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67025 E leads TnT 67003 Arriva Blue into TOTON CENTRE with the 3J93 1250 WEST HAMPSTEAD NORTH Jn - TOTON T.M.D RHTT , Wednesday 22nd OCTOBER 2014
West of the Praetorium, a beautyful path leads to one of the most famous and photographed buildings of the Villa, the Canopus. It has been excavated by the Jesuits in the XVIII century, finding sculptures of egyptian subject, and later on in 1950 by Aurigemma, who discovered many statues among which the copies of the Cariatyds of the Herecteion of Athens. Unfortunately his excavations did not consider stratigraphy, and its many articles and books just deal with the sculptures that were found.
The Canopus consisted of a long water basin flanked by pergulae, which lead to a monumental building in the form of a shell-shaped grotto, decorated by niches, fountains and waterworks. Its walls originally had marble revetment, while the vault was decorated with mosaic. At its center was a semicircular stibadium, or triclinar bed for the guests: the Canopus, in fact, was a spectacular summertime open-air dining room. In the center of the dome there is a sort of grotto, entering inside the hill, decorated by niches for statues and waterworks. Water gathered in an undelying basin and then overflowed, flowing into a series of small channels surrounding the triclinar bed. In the back of the building were several other rooms paved with opus sectile, and two small single latrinae. On the western side, a long room probably used as a kitchen was originally decorated by frescoes, which were detached in the 1960's. Two staircases lead up to the hill behind the Canopus, where has been found a water basin and a small aqueduct supplying the waterworks. In this area was also identified a Nymphaeum.
The half dome of the Canopus was an artificial, 'virtual' grotto, and since in its basin was found a fragmentary sculpture representing Scylla, it probably recalled other imperial triclinia such as the one in the Grotto of Sperlonga, in the villa of Tiberius, where was found a marble sculpture representing Ulysses blinding Polyphemus. In the hellenistic royal palaces, the grotto was part of the decoration and iconography; in roman times the grotto was very popular, even in small villas and private homes, as seen in Pompeii and other archaeological sites. In the imperial villas the grotto was a 'must', and reached monumental size, as in this case.
It is important to remind that Aurigemma's reconstruction of the columnade surrounding the Euripus basin of the Canopus is hypotetical, and was not supported by real excavation evidence.
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Electrical workers appear to have put jump leads on these overhead cables. Maybe the Earth needed a jump start?
Seen on a walk on the Cheshire Ring canals.
As I was parking my car this morning I backed into a grassy bank; it bent the exhaust. As I had a few miles to drive home I fixed it as best I could, to stop it dragging on the ground, by looping the jump leads round the tail pipe and shutting the boot lid on them to keep them in place.
It made a rather throaty sound as I drove but it held … a trip to the garage tomorrow morning.
This bridge leads to (or from, in this case) Koraku-en, one of the most famous gardens in Japan.
Momotaro means "peach boy." The story of Momotaro is closely associated with Okayama, and his likeness can be seen everywhere. You can see from this statue in front of JR Okayama station his three friends: a dog, a monkey, and a pheasant. According to the legend, Momotaro was found by an elderly couple inside a giant peach. He and his three friends journeyed to a land infested with ogres and forced them into submission. There is even a song about it, although I really don't have the details.
Okayama lies in Japan's Chugoku region, southwest of the Kansai area which includes Osaka and Kyoto. It is a short journey from Osaka, and can be reached by shinkansen along the JR Sanyo line in about one hour. It is a great stop on the way to Hiroshima or Hakata, which are also shinkansen stops. It is also a stopping point on the way to Shikoku.
Okayama is famous for the legend of Momotaro, a boy that was found inside a peach and later slays ogres--yeah, I know it is a little weird. It is also home of Koraku-en, one of Japan's three great gardens, and Okayama castle.
Koraku-en. Okayama City, Okayama.
First lady Michelle Obama leads a reenactment planting of a Cherry Blossom Tree on the 100th Anniversary of The National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.
It was March 27, 1912, when First Lady Helen Herron Taft and Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, planted the first two trees from Japan on the north bank of the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park.
For the March 27th 2012 planting First Lady Michelle Obama planted her tree in West Potomac Park, the closest cross streets to this planting location would be Ohio Drive SW at West Basin Drive SW.
Remarks by the First Lady at the National Cherry Blossom Festival Centennial Tree Planting Ceremony
Tidal Basin
Washington, D.C.
11:22 A.M. EDT
MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you so much, it is a true pleasure to be here on this beautiful, little chilly day. (Laughter.) We planned it. This is the only cold day of the week, and we are here. But I am pleased to be here.
I want to start by thanking Secretary Salazar for that very kind introduction, and for all of his outstanding work as Secretary of the Interior.
I want to thank and recognize Ambassador Fujisaki, as well as Mrs. Fujisaki, who are here today. Thank you all so much, I know you're here somewhere -- oh, you're here. (Laughter.) It's good to see you both. And I want to thank all of you for taking the time to join us for this historic event.
We have come together to celebrate these beautiful cherry blossom trees -- and yes, they were blooming last week. We were so close. (Laughter.) But I think the tree we're planting will -- still has a few blooms, but they are beautiful. And we are here to honor all that they stand for. For so many years, these trees have served as a symbol of the great friendship between the United States and Japan, and as a reminder of our shared hopes, dreams and aspirations.
People from both of our nations worked together for years to bring these trees here to Washington. And over the past century, people of all ages from the U.S. and Japan and so many other nations have come to this Tidal Basin each spring to marvel at their beauty. And year after year, even after the coldest, darkest, stormiest winters, these trees have continued to bloom.
So on this historic anniversary, we don’t just admire the beauty of these trees, we also admire their resilience. And in so doing, we are reminded of the extraordinary resilience of the Japanese people. Over the past year, we have all witnessed their courage, unity and grace as they have come together and begun the very hard work of rebuilding their nation.
And I think that that more than anything else is the lesson that we can learn from these trees. They teach us about all that we can achieve together. And because people from both of our nations came together, this landscape was transformed. And for one hundred years, people from every background and every walk of life have come here to experience, truly, the magic of these trees.
No matter who you are, their beauty stirs our souls. No matter where we’re from, being here among these beautiful blossoms truly lifts our spirits. And that is why we invited all of these wonderful children to join us -- where are the children? There they are. (Applause.) They are here because we want them to learn this lesson as well; we want to pass this lesson onto them. We want to teach them about the great partnership between our nations and what that means for our shared future. We want to teach them to appreciate and learn from the traditions and cultures of others.
And we want them to be inspired by the example of our friends in Japan who have worked so hard and who have been so brave in rebuilding their lives. Because in the end it will be up to them, this next generation, to continue that great friendship. It will be up to them to carry these traditions forward so that one hundred years from now, their children and grandchildren will be able to come here to this very spot and see the tree that we will plant, full grown and in full bloom.
And I hope that on that day, the First Lady –- or the First Gentleman –- of 2112 will also have the privilege of joining with our friends from Japan, and planting another tree which will bloom for yet another one hundred years and beyond.
So with that, I want to once again thank you all for joining us today, and bearing the frigid cold. If you stick around for one more day, it will be 80 tomorrow, I guarantee you. (Laughter.) It's really nice weather here. But we are truly honored to have you here, and it's a pleasure to be able to join in this very special occasion.
And with that, I think it is time for us to plant a tree. (Applause.)
For more on The National Cherry Blossom Festival visit:
www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
For more West Potomac Park on visit:
www.npca.org/parks/west-potomac-park.html
For Remarks by the First Lady at the National Cherry Blossom Festival Centennial Tree Planting Ceremony visit: www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/27/remarks-fi...
Photo by
Ryan Janek Wolowski
Washington, D.C. USA
03-31-2012
First lady Michelle Obama leads a reenactment planting of a Cherry Blossom Tree on the 100th Anniversary of The National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.
It was March 27, 1912, when First Lady Helen Herron Taft and Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, planted the first two trees from Japan on the north bank of the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park.
For the March 27th 2012 planting First Lady Michelle Obama planted her tree in West Potomac Park, the closest cross streets to this planting location would be Ohio Drive SW at West Basin Drive SW.
Remarks by the First Lady at the National Cherry Blossom Festival Centennial Tree Planting Ceremony
Tidal Basin
Washington, D.C.
11:22 A.M. EDT
MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you so much, it is a true pleasure to be here on this beautiful, little chilly day. (Laughter.) We planned it. This is the only cold day of the week, and we are here. But I am pleased to be here.
I want to start by thanking Secretary Salazar for that very kind introduction, and for all of his outstanding work as Secretary of the Interior.
I want to thank and recognize Ambassador Fujisaki, as well as Mrs. Fujisaki, who are here today. Thank you all so much, I know you're here somewhere -- oh, you're here. (Laughter.) It's good to see you both. And I want to thank all of you for taking the time to join us for this historic event.
We have come together to celebrate these beautiful cherry blossom trees -- and yes, they were blooming last week. We were so close. (Laughter.) But I think the tree we're planting will -- still has a few blooms, but they are beautiful. And we are here to honor all that they stand for. For so many years, these trees have served as a symbol of the great friendship between the United States and Japan, and as a reminder of our shared hopes, dreams and aspirations.
People from both of our nations worked together for years to bring these trees here to Washington. And over the past century, people of all ages from the U.S. and Japan and so many other nations have come to this Tidal Basin each spring to marvel at their beauty. And year after year, even after the coldest, darkest, stormiest winters, these trees have continued to bloom.
So on this historic anniversary, we don’t just admire the beauty of these trees, we also admire their resilience. And in so doing, we are reminded of the extraordinary resilience of the Japanese people. Over the past year, we have all witnessed their courage, unity and grace as they have come together and begun the very hard work of rebuilding their nation.
And I think that that more than anything else is the lesson that we can learn from these trees. They teach us about all that we can achieve together. And because people from both of our nations came together, this landscape was transformed. And for one hundred years, people from every background and every walk of life have come here to experience, truly, the magic of these trees.
No matter who you are, their beauty stirs our souls. No matter where we’re from, being here among these beautiful blossoms truly lifts our spirits. And that is why we invited all of these wonderful children to join us -- where are the children? There they are. (Applause.) They are here because we want them to learn this lesson as well; we want to pass this lesson onto them. We want to teach them about the great partnership between our nations and what that means for our shared future. We want to teach them to appreciate and learn from the traditions and cultures of others.
And we want them to be inspired by the example of our friends in Japan who have worked so hard and who have been so brave in rebuilding their lives. Because in the end it will be up to them, this next generation, to continue that great friendship. It will be up to them to carry these traditions forward so that one hundred years from now, their children and grandchildren will be able to come here to this very spot and see the tree that we will plant, full grown and in full bloom.
And I hope that on that day, the First Lady –- or the First Gentleman –- of 2112 will also have the privilege of joining with our friends from Japan, and planting another tree which will bloom for yet another one hundred years and beyond.
So with that, I want to once again thank you all for joining us today, and bearing the frigid cold. If you stick around for one more day, it will be 80 tomorrow, I guarantee you. (Laughter.) It's really nice weather here. But we are truly honored to have you here, and it's a pleasure to be able to join in this very special occasion.
And with that, I think it is time for us to plant a tree. (Applause.)
For more on The National Cherry Blossom Festival visit:
www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
For more West Potomac Park on visit:
www.npca.org/parks/west-potomac-park.html
For Remarks by the First Lady at the National Cherry Blossom Festival Centennial Tree Planting Ceremony visit: www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/27/remarks-fi...
Photo by
Ryan Janek Wolowski
Washington, D.C. USA
03-31-2012
Lersina is the focal point for FDC, a UNFPA partner, in Cabo Delgado, and leads training and counseling session together with other activists and mentors on issues related to prevention and response to gender-based violence for women and girls impacted by the increasing violence and insecurity in northern Mozambique.
UNFPA-supported activities funded by the Government of Japan and UN OCHA (Central Emergency Response Funds).
Photo: UNFPA Mozambique/Mbuto Machili
West of the Praetorium, a beautyful path leads to one of the most famous and photographed buildings of the Villa, the Canopus. It has been excavated by the Jesuits in the XVIII century, finding sculptures of egyptian subject, and later on in 1950 by Aurigemma, who discovered many statues among which the copies of the Cariatyds of the Herecteion of Athens. Unfortunately his excavations did not consider stratigraphy, and its many articles and books just deal with the sculptures that were found.
The Canopus consisted of a long water basin flanked by pergulae, which lead to a monumental building in the form of a shell-shaped grotto, decorated by niches, fountains and waterworks. Its walls originally had marble revetment, while the vault was decorated with mosaic. At its center was a semicircular stibadium, or triclinar bed for the guests: the Canopus, in fact, was a spectacular summertime open-air dining room. In the center of the dome there is a sort of grotto, entering inside the hill, decorated by niches for statues and waterworks. Water gathered in an undelying basin and then overflowed, flowing into a series of small channels surrounding the triclinar bed. In the back of the building were several other rooms paved with opus sectile, and two small single latrinae. On the western side, a long room probably used as a kitchen was originally decorated by frescoes, which were detached in the 1960's. Two staircases lead up to the hill behind the Canopus, where has been found a water basin and a small aqueduct supplying the waterworks. In this area was also identified a Nymphaeum.
The half dome of the Canopus was an artificial, 'virtual' grotto, and since in its basin was found a fragmentary sculpture representing Scylla, it probably recalled other imperial triclinia such as the one in the Grotto of Sperlonga, in the villa of Tiberius, where was found a marble sculpture representing Ulysses blinding Polyphemus. In the hellenistic royal palaces, the grotto was part of the decoration and iconography; in roman times the grotto was very popular, even in small villas and private homes, as seen in Pompeii and other archaeological sites. In the imperial villas the grotto was a 'must', and reached monumental size, as in this case.
It is important to remind that Aurigemma's reconstruction of the columnade surrounding the Euripus basin of the Canopus is hypotetical, and was not supported by real excavation evidence.
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BNSF “25th Anniversary” ES44AC #6179 leads solo with an empty coal train from CSX (with an SD70ACE DPU on the rear) amidst the pouring on and off rain! I got somewhat soaked but it was worth it lol!
I had been eyeing this unit’s return trip ever since it came east two days before as a DPU the same day I caught 6017 (another 25th unit) trailing on Z-STPCHC. I was hoping 6179 would make its return trip on Thursday of that week as that was the last day of summertime freedom before school started on Friday (of all damn days lol). Come Thursday morning when I arrive at Main Street to on and off rainstorms, I learned that 6179 had passed Bangor, MI on the CSX Grand Rapids Sub at like 2 or 3am but this time leading! I then traced it to see if it was even in Illinois and sure enough it was traversing the surrounding area south of Cicero! I ultimately started thinking of when it’s run down the racetrack could be and I assumed it would be in the mid to late afternoon depending on how many crews were available and how it wouldn’t be the first time that a coal train that arrives at Western Avenue or Cicero would have to wait an eternity to get moving.
Well fast forward towards the end of rush hour and I decided to trace 6179 to see if it made it to Cicero and when I did, it came up as “Departed Cicero”. This meant that a crew was actually available and he could be in DG at any minute!
Around 8 or so minutes later, I saw a headlight to the east but if you zoom in on the photo here you’ll notice a second set of lights meaning there was gonna be a major problem of who will get here first. Luckily this other train (that being Q-CHCTAC) ended up getting stopped on Main 2 due to it being occupied so 6179 was able to highball through on Main 1 making this my 5th 25th unit to catch! Halfway there!
Also! Here’s a list of the 25th units I’ve seen so far as of this photo being taken! There are also links listed to photos of the units I’ve posted on here as well!
1. 5872 (leading but backlit to all hell lol)
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2. 6111 (leading with much better lighting)
[Not posted]
3. 5869 (leading with an MRL to boot as well)
4. 6017 (trailing and vandalized)
5. 6179 (Leading. 5 out of 10 units caught)
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West of the Praetorium, a beautyful path leads to one of the most famous and photographed buildings of the Villa, the Canopus. It has been excavated by the Jesuits in the XVIII century, finding sculptures of egyptian subject, and later on in 1950 by Aurigemma, who discovered many statues among which the copies of the Cariatyds of the Herecteion of Athens. Unfortunately his excavations did not consider stratigraphy, and its many articles and books just deal with the sculptures that were found.
The Canopus consisted of a long water basin flanked by pergulae, which lead to a monumental building in the form of a shell-shaped grotto, decorated by niches, fountains and waterworks. Its walls originally had marble revetment, while the vault was decorated with mosaic. At its center was a semicircular stibadium, or triclinar bed for the guests: the Canopus, in fact, was a spectacular summertime open-air dining room. In the center of the dome there is a sort of grotto, entering inside the hill, decorated by niches for statues and waterworks. Water gathered in an undelying basin and then overflowed, flowing into a series of small channels surrounding the triclinar bed. In the back of the building were several other rooms paved with opus sectile, and two small single latrinae. On the western side, a long room probably used as a kitchen was originally decorated by frescoes, which were detached in the 1960's. Two staircases lead up to the hill behind the Canopus, where has been found a water basin and a small aqueduct supplying the waterworks. In this area was also identified a Nymphaeum.
The half dome of the Canopus was an artificial, 'virtual' grotto, and since in its basin was found a fragmentary sculpture representing Scylla, it probably recalled other imperial triclinia such as the one in the Grotto of Sperlonga, in the villa of Tiberius, where was found a marble sculpture representing Ulysses blinding Polyphemus. In the hellenistic royal palaces, the grotto was part of the decoration and iconography; in roman times the grotto was very popular, even in small villas and private homes, as seen in Pompeii and other archaeological sites. In the imperial villas the grotto was a 'must', and reached monumental size, as in this case.
It is important to remind that Aurigemma's reconstruction of the columnade surrounding the Euripus basin of the Canopus is hypotetical, and was not supported by real excavation evidence.
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UNMISS Civil Affairs Division leads a conflict resolution roundtable discussion at the Gun cattle camp in Marial-bek, with support from the UNMISS Lakes State Coordinator's Office; Relief, Reintegration and Protection Office; Human Rights Division; Public Information Office; and the Nepalese Battalion, who provided force protection.
The group met with the Ruop section of the Agar clan of the Dinka tribe, who have been in conflict with the neighboring Kuei (also part of the Agar clan) since 2007. Since the inciting incident of their conflict, seven peace initiatives have been undertaken by the Ruop and Kuei communities. In line with the traditional justice system, blood compensation (a system which calls for financial reimbursement for those killed, usually paid to relatives of the victims) was paid each time. However, even when peace has been achieved, it has been broken, most often in instances of isolated killings fueled by revenge.
In recent clashes the Kuei have joined with the Pakam (another section of the Agar clan), also in conflict with the Ruop at various times, to fight against the Ruop. The most recent large clash occurred on March 15th near Marial-bek and left over 100 people dead. This was closely followed by a night-time killing within the Gun cattle camp carried out by the Pakam, which the Ruop responded to by ambushing the roads to Pakam.
The UNMISS Civil Affairs Division in Lakes State has been holding meetings with the various groups to hear their grievances and to discuss solutions to the cycle of violence. In this, their third visit to the Gun cattle camp, the primary purpose was to provide feedback from other consultations that have been undertaken with the Kuei and Pakam, as well as the with the government. The Ruop provided the Civil Affairs Divison with their own feedback as well, and suggested discussion items for future meetings.
Photos: UNMISS/JC Mcilwaine
47 802 leads 1Z66 north through Huntingdon, on July 8th 2024.
47 802 was built by Brush as D1950, entering service in September 1966. She was renumbered 47 259 in March 1974, 47 552 in February 1975, and finally 47 802 in July 1989. She is currently operated by West Coast Railways.
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Aston Martin Racing's #97 Vantage GTE driven by Stefan Mucke, Adrian Fernandez and Darren Turner, one of three in the field, leads the #26 Signatech Oreca-Nissan driven by Pierre Ragues, Nelson Panciatici and Roman Rusinov around Luffield corner.
Core Creek Park, a county park within Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It sits within Middletown Township on 1,200 acres (4.9 km2). The park surrounds Lake Luxembourg, which was formed by a dam on Core Creek. The park opens at dawn and closes at dusk.
Contents
History
Recreation
Watershed
History
The first owner of the land around Core Creek was Thomas Croasdale who bought 1000 acres of land from William Penn in 1682. In 1733 Croasdale's grandson was forced to sell the land due to financial problems and John Watson purchased it.
Thomas Jenks purchased a different section of land in 1731. Jenks was a significant man in the Langhorne area in that time period and built many structures in the area including a fulling mill on Core Creek which was a significant place for the people of the time to go and process their sheep's wool. Fulling Mill Road to the north of the park is named after this. During the American Revolutionary War the mill was raided by British soldiers who commandeered the cloth that had been ordered by George Washington's army.
In 1941 when Luxembourg was occupied by Nazi Germany Charlotte and Felix de Clervaux (the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg) purchased 247 acres of land that had previously been owned by Watson for 22000 dollars after fleeing Luxembourg. The purchased 50 more acres in 1943. The soil around Core Creek was very fertile and was used as a private farm for the royal family.
Recreation
Boat dock on Lake Luxembourg in Core Creek Park
Core Creek Park is open for year-round recreation. The park features numerous grills and tables for picnicking and several miles of trails for hiking, horseback riding, walking and biking. Lake Luxembourg is open for fishing, ice fishing and boating. Part of the lake is open in winter months for ice skating. Core Creek Park also has several playgrounds, ball fields, tennis courts and a nature area.
Core Creek Park is home to Core Creek Off Leash Dog Park, a landscaped membership park with separate facilities for large and small dogs, recognized as one of the top dog parks in the east. Amenities include sally ports for each section with member pass access control, running water with spigots for dogs and their handlers, benches, dog waste stations, and agility devices. Members are responsible for cleaning up after their pets. Smoking, food, and beverages and the use of the facilities for training are prohibited.
Watershed
Core Creek Park surrounds Lake Luxembourg, a lake that was created by impounding in 1975. Lake Luxembourg is about 175 acres (0.71 km2). The lake dams Core Creek, which is a tributary of the Neshaminy Creek, which leads to the Delaware River. Lake Luxembourg drains 15.45 mi2 of land consisting primarily of agricultural 54%, forested 22%, and residential 17% land. The lake contains ~2149713m3 of water and has a maximum depth of 26 ft. There is one industrial discharge upstream of the lake.
In the summer the lake undergoes thermal stratification and cannot support cold-water fish and thus only supports warm-water fish such as catfish, carp, crappie, sunfish, and largemouth bass among others. As of 1995 17 species of fish are known to live in the lake.
Thanks, Wikipedia
CSX B40-8 locomotive 5932 leads a fairly long rock train on the Duval Spur on October 3, 2003. Courtesy Mark Zielinski
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Recording at our house - it is a good, good, thing...
Michael is recording a wonderful young band called For the Birds - so much potential!
www.facebook.com/pages/For-The-Birds/159034210799707
There's a VERY rough mix up of one of their songs, and a couple of low quality videos. Don't be put off. They're great! The finished product will be excellent.
Atomic tackle have designed a special range of leads for Morocco Carp that will blend in perfectly with the red sandstone bottom of the lake. The leads will be available in 5 types and in 4 sizes, 3-6oz.
For more information on our carp fishing holidays please check out the web site:
We have been 'blessed' to have a few of the ex-LMS Dash 8 IC units lately. Another one leads M343 north past the former south end of CF Siding in Oshkosh.
These bas reliefs can be found under the pathway that leads to the eternal flame at the museum of the Great Patriotic War (WW2) in Kiev.
Kevin Costner leads a rally for a crowd of a few hundred people at the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO. (Hi-res photos available on request)
On the left of the ladder, an angel leads the three Marys to heaven. Above them, an angel carries the penitent thief to heaven. On the right of the ladder, Enoch and Elijah ascend to heaven – beside them, an angel holds a scroll setting out their good deeds. Above the ladder is the demi-figure of Christ in the act of benediction with the sun on his right and the moon on his left.
"The mural is divided in two by a cloudy band, with the lower half decorated to torments and punishments of the wicked; the upper half devoted to the judgement and salvation of souls. In the centre is a ladder with Jesus Christ above. The main figures include the Tree of knowledge, with the Serpent (bottom right), the Seven deadly sins and a cauldron for boiling murderers. Across the top are depicted the three Marys and the Ascent of Elijah and Enoch to heaven, Jesus defeating the Devil, and Jesus preaching to the spirits in prison.
"The church of Saints Peter and Paul at Chaldon, in Surrey, England was built before 1086 and contains a large wall painting of around 1170 depicting images of the ways of salvation and damnation and their result and is in length 17' 2". Malden in 1911 described it as 'perhaps the most interesting ancient wall-painting in England'."
Source: Wikipedia
43158 leads the 08.00 Cardiff Central - Par into Saltash station with 43004 on the rear. The train terminated at Par due to lengthy engineering line closures in west Cornwall. I was on my way home from my monthly chiropractor visit in the town and stopped off here. as I was passing. This photo will make a good puzzle in a few years time as we look back on our barrel-of-laughs 'Pandemic Year And A Bit' and play 'SPOT THE FACE MASK WEARER'. There are five of them in the picture. Can you see them ? A bottle of hand sanitiser to the first person to spot all five. This was taken on my knackered Nikon which has been having deteriorating problems since the end of the summer. First with a foreign body inside, then auto-focus problems and since the new year I have lost the LED screen meaning I can only take photos of very slow or stationary trains unless the sun is out as I can only use the auto setting. Looks like it's on its way out. Fortunately there have been no special workings, freights or railtours recently and a rather long lockdown. but I need to sort something out.
The refurbishment of Saltash station is nearing completion and with covid restrictions being gradually lifted it will start to become the new communal space that it has been intended for. A preview of the interior was shown on the excellent TV series 'The Architecture The Railways Built' shown on the Yesterday Channel back in late January fronted by the enthusiastic Tim Dunn.
Atomic tackle have designed a special range of leads for Morocco Carp that will blend in perfectly with the red sandstone bottom of the lake. The leads will be available in 5 types and in 4 sizes, 3-6oz.
For more information on our carp fishing holidays please check out the web site:
Kevin Ireson, managing director, with the new recruits; Mark Heslop (left), Ann Boyd and Lauri Hollis (right).
Russian photographer Murad Osmann has been attracting quite a bit of attention on the Internet for his images. It’s titled “Follow Me,” and features a unique perspective: each shot is from Osmann’s point of view, and shows the back of his girlfriend Nataly Zakharova’s body as she leads him by the hand through various locations around the world. petapixel.com/2013/03/01/photographer-captures-girlfriend...
Getting inspirited from him… I, Md. Rahat Khan Amit from Bangladesh as an amateur photographer have started this project of capturing the beautiful sceneries around the world by hand in hand together with my wife. Here, in all the photos I've shown the back of my wife Dr. Mahmuda Dewan while she was holding my hand and lead me to the wonderful locations around the world. I've started my project while I was in a short vacation with my family. I've traveled Singapore, Langkawi Island, Kualalampur, Pattaya and Bangkok from 27th November, 2015 to 6th December, 2015. Hopefully this project will be continued inside Bangladesh and across the world. The theme of this project is,
"Love leads to the road of beauty".
Thank u all…
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First lady Michelle Obama leads a reenactment planting of a Cherry Blossom Tree on the 100th Anniversary of The National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.
It was March 27, 1912, when First Lady Helen Herron Taft and Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, planted the first two trees from Japan on the north bank of the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park.
For the March 27th 2012 planting First Lady Michelle Obama planted her tree in West Potomac Park, the closest cross streets to this planting location would be Ohio Drive SW at West Basin Drive SW.
Remarks by the First Lady at the National Cherry Blossom Festival Centennial Tree Planting Ceremony
Tidal Basin
Washington, D.C.
11:22 A.M. EDT
MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you so much, it is a true pleasure to be here on this beautiful, little chilly day. (Laughter.) We planned it. This is the only cold day of the week, and we are here. But I am pleased to be here.
I want to start by thanking Secretary Salazar for that very kind introduction, and for all of his outstanding work as Secretary of the Interior.
I want to thank and recognize Ambassador Fujisaki, as well as Mrs. Fujisaki, who are here today. Thank you all so much, I know you're here somewhere -- oh, you're here. (Laughter.) It's good to see you both. And I want to thank all of you for taking the time to join us for this historic event.
We have come together to celebrate these beautiful cherry blossom trees -- and yes, they were blooming last week. We were so close. (Laughter.) But I think the tree we're planting will -- still has a few blooms, but they are beautiful. And we are here to honor all that they stand for. For so many years, these trees have served as a symbol of the great friendship between the United States and Japan, and as a reminder of our shared hopes, dreams and aspirations.
People from both of our nations worked together for years to bring these trees here to Washington. And over the past century, people of all ages from the U.S. and Japan and so many other nations have come to this Tidal Basin each spring to marvel at their beauty. And year after year, even after the coldest, darkest, stormiest winters, these trees have continued to bloom.
So on this historic anniversary, we don’t just admire the beauty of these trees, we also admire their resilience. And in so doing, we are reminded of the extraordinary resilience of the Japanese people. Over the past year, we have all witnessed their courage, unity and grace as they have come together and begun the very hard work of rebuilding their nation.
And I think that that more than anything else is the lesson that we can learn from these trees. They teach us about all that we can achieve together. And because people from both of our nations came together, this landscape was transformed. And for one hundred years, people from every background and every walk of life have come here to experience, truly, the magic of these trees.
No matter who you are, their beauty stirs our souls. No matter where we’re from, being here among these beautiful blossoms truly lifts our spirits. And that is why we invited all of these wonderful children to join us -- where are the children? There they are. (Applause.) They are here because we want them to learn this lesson as well; we want to pass this lesson onto them. We want to teach them about the great partnership between our nations and what that means for our shared future. We want to teach them to appreciate and learn from the traditions and cultures of others.
And we want them to be inspired by the example of our friends in Japan who have worked so hard and who have been so brave in rebuilding their lives. Because in the end it will be up to them, this next generation, to continue that great friendship. It will be up to them to carry these traditions forward so that one hundred years from now, their children and grandchildren will be able to come here to this very spot and see the tree that we will plant, full grown and in full bloom.
And I hope that on that day, the First Lady –- or the First Gentleman –- of 2112 will also have the privilege of joining with our friends from Japan, and planting another tree which will bloom for yet another one hundred years and beyond.
So with that, I want to once again thank you all for joining us today, and bearing the frigid cold. If you stick around for one more day, it will be 80 tomorrow, I guarantee you. (Laughter.) It's really nice weather here. But we are truly honored to have you here, and it's a pleasure to be able to join in this very special occasion.
And with that, I think it is time for us to plant a tree. (Applause.)
For more on The National Cherry Blossom Festival visit:
www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
For more West Potomac Park on visit:
www.npca.org/parks/west-potomac-park.html
For Remarks by the First Lady at the National Cherry Blossom Festival Centennial Tree Planting Ceremony visit: www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/27/remarks-fi...
Photo by
Ryan Janek Wolowski
Washington, D.C. USA
03-31-2012
P17 leads P18, T385 and G531 into Bendigo on the morning of the 17/4/19 with 0081, seen at Kangaroo Flat.
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The portal of the Rosary leads from the Nativity facade into the cloister and is the only part of the interior to have it's sculptured decoration completed in Gaudi's lifetime.
No visit to Barcelona is complete without a trip to Antoni Gaudi's masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia. Commonly referred to as Gaudi's Cathedral, it was initially built as an expiatory church to serve the expanding suburbs of the city (Barcelona already has it's gothic cathedral in the old quarter) and was officially designated as a basilica by the Pope at it's consecration in November 2010.
Construction commenced in 1882 to a bland and uninspired neo-gothic design by Francesco del Villar, who left the project a year later with only the lower part of the crypt built. The young Antonio Gaudi was called in as replacement architect in 1883 and immediately began his radical transformation of the design, discarding Villar's dull plans and completing the crypt and apse walls in his own version of gothic, though this was still conservative compared with what was to follow.
Gaudi's hallmark became most pronounced when work shifted to the adjacent transept facade (the 'Nativity Facade') which takes the form of three portals crowned by a cliff of sculpted masonry and four uniquely formed tapering steeples, finised in mosaic at their summit. This was to be the model for all three of te main facades of the church, but alas Gaudi only lived to see this on almost completed in his lifetime, he was knocked down by a tram and died shortly afterwards in 1926.
Gaudi always knew the project was too vast to be completed in his lifetime and was expecting other generations to finish what he had begun. Very little of the overall church then existed, he left us only the crypt, apse walls and one of the three facades, but plans and models indicated what was to come next, and also how much revision his original, more conservative concepts had undergone. The overall plan of the building follows the traditional cathedral layout with nave, transepts and apse. However Gaudi was adding much more, with protruding chapels, an encircling cloister and no less than 18 steeples, all symbolic with 12 for the Apostles, four on each facade, one over the apse for Mary, and four representing the Gospel Writers surrounding thetallest and largest of all over the crossing represening Christ. The three facades were to be adorned with sculpure on different themes, the Birth of Christ (Nativity Facade, east/'south' transept), the Passion of Christ (Passion Facade, west/'north' transept) and the Last Judgement (Glory Facade, main south/'west' facade of nave).
Work continued after Gaudi's death but the Spanish Civil War brought it to an abrupt halt in 1936. Worse still the building was attacked by communist and anarchist mobs (along with other churches) and set alight, the resulting fires wrecking Gaudi's workshops and destroying most of the plans and models for the continuation of the work. Some even proposed to dynamite the building, and only it's potential use as a look-out tower prevented this.
It was not until the 1950s that work resumed, focusing on the opposite transept facade to that finished by Gaudi. Enough material had survived to indicate the designs to be followed, much more was still being literally pieced together (Gaudi's plaster models are still being reconstructed from their shattered fragments). Four more steeples now balanced those on the east side, but the rest of the Passion facade, mostly finished by the late 1980s, differs radically from it's predessecor, being harsher and more angular in form. This was deliberate on Gaudi's part, as he wish to express the pain and sorrow of Christ's death as opposed to the joy of his birth. The biggest difference of all however came with the sculptures which are the work of Josep Maria Subirachs begun in the late 1980s, and clearly contemporary in their uncompromising, stylised forms.
Progress since the late 1980s has been incredible, the building being transformed in the space of 20 years from a great empty shell to an enclosed, working church. The nave an interior had barely been begun at this stage, but now the interior is complete with a staggering forest of leaning columns within, all based on the forms of trees supporting a pierced vault like branches.
This has to be one of my all time favourite buildings, and it's ongoing growth and transformation continues to fascinate me. My last visit was in 2007, so the interior was still unfinished and half full of scaffolding. After it's consecration the main features still to be constructed are the external half of the main Glory Facade with it's four spires, and the largest steeples of all over the crossing and apse, which are currently under construction. Various additional chapels remain to be added, but it is hoped the work may be complete by 2026, the centenary of Gaudi's death.