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The Ruins of St. Paul's refer to the façade of what was originally the Cathedral of St. Paul, a 17th century Portuguese cathedral in Macau dedicated to Saint Paul the Apostle. Today, the ruins are one of Macau's most famous landmarks. In 2005, the Ruins of St. Paul were officially enlisted as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Macau. Built from 1582 to 1602 by the Jesuits, the cathedral was the largest Catholic church in Asia at the time, and the royalty of Europe vied with each other to bestow upon the cathedral the best gifts. With the decline in importance of Macau, which was overtaken as the main port for the Pearl River Delta by Hong Kong, the cathedral's fortunes similarly ebbed, and it was destroyed by a fire during a typhoon in 1835. The Fortaleza do Monte overlooks the ruin.
The ruins now consist of the southern stone façade — intricately carved between 1620 and 1627 by Japanese Christians in exile from their homeland and local craftsmen under the direction of Italian Jesuit Carlo Spinola — and the crypts of the Jesuits who established and maintained the Cathedral. The façade sits on a small hill, with 66 stone steps leading up to it. The carvings include Jesuit images with Oriental themes, such as a woman stepping on a seven-headed hydra, described by Chinese characters as ' Holy Mother tramples the heads of the dragon'. A few of the other carvings are the founders of the Jesuit Order, the conquest of Death by Jesus, and at the very top, a dove with wings outstretched.
Resisting calls for the dangerously leaning structure to be demolished, from 1990 to 1995 the ruins were excavated under the auspices of the Instituto Cultural de Macau to study its historic past. The crypt and the foundations were uncovered, revealing the architectural plan of the building. Numerous religious artifacts were also found together with the relics of the Japanese Christian martyrs and the monastic clergy, including the founder of the Jesuit college in Macau, Father Alessandro Valignano. The ruins were restored by the Macanese government into a museum, and the facade is now buttressed with concrete and steel in a way which preserves the aesthetic integrity of the facade. A steel stairway allows tourists to climb up to the top of the facade from the rear. It is customary to throw coins into the top window of the ruins from the stairs, for luck.
Patron, 1897: 'Abbas Hilmi II (ʿAbbās Ḥilmī Pāshā) 1874-1944, great-great grandson of Muhammad 'Ali & son of Tewfik Pasha, Khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt & Sudan, (r.1892-1914).
This is the last of a series of mosques built on this site around the tomb of Sayyida Nafisa, the great-granddaughter of Hasan, son of 'Ali. She was born in Mecca, raised in Medina & came to Cairo in 809 where she lived in a house on this site. After her death, 'Ubayd Allah Sari built a tomb over her grave and the Fatimid Caliph al-Mustansir turned it into a mashhad in 1089; this was repaired by al-Hafiz in 1138. Sultan Baybars also built in the precinct and a new mosque was raised by al-Nasir Muhammad. Much reconstruction was undertaken in 1760 by 'Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda. In 1892 most of the mosque was burnt in a great fire and 'Abbas Hilmi II ordered a complete rebuilding between 1893-97. Extensions were added in the late 1980s, and again in the late 1990s.
Sayyida Nafisa (As-Sayyidah Nafīsah bint Amīr al-Muʾminīn Al-Ḥasan al-Anwar ibn Zayd al-Ablaj ibn Al-Hasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-ʿAlawiyyah al-Ḥasaniyyah c.762-830), was a female descendant of the prophet Muhammad, and a scholar and teacher of Islam. Having taught Sunni Imam Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi'i, the father of the Shafi'i school of Sunni law. She is the best known female scholar of hadith in Egypt.
Hasan: al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib 625-670, the firstborn son of 'Ali and Fatima, and a grandson of the prophet Muhammad.
'Ali: ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib c.600-661, a cousin, son-in-law & companion of the Prophet Muhammad. He was the fourth rightly guided caliph (r.656-661, assassinated).
'Ubayd Allah Sari: d.820, governor of Egypt (r.816 & 817-820) for the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad
al-Mustansir Billah: Abū Tamīm Ma‘ad al-Mustanṣir bi-llāh, The Asker Of Victory From God 1029-1094, son of al-Zāhir li-iʿzāz Dīn Allāh; Fatimid Caliph (r.1036–1094).
al-Hafiz: al-Ḥāfiẓ li-Dīn Allāh (Abu'l-Maymūn ʿAbd al-Majīd ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Mustanṣir) 1074/5 or 1075/6-1149; Fatimid Caliph (r.1130–1149).
al-Nasir Muhammad: al-Malik al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Muhammad ibn Qalawun or al-Nasir Muhammad or Abu al-Ma'ali, al-Nasir Muhammad, Abu al-Ma'ali, or Ibn Qalawun) 1285-1341, Bahri Mamluk sultan of Egypt & Syria (r.1293–1294, 1299-1309 & 1310-1341).
'Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda:ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Katkhudā ibn Husayn Jawish al-Qardughli c.1715–1776, prominent Ottoman emir & a leading officer of the Cairo Janissaries.
Bronze life-size statue of "Paddington", the fictional bear created by Michael Bond. The statue is by British sculptor Marcus Cornish, and is based on the original book illustrations by Peggy Fortnum. It was unveiled in Paddington Station by Michael Bond in 2000.
Couldn't find him when I was taking photographs yesterday. But here he is. (Replaced later same day with a better quality image).
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The Fifty-Eighth Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States took place in Geneva, Switzerland from September 24 to October 2, 2018
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
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 rolls of duct tape and as much cardboard as the teams can obtain to create a viable boat for a relay race.
an antelope, among other symbols, etched into the desert varnish of a sandstone wall on the way to mouse's tank in valley of fire
The Corps of Cadets conducted a regimental review in honor of the chief warrant officers, chief petty officers, and the Coast Guard enlisted workforce, April 14, 2017.
The reviewing officials for the Regimental Review were Master Chief Jason Griffin, command master chief of the 7th Coast Guard District, Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Huffman, president of the CPOA, retired Master Chief Dave Isherwood, Region 2 Advisor to the CPOA, and Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Lewis, President of the CGEA.
Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Brahm.
I bought some Gerbera Daisies last week with every intention of photographing them. The market sells them in bunches of six. I always try to pick out the bunch with the most interesting centers and colors. They didn't last as long as usual and began to wilt. I wasn't happy with any of the shots I had taken and decided to scrap the idea. This morning I was cleaning up around my kitchen and was going to toss them all out. I noticed this one and I couldn't resist. The center looks like a ton of candles on a cake.
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Virginia is a state in the South of the United States of America.
Capital is Richmond
Largest city is Virginia Beach
Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion"
The State flower is not really a flower, but the blossom of the dogwood tree, which is also the state tree.
The first peanuts grown in the United States were grown in Virginia.
Virginia is for Lovers is the tourism and travel slogan of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Used since 1969
A team led by David N. Martin and George Woltz of Martin and Woltz Inc. of Richmond, Virginia created the Virginia is for Lovers slogan, Originally, they had come up with "Virginia is for History Lovers" Virginia is for Beach Lovers" "Virginia is for Mountain Lovers". This approach was eventually discarded as too limiting, and the qualifiers were dropped. "Virginia is for Lovers" was born.
American Idol winner Jordin Sparks recorded a song called "Virginia is for Lovers" in 2007
New York drew on Virginia's success to create the I Love New York logo nearly a decade later in 1977
The Colony of Virginia was the first English colony in the world.
The colony existed briefly during the 16th century, and then continuously from 1607.
Prior to Thanksgiving in Plymouth Massachusetts in 1621 the first Day of Thanksgiving was observed in Virginia on December 4, 1619.
In 1791 the states of Virginia and Maryland donated land to create Washington, D.C., Congress returned the full 31 square miles of land originally ceded by Virginia in 1871.
Eight United States Presidents were born in Virginia: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.
For more information about visiting Virginia
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Passengers will be picked up in New York in the morning. Today we will leave New York City and drive south to the scenic Luray Caverns in Luray, VA, where we will arrive in the mid-afternoon. We will also spend the night there.
Luray, VA
Luray Caverns These natural caves in the Shenandoah Valley region of northern Virginia are a popular spot because of their abundance of many types of rock formations. The most famous attraction in the Luray Caverns is The Great Stalacpipe Organ.
On the final day of our tour, we will travel back home via Rockbridge County, VA, stopping in the mid-morning to see the Natural Bridge. Afterward, we will travel back to New York City, where passengers will be dropped off at around 7:15pm. See "Departure and Return Details" for dropoff information.
Natural Bridge Township, VA
Natural Bridge This National Historic Landmark is a unique natural stone arch that spans 90 feet. It was considered sacred to the local Native Americans, and has wowed modern-day Americans from Thomas Jefferson to Herman Melville.
4-Day Tennessee, Smoky Mountain Tour from New York/New Jersey Tour Code: 272-227
Take Tours bus trip
Visit eight states:
New York - drive through with tour guide
New Jersey - drive through with tour guide
Pennsylvania - Welcome Center visit
Maryland - drive through with tour guide
West Virginia - Welcome Center visit
Virginia - USA
Tennessee - USA
Georgia - USA
For more info on 4-Day Tennessee, Smoky Mountain Tour from New York/New Jersey trip visit:
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Virginia, United States of America, North America
June 12th 2014
Secretary Walker joined leaders of the YMCA of Delaware, EPIC (Endless Possibilities for People in the Community) and Christiana Care Health System this week to hear about and see an inclusive program at the Bear-Glasgow YMCA for people with disabilities that supports them in improving their fitness and social skills.
About 15 clients of EPIC, along with fitness and nutrition trainers, participate in the program weekly or multiple times a week. Participants are losing weight, improving their blood pressure and heart rates, learning about healthy eating and increasing mobility or strength. “We feel the community is open to everybody,” said Jack Jadach, executive director of EPIC. Clients improve not only their fitness skills, but also such social skills as checking in when they arrive, wiping off equipment when they are finished and talking with others working out, Jadach said.
As part of its movement toward inclusion, the YMCA provides space, adaptive equipment and free memberships for EPIC clients, said Jim Kelly, chief operating office for the YMCA of Delaware. Besides Bear-Glasgow, the Y now has adaptive equipment in its Dover, Western and Brandywine branches. “We want to make all of our branches accessible,” Kelly said, and promote inclusion for people with disabilities. Besides adaptive equipment, the Y has installed harnesses that drop down from the ceiling, so people with mobility or balance issues can be secure whether they are on a treadmill or participating in a group exercise activity such as Zumba.
What’s next? Terry Mullan, executive director of the 25,000-member Bear-Glasgow Y, said she would like to add a warm water pool (90 degrees or higher) for people with special needs, individuals in wheelchairs, seniors and families. At EPIC, Jadach said he would like to expand the nonprofit’s fitness program to other Y’s.
Secretary Walker praised what the initiative as a way to reduce health inequities for people with disabilities and help them to achieve their optimal health, while also promoting inclusion. Jennifer, one of EPIC’s clients, said she likes the way her clothes fit now after losing 10 pounds. And Johnny likes working out on the treadmill and swimming.
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Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell
Tomorrow - happy beginning of Winter to you, and happy beginning of the lengthening of the days! I am VERY happy for that. Even the knowledge of it makes me feel a bit lighter. This may not be a great photo, but I looked out the window, saw just this touch of light and color left, and decided I had to celebrate it.
So happy Solstice to you all!
Tomorrow I embark on my holiday travels. I'm looking forward to having the 7D with me this time - perhaps I'll actually be able to get a nice photo of Long-tailed Ducks or something else that my gear has prevented me from in the past. First north to upstate NY, then south to Florida. I hope all of you have wonderful holidays, and I will try to drop in here and there to see how you're doing!
Tysons Corner, VA
21 Dec 2012
DLD Campus at the University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, June 21st 2017
Free press image: Dominik Gigler for DLD
On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at the University of Mississippi’s Gertrude C. Ford Center, Mr. James Meredith was recognized by both that educational institution and the U.S. Marshals Service. With the 60th anniversary of the integration of the University approaching on October 1, the institutional ceremony, entitled “The Mission Continues-Building Upon the Legacy,” gave USMS Director Ronald L. Davis the perfect opportunity to award Meredith one of highest honors he could, and made him an Honorary Deputy U.S. Marshal. In the history of the U.S. Marshals Service only a handful of people have ever received this honor.
Of the approximately 350 deputy U.S. marshals and deputized personnel that ensured the registration and safety of Mr. Meredith during this time, few are living today. Retired Deputy U.S. Marshal Herschel Garner, the youngest of the cadre of deputies present during the riots that preceded registration, attended the ceremony representing all of them.
This historical event continues the partnership between the USMS and the University of Mississippi in recognizing the importance of educational equality and the role of our deputies in bringing this about. While it truly was a battle that resulted in Mr. Meredith attending and graduating from the school of his choice, the decade celebrations from 2002 to 2022 remain important moments in their own right.
Photo by Shane T. McCoy/US Marshals
Commissioner of Public Lands, Peter Goldmark speaks to group about the win-win-win of having youth and returning veterans working together to improve water quality and fish habitat in tributaries of Puget Sound
Photo: Nancy Charbonneau/DNR
21 October 2016 - Signing ceremony with Santa Lucia of the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, at OECD.
Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD with Allen Michael Chastanet, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Economic Growth, Job Creation, External Affairs and Public Service of Santa Lucia.
OECD, Paris, France
Photo: MarcoIlluminati/OECD
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Mamiya M645 1000S 80mm
Taxidermied Birds of Paradise, Bristol Natural History Museum.
Part of Ageing Oak: www.flickr.com/photos/danwye_photography/sets/72157628262...
Informal meeting of competitiveness ministers (internal market and industry) on 16 July 2018. Signing of the Declaration of cooperation on Artificial Intelligence Declaration by Croatia. Picturing Federal Minister Margarete Schramböck (second right), Vice-President of the European Commission Andrus Ansip (right), EU Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska (left) and Minister Darko Horvat (second left). Copyright BKA/Michael Gruber
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Liet. Lenoir, Commandant Voyer & others in [car?] of "La Republique"
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One of the stranger stereoviews in this batch, and one that I didn't think would work that well in '3D'. But in actual fact it's quite nice, and the fish really look like they are swimming within the bowl rather than it being a photograph or painting in 2D.
They look rather large for teh bowl, which in itself is a rather fine hand painted decorative object.
There's every chance that this was located in Fontainebleau given the others in the same batch.
Description: Architectural plan of campus including buildings and landscaping. Campus situated at 64th Street and Malvern Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Creator: Cope and Stewardson, Architects
Date: circa 1903
Format: black and white photograph
Digital Identifier: AG150_01_0030_b
Digitization: Digitized at the Boston Public Library and federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Rights: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
A view of #Seattle from #KerryPark, you can see the #ClimatePledge Arena, #LumenField, #TMobilePark, the Seattle Great Wheel and other buildings. The day was one of the best this spring, with the sky really clear that you could see iconic Mount Rainier in the distance. Looks kind of Photoshopped, doesn't it?
On Sutton New Road in Erdington.
Heading back towards Erdington Station after a walk up the High Street.
67 Sutton New Road.
Erdington Neighbourhood Office
Forward coat of arms in the window, at the corner of Barnabas Road.
More things I've collected over the years. The doll on the left is actually a gift from my host family when I was in Japan. The geisha on the right is very very old. She has a haunting look to her face. The little blue and white tea cup was my mom's; I coveted it when I was little :P There's also a seed-bead emperor and empress doll set on top of the box. The cat tassel was from my dad when he went to China. And the fabric fan is from a thrift store! :P
(From left to right): U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chief of staff, U.S. Army; Karen Durham-Aguilera, executive director, Army National Military Cemeteries; and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael Howard, commanding general, U.S. Army Military District of Washington stand outside of the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, July 10, 2018. Milley, Durham-Aguilera, and Howard met with visiting dignitary Gen. Koji Yamazaki, chief of staff, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force who participated in an Army Full Honors Wreath-Laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. (U.S. Army by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
The King of Tonga, His Majesty King Tupou VI meets Mrs. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Switzerland. UN Photo/Pierre Albouy
Papua New Guinea - Goroka - highland - Festivity of Independence.
Wonderful head-adornments with feathers of the bird of paradise.
Primary and Intermediate School students participate in Kids of Steel, an exercise and nutrition program designed to motivate children to pursue quality nutrition and an active lifestyle by incorporating exercise and healthy eating habits into their daily routine.
Edinburgh (GBR), 10 September: Anna BROZEK of Poland, Giulia RANDI of Italy compete in the women’s Speed final during the 2022 IFSC World Cup in Edinburgh (GBR).
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Washington DC, Monday April 11, 2016. Hundreds of Democracy Spring anti-corruption activists who marched into DC yesterday gathered with local allies on and near the US Capitol* steps for an historic day of protest featuring non-violent civil disobedience sit-ins. Over four hundred were arrested making this, along with the climate justice protest two years ago, one of the largest such actions since the heyday of the civil rights and anti-war movements of the '60s-early '70s. Uniting this week with Democracy Awakening groups, the Democracy Spring activists plan to keep the sit-ins going until Monday. Interactions between the protesters and the police were largely peaceful and respectful. I don't see any useful purpose served by cuffing and booking peaceful folks exercising their First Amendment right to protest the occupation of our public buildings by loathsome grifters impersonating public servants. How many millions of dollars will our government burn up this week for these unnecessary arrests? US corporate media coverage of this important event? NBC Nightly News but not much else. This is no surprise when you consider the many millions of dollars paid to corporate media for political advertising because of our corrupted election process.
*"What exactly are we demanding that Congress do? Our collective demand to Congress is that it take immediate action to end the corruption of big money in politics and ensure free and fair elections in which every American has an equal voice. Our proposed reform bills are: the Government By The People Act & Fair Elections Now Act, The Voting Rights Advancement Act Of 2015 & Voter Empowerment Act Of 2015 and the Democracy For All Amendment. For more information, visit democracyspring.org."