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Javas, Kuhlis, and YoYos. Sept. 2009. The red flourite was the bottom layer of substrate until loaches + malaysian trumpet snails= mess.
6th JUNE, LONDON – The London Java Community meet for a technical session by Ian Ashworth. Showing how development testing and static analysis will help developers find critical defects in code development and accelerate the time to market. See the SkillsCast (film, code, slides) at: skillsmatter.com/podcast/java-jee/java-development-testin...
It seems this series was very popular as it was re-issued at least three times with more (different) photographs included in each release. Many of these images seem exotic to me now, so it must have been very special to have a set in the 1930s. There are three carts in this scene, with their yoked bullocks patiently awaiting the call to action. Note the vertical pole, apparently acting as a parking brake.
The Java became a bunkering hulk in Gibraltar harbour from about 1865-1939 when it was sold to be broken in Genoa
With an area of 138,794 km2, Java is the 13th largest island on the world. It is bigger than Greece or Arkansas, and only slightly smaller than Tajikistan. However, it is only the 5th largest island in Indonesia, after the Indonesian part of New Guinea (Papua and West Papua), Borneo, Sumatra and Sulawesi. When it comes to the population, Java is the most populous island in the world (136 million) before Honshu in Japan and Great Britain. There are almost as many people in Java as there are in all of Russia. Not in vain, Java is one of the most densely populated territories in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population, including its capital and largest city, Jakarta.
Trying to catch at least a zoomed impression of the art that is very similar in each of the Java Houses.
Dieng Plateau is a marshy plateau that forms the floor of a caldera complex on the Dieng Volcanic Complex near Wonosobo, Central Java, Indonesia. Referred to as "Dieng" by Indonesians, it sits at 2,000 metres above sea level, far from major population centres. The name "Dieng" comes from Di Hyang which means "Abode of the Gods".
Part of General Sudirman's guerrilla campaign during the Indonesian War of Independence took place in the area.
TEMPLES
The Plateau is the location of eight small Hindu temples from the Kalingga Kingdom It is unclear when they were built, estimated to range from mid 7th century to end of 8th century AD; they are the oldest known standing stone structures in Java. They are originally thought to have numbered 400 but only eight remain. The temples are now believed to have been named after the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
Michell claims Dieng's misty location almost 2,093 m above sea level, its poisonous effusions and sulphur-coloured lakes make it a particularly auspicious place for religious tribute. The temples are small shrines built as monuments to the god-ancestors and dedicated to Shiva. The Hindu shrines are miniature cosmic mountains based on plans in Indian religious texts, although Schoppert suggest the design motifs have little connection to India.
In 2011, in a review published by Romain, the temple is now believed to be related to Dravida and Pallava style temples of South India. The theory that poisonous effusions make it auspicious is now disputed as volcanic activity in this area from 7th to 9th century is yet to established, and records suggest the temple was abandoned after volcanic eruptions became common in central Java.
GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE
With an astonishing elevation of 2,060 m above sea level, Dieng has a distinct subtropical highland climate under the Köppen climate classification (Cwb). In its brief dry season (which is meteorologically aligned with the Southern Hemispherical winter season), there is much less rainfall than in its lengthy monsoon periods (lasting from October to May, also in line with the austral summer). The average annual temperature in Dieng is 14.0 °C. About 2652 mm of precipitation falls annually.
Known for its chilly climate, temperatures may even drop to 2 degrees (along with wind chills down to -2º) in the peak of its dry season. Though infrequent, frosts have been recorded every year, particularly in late evenings and mornings of July and August. This may last for one week in average. Though this regionally-rare weather phenomena occasionally attracts tourists to cluster around the plateau area, it is also notorious for the destruction it often inflicts upon the local produce, with agricultural plants and crops such as potatoes being the most severely affected.
Locals usually call this frost "bun upas". On the local Javanese dialect, "Bun" (or "embun") means dew, while "upas" is poison. Although "bun upas" or frost in Dieng is actually not poisonous, this term "upas" was created by local people due to its devastating effect on agricultural plants, in which, the plants die quickly as if as they were poisoned when the frost takes place.
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