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Kunstenaar: Jan Rosseels
Het kunstwerk is een van de recentste beelden in Leuven.
Het gaat terug op het Leuvens begrip 'kamerood sesteg', waarvan niemand de precieze betekenis nog kent. Vaak wordt gezegd dat het stamt uit het middeleeuwse schuttersleven. De schuttersverenigingen mochten maximaal 60 leden tellen. Telkens een lid overleed, mocht een 'bleuke' de gilde betreden: het 60ste lid of de kamerood 60 dus. De uitdrukking wordt nog gebruikt om een nieuweling aan te duiden met neerbuigende sympathie.
Het begrip werd gretig overgenomen door de Leuvense Mannen van '60. Die gaven Jan Rosseels de opdracht er een standbeeld aan te wijden. Ze schonken het aan de stad in 2000, toen ze allemaal 40 werden. De schepper liet het beeld blaken van de symboliek met een eeuwig jonge man vol levenslust. De vinger aan de neus duidt op een wijsneus. De wereldbol die aan zijn voeten ligt, staat symbool voor illusie, de baby voor nieuw leven, de slak voor trage vordering naar het oud worden en de rijpere man met een ruiker bloemen voor 'graag de bloemetjes buiten zetten'. (bron : leuven.be)
Artist: Jan Rosseels
The artwork is one of the latest sculptures in Leuven.
It goes back to the Leuven concept kamerood sesteg ', which nobody yet knows the precise meaning. It is often said that it stems from the medieval archer life. The gunman associations had an maximuml of 60 members. Whenever a death occured, a 'bleuke' could enter the guild: the 60th member or kamerood 60 . The term is still used to refer to a newcomer with condescending sympathy.
The concept was eagerly taken up by the Leuven Men of '60. Who gave the order to Rosseels January to dedicate a statue. They gave it to the city in 2000 when they all becamel 40. The creator did exude the image full of symbolism of an eternally young man full of life. The finger on the nose indicates a smartass. The globe is at his feet, symbolizes illusion, the baby's new life, the snail for slow progress towards the old and the mature man with a bouquet of flowers "like the town red '. (Source: leuven.be)
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This is a photograph from the East of Ireland Marathon Series Mid-Week Winter League Series 2014 which was held at Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland on Wednesday 22nd January 2014 at 09:00. There was about 25 participants in this event which was held in very windy but bright and clear conditions along the coastline of Clontarf. This is a looped course with participants heading northwards on the outward part of the loop and then returning to the race start/finish area. Approximate location of the race start/finish here on Google Maps [goo.gl/maps/oTbER]
There are some other photographs from today's event included in the Flickr set here [http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157640033269436]
This race event was part of the East of Ireland Marathon Series. The East Of Ireland Marathon Series aims to make marathons affordable and convienient for the runners of Ireland. The serires organisers aim to promote marathon running and to make the process as stress free and enjoyable as possible. All courses are measured to full AAI standards and have a minimum of 10 Entrants. The marathons are self sufficent to a degree although there are limited supplies of water available on the day of the race. There will be no extra frills like chip timing and finish gantrys. However all finishing times are accurately and officially recorded. This is to keep the price down and keep the races as affordable as possible. The East of Ireland Marathon series is all inclusive and welcomes runners who are new to marathon running as well as experienced veterans.
More information available on the East of Ireland Marathons website: www.eastofirelandmarathons.com/index.php
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Someone is thinking of the way your breath escapes your lips when you are touched. How your eyes close and your jaw tightens with concentration as you give pleasure a home. These thoughts are saving a life somewhere right now. In some airless apartment on a dark, urine stained, whore lined street, someone is calling out to you silently and you are answering without even being there. So crystalline. So pure. Such life saving power when you smile. You will never know how you have cauterized my wounds. So sad that we will never touch. How it hurts me to know that I will never be able to give you everything I have." - Henry Rollins
The Tatev monastery is one of the most picturesque sites in Armenia. You can reach it by riding the world's longest reversible aerial tramway "Wings of Tatev". The monastery is well preserved and it's also recommended to check out the surroundings. Climbing down the hill with the fortifications leads you to a river gorge and a naturally carved stone bridge!
This small ball is growing from the ground. It's less than an inch high. It is likely Lycoperdon echinatum, commonly called Spiny Puffball. Read more about it here:
This is an example of the kind of thing that's very difficult to photograph with a 500mm lens. Unless you've fitted it with some kind of sighting aid. This was taken with the aid of a red dot gun sight fitted to the lens barrel. I was catching such shots almost every time a gull flew past, whereas without it I'd manage to catch maybe one in twenty.
Apart from that technical interest it's a crap photo taken on a seriously overcast misty day. This is a cropped down and polished image (probably over polished).
This links to the original unprocessed image.
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Fender is LBR's one year old boxer boy who came into our care after he was hit by a car. Fender's journey has been a difficult one and its still not over, but after 3 surgeries to repair his badly broken jaw, he is finally on the road to recovery. His last surgery has been especially difficult for Fender. Eating is a very messy and arduous affair, and he has lost 14 lbs. in 2 weeks.
Despite all this, however, he has not lost his boxer spirit and is all wiggles. One of his favorite things is to lay in the warm sun and nap :) His care has been very costly, and because he will need frequent followup and is on a special prescription diet, his bills continue to rise. Your donation will help pay for Fender's continued care, so that he can heal and return to being a boxer whose only worry is playing and doing boxer burns in the yard!!
Please help by donating to our cause or on our website, www.savetheboxers.com/donate.php.
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X Rydzyński Bieg Niepodległości (11/11/2022)
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated the servicemen on the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, presented state awards, battle flags, honorary ribbons and conferred honorary titles upon military units.
"Today is a special day for all of us, a special holiday of special people – brave and battle-hardened warriors. The strongest sons and daughters of Ukraine who defend the Homeland on land, in the sky, at sea, in all directions, with all their might. All this is you, our Armed Forces of Ukraine," the President emphasized in his speech.
The Head of State noted that it was a great honor for him to personally award the best defenders of Ukraine.
"To see your eyes, to see your look. This is something that speaks volumes about the war without any unnecessary words. It tells about our fighters, about their experience, about pain, about courage, about their brothers-in-arms who were taken by the war. Eyes that see war, see evil, wounds, death, but do not look away. They fight back, hold the defense, fight for the sake of Ukraine," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
The President emphasized that our defenders are fighting so that despair never reigns in the eyes of Ukrainians, so that Ukraine can withstand the fight against the invader, and so that our people can be freed from Russian occupation and captivity.
"We are all proud of you. The whole of Ukraine is grateful to you! And our state will do absolutely everything to ensure that all generations of the Ukrainian people always remember and honor every life of every warrior, every hero sacrificed on the battlefield for the sake of Ukraine, our freedom, our future," he said.
The audience observed a moment of silence in memory of all the heroes who died for the freedom and independence of Ukraine.
This is a little golden Syrphid Flower Fly (family Syrphidae, order Diptera) perched for a moment on a leaf of Wild Blackberry (Rubus ursinus) in the Rosaceae plant family. This is a deep crop from my original photo. Insects have been scarce in the woods in this drought year, and it seems harder than ever to get close. Or am I just getting older and less sure? Nah! (San Marcos Pass, 13 April 2014)
Our house is about 2,500 feet in the mountains, and the marine layer fog came up to 2,200 feet today. It was clear, but we had some "fog winds" caused by the turbulent air at the upper side of the temperature inversion. The winds came and went. I got my photos during moments of relative calm.
This is the old Richman Brothers Company factory on East 55th Street, which once employed thousands in Cleveland’s Goodrich-Kirtland Park neighborhood. Constructed in 1917 with additions in 1924 and 1927, the hulking building was where the company manufactured clothing. The company was founded in 1853 by Jewish-Bavarian Immigrants Henry Richman, Sr. and Joseph Lehman as the Lehman-Richman company in Portsmouth, Ohio, relocating to the larger city of Cleveland in 1879. The business, initially located closer to downtown in a smaller building, rapidly expanded around the turn of the 20th Century, being renamed Richman Brothers in 1904 after being passed on to Richman’s three sons. The company lasted until 1969, when it was absorbed into the F.W. Woolworth Company; however, the factory remained in operation until 1992, when declining revenues led to the factory’s closure. Since that time, several options for adaptive reuse of the structure have been floated, but as of yet, none have come to be. Despite this, and it’s listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012, I don’t see the building as being endangered at this point, as the building remains in somewhat decent condition, with the strong concrete structure and industrial-grade finishes appearing to be holding up well after a quarter century of abandonment.
*evil grin* A prank on a friend- all in good fun. Just know that when you skip work to make-out, well- this is what will happen.
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SOLID MTB Maraton - SÅ‚awa / Stare StrÄ…cze (03/04/2022)
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Filey Brigg is a long narrow peninsula situated about a mile north of Filey, North Yorkshire. Its steep cliffs are 20 metres high and consist of a variety of material, from pure sandstone to pure limestone.[1] The landward end of the peninsula of Filey Brigg is known as Carr Naze, whilst the long neck of rock at the seaward end is called the Brigg.[2] In the early 1970s the fields on top of the Brigg were turned into Filey Brigg Country Park. The biology and geology of Filey Brigg place it among Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire
This is exact my trip. I had 2 days 1 night in Hagiang where is the top place of Vietnam Map.
Some German & American Guys we met at Ha Giang had a good time together, enjoyed common meal, drink and traveled around a Ha Giang village the place has a lot of Tay people live with
palm-branch house. We slept on its floor I had not done before. So exciting.
Friends, People :)
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Good luck & See you soon here.
This raptor is most easily identified in the field by its smallish head and the black bands on the wings and tail. It has a long middle toe that allows it to dig into hives. The slit-shaped nostrils, bare tarsus and fine streaks on breast distinguish it from the Changeable Hawk Eagle.
In Singapore it is a common passage migrant and winter visitor. It can be found islandwide. Called a honey buzzard because of its diet, but it is really more related to kites than buzzards. The main subspecies found in Singapore during the migratory season is orientalis.The subspecies resident to Peninsula Malaysia is torquatus.
The colour and pattern of its plumage varies extraordinarily across its range with six subspecies differing markedly in appearance.Extraordinarily, the distinct plumage of each subspecies closely resembles that of a species of hawk-eagle that overlaps its range. It is argued that this mimicry evolved to prevent the relatively weak honey-buzzard from being attacked by more powerful raptors
A vital attribute shared by all honey-buzzards are scale-like feathers around the eyes and forehead which provide armour against the stings of the wasps, bees and hornets it preys upon. In addition, all have feet equipped with relatively straight claws adapted for digging and walking.
Photographic note: was fortunate to chance upon this migrant during a morning walk up mount faber with my son. Thankfully my gear was ready and son was cooperative in his stroller.
Took several static shots and was stopping down to get more details when the buzzard decided to make a move! Speed was sufficient only to get the head and body sharp. Hopefully the blurred wings do convey a sense of motion.
This action pic is my favorite of the lot of otherwise static shots.
Using a square crop to remove most of the grey background.
This is the Dee River as it passes through the tourist town of Llangollen. The canal passes by up above the red brick buildings to the extreme right of the photo. The canal level at this point along its route is higher than the roofs of those buildings. The water going into the canal comes from above a falls further up on the river. That was one engineering aspect of the canal system that I found intriguing. Miles and miles and miles of canal meandering along the valley walls high up above the river. As noted on the aqueduct photo the canal crossing the aqueduct is fed by the same river which, at that point, is passing by 126 feet below it.
For blog entries of my June 2009 travels to the UK including my walking of the Offa's Dyke Path and visits in Scotland see: Wales and Scotland June 2009
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Any excuse to return to Manhattan Grill is a valid excuse. Our excuse this time was their 'Battle Of The Burgers' - a somewhat short lived menu modification, made to coincide and commemorate American Independence Day (July 4th). It's funny to think that a few centuries ago, celebrating American Independence could have got you in a shit-ton of hot water, but these days we can basically celebrate our less than amicable split from what was our 'most promising colony' in the form of gastro burgers and nobodyâs all that bothered by the whole thing. MEAT UNITY
But yeah, about this Independence Day Menu. It takes the form of three burgers. These are not 'regular' burgers. No. These are burgers designed and prepared by a Marriott Steakhouse. Which means at the very least that they're extremely substantial, extremely high quality and extremely expensive burgers. But I'd rather describe them as little steaks served on burger buns with a delicious and often excessive topping (but it all works in a good way so donât you worry). Thereâs âThe Americanâ - USDA Beef, streaky bacon, sautéed garlic mushrooms, Monterey jack and beer bartered onion rings. Then thereâs âThe Britishâ - Aberdeen Angus, gammon, a fried egg and tomato relish. And lastly, a neutral one called âThe Otherâ - lamb, pickled red onions, coriander and mint yoghurt dip. My personal favourite was The American, whereas Tasting Britainâs founder Bryony preferred The British. Therefore culinary stalemate ^_^
A little more about Manhattan Grill. Based underneath the prestigious and expensive Marriot Executive Apartments in Canary Wharf, (by West India Quay station) - Manhattan Grill boasts stunning riverside views, and a head chef from Mexico City who has cooked for President Obama no less. We profiled him on Tasting Britain and heâs been hiding from me ever since. Theyâve also got one of those splendid enomatic machines so you can drink single glasses of VERY fine wines (Manhattan Grill seem particularly keen on Château Mouton Rothschild but they also have my very favourite Federalist Zinfandel and a few other tasty numbers from all over the world). They did us a mini wine tasting and Bryony found the first red wine that sheâs ever enjoyed. This in itself is amazing! Well done (again) Manhattan Grill.
Agriculture is the main stay of Uganda’s economy, however, the share of agriculture in the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been declining steadily. In fiscal year 2009/10, agriculture contributed only 14.6% to the national GDP of which 1.3% was attributed to the livestock sub-sector. The dairy industry is estimated to contribute more than 50% of the total output from the livestock sub-sector. The dairy industry employs many people who are engaged in various economic activities along the dairy value chain, particularly in milk production, collection, bulking and transportation, processing, distribution and marketing as well as provision of inputs and support services.
Passau is een stad en Kreisfreie Stadt in de Duitse deelstaat Beieren. De stad telt 49.952 inwoners[1].
Passau ligt langs de Duitse Bundesautobahn 3, niet ver voor de Oostenrijkse grens.
In de oude binnenstad komen drie rivieren bijeen: de Donau, de Inn en de Ilz, waardoor de stad ook wel Dreiflüssestadt wordt genoemd. Hoewel de Inn de breedste van de drie rivieren is, wordt het vervolg van deze drie stromen toch Donau genoemd, omdat de Donau de langste van de drie is.
De stad heeft het Keltische oppidum Boiodurum en de Romeinse castra Boiotro als oorsprong. De Bataafse huursoldaten die in het Romeinse kamp gelegerd waren gaven de stad haar naam (uit Batavis werd Passau).
In de oude binnenstad bevinden zich nog:
Kathedraal Dom St. Stephan deels in barokstijl; de bouwperiode is de 15e eeuw tot en met de 17e eeuw. In de kerk staat een orgel, dat bekendstaat als een van de grootste kerkorgels ter wereld. Het heeft 17.794 pijpen.
Twee voormalige paleizen: het oude paleis (1680) en het nieuwe paleis uit de jaren 1712-1730.
Raadhuis uit de 14e eeuw
Twee burchten, namelijk Oberhaus (13e eeuw) en Niederhaus uit de 14e eeuw.
Observatorium uit de 17e eeuw.
Speelgoedmuseum
Donaupromenade
Klooster Niedernburg
Here is a resubmission of a Doll that made ​​me completely crack ♥
I find at the Japan Expo 2012, his back a little, but I'm so behind in my presentations at the same time Doll :/
I love it reminds me a little version of Kiki but better, what Girly ^ _ ^
This is a small Doll Blings particularly the "Muffin Bear" model. Yes she is in disguise Bear :D And she serves tea ! If this is not the top frankly :)
So here is my little Winnie :D
Voici une nouvelle présentation d'une Doll qui m'a fait complètement craquer ♥
Je l'ai dénicher à la Japan Expo 2012, sa remonte un peu, mais j'ai tellement retard dans les présentations de mes Doll en même temps :/
Je l'adore elle me rappelle un peu la version des Kiki mais en mieux, plus Girly quoi ^_^
Cette petite est donc une Doll Blings plus particulièrement le modèle "Muffin Bear". Eh oui elle est déguiser en Ours :D Et elle sert le Thé ! Si c'est pas le top sa franchement :)
Je vous présente donc ma petite Winnie :D
Kloveniersdoelen is een gebouw aan de Achter de Houttuinen tegenover de Langeviele in Middelburg in de provincie Zeeland. Het gebouw heeft een Vlaamse gevel.
De Kloveniersdoelen is gebouwd in 1607 in de Vlaamse Renaissance-stijl. De Doelen was de oefenruimte (doelen) van de Kloveniers (schuttersleden die met de bus schoten). In de Franse tijd was het een militair hospitaal.
Van 1984 tot 2004 was het gebouw het onderkomen van de Stichting Centrum Nieuwe Muziek. Vanaf 21 juni 2013 heeft het pand weer een horeca- en cultuurfunctie in de vorm van een combinatie van een Grand Café en de Cinema Middelburg.
St George's is a fine church by N.F.Cachemaille-Day in the western suburbs of Coventry, and this 1938 building is a little known gem. A sturdy brick exterior with a low steeple on a robust tower concealing a light and airy rendered interior within. The most impressive space is the baptistry under the tower with a tapering font colour, all decked in pale blue and white, the dominant colours inside apart from the vibrant post-war east window by W.T.Carter-Shapland.
I'd failed to get inside previously after my supposedly shrewd end-of-Sunday-service arrival was foiled by a baptism, so I was pleased to find the church open for a few hours on Wednesday afternoons whilst their adjoining cafe is in operation. It is also now illustrated in the newly released revised Pevsner for Warwickshire.
Boughton House, Northamptonshire, is a country house about 3 miles north-east of Kettering near Geddington. Part of an estate of 11,000 acres, it is one of the seats of the Duke of Buccleuch and famed for its beauty, its collections, and the fact it has survived virtually unchanged since the 17th century. While possessing a medieval core, its exterior evokes an opulent French chateau, causing it to be called 'The English Versailles'.
In keeping with the French style of its exterior, Boughton House is set amidst a highly impressive formal, yet arcadian garden of strict geometry, designed on the golden ratio. Vast swathes of turf, planes of reflecting water, strong lines of trees and linear earth forms create an intellectually meditative landscape indicative of the Age of Enlightenment and the idea that a garden could be a journey of the mind, yet acknowledge the natural world. The 2nd Duke, who had been nicknamed John The Planter, swept away the previous ornamental parterres, multiplied the avenues of elms and planes, and developed the role of water which structures the garden. Later, the landscaper of the garden at Stowe, Charles Bridgeman, who was under his employ, is believed to have created the sculptural earth forms.
Restoration of the garden was begun by the 9th Duke, and has continued under the 10th Duke. It included returning the River Ise to its eighteenth-century width, which required two miles of green oak boarding, fixed by coach bolts. In 2009 landscape designer Kim Wilkie was commissioned to create a new work to complement an existing pyramidal grassed mount. The result, called Orpheus, is named after the famed musician of Greek mythology who, when his wife Eurydice died, went down into the underworld to try to reclaim her. His music was so beautiful that Hades relented and allowed Eurydice to return to the world of the living. This striking landform seamlessly continues the garden's intellectual dialogue via an immense inverted pyramid and spiral rill, both set within a golden ratio. In 2015 The Grand Etang, or ‘large lake’ in French, a long-vanished lake of almost one-acre with a 75 ft tall water jet was recreated, to once again reflect the main frontage of Boughton. Located immediately to the north-west of the House, it is one of the earliest surviving features from the original gardens and designed landscape. It was created in the early 18th century as a reflecting pool for the house and was also used for ice-skating in the winter.
The Inventor and CTO of psHolix is Dr. Rolf-Dieter Naske. Dr. Naske was born in Hamburg in 1950. He studied mathematics and Information Technology and completed his Ph.D. in Digital Image Processing in 1982. Since 1996 he has been working in the fields of stereoscopy and autostereoscopy: Visit psholixag.com/ to explore more
Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria. It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately 30 kilometres (19 miles) south of the Czech border, on both sides of the River Danube. The population of the city is 193,814, and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about 271,000. In 2009 Linz, together with the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, was chosen as the European Capital of Culture. Since December 1, 2014 Linz is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities (UCCN) network as a City of Media Arts. Cities receive this title for enriching the urban lifestyle through the sponsorship and successful integration of media art and involving society in these electronic art forms. Linz is well known for the Linzer torte, which is said to be the oldest cake in the world, with its first recipe dating from 1653.
The Hassan II Mosque is a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the largest mosque in Africa, and the 5th largest in the world. Its minaret is the world's tallest minaret at 210 metres. Completed in 1993, it was designed by Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues. The minaret is 60 stories high topped by a laser, the light from which is directed towards Mecca.[4] The mosque stands on a promontory looking out to the Atlantic Ocean; worshippers can pray over the sea but there is no glass floor looking into the sea. The walls are of hand-crafted marble and the roof is retractable. A maximum of 105,000 worshippers can gather together for prayer: 25,000 inside the mosque hall and another 80,000 on the mosque's outside ground
Address: Boulevard de la Corniche, Casablanca 20000, Morocco
Height: 689′ CTBUH
Construction cost: $400–$700 million
Architectural style: Moorish architecture
Architect: Michel Pinseau