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Detainees of Gao Prison and Corrections house, who benefited from the QIP Rapid Impact Project initiated by MINUSMA.
Photo: UN/Harandane Dicko
The Saladin Citadel of Cairo (Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين Qalaʿat Salāḥ ad-Dīn) is a fortification in Cairo, Egypt.
The location, part of the Muqattam hill near the center of Cairo, was once famous for its fresh breeze and grand views of the city, and was fortified by the Ayyubid ruler Salah al-Din (Saladin) between 1176 and 1183 AD, to protect it from the Crusaders[1].
Justice for Grenfell: the Grenfell Tower community one month after the June 14 2017 fire and the death of at least 80 people: North Kensington, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), West London, London, U.K., Saturday, July 14, 2017.
Novovoronezh (Russian: Нововоро́неж) is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Don River 55 kilometers (34 mi) south of Voronezh. Population: 30,658 (2021 Census); 32,635 (2010 Census); 36,961 (2002 Census); 35,666 (1989 Soviet census).
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Novovoronezh Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.
The Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant is located in the town.
Novovoronezh was established along with the start of the future nuclear power plant construction works in 1957. It was then called the urban settlement of Novo-Graessovsky, but renamed its current name later the same year.
The first unit of 210 MW of the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant was put into power on September 30, 1964/
From 1959 to 1963 Novovoronezh was the center of the Novovoronezh district, and its administrative status was upgraded from the urban settlement to a town in 1987.
In 2020, an ambiguous monument was erected in the city to the legendary founder of the city Alyonka, who, according to legend, found a good place and brought her fellow villagers there. Thanks to this monument, Novovoronezh became famous throughout Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The forged sculptural composition, which cost the city a million rubles and caused negative feedback from citizens, was dismantled three days after installation and later sold at auction for 2.6 million rubles. with a starting price of 1 million rubles. The updated monument to Alyonka, but already made of bronze, was opened on July 1, 2022.
We have had two years of bumper crop Bluebonnets. These are actually in the lake bed of Lake Travis, Spicewood, TX. Now the lake is over 80% full and these will most likely not appear next year as their home is now underwater
Stolen Moments Namibian Music History Untold at The Brunei Gallery SOAS University of London Reception 11th, July 2019
You should have seen my husbands face when he saw the camera on the tripod suspended over 10" of water in the bath. Yeah -- it was totally worth this challenge to see that :-). My idea for this challenge was similar to cphollywood's. My favorite sound is listening to my own heartbeat and breath under the water in the tub. This involves having my ears under water and the rest of my face above water (so I can breathe of course -- have YOU ever tried to hold your breath for 30 seconds? I thought not. I'll keep that out-take to myself :-)
For Mission24 challenge: Sound.
On the 31st of October, 2013 VCAD students, faculty and staff wore very nice and extremely creative Halloween costumes. Check out how well the campus was decorated with Halloween theme props, pumpkins and treats. Just by looking at the photos you can feel the spirit of Halloween. Please, post your comments and let us know what you think because we would like to know your thoughts.
Here is what one of the VCAD Fashion Design program student’s says about the college:
“The instructors make sure that I understand the class material and make it clear on what is expected of me to succeed. The instructors are friendly yet business oriented. Some of the instructors are in the industry, which makes them very resourceful for the students. My experience on campus has been very nice. The staff is always nice and helpful.”
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Nikon D4 photos of a surf goddess!
Here Lakey Peterson is getting one of her high 9's! A near perfect heat! Lakey's 19.76 was the highest heat score at the 2012 US Open in Huntington Beach, for both men's and woman's!
Nikon D4 Shots of Beautiful Pro Women's Surfers with 600mm Nikkor Prime!
In Huntington Beach at the Huntington Pier! The US Nike Hurley Open!
First time out with the Nikon D4 & the AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4G ED VR with Nikon’s VR image stabilization and Nano Crystal Coat! & a video camera! Here're some pictures of my rig: www.flickr.com/photos/herosjourneymythology45surf/7688611...
The video camera I had mounted on the rig is the amazing image-stabilized Panasonic X900MK 3MOS 3D Full HD SD Camcorder. Will get the slow-motion video up tomorrow!
Rock on Surf City USA!
The Nikon D4 is amazing! It never misses a shot! And the 600mm nikkor prime was amazingly fast! I shot at ISO 200 fully open at F4 and many of these photos were shot at 1/4000 s or 1/5000 s! Amazingly sharp & detailed!
She was wearing a white Nike Wetsuit & a red singlet!
The October 25, 2012 performance of Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
Tru2U empowers young girls to face challenges of adolescence
By Joyce Coronel | May 21, 2009 | The Catholic Sun
Decked out in pale pink T-shirts emblazoned with the Tru2U logo, 42 eighth-grade girls from St. Thomas the Apostle listened to Amy Aker tell them how she found her prince.
You could have heard a pin drop.
Aker, an attractive young mother of three, went on to describe how she learned that only God could fulfill all of her needs and be the man of her dreams.
Parents have long worried about the “boy crazy” phase girls go through in the formative years of adolescence. A group of moms from St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School got together and came up with a way to reach and empower young ladies with a message of faith and purity.
Laura Westfall, a nurse practitioner and mother of an eighth-grade daughter, often sees young female patients who must deal with the unanticipated consequences of poor decision-making.
It was while she was on a sunrise hike and reflecting on her daughter’s upcoming graduation that the idea of a retreat for girls came to her. She turned to six other moms at the school who in a short amount of time were able to organize the retreat, held at Mount Claret May 7.
The day began at 6 a.m. with a team-building activity involving ropes and an obstacle course. Then the girls were off to hear a slate of speakers their mothers had arranged.
They learned about the role nutrition plays from fitness expert Tricia Leach who counseled them to make wise choices about food, but most of all, to know who they were before God.
After asking the girls to rate themselves as daughters and students on a scale from 1 to 10, she surprised them by letting them know that no matter how they saw themselves, God considers each one of them to be a “perfect 10.”
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Portrait of Jane Russell, movie star of the 1940's and 50"s. Actually I learned some surprising information about her while gathering photos for reference. She was deeply religious and very much a woman with many sides. After meeting the Queen of England, she learned that there were thousands of orphaned children after WWII. She founded an adoption organization to facilitate the adoption of them into American homes. The W.A.I.F. (World Adoption International Fund) helped over 50,000 children find homes. Acrylic painting, 11" x 14" on canvas panel. Dec. 2017.
1997 documentary on YouTube:
Costumes from Peaky Blinders series 1 at the Library of Birmingham.
Series 2 is coming soon to BBC Two!
The costumes are of the characters Tommy Shelby and Grace Burgess
By respected Edinburgh architect J M Dick Peddie, 1906-9. A 2-storey and attic symmetrical Beaux Arts school of art with mansard-roofed angle pavilions; later alterations and additions. Red sandstone ashlar.
Built on the site of the Municipal Cattle Market, which was to be moved to a new site at Gorgie. The western section was built from June 1907, then, when the cattle market was vacated, the eastern part, completed in 1912. The College was built after Robert Morham's adjoining fire station, the red sandstone and green slates echoing the materials of the latter.
Wyoming has an unbelievable variety of world class wildlife. From grizzly bears to marmots, golden eagles to cutthroat trout, Wyoming offers something for everyone. BLM lands are vital to big game, upland game, waterfowl, shorebirds, songbirds, raptors and hundreds of species of non-game mammals, reptiles, and amphibians.As you drive through Wyoming, you can’t help but see pronghorn (commonly called antelope after its African cousin). The pronghorn is the fastest land animal in North America, running up to 55 mph. There are almost as many pronghorn in Wyoming as people! Besides pronghorn, Wyoming also is home to many other game animals including bighorn sheep, mountain goat, elk, mule deer, white tail deer and moose.
Mammals of all sizes are abundant: marmots, chipmunks, skunks, raccoons, badgers, rabbits, beaver, prairie dogs, coyotes, foxes, mountain lions and bears.
If you look overhead, try to spot a golden eagle, a Swainson’s hawk or peregrine falcon. Listen closely and you’ll hear the distinctive song of Wyoming’s state bird the western meadowlark. Wyoming is also home to about 40 percent of the Greater Sage-Grouse in the United States.
Anglers travel from all over to take advantage of Wyoming’s world class trout fisheries. Wyoming streams and lakes provide habitat for cutthroat, rainbow, brown, brook, lake, and golden trout. Other popular game fish include walleye, sauger, pike, grayling, ling, bass, bluegill, sunfish, catfish, and carp. Wyoming also manages habitat for several endangered or threatened species like the black footed ferret, the Canada lynx, grizzly bears, trumpeter swans, and the Wyoming toad.
BLM Wyoming manages wildlife habitat in cooperation with other state and federal agencies. When authorizing land use activities, the needs of wildlife, fish and plants must be taken into consideration.
Wyoming’s wildlife is truly worth the watching!
Members of the College of DuPage Engineering Club recently raced cardboard boats in the P.E. Center swimming pool. In the week leading up to the event, club members honed their design skills and knowledge of buoyancy and dynamics to construct the best watercraft. The rules of the competition include three roles of duct tape and as much cardboard as the teams can obtain to create a viable boat for a relay race.
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 14: Bilibili Gaming competes at the League of Legends - Mid-Season Invitational Bracket Stage on May 14 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)
Interior of Crowder College and Drury University at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)
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Curriculum
The school follows the national curriculum developed by the Ministry of Education. The subjects taught are:-
* Quruan
* Islam
* Dhivehi
* English Language
* Mathematics
* Environmental Studies
* Practical Arts
* Physical Education
* Music
* Computing
* General Science
* Social Studies
* Practical Arts
* Physical Education
Extra Curricular Activities
The school carries out Choir, Band, Quruan Club, and Singing practices. Students for Singing and Quruan Club are selected through competitions between the Houses and between classes and through special competitions organized specifically for the selection of the most talented students in these areas. The School music teachers select the students for the Band and the Choir. Basketball, netball, table tennis, athletics, football, cricket, swimming practices is carried out by different Associations in close collaboration with the school. The different associations take the responsibilities for these activities, with the school playing only a supportive and collaborative role. The parents are required to directly coordinate the students' interactions with these Associations.
Iskandhar participates in appropriate linguistic and artistic competitions carried out nationally and internationally. All the Art competitions are open for all students who wish to participate. Teachers select and train students to participate in different linguistic Competitions.
Most of the enrichment programs are conducted during the school hours. Some the enrichment programs conducted are :
* Know your tables
* Reading corner
* Activity corner
* story reading
* Creative writing
* Mental Sums
* Show and Tell
* Sing a song
Other Activities
Uniform bodies
Cub scout and Little Maids Activities are carried out for all the boys and girls who wish to join. Students are selected from the Second grade and each year 2 to 3 packs of cubs or little maids are newly invested. Students interested in Girl Guide and Scout activities have the opportunity to join the movement. This year Iskandhar School has introduced Cadet Activities for grade 6 and 7 studetns.
Dhaala Programe
Special help is available to aid children who experience learning difficulties and who find it difficult to keep up with the curriculum. Dhaala Program is a special programme held twice weekly and is organized to give extra help for such children from all grades. Class teachers of the respective students conduct the lessons under the guidance of the Grade supervisors.
Inter Class Activities
Competitions in different activities are held between the classes of each grade. These activities give ALL of the students the opportunity to participate in at least one of the competitions.
Interclass competitions organized for this year are:-
* Quruan
* Singing
* English week
* Sports Festival
1898 photo of my grandmother's brother John Nikielski (Nichols) in front of his house. The house in the background is across the street from his, at 5338 S Bishop St Chicago IL. I think the background house might be 5335 S. Bishop.
Pinkas synagogue in Prague
The synagogue and the name Pinkas is first mentioned in 1492. It is probable that a prayer house or synagogue already existed at this point. Excavations between 1968 and 1990 have given rise to this presumption, but further evidence must follow.
The synagogue in today's street Široká ulice was the property of the Horovsky family. Isaiah Horovsky the synagogue in 1519 passed on to Aron Meschullam Horovsky who had the synagogue rebuilt in 1535. Horovsky was a grandnephew of the original founder of the synagogue, a certain rabbi of Pinkas. In the historical records there are quarrels between the "rebellious" family of the Pinkas with the long-established of the Old-New-Synagogue suspected who for this reason in 1472 on a wasteland near the church of Saint Valentin founded a synagogue. Parts of this old synagogue have survived. Between 1607 and 1625, occurred an extension of a Renaissance meeting room with cross vaults, with flat stone ribs and domed windows decorated with a lisene on the outside. There also arose the nave of the women and a gallery open with arcades into the hall of the main prayer room. The architect of the reconstruction, Judah Goldschmied de Herz, is buried in the adjoining old Jewish cemetery. On his tomb stands: "On Tuesday, the 2nd Tischri 5386 (1625). Here rests the wise and skillful man Judah Goldschmied de Herz. He was always cautious and did his prayers godly, he nursed himself by his handwork, and according to his plans the whole construction of the Pinkas Synagoge and a part of the Maisl Synagogue was carried out. Glory be to him".
An idea of the size of the prayer room in the Pinkas Synagoge gives the number of seats. In its lower part there were 177, in the female part 100, and in the gallery, which was intended exclusively for women, 143 seats. The Pinkas Synagoge over the centuries over and over again became a victim of floods (most recently in 2002). As a result of flood catastrophes in the 17th and 18th century, She sank deeper and deeper into the ground and had to be renovated again and again.
At each renovation, original decorations were lost and modifications were made. Up until the 19th century, in the Pinkas Synagoge souvenirs of the Jew Schlomo Molcho who had been burned on the pyre in Spain in 1432 were kept, who held on to his Jewish faith and was therefore burned.
In the years 1922-1925, the foundation walls of the medieval synagogue were exposed, in the years 1950 - 1953 also the original plaster; a ritual bath, a mikwe, was found in the seventies and further renovations were carried out later.
In 1960 a memorial for the Jewish victims of Nazifascism coming from Bohemia and Moravia was founded here. 77,297 names were recorded on the walls of the main nave as well as of the adjoining premises. The names of the Prague Jews are recorded in the main nave. The names, the date of birth and the date of the deportation to the east are named in alphabetical order. In the neighboring rooms are the names of the Jews from other communities of Bohemia and Moravia. On the wall where the Thora shrine once stood one reads the names of the concentration and extermination camps in which those people were killed. Source: 636)
Pinkas-Synagoge in Prag
Die Synagoge und der Name Pinkas wird erstmals im Jahr 1492 erwähnt. Es ist wahrscheinlich, daß es an dieser Stelle bereits vorher ein Bethaus oder eine Synagoge gab. Ausgrabungen zwischen 1968 und 1990 haben zu dieser Vermutung Anlass gegeben, weitere Belege müssen jedoch folgen.
Die Synagoge in der heutigen Široká ulice war Eigentum der Familie Horovsky. Jesaja Horovsky vererbte die Synagoge im Jahr 1519 an Aron Meschullam Horovsky, der die Synagoge im Jahr 1535 umbauen ließ. Horovsky war ein Urneffe des ursprünglichen Gründers der Synagoge, eines gewissen Rabbiners Pinkas. In den historischen Unterlagen werden Streitigkeiten zwischen der „rebellischen“ Familie der Pinkas mit den Alteingesessenen der Alt-Neu-Synagoge vermutet, die deswegen im Jahre 1472 auf einer Brachstelle unweit der Kirche des hl. Valentin eine Synagoge gründeten. Von dieser alten Synagoge sind Teile erhalten geblieben. Zwischen 1607 und 1625 kam es zum Anbau eines Renaissance-Sitzungssaales mit Kreuzgewölben, mit flachen steinernen Rippen und Kuppelfenstern, die außen mit einer Lisene geschmückt sind. Es entstand auch das Frauenschiff und eine mit Arkaden in den Saal des Hauptbetraumes geöffnete Galerie. Der Architekt des Umbaues, Juda Goldschmied de Herz, ist auf dem nebenan liegenden alten jüdischen Friedhof bestattet. Auf seinem Grabmal steht: „Am Dienstag, den 2. Tischri 5386 (1625). Hier ruht der weise und geschickte Mann Juda Goldschmied de Herz. Er war immer vorsichtig und verrichtete gottesfürchtig seine Gebete, er nährte sich durch seiner Hände Arbeit und nach seinen Plänen wurde der ganze Bau der Pinkassynagoge und eines Teils der Maislsynagoge durchgeführt. Er sei gepriesen.“
Von der Größe des Betsaals in der Pinkassynagoge zeugte die Zahl der Sitze. In seinem unteren Teil befanden sich 177, im Frauenteil 100, und auf der Galerie, die ausschließlich für Frauen bestimmt war, 143 Sitze. Die Pinkassynagoge wurde im Laufe der Jahrhunderte immer wieder Opfer von Überschwemmungen (zuletzt 2002). Als Folge von Hochwasserkatastrophen im 17. und 18. Jhdt. sank sie immer tiefer in den Boden ein und musste immer wieder renoviert werden.
Bei jeder Renovierung gingen ursprüngliche Verzierungen verloren, wurden Änderungen vorgenommen. Bis ins 19. Jahrhundert hinein wurden in der Pinkassynagoge Andenken an den 1432 in Spanien auf dem Scheiterhaufen verbrannten Juden Schlomo Molcho aufbewahrt, der an seinem jüdischen Glauben festhielt und deswegen verbrannt wurde.
In den Jahren 1922 – 1925 wurden die Grundmauern der mittelalterlichen Synagoge freigelegt, in den Jahren 1950 – 1953 auch der ursprüngliche Putz; in den siebziger Jahren wurde ein rituelles Bad, eine Mikwe, gefunden, später wurden weitere Renovierungsarbeiten durchgeführt.
Im Jahr 1960 wurde hier eine Gedenkstätte für die aus Böhmen und Mähren stammenden jüdischen Opfer des Nazifaschismus gegründet. 77.297 Namen wurden an den Wänden des Hauptschiffes als auch der anliegenden Räumlichkeiten verzeichnet. Im Hauptschiff sind die Namen der Prager Juden festgehalten. In alphabetischer Reihenfolge werden die Namen genannt, das Geburtsdatum und das Datum der =>Deportation in den Osten. In den Nachbarräumen stehen die Namen der Juden aus anderen Gemeinden Böhmens und Mährens. An der Wand, an der einst der Thoraschrein gestanden hat, liest man die Namen der Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager, in denen diese Menschen ums Leben kamen. Quelle: 636)
The Guest House of Imperial Envoys Museum (Chinese: 欽差行臺; pinyin: ch'in ch'ai hsing t'ai) is the former site of the Qing dynasty government yamen that ruled Taiwan.
The hall was built in 1
882, late in the Qing period & is located at Taipei Botanical Garden in Zhongzheng District, Taipei.
The building is the only office of the Qing dynasty remaining in Taiwan.
這處建於清德宗光緒18年(1892年)的建築《欽差行臺》，原是福建臺灣巡撫邵友濂，為接待抵臺灣視察的中央高級官員而興建的行館，鄰近於臺灣巡撫衙門。
臺灣民主國(1895年)大總統唐景崧在任時，將其改為「籌防局」，到了日治時期(1895 ~ 1945)前期，則被日本人充作「臺灣總督府」，歷任七任總督。
大正8年(1919年)，臺灣總督府(今中華民國總統府)新廈完工啟用後，舊廳舍便成了臨時性展覽聚會場所。
昭和6年（1931年）10月，以紀念裕仁天皇登基為由，決定在舊臺灣總督府廳舍前廣場興建臺北公會堂（今中山堂）。
多方考量下，將部分布政使司衙門及欽差行臺建築移入圓山動物園（臺北市立兒童育樂中心昨日世界舊址）、淨土宗臺北別院（今善導寺）及臺北植物園內保存，附近其餘房舍則於1932年8月予以拆除。
可惜的是經過了歷史的更迭，動物園內的建築部分因颱風損毀，臺北別院內的建築部分也已拆除，只有台北植物園內的欽差行臺建築部份，包括了頭門、儀門、大堂與部分廂房，至今被完好地保存，之後又改為「臺灣總督府中央研究所林業部」轄下的「熱帶植物標本陳列室」，現作為「行政院農業委員會林業試驗所林業文物館」。
原址位於今臺北市中山堂附近，設有「清布政使司衙門舊址」紀念石碑一座，部分建築於1932年遷至中正區南海路臺北植物園內西側，是全臺灣僅存的衙門建築，現為國定古蹟。
從今年一月底開始閉館進行展示更新，預定2020年8月1日將重新對外開放，屆時一定要再次造訪，看看《欽差行臺》內的古風建築。
The Monastery of the Holy Eucharist in Lindogon, Sibonga in Cebu province is run by Marian monks. The place is where several instances of the phenomena ~ whereby the image of the Virgin Mary shed tears in several instances starting in 1998. It is now very popular for Marian pilgrims and devotees who flock to the palace-like monastery. This transformed the once sleepy barangay into a popular destination. Daily, the monastery is visited by thousands of devotees from all over the country and even from foreign tourists. This crown structure is memorial of the victorious and powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mother thru the Penitential Rosary Walk in 1998, against the killer epidemic hat struck the place, where several lives of poor children and infants had died. Built to honour Mary on the 8th year anniversary of the Monks arrival in Lindogon. Blessed on the 27th day of February, 2004.”
There are available coloured candles near the monastery. Proceeds of the candles will give part to the monks for funds. The following are coloured candles with its own purpose.
Gold: Healing (Good health, Recovery, Spiritual, Family Tree)
Green: Prosperity/Success (Exams, Study, Financial, Business)
Blue: Perseverance (Employment, Career, Assignment, Promotions)
Violet: Achievement (Plans in life, Struggles, Endeavours, Journeys, Voyage)
Red: Love (Utility, Friendship, Engagement, Family)
Yellow: Peace (Courage, Strength, Hope)
White: Purity (Enlightenment, Guidance, Right Path)
Orange: Reconciliation (Sweetheart, Wife, Husband, Enemy, Family)
Pink: Thanksgiving/Happiness/Joy (Spiritual, Physical)
Black: Souls (Forgiveness, Pardon)
Brown: Vocation (Marriage Bond, God’s Servant, Single life)
Grey: Deliverance (Bad ways, Things, Spirits)
Cream: Conversion/Faith (Children, Household, Couples)
A gentle reminder from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, the following guidelines must be strictly followed and not allowed to wear inside the Monastery: wearing of tube & short blouses/dresses, fitting & transparent pants, spaghetti straps/sleeveless dress, mini skirts, shorts. While taking you to the Monastery, it is required to remove footwear before entering the Mother Mary’s prayer room. Cameras flash should be turned off while taking pictures so as not to interrupt/destruct others when praying. All Catholic & Non-Catholic are advised to please respect and observe solemnity inside the Church. Smoking is prohibited inside the premises. Parking area is situated to the right side of the entrance.
If you are from Cebu City taking you through Sibonga town proper to estimate of 50 kilometres southeast or travel time for about 2-hours and can be reached via any of the buses (air con/non air-con) that leaves regularly for Sibonga from the South Bus Terminal along N. Bacalso Ave. in Cebu City. Bus fare is less than a hundred pesos. The place is famous among all passengers, just ask the conductor to drop you off to the crossing in going to Birhen sa Simala. Mary’s pilgrimage is few kilometres away from the drop off point and you can reach the destination by riding in a motorcycles for hire habal-habal or public tricycles. The Monastery of the Holy Eucharist opens daily from 8:00 am - 6:00 pm.
Reflecting this morning on a lecture about "The 'mysterious' beauty of Laws" that I'll be attending in the Faculty of Law later today, my feet carried me automatically to that lovely Prinsentuin.
Curious thing: we often invoke the 'laws of Nature' and so on. And that word 'law' might indicate that everything in Nature holds logically together, at least until we 'see' it. But there's lots still to surprise us - certainly me.
I was surprised by joy when I saw this little 'singing' hoverfly-with-the-big-thighs, Syritta pipiens, on a smaller flowerhead of my favorite patch of Great Masterwort, Astrantia major. Legal logic or any other kind didn't come into it...
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - SEPTEMBER 30: Liao "Likai" Li-kai of Beyond Gaming competes at the League of Legends World Championship Play-Ins stage on September 30, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)
Remodelled in 1906 by the Scottish architect Sir Robert Lorimer, Hill of Tarvit was designed to display the collection of furniture, porcelain and paintings collected by Mr F B Sharp.Lorimer also designed the gardens, with formal lawns, yew hedging, flowering borders and a sunken rose garden. Paths lead from the walled garden to the North to the hilltop viewpoint and wider estate.
www.donowdo.com/Historic-Homes-And-Palaces/Hill-of-Tarvit...
A miniature town of Twin Peaks by Bruce Bickford - www.brucebickford.com - on display at Copro Gallery during the 20th anniversary of "Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me" exhibit.
Roselyn Coaches of Par,St Austell,Cornwall,UK.Van Hool Coach 237AJB
This registration used to be on AEC Regent V/Park Royal the former AERE Harwell staff bus.Photo taken Looe,Cornwall,UK.
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My mother says I have been overtaken by a "cooking frenzy." This is, in large measure, true. I have not had a lot to photograph lately and cooking, for me anyway, is very therapeutic. So, even though I spent some time at work, answered lots of emails, sent several query letters about jobs and did other bits of this and that, I have still tried to fill me late afternoons with cooking.
There is something of a slump in the bar business and the photography business this time of year. Being idle makes me a little stir crazy and as I presently have nothing else to really devote my attention to once the day's work is done, I have been in my kitchen.
What you will find below is a sort of Beef Bourguignon or Beef Burgundy recipe. It owes a lot to the basic pot roast concept and relies heavily on hearty winter vegetables. You might want to read the recipe all the way through before trying it yourself as there are a few options of how to follow through with the process. The grilling, for instance, adds a little smokiness to the dish but is not necessary if you don't feel like firing up your grill. I can also see this dish being very successful with a reduction in some of the root vegetable and the addition of other winter staples like parsnips, whole garlic cloves or fennel bulbs. Anyway, have fun with it. These sorts of cuts of meat are very forgiving provided you give them long enough to break down a little over low heat and a long cooking time. If you try to rush it, you will end up with a tough roast, and no one appreciates that on a plate. Without further ado:
Beef Bourguignon
1 Beef Roast, about 2lbs (preferable Chuck or Round)
1 Large Yellow Onion, Diced
1 Bunch of Carrots, peeled and sliced on the diagonal
4 Medium Turnips, peeled, ½ inch chop
5 Medium Yukon Gold Potatoes, peeled, ½ inch chop
3 Garlic Cloves, minced
3 tbsp Your favorite Dry Rub (you can mix up a batch of mine, recipe can be found here)
2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Freshly Ground Black Pepper
1 tsp Dry Mustard
1 tbsp Olive Oil
1 tbsp Dried Thyme
1 tbsp Dried Oregano
2 tbsp Canola Oil
1 tsp Smoked, Sweet Paprika
1 tbsp Paprika
1 Bay Leaf
1 Can of Lager Style Beer
1 Bottle Red Wine, just whatever you have around. It doesn’t have to be a Burgundy
3c Vegetable Broth
There are two ways to do this. One really just adds an aesthetic flourish but both
accomplish the same in, which is to brown the Roast. First heat your grill to its maximum heat (about 500F). Clean the grill well and oil the grate with the Canola Oil using an oil soaked paper towel held with tongs. Cover the Roast with the Dry Rub and allow to the meat to stand for a while so that it approaches room temperature. Sear the two largest sides of the Roast for about 16 minutes total, turning 90° at 4-minute intervals to achieve nice grill marks and flip it half way through the grilling.
Add the Olive Oil to a large, heavy bottomed, pot and heat it over medium heat. Take your seared Roast (or raw and if you are skipping the grilling part) and sear each side that didn’t get grilled (or the whole thing), one side at a time or until a nice fond has developed on the bottom of the pot and there is a notable browning of the meat. Remove the Roast and set aside. Add the Onions to the pot and stir. Then add in the Beer and scrape the bottom of the pot to deglaze ( get up all the tasty bits). Add the Garlic and cook for about 5 minutes, still over medium heat. Add about 1 cup of the red wine and allow the mixture to reduce until most of the liquid is gone. Add your herbs and spices— Dry Mustard, Salt, Pepper, Thyme, Oregano, Smoked Paprika and regular Paprika. Stir the whole concoction together then place the Roast in the middle of this flavorful and fine smelling mixture.
Surround the roast with the chopped Potatoes, Turnips and Carrots. Then add the remaining Red Wine and the Vegetable Stock. Stir enough to bring some of the Onion and spice mixture up from the bottom. Slip the Bay Leaf into the pot and allow the liquid to come back to a boil (about 5 minutes). Then reduce the heat and cook, securely covered and on low, for about 3 and 1/2 hours or until the Roast is fork tender. Flip the roast from time to time to ensure even cooking. Once the roast is falling apart, pull it apart a bit and allow to cook a while longer so that the liquids can permeate the interior of the Roast.
If you prefer your vegetables to hold a bit more of their shape then wait to add the Potatoes, Turnips and Carrots until the Roast and liquid combination has cooked for about an hour.
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A total of 200 participants, 70 oral presentations, 170 scientific posters on display, two culinary demonstrations, more than a dozen specialized sessions, visits to laboratories and field trials from the cassava program at CIAT, a new president of the ISTRC, and a touching award ceremony. These are some of the figures that show how intense and productive were those four days of work in the 18th Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC), that was held from October 22 to 25 at CIAT’s headquarters.
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Seen at the Whitesands, Dumfries, on August 23rd 2008 is Stuarts of Carluke's Scania K114EB4 YN54AGO.
The visit and guided tour of Poblet Monastery.
Monks still lives in this monastery. It was restored in the 20th century, having been ruined in the 19th century. There are tombs here of the Kings and Queens of Aragon.
The Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet (Catalan: Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Poblet) is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1151, located at the foot of the Prades Mountains, in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, in Catalonia (Spain). It was founded by Cistercian monks from France on lands conquered from the Moors. The main architect was Arnau Bargués.
This monastery was the first of three sister monasteries, known as the Cistercian triangle, that helped consolidate power in Catalonia in the 12th century. (The other two are Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus.)
Poblet was one of the two royal pantheons of the kings of the Crown of Aragon since James I of Aragon (along with Monastery of San Juan de la Peña). Some of the most important royal sepulchres have alabaster statues that lie over the tomb. The kings have lion sculptures at their feet, while the queens have dogs.
Peter IV of Aragon (1319 – 1387) made it a condition, under solemn oath at the moment of crowning, that all the Aragonese kings be buried there. Only Ferdinand II of Aragon broke the oath, after his kingdom had been merged with the Kingdom of Castile, and was buried in Granada.
The Calefactory
Or "warming room". Used by monks to alleviate the chill of winter. Was also used as the monks' barber's shop.
Window
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA - MAY 24: Dinh "Taki" Anh Tai of Saigon Buffalo (L) and Philippe "Vulcan" Laflamme of Evil Geniuses pose at the League of Legends - Mid-Season Invitational Rumble Stage on May 24, 2022 in Busan, South Korea. (Photo by Lee Aiksoon/Riot Games)
ALBANY N.Y. -- New York Air National Guard Master Sgt. Daniel Price teaches a disaster and emergency preparedness class during a session of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's Citizen Preparedness Corps Training Program at the State University of New York at Albany here on May 10, 2014. New York National Guard troops gave disaster and emergency training to more than 290 people who attended the event. The program is designed to give citizens the knowledge and tools to prepare for emergencies and disasters, respond accordingly, and recover as quickly as possible to pre-disaster conditions. New York National Guard troops, working with experts from the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, Office of Fire Prevention and Control, and local emergency management personnel will conduct future training sessions with the goal of teaching approximately 100,000 New Yorkers during 2014. Each starter kit contains a first-aid kit, face mask, pocket radio with batteries, food bars, emergency blanket and other key items to help citizens in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Price, of Queensbury, N.Y., belongs to the 109th Airlift Wing. (U.S. National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Drumsta, Joint Force Headquarters, New York Army National Guard).
Here is another handsome nymph of a Planthopper (Fulgoroidea) on a leaf of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae) in the woods today. It looks like it's blowing hot jet fuel from its butt! Those hairs make it look like the nymphs I find earlier in the year that I think are genus Danepteryx in the family Tropiduchidae, see this photo, but I think from the colors and time of year that It must be something else. I have another recent photo here, and I checked my records and found this photo of the same critter back in 2012 - also in July. I'm not sure what it is, and any help with ID will be appreciated. I reckon its perfect for HBBBT! (San Marcos Pass, 16 July 2020)
All my photos today happen to be beautiful bug butt shots, that's just how it worked out. Today was much like yesterday with marine-layer fog driven by fog winds from the south spilling over the mountains in the morning. It cleared after noon, but the winds continued, warming up to the mid-70s as the day progressed. Tomorrow sounds like more of the same.
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak addresses a Presidency Event titled 'Delivering Finance for Emerging and Developing Markets' at COP26 in Glasgow
Depósito del Museo Nacional del Prado
Deposit of the Prado National Museum
El autor podría considerarse el emblema de la sabiduría pictórica atesorada durante el siglo XVII por los mejores talleres napolitanos y, al mismo tiempo, un ejemplo de virtuosismo. Sus creaciones impresionan por el atrevimiento compositivo, el efectismo de las luces y la intensidad dramática. Aquí, el artista pone sus variados recursos al servicio de un relato en que la dureza del castigo de Dios contra los pecadores contrasta con su misericordia hacia los arrepentidos.
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The author could be considered the emblem of the pictorial wisdom treasured during the 17th century by the best Neapolitan workshops and, at the same time, an example of virtuosity. His creations impress by the compositional daring, the effect of the lights and the dramatic intensity. Here, the artist puts his varied resources at the service of a story in which the harshness of God's punishment of sinners contrasts with his mercy towards the repentant.
Art by Anish Kapoor, Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
British, born India 1954
Polystyrene, plaster, cloth, gesso, and raw pigment, three parts.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It was established on November 7, 1929; 85 years ago and has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world. Considered by many to have the best collection of modern Western masterpieces in the world, MoMA's holdings include more than 150,000 individual pieces in addition to approximately 22,000 films and 4 million film stills.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
part of the new tiger os is the dashboard, it contains all sorts of widgets, here's my current favourite one, the perfect procrastination aid, the magic 8 ball,
"shall I get up and make a coffe magic 8 ball"
"my sources say no"
ah well back to work I guess?
currently sans a USB cable to download images from my camera so things will quieten right down here for a few days till it arrives thanks to e-bay of course!
Close up of older girl and boy in group; Baka (sometimes called "Pygmy") village near Pokola, Ouesso, Sangha Region, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) 1996
Altar of the Twelve Gods
This altar ("bômos" in Greek) in the center of the agora was dedicated to the twelve great gods of Greece : Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Apollo, Artemis, Hephæstus, Athena, Ares, Aphrodite and Hermes. It was the point from which distances were reckoned (see Herodotus, II, 7).
Bouleuterion
This was the meeting room of the Council of Five-Hundred, in Greek boulè (the word meaning "council"), hence the name "bouleuterion (see the section on Athenian institutions for more on the boulè). When Cleisthenes reformed the boulè in 508 B. C., he also had a new meeting room built next to the older one.
Colonos Agoraios
The Greek word "kolônos" means "hill". Hence, "Colonos Agoraios" means "the hill next to the agora". It was a meeting place for the craftsmen, close to the temple of their tutelary god, Hephæstus, further north on the same hill.
Enneacrounos
A Greek word meaning "nine spouts", that was used as the name of a public well built in the time of Pisistratus on the location of a spring formerly called Kallirhoè ("beautiful flow") (see Thucydides, II, 15, 5). The exact location of this well is not known and this location on the agora is only one among several suggested locations (other possible locations include : at the foot of the Pnyx, east of the Acropolis, next to the Olympeion or near the Ilisus).
Heliæa (law court)
This is the building where the chief law-court of Athens, the Heliæa, met and trials of its jusrisdiction were held. It is here that the trial of Socrates took place in 399 B. C.
Hephaisteion
The temple of Hephæstus, the tutelary god of craftsmen.
Peristylar Court
Another law-court of Athens, besides the Heliæa (peristylar means "surrounded by pillars).
Poikile Stoa
Greek for "Painted Porch". This is the porch were the Greek philosopher Zeno of Citium used to teach, toward the beginning of the IIIrd century B. C., the first principles of what would become known as a result as "Stoic" philosophy, from the Greek word "stoa", meaning "porch".
Royal Stoa
This porch (stoa in Greek) was the seat of the King-Archon (see the section on Athenian institutions for more on the King-Archon). It is next to this porch that Plato's Euthyphro takes place, when Socrates has been called by the King-Archon to answer the charges brought against him by Meletus and Anytus (see Euthyphro, 2a).
Statues of Eponym Heroes
This monument included a statue of each one of the ten eponym heroes of the ten tribes instituted by Cleisthenes Erechtheus, Ægeus (Theseus' father), Pandion, Leos, Acamas (one of Theseus' sons), Oeneus, Cecrops, Hippothoon, Ajax and Antiochus (a son of Heracles). It is on this monument that official decrees and annoucements were posted.
Stoa of Zeus
Another porch (stoa in Greek), this one dedicated to Zeus.
Strategeion
The meeting room of the 10 strategoi (see the section on Athenian institutions for more on the strategoi).
Temple of Aphrodite Urania
Aphrodite, the goddess of love, like most Greek gods and goddesses, was worshiped under different qualifications. Under the name "Urania" (celestial), she was praised as the goddess of conjugal love. In Plato's Symposium, Pausanias speech on love (Symposium, 180c-185c) centers on the opposition between two Aphrodites, Urania (celestial) and Pandemos (popular), and the two kinds of love (heavenly and vulgar) they inspire.
Temple of Apollo Patrôos
Under the epithet "Patrôos" (meaning "from the fathers"), Apollo was worshiped as the protector of families.
Tholos
The round residency of the prytanes, or presidents of the boulè, during their tenure (see the section on Athenian institutions for more on the boulè and prytanes).