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Taj-ul-Masajid is a mosque situated in Bhopal, India. It is one of the largest mosques in Asia. The mosque is also used as a madrasah (Islamic school) during the day.
"Taj-ul-Masajid" literally means "The Crown of Mosques". The construction of the mosque was started by Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal (1868-1901). However, the mosque was not completed due to lack of money, and after a long lay-off, construction was resumed in 1971.
...because I'm worried he will look like a Dante clone if I get the C faceup, which I really like.
If I get this guy in this faceup, maybe October will lay off of everyone else's boyfriends (since we know Karsh is doomed to October's affections when he gets here, too). Maybe this guy can be her man!
And he can be either blondish or ginger, and I won't have a whole cabinet of dark haired, vibrant eyed boys (which is my male BJD beauty fixation).
And Iplehouse is just a joy to deal with! Their customer service is so attentive, and their turn around times are very prompt...Dante was ready to ship before I even paid him off (and I was making payments every other week)!
I'm delightfully doomed! JID Boris added to my wishlist!
Edited to add: I am *so disappointed* because Iplehouse changed the B faceup to something different, something less unique. I'm moping now...I could really see this guy as October's boyfriend. Now I have to rethink my plans...again!
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Last seen here.
I've had these two Jade plants for a long time (at least 2004, maybe longer) but they have always been sickly. Last spring I restarted them in new soil and they are loving it. Here they are showing signs of excess salts being express through the leaves. I'll lay off the fertilizer for the winter.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Killer Whales of the west coast of Whalsay, weather conditions were low cloud and mostly calm dry conditions. The Killer Whales (Orcas) were first spotted on the east side of the calf of Linga an Island which is situated of Symbister Harbour. The whales then proceeded into the north west traveling between islands Bruceholm and Hunderholm headed to a bight which lays off mainland Shetland called Bunnydale, here the whales frolicked around breaching and playing swimming upside down etc. Here as you will see in one of the photos the whale also grabbed a tystie for a snack. They then left this location and headed south again around the island of Hunderholm and carried on proceeding south towards nesting and Lerwick area. In the pod there were 2 large Killer Whales and three smaller cubs. The whales travelled at a speed around 6-7 knots into the south.
🔼Subscribe ➤ www.youtube.com/channel/UCbSbvA2HcZFICVqiPBfLh-Q?sub_conf... R. Kelly - It's Christmas Day Day One Dear Nuala, Thank you very much for your lovely present of a partridge in a pear-tree We're getting the hang of feeding the partridge now, Although it was difficult at first to win its confidence It bit the mother rather badly on the hand But they're good friends now and we're keeping the pear-tree indoors in a bucket Thank you again Yours affectionately, Gobnait O'Lúnasa Day Two Dear Nuala, I cannot tell you how surprised we were to hear from you so soon again and to receive your lovely present of two turtle doves You really are too kind At first the partridge was very jealous And suspicious of the doves and they had a terrible row the night the doves arrived We had to send for the vet but the birds are okay again And the stitches are due to some out in a week or two The vet's bill was 8 but the mother is over her annoyance now And the doves and the partridge are watching the telly from the pear-tree as I write Yours ever, Gobnait Day Three Dear Nuala, We must be foremost in your thoughts I had only posted my letter when the three French hens arrived There was another sort-out between the hens and the doves, Who sided with the partridge, and the vet had to be sent for again The mother was raging because the bill was 16 this time But she has almost cooled down However, the fact that the birds' droppings keep falling down On her hair whilen she's watching the telly, doesn't help matters Thanking you for your kindness I remain, your Gobnait Day Four Dear Nuala, You mustn't have received my last letter when you were sending us the four calling birds There was pandemonium in the pear-tree again last night and the vet's bill was 32 The mother is on sedation as I write I know you meant no harm and remain your close friend Gobnauit Day Five Nuala, Your generosity knows no bounds Five gold rings! When the parcel arrived I was scared stiff that it might be more birds, because the smell in the living-room is atrocious However, I don't want to seem ungrateful for the beautiful rings Your affectionate friend, Gobnait Day Six Nuala, What are you trying to do to us? It isn't that we don't appreciate your generosity But the six geese have not alone nearly murdered the calling birds But they laid their eggs on top of the vet's head From the pear-tree and his bill was 68 in cash ! My mother is munching 60 grains of Valium a day And talking to herself in a most alarming way You must keep your feelings for me in check Gobnait Day Seven Nuala, We are not amused by your little joke Seven swans-a-swimming is a most romantic idea but not in the bath of a private house We cannot use the bathroom now because they've gone completely savage And rush the door every time we try to enter If things go on this way, the mother and I will smell as bad as the living-room carpet Please lay off It is not fair Gobnait Day Eight Nuala, Who the hell do you think gave you the right to send eight, Hefty maids-a-milking here, to eat us out of house and home? Their cattle are all over the front lawn And have trampled the hell out of the mother's rose-beds The swans invaded the living-room in a sneak attack And the ensuing battle between them and the calling birds, Turtle doves, French hens and partridge make the battle Of the Somme seem like Wanderly Wagon The mother is on a bottle of whiskey a day, as well as the sixty grains of Valium I'm very annoyed with you Gobnait Day Nine Listen you looser! There's enough pandemonium in this place night and day without nine drummers drumming, while the eight flaming maids-a-milking are beating my poor, old alcoholic mother out of her own kitchen and gobbling everything in sight I'm warning you, you're making an enemy of me Gobnait Day Ten Listen manure-face, I hope you'll be haunted by the strains of ten pipers piping Which you sent to torment us last night They were aided in their evil work by those maniac drummers And it wasn't a pleasant sight to look out the window And see eight hefty maids-a-milking pogo-ing around with the ensuing punk-rock uproar My mother has just finished her third bottle of whiskey, On top of a hundred and twenty four grains of Valium You'll get yours! Gobnait O'Lúnasa =========================== 🙈Follow me..........👉...⤵👇 ➧https://twitter.com/SongVEVOLyrics ➧http://ift.tt/2eb29Io ➧http://ift.tt/2dIEifI ➧http://ift.tt/2eb3FKx ➧http://ift.tt/2dIBsaw ➧http://ift.tt/2eb1AhI ➧http://ift.tt/2dIAhYD ➧http://ift.tt/2eb2OcF youtu.be/1nc_8wKkz3s
Taj-ul-Masajid is a Mosque situated in Bhopal, India. The name is also spelt as Taj-ul-Masjid. However the correct Name is Taj-ul-Masajid and not Taj-ul-Masjid. "Masajid" means "Mosques" (Plural of "Masjid") and "Taj-ul-Masajid" literally means "Crown Among Mosques". It is the largest Mosque in India.
HISTORY
The construction of the Mosque was initiated during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar by Nawab Shah Jahan Begum (1844–1860 and 1868–1901) of Bhopal (Wife of Baqi Mohammad Khan) and continued to be built by her daughter Sultan Jahan Begum, till her lifetime. The mosque was not completed due to lack of funds, and after a long lay-off after the War of 1857, construction was resumed in 1971 by great efforts of Allama Mohammad Imran Khan Nadwi Azhari and Maulana Sayed Hashmat Ali Sahab of Bhopal. The construction was completed by 1985 and the entrance (eastern) gate was renovated grandly using ancient motifs from circa 1250 Syrian mosques by the contribution of the Emir of Kuwait to commemorate the memory of his departed wife.
ARCHITECTURE
The Mosque has a pink facade topped by two 18-storey high octagonal minarets with marble domes. The Mosque also has three huge bulbous domes, an impressive main hallway with attractive pillars and marble flooring resembling Mughal architecture the likes of Jama Masjid in Delhi and the huge Badshahi Mosque of Lahore. It has a courtyard with a large tank in the centre. It has a double-storeyed gateway with four recessed archways and nine cusped multifold openings in the main prayer hall. The Quibla wall in the prayer hall is carved with eleven recessed arches and has fine screens of trellis work. The massive pillars in the hall hold 27 ceilings through squinted arches of which 16 ceilings are decorated with ornate petaled designs.
ANNUAL CONGREGATION
Aalmi Tablighi Ijtima is an annual three-day congregation that draws people from all over the world. It was held at Taj-ul-Masajid until it was shifted to Islam Nagar outside the city due to shortage of space.
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No big deal? Heck... last time I cleaned this was sprint '06. I know, because I carbon dated (read the pencil etchings) the papers stacked on it, and in the closet. I also checked out my House Loan to see if I was part of the sub-prime lending crisis. I am. Thank goodness I'm also part of the upper-middle class.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
I think all of this post-lockdown walking I’ve been doing is finally starting to pay off - this delightful maxi and the ‘Cranberry tartan’ VoH number just before it are both slightly too big for me. Well, we can all dream, can’t we? However, I’m laying off the pies until I get back to a UK size 12…
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
On Thursday, May 8th 2025, early morning, we see a driver of this 1991 Ford F-250 just barely escaping being hit by Inter County Railway ( ICR ) mixed freight at Bella Ave Crossing in Conway. Season ICR Engineer Tom Jayle, after clearing the crossing and laying off the horn that most neighbors will be complaining about once again, to the Conway city council. Tom tells his conductor/brakeman, Eric Sulvan, that this is a normal thing since this crossing was installed a few years ago, so most have been lucky, but a few have hit, and luckily no deaths yet
They are on the “Conway line “ one of the few lines ICR owns since buying many small spurs and trackage rights from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, now BNSF, in 1991-92. The line was built in 1918 to reach magnesium mines and was used heavily from WW1 through Kora by the US military to reach White Sands Missile Range. The line saw use up to the mid-1970s for Military and livestock shipments. Today's line is still there, but only half is in use to area called Rose Pens ( old stockyard ), a few miles southwest of Conway, is Big Dog ammunition, Y and Half fuel distributor and along with a warehouse are the only industries keeping the line active, but the rising cost of maintenance and near 110 year old bridge over Rio Grande days might be number or new chapter just around the bend
Conway small city of around 3,000 population is 5 miles southeast of Apache the county seat of Apache County and with a population of 90,000 + it outgrew Conway over 100 years ago, but was Apache County's first seat and but after the railroad came through in the 1880s things moved west across the Rio Grande and Conway did not grow, but not really shrunk either.
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Youngsters helping the family income with embroidered articles, mola, and a drawing for sale on this Panama Island
The San Blas Islands of Panama is an archipelago comprising approximately 378 islands and cays, of which only 49 are inhabited. They lay off the north coast of the Isthmus, east of the Panama Canal. Home to the Kuna Indians, they are a part of the comarca Kuna Yala along the Caribbean coast of Panama
Ogobpuquib, San Blas, Panama
I've used acrylics for the interior, and to be honest, I've been put off using them again in the future. I had considered that acrylic would be better in terms of its ability to cover, however, you just don't have the time to paint it on, lay it off, then lay off again as you do with enamel. A digital camera can be quite unforgiving when it comes to showing up the imperfections on models; thankfully here it hasn't shown up how crap the finish on the ceiling is. I still have to replace all the tungsten bulds with smaller strip lights made from round plasticard tube. A set of interior adverts are also ready to be fitted too.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Ipswich 2-1 Preston
Ipswich Town chalked up their eighth successive home win and ended a run of four straight losses against a poor Preston side at Portman Road.
The visitors only mustered one effort on target in the whole match - their dubious 85th minute penalty - while Ipswich created a host of chances, hitting the woodwork three times in addition to their two goals.
Early on, it was Preston keeper Andy Lonergan who denied Ipswich by saving shots from Pablo Counago and Jon Walters, plus a firm header by home skipper Jason De Vos.
Preston threatened for the first time with a 35-yard drive from Callum Davidson which flashed wide, before Billy Clarke wasted a great chance for Ipswich, diving to nod wide from Owen Garvan's free-kick when unmarked.
Town were desperately unlucky on 27 minutes when De Vos nodded Garvan's corner goalwards, Counago's back header went onto the bar and Fabian Wilnis headed the rebound against the post.
Wilnis had two mad moments in front of his own goal before half-time, getting his head onto a Kevin Nicholls free-kick which deflected onto the roof of the net and slicing an attempted clearance over keeper Neil Alexander and narrowly wide.
In between though, Town had taken the lead when Walters crossed from the right and Alan Lee dived low to steer a header past Lonergan despite the goalkeeper getting a decent hand on it on 34 minutes.
After the break, Ipswich continued to look the more lively side, with Walters spearheading a break which ended with Lonergan saving his low shot after a quick exchange of passes with Counago.
Preston wasted a great opportunity just before the hour when a series of corners ended with Nicholls' delivery flashing across goal and Karl Hawley steering it wide from very close range.
Town hit the woodwork for the third time on 63 minutes when Clarke collected a loose ball and thrashed a fierce 25-yard left-footer against Lonergan's left-hand post.
Counago flashed a low drive across goal before his lay-off was drilled home by Tommy Miller from ten yards for his first goal since rejoining Ipswich in the summer.
Preston ensured a nervy finale when substitute Neil Mellor went to ground under challenge from David Wright and Alexander, although the forward looked to be on the way down before any contact was made.
Referee Mike Russell gave the penalty though and Mellor sent Alexander the wrong way from the spot.
But Ipswich held on through five minutes of stoppage time and actually looked the more likely side to score.
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Just too cute to lay off the shutter button, this baby gave me enough 'chin-up' to catch his eye color. How beautiful!
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Bank of America, Not With Our Money!
Funding dirty coal? Not with our money.
Activists hung a banner on Bank of America's Charlotte, NC headquarters to tell the bank: "Not with our money!" People are fed up with Bank of America putting profits before people and planet. The bank is the largest funder of the US coal industry and the leading foreclosure on Americans' homes. Meanwhile, BoA is laying off 30,000 workers and hiking fees left and right. Enough is enough.
As the morning started to slip away four other activists barricaded the main entrance door to BOA's corporate headquarters and held a banner that said "Bank of Coal"
This was all followed up by protest march to the corner of Tryon and Trade Street, where the Rainforest Action Network had several speakers speak before marching over to BOA
You too can tell Bank of America, "Not with our money!"
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Killer Whales of the west coast of Whalsay, weather conditions were low cloud and mostly calm dry conditions. The Killer Whales (Orcas) were first spotted on the east side of the calf of Linga an Island which is situated of Symbister Harbour. The whales then proceeded into the north west traveling between islands Bruceholm and Hunderholm headed to a bight which lays off mainland Shetland called Bunnydale, here the whales frolicked around breaching and playing swimming upside down etc. Here as you will see in one of the photos the whale also grabbed a tystie for a snack. They then left this location and headed south again around the island of Hunderholm and carried on proceeding south towards nesting and Lerwick area. In the pod there were 2 large Killer Whales and three smaller cubs. The whales travelled at a speed around 6-7 knots into the south.
Michael Jordan plays high stakes, late night 3 a.m. Blackjack two tables away while I'm card counting like crazy with bets that don't total the price of his cigar.
After a few hours, he brushed by me with guards on all points. I coulda grabbed reached and grabbed him but not a wise move I figured. Coincidentally, we ate at the clubhouse restaurant at the oceanside golf course where MJ hosted his televised celebrity golf event the following week. Michael's the guy at the table, he hasn't added 50 pounds and shrunk in retirement. The near guy is there to stop people from harassing the superstar (e.g., taking photos).
Of course, Murphy's Law dictated that my Digital Rebel would fry on a Bahamas trip (dreaded Err99) so I resorted to my RAZR at the Atlantis resort from then on. I put it on zoom and later discovered it was a lame digital zoom so the normally bad photos turned out pathetically worse. You can't see his whopper stack of chips but can probably make out his shiny skull, crisp white shirt and nifty silk tie & stogie. This was half a year ago but if it hits me who the other sports superstar he was with, I'll add it later.
MJ didn't stay at the hotel. He headed out the towers and went to another resort between Atlantis and the course I was told. Earlier that evening, the waiter at the course restaurant was fantastic, answered a bunch of questions about the event last year and set us up with a free copy of the slick book that accompanied the golf event this year.
I just about pumped MJ for an autograph as he walked by me on the way out but at around 4 a.m., he looked tired or a little poorer than he'd hoped and I decided to lay off. I'd been to several of his games in several states and it was funny that at the games he was a speck on the Jumbotron and I ended up an arms-length away from the dunkmeister outside the U.S. playin' 21. (I think I beat him! :)
Technically a horrible photo but a fun one to get no less and since someone asked, I'm posting it. Keep your eyes open next year 'cause even pros have patterns! :)
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On the 24th June 2020 I was was walking through Bury St Edmunds . On a Wednesday its market day and thankfully more and more stalls are returning following the Covid 19 Lockdown.
Early morning Romilly was setting up for a busy day on the Burger Van that she helps run in the Buttermarket in Bury St Edmunds. On a hot day it was sure to be a warm kitchen. Romilly was pleased to be back working after a long lay off due to the Covid 19 Pandemic. Its only in the last 2 weeks that the van has been able to be back in business.
Normally her family would head down to Cornwall for their summer holidays but this was cancelled .
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Truck Drivers in Italy Strike, Causes Food, Gas Shortages
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Italy's striking truck drivers used hundreds of vehicles to block highways outside large cities and border points Tuesday, causing shortages of gasoline and perishable food.
The strike forced Fiat to lay off thousands of workers temporarily for lack of supplies at factories.
Most of Italy's supplies move on wheels. But little fuel was delivered to pumps on the second day of a five-day strike to press demands for lower gasoline prices and shorter working hours.
Unions walked out of a meeting Tuesday with Transport Minister Alessandro Bianchi, breaking off negotiations meant to end the strike.
Trucks blocked traffic on highways outside Rome, Milan and other major cities. Many gas stations across Rome were closed or put up signs reading "out of fuel." Long lines of cars and scooters formed in front of those still operating.
Fiat Group said more than 22,000 employees were temporarily laid off as of Tuesday afternoon. The number "is expected to grow in the next few days and involve all the 50,000 workers of the manufacturing areas," Italy's largest private-sector company said in a statement.
The group, which includes the Fiat automaker, said the strike was "drastically reducing the competitiveness of our country."
Rotting produce was all that was left on many supermarket shelves. Fresh meat, milk, fruit and vegetables were scarce.
"Since yesterday we haven't had any deliveries," said Ruggero Giannini, sales manager at a supermarket in downtown Rome. "We are powerless in the face of such a situation."
The Italian farm lobby Coldiretti said farmers would lose millions of dollars if tons of perishable goods remain undelivered. The distribution of animal feed was also threatened, a statement from the group said.
Gasoline station associations said about 60 percent of the pumps in the country had been idled, and most of those still operating would be forced to shut down by Tuesday evening.
"The supply problem is causing a real paralysis," said Luca Squeri, head of the FIGISC gas station federation.
Italian news reports said some drivers who refused to join the strike were attacked, and some of their vehicles were stoned and had tires slashed.
Although the walkout had been announced, the authority that monitors strikes in Italy said that blocking traffic and essential supplies was unlawful and urged the Transport Ministry to order the drivers to return to work.
Alcatraz. San Francisco, California. April/2018
The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary or United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island (often just referred to as Alcatraz or the Rock) was a maximum high-security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, which operated from August 11, 1934, until March 21, 1963.
The main prison building was built in 1910–1912 during its time as a United States Army military prison; Alcatraz had been the site of a citadel since the 1860s. The United States Disciplinary Barracks, Pacific Branch on Alcatraz was acquired by the United States Department of Justice on October 12, 1933, and the island became a prison of the Federal Bureau of Prisons in August 1934 after the buildings were modernized to meet the requirements of a top-notch security prison. Given this high security and the location of Alcatraz in the cold waters and strong currents of San Francisco Bay, the prison operators believed Alcatraz to be escape-proof and America's strongest prison.
Alcatraz was designed to hold prisoners who continuously caused trouble at other federal prisons. One of the world's most notorious and best known prisons over the years, Alcatraz housed some 1,576 of America's most ruthless criminals including Al Capone, Robert Franklin Stroud(the "Birdman of Alcatraz"), George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Bumpy Johnson, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Mickey Cohen, Arthur R. "Doc" Barker, Whitey Bulger, and Alvin "Creepy" Karpis (who served more time at Alcatraz than any other inmate). It also provided housing for the Bureau of Prisons' staff and their families. A total of 36 prisoners made 14 escape attempts during the 29 years of the prison's existence, the most notable of which were the violent escape attempt of May 1946 known as the "Battle of Alcatraz", and the arguably successful "Escape from Alcatraz" by Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin in June 1962 in one of the most intricate escapes ever devised. Faced with high maintenance costs and a poor reputation, Alcatraz closed on March 21, 1963.
The three-story cellhouse included the main four blocks of the jail, A-block, B-block, C-block, and D-block, the warden's office, visitation room, the library, and the barber shop. The prison cells typically measured 9 feet (2.7 m) by 5 feet (1.5 m) and 7 feet (2.1 m) high. The cells were primitive and lacked privacy, with a bed, a desk and a washbasin and toilet on the back wall, with few furnishings except a blanket. African-Americans were segregated from the rest in cell designation due to racial abuse being prevalent. D-Block housed the worst inmates and five cells at the end of it were designated as "The Hole", where badly behaving prisoners would be sent for periods of punishment, often brutally so. The dining hall and kitchen lay off the main building in an extended part where both prisoners and staff would eat three meals a day together. The Alcatraz Hospital was above the dining hall.
Corridors of the prison were named after major American streets such as Broadway and Michigan Avenue. Working at the prison was considered a privilege for inmates and many of the better inmates were employed in the Model Industries Building and New Industries Building during the day, actively involved in providing for the military in jobs such as sewing and woodwork and performing various maintenance and laundry chores.
Today the penitentiary is a public museum and one of San Francisco's major tourist attractions, attracting some 1.5 million visitors annually. The former prison is now operated by the National Park Service's Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and the badly eroded buildings of the former prison have been subject to restoration works in recent times and maintained
Source: Wikipedia
Alcatraz é uma ilha localizada no meio da Baía de São Francisco na Califórnia, Estados Unidos. Inicialmente foi utilizada como base militar, e somente mais tarde foi convertida em uma prisão de segurança máxima. Atualmente, é um ponto turístico operado pelo National Park Service junto com a Área de Recreação Golden Gate.
Alcatraz foi uma base militar de 1850 a 1930. Posteriormente, foi adquirida pelo Departamento de Justiça dos Estados Unidos, em 12 de outubro de 1933, quando sofreu a conversão. Em 1 de janeiro de 1934, foi re-inaugurada como uma Prisão Federal. Durante seus 29 anos de existência, a prisão alojou alguns dos maiores criminosos norte-americanos. A prisão foi fechada em 21 de março de 1963, menos de um ano após a primeira fuga realizada na prisão. O governo alegou que o complexo foi fechado devido ao seu alto custo de manutenção, e ao fato de que não garantia uma total segurança, em relação às prisões mais modernas. Era mais fácil e mais barato construir uma prisão nova do que melhorar as condições de Alcatraz.
Em 1969, um grupo de nativos norte-americanos criou um movimento que ocupou a ilha, baseando-se num tratado federal de 1868, que permitia que os nativos utilizassem todo o território que o governo não usava ativamente . Após quase dois anos de ocupação, o governo os retirou da ilha.
Durante 29 anos, a prisão de Alcatraz nunca registrou oficialmente fugas bem sucedidas de prisioneiros. Em todas as tentativas, os fugitivos foram mortos ou afogavam-se nas águas da baia de São Francisco. Três fugitivos, Frank Morris, e os irmãos John e Clarence Anglin, desapareceram das sua celas em 11 de Junho de 1962. Somente algumas provas foram encontradas, e elas levam a crer que os prisioneiros morreram, mas, oficialmente, ainda estão listados como desaparecidos e provavelmente afogados. Em 1979 foi feito um filme sobre essa fuga com Clint Eastwood chamado Escape from Alcatraz. A história chegou a ser testada no programa "Mythbusters-Os Caçadores de Mitos" no episódio Fuga de Alcatraz.
Em outubro de 2015 documentário do canal "History" foi divulgado, onde foram apresentadas novas evidências que indicam que os irmãos Anglin não somente sobreviveram, como mantiveram contato com sua família e teriam fugido para o Brasil.
Fonte: Wikipedia
Well... sparks to be more precise. It seems another icon is on its way to extinction.
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Zippo lays off 80 employees
by The Associated Press
Friday September 19, 2008, 7:28 AM
BRADFORD -- Zippo Manufacturing Co. has laid off 80 employees, citing improved efficiencies and operating capabilities.
The Bradford-based company had laid off 35 workers in June, citing a decline in business. Thursday's layoff accounted for more than 15 percent of its work force.
Zippo's business has been affected by the anti-smoking movement, Transportation Safety Administration regulations and counterfeits.
For years, Zippo was McKean County's largest employer, but last year it was passed by a hospital.
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Rainforest Action Network
Bank of America, Not With Our Money!
Funding dirty coal? Not with our money.
Activists hung a banner on Bank of America's Charlotte, NC headquarters to tell the bank: "Not with our money!" People are fed up with Bank of America putting profits before people and planet. The bank is the largest funder of the US coal industry and the leading foreclosure on Americans' homes. Meanwhile, BoA is laying off 30,000 workers and hiking fees left and right. Enough is enough.
As the morning started to slip away four other activists barricaded the main entrance door to BOA's corporate headquarters and held a banner that said "Bank of Coal"
This was all followed up by protest march to the corner of Tryon and Trade Street, where the Rainforest Action Network had several speakers speak before marching over to BOA
You too can tell Bank of America, "Not with our money!"
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
tuesday.
me as angel.
my bucephalus moved over to the big ranch in the sky last night. apparently beua's bff jeep put his head on the shoulder of the doctor that put beau down as the doc was kneeling down over him. i will miss him. i will see jeep this weekend. all my animals are leaving me. makes me cry.
edit: why the fwack don't i have any picture of beau in here? most post.
- saw ironman last night. stay for secret scene at end of credit roll.
- 2nd day of shoot, half over.
- got back to hotel around 7 and went for a run with morgan, 4 miles. good job us,
- went upstairs to the "penthouse" and met zoe and morgan for dinner, saw the swedes.
- had the best mac and cheese ever.
i kinda like this pic, it's funny. i could only do it for like 6 takes, then had to lay off, the mac and chesse and J champagne was getting to me, oof.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Funding dirty coal? Not with our money.
Activists hung a banner on Bank of America's Charlotte, NC headquarters to tell the bank: "Not with our money!" People are fed up with Bank of America putting profits before people and planet. The bank is the largest funder of the US coal industry and the leading foreclosure on Americans' homes. Meanwhile, BoA is laying off 30,000 workers and hiking fees left and right. Enough is enough.
You too can tell Bank of America, "Not with our money!"
Photo Credit: Nell Redmond
I really wanted to put a bayonet on this one, but after uploading two others with bayonets, I felt the need to lay off for awhile.
The hardened infantry of the NSK pull out of Gibraltar into the ships that lay off the coast. The same is happening with the weary Arctic Commandos in Dublin. We ask to both the SUA and ISGA that we wish to not be attacked while leaving or being pursuited. ''This is not a act of cowardice! This is a act of friendship, in the hopes of a new alliance to be born. In a few days, or beloved warriors, those weary veterans, covered in dirt and blood, dying to see their families again, will be coming home to see their loved ones again.''
The NSK forces in Vietnam have agreed to leave Asia, Vietnam has no use for the NSK.
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So yeah, I'm being like a turtle. Everything back in the homeland!
Sorry for it being messy, I had 20 minutes to make this and I am already late while writing this.
Alcatraz. San Francisco, California. April/2018
The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary or United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island (often just referred to as Alcatraz or the Rock) was a maximum high-security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, which operated from August 11, 1934, until March 21, 1963.
The main prison building was built in 1910–1912 during its time as a United States Army military prison; Alcatraz had been the site of a citadel since the 1860s. The United States Disciplinary Barracks, Pacific Branch on Alcatraz was acquired by the United States Department of Justice on October 12, 1933, and the island became a prison of the Federal Bureau of Prisons in August 1934 after the buildings were modernized to meet the requirements of a top-notch security prison. Given this high security and the location of Alcatraz in the cold waters and strong currents of San Francisco Bay, the prison operators believed Alcatraz to be escape-proof and America's strongest prison.
Alcatraz was designed to hold prisoners who continuously caused trouble at other federal prisons. One of the world's most notorious and best known prisons over the years, Alcatraz housed some 1,576 of America's most ruthless criminals including Al Capone, Robert Franklin Stroud(the "Birdman of Alcatraz"), George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Bumpy Johnson, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Mickey Cohen, Arthur R. "Doc" Barker, Whitey Bulger, and Alvin "Creepy" Karpis (who served more time at Alcatraz than any other inmate). It also provided housing for the Bureau of Prisons' staff and their families. A total of 36 prisoners made 14 escape attempts during the 29 years of the prison's existence, the most notable of which were the violent escape attempt of May 1946 known as the "Battle of Alcatraz", and the arguably successful "Escape from Alcatraz" by Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin in June 1962 in one of the most intricate escapes ever devised. Faced with high maintenance costs and a poor reputation, Alcatraz closed on March 21, 1963.
The three-story cellhouse included the main four blocks of the jail, A-block, B-block, C-block, and D-block, the warden's office, visitation room, the library, and the barber shop. The prison cells typically measured 9 feet (2.7 m) by 5 feet (1.5 m) and 7 feet (2.1 m) high. The cells were primitive and lacked privacy, with a bed, a desk and a washbasin and toilet on the back wall, with few furnishings except a blanket. African-Americans were segregated from the rest in cell designation due to racial abuse being prevalent. D-Block housed the worst inmates and five cells at the end of it were designated as "The Hole", where badly behaving prisoners would be sent for periods of punishment, often brutally so. The dining hall and kitchen lay off the main building in an extended part where both prisoners and staff would eat three meals a day together. The Alcatraz Hospital was above the dining hall.
Corridors of the prison were named after major American streets such as Broadway and Michigan Avenue. Working at the prison was considered a privilege for inmates and many of the better inmates were employed in the Model Industries Building and New Industries Building during the day, actively involved in providing for the military in jobs such as sewing and woodwork and performing various maintenance and laundry chores.
Today the penitentiary is a public museum and one of San Francisco's major tourist attractions, attracting some 1.5 million visitors annually. The former prison is now operated by the National Park Service's Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and the badly eroded buildings of the former prison have been subject to restoration works in recent times and maintained
Source: Wikipedia
Alcatraz é uma ilha localizada no meio da Baía de São Francisco na Califórnia, Estados Unidos. Inicialmente foi utilizada como base militar, e somente mais tarde foi convertida em uma prisão de segurança máxima. Atualmente, é um ponto turístico operado pelo National Park Service junto com a Área de Recreação Golden Gate.
Alcatraz foi uma base militar de 1850 a 1930. Posteriormente, foi adquirida pelo Departamento de Justiça dos Estados Unidos, em 12 de outubro de 1933, quando sofreu a conversão. Em 1 de janeiro de 1934, foi re-inaugurada como uma Prisão Federal. Durante seus 29 anos de existência, a prisão alojou alguns dos maiores criminosos norte-americanos. A prisão foi fechada em 21 de março de 1963, menos de um ano após a primeira fuga realizada na prisão. O governo alegou que o complexo foi fechado devido ao seu alto custo de manutenção, e ao fato de que não garantia uma total segurança, em relação às prisões mais modernas. Era mais fácil e mais barato construir uma prisão nova do que melhorar as condições de Alcatraz.
Em 1969, um grupo de nativos norte-americanos criou um movimento que ocupou a ilha, baseando-se num tratado federal de 1868, que permitia que os nativos utilizassem todo o território que o governo não usava ativamente . Após quase dois anos de ocupação, o governo os retirou da ilha.
Durante 29 anos, a prisão de Alcatraz nunca registrou oficialmente fugas bem sucedidas de prisioneiros. Em todas as tentativas, os fugitivos foram mortos ou afogavam-se nas águas da baia de São Francisco. Três fugitivos, Frank Morris, e os irmãos John e Clarence Anglin, desapareceram das sua celas em 11 de Junho de 1962. Somente algumas provas foram encontradas, e elas levam a crer que os prisioneiros morreram, mas, oficialmente, ainda estão listados como desaparecidos e provavelmente afogados. Em 1979 foi feito um filme sobre essa fuga com Clint Eastwood chamado Escape from Alcatraz. A história chegou a ser testada no programa "Mythbusters-Os Caçadores de Mitos" no episódio Fuga de Alcatraz.
Em outubro de 2015 documentário do canal "History" foi divulgado, onde foram apresentadas novas evidências que indicam que os irmãos Anglin não somente sobreviveram, como mantiveram contato com sua família e teriam fugido para o Brasil.
Fonte: Wikipedia
Emily Falconbridge's 52 Questions - What am I crossing my fingers for?
I am really tired of the talk of possible lay-offs at my husband's work, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that it is not true and he can finally have no worries about it and have a brighter outlook.
Loved using my Fancy Pants Powder Lace for the background. :)
Thanks for looking!
Olivia- "Are you still lookin' for a creative director position?"
Halle- "Looked high and low. Nothing!"
Olivia- "I'll keep my eyes open."
Halle- "Thanks, that lay off really set me back."
Once one of the largest iron foundries in the United States, Wheland Foundry specialized in automotive components. In 2001, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and eventually was shuttered, laying off 1000 workers, and was eventually torn down.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
I just love these shoes, they are insanely high and the heel is impossibly thin but still, I just love these shoes...
"Well, its one for the money,
Two for the show,
Three to get ready,
Now go, cat, go.
But dont you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.
Well, you can knock me down,
Step in my face,
Slander my name
All over the place.
Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh,
Honey, lay off of my shoes
Dont you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.
You can burn my house,
Steal my car,
Drink my liquor
From an old fruitjar.
Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh,
Honey, lay off of my shoes
Dont you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes"
said so well by the late great Mr Elvis Presley