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Tynemouth is a village located at the mouth of the River Tyne on the North-East coast of England, 6 miles from the centre of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It has stunning beaches permitting a wide range of water sports, including surfing, sailing, wind surfing, jetski, sub-aqua, swimming and canoeing. Prominent on the headland overlooking the river are the Tynemouth Priory and Castle, dating back to the 11th Century. The village itself is now a conservation area mostly comprised of buildings from the 18th and 19th century.
Het kasteel Alden Biesen is de historische landcommanderij van de Duitse Orde. De Duitse Orde, ook wel de Teutoonse Orde genoemd, is nu een geestelijke ridderorde, die is ontstaan tijdens de kruistochten omstreeks 1200.
Tijdens de derde kruistocht hadden kooplieden uit Duitsland in Akko een ziekenhuis te velde ingericht voor de verpleging van zieke en gewonde kruisvaarders. Hieruit ontstond de Duitse orde, waarin ridder-broeders de hoofdrol speelden. Een eeuw later werd deze orde omgevormd tot een geestelijke ridderorde. Echter, zo nodig werd het zwaard door de ridders ter hand genomen, zodra dit voor de verdediging van het geloof en de eigen veiligheid nodig was. De Orde kreeg grote bekendheid en kreeg al vlug donaties van hen die niet ter kruistocht trokken. Zo groeide de Orde en kreeg ze steeds meer bekendheid en belang.
Aanvankelijk richtte de Duitse Orde zich, na de kruistochten, op Oost-Europa, maar later richtte de Orde zich meer op West-Europa ter bescherming van het Heilige Roomse Rijk. Door de goede organisatie kreeg de Orde steeds meer betekenis en macht. Na enkele eeuwen waren er verschillende goed georganiseerde landcommanderijen ontstaan, waaronder die van Utrecht en van Alden Biesen. De Grootmeester van de Orde zetelde in Mariënburg, het tegenwoordige Malbork in Polen. In verschillende landen werden de landcommanderijen geleid door landcommandeurs.
In het begin van de Orde bestonden de leden van de orde uit adellijke en niet-adellijke personen, maar al gauw stelde men hogere eisen aan het komaf van aspirant-leden en werd een adellijke afkomst verplicht gesteld. Er ontstond langzaamaan ook een zekere specialisatie onder de leden. De priesters zorgden voor de erediensten en geestelijke zorgen, de ridders voor de verdediging en anderen voor het beheer van de goederen.
Alden BiesenDe historie van het kasteel van Alden Biesen begon omstreeks 1200. De graaf van Loon en zijn zuster, die abdis was van Munsterbilzen, schonken de Duitse Orde een bedevaartskapel. Deze kapel lag in het broekland van de huidige gemeente Bilzen. In dit laaggelegen land groeien veel biezen, waardoor de kapel al gauw werd aangeduid met de term de kapel in de biezen. Het huis dat hier door de Orde werd gevestigd kreeg dan ook de naam de Biezen mee. Omdat er later, omstreeks 1400, in Maastricht een nieuw huis van de Orde werd gebouwd dat de Nieuwe Biesen werd genoemd, kreeg de oude vestiging als vanzelfsprekend de naam Oude of Alden Biesen mee.
Door verschillende schenkingen groeide het complex rond de kapel voorspoedig. In de loop der tijd ontstond er een groot verdedigbaar complex met grachten, torens en poorten, dat bewoond werd door de verschillende landcommandeurs, die elkaar hier opvolgden. Het oorspronkelijke kasteel werd in de loop van de zeventiende eeuw omgebouwd tot een waardige residentie, waarvan de huidige gebouwen nog steeds getuigen. Op de voorburcht hadden in de loop der tijd allerlei gebouwen hun plaats gevonden, zoals tiendschuren, gebouwen voor de opslag van diverse landbouwproducten en -gereedschappen, wagenschuren, en dergelijke.
Alden Biesen Een nieuw kerkgebouw kwam gereed in het begin van de zeventiende eeuw. De kerk werd in 1638 ingewijd, wat blijkt uit een memoriesteen boven de ingangsdeur. De kerk is zeer de moeite van een bezichtiging waard. Er bevinden zich verschillende getuigen uit de zeventiende eeuw, waaronder schilderijen, een doopvont en een grafmonument. Boven de zijaltaren zijn verschillende wapens aangebracht van landcommandeurs.
Door schenkingen was de grond, die bij Alden Biesen behoorde steeds verder uitgebreid. Rond 1800 bestond de hoeveelheid gronden met bossen, weilanden en landbouwgronden uit bijna 2000 hectare, een enorm complex.
De Franse revolutietijd luidde het einde in van de Alden Biesen in deze vorm. Het gehele complex werd verbeurd verklaard en verkocht aan de meestbiedende. De ex-burgemeester van Hasselt, Willem Claes kocht het kasteel in 1797 en ging met zijn familie op het landgoed wonen; de meeste gronden werden verpacht. Door huwelijk van een erfdochter ging de Alden Biesen in de negentiende eeuw over aan de familie Du Vivier. De laatste particuliere bewoner stierf in 1971. In datzelfde jaar brak een grote brand uit, die een groot deel van het complex in een puinhoop veranderde. Van het grote, oorspronkelijke waterkasteel waren alleen de muren nog over. De Belgische provincie Limburg kocht het geheel, waarna de schouders gezet werden onder een algehele restauratie.
Alden BiesenHet terrein van de commanderij kan het gehele jaar door bezichtigd worden. In een van de gebouwen is een permanente tentoonstelling ingericht over de Duitse Orde. Behalve in de winter is ook het park jaarlijks opengesteld. Vanuit dit park kan een schitterend overzicht over het gehele complex worden verkregen.
Het complex wordt het gehele jaar door gebruikt voor congressen, conferenties, manifestaties en andere bijeenkomsten op het gebied van pedagogisch-educatieve ontwikkelingen en op sociaal-cultureel gebied. Er worden verschillende evenementen, waaronder tentoonstellingen en concerten, georganiseerd. De Alden Biesen is een cultureel centrum van internationale vermaardheid geworden.
Alden Biesen is a 16th-century castle in Belgium, located in the small village of Rijkhoven in the municipality of Bilzen in the province of Limburg.
The castle is used today as a cultural centre and conference centre. Festivals such as the Scottish weekend or the International Story Festival are held there. In addition, "European Classes" take place, intended to foster international learning and collaboration between students. The first ever RSPBA Major Pipe Band Championship held outside the UK was the European Pipe Band Championships held there in September 2003.
In addition to the moated castle, the complex contains a church and gardens.
The knights of the Teutonic Order founded the Landcommanderij Alden Biesen ("commandery of Alden Biesen") in the 11th century, but the current buildings were constructed between the 16th and 18th centuries. It was the headquarters of a bailiwick or province of the Teutonic Order in the region of the Maas and Rhine. On 8 March 1971 the building burnt down and was acquired by the government and restored
a. My site is right at the convergence of two watersheds as all of the water from the surrounding mountains and hills in Butano watershed and Pescadero converge and enter the ocean. As an estuary it is where all the runoff usually enters into the ocean.
b. The water moved down from the surrounding ridges and hills into creeks and into the estuary and ocean.
c. There is Highway 1 and a bridge crossing the creek west of the site as well as a road on the south of the site. Most of the close development is on the west side in parking lots for the beaches.
d. There is agriculture on the east side both grazing land and farming and runoff in the creeks can bring nitrogen from fertilizer and phosphorous from livestock waste can enter the creeks. Carbon enters the ecosystem from decomposers respiration as well as from organic material.
e.They may be concentrated in the water and in the aquatic plants that are in the marsh where all the water accumulates before going out to the ocean.
f. These nutrients leave the location out of the estuary into the ocean.
g. The site is mostly water and wetland, so whether an organism is terrestrial or aquatic and living there is dependent on the geographic landscape. Also there are a few roads which do not allow for organisms to live there because they are hazardous. But because the site is a wetland, a wide variety of animals are able to find a habitat suitable for them in the site.
h.Organisms up stream such as cattle cause erosion and sedimentation downstream, which in turn causes the estuary to close earlier than needed which blocks off the mouths of the rivers creating a whole different abiotic scenario. When the mouth is closed, the the marsh is mostly freshwater which allows for different organisms to survive there than when it is more brackish. Also the mouth closure from sedimentation can be detrimental to fish species such as the steelhead that need to return to the ocean after spawning.
This is a shot of the Boxwood Gardens at the Rose Hill Mansion. At the time of the restoration of Rose Hill Mansion the boxwood gardens had totally disappeared in a tangle of weeds and underbrush. They were reconstructed from the Survey of Rose Hill Farm by W.R. Hopkins in 1853 and from a photograph of 1875. There are now 15 boxwood beds with the original Greek Revival well house in the backyard. In the back there are two trellises. The mansion is on Route 96A in Geneva, NY.
Delicate Arch is a 52-foot-tall (16 m) freestanding natural arch located in Arches National Park, near Moab in Grand County, Utah, United States. The arch is the most widely recognized landmark in Arches National Park and is depicted on Utah license plates and a postage stamp commemorating Utah's centennial anniversary of admission to the Union in 1996. The Olympic torch relay for the 2002 Winter Olympics passed through the arch.
Because of its distinctive shape, the arch was known as "the Chaps" and "the Schoolmarm's Bloomers" by local cowboys. Many other names have been applied to this arch including "Bloomers Arch", "Marys Bloomers", "Old Maids Bloomers", "Pants Crotch", "Salt Wash Arch", and "School Marms Pants". The arch was given its current name by Frank Beckwith, leader of the Arches National Monument Scientific Expedition, who explored the area in the winter of 1933–1934. Although there is a rumor that the names of Delicate Arch and Landscape Arch were inadvertently exchanged due to a signage mixup by the National Park Service (NPS), this is false.
This arch played no part in the original designation of the area as a national monument (Arches National Monument) in 1929, and was not included within the original boundaries; it was added when the monument was enlarged in 1938.
In the 1950s, the NPS investigated the possibility of applying a clear plastic coating to the arch to protect it from further erosion and eventual destruction. The idea was ultimately abandoned as impractical and contrary to NPS principles.
Delicate Arch is formed of Entrada Sandstone. The original sandstone fin was gradually worn away by weathering and erosion, leaving the arch. Other arches in the park were formed the same way but, due to placement and less dramatic shape, are not as famous.
During the summer, white-throated swifts (Aeronautes saxatalis) nest in the top of the arch.
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Ghoulia is one of my two most favourite MH dolls. I love how sexy she looks. I haven´t done new dress for her for a long time. But still it is about 2 monthes I have sewn this dress. But I didn´t have any suitable shoes except her own boots. Yesterday suddenly I had an idea even I had a bad headache. I have made shoes from "Super dough" . I have known about it from Šavrda so thanks to her. They have to still dry, but I think it is good material for me for quick making shoes for her.
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This is a photograph from the Forest Marathon festival 2013 which was held in the beautiful Coillte forest of Portumna in Co. Galway, Ireland on Saturday 15th June 2013. The event includes a 10k, a full marathon, a half marathon and two ultra-running events - a 50k and 100k race. The races started at 08:00 with the 100KM, the 50KM at 10:00, and subsequent races at two hour intervals onwards. All events started and finished within the forest with the exception of the half marathon and marathon which started outside of the forest. All events see participants complete 5KM loops of the forest which start and end at the car-park/amenity end of the forest. There is an official Refreshment/Handling Zones at this point on the loop.
The event was organised by international coach Sebastien Locteau from SportsIreland.ie and his fantastic team of volunteers from Galway and beyond. Congratulations to Seb on organising a very professionally run event and an event which is growing bigger and more prestigious with each passing year. There was an incredible atmosphere amongst the runners, the spectators, and the organisers. Hats off to everyone involved.
The marathon, 50KM, and 100KM events are sanctioned by Athletics Ireland and AIMS (the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races). The event has also achieved IAU (International Association of Ultrarunners) Bronze Label status for 2013.
Electronic timing was provided by RedTagTiming: www.redtagtiming.com/
Energy Bars, Gels, Drinks etc were provided by Fuel4Sport: www.fuel4sport.ie/
This is a set of photographs taken at various points on the 5KM loop in the Forest and contains photographs of competitors from all of the events except the 10KM race.
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Overall Race Summary
Participants: Approximately 600 people took part across all of the events which were staged: 10km, half marathon, marathon, 50km, and 100KM.
Weather: The weather was unfortunately not what a summer's day in June should be like - there was rain, some breeze, but mild temperatures.
Course: This is a fast flat course depending on your event. The course is left handed around the Forest and roughly looks like a figure of 8 in terms of routing.
Location Map: Start/finish area on Google StreetView [goo.gl/maps/WWTgD] are inside the parklands and trails
Refreshments: There are no specific refreshments but the race organizers provide very adequate supplies for all participants.
Some Useful Links
Official Race Event Website: www.forestmarathon.com/
The Boards.ie Athletics Forum Thread for the 2013 Event: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056874371
A GPS Garmin Trace of the Course Profile (from the 50KM event) connect.garmin.com/activity/189495781
Our Flickr Photographs from the 2012 Events: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157630146344494/
Our Flickr Photographs from the 2011 Events: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157626865466587/
Title Sponsors Sports Ireland Website: sites.google.com/a/sportsireland.ie/welcome-sports-irelan...
A VIDEO of the Course: www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2FLxE...
Google StreetView of the Entrance to Portuma Forest: goo.gl/maps/MX62O
Wikipedia: Read about Portumna and Portumna Forest Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portumna#Portumna_Forest_Park
Coilte Ourdoors Website: www.coillteoutdoors.ie/?id=53&rec_site=115
Portumna Forest on EveryTrails: www.everytrail.com/guide/portumna-forest-park-woodland-tr...
More about the IAU Bronze Label: www.iau-ultramarathon.org/index.asp?menucode=h07&tmp=...
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SOLID MTB Maraton - Śrem (15/08/2021)
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exhibition opening, August 20, 2020
on view until October 31, 2020
Exportdrvo, Grobnička riva bb, Rijeka
Curator: Inke Arns
Artists: ➤ Aram Bartholl (DE) ➤ Ursula Biemann (CH) ➤ DISNOVATION.ORG (FR/PL) ➤ Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman (US) / Daniel Keller (DE) ➤ Steffen Köhn (DE) ➤ Lawrence Lek (GB) ➤ Rebecca Moss (GB) ➤ Jenny Odell (US) ➤ Elisa Giardina Papa (IT) ➤ Lisa Rave (DE) ➤ Marie Reinert (FR) ➤ Tabita Rezaire (GF) ➤ RYBN (FR) ➤ Sebastian Schmieg (DE) ➤ Hito Steyerl (DE)
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Sarıgerme is a beach near Osmaniye Village in Ortaca district, Muğla Province, south-west Turkey. It is a holiday destination with a beach and shops.
It also has a post office as well as a few places to drink and eat.
There are number of villages around Sarıgerme: Gökbel, Mergenli, Karadonlar, Fevziye.
Sarıgerme is approximately 12 km from the airport town of Dalaman with good road access after being resurfaced several years ago.
This beach has pristine sands and it is very popular with Turkish and foreign tourists alike. The beach is long and sandy and there is usually quite a strong prevailing NW wind.
It is close to Dalyan, Dalaman and Gölbaşı.
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Sometimes nature can be very cruel...and this is an example. This Sparrowhawk snatched a recently fledged Robin from my feeding table today. I had spotted the arrival of the fledgling early yesterday evening. I was very excited as I was sure it was one of Rosey's and she's been such a busy mum. I managed to get some film of it, but it was dusk and not good light.
When I saw it arrive again today I went to get my camera and returned to find it in the clutches of the Sparrowhawk. I knew there was nothing I could do...so I let nature take its course. It flew off shortly after this shot...no doubt to feed its chicks. As a nature lover and photographer... and having a camera in my hand I knew I had to photograph the incident. So for a few seconds I took a short film through the window and then moved forward to take this shot through a gap where the window was slightly open. I then pushed the window open so that it would go and finish the job as quickly as possible somewhere else.
I had planned to put the fledgling Robin film on here today, but at the moment I don't really feel like working on it. No doubt I will eventually put it on with the piece taken today as that's nature, and that's what professional nature film makers have to do. Not that I'll ever be one, but I know I need to toughen up! :(
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This is a photograph from just after the 7 mile mark of the 8th annual running of the Trim AC 10 Mile Road Race and Fun Run which was held in Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland on Sunday 5th February 2023 at 12:00. The race attracted over 1,600 finishers which demonstrates again the popularity of this race. Indeed the event shows growth year on year mirroring the growing popularity of the race. The race started on the Trim/Athboy road on the town's ring road and proceeds to take an anti-clockwise loop out towards the village of Dunderry and townland of Kilbride before returning back to the Trim Industrial Estate for the finish. The route is held on quiet country roads with some hills at 3, 6, 8 mile segments. The road is well marked and marshaled and is comfortable able to accommodate the race at its current size.
Timing and overall event management was provided by the Co. Kildare based company Popup Races. The results and more details about the race will be found on their website at www.popupraces.ie
For lack of a name, I was calling this little kitty The Editor or Ed for his penchant of climbing on my desk and hiding behind the keyboard to attack your fingers. The kids decided that he needed a proper name and not just a title - So meet Edgar The Editor. He has gotten brave enough to hang out on top of the desk now and thinks he is in charge of the mouse. If you make a mistake, Look Out - he will pounce all over you and correct it himself. This is the last of the kittens we had - My children are begging to keep him - Does anyone want a Critical Kitten?
Jaisalmer, nicknamed "The Golden city", is a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located 575 kilometres west of the state capital Jaipur. It is a World Heritage Site. It was once known as Jaisalmer state. The town stands on a ridge of yellowish sandstone, crowned by a fort, which contains the palace and several ornate Jain temples. Many of the houses and temples are finely sculptured. It lies in the heart of the Thar Desert (great Indian desert) and has a population of about 78,000. It is the administrative headquarters of Jaisalmer District.
ORIGIN OF NAME
Jaisalmer is named after Maharawal Jaisal Singh, a Rajput king who founded the city in 1156 AD. "Jaisalmer" means "the Hill Fort of Jaisal". Jaisalmer is sometimes called the "Golden City of India" because the yellow sand and the yellow sandstone used in every architecture of the city gives a yellowish-golden tinge to the city and its surrounding area.
LOCATION
District Jaisalmer is located within a rectangle lying between 26°.4’–28°.23' North parallel and 69°.20'–72°.42' east meridians. It is the largest district of Rajasthan and one of the largest in the country. The breadth (East-West) of the district is 270 km and the length (North-South) is 186 km. On the present map, district Jaisalmer is bounded on the north by Bikaner, on the west & south-west by the Pakistani border, on the south by Barmer and Jodhpur, and on the east by Jodhpur and Bikaner Districts. The length of international border attached to District JAISALMER is 471 km.
HISTORY
The majority of the inhabitants of Jaisalmer are Bhati Rajputs, named for Bhati, who was renowned as a warrior. The ruling family of the erstwhile Jaisalmer State belongs to Bhati Clan of Yadu Rajputs of Chandravanshi (Lunar) race who claim descent from Lord Krishna,the deified hero who ruled at Dwarka. In 1156 Rawal Jaisal, the sixth in succession from Deoraj, founded the fort and city of Jaisalmer,atop Trikuta Hill and began to levy taxes on the camel caravans travelling along the nearby route. Laden with exotic spices and precious silks, these trading caravans were en route to cities like Delhi or Sind, but had to pass directly through Jaisalmer. This strategic location continued to serve Jaisalmer well, as it lay right on the two main routes connecting India with Persia, Egypt and farther west. He later made it his capital as he moved from his former capital at Lodhruva (which is situated about 15 km to the north-west of Jaisalmer). In 1293, the Bhattis so enraged the Sultan of Delhi Ala-ud-din Khilji that his army captured and sacked the fort and city of Jaisalmer, so that for some time it was quite deserted.Some Bhatti's from the Royal family migrated to Jaisal (Now in Pakistan), a place near to Chiniot Distt and some migrated to Talwandi, now Nankana Sahib in Distt. Nankana Sahib (Punjab, Pakistan) and others settled in Larkana (in Sind, Pakistan)under the name of Bhutto. In Nankana Sahib, the Bhatti Clan can be traced from the lineage of Rai Bhoe and Rai Bular Bhatti. After this there is nothing to record until the time of Rawal Sahal Singh, whose reign marks an epoch in Jaisalmer's history in that he acknowledged the supremacy of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Following the collapse of the Mughal Empire in the 18th century, Jaisalmer, like the rest of Rajputana, became subservient to the Marathas, until it came under the protection of the British East India Company following the British victory in the Third Anglo-Maratha War. In 1818, the Rawals of Jaisalmer signed a treaty with the British, which protected Jaisalmer from invasion provided it was not the aggressor and guaranteed the royal succession.
The Maharajas of Jaisalmer trace their lineage back to Jaitsimha, a ruler of the Bhati Rajput clan. The major opponents of the Bhati Rajputs were the powerful Rathor clans of Jodhpur and Bikaner. They used to fight battles for the possession of forts, waterholes or cattle. Jaisalmer was positioned strategically and was a halting point along a traditional trade route traversed by the camel caravans of Indian and foreign merchants. The route linked India to Central Asia, Egypt, Arabia, Persia, Africa and the West.
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
In the 13th century, Jaisalmer escaped direct Turkic conquest due to its geographical situation in the desert region. The Rawals of Jaisalmer agreed to pay an annual tribute to the Turkic Sultans of Delhi. The first siege of Jaisalmer occurred during the reign of Alauddin Khilji, the Turkic Sultan of Delhi. It was provoked by Bhatis' raid on a caravan filled with treasure. According to local ballads, the Bhatis defended the fort for seven years until the enemy army forces breached the ramparts. Bhatis, facing certain defeat, proclaimed the rite of jauhar. Later, Sultan Ferozshah also besieged Jaisalmer after the rulers of Jaisalmer raided his camp at Anasagar lake near Ajmer. The siege led to another jauhar. Jaitsimha's son Duda perished in the attack. Duda's descendants ruled over Jaisalmer for about two centuries. Duda's descendant Lunakarna had a fight with Humayun when the latter passed through Jaisalmer en route to Ajmer.
PRINCELY JAISALMER
On the eve of British Raj in India, Jaisalmer was subservient to the Marathas, until it came under the protection of the British East India Company following the British victory in the Third Anglo-Maratha War. In 1818, the Rawals of Jaisalmer signed a treaty with the British, which protected Jaisalmer from invasion provided it was not the aggressor and guaranteed the royal succession. Jaisalmer was one of the last states to sign a treaty with the British. During the British Raj, Jaisalmer was the seat of a princely state of the same name, ruled by the Bhati clan of Rajputs. The present descendant is Brijraj Singh. Though the city is under the governance of the Government of India, a lot of welfare work is carried out by him and his family.
Traditionally, the main source of income was the levies on the caravans. However, the glory of Jaisalmer faded when Bombay emerged as a port and the sea trade replaced the traditional land routes. The partition of India in 1947 lead to closing of all the trade routes on the Indo-Pak border and rendered Jaisalmer a drought-prone desert backwater on the international border. Ironically, skirmishes between India and Pakistan gave Jaisalmer a strategic importance and made it serviceable as an army supply depot. Later, the Rajasthan Canal served to revive the surrounding desert areas. Roads and railroads were then built, knitting the hitherto remote town with the rest of Rajasthan. Later, the Government of Rajasthan decided to promote Jaisalmer as a tourist destination.
GEOGRAPHY & CLIMATE
Jaisalmer has an average elevation of 229 metres. It is situated near the border of India and Pakistan in West Rajasthan, and covers an area of 5.1 km2. The maximum summer temperature is around 41.6 °C while the minimum is 25 °C. The maximum winter temperature is usually around 23.6 °C and the minimum is 7.9 °C. The average rainfall is 209.5 millimetres. Highest ever recorded temperature was 48.0 °C and the lowest ever recorded temperature being −5.9 °C.
Jaisalmer is almost entirely a sandy waste, forming a part of the Thar desert (great Indian desert). The general aspect of the area is that of an interminable sea of sand hills, of all shapes and sizes, some rising to a height of 150 feet. Those in the west are covered with log bushes, those in the east with tufts of long grass. Water is scarce, and generally brackish; the average depth of the wells is said to be about 250 feet. There are no perennial streams, and only one small river, the Kakni, which, after flowing a distance of 48 kilometres, spreads over a large surface of flat ground, and forms Lake Orjhil ("The Bhuj-Jhil"). The climate is dry and healthy. Throughout Jaisalmer only raincrops, such as bajra, jawar, motif, til, etc., are grown; spring crops of wheat, barley, etc., are very rare. Owing to the scant rainfall, irrigation is almost unknown.
Distances: Bikaner (330 km), Barmer (150 km), Jodhpur (293 km), Jaipur (568 km), Ahmedabad (636 km), Agra (802 km), New Delhi (874 km), Mumbai (1,177 km).
JAISALMER FORT
Built in 1156 by the Bhati Rajput ruler Jaisal, Jaisalmer Fort is situated on Meru Hill and Named as Trikoot Garh had seen the scene of many battles. Its massive sandstone walls are a tawny lion colour during the day, turning to a magical honey-gold as the sun sets. The famous Indian film director Satyajit Ray wrote a detective novel and later turned it into a film − Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress) which was based on this fort. This is a living fort and about a quarter of city's population still live inside the fort. The main attractions inside the fort are: Raj Mahal (Royal palace), Jain temples and the Laxminath temple.
JAIN HERITAGE OF JAISALMER
Jaisalmer has been enriched by its Jain community, which has adorned the city with beautiful temples, notably the temples dedicated to the 16th Tirthankara, Shantinath, and 23rd Tirthankara, Parshvanath.
Jaisalmer boasts some of the oldest libraries of India which contain rarest of the manuscripts and artefacts of Jain tradition. There are many pilgrimage centres around Jaisalmer such as Lodarva (Lodhruva), Amarsagar, Brahmsar and Pokharan.
MUSEUMS
Desert Culture Centre & Museum
Jaisalmer Folklore Museum
Government Museum
jaisalmer fort palace museum
jaisalmer fort outsidre and insidery
GADSISAR LAKE
Gadsisar Lake – Excavated in 1367 by Rawal Gadsi Singh, it is a scenic rainwater lake surrounded by the small temples and shrines of Amar Sagar. Earlier, this lake was used to be the main water source of Jaisalmer. Due to an increased water demand for agriculture, the lake is increasingly threatened to dry out.
DESERT FESTIVAL
This is held over three days in January/February every year. This is the best time to visit Jaisalmer to witness performing arts like Kalbelia dances and folk songs and music.
WIKIPEDIA
This is the "Jungle" top! It has a slightly lose fit and looks great together with a shirt underneath.
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Dear friends,
The time has come and my new mini collection is online : )! I’m still highly in love with the boho style and there are already many new designs I’d like to sew *lol*.
This collection offers you some fabulous print fabrics and – you all know how much I love that – a lot of fashions that can be mixed and matched again and again : ).
I hope you’ll enjoy looking at the pictures and maybe pay me a visit at my etsy store.
Have a lovely and sunny day,
Dearest greetings,
Nina*
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This is a practice canoe trip up the Brisbane River in Queensland, Australia. The girls paddled for a hour and a half but the real deal will mean a 3 day expedition up the Noosa River.
Schist is an intermediate- to high-grade, foliated metamorphic rock. It is highly variable in appearance, depending on the mineral content, which is a function of the precursor rock and specific temperature-pressure conditions. Garden-variety schists form by metamorphism of phyllites. Schists typically have medium- to large-sized crystals, unlike the microcrystalline nature of slate and phyllite.
Schist's foliated texture (= crystals aligned into bands or stripes or layers) is often only seen when specimens are viewed on edge.
Actinolite schist is an intermediate- to high-grade, foliated metamorphic rock dominated by the mineral actinolite. Actinolite is a dark greenish-colored amphibole (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2 - calcium ferromagnesian hydroxy-silicate) that forms long blades or needle-like crystals.
Petroglyphs visit over, it is time to go out of the Gobustan reserve now. We have walked along the mountain face only looking left towards the caves and the petroglyphs. The path doubles up and returns to the parking lot through relatively flat country at the base of the mountain. So this is the dry semi-arid country around Gobustan. I was amazed to always see the Caspian Sea in the distance. Azerbaijan is called the place of winds, so that and proximity to the Caspian Sea notwithstanding, the baking earth means we are still hot and sweaty, and the wind is no help at all. (Gobustan, Azerbaijan, Sept. 2017)
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Since 2009, Daniel Kerkhoff, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., has been creating his own artist-in-residencies in communities in Ghana, Ecuador, and Vietnam.
Embedding himself in a community, he develops multiple connections through creating art (installations), writing poetic journals, making art with children, curating exhibitions, working with artists, assisting art libraries and community libraries, documenting walks and the community, and just being a part of everyday life.
Along with painting, collage, art installations, photography, and writing, his art practice involves connecting, sharing, and
weaving people and places.
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Assisting and creating libraries is part of my art practice.
During my art residencies, I continue to bring books and materials, art work, maps, magazines and journals, CDs, DVDs, and photos to the community centers in Adugyama, Ashanti Region Ghana and Sisid-anejo, Cañar, Ecuador. I also give a variety of art books, journals, and materials to fellow artists and art spaces.
In Accra, Ghana, I bring art books and magazines to The Nubuke Foundation and The Center for Contemporary Art, Ghana. In Cuenca, Ecuador, I'm connected to In-Arte Contemporáneo and bring art magazines and information. In Hanoi, I have provided various art publications and books to Cuci Fine Art, Chay Art, and Chaap Collective.
I bring art publications, art work, and music created by friends and colleagues of mine. I document their work in these different communities, creating another form of connection and awareness.
I consider this a weaving project, a form of sharing that can have many on-going effects. –Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”
“Walking the Path, Prints on Prints”
You are invited to walk on my prints, using them as a path.
It’s another way of experiencing art like a stepping stone meditation,
a different awareness may take place on an intentional walk, slower,
deliberate, a winding pathway, your prints touching these prints.
You become, in a way, the performer, the participant, the collaborator,
your soles connecting and becoming a part of these prints, adding steps,
humbling, engaging, liberating, creating another connection.
The title of this series is: "Paper Trail, A4 (All Over the Place)" from "The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)". These prints are collages made from my daily life in Hanoi -- collections of receipts, maps, brochures, business cards, food wrappers and waste.
They are my journal, a record of my consumption and daily activities, stamped with symbols that reflect my connection with Hanoi. They are painted over,
fragments remain revealed, information becomes cloudy, is lost and buried, like memory and history.
I created these collages during my artist-in-residency in Hanoi from
February 6, 2015 to October 26, 2015.
Walking is an important part of my art residencies. I document a familiar route in the community I’m living in by walking slowly, taking photos, and picking up “treasures”.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“The Insignificant is Significant”, a Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”
“Playing Catch, Giving and Receiving”
You are invited to play catch with my prints. Two dimensional prints that hang on the wall are transformed into three dimensional balls, a form of sculpture that is also performance and participatory.
Playing catch is a common past time that's relaxing and connecting. It is an act of giving (throwing) and receiving (catching) involving a ball, and, in this case, prints transformed into a ball (sculpture).
Instead of viewing the stationary print on a wall or a sculpture on the floor, it is viewed moving through time and space, dependent on the participants and their actions.
It is visual, transformative, therapeutic, sharing, interactive, and connecting, simple and playful actions of giving and receiving.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
Random shots taken during my 2 day break in London - all shots in this set taken on my Canon G9. Processed in Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS5.
This set is part 3 of 3 as I tried to document the trip using various photographic methods.
Fort Frances is a town in, and the seat of, Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The population as of the 2016 census was 7,739. Fort Frances is a popular fishing destination. It hosts the annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship.
Located on the international border with the United States where Rainy Lake narrows to become Rainy River, it is connected to International Falls, Minnesota by the Fort Frances–International Falls International Bridge. The town is the fourth-largest community in Northwestern Ontario after Thunder Bay, Kenora and Dryden. The Fort Frances Mill was formerly the main employer and industry in the town until its closure in January 2014.
Fort Frances was the first European settlement west of Lake Superior and was established by French Canadian Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, first commander of the western district. In 1731, he built Fort Saint Pierre near that spot as support for the fur trade with native peoples. In 1732, his expedition built Fort Saint Charles on Magnuson Island on the west side of Lake of the Woods. After some time, Fort Saint Pierre fell out of use.
The main employer was a pulp and paper mill established in the early 1900s. It had numerous owners over the years, notably Edward Wellington Backus. Now owned by Resolute Forest Products, the mill employed about 700 persons until its closure in 2014.
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“MEDAMAYAKI” is a fried egg in Japan. The meaning is eyeball.
It is the size that the egg of the quail is just right for a rice ball.
When japanese eat it, preference is divided into a soy sauce group or the Worcester sauce group.
It is very deep opposition of the roots.
I add soy sauce to this rice ball.
because I am a soy sauce group.
Milan is a city in Italy and the capital of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1,300,000, while the urban area is the first in Italy and the fifth largest in the European Union with a population of 4,345,000 over an area of 2,370 km2 (915 sq mi). The Milan metropolitan area, by far the largest in Italy, is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 7,400,000
It is Morag's sister's 60th birthday on Monday so the family gave a surprise celebration tonight at Rab Ha's in Glasgow. She had all her family there and we had a wonderful time. It is also Mark's 18th next week so we threw in a double celebration. Which means it was a birthday party between two generations. So after a bit of psychedelic manipulation this is my psychedelic Saturday pic.
Heusden is een gerestaureerde vestingstad in de Nederlandse gemeente Heusden (provincie Noord-Brabant), gelegen aan de Maas en de Bergsche Maas. Zij telt ongeveer 1.325 inwoners (2021). In 1968 is begonnen met het in oude stijl restaureren van de vestingstad Heusden. Dit grootscheepse restauratieproject liep twintig jaar. Heusden is de hoofdstad van het Land van Heusden. Dichtstbijzijnde steden zijn Waalwijk ten zuidwesten van Heusden en 's-Hertogenbosch in het oosten. Heusden draagt de bijnamen 'Galeriestad', 'Vestingstad' en 'Maasstad'.
De eerste vermelding van Heusden dateert uit 722, als Hunsata Super fluvium Mosam. In 839 zou de plaats door de Noormannen verwoest zijn. Vermoedelijk ging het hierbij niet om de stad Heusden zoals we die in de moderne tijd kennen, die is van later datum. Het zou om een plaats kunnen gaan die overeenkomt met het huidige Oudheusden, dat aan de toenmalige loop van de Maas gelegen was.
Het Kasteel Heusden dateert uit de 12e eeuw. In de buurt van dit kasteel ontwikkelde het huidige stadje Heusden zich. In het jaar 1157 was er al sprake van een conflict over het bezit van de kapel tussen de abt van Sint-Truiden en een Tempelier.[5] In het jaar 1210 werd vervolgens melding gemaakt van een kerk. Heusden lag op de strategische grens tussen het hertogdom Brabant, het graafschap Holland en het hertogdom Gelre, terwijl ook het graafschap Kleef er aanvankelijk rechten bezat. Hierdoor was de politieke situatie van Heusden onduidelijk. Zo werd Heusden in 1279 ingenomen door hertog Jan I van Brabant en dit wordt als het begin van de Brabantse invloed beschouwd, hoewel er al eerder schermutselingen waren tussen de drie machtsblokken.
Het is niet duidelijk wanneer de plaats stadsrechten kreeg. Diverse bronnen vermelden jaren als 1231, tussen 1290 en 1296, en 1318. Jan van Wijnvliet, burggraaf van Heusden verbouwde en versterkte de burcht in de jaren 1338-1339 met een muur. In 1340 werd Wijnric van Oyen door Jan van Wijnvliet aangesteld tot drossaard van het Land van Heusden. In 1357 werd het Land van Heusden verkocht aan het Graafschap Holland en werd dus Hollands. De reden van de verkoop lag in het feit dat de Graaf van Holland partij zou kiezen voor een Brabantse kandidaat in een opvolgingskwestie. Omstreeks 1810 werd Heusden bij de huidige provincie Noord-Brabant gevoegd.
In Heusden hebben zich meerdere rampen voorgedaan. In 1569 werd de stad door de Spanjaarden belegerd en geheel verwoest. Meerdere keren werd de stad getroffen door de pest. Tijdens de grote brand in 1572 werd bijna de hele stad in de as gelegd. Van het prachtige stadhuis was niets meer over. In 1680 werden het kasteel en omliggende huizen verwoest, doordat de bliksem in de kruittoren sloeg.
Jacob Kemp ontwierp aan het einde van de 16e eeuw een moderne omwalling volgens het oud-Nederlands vestingstelsel. De middeleeuwse ommuring had vier stadspoorten: de Wijkse poort, de Bossche poort, de Oudheusdense poort en de Veerpoort. Toen de ommuring werd gesloopt, ten behoeve van de aarden vestingwerken, verdween de Bossche Poort en werd de Herptse Poort gebouwd. De Wijkse Poort werd verplaatst en later uitgebreid tot de huidige vorm. De graaf de Mirabeau wees op de patriottische gezindheid van Heusden en nam het stadje op in zijn aanvalsplan. Ook Cornelis Krayenhoff zou in 1794 via Heusden optrekken.
De laatste tragische gebeurtenis vond plaats tegen het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Terwijl de geallieerden oprukten, zochten de Duitsers hun heil achter een nieuwe linie, de Bergsche Maas. Zij lieten de hoogste punten in de vesting, het stadhuis en twee kerktorens, opblazen. Dat deden de Duitsers ook elders, om de oprukkende geallieerden te beletten hoge gebouwen als uitkijkposten te gebruiken.
Het Heusdense stadhuis werd algemeen gezien als het mooiste stadhuis van heel Nederland. Tijdens de geallieerde beschietingen hielden vele Heusdenaren zich schuil in de grote kelder van het stadhuis. Een deel ervan verbleef in de kelder tijdens de onaangekondigde opblazing. In de nacht van 4 op 5 november 1944 werd de toren van het stadhuis opgeblazen, maar het hele stadhuis stortte in en 134 mannen, vrouwen en kinderen kwamen om. Destijds was dit tien procent van de totale bevolking. Nog geen vier uur later reden de Schotse tanks en Poolse divisies Heusden binnen. De daders van de aanslag werden nooit gevonden, en Heusden verloor een deel van zijn inwoners en een historisch bouwwerk.
Atlas is a bronze statue in front of Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan, New York City, across Fifth Avenue from St. Patrick's Cathedral. The sculpture depicts the Ancient Greek Titan Atlas holding the heavens. It was created by sculptor Lee Lawrie with the help of Rene Paul Chambellan, and it was installed in 1937.
The sculpture is in the Art Deco style, as is the entire Rockefeller Center. Atlas in the sculpture is 15 feet tall, while the entire statue is 45 feet tall, as high as a four-story building. It weighs seven tons, and is the largest sculpture at Rockefeller Center. The North-South axis of the armillary sphere on his shoulders points towards the North Star as seen from New York City.
When Atlas was unveiled in 1937, some people protested, claiming that it looked like Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Later, painter James Montgomery Flagg said that Atlas "looks too much as Mussolini thinks he looks".
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Gatorama is One of Florida's Oldest Roadside Attractions, Palmdale, Fla., Aug. 10, 2019.
The last two weeks of August is the Hatching Festival, an opportunity to hatch a baby alligator from an egg in the palm of your hands!
Gatorama, a Slice of Old Florida
Back in the 1950s, many Floridians believed Yankees from the North drove to the Sunshine State for three things, to see a beach, to see an orange grove, and to see an alligator. Mr. Cecil Clemons made it easy for those tourists to see an alligator, he opened Gatorama in 1957 on U.S. 27, then a two-lane road in Palmdale, Fla.
When Walt Disney World Resort’s Magic Kingdom opened in 1971, there were about 70 roadside attractions in Florida. Today, there are less than a dozen of those original attractions operating with Gatorama and Crocodile Adventures being one, thanks to Patty and Allen Register, the current owners. Patty’s father David Thielen purchased Gatorama in 1987 from Mr. Clemons and the Registers joined the business in 1989.
Over the decades, it has evolved from a basic roadside attraction to a working alligator farm, American crocodile breeding facility, and popular attraction with hands-on activities and entertain generations of families. Gatorama’s goal is to educate the role of alligators and crocodiles in the environment.
Co-owner Patty Register said Gatorama has a “reputation of being the most hands-on alligator farm in the state because we offer so many opportunities with an alligator with your hands.”
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Roger Waters (This Is Not a Drill Tour) @ Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA on Friday, August 5, 2022.
This Is Not a Drill Tour Setlist:
Set 1:
Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd Song)
The Happiest Days Of Our Lives (Pink Floyd Song)
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 (Pink Floyd Song)
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 3 (Pink Floyd Song)
The Powers That Be
The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range
The Bar
Have A Cigar (Pink Floyd Song)
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd Song)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts Vi-Ix) (Pink Floyd Song)
Sheep (Pink Floyd Song)
Set 2:
In The Flesh (Pink Floyd Song)
Run Like Hell (Pink Floyd Song)
Déjà Vu
Is This The Life We Really Want?
Money (Pink Floyd Song)
Us And Them (Pink Floyd Song)
Any Colour You Like (Pink Floyd Song)
Brain Damage (Pink Floyd Song)
Eclipse (Pink Floyd Song)
Two Suns In The Sunset (Pink Floyd Song)
The Bar (Reprise)
Outside The Wall (Pink Floyd Song)