 30 years of service I retired from full time on July 7, 1997 and on that day the current Chief of Police, Christopher Durkin, swore me in as a PAPD Reserve Officer (R-16).
Now, after a total of 46 years, 7 month and 7 days (30 years full; 16 years, 7 months and 7 days reserve) I retire as R-4. I have worked for six different PAPD chiefs and protected seven United States Presidents and the Queen of England who visited our city at various times of my career.
My journey throughout my police career with PAPD actually turned into an adventure which I will never forget. I hope other PAPD officers follow in my footsteps!
Respectfully,
Dennis Neverve
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Take a sip and taste the honey on your lips.
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Milk and Honey loves honey milk.
She is wearing an apron over her dress with loose socks and Mary Jane shoes. Her head is adorned with her favorite red Babushka with lace.
Her dark brown hair is long and has soft curls. She also has sweet bangs.
For her make-up, she is wearing olive yellow eye shadow, pink lips and salmon pink blush.
She has lavender pink colored eyes. The skin type is natural.
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PRIME MINISTERS OF INDIA:Bharat Bhagya Vidhata-1947-2009
It is said that some are wise while others are “otherwise” and it takes a lot of pain and efforts to be wordly -wise, especially in journalism.
At a time when the Fourth estate is fast becoming “fourth-rated Estate “and when watch-dogs have started becoming tail-wagers, holding forth those lofty ideals of journalism has become all the more difficult.
At a time when “soldiers of pen” have started assuming the role of “pen- pushers” with a price tag on most of their columns and comments, and at a time when more than 67000 publications and 56 TV news channels have started becoming signposts of ‘views’ than of ‘hardcore news’ with alarming regularity, pursuing journalism in its purest form has become mere on a premium than otherwise.
At a time when most of the members of our country have started taking pride in turning “trivia into titanic” and injecting the venom of crime, sex and sleaze as daily doses for this generation both in print as well as on tube, it is all the more difficult to report on serious and sensitive matters confronting this country.
At a time when some self-professed champions of freedom of Press have no qualm or gumption in terming rural reporting as “sexy”, it would be anyone’s guess if a journalist’s reports on wails and woes of the rural masses would indeed find a place of prominence in any mainstream daily newspaper or national news channels.
It is in this context that the creation of ‘Shivnath and Neena Jha’ in the form of a book titled “Prime Ministers of India” comes as an oasis in desert.
It is in this context that the untiring and unflinching effort of a scribe towards doing something different through “Andolan - EK Pushtak se” needs to be seen and hugely appreciated.
Imagine the extraordinary brilliance of an 11 year old boy who chose Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s Madhushala as the spark to ignite and illuminate his future path.
Imagine the state of mind of a student of class VI from T.K. Ghosh Academy Patna who understood the message of ‘Madhushala’ in a Vedic way that one could always reach his goal by adopting the right means and working his way up hard through sheer determination, dedication, passion and discipline.
Imagine the spark in the eyes of a boy from an ordinary background who stole Rs.5 from his father’s currency box, bought newspapers from them at a bus stand and eared Rs.9.60 after 4 hours of toil.
Imagine the “dream to become a journalist” by a young boy who started his career neither from Dallas nor Doon but as a stranger for Telegraph by MJ Akbar and from there he never looked back. This is one of the most glittering examples of how sheer determination can make an ordinary man a Marshall. !
Known for his uncanny knack for looking for “news” in those areas and arenas where others treated them as trivia, Shivnath has been of the most well known journalists in the country with the distinction of having worked under Editors like Vir Sanghvi, H.K. Dua, C.R. Irani, Prabhu Chawla and Sekhar Gupta. Some of his investigative reports in both Telegraph and Indian Express could easily be hailed as the” finest in the history of contemporary journalism”.
In my 28 years of journalistic career through both print and electronic media, I have rarely seen a scribe with such fierce sense of courage and conviction.
There were a few occasions when he threw away his job and tossed up his resignation at the face of the Editor when he realized that he would not be able to compromise on his convictions and commitments. And that made him all the more hard and steady in his resolve and this book is yet another land mark of that path of struggle with a nerve of steel and the determination of a spider.
But then Shivnath has always been quite different from the lot, full of grit and guts and he always dares to plough through those furrows where others are dithering.
His passion for breaking new grounds and exploring those areas where others feel exhausted has taken him into a journey of an extraordinary kind along with his illustrious wife, Neena Jha.
The first chapter of such journey was the monograph on Shahnai legend Ustad Bismillah Khan which not only established him as a ‘crusader for a cause’ but also won him wholesome praise and appreciation from various quarters. Interestingly, he dedicated this book to newspaper hawkers and three of his journalist friends – Sanjeev Sinha, Ranjan Jha and Anju Sharma who died in a plane crash with senior Congress leader Madhavrao Scindia.
The second milestone in his journey was the discovery in June 2007 of Mr. Vinayak Rao Tope, the third generation descendant of Tatya Tope, a frontline leader and a martyr of 1857 Indian Mutiny. Shivnath and Neena, not only identified and rescued him but also ensured a job for two daughters of Vinayak Rao Tope in Container Corporation of India through the help of then Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.
This book is perhaps his " magnum opus," aimed at rehabilitating and re-locating Sultan Begum, the great grand daughter of hero of 1857 Mutiny – Bahadur Shah Zafar who is languishing in Howrah locality of Kolkata and earning her livelihood by selling tea
22 Feb 2005 - Hue, Vietnam - Monks bow during a prayer lead by Venerable Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Hanh, 79, returned to Vietnam after a 40 year ban imposed in 1966 was lifted this year. Hanh is a respected poet, scholar, and peace & human rights activist.
HAMANN Motorsport is most famous recently for such outrageous machines as the Mercedes-Benz SLR-based HAMANN Volcano, but its treatment for the more-mundane X6 turns a car that perhaps never should have been to a high performance, high-style machine they're caling the Tycoon.
The HAMANN BMW X6 Tycoon improves and builds upon the X6 platform in nearly every way. A couple
of engine choices here, but true gear heads might want to take a look at HAMANN's treatment for the X6 Diesel. Using the xDrive35d engine as a base, HAMANN coaxes 315 horsepower and a mammoth 487 lb-ft. of torque at the crank. Granted, the X6 is a heavy car..crossover..whatever, but we're betting this thing moves.
HAMANN hints at an even more powerful X6 Tycoon using the xDrive50d as a jumping-off point. If plans work out as expected, we're talking big rig torque.
On the outside, the HAMANN X6 Tycoon gets a body widening by way of new front and rear air dams and skirts that complete the package by wrapping around and extending the wheel wells. The aero package is completed by rear and roof-deck spoilers. The Tycoon looks sufficiently menacing and important without going too far into the overstated realm.
Most instantly eye-catching are the 23 inch custom DESIGN EDITION RACE ANODIZED alloys
wrapped by 315/25R23 tires front and rear. The X6 Tycoon will look most at home in the city, though should be able to handle itself just fine on the back roads.
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This is a furry little Bee Fly (Bombyliidae, Diptera) working a flower in the mint patch of the garden today. We seem to have bigger and smaller ones of these, and this one is in-between. Maybe it is genus Villa in the tribe Villini - and maybe even species Villa lateralis which is said to have clear wings unlike most members of the group. It's a cute little fly. Note that it has its proboscis in the flower as well as its foot. I assume it's after nectar - unlike the Syrphid Fly I show two photos back which is going for pollen. HFDF! (San Marcos Pass, 27 August 2019)
Note that all my photos today are from the mint patch of the garden. It's a productive spot now that the mints have started to flower. It was another nice day, with temps in the upper-80s and not much wind - even at sundown. I'm getting pretty distracted as we're getting ready to head off to Oregon for a few weeks, leaving on Sunday. Fortunately my innards seem to have settled down by now. I'll be busy getting ready tomorrow, but I reckon I can find a few photos to post.
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When in all-electric mode the powertrain is near silent. In both electric and gas turbine modes, the powertrain produces almost no vibrations to the occupants within the cabin.
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Although the burning of fossil fuels produces CO2, the Gas-Turbine ccombustion process decreases the production of Nitrogen compounds, Carbon Monoxide and other pollutants. On the US emission drive cycle, the car is rated at 92 eMPG equivalent.
These are the reasons the Ralston Tigre is known as the 'Road Jet'.
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Luxury is Silence, Pace and Space. The fully appointed interior is equipped with luxury appointments including heated and cooled seats with massage function, electro-chromatic glass roof, and full Telematics and Communication. The full-sized Hardtop Coupe body provides ample comfort for four passengers. And the performance speaks for itself.
Bearing the mark of the 'X', The Ralston Tigre - IV is not the first car to wear the hallowed Ralston coat-of-arms. Previous vehicles had been built in ultra-exclusive volumes for the Ralston family's private vehicles. Due for introduction in 2015, the Tigre will headline a new marque of low-volume exclusivity for the discerning client. The Coupe-Hardtop will be joined by other styles of vehicles of distinction, sharing it's unique Gas-Turbine-Electric Hybrid powertrain.
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Dublin Airport, (IATA: DUB, ICAO: EIDW), is operated by the Dublin Airport Authority. It is located in Collinstown, in the county of Fingal, Ireland. In 2011, 18.8 million passengers passed through the airport, making it the busiest of the state's airports by total passenger traffic, followed by Cork Airport and Shannon Airport. It also has the greatest traffic levels on the island of Ireland followed by Belfast International Airport, George Best Belfast City Airport, Cork and Shannon.
The airport is located 5.4 NM (10.0 km; 6.2 mi) north of Dublin city in a once-rural area near Swords. It is served by buses and taxis. Plans to connect the airport to Swords and Dublin city centre via a rapid transit line (Metro North), have been postponed by the Government.
Dublin Airport is the headquarters of Ireland's flag carrier (Aer Lingus), Europe's largest low-cost carrier (Ryanair) and Ireland's regional airline (Aer Arann). Ireland's fourth airline, CityJet, operates flights from the airport and its HQ is located in the nearby town of Swords.
In 1936 the Government of Ireland established a new civil airline, Aer Lingus, which began operating from the military aerodrome, Casement Aerodrome, at Baldonnel to the southwest of Dublin. However, the decision was made that a civil airport should replace Baldonnel as the city's airport. Collinstown, to the north of Dublin, was selected as the location for the new civil aerodrome. Collinstown's first association with aviation was as a British military air base during World War I, but had been unused since 1922. Construction of the new airport began in 1937. By the end of 1939 a grass airfield surface, internal roads, car parks and electrical power and lighting were set up. The inaugural flight from Dublin took place on 19 January 1940 to Liverpool. In 1940 work began on a new airport terminal building. The terminal building design was by the architect Desmond FitzGerald, brother of politician Garret FitzGerald. It opened in early 1941, with its design being heavily influenced by the bridges of the luxury ocean liners of the time. The terminal was also awarded the Triennial Gold Medal of the Royal Hibernian Institute of Architects and is today a listed building. Upon the outbreak of World War II, services were severely restricted at Dublin Airport until late 1945 and the only international scheduled route operated during this time was by Aer Lingus to Liverpool (and for a period to Manchester's Barton Aerodrome). Three new concrete runways were completed by 1947.
During the 1980s, major competition, especially on the Dublin–London routes, resulted in passenger numbers swelling to 5.1 million in 1989. In the same year a new 8,650 ft (2,640 m) runway and a state-of-the-art air traffic control centre were opened. Dublin Airport continued to expand rapidly in the 1990s. Pier A, which had been the first extension to the old terminal building, was significantly extended. A new Pier C, complete with air bridges, was built and as soon as this was completed, work commenced to extend it to double its capacity. The ground floor of the original terminal building, which is today a listed building, was returned to passenger service after many years to provide additional departure gates. Pier D, completed in October 2007, is a dedicated low-fares boarding area and provides 14 quick turn-around stands and departure gates; these are not served by air bridges.
This is a photograph from the Tullamore Harriers AC "Quinlan Cup" Half Marathon was held on Saturday 30th August 2014 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland at 12:00. This is the second year of the event. Last year, 2013, the event commemorated the 60th Anniversary of the formation of Tullamore Harriers AC which today is one of Ireland's best known athletics clubs. The race was perfectly organised. There were stewarts all along the route, 3 drink stations with bottled water, superb facilities, and great after-race refreshments. The stewards along the route provided great encouragement to all of the runners. Tullamore Harriers and the local community really worked together to make this is a wonderful event. There was also a relay option where teams of two can run approximately 10.5km each. In total 568 participants completed the race which is almost 150 more than the 2013 event.
Reading on a Smartphone or tablet? Don't forget to scroll down further to read more about this race and see important Internet links to other information about the race! You can also find out how to access and download these photographs.
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2100 with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q
This photograph is one of a set of photographs from the Tullamore Harriers Half Marathon 2014. The permanent link to the full set of photographs is [https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157646587496250/]. This set of photographs includes photographs of the start and then photographs of the finish up to the 2 HOUR finishing time.
As mentioned above last year this race marathon race celebrated the 60th Anniversary (a Diamond Anniversary) of the foundation of Tullamore Harriers AC. The club was formed in the town in November 1953. However, it was almost 1979 before facilities close to what we see today open in the present day site. Over 50 provincial and national athletics meetings are held at Tullamore Harriers every year. The facilities available combined with it's central geographical location joining routes from North, South, East, and West make it a very attractive venue. The half marathon today firmly brings competitive national road racing back to "The Harriers". In the past there was the famous Quinnlan Cup
Festival of Races (see a link below for some nostalgia) which was one of Ireland's Blue Ribband events with some very famous names of the past lining out for that four mile race. Today, the facilities at Tullamore Harriers are the envy of many athletics clubs in Ireland. The facilities provided by Tullamore make it one of the premier venues for local and national level athletics in Ireland. There is an Olympic standard tartan track, a fully equipped gym, changing facilities, press and media facilities, meeting room spaces, etc. The club also provides a social center and niteclub which makes "The Harriers" a very well known on the local social scene. Esssentially, the town of Tullamore would be a different place if it weren't for the presence of Tullamore Harriers AC.
Overall Race Summary
Participants: There was 568 participants of runners, joggers, and walkers.
Weather: The midday start seen warm pleasant conditions for running. The layout of the course meant that there was a stiff breeze into the face of competitors for the first few miles up to mile 6. When the race turned around to return to Tullamore the wind was somewhat more favourable to runners.
Course: The race starts on the Charleville Road just outside the entrance to Tullamore Harriers. The race proceeds south along the R421 and onto the N52 before taking a route onto local back roads. The race then completes a large rural road route before it joins to the R421 again and the final 1.5 miles are the same as the first mile of the race. The runners enter tullamore stadium and complete one lap of the tartan track before the finish line. The course is challenging in places with some undulations along the route. But overall it is fair course.
Location Map: Start/finish and registration and race HQ was all at Tullamore Harriers AC Club Grounds: goo.gl/maps/xZ4GM (Google Streetview)
Refreshments: There was a very impressive selection of refreshments including sandwiches, cakes, home-made breads, etc in the Harriers clubhouse afterwards. People were able to enjoy their post race refreshments outside in the warm pleasant sunshine.
Some Useful Links related to the race
Our photographs from the 2013 Quinlan Cup Half Marathon: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635307620452/
Youtube PhotoVideo from 2013 race: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbiHE5Eb5I
Another YouTube PhotoVideo from the 2013 race: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgCljXrl0BM
A long youtube video showing footage of the race in 2013 and the after-race ceremony: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Qg1gqRT9Y
2014 Race Results are available from PRECISION TIMING: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2136
2013 Race Results are available from PRECISION TIMING: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1448
Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/events/547723028583924/
The Tullamore Harriers AC Website: www.tullamoreharriers.com/
The Tullamore Harriers Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/tullamore.harriers (Facebook logon required)
Quinlan Cup EVENT PAGE on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Tullamore-Half-Marathon-Quinlan-Cu...
The Tullamore Harriers Half Marathon ROUTE on MapMyRun: www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/217165415
The Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread on the 2014 Race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057254069&p...
The Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread on the 2013 Race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056942637
Read about Tullamore Town on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullamore
Quinlan Cup 1997: ireland.iol.ie/~ar5meade/quinlan97.htm
The Entrace to Tullamore Harriers AC Club Grounds: goo.gl/maps/xZ4GM (Google Streetview)
An Aerial Image of the Facilities of Tullamore Harriers AC: binged.it/12UPZ9N (Bing Aerial BirdsEye )
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This is a bit 'Postcardy' but this area of the grounds has recently been renovated and is in its first season and has suffered serious drought conditions. It will be interesting to observe as it matures.
Preserved Great Northern Railway class J13 0-6-0ST tank engine 1247 is pictured on display in the National Railway Museum at York. This locomotive was the first privately preserved steam locomotive in the U.K. having passed to the London & North Eastern Railway in 1923 where it was renumbered 8846 and reclassed J52, surviving into British Railways ownership where it was renumbered 68846 and passing into preservation in 1959.
Kulet is a 1 month old dog who loves to play around under the couch. One night when he was playing with something down there, I tried to take a photo of him and this was the result. I was suprised that he's such a photogenic!!!
Cropredy has ancient origins, a chapel in the church is dedicated to St Fremund, an anglo-saxon saint thought to be the son of King Offa. It's name combines the Old English croppe or hill and ridig, a small stream. The village is only a few miles from Banbury, in hilly country along the banks of the River Cherwell. Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries Cropredy belonged the Bishop of Lincoln. More recently Brasenose College, Oxford, has become a significant landlord giving it's name to the local pub.
Dramatic changes to centuries of agrarian life were heralded by the excavation of the Oxford canal which runs alongside the Cherwell south-east of the church. This busy waterway was superseded by the Great Western railway, the village even had it's own station until 1956.
Unusually Cropredy retains the ringing of the curfew bell, in Medieval times this was a signal to return home and 'cover their fires'. Roger Lupton local priest between 1487 and 1528 was so lost in dense fog that he could only find his way from nearby Chacombe by the ringing of Cropredy's bells. He founded a fund in gratitude which paid for the daily winding of the clock and tolling the bell morning, noon and night. The bell is still rung Tuesday and Thursday nights for five minutes after eight O'clock.
The village is best known for the Civil War 'Battle of Cropredy Bridge'. A rare Royalist victory at a time when the Parliamentary forces were in the ascendancy. In June 1644 the King slipped out of Oxford to avoid two Roundhead armies which were rapidly approaching. At this point the Earl of Essex chose to lead his army south and relieve the siege of Lyme Regis leaving Sir William Waller to pursue the King with half of the men. Waller shadowed the Royal army to Worcester only for the King to double back towards Banbury where the Parliamentary commander saw an opportunity to split the Royal forces which were strung out along the Daventry road. Waller's artillery crossed Cropredy bridge but were too far ahead of the infantry and were overrun. Fierce fighting followed but neither side achieved a significant advantage and a chance of capturing the King was lost. As children we were told stories of a phantom drummer boy.
Cropredy's most prominent claim to fame is their music festival founded when Fairport Convention played the village fete in 1976. Cropredy Music Festival grew from these modest beginnings and now attracts over 20,000 music fans every year.
St. Mary the Virgin is an impressive building constructed from the local rust-coloured ironstone. While part of the wall of the south aisle has been dated to c1050 the present church begins in the 13th century with significant 14th and 15th century additions. The south wall has two tomb recesses thought to be built for Simon de Cropredy and his son c1200. The church has an interesting 13th century parish chest and the chapel dedicated to the anglo-saxon saint Fremund has two 15th century screens, one of which has the initials AD which may stand for Alice Danvers. The nave arcading, tower and choir arches are Perpendicular in style with no capitals and continuous moulding from ground level. The tower is early 15th century with the belfry and parapets added 80 years later, There are eight bells, six from the late 17th century, two added in 2007 called Fairport and Villager. Fragments of a Doom survive above the chancel arch. The church has a 17th century pulpit and a rare pre-reformation eagle lectern which is said to have been hidden in the river before the Battle of Cropredy where it lost one of it's lion feet. The beak has a slot for collecting 'Peter's Pence'. There is a beautiful 15th century head of the Virgin Mary in stained glass which was found in the churchyard. There are two fonts, one Norman and one Victorian. In the tower is a magnificent clock by John Moore of Clerkenwell dated 1831.
Cropredy is just off the Daventry road a few miles from Banbury about an hour from Stratford-upon-Avon.
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A splendiferous serenade of subterranean sites is hidden beneath many Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands spread throughout the west. Eleven BLM States contain caves and karst (…karst is a cousin to the cave that typically involves an area of limestone terrain characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams) lands, and interestingly, the BLM manages over 1,500 caves in these States.
Just recently BLM staff got an up-close look a lava tube in central Oregon. In early April, ten BLM and three U.S. Forest Service Outdoor Recreation Specialists participated in a full-day training session on Cave & Karst Management, led by BLM's National Cave Specialist, Jim Goodbar, and the Carlsbad District Cave Specialist, Aaron Stockton. The course included a short classroom session at the BLM Prineville Office covering the Federal Cave Protection Act of 1988 and other Cave/Karst Management laws, regulations, policies and procedures, as well as the background and policies specific to preventing the spread of White Nose Syndrome (WNS) among bat colonies.
The field portion of the Cave & Karst Management training involved visiting a lava tube east of Bend, Oregon, and finding evidence for determining that the cave meets the criteria for “Significant Cave status under the Federal Cave Protection Act” (…in other words, it has one or more of the following: biota, historic or archaeological resources, geologic/mineralogic/paleontologic features, hydrologic resources. recreational, educational or scientific values). Prior to leaving the site, the group practiced decontamination procedures designed to prevent any spread of WNS from cave to cave.
The BLM uses various management techniques to help balance land use activities and the protection of the nation’s fragile cave and karst resources. Conservation also is a key component of the caves and karst management. The primary approach is three-fold:
Detection – The detection phase may use several different techniques; field examinations, known data files, satellite images, and geophysical techniques such as natural potential, induced resistivity, and ground penetrating radar;
Avoidance – The avoidance phase may be as easy as moving a project or activity to eliminate conflicts (e.g., roads, power lines, and facilities may be moved to avoid construction problems and protect cave and karst resources); and
Mitigation – Mitigation measures may be applied to lessen any impacts that can’t be avoided (i.e. Berms may be constructed along roads to avoid spills or runoff from entering caves and ground water recharge points).
Bright Brussels 2018
Bright Brussels is a light festival, a fascinating route through the city consisting of a dozen light installations that are artistic, interactive, playful,... and simply captivating. Bright Brussels is a free event that is open to all from 18:30 to 23:00, for four nights from 22 to 25 February.
For this edition, a massive, must-see installation is hanging in the extraordinary setting that is the Citroen garage on place de l'Yser/IJzerplein. The route then stretches over the historical heart of the city through the Beguinage - Dixmude and Dansaert neighbourhoods, from Sainctelette to Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne. Come and (re-)discover these neighbourhoods' rich architectural heritage thanks to the magic of light!
TETRO (FR) + Whitevoid (DE) - Stalactite
At the heart of the majestic structure of the Citroen building, with its clean lines, is an enormous suspended structure, floating above the visitors. It generates light motifs and complex shapes to the rhythm of the electronic music of Boris Divider. This artistic light display by Christopher Bauder is called Stalactite. It offers an immersive experience of the madness of the 21st century.
Venue: Former Citroen garage
OCUBO and Telmo Ribeiro (PT) - Underlight
'Underlight' is a simulation of the aurora borealis. It combines coloured lasers, smoke machines and the wind to create lighting effects. These form a coloured curtain with the accompaniment of haunting music to plunge the audience into a splendid sound and light show.
Venue: Quai du Commerce and Parc du Quai a la Houille
Aerosculpture (FR) - Lumiere d'eau (Light in water)
What becomes of the basins of our fountains when winter robs them of their water? Are they filled to the brim with other, highly illuminated wavelengths, in the hope that a school of flying fishes will be attracted by the light and come to take possession of their banks? This is the story told by the installation 'Lumiere d'eau' with its moving, glittering lights spread over the surface of the basin and about a hundred lighter-than-air fish, caught by invisible hooks, that are lit by the colours of this imaginary water to offer us a thousand reflections moving and swirling in the wind.
Venue: Vismet, Fontaine Anspach
Estudio Sergio Ramos (ES) - Triple jet
This installation reminds us of the need to recover the identity of our cities by valuing their diversity and plurality. 'Triple jet' uses a strong symbol with an internationally recognised graphic identity, the Mannekenn Pis, who has landed in a public place as the main protagonist of a new urban landscape.
Venue: Institut Pacheco
OCUBO (PT) - Flower Power
'Flower Power' is an experimental immersive video mapping show. It is based on experimentation with the physical forces of water and gravity. It explores the aesthetic of one of the most beautiful and colourful phenomena in nature, flowers. Inspired by the colour, movement and fusion of these phenomena, the project transforms the everyday image of a flower into something magical and poetical.
Venue: Place du Beguinage
Tetro and Trafik (FR) - 160
'160' is an interactive sound and light installation that offers an intuitive instrument for exploring representation, projection and the relationship in space of shapes, colours and sound. It consists of 20 square arches, each containing eight lit segments. 160 light strips are deployed over the 60 m of the structure.
Venue: Vismet
Mathilde Lemesle (FR) - Aux fenetres de Bruxelles - Appel d'air (At the windows of Brussels - Drawing in air)
'At the windows of Brussels - Drawing in air' is a light installation created for the 2018 Bright Brussels Festival. This exterior video mapping show is located on the facade of a house and plays with the features of that setting. Lighting effects are a way for visitors to rediscover the many sides of places.
Venue: Rue du Nom de Jesus
Dolus and Dolus (FR): Stratum
'Stratum' is an interactive installation that uses gesture to influence a 'lit area'. Running one's hand over a capture interface reproduces it in space using layers of light. This reaction generates a visible and tangible reflection of the gesture, like an ephemeral geology of movement.
Venue: Rue du Marche aux Porcs
Collectif Coin (FR) - Child Hood
'Child Hood' is a cloud. Comprising a multitude of luminous balloons, it hovers between numerical minimalism and a monumental kinetic installation. It invades space. The wind rushes in between the balloons. Like the ultimate interpreter, it injects a note of chaos into a finely measured sound and light composition.
Venue: Place du Nouveau Marche aux Grains
THEORIZ (FR) - Crystallized
'CRYSTALLIZED' is an immersive sculpture composed of steel, sounds and holographic images. Inspired by Bismuth crystal and built according to the laws of light propagation, CRYSTALLIZED is a mysterious, ever-changing sculpture that goes from atoms to liquid-crystal. The audience is drawn to appreciate the infinite, hypnotising lighting effects of the work from its different perspectives.
Venue: Former Atelier Coppens
Vashti Bunyan - Winter is Blue
"Winter is blue
Everything’s leaving
Fires are now burning
And life has reason
I am alone
Waiting for nothing
If my heart freezes
I won’t feel the breaking" ~ Vashti Bunyan
Rabat, Morocco.
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Het internet is stuk. Hoe kunnen we het weer repareren? Daarover vertelde Marleen Stikker, auteur van 'Het internet is stuk', op 23 januari tijdens de Privacyrede 2020. Met de 50e verjaardag van het internet is dit hét moment om terug te blikken en vooruit te kijken.
Marleen Stikker (1962) is internetpionier van het eerste uur. In 1993 richtte ze De Digitale Stad op, de eerste Nederlandse internetprovider die gratis toegang gaf tot het web. Vijfentwintig jaar geleden startte ze Waag Society, een onderzoeksinstituut voor kunst, technologie en samenleving. Daarnaast was ze onder meer betrokken bij de ontwikkeling van de duurzame Fairphone.
De Privacyrede biedt een podium aan personen die een vernieuwende blik werpen op de maatschappelijke gevolgen van technologie. De Privacyrede is een jaarlijks evenement georganiseerd door SETUP | MediaLab Utrecht en SURFnet, in samenwerking met TivoliVredenburg. Dit is de zesde editie.
Duchesne is a city in and the county seat of Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,690 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 1,801 in 2014.
Duchesne is located just west of the junction of the Strawberry and Duchesne rivers in the Uintah Basin of northeastern Utah. The Duchesne River drains the southwest slope of the Uinta Mountains, and the Strawberry river drains the eastern slopes of the Wasatch Range and is connected to Strawberry Reservoir. The two rivers combine at Duchesne, and the Duchesne River continues east to join the Green River at Ouray, Utah.
Native stands of cottonwood trees and willows grow along the river banks, while sagebrush and rabbitbrush fill the un-irrigated bench tops. Alfalfa is the main cultivated crop of farmers in the area.
Via highway, Salt Lake City is 114 miles (183 km) to the west, Vernal is 58 miles (93 km) to the east, and Price is 54 miles (87 km) to the south.
The High Uintas wilderness area is 30 miles (48 km) to the north and boasts great hiking, fishing and alpine camping.
ATV riding is permitted within city limits. The Yellow Stone and Reservation Ridge ATV trails are located with 20 miles (32 km) of town.
Duchesne sits at the junction of three wildlife management units and is home to world-class big game hunting. Mule deer, pronghorn antelope, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, black bear, and mountain lion can be observed within miles of town.
In 1948 oil was found in the Uintah Basin but not developed until the early 1970s. Duchesne city is located in the area of vast oil and natural gas reserves spanning the northeast corner of Utah and extending into western Colorado. As prices for crude rise, oil industry jobs open up in the town but also disappear when crude prices fall. Currently (2009–2011) environmental groups have brought litigation against federal agencies slowing the award of leases on public land, slowing the development of oil resources and drilling, and affecting the economy of Duchesne and the surrounding area.
Duchesne has benefited from the water resources of the Duchesne and Strawberry rivers that flow close to the town. The Central Utah Project was active in the area for 20 years and provided good jobs from 1967 to 1987. A recent expansion to the water treatment plant northwest of town will start supplying culinary water to the community of Roosevelt some 30 miles (48 km) away.
Duchesne is home to a number of heavy machine and steel manufacturers. A wide variety of products and parts are manufactured, including underground cranes, shield haulers, rifle barrels, steam locomotive parts, drill collars, turbine parts, gears, sprockets, and splines for the oil fields, steel mills, coal mines, trona mines, power plants, other machine shops, manufacturers and other industries in many capacities. Products are shipped both domestically and to Canada, Mexico, South America, Australia, and Europe.
Agriculture has always been a mainstay for many Duchesne residents and surrounding communities. The vast amount of federally owned and leased lands have given cattle ranchers and sheep ranchers good grazing for over 120 years in the area. Overgrazing in the early 20th century has led to reform in the grazing areas and a steady decline in sheep and cow production throughout the area. Small family farms are the mainstay.
Duchesne has always been rich in its rugged beauty and tourism. Thousands are drawn during and warmer months to enjoy boating on Starvation Reservoir, fishing on the Strawberry and Duchesne rivers, and camping in the High Uintas.
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This bull is one extraordinarily ripped individual.
He’s a Belgian Blue bull, a breed of cattle raised for beef, and, unfortunately, he’s a symbol of just how far people will go to make a buck.
Belgian Blues have a naturally occurring mutation called “double-muscling” — t...
Growing up in Philly in the 1980s as a teenager was some of the best times of my life. This is a self portrait I took of myself back in 1990 back with Will Smith still made decent music. When I look at this photo, I can hear The Fresh Prince's Summertime blaring out of a car riding up the block!
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Maria Marques is feeling fear. Check out the profile on www.visualfeelings.net/person/mariajoao-rmarques-gmail-com
This is my last drawing for a moly_x_international sketchbook exchange that I've participated in for over two years with three other artists. My entry completes Katie's sketchbook whose theme was Winter Remembering Spring. My drawing follows Masha Kirikova's entry that includes the double window, checkered floor and inscription.
To read the words that are part of the drawing, please look at our blog
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