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Lake McDonald (Glacier National Park, Montana) by courthouselover

Glacier National Park is a national park located in Montana, on the Canada-United States border with the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. The park encompasses over 1,000,000 acres and includes parts of two mountain ranges (sub-ranges of the Rocky Mountains), over 130 named lakes, more than 1,000 different species of plants and hundreds of species of animals. This vast pristine ecosystem is the centerpiece of what has been referred to as the "Crown of the Continent Ecosystem," a region of protected land encompassing 16,000 square miles.

The region that became Glacier National Park was first inhabited by Native Americans and was dominated by the Blackfeet in the east and the Flathead in the western regions. Soon after the establishment of the park on May 11, 1910, a number of hotels and chalets were constructed by the Great Northern Railway. These historic hotels and chalets are listed as National Historic Landmarks, and a total of 350 locations are on the National Register of Historic Places. By 1932, work was completed on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, later designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, which provided greater accessibility for automobiles into the heart of the park. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_National_Park_%28U.S.%29)

Hit me ! - The Dark Knight by Caped Crusader

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This is the build I made to showcase my batpod , as well as replicate one of my favourite scenes from "The Dark Knight" ( probably my favourite movie , along with the rest of the trilogy ) . The lamp posts took a while to design , as I wanted them to actually light up , and I'm not a big fan of 3d-party lighting for Lego . The solution came from modding the PF lights by removing the covering so that they get "bar" (lightsaber blade) wide , so they can fit through pins . The lamp posts are also designed to look exactly like the ones in the film . The road part of the build is simple and somewhat plain, but I like how it looks . The batpod is probably one of the best things I've ever built ( at least in my opinion ) and I think it is the very , very close to the " real thing " , at least for mining scale . I wont't talk too much about it , since there is a post just for it right here , so head there for more details about it . Finally , the minifigure roster includes the "Tumbler" 's Joker , as well as my custom pad printed Batman ( Dark Knight and Dark Knight Rises suit ) , one of the few Lego Batmen with regular ,non-cartoony-white eyes .

Wien, 1. Bezirk (the art of very renowned public places in the historic core of downtown Vienna), Philharmonikerstraße/Albertinaplatz/Maysedergasse (Hotel Sacher/Café Sacher/Café Mozart) by Alfred Lex

The Hotel Sacher is located in the first District of Vienna after the Vienna State Opera. Famous specialty of the house is the original Sachertorte. The hotel is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World.

History

Anna Maria Sacher

On the grounds of the demolished Kärntnertortheatre, directly opposite the newly opened imperial Court Opera, was built a Maison meuble. The restaurateur Eduard Sacher bought the house modeled on a Renaissance palace and opened in 1876, Hotel de l' Opera with the restaurant. The son of Franz Sacher, the inventor of the Sachertorte, had however already made a name for himself as a restaurateur, and named the house quickly to Hotel Sacher .

He married 1880 the 21- year-old Anna Fuchs, who henceforth cooperated in the hotel and quickly took over the business because of her husband's deteriorating health . Edward died in 1892, and Anna Sacher now ran the hotel as so-called widow operation. Which at that time was an extremely emancipated woman with cigar and her beloved French Bulldog (in Vienna: " Sacher-Bully" ) was always to be found, continued the business with rigor, but also with kindness. So they talked back then a company health insurance for their employees.

From the beginning, the Sacher was one of the best addresses in the city and in 1871 for the wine and delicatessen for kuk Appointed purveyor. This privilege his widow Anna was once again awarded after the death of Eduard Sacher. Before the opera you enjoyed the exquisite cuisine, they met in the legendary private rooms, and high-ranking representatives from politics always used the house for discreet meetings. The exclusive hotel was already a social institution . But then the economically difficult years after the First World War left its mark on the house.

Shortly before her death in 1930, Anna Sacher withdrew from the guide. Only after her death was announced that the hotel was heavily in debt and assets of the former was not much left. In 1934, finally came to bankruptcy.

The lawyer Hans Gürtler, his wife Poldi and the hotelier couple Joseph and Anna Siller acquired the now dilapidated house and renovated it extensively: from the heating system, electrics, running hot and cold water in all rooms has been adapted all the modern needs. From now on, the earned money should always flow back into the house. First time, the Sachertorte not only in their own premises were offered for consumption, but also sold on the street.

The house was again the meeting place for the growing company. But the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938 brought this to an abrupt end. Swastika flags flying in front of the hotel now. During the Second World War but the house remained largely spared from damage. Immediately after the liberation of Vienna it was occupied by Soviet troops, the Vienna first district around the hotel but was soon jointly managed by the Allies and thus it came six years into British hands.

1951 got the Siller family and Gürtler their property back. Josef Siller had died in 1949. Again, the hotel had to be extensively renovated. As well as new dining venues emerged at the Sacher. Hans Gürtler also laid the foundation for the art collection of the 19th Century. Anna Siller died in 1962, and the hotel was entirely in the possession of the Gürtler family. In 1967 the company received the National Award and since then the federal coat of arms may be used in commercial transactions. The son Rolf Gürtler took over the business in 1970, but shortly thereafter, in an accident, after which he succeeded his son Peter Gürtler. This took over in 1989, the Austrian Court Hotel in Salzburg. This was later renamed the Hotel Sacher Salzburg. Since his death in 1990 his 1983 divorced woman Elisabeth Gürtler-Mauthner leads the family with their daughter Alexandra.

In 2006 the building, which is composed in its buildings of six town houses, refurbished thermally under the direction of architects Frank & Partners, and the loft conversion, in which a spa area was accommodated, provided while preserving the monument idea with a striking bright aluminum roof.

Offer

The Hotel Sacher at night

As a member of the Hospitality Association of The Leading Hotels of the World, which ensures quality control in five star hospitality sector, the Hotel Sacher is one of the best addresses in Austria. Since the expansion of 2006 also meets the criteria of a Leading Spa.

In the House, the Anna Sacher restaurant, the Red Bar, the Blue Bar, Confiserie, Café Sacher are and the Sacher Eck (coin). The cafe was founded in 2004 awarded the Golden Coffee Bean Jacobs.

Also in the building, but not as a part of the hotel, is the former imperial Court and chamber Supplier Wilhelm Jungmann & Neffe.

Since 1999, the Original Sacher-Torte is produced in a production office in Vienna Simmering, from where it is exported to the whole world. After a decades-long legal battle with the Imperial Sugar Bakery Demel only the dessert made by Sacher may adorn with the title "original". The Sachertorte is imitated by many coffee houses, bakeries and pastry shops.

Rooms of the Hotel Sacher

The Sacher shop in the Hotel Sacher

The famous Sacher Torte

Famous guests

Main entrance of the hotel in the evening

Many prominent guests had the house in the Philharmonikerstraße. Anna Sacher had a photo gallery of her guests in her boudoir. The signatures of all she embroidered herself on a table cloth. Located in the middle of it Emperor Franz Joseph.

Crowned heads, statesmen, diplomats and politicians lodged at the Sacher: Edward VIII, Wallis Simpson, Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Rainier, Princess Grace, John F. Kennedy, Kofi Annan and many more.

Because of the close proximity to the Opera House of course many artists were under the guests: Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Leo Slezak, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Rudolf Nureyev. Music critic Marcel Prawy lived until his death in 2003, even as a permanent guest at the Sacher.

Graham Greene had here the idea for the screenplay of the film The Third Man. A British officer told him about the underground passages of Vienna, whereupon Greene in the bar wrote down the first ideas immediately.

Her role in the Sissi films Romy Schneider owed their similarity with the bust of the Empress, who is at the hotel and was the director Ernst Marischka noticed. During filming, she lived with her mother Magda Schneider at the Sacher.

Invited to an unusual press conference in April 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono to the Sacher. They held one of her legendary "Bagism" actions in their hotel rooms to media representatives (including André Heller, who reported for the Ö3 jukebox), in order to express their ideas of world peace.

Traditionally, all suites are named for operas and composers (eg, La Traviata, Carmen, Idomeneo, The Magic Flute, Madame Butterfly, Nabucco, Rigoletto, Leonard Bernstein, etc.). The new suites on the top floor of the house bearing the names of contemporary operas, such as Lulu and Billy Budd named.

Hotel Sacher in film and on stage

The Hotel Sacher has been immortalized in numerous films and stage plays .

Hotel Sacher, 1939

In the German-speaking area, the hotel was also supported by the TV series Hello - Hotel Sacher ... Portier! popular with Fritz Eckhardt .

Literature

Ernst Hagen: Hotel Sacher. Austria slept in your beds. Zsolnay , Vienna , 1976, ISBN 3-552-02827-7

Ingrid Haslinger: customer - Emperor. The history of the former imperial purveyors. Schroll, Vienna 1996 , ISBN 3-85202-129-4 .

János Kalmár , Mella Waldstein: K.u.K. Purveyors of Vienna. Stocker , Graz 2001, ISBN 3-7020-0935-3 . Pp. 10-15 .

Monika Kellermann : The great Sacher-back book. Pastries, cakes and pastries. Seehamer -Verlag, Weyarn 1994, ISBN 3-929626-28-4

Franz Maier- Bruck : The great Sacher Cookbook. The Austrian cuisine. Seehamer -Verlag, Weyarn 1994, ISBN 3-929626-27-6

Leo Mazakarini : The Hotel Sacher in Vienna. Grafe and Unzer, Munich, 1977, ISBN 3-7742-5018-9

Emil Seeliger: Hotel Sacher. World history at supper. Publisher Schaffer, Berlin 1942

William Fraenkel: Establishment Eduard Sacher in Vienna: General Construction Journal, Volume 1877 (online at ANNO)

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Wien, 1. Bezirk, Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (società degli amici della musica, sociedad de los amigos de la música, société des amis de la musique, society of the friends of music), Bösendorferstraße/Dumbastraße/Musikvereinsplatz/Karlsplatz by alfred lex

Society of Friends of Music in Vienna

The Society of Friends of Music in Vienna (briefly : Wiener Musikverein) is a traditional club in Vienna to promote musical culture. It was founded in 1812.

(Pictures you can see by clicking on the link at the end of the site!)

Founded Concert 1812

Foundation

On 29 November and 3 December 1812 was performed in the Winter Riding School of the Hofburg the Handel oratorio Timothy. This concert can be considered as a trigger for the founding of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna. As the founder of the association is Joseph Sonnleithner (1766-1835) then secretary of the imperial Viennese court theater (Burgtheater and Kärntnertortheater). The proceeds of the concert should benefit the newly founded institution. Emperor Franz I donated 1,000 guilders, the net profit amounted to 25,934 florins finally Viennese currency. First office of the company was the Lobkowitz Palace today Lobkowitzplatz.

Goals

According to its statutes, which originated in 1814, is the "Empor renewed progress on music in all its branches" primary purpose of the Company.

The Friends of Music Society reaches(d) this in three ways:

The establishment of a conservatory,

The systematic collection of musicological documents (archive)

Organizing their own concerts.

To date, private commitment of individual members shapes the functioning of the Company. Since January 2000, all editions of the monthly appearing club newspaper "music lovers" on the website of the company are available .

Concerts

On the initiative of Antonio Salieri's first choral activities at the Musikverein go back, for example, also in 1824 at the Vienna initial or first performances of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and 9th Symphony was involved. After there had been choral concerts of the Association for many years, then in 1858 was the official establishment of the Concert Choir held as a branch association of the Vienna Musikverein. The first principal conductor of the Vienna Singing Society was Johann von Herbeck, directs the choir since 1991, Johannes Prinz.

Musikverein (1831-1870) to the Tuchlauben (home to the Red Hedgehog), first building on the right, then No. 558, now No. 12

First concert hall of the society

1829 , the Company purchased a scoring for Kärnthnerviertl house on the Tuchlauben (home to the Red Hedgehog, rented from 1822, then House # 558, today Tuchlauben 12) with several business offices and apartments, it had the house demolished and gave at Franz Lossl (Site Manager: Carl Högl) by around 88,000 guilders (including equipment) the construction of a three storey new building with a concert hall on the 1st Floor in order. The site was approximately opposite the former Ofenlochgasse, since 1863 Kleeblattgasse. The Brandstätte that time not yet branched of from the Tuchlauben, but was a small place near the St. Stephen's Cathedral.

The festival opening concert of the hall took place on 4 November 1831 instead (then the cholera raged in Vienna). The Musikverein contributed among other things at this location (visitor concerts were still highly popular in the large ball room of the Hofburg ) essentially to the public concert life in Vienna.

The hall proved with 700 seats soon to be too small, but was still used for almost 40 years. 1846 gas lighting was installed. In the upper floors of the Conservatory and the archives of the Society, offices and rehearsal rooms were located.

The Society of Friends of Music in 1870 moved into their new house and sold its first house in the same year. In the subsequent use of it emerged inter alia the Strampfer-Theatre. The building was demolished in 1885.

Vienna Musikverein in 1898

Today's office of the Company

1863, Emperor Franz Joseph I donates the society from the state capital, the area on the bank of the river opposite the Vienna Karlskirche (church). It was on the former glacis of the 1858 demolished city walls around the old town. 1861-1869 emerged near the present-day Vienna State Opera, on the neighboring construction site on the riverbank 1865-1868 the Vienna Künstlerhaus, on the direction of ring road adjacent square 1862-1865 today's Imperial Hotel.

The of Theophil Hansen, who later built the Parliament, designed house, shortened to Vienna Musikverein, was on 6 January 1870 opened with a celebratory concert. That same year, the High Steward of the Emperor, Prince Constantine zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, was in gratitude for the favor of the imperial court for the new building project appointed as a honorary member of the society.

1869 Carl Heissler was the first conductor of the orchestra of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna. 187, and 1872 was the Russian composer Anton Rubinstein artistic director of the company. After a short time he was replaced by Johannes Brahms.

Children and Youth Projects

In order to convey the joy of music and access to classical culture children and adolescents, the Friends of Music Society offers a pertinent program: In April 1989, it was the first "Celebration for Children" in all the rooms of the Musikverein building, since the offer has been steadily expanded and now includes more than 150 projects for all ages 3-19 years. The 20-year anniversary of the youth concerts was celebrated with a big party at the Vienna Musikverein in 2009. Symbol of child and youth concerts of the Society of Friends of Music is the concert clown Allegretto.

Artistic performances will be processed in accordance with the relevant age requirements paying particular attention to opportunities for active contribution. These include sing and dance along to the little ones, a gallery of children's drawings on the Internet and artist talks under the slogan "meet the artist" with internationally renowned conductors, soloists and composers for 15- to 19- year-old.

Conservatory of the Society of Music Lovers

The Conservatory was the first public music school in Vienna and was founded in 1819 by the violinist Joseph Böhm. As early as 1818, the Court Kapellmeister Antonio Salieri began to form a singing class. The general musical newspaper wrote here about 7 January 1818: "As the beginning of a newly established Conservatory imparts our worthy Hofkapellm. (chapel masteer) Salieri already to 12 girls and 12 boys gratuitous singing lessons."

On 19 April, the first 24 students of the Conservatory presented themselves in a collective concert of the Friends of Music to the public and sing an A cappella choral of Salieri. The dedication on the autograph reads: "Ringraziamento because farsi alli Benefattori del Conservatorio della musica nazionale inglese dalli primi Ventiquattro allieve dodici Ragazzi e dodici Ragazze, di detto luogo, nella quarta accademia dei dilettanti il giorno 19 Aprile 1818".

In the 19th Century, this facility has been significantly expanded, in the 1890s it had more than 1,000 students and found imitation in Vienna in other such facilities. In 1909, the private institute was to resolution of the emperor as "k.k. Academy of Music and Dramatic Art" nationalized. Thus, it is predecessor of today's University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Archive

The archives of the Society of Friends of Music is one of the most important music collections in the world.

Personalities

Musikverein building of 1870 (2006)

Musikverein building at night

Founder

Joseph Sonnleithner (1766-1835)

Co-Founder

Fanny von Arnstein (1758-1818)

Prince Franz Joseph Maximilian von Lobkowitz (1772-1816) , Major General, art lover and patron

Famous members

Leopold of Sonnleithner (1797-1873), lawyer and music collector

January Václav Voříšek (1791-1825), composer, pianist and organist, as a member in 1818.

Franz Schubert (1797-1828), full member from 12 June 1827

Concert directors

Carl Heissler, lithography by Joseph Kriehuber, 1866

Carl Heissler (1823-1878), Artistic Director 1869-1871

Anton Rubinstein, Artistic Director 1871-1872

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), concert director 1872-1875

Eduard Schön (1825-1879), Ministerialrat and composer, director in 1870

Johann von Herbeck (1831-1877), conductor and composer

Hans Richter (1843-1916), conductor, director until 1900

Franz Schalk (1863-1931), concert director 1904-1921

Ferdinand Löwe (1865-1925), concert director

Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954), concert director 1921-1927 (jointly with Leopold Reichwein)

Leopold Reichwein (1878-1945), concert director 1921-1927 (together with Wilhelm Furtwängler)

Robert Heger (1886-1978), concert director 1925-1933

Walter Legge (1906-1979), director from 1946

Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989), last concert director 1948-1964

Vice Presidents

Raphael Georg Kiesewetter (1773-1850), privy councillor and musician, vice president 1821-1843

Nikolaus Dumba (1830-1900), industrialist, vice president in 1880

Gustav Ortner (born 1935) , diplomat, vice president since 2001

Directorate members

Heinrich Eduard Josef von Lannoy (1787-1853), conductor and composer, member

Martin Gustav Nottebohm (1817-1882), musicologist and composer, member from 1858

Anthony van Hoboken (1887-1983), musicologist and collector, member since 1957

Brothers Czartoryski, circa 1870

Secretaries

Leopold Alexander Zellner, general secretary in 1880

Botstiber Hugo (1875-1941), secretary and office director 1905-1912

Angyan Thomas (born 1953), general and artistic director since 1988

Archivist

Martin Gustav Nottebohm in 1864

Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857-1929), musicologist and composer, from 1887

Karl Geiringer (1899-1989), musicologist and librarian, 1930-1938

Otto Biba (born 1946), musicologist and director of the archive, since 1979

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Tintype, Sweet Family Album---"Myron Sweet 10 or 11 years old" by John Van Noate

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The identification is written in pencil below the photograph, on the album page. This is the tintype that originally drew me to this album. Such an extreme close-up is unusual for a tintype. In fact, having looked at thousands of them, this is the closest I've seen the camera to the subject. No doubt there are others like this.

The tin has some scuffing and some marks, so it's not perfect. I probably would not have paid seventy dollars if this were the only thing I liked about the album.

Holsdagen 2018 by Multerland...

Holsdagen is the name for a unique traditional happening in Hol Kommune, in the traditional district of Hallingdal, Norway. A special program that day starts in the morning, when a young couple is performing a traditional wedding in the old church in Hol. All are dressed in the traditional bunad, belonging to this area of Hallingdal.

After the wedding the bride-procession takes place along the Holsfjorden to the Bygdemuseum in Hagafoss: with carriages and horses, young, and older people, children, and a group of musicians, playing the violin. Not just violins, no, these are the so-called Hardingfele instruments, the Hardanger fiddles. Example: www.wikiwand.com/en/Hardanger_fiddle

The musicians in this procession are: Øyvind Brabant, Torstein G. Jeldokk, Svein Inge Øen, and Anders Lunden Herefoss. Source: Knut Medhus (Hol Historielag). Rebecca Loft is also a group member but was not in the procession. She performed later in the Bygdemuseum in Hagafoss, Hol Kommune.

Øyvind Erling Brabant (born December 12th 1956) is a Norwegian folk musician from Nes in Hallingdal. He was taught by Odd Bakkerud, Knut Myrann and Jens A. Myro, and today considered to be the foremost player of the Hardingfele in Hallingdal.

Wikipedia www.wikiwand.com/no/%C3%98yvind_Brabant

Folkemusikk: web.archive.org/web/20130520120527/http://www.folkemusikk...

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMCtRuyODOo

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DenkiYjlR1c

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aET2IGrpvJs

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-kDnUG_BK4

The wind played a role in this procession and because of the presence of this strong wind the music was hardly audible in the video. Therefore I had to search for music that fits with the traditional bridal procession. I found: Bruremarsj Frå Hallingdal

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c7HPewxWZs

Website Holsdagen:

www.holsdagen.no/

Court House Bridge, Downieville, California by Ken Lund

Downieville is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Sierra County, California, United States. Downieville is on the North Fork of the Yuba River, at an elevation of 2,966 feet (904 m). The 2010 United States census reported Downieville's population was 282.

Downieville was founded in late 1849 during the California Gold Rush, in the Northern Mines area. It was first known as "The Forks" for its geographical location at the confluence of the Downie River and North Fork of the Yuba River.

It was soon renamed after Major William Downie (1820-1893), the town's founder. Downie was a Scotsman who had led an expedition of nine miners, seven of them African American men, up the North Fork of the Yuba River in the Autumn of 1849. At the present site of the town they struck rich gold, built a log cabin, and settled in to wait out the winter. He became the town's first mayor. Major Downie's travels are documented in his 1893 autobiography, "Hunting for Gold." By latter 1850 Downieville already had 15 hotels, 4 bakeries, 4 butcher shops, and numerous saloons.

In 1853 Downieville was vying to become the new state capital of California, along with fifteen other California communities to replace Vallejo. However, the capital was moved to Benicia for a year, and then in 1854 to Sacramento, its location ever since.

The Northern Mines area of the gold rush had a number of mining camps with colorful names, such as Brandy City (originally known as Strychnine City), Whiskey Diggins, Poverty Hill, Poker Flat, and Camptonville. Many of these camps disappeared after the gold rush, or are ghost towns. Downieville had reached a peak population of over 5,000 people in 1851, but by 1865 had significantly declined. It survived due to its status as the county seat of government in Sierra County, and from its geographic location between Sacramento Valley and Tahoe region/Nevada destinations.

Downieville is surrounded by the Yuba River District of the Tahoe National Forest. Popular outdoor recreation activities include fishing, mountain biking, back country "jeeping" and motorcycling, kayaking, hiking and nature walks, gold panning, and sites of the California Gold Rush. Fishing includes planted rainbow trout and German brown trout in the North Fork of the Yuba River.

The town is a popular destination and central hub for mountain biking trails and events.

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loaded and ready to roll (Minneapolis, MN) by kstoerz

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Here is my Surly Long Haul Trucker all loaded up for the tour. This was taken in the morning before work. Since my place of employment (Eagan) was more or less enroute to Preston, I simply left work a bit early and headed south.

Arkel panniers (one Bug and one Utility Basket, both outdated models now) on Jandd Expedition racks. The front rack is holding my Hennessey Hammock and summer sleeping bag. On top of the front rack is my rain jacket, cell phone holster, and GPS receiver. I had my major turns punched into the GPS ahead of time to make it harder to get lost, but I was also carrying paper maps in case I ended up having to do it the hard way.

South Creake Church, Norfolk by Whipper_snapper

If one is a frequent church crawler (which I am) in a county blessed with good churches - Norfolk - there is always a risk of becoming a bit blasé about yet another old church or even just a little bit jaded. I was probably feeling like that when I stepped into the church of Our Lady St Mary at South Creake.

www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/sets/72157645434640294/ to see the full set.

It is an easy church to miss as it is located in a side turning of the main road through the Creakes to Burnham Market. The church clearly has a high church tradition as the vicar is listed as 'father' and the interior has colourful furnishing and art which would probably have many evangelicals running in terror. The church website refers to Common Worship being in the Anglo-Catholic tradition with incense and bells.

The church appears to date from the 13th century - the date of the chancel - with a porch and tower of 14th century but the clerestory and arcades are probably 15th century. The tower arch is probably circa 1300AD. The font shows the Seven Sacraments but has been badly damaged by iconoclasts (I noted the same at Docking as well) but the font does retain traces of green and red paint. The handheld bier (no wheels) for carrying coffins to the graveyard is an antique dated 1688.

The medieval hammer beam nave ceiling is decorated with angels, there are gorgeous red tiles on the floor and the pulpit is an elegant goblet shape - again with traces of paint. The screen is 14th century and was probably highly coloured but only paint traces remain. Some 14th and 15th century glass remains, mostly fragmentary. The chancel arch rood beam came from a Colchester church in the 1980s.

Furnishings and art include several banners plus statues of St Michael triumphant over evil, the martyred St Edmund and the martyred King Charles I. There appears to be a local tradition regarding King Charles as he also appears at the nearby Walsingham Shrine.

The churchyard is well kept although partially cleared of stones for ease of maintenance. The only slightly discordant note was the bright blue chemical toilet next to the church porch. Surely there's a better place to put it or a better way to disguise it? A bit of wood panelling would help.

The church website says that the bells have been silent since before WW2 but there are plans to restore them.

31556 by Ben Abel

The University Of Lincoln's which is located alongside Brayford Pool in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

The University brings in high-profile individuals from all over the world to speak at our prestigious Great Minds public lecture series. Our students, staff and members of the public benefit from guest lectures by Visiting Professors and Lecturers recognised as leaders in their field, some of whom teach on our courses.

It was developed from a number of educational institutions in Hull including the Hull School of Art (1861), the Hull Technical Institute (1893), the Roman Catholic teacher-training Endsleigh College (1905), the Hull Central College of Commerce (1930), and Kingston upon Hull College of Education (1913). These institutions merged in 1976 to form Hull College of Higher Education, with a change of name to Humberside College of Higher Education in 1983 when it absorbed several courses in fishing, food and manufacturing based in Grimsby.

In 1992 it was one of the many institutions in the UK to become full universities as, briefly, the University of Humberside, growing to 13,000 students by 1993.

The cathedral city of Lincoln was without its own university, so the University of Humberside was approached to develop a new campus to the south west of the city centre, overlooking the Brayford Pool. The University was renamed the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside in January 1996, taking in its first 500 Lincoln students in September 1996, intending to grow to about 4,000 Lincoln based students within four years.

Opened by Queen Elizabeth II, the University's main campus in Lincoln was the first new city centre campus to be built in the UK for decades. More than £150 million has been invested in the Brayford Pool campus, transforming a city centre brownfield site, revitalising the area and attracting investment from the retail, leisure and property sectors. Economists estimate that the University has created at least 3,000 new jobs within Lincoln and that it generates more than £250 million every year for the local economy – doubling previous local economic growth rates.

The consolidation involved the University acquiring Leicester-based De Montfort University's schools in Lincolnshire: the Lincoln School of Art and Design in uphill Lincoln, and the Lincolnshire School of Agriculture's sites at Riseholme, Caythorpe and Holbeach. Caythorpe was later closed permanently and its activities moved to Riseholme. Courses held in Grimsby were also moved to Lincoln around this time.

In 2012 all Further Education provision was transferred from Riseholme College to Bishop Burton College. Bishop Burton College are now responsible for the Riseholme College to the north of the city.

Throughout the late-1990s, the University's sites in Hull were considerably scaled down as the focus shifted towards Lincoln. In 2001 this process was taken a step further when the decision was made to move the administrative headquarters and management to Lincoln and to sell the Cottingham Road campus in Hull, the former main campus, to its neighbour, the University of Hull; the site is now the home of the Hull York Medical School. Until 2012 the University maintained a smaller campus, the Derek Crothall Building, in Hull city centre. A smaller campus and student halls on Beverley Road, Hull, were also sold for redevelopment.

1995 Ford GT90 Concept Car rear by Glenister

The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury brands, Ford also owns Volvo Cars of Sweden, and a small stake in Mazda of Japan and Aston Martin of England. Ford's former UK subsidiaries Jaguar and Land Rover were sold to Tata Motors of India in March 2008.

Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines. Henry Ford's methods came to be known around the world as Fordism by 1914.

The Ford GT40 was a high performance sports car and winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans four times in a row, from 1966 to 1969 (in 1967 with a different body, though). It was built to win long-distance sports car races against Ferrari (who won at Le Mans six times in a row from 1960 to 1965). That car used the Gurney Weslake engine with the special alloy heads made by Weslake.

The car was named the GT (for Grand Touring) with the 40 representing its overall height of 40 inches (1.02 m, measured at the windshield) as required by the rules. Large displacement Ford V8 engines (4.7 L and 7 L) were used, compared with the Ferrari V12 which displaced 3.0 L or 4.0 L.

Early cars were simply named "Ford GT". The name "GT40" was the name of Ford's project to prepare the cars for the international endurance racing circuit, and the quest to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The first 12 "prototype" vehicles carried serial numbers GT-101 through GT-112. The "production" began and the subsequent cars, the MkI, MkIIs, MkIIIs, and MkIVs, numbered GT40P/1000 through GT40P/1145, were officially "GT40s". The name of Ford's project, and the serial numbers dispel the story that "GT40" was "only a nickname.“

The Ford GT90 was a concept car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. It was unveiled in January 1995 at the Detroit Auto Show as "the world's mightiest supercar". Claimed performance included a top speed 253 mph (409 km/h) from a 720 hp (537 kW) quad-turbocharged V12 engine, the exhaust of which was claimed to be hot enough to damage the body panels, requiring ceramic tiles similar to those on the space shuttle to prevent this.

The mid-engined car was a spiritual successor to the Ford GT40, taking from it some styling cues, such as doors that cut into the roofline, but little else. All angles and glass, the Ford GT90 was the first Ford to display the company's "New Edge" design philosophy. The GT90 was built around a honeycomb-section aluminum monocoque and its body panels were moulded from carbon fiber.

The GT90 was built by a small team in just over six months and, as a result, borrowed many components from another high profile stablemate—the Jaguar XJ220. The all-round double wishbone suspension and the five-speed manual gearbox came from the Jaguar, while the engine was a siamesed 4.6L DOHC V8 block (from the Lincoln Mark VIII) with 2 cylinders cut off.

The GT90's 48-valve V12 was a six-litre engine which, if Ford had ever produced it in volume, might have produced up to 720 hp (537 kW), thanks to four Garrett AiResearch T2 turbochargers. The engine was based on the Ford Modular engine. Two Lincoln V8 engines each had portions removed, namely the last pair of cylinders from the rear of one engine and the first pair of cylinders from the front of the other engine and the cut down engines were welded together. In total, this yielded a 90-degree V12, with 90.2 mm bore and 77.3 mm stroke.

Jacques Nasser, then a Ford executive and eventually CEO, was very proud of the car, and kept a model of it on his desk, as seen in a documentary on the U.K. television network Channel 4 on the Firestone tire incidents.

In the Top Gear episode first broadcast on October 26, 2003, Jeremy Clarkson stated "I actually drove this and it was horrid. It had a top speed of 40 (mph) and it handled like it was in a cartoon".

Olympus IS-1000 by Alfred

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Es ist vielleicht noch zu früh, die Olympus IS-1000 als endgültiger Beginn einer neuen Ära in Konzept und Bau von Spiegelreflexkameras anzusehen.*

Es war in der Tat ein bißchen zu früh: Die "neue Ära" dauerte nicht allzu lange - bis Ende der 90er Jahre. Aber schon 1997 erschien eine digitale Olympus-Bridgekamera mit ähnlichen Design, die das Ende der analogen Schwestern einläutete. Allerdings brachte Olympus noch 1999 eine Bridgekamera für Film, die IS-300, auf den Markt.

Begonnen hatte die Phase der analogen Bridgekameras Ende der 1980er Jahre mit der Chinon Genesis, Yashica Samurai, Ricoh Mirai, Canon Epoca etc. Gemeinsame Merkmale: Spiegelreflex-Sucher, Autofokus, fest eingebautes Zoom, integrierter Blitz, völlig neues Design.

Das alles zeichnete auch die IS-1000 aus, die 1990 erschien. Weil sie außer einer Programm-Belichtungsautomatik auch noch Zeit- bzw. Blendenautomatik sowie manuelle Einstellung bot, war sie durchaus auch ein Werkzeug für den ernsthaften Amateur.

Aus den umfangreichen technischen Daten greife ich ein paar erwähnenswerte heraus: Das Zoom-Objektiv (4,5-5,6/35-135 mm) bestand aus 16 Linsen in 5 Gruppen, dabei war ein ED-Glaselement zur Verminderung der chromatischen Aberration. Der elektronisch gesteuerte Vertikallamellen-Schlitzverschluss ging von 15 s bis 1/2000 s. Anhand des DX-Codes wurden Filme von ISO 25 bis ISO 3200 erkannt.

Es gab ein Nachtaufnahme-Programm, Portrait-Programme, Macro-Modus. Der Klappblitz besaß zwei Reflektoren, einen für Tele, einen für Weitwinkel.

Im Programm-Modus (P) wurde die Belichtung im Mehrfeld-Modus gemessen, in Zeitautomatik (A) oder manuell (M) schaltete die Kamera auf die mittenbetonte Integral-Messung um. Spot-Messung war ebenfalls möglich.

Bemerkenswert ist auch das recht große Display auf der Kamerarückseite. Damit wurde schon ein Merkmal der späteren Digitalkameras vorweggenommen.

Wenn man nicht gleichzeitig zoomen wollte, konnte man die Kamera recht gut mit einer Hand bedienen, was manchmal durchaus nützlich war.

Ein großer Mangel soll aber nicht verschwiegen werden: Es gab keinen Drahtauslöser-Anschluss. Das war angesichts der Tatsache, dass z. B. im Nachtprogramm auch lange Belichtungszeiten möglich waren, eine nicht unerhebliche Einschränkung.

* Dieses Zitat habe ich dem Buch von Richard Hünecke "Olympus IS-1000" entnommen, erschienen 1991 im Laterna magica Verlag. Es ist ein ausführliches und kompetentes Begleitbuch, das sich dadurch abhebt von vielen anderen Kamera-Sekundärbüchern, in denen oft die Hälfte aus allgemeiner fotografischer Einführung und die andere Hälfte aus den abgeschriebenen technischen Daten bestand.

Allerdings war Herr Hünecke doch etwas zu optimistisch, was die Rolle der analogen Bridgekameras betraf. Der technische Fortschritt war wieder mal schneller und hat einen andern Weg eingeschlagen.

Sydney Harbour Bridge, Western aspect. by Nev

Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore. It is an iconic image of both Sydney and Australia. Sydney-siders call it "The Coat Hanger" because of its arch-based design.

Designed and built by Dorman Long and Co Ltd, Middlesbrough, UK, it opened in 1932. Until 1967 it was Sydney's tallest structure. It is the world's widest long-span bridge and it is the tallest steel arch bridge, measuring 134 metres (440 ft) from top to water level. It is also the fifth-longest spanning-arch bridge in the world.

Standards of industrial safety during construction were poor by today's standards and 16 workers died during construction, but only two from falling off the bridge. The total cost was $10 million (double the original quote), and was not paid off in full until 1988.

She got tired of walking and taking the Metro, so we decided to steal a Ferrari by Ricky

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Rome is a big city and sometimes walking and trying to find the closest Metro stop is such a pain (Rome has a lot of streets that are small and curve in all directions) so Tatiana had a good idea to get the most of our time in Rome.

Tatiana: "Ricky, I'm tired of walking and you can never find the damn train stops....I hate you !!

Ricky: "I have been in Rome for two freakin' days, how the heck do I know where all these little alleyways go to. I want to go home...and I hate you too !!"

(two minutes later as we walk down the wrong street again we look up and see this beautiful red Ferrari)

Tatiana: "Ricky, it's a Ferrari ! I know you have never been in one because you work at Fedex and cannot even afford a windshield wiper blade on one of these babies"

Ricky: "I always wanted to take a drive in one. Tatiana, you're from Queens, why don't you hotwire it and we'll take it for a spin"

(as I said this she had already jimmied the door open and took a screw driver to the ignition)

Tatiana: "Ricky, get your sorry ass into the car and take me to somewhere classy in this town"

Ricky: "OK, let's go to the Vatican and show the new Pope who the REAL new boss is in Rome"

Tatiana: "Ricky, you're my hero....but stop playing with the radio, find the gas pedal and let's get out of here before the Carabinieri arrests us"

Closer Book Design by Emerson Taymor

This is a book design and execution that I created for Susan Kozel's book Closer published by the MIT press.

It was a class assignment for CO

This is a book design and execution that I created for Susan Kozel's book Closer published by the MIT press.

It was an assignment in a UCLA Design | Media Arts Class. The front portion of the book is comprised of all the text and images, clearly setup into a four row system, which aligns to the four flipbooks at the very back of the book.

This is a book design and execution that I created for Susan Kozel's book Closer published by the MIT press.

orange is the new black by Sean urbanek

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orange is the new black

My look today is plage naturiste/let's go surfing (French accent). by tedalexandre

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What is that? by foodfai

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IN the glass! Who is that?

Spring is coming by David Bembic

Olympus E-1 with M42 Helios 44M-6

218/365 Shane's casual clothes by Andreas

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Today is day 218 and the time flies !

The pictures shows as Shane in his not stormtroopers clothes, because Shane and his guys are in vacation ;-)

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Orange colors is WOW !! 2011. by fotogjohnh!! Photostream.seen by milions!

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2011 orange is orange here !! john hoellerich photo. fotogjohnh! out in the garden !!

Is this summer? by Frédéric

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Partial ice cover on Lower Galatea Lake at the beginning of July. Elevation: 2200 meter / 7200 feet.

️ eXploration 🌟 Reunion [La Réunion] (France) | 🌌Nature by eXploration Etoile

Réunion (French : La Réunion, previously Île Bourbon) is an island and region of France in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar and 175 kilometres (109 mi) southwest of Mauritius. As of January 2016, it had a population of 842 767. It is the most prosperous island in the Indian Ocean, having the highest GDP per capita in the region.

The island has been inhabited since the 17th century, when people from France, Madagascar and Africa settled there. Slavery was abolished on 20 December 1848 (a date celebrated yearly on the island), after which indentured workers were brought from Tamil Nadu, Southern India, among other places. The island became an overseas department of France in 1946.

As elsewhere in France, the official language is French. In addition, the majority of the region's population speaks Réunion Creole.

Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France. Like the other four overseas departments, it is also one of the 18 regions of France, with the modified status of overseas region, and an integral part of the Republic with the same status as Metropolitan France. Réunion is an outermost region of the European Union and, as an overseas department of France, part of the Eurozone.

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Scarborough is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town lies between 10-230 feet (3-70 m) above sea level, rising steeply northward and westward from the harbour onto limestone cliffs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by a rocky headland.

With a population of around 50,000 Scarborough is the largest holiday resort on the Yorkshire coast. The town has fishing and service industries, including a growing digital and creative economy, as well as being a tourist destination.

Inhabitants of the town are known as Scarborians, or as Algerinos by people in Whitby. The origin of this nickname is thought to come from a ship called the Algerino which sunk off the bay of Scarborough; the locals at Scarborough refused to assist the ship in peril and fishermen took a more dangerous route in a lifeboat from Whitby, to the coast of Ravenscar, in a successful effort to save sailors of the Algerino. In an attempt to rid the town of the embarrassing story associated with the nickname, some inhabitants proposed that Algerino was a promiscuous individual of Italian descent who is supposed to have lain with many Scarborough females whilst their partners were at war.

piper is a freecat by maureen_sill

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a cat that has been a stray in my neighborhood for three years, if i remember correctly, which everyone refers to as piper, she is very alert and pregnant often

she used to be afraid of people

i go to the woods and leave her food over winter break and in the winter in highschool, when she had kittens in my window well i used to sit in the garage and feed the babies with an eye dropper every three hours because they kept dying in the window well

three died of sickness, two lived and currently live at my old friend's house as pets, as housecats, they are at amanda's house

this cat let me pet her today, for an hour

her hairs all over my black t-shirt, on my hands

i have no idea why, i haven't been around for months, haven't seen this cat in ages

she doesn't let anyone touch her

she rubbed her head on my knees, i sat indian style next to her for twenty minutes and then laid on my back

she rubbed her head on my hands, on my arms and elbows

a human, a cat,

no level of understanding

i pet you, which is what you wanted

you amused me and made me feel gentle, which is probably what i wanted, probably all that i wanted really

i was paranoid, i thought you were going to bite me

and that is when you licked my hand, like a dog

i crack up

and watch airplanes and my new neighbors move in

take them cookies, i wanted to make them vegan but decided against it considering we are in ohio

amber echoes in my mind, "it's funny and hard to be vegetarian in a midwestern family", let alone vegan.

the new neighbors give me a weird look but in a warm way, i like them already...

their possessions are fascinating, i must admit i've been watching them move all their things into their house over the past two days

i just want to drink and play music with alex currin, him on bass or mandolin, me on guitar or mandolin, laughing and singing and playing until we're exhausted

falling asleep in hammocks

sunlight and warm breezes, i want to record music with everyone

Smalltown Southern Ontario .... Brock Street .... Uxbridge, Ontario by Greg's Southern Ontario

.... Uxbridge, is a town in south-central Ontario, Canada with a population of 11,500, it is named after Uxbridge, England. The first settlers in the area were Quakers who started arriving in 1806 from the Catawissa area of Pennsylvania. Uxbridge was incorporated into a village in 1872 and a town in 1885. Uxbridge is twinned with Catawissa, Pennsylvania in the United States, from which many of its settlers originated.

Bornean Orangutan at Smithsonian’s National Zoo Is Pregnant by Smithsonian's National Zoo

Photo Credit: Ann Batdorf, Smithsonian’s National Zoo

In this photo: Batang

For the first time in 25 years, staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo are making preparations for the highly anticipated birth of an endangered Bornean orangutan. With a breeding recommendation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan (SSP), the 19-year-old parents to be, female Batang and male Kyle, bred in January. On Feb. 2, a common human pregnancy test confirmed that Batang had successfully conceived. Earlier today, the Zoo announced Batang’s pregnancy through a broadcast via Facebook Live of her ultrasound; it will continue to provide weekly updates on Batang through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #OrangutanStory.

Zoo veterinarians have conducted bi-weekly ultrasounds since Feb. 2 and are encouraged that the ultrasounds have shown fetal growth and development, heightening hopes that Batang will give birth for the first time. They are cautiously optimistic that she will deliver a healthy baby around mid-September. However, just like any animal pregnancy, there is a possibility that miscarriage, stillbirth or a complication could occur.

“All of our perseverance and planning paid off when we confirmed Batang’s pregnancy,” said Dr. Meredith Bastian, curator of primates and member of the Orangutan SSP Steering Committee. “Watching her fetus develop over the past few months has been incredibly exciting, and we’re making every effort to ensure our efforts come to fruition.”

For the past three years, keepers have been acclimating Batang to the experiences of motherhood and training her to care for an infant. Building upon behaviors Batang has learned through routine training sessions, keepers presented her with a plush, bean-shaped pillow and an orangutan stuffed animal to simulate a baby. Keepers trained her to hold the “fake” baby upright, carry it around the enclosure and return the pillow baby to keepers through a specially designed “baby box” when asked. Should animal care staff need to evaluate a real orangutan baby’s health, this training would help staff retrieve the infant in a way that is safe and not stressful for the animals. Batang has also been trained to use a breast pump for milk collection in the event she is unable to successfully nurse.

“Training increases the likelihood that orangutan mothers will care for their infants,” said Becky Malinsky, assistant curator of primates. “This training is especially important for a first time mother, like Batang. It is our goal for the infant to be raised by her mother, learning how to be an orangutan from Batang and the other orangutans at the zoo.”

In the event that Batang is unable or unwilling to care for her infant, keepers are training females Bonnie and Iris to act as surrogate mothers. They receive similar training to Batang, but with a slight twist: keepers ask them to bring the pillow baby and present it to the keepers for bottle feedings. Batang is also trained to present the infant for bottle feedings if she is unable to nurse. As a last resort, keepers will prepare a nursery in the event it is necessary for them to hand-raise the baby with the goal of returning the infant to its mother or surrogate as soon as possible.

Native to Indonesia, orangutans live in the tropical rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. For the past seven decades, humans have cleared land that was originally orangutan territory in order to meet the growing demand for palm oil products, fast-growing pulp wood and food crops leaving orangutans in competition with one another for space, food and mates. Scientists estimate that in the past 75 years, the number of wild orangutans has decreased by 80 percent. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the Bornean orangutan as endangered and the Sumatran orangutan as critically endangered.

Visitors can see the Zoo’s six orangutans daily at the Great Ape House and the Think Tank. At the Great Ape House, visitors can meet a great ape keeper to learn about the fascinating world of apes at 11:30 a.m. daily. At Think Tank, staff and interpretive volunteers perform daily demonstrations and lead discussions on research in cognitive science, highlighting current and ongoing Zoo studies at 1:30 p.m. Visitors can also see the orangutans traveling on the O-Line on warm-weather days in the late morning and early afternoon.

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less is more by Arthur Cruz

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Dar os devidos creditos, edição e fotografia: Arthur Cruz

Giving the appropriate credits, editing and photography: Arthur Cruz

IS_DSC_0002 by Krzysztof Wawrzyniak

Edesia, Nash House - 6-8 New Street, Worcester by Elliott Brown

This is Edesia at 6-8 New Street in Worcester.

It is a coffee house in a Grade II* listed building called Nash House. Listed at 6, 7 and 7a for some reason.

WORCESTER

SO8554NW NEW STREET

620-1/17/448 (East side)

22/05/54 Nos.6, 7 AND 7A

Nash House (No.7 and 7A)

GV II*

House. 1605 for the Nash family with later additions and

alterations including those c1674 and C20 restorations. Timber

frame with plain tile roof; 3 diamond brick stacks to rear.

Close studded with jetties to each storey; panels of square

framing to rear.

EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, 3 bays with 3 gables to street. Ground

floor has renewed doors at right and left, a board and a glazed

door; 4 chamfered posts with renewed jowels and 5

column-cluster stanchions. Bressumer beams with double-ovolo

moulding (renewed in parts). Each jetty on corbel brackets.

Mainly renewed casement windows but retaining 4 small 2-light

windows to first and second floors with ovolo-moulded mullions.

INTERIOR: chamfered spine beams ogee stops to ground floor,

arch braces to ground floor. Upper stages retain square panels

of timber framing. Roof has butted and trenched purlins with

splayed scarf joints, slightly joggled and bridled.

HISTORICAL NOTE: the house was in the process of being built

when Richard Nash died in 1605. He left it to his son, John

Nash (later alderman and noted Worcester benefactor), he lived

at Nos 5 and 6 (qv) but left Nash House to his to his kinsman,

Richard Nash of Droitwich. Richard moved into the house in 1674

and made alterations, adding 2 new chimneys and coach access.

He also probably gave the house its name. John Hughes,

Alderman, purchased the house in 1689.

Nash House and Greyfriars (qv) both have a frieze of scrollwork

dragons and sheaf-like motif.

(Molyneux N, Hughes P, Price P: Vernacular Architecture Group

Spring Conference Programme: 1995-: 2.8; Hughes P: Buildings

and the Building Trade in Worcester 1540-1650: PhD thesis:

1990-: 164, 184, 440).

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Remembrance Sunday, 11 November 2018

In the United Kingdom, Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday in November, which is the Sunday nearest to 11 November, Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War at 11 a.m. on 11 November 1918. Remembrance Sunday is held to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.

Remembrance Sunday is marked by ceremonies at local war memorials in most cities, towns and villages, attended by civic dignitaries, ex-servicemen and -women, members of local armed forces regular and reserve units, military cadet forces and uniformed youth organisations. Two minutes’ silence is observed at 11 a.m. and wreaths of remembrance poppies are then laid on the memorials.

The United Kingdom national ceremony is held in London at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Wreaths are laid by principal members of the Royal Family, normally including the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of York, the Princess Royal, the Earl of Wessex and the Duke of Kent, the Prime Minister, leaders of the other major political parties, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Commonwealth High Commissioners and representatives from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force, the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets and the civilian services, and veterans’ groups.

In 2017 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, for the first time, did not lay wreaths themselves but viewed the parade from the Foreign and Commonwealth balcony. In 2018 the Queen again viewed the parade from the balcony whilst Prince Philip did not attend. Other members of the British Royal Family watched from the balcony of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

11 November 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. The President of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier laid a German wreath at the Cenotaph for the first time. Normally wreaths are only laid by British persons and organisations and Commonwealth governments. Wreaths have been laid by leaders of Commonwealth and Allied countries when they attended as guests. In 2003 the Prime Minister of Australia, in 2006 the Prime Minister of New Zealand and in 2015 the King of the Netherlands laid wreaths.

Two minutes' silence is held at 11 a.m., before the laying of the wreaths. This silence is marked by the firing of a field gun on Horse Guards Parade by the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, to begin and end the silence, followed by Royal Marines buglers sounding Last Post in Whitehall.

The parade consists mainly of an extensive march past by veterans, with military bands playing music following the list of the Traditional Music of Remembrance.

After the ceremony, a parade of veterans and other related groups, organised by the Royal British Legion, marches past the Cenotaph, each section of which lays a wreath as it passes. Only ticketed participants can take part in the march past. In 2018 this was followed by a "people's procession" of some 10,000 people who streamed past the Cenotaph in honour of the war dead.

From 1919 until the Second World War remembrance observance was always marked on 11 November itself. It was then moved to Remembrance Sunday, but since the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 1995, it has become usual to hold ceremonies on both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday.

Each year, the music at the National Ceremony of Remembrance remains the same, following a programme finalised in 1930:

Rule, Britannia! by Thomas Arne

Heart of Oak by William Boyce

The Minstrel Boy by Thomas Moore

Men of Harlech

The Skye Boat Song

Isle of Beauty by Thomas Haynes Bayly

David of the White Rock

Oft in the Stilly Night by John Stevenson

Flowers of the Forest

Nimrod from the Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar

Dido's lament by Henry Purcell

O Valiant Hearts by Charles Harris

Solemn Melody by Walford Davies

Last Post – a bugle call

Beethoven's Funeral March No. 1, by Johann Heinrich Walch

O God, Our Help in Ages Past – words by Isaac Watts, music by William Croft

Reveille – a bugle call

God Save The Queen

Other pieces of music are then played during the march past and wreath laying by veterans, starting with Trumpet Voluntary and followed by It's A Long Way To Tipperary, the marching song of the Connaught Rangers, a famous British Army Irish Regiment of long ago.

The following is complied from press reports on 11 November 2018:

“The Prince of Wales has led the nation in remembering those who gave their lives in the First World War as he laid the wreath at the Cenotaph.

For the first time ever he was joined the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, marking a historic act of reconciliation between the two nations.

The Queen watched from the balcony of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office along with the Duchess of Cambridge and Duchess of Cornwall.

Remembrance services have been taking place all over Britain and Europe, which is an hour ahead, to mark the Armistice that ended the hostilities 100 years ago.

It is estimated that nine million military personnel were killed between 28 July 1914 and 11 November 1918.

The armistice, which was signed by German and Allied generals at 5am GMT, came into effect six hours later at 11am. Every year since then the country has paused at 11am for two minutes to remember the men and women who lost their lives in the conflict.

The Palace announced this morning that the Duke of Edinburgh could not attend the service and a wreath was laid on his behalf by an equerry.

Later this evening, the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will attend a special service at Westminster Abbey, alongside Mr Steinmeier.

As part of event, two B-type buses which served as military vehicles between 1914 and 1918 - and are the last surviving models from the period - will be on The Mall. This will mark the contribution of bus drivers during the First World War and will be the first time they have appeared in an Armistice Day parade since the 1960s.

As well as the parade, civilians across the country will ring church bells in unison across the country on Sunday; it is expected that 1,700 people will take part in the event. Church bells across the UK remained restricted throughout the course of the war and only rang freely once Armistice was declared on November 11, 1918.

At that moment, bells erupted spontaneously across the country, as an outpouring of relief that four years of war had come to an end.

The French President, Emmanuel Macron, led the ceremony in Paris to mark the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day.

Around 70 world leaders were in attendance, including Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Jean-Claude Juncker, for a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe.

President Trump and his wife Melania arrived in the French capital yesterday, and were greeted at the Elysee Palace in Paris by the French President and his wife Brigitte.

The President of Germany made history today appearing at the Cenotaph.

Following the Prince of Wales who laid a wreath on behalf of the Queen, Frank Walter-Steinmeier laid a wreath at the foot of the Cenotaph and stood with his head bowed.

He is the first German dignitary invited to the Cenotaph and was watched by his wife Elke Budenbender who accompanied the Duchess of Sussex on the Foreign Office balcony.

The Queen was accompanied by the Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Cambridge although the Duke of Edinburgh was absent having retired from official duties last year.

Commemorations had begun before dawn, as beach drawings and bag pipers added to the beautiful ways the centenary has been marked around the country.

In Paris, the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and the USA joined together for a special international service.”

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She's amazing! Though INCREDIBLY difficult to photograph. So take my word for it - she's even more gorgeous in person!

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Blue burqa in Taroudant by Guido Camici

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Taroudant (Arabic: تارودانت‎) is a Moroccan city located in the Sous Valley in the southern part of the country. It is situated east from Agadir on the road to Ouarzazate and south from Marrakech. It can be easily visited as a day trip from Agadir en route to the Sahara Desert. It has the feel of a small fortified market town on some caravan route. It is also known for its local crafts like jewelry and carpets.

It is called the "Grandmother of Marrakech" because it is a scaled down, slowed down town that resembles Marrakech with its surrounding ramparts. Unlike Marrakech, Taroudant contains almost the whole city within its walls. (Ref. Wiki)

Taroudant è una città del Marocco, capoluogo della provincia omonima, nella regione di Souss-Massa-Draâ.La città è anche conosciuta come Tārūdānt o Tarudannt e soprannominata la piccola Marrakech a causa delle rosse mura che la cingono. Già importante centro carovaniero oggi possiede un grande suq e la domenica è sede di un mercato all'aperto con giocolieri, cantastorie e guaritori.

NGC 2835 (Hubble + Webb) by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

Face-on spiral galaxy, NGC 2835, is split diagonally in this image: The James Webb Space Telescope’s observations appear at top left, and the Hubble Space Telescope’s on bottom right. Webb and Hubble’s images show a striking contrast, an inverse of darkness and light. Why? Webb’s observations combine near- and mid-infrared light and Hubble’s showcase visible and ultraviolet light. Dust absorbs ultraviolet and visible light, and then re-emits it in the infrared. In Webb's images, we see dust glowing in infrared light. In Hubble’s images, dark regions are where starlight is absorbed by dust.

In Webb’s high-resolution infrared images, the gas and dust stand out in stark shades of orange and red, and show finer spiral shapes with the appearance of jagged edges, though these areas are still diffuse.

In Hubble’s images, the gas and dust show up as hazy dark brown lanes, following the same spiral shapes. Its images are about the same resolution as Webb’s, but the gas and dust obscure a lot of the smaller-scale star formation.

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Image description: Two observations of the galaxy NGC 2835 are split diagonally, with Webb’s observations at top left and Hubble’s at bottom right. The galaxy’s core is centered and the galaxy’s arms appear to rotate counterclockwise. The spiral arms appear muddled, but it is possible to pick out individual spiral arms. In Webb’s image, the spiral arms are composed of many filaments in shades of orange, with prominent dark gray or black “bubbles,” and the core is bright blue. In Hubble’s image, the spiral arms are a mix of bright blue star clusters and dark brown dust lanes, and the core is a pale yellow.

Durga Puja by দেবর্ষি রায়

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Wolf Village 15.1 by Ragnar Thorirsson

One month later, Chase is riding in a hover copter.

Pilot: Are you sure you wish to keep going? We are about to enter the forbidden sector.

Chase: Yes, Keep going.

Pilot: Sure thing.

After a few minutes above the lost city the pilot keeps the hover copter stable despite the instruments going crazy.

Pilot: You'll have to jump out soon. *Opens the cargo door*

Chase: Thank you.

Pilot: Anything for a fellow Spec Ops, even if you are retired. I don't blame you; you've been through a lot.

Chase jumps out of the hover copter and catches onto a building with his right hand. The hover copter flies away. The wall falls and he lands on his back. He stands up looking around. Chase walks around for a bit and decides to climb up to a balcony. Sven looks at Chase.

Sven: Can I help you?

Chase: What happened here?

Sven: This used to be a safe haven. Until the warriors stopped coming around.

Chase: Damn. What no windows?

Sven: Yea I'm one of the very few who stand up to the gang. The windows were damaged from the gang violence. It's only an inconvenience in the winter.

Chase: *Looks at Svens chest tattoo* Rise, Rebel, Resist?

Sven: Rise up once you are knocked down. Rebel against the oppression. Resist the urge to become a cold-blooded killer. *Hears the gang attack one of the helpless villagers* Well it's been fun meeting you, but i got a job to do.

Sven jumps past Chase and starts to run towards the villager. Chase sighs and decides to follow Sven. Sven arrives seeing the gang and the leader, who is wielding Lyra's sword. The gang attacks Sven at once. By the time Chase arrives, Sven is on his back and about to be impaled by Lyra's Sword. Chase jumps up and punches the ground sending all 5 gang members into the air. 4 are killed when they land on sharp rocks and exposed metal. The leader limps away, leaving the sword on the ground. Chase extends his left arm out to help Sven up. Sven grabs Chase's hand with his right hand. His eyes turn to red, from green, as he is getting to his feet.

Sven: Thanks.

Chase: My name is Chase.

Sven: I'm Sven.

Chase: What was this about Warriors?

Sven: *points to the wall* That wall is a tower, that the Warriors stay at. They are the peacekeepers, or were, till they stopped coming around.

"Is This Bit Important?" - Custom 6" Sad Mecha Bear by Cris Rose

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Because of the bad press when a white model went berserk (due to bad programming), the entire range of personality research droids were recalled and the line canceled. However, not all were accounted for.

A brave scientist decided that he would try to solve the problem using damaged units he reclaimed from a laboratory in secret. His first rebuild attempt, a red unit, was purged of all inclinations to harm people... however this caused the side of having a terrible obsession with ripping parts off himself in secret, then coming to ask "Is this bit important?"

Back to the drawing board...

Aeroporto Internazionale di Keflavík by Raffaele Nicolussi

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Is He Dead? by Sean Duggan

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"Is He Dead?" Taken in April 2003 during the first weeks of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. A bunker buster bomb with Saddam's name on it had just annihilated a house in an upscale residential Baghdad neighborhood. (pinhole photograph)

India - Ellora Caves - Cave 15 - 057 by Manfred Sommer

Ellora (\e-ˈlȯr-ə\, Marathi: वेरूळ Vērūḷa), is an archaeological site, 29 km North-West of the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra built by the Rashtrakuta dynasty. It is also known as Elapura (in the Rashtrakuta literature-Kannada). Well known for its monumental caves, Ellora is a World Heritage Site. Ellora represents the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture. The 34 "caves" are actually structures excavated out of the vertical face of the Charanandri hills. Buddhist, Hindu and Jain rock-cut temples and viharas and mathas were built between the 5th century and 10th century. The 12 Buddhist (caves 1–12), 17 Hindu (caves 13–29) and 5 Jain (caves 30–34) caves, built in proximity, demonstrate the religious harmony prevalent during this period of Indian history. It is a protected monument under the Archaeological Survey of India.

ETYMOLOGY

Ellora, also called Verula or Elura, is the cave form of the Ancient name Elapura.

HISTORY

Ellora is known for Hindu, Buddhist and Jain cave temples built during (6th and 9th centuries) the rule of the Kalachuri, Chalukya and Rashtrakuta dynasties. The Jagannatha Sabha a group of five Jain cave temples of 9th century built by Rashtrakuta.

THE BUDDHIST CAVES

These caves were built during the 5th-7th century. It was initially thought that the Buddhist caves were one of the earliest structures, created between the fifth and eighth centuries, with caves 1-5 in the first phase (400-600) and 6-12 in the later phase (mid 7th-mid 8th), but now it is clear to the modern scholars that some of the Hindu caves (27,29,21,28,19,26,20,17 and 14) precede these caves.[citation needed] The earliest Buddhist cave is Cave 6, followed by 5,2,3,5 (right wing), 4,7,8,10 and 9. Caves 11 and 12 were the last. All the Buddhist caves were constructed between 630-700.

These structures consist mostly of viharas or monasteries: large, multi-storeyed buildings carved into the mountain face, including living quarters, sleeping quarters, kitchens, and other rooms. Some of these monastery caves have shrines including carvings of Gautama Buddha, bodhisattvas and saints. In many of these caves, sculptors have endeavoured to give the stone the look of wood.

Most famous of the Buddhist caves is cave 10, (refer map) a chaitya hall (chandrashala) or 'Vishvakarma cave', popularly known as the 'Carpenter's Cave'. Beyond its multi-storeyed entry is a cathedral-like stupa hall also known as chaitya, whose ceiling has been carved to give the impression of wooden beams. At the heart of this cave is a 15-foot statue of Buddha seated in a preaching pose. Amongst other Buddhist caves, all of the first nine (caves 1–9) are monasteries. The last two caves, Do Tal (cave 11) and Tin Tal (cave 12) have three stories.

CAVE 10

Cave 10 is a vihara with eight cells, four in the back wall and four in the right wall. It had a portico in the front with a cell. Possibly served as a granary for other viharas.

THE VISHWAKARMA

The Vishwakarma (Cave 10) is the only chaitya griha amongst the Buddhist group of caves. It is locally known as Vishwakarma or Sutar ka jhopda "carpenter's hut". It follows the pattern of construction of Caves 19 and 26 of Ajanta. On stylistic grounds, the date of construction of this cave is assigned to 700 A.D. The chaitya once had a high screen wall, which is ruined at present. At the front is a rock-cut court, which is entered through a flight of steps. On either side are pillared porticos with chambers in their back walls. These were probably intended to have subsidiary shrines but not completed. The pillared verandah of the chaitya has a small shrine at either end and a single cell in the far end of the back wall. The corridor columns have massive squarish shafts and ghata-pallava (vase and foliage) capitals. The main hall is apsidal on plan and is divided into a central nave and side aisles by 28 octagonal columns with plain bracket capitals. In the apsidal end of the chaitya hall is a stupa on the face of which a colossal 3.30 m high seated Buddha in vyakhyana mudra (teaching posture) is carved. A large Bodhi tree is carved at the back. The hall has a vaulted roof in which ribs have been carved in the rock imitating the wooden ones.

THE HINDU CAVES

The Hindu caves were constructed between the middle of sixth century to the end of the eighth century. The early caves (caves 17–29) were constructed during the Kalachuri period. The work first commenced in Caves 28, 27 and 19. These were followed by two most impressive caves constructed in the early phase - Caves 29 and 21. Along with these two, work was underway at Caves 20 and 26, and slightly later at Caves 17, 19 and 28. The caves 14, 15 and 16 were constructed during the Rashtrakuta period. The work began in Caves 14 and 15 and culminated in Cave 16. All these structures represent a different style of creative vision and execution skills. Some were of such complexity that they required several generations of planning and co-ordination to complete.

THE KAILASANATHA TEMPLE

Cave 16, also known as the Kailasa temple, is the unrivaled centerpiece of Ellora. This is designed to recall Mount Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva – looks like a freestanding, multi-storeyed temple complex, but it was carved out of one single rock, and covers an area double the size of Parthenon in Athens. Initially the temple was covered with white plaster thus even more increasing the similarity to snow-covered Mount Kailash.

All the carvings are done in more than one level. A two-storeyed gateway resembling a South Indian Gopura opens to reveal a U-shaped courtyard. The courtyard is edged by columned galleries three storeys high. The galleries are punctuated by huge sculpted panels, and alcoves containing enormous sculptures of a variety of deities. Originally flying bridges of stone connected these galleries to central temple structures, but these have fallen.

Within the courtyard are three structures. As is traditional in Shiva temples, the first is a large image of the sacred bull Nandi in front of the central temple. The central temple - Nandi Mantapa or Mandapa - houses the Lingam. The Nandi Mandapa stands on 16 pillars and is 29.3 m high. The base of the Nandi Mandapa has been carved to suggest that life-sized elephants are holding the structure aloft. A living rock bridge connects the Nandi Mandapa to the Shiva temple behind it. The temple itself is a tall pyramidal structure reminiscent of a South Indian Dravidian temple. The shrine – complete with pillars, windows, inner and outer rooms, gathering halls, and an enormous lingam at its heart – carved from living stone, is carved with niches, pilasters, windows as well as images of deities, mithunas (erotic male and female figures) and other figures. Most of the deities at the left of the entrance are Shaivaite (followers of Shiva) while on the right hand side the deities are Vaishnavaites (followers of Vishnu). There are two Dhvajastambhas (pillars with the flagstaff) in the courtyard. The grand sculpture of Ravana attempting to lift Mount Kailasa, the abode of Lord Shiva, with his full might is a landmark in Indian art. The construction of this cave was a feat of human genius – it entailed the removal of 200,000 tonnes of rock, and took 100 years to complete.

The temple is a splendid achievement of Rashtrakuta Karnata architecture. This project was started by Krishna I (757–773) of the Rashtrakuta dynasty that ruled from Manyakheta in present day Karnataka state. His rule had also spread to southern India, hence this temple was excavated in the prevailing style. Its builders modelled it on the lines of the Virupaksha Temple in Pattadakal. Being a south Indian style temple, it does not have a shikhara common to north Indian temples. – The Guide to the Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent, 1996, Takeo Kamiya, Japan Architects Academy and archaeological Survey of India.

THE DASHAVATARA

The Dashavatara (Cave 15) was begun as a Buddhist monastery. It has an open court with a free-standing monolithic mandapa at the middle and a two-storeyed excavated temple at the rear. The layout of the temple is closely related to caves 11 and 12. Large sculptural panels between the wall columns on the upper floor illustrate a wide range of themes, which include the ten avatars of Vishnu. An inscription of grant of Dantidurga is found on the back wall of the front mandapa. According to Coomaraswamy, the finest relief of this cave is the one depicting the death of Hiranyakashipu, where Vishnu in man-lion (Narasimha) form, emerges from a pillar to lay a fatal hand upon the shoulder of Hiranyakashipu.

OTHER HINDU CAVES

CAVE 21

Other notable Hindu caves are the Rameshvara (Cave 21), which has figurines of river goddesses Ganga and Yamuna at the entrance and the Dhumar Lena (Cave 29) whose design is similar to the cave temple on Elephanta Island near Mumbai. Two other caves, the Ravan ki Khai (Cave 14) and the Nilkantha (Cave 22) also have several sculptures. The rest of the Hindu caves, which include the Kumbharvada (Cave 25) and the Gopilena (Cave 27) have no significant sculptures.

The five Jain caves at Ellora belong to the ninth and tenth centuries. They all belong to the Digambara sect. Jain caves reveal specific dimensions of Jain philosophy and tradition. They reflect a strict sense of asceticism – they are not relatively large as compared to others, but they present exceptionally detailed art works. The most remarkable Jain shrines are the Chhota Kailash (cave 30), the Indra Sabha (cave 32) and the Jagannath Sabha (cave 33). Cave 31 is an unfinished four-pillared hall and a shrine. Cave 34 is a small cave, which can be approached through an opening on the left side of Cave 33. Amongst other devotional carvings, a place called samvatsarana can be found in Elora caves. Samvatsarana is of special interest to Jains, as it is a hall where the tirthankara preaches after attaining omniscience.

THE INDRA SABHA

The Indra Sabha (Cave 32) is a two storeyed cave with one more monolithic shrine in its court. It has a very fine carving of the lotus flower on the ceiling. It got the appellation "Indra Sabha" probably it is significantly ornate and also because of the sculpture of the yaksha (dedicated attendant deity) Matanga on an elephant, which was wrongly identified as that of Indra. On the upper level of the double-storied shrine excavated at the rear of the court, an U image of Ambika, the yakshini of Neminath, is found seated on her lion under a mango tree, laden with fruits.

OTHER JAIN CAVES

All other Jain caves are also characterized by intricate detailing. Many of the structures had rich paintings in the ceilings - fragments of which are still visible.

GEOLOGY OF ELLORA

Ellora occupies a relatively flat region of the Western Ghats. Ancient volcanic activity in this area created many layered basalt formations, known as Deccan Traps. During the Cretaceous, one such volcanic hill formed on the southwest-facing side of Ellora. Its vertical face made access to many layers of rock formations easier, enabling architects to pick basalt with finer grains for more detailed sculpting.

INSCRIPTIONS AT ELLORA

Several inscriptions at Ellora range from 6th century to 15th century. The best known of them is an inscription of Rashtrakuta Dantidurga (c. 753-57 A.D.) on the back wall of the front mandapa of Cave 15, which gives an account of his conquests. Inscriptions on the Kailash temple itself range from 9th to 15th century. Jain cave Jagannatha Sabha has 3 inscriptions that give the names of monks and donors. A Parshvanth temple on the hill has a 11th-century inscription that gives the name of the donor from Vardhanapura.

The Great Kailasa (Cave 16) is attributed to Krishna I (c. 757-83 A.D.), the successor and uncle of Dantidurga. A copper plate grant by Karka II (c. 812-13 A.D.) narrates that a great edifice was built on a hill by Krishnaraja at Elapura (Ellora).

The Ellora caves, unlike Ajanta, were never lost. There have been several written records that indicate that these caves were visited regularly. The earliest is that of the Arab geographer Al-Mas‘udi of the 10th century A.D. In 1352 A.D. Sultan Hasan Gangu Bahmani, who camped at the site and visited the caves. The others are by Firishta, Thevenot (1633–67), Niccolao Manucci (1653-1708), Charles Warre Malet (1794), and Seely (1824)

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Eden Camp Modern History Museum, Malton, North Yorkshire, England. by PHOTOGRAPHY by DM & DBM.

Eden Camp Modern History Museum is a large Second World War-related museum near Malton in North Yorkshire in England.

It occupies a former Second World War prisoner-of-war camp of 33 huts. After the prisoners left, the camp was used for storage and then abandoned. Its grounds then became overgrown. As the museum was being set up, much clearing, as well as repair and renovation of the buildings, was required.

One of its buildings contains three human torpedoes and a "Sleeping Beauty" Motorised Submersible Canoe.The museum has fully restored a Super Sherman (M50) to its original working classic, amongst many other military vehicles which are now on display in the Heritage Hall - a new purpose built events & exhibition centre.

The museum also has a reproduction V1.

Original Use

Early 1942: The War Office identified and requisitioned the site from Fitzwilliam Estates. Tents were established inside a barbed wire enclosure.

Mid-1943: By then a permanent camp was completed and the first Italian prisoners of war were moved in.

End of 1943: By then the Italian prisoners of war were moved out.

Early 1944: The camp provided accommodation for Polish forces amassed in the North Yorkshire area in preparation for an invasion of Europe.

Mid-1944: By then the first German prisoners of war arrived at Eden Camp.

Early 1949: The last German prisoner of war left the camp.

1950 to 1955: Eden Camp was used as an agricultural holiday camp where guests paid for board and lodgings to work on local farms. School children stayed at Eden Camp during school holidays to learn more about the countryside and agriculture. 1952: It was used as a Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries depot.

1955: The site was returned to Fitzwilliam Estates who leased it to Headley Wise and Sons who owned Malton Minerals. The huts were used for drying and storing grain and rearing pheasants on grain.

1985: Stan Johnson bought the site intending to set up a potato crisp factory. But three Italian ex-Eden Camp prisoners of war approached him seeking permission to look around the camp, and thus the idea of preserving the camp and opening it as a museum was born. By then the site had become severely overgrown with wild vegetation, which had to be cleared.

Museum Use

21 March 1987: Eden Camp Museum opened to the public. It is billed as the world's first Modern History Theme Museum and ten huts were used for display.

1990: Hut 24, the first of a series of five huts designated to display the military and political events worldwide between 1919 and 1945, opened.

1992: Eden Camp won the Yorkshire Tourist Board's 'Visitor Attraction of the Year' and came second in the England for Excellence English Tourist Board's Awards for Tourism.

1995: The last remaining empty hut opened and was dedicated to coincide with the 50th Anniversary VE Day celebrations. The museum also won its second Yorkshire Tourist Board 'Tourism for All' award.

1996: It won the award again.

1998: Eden Camp won the Yorkshire Tourist Board's 'Visitor Attraction of the Year' award.

1999: Hut 13 opened to cover military conflicts which British Commonwealth forces have been involved in since the end of the Second World War up to the present day.

2000: Hut 11 opened to include the events of the First World War.

2001: Eden Camp was voted runner up attraction to the London Eye by the readers of Group Travel Organiser magazine.

8 November 2002: Prince Philip visited the museum.

2002: Start of refurbishment of Hut 10, which now houses a comprehensive collection of P.O.W artefacts

2006: Medal Room set up.

2009: Completion of redevelopment of Hut 22, Forces Reunion, where hundreds of photos of personnel can be seen.

2021: Eden Camp announce redevelopment of Hut 5's Blitz Experience, by Technically Creative.

2022: Following closures during the pandemic, the museum invested approximately a quarter of a million pounds into refurbishing in the camp. New rooves, doors and windows were installed on the 80 year old building, the front of site was re-landscaped, and the museum launched its Green Policy with an aim to become Carbon Neutral by 2030. Multiple wild flower sites were sewn across the site, and a new toilet block with self sufficient solar panels was erected. In addition the Museum replaced the Diesel Generator with a new electricity cable reducing the annual carbon footprint by over 77%!

April 2022: The new BLITZ EXPERIENCE was launched, creating a interactive and fully immersive experience by using historic artefacts and modern technology. The new Heritage Hall was also launched to house the restored military vehicles on site. This Hall also doubles as a wedding and events space available to hire. It is complete with stage, bar and full AV equipment.

January 2023: Eden Camp has acquired its ceremony license to hold Wedding ceremonies as well as receptions from

January 2023. There are multiple huts available under the license and all packages are bespoke to each booking.

Malton is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town has a population measured for both the civil parish and the electoral ward at the 2011 Census as 4,888.

The town is located to the north of the River Derwent which forms the historic boundary between the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire.

Until 2023 the town was part of the Ryedale district and was the location of the headquarters of the district council.

Facing Malton on the other side of the Derwent is Norton. The Karro Food Group (formerly known as Malton Bacon Factory), Malton bus station and Malton railway station are located in Norton-on-Derwent.

Malton is the local area's commercial and retail centre. In the town centre there are small traditional independent shops and high street names. The market place has recently become a meeting area with a number of coffee bars and cafés opening all day to complement the public houses.

Malton has been described as "the food capital of Yorkshire", and was voted one of the best places to live in Britain by The Sunday Times in both the 2017 and 2018 lists.

Malton was named the dog-friendliest town in the UK at the annual Dog Friendly Awards, in association with the Kennel Club in 2018/19. In 2020 Malton was named as one of the most dog-friendly staycation spots in the UK and the best in Yorkshire.

A seven foot long british oak canoe was found on the farm of Mr Hebden Flowers of South Holme in 1869. The relic was taken to Malton, being intended for the Yorkshire Philosophical Society's museum.

The earliest established building at Malton comes from the late first century AD when a Roman auxiliary fort was established, probably c. 71 AD under the governor Petilius Cerialis around the same time as Eboracum, although it has been suggested that both sites may be slightly earlier. The site was established on the north bank of the River Derwent. A large civilian settlement developed opposite the fort, on the south of the river at Norton. A single Roman cavalry unit, the Ala Gallorum Picentiana is recorded from the site.Derventio the romans left in 429AD when the empire collapsed

The site remained occupied (and subject to continued development) throughout the four centuries of Roman occupation in Britain, particularly in the Trajanic, Severan, Constantian and Theodosian periods and is notable for the manufacture of jet jewellery at the site as well as a single unique inscription identifying a goldsmith shop.

There was some form of settlement in New Malton by 1138 and Old Malton was probably also founded in the 1100s; a Gilbertine monastery was built between 1147 and 1154 in Old Malton, while the monastic church was probably built around 1180. The first reference to a market in New Malton was in a 1283 document, indicating that craftsmen and others, such as butchers, were selling their wares.

Earlier, in the 11th century, a wooden Norman castle, Malton Castle, was built in what is now Castle Garden. This was rebuilt in stone by Eustace de Vescy (1169-1216) by the time Richard the Lionheart visited the castle in 1189. Other visitors included Edward II, in 1307 and Robert the Bruce in 1322. The great house subsequently became ruined.

The castle site was inherited by Lord William Eure (c. 1483–1548) in 1544, when he was also made a baron.[note 1] In 1569 Ralph Eure built a new house on the castle site and in 1602, the house was rebuilt in much grander style. This was a spectacular property and it was described by the diarist and gunpowder plotter Sir Henry Slingsby as the rival of many other great houses, including that at Audley End.

The house was subsequently demolished in 1674 and the stones divided between two sisters, Mary (who married into the Palmes family) and Margaret Eure. (The site is now Castle Garden.) They had quarrelled over their inheritance and the demolition was the settlement ordered by Sheriff Henry Marwood. The Old Lodge Hotel is the remaining fragment of the original Jacobean "prodigy house" and its size hints at the grandeur of the complete structure.

According to contemporary archives, during the 18th century attention was paid to improving the facilities for traders in Malton, in particular for the numerous butchers.

Malton Town Hall was first used as a butter market, butter being the main marketable product for many farmers of the day. The town hall was extended and changed at various intervals over the years.

The town's Shambles, currently opposite Malton Town Hall, used to be located on the north side of St Michael's Church, which still stands in the centre of the Market Place. The Talbot Hotel, still standing and renovated, dates back to the early 17th century and may contain remnants of the medieval town wall. It was initially used as a hunting lodge and became an inn in 1740; it was also a coach stop. The property, with its associated buildings in Talbot Yard, is now Grade II listed. In the Victorian era, it was known as Kimberley's Hotel.

A sure sign of a town 'up and coming' was the advertisement of a 'light coach, setting out from Leeds to Scarborough returning to Malton to dine.'

In the last year of the 18th century, there was a famine in the area, and a soup kitchen was set up in a brew house in the town. The Earl Fitzwilliam of the time subscribed to a fund, which helped provide 'good strong soup' for the hungry poor.

In 1801 the population of Old and New Malton numbered 3,788. The workhouse contained 15 elderly people and 17 children.

In 1809 Malton's Talbot Hotel was extended and modernised with a third floor being added and new stables being constructed across the road from the hotel.

The town's Assembly Rooms were opened in 1814, a place in which 'polite society' could mingle. An 1833 Gazeteer stated that New Malton did a great deal of trade in coal, corn, butter, etc. There were two churches, four meeting houses for "dissenters", a free school and a national school. A bridge connected this town to Old Malton. Several schools or academies were operating by the 1820s, on a fee basis.

According to the 1840 edition of White’s Gazetteer, Malton's "town and suburbs have much improved during the last twenty years, by the erection of houses; and gas works were constructed in 1832." The streets of Malton were lit with gas for the first time on 12 November 1832; the first electric light was lit in 1893, powered by a dynamo, in a single location. By 1867, the Malton Waterworks was supplying residents with water.

By 1835, medical care was being provided at The Dispensary on Saville Street; this was a predecessor of the Malton Cottage Hospital which would not open until August 1905, funded by donations and a subscription. As late as 1841, dental care was provided by barbers; a Mr. Moseley was a prominent "surgeon-dentist".

Newspapers were well established in 1855, when the tax on newspapers was repealed. The Malton Messenger and The Malton & Norton Gazette were both weekly publications.

In 1856, the town was policed by the North Riding, with four men and a superintendent. Thomas Wilson was the Chief Police Officer. The Malton Town Gaol had been opened decades earlier. Work on new police house started in October 1893. By 1881, the Malton Fire Brigade, was operating with a steam engine.

In 1881, the population of Old and New Malton totalled 8,750 persons. Newer industries in New Malton included iron and brass foundries.

The development of the local railway network flourished during the mid-1800s – the York to Scarborough railway opened in 1845 and the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway opened in 1853. The Malton railway station is now Grade II listed (since 1986).

During the early 1900s, electricity was installed in much of the town. Before the Second World War, several buildings were erected, including the Court House, Cottage Hospital and Police Station. The town was bombed during the war.

The navigation capacity on the Derwent was one of the earliest in Britain to be significantly improved around 1725, enabling extensive barge traffic to transport goods and produce.

The navigation continued to compete with the railway, having been extended as far as Yedingham after 1810. The river's use as a highway declined only after it was bought by the Railway itself and cheaper coal began to arrive by rail, while river maintenance was deliberately neglected.

In Medieval times, Malton was briefly a parliamentary borough in the 13th century, and again from 1640 to 1885; the borough was sometimes referred to as 'New Malton'. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1868, among them the political philosopher Edmund Burke, and by one member from 1868 to 1885.

North Yorkshire Council is the local authority.

The current Member of Parliament for Thirsk and Malton (since 2015) is Kevin Hollinrake of the Conservative Party.

The Fitzwilliam family has been important in the history of Malton for centuries, and its descendants, as the Fitzwilliam Malton Estate, own much of the commercial area in and around the town. In 1713 The Hon Thomas Watson-Wentworth (father of the 1st Earl of Malton and Marquess of Rockingham) purchased the Manor of Malton, beginning a long association between the town and the Wentworth, Watson-Wentworth, Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, and Naylor-Leyland families. A book detailing the history since 1713 was published in 2013, written by Norman Maitland, entitled 300 years of continuity and change: families and business in Malton from the 18th century to the present.

Attractions in modern Malton include the signposted remains of the Roman fort at 'Orchard Fields', and Malton Priory a Gilbertine priory. Eden Camp, a military themed museum, is located just outside the town. Malton Museum is located at the Subscription Rooms in Yorkersgate. The town has an independent cinema (The Palace Cinema), which also houses a shopping mall, a theatre (The Milton Rooms) and independent retailers, high street shops, cafés, public houses and restaurants. Malton’s independent microbrewery, Brass Castle Brewery, hosts an annual spring 'BEERTOWN' festival at the town's Milton Rooms. Brass Castle brew their full range of vegan and gluten-free beers in the centre of Malton, including the 2015 UK Supreme Champion Cask Beer: ‘Burnout’. A second microbrewery company in the town is Malton Brewery, which is known for a Yorkshire Pudding Beer produced at Cropton Brewery. Malton Brewery itself is one of Britain’s smallest, located in a listed building at Navigation Wharf.

Both towns are known in connection with Charles Dickens, who made regular visits to the area to see his friend Charles Smithson. Dickens did not write A Christmas Carol while staying in Malton, but was inspired by some of the buildings in the town. There have been recent revivals of Dickens-related festivals. Malton and the neighbouring village of Old Malton provide the settings for the collection of stories told in the book, All is Bright - A Yorkshire Lad's Christmas by Dave Preston.

In September 2013 Ryedale District Council issued their Local Plan Strategy. The current Local Plan, produced in September 2013, supports Malton (together with Norton, its twin town on the south side of the river Derwent) as Ryedale District's Principal Town. The Local Plan sees Malton's historic town centre as the thriving and attractive cultural and economic heart of the area. During the Plan's period until 2027, Malton and Norton will be the focus for the majority of any new development and growth including new housing, employment and retail units. The Local Plan establishes a level of housebuilding of 200 units per annum for the whole district in order to deliver at least 3,000 (net) new homes over the period of 2012 to 2027. Approximately 50% of the planned supply – around 1,500 new homes - will be directed to Malton and Norton. A further plan for employment land is proposed for Malton. Of the 37 hectares of employment land required to meet the needs of the district until 2027, approximately 80% will be allocated towards Malton and Norton. For retail development the plan reflects Malton's role as the main retail centre serving Ryedale, and will direct most new retail and other town centre uses to Malton in order to support and promote its role as a shopping, employment, leisure and cultural centre for Ryedale.

Malton holds a market every Saturday, and a farmers' market once every month. The town has a war memorial and several historical churches (Norton-on-Derwent also holds large church buildings). The town is served by Malton railway station. The livestock market, currently situated on the edge of the town centre will be relocated to a site close to Eden Camp once construction work there is complete.

Malton is the middle-ground between York, Pickering (access to the North York Moors and also a terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway), Scarborough, Filey and Whitby. The route of The White Rose Way, a long-distance walk from Leeds to Scarborough, North Yorkshire also passes through Malton.

Malton and Norton are significant for their horse racing connections and have a number of training stables in the vicinity. The Malton Stables Open Day, held in August 2013, showcased 19 trainer stables. Writer Norman Maitland describes the history of horse racing as "being in the blood in this part of Yorkshire for generations..." with meetings being advertised as early as 1692. The Malton Races were run on Langton Wolds, between 1692 and 1861.

Malton is also used to flooding, with notable floods in 1999, 2000, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021.

The 'We Love Malton' campaign was launched in March 2009. It aimed to reinvigorate the town of Malton as a 'Food Lovers' destination and raise its appeal with both residents and tourists. The 2015 festival included special guest chef Rosemary Shrager. The Festival for 2018 took place on 27 and 28 May. A harvest festival was also scheduled for 8 September. By 2017, the town was considered to be the food capital of Yorkshire. Malton is also well located for visiting the North York Moors and the seaside towns of Whitby, Scarborough and Bridlington.

Formed in 2011, Malton CIC benefits the area with donations to local organisations, including Ryedale Book Festival. The CIC also finances and provides two hours free parking in Malton's Market Place. It helps organise and fund Malton Food Lovers Festival and the Malton Monthly Food Markets.

Malton's churches include St Michael's Anglican church and Ss Leonard & Mary Catholic church. Preliminary work has commenced at the Methodist Wesley Centre which aims to repurpose the centre for use as a community hub alongside its purpose as a place of worship.

There are two secondary schools in Malton and Norton, Malton School, founded in 1547, and Norton College. Primary education is provided by St Mary's RC Primary School, Norton Community Primary School and Malton Community Primary School. The nearest independent school is Terrington Hall Prep School.

Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire. Television signals are received from either the Emley Moor or Oliver's Mount TV transmitters. BBC North East and Cumbria and ITV Tyne Tees is also received in the town from the Bilsdale TV transmitter.

Malton's local radio stations are BBC Radio York, Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire, Capital Yorkshire and Coast & County Radio.

The local newspapers that cover the town are The York Press and Gazette & Herald.

As with the rest of the British Isles and Yorkshire, Malton possesses a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. The nearest Met Office weather station for which records are available is High Mowthorpe, about 6 miles (10 km) east of the town centre. Due to its lower elevation, the town centre is likely to be marginally warmer than High Mowthorpe throughout the year.

Malton railway station is a stop on the York-Scarborough line. TransPennine Express operates hourly trains in each direction between Scarborough and York; alternate services continue on to Leeds and Manchester Piccadilly. With a change at York, it is possible to reach London Kings Cross in around two and a half hours; a journey to Leeds takes around 50 minutes.

There are long-term aspirations to reopen the former railway between Malton and Pickering; this would provide services to Whitby over a distance of 32 miles (51 km).

Malton is bypassed by the A64, which runs between Leeds, York and Scarborough; there is a junction at the A169 to Pickering and Whitby.

Malton's main bus routes are run by Yorkshire Coastliner, a division of the Transdev Blazefield bus group; services link the town with Leeds, York, Whitby and Scarborough. Ryedale Community Transport operate regular services to Pickering, Castle Howard and Hovingham.

Notable people from Malton

Alan Brown – racing driver

Edmund Carter – cricketer

Adrian Dalby – cricketer

Brian Dutton – English professional football coach and former player

Simon Dyson – golfer

Terry Dyson – professional football player

Tim Easterby – racehorse trainer. Easterby's training stables Habton Grange are near Malton

Edgar Firth – cricketer

Scott Garnham – actor

Charles Hall – New Zealand politician

Francis Jackson – organist and composer

Richard Leonard MSP – Leader of the Scottish Labour Party (2017-2021)

James Martin – TV chef

Leo Sheffield – singer and actor

Jon Sleightholme – former England Rugby Union international

John Smith – author of Fruits and Farinacea and Principles and Practice of Vegetarian Cookery, an ovo-lacto vegetarian cookbook.

Ryan Swain – TV & Radio Presenter & DJ

Alfred Tinsley – cricketer

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Tonight is improv regionals so I'm wearing my improv team T-shirt :) They were designed by my friend Freddie & printed on American Apparel t-shirts.

Black "imp/ro/v" shirt

Purple velvet blazer - thrifted

Black leather bag - H&M

Green pleated miniskirt - thrifted

Black leggings - H&M

Black rubber boots - Michael Kors

Green bracelet - gift

USAF Field Jacket / 91st Bombardment Wing (H) by Wing attack Plan R

This is the late 50's - early 60's style, OG-107 version USAF Field jacket with the big round collar that the hood rolled up in to. With the heavy liner, (dated 1963), it feels more like a parka. If you were stationed at Glasgow AFB you would definitely have NEEDED one of these.

The 91st B.W. (H) replaced the 4141st Strategic wing at Glasgow AFB in February, 1963. Deployed to S.E. Asia September 1966 to March 1967, being integrated into SAC's Arc Light force. After being deployed to Kadena AFB during the USS Pueblo crisis, Glasgow AFB was closed 30 June, 1968.

Judging from Google earth, and some great photos posted on Flickr, the former AFB appears in surprisingly good condition considering how long ago it was abandoned. I know Boeing owns the Runway and probably all of the hanger area. The Alert "Christmas Tree" and the "Molehole" are still very prominent when viewed from above. I hope to make the 260 mile, (one way), trip there sometime in 2015 and view the place myself. I would imagine Boeing has much of the place off-limits, but I would really like to get some photos. It is what you would have called a "Remote Assignment".

Also assigned to GAFB was the F-101 B/F Voodoo equipped 13th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.

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