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The Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield sponsors the Trail of Lights event each holiday season. More than one million twinkling lights illuminate walking paths that wind through the Gardens. This is one of the wonderfully illuminated scenes that I saw along the Trail of Lights.
This is something my father makes every Independence Day, which he calls "red white and blue". It consists of layers of strawberries and blueberries suspended in whipped cream. Generally we add something to the whipped cream--which doesn't work if it comes from the can; you have to whip it yourself--to make it taste exciting (was it vanilla? brandy? I have no idea), and soak the strawberries in brandy before putting it together.
It sounds very alcoholic, but the total amount in it is less than half a shot for each serving. I have no idea where my father got the idea for it, but we've been making it every Fourth for a number of years now.
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Premier John Horgan joined fellow premiers from across the country for a meeting of the Council of the Federation, on July 12, 2022.
07/03/2023. Ladies European Tour 2023. Investec South African Women's Open, Steenberg Golf Club, Cape Town, South Africa. 8-11 March. Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa diuring her press conference. Credit: Tristan Jones/ LET
The Tomb of Hafez and its associated memorial hall, the Hāfezieh, are two memorial structures erected in the northern edge of Shiraz, Iran, in memory of the celebrated Persian poet Hafez. The open pavilion structures are situated in the Musalla Gardens on the north bank of a seasonal river and house the marble tomb of Hafez.
Hafez was born in Shiraz in 1315 and died there in 1390. A beloved figure of the Iranian people, who learn his verses by heart, Hafez was prominent in his home town and held a position as the court poet.[1] In his memory, a small, dome-like structure was erected in Shiraz near his grave at Golgast-e Mosalla in 1452 at the order of Babur Ibn-Baysunkur, a Timurid governor. The Golgast-e Mosalla were gardens (now known as Musalla Gardens) that featured in Hafiz's poetry. With a surface of over 19,000 square metres, the gardens were also home to one of Shiraz's cemeteries, and Babur had a pool built here at the same time as the memorial. Believing they were ordered by omens in Hafez's poetry, Abbas I of Persia and Nader Shah both carried out separate restoration projects in the following 300 years.[2]
A photo of iron transenna, once in place around Hafez's tomb
A much more substantial memorial was constructed in the gardens in 1773 during the reign of Karim Khan Zand. Situated on the north bank of the seasonal Rudkhaneye Khoshk river in the Musalla Gardens, the Hāfezieh consisted of four central columns, with two rooms built at the east and west end and with the north and south sides remaining open. The building split the gardens into two regions, with the orange grove in the front and the cemetery in the back. The actual tomb was outside of the structure, in the middle of the cemetery, with a marble slab placed over the grave. The marble was engraved by a calligrapher with excerpts from Hafez's poetry.[2]
The tomb was restored in 1857 by a governor of Fars, and a wooden enclosure was built around the tomb in 1878, by another governor of Fars. Following this, the site became a subject of controversy, when, in 1899, Ardeshir, a Parsi from India began to build a shrine around Hafez's grave. Although the philanthropist Parsi had obtained permission from a ulema of Shiraz to build the iron and wood shrine, a doctor of religious law with some authority in Shiraz, ʿAli-Akbar Fāl-Asiri, objected to a Zoroastrian building over the grave of a Muslim. With his followers, he destroyed the half-built construction. The people of Shiraz protested the destruction and the government ordered the rebuilding of the monument, but Fāl-Asiri opposed them and pronounced that he would destroy any building raised there, even if it were erected by the king himself.[2]
The site remained in ruins for two years, until 1901 when Prince Malek Mansur Mirza Shao es-Saltaneh placed a decorative iron transenna around Hafez's tomb. It was inscribed with verse and the names of the patrons of the transenna
The Senior Assembly was held on May 13th, 2022 in the Main Quad. The 2022 graduating class was presented with their honorary awards. Photos by Harufumi Nakazawa '24
Departure from Heysham on board the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's MANXMAN on Thursday January 16, 2025 on the 13:45 sailing to Douglas. The buildings to the right are Heysham A and B power stations. If the original plans had been completed the area occupied by the power stations would also have been used for port activities.
Historic notes from Wikipedia:
In 1891, the Midland Railway, which already operated Morecambe Harbour four miles to the north east, gave notice of its intention to develop a new harbour at Heysham and appointed consulting engineers James Abernethy and his son to undertake a feasibility study of the project. The plan was for an enclosed dock accessed through a lock, this idea made no further progress.
In 1895, a much larger Heysham port plan was put forward by Messrs James Abernethy & Son, in conjunction with the Midland Railway's chief engineer. This formed the basis of the harbour which was built, although there were many changes as work progressed and the full scheme was never completed. In 1896, an enabling Act of Parliament was obtained for the construction of the harbour and the contract for construction was let in July 1897. The project cost about £3 million.
The first ship to dock at Heysham was the Antrim, one of the ships that the Midland Railway had ordered for Heysham services. She came into the harbour on delivery from builders, John Brown at Clydebank on the 31st of May 1904. The first passenger sailing was a day trip to Douglas, Isle of Man by the Londonderry on the 13th of August 1904.
The south jetty was built in 1909 to reduce silt build up in the harbour entrance, plans from 1907 show that two jetties where originally planned each side of the entrance, but a north jetty was never actually built.
In 1941 a deep-water berth (Ocean Jetty) was built to the north east of harbour entrance. This was to allow tankers which were too large for the port to berth at the new Trimpell refinery which produced aviation fuel. Much of the fuel produced would have been for fighter aircraft stationed in Britain during World War II. After the Tranmere pipeline construction the Ocean Jetty berth was rarely used until its demolition in 1976.
Following the privitisation of British Railways Seallink Heysham Port was acquired by Sea Containers Ltd. In 2001 the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC) bought the port from Sea Containers.
Then in August 2005 the MDHC was bought by and merged with Peel Ports Limited who are the current proprietors.
Hightville, the Wee MacGregor Mine & the Wallaroo Mine:
The discovery of the MacGregor ore body was credited to Jack White in 1904. A Victorian buyer, James Peberdy, bought a parcel of 7 leases; the Balaclava, Sabastapol, Greater Esmond, Inkerman, Grand Central, Wallaroo, and Wee MacGregor in 1905. James Peberdy then created the MacGregor Cloncurry Copper Mines Company. A company store was set up on the lease, managed by the mine accountant, Frank Knox. A small calico house on a wooden frame was built for the storekeeper, Reg Gyton. W. Hinkle of Cloncurry built for James Perberdy and his sister a large highset wooden home, overlooking the Wallaroo Mine. A haphazard collection of tents, galvanised iron and bough sheds appeared along the track connecting the leases. On an elevated area south of the leases, John Frost built the MacGregor Hotel in 1909.
Towards the end of 1910, ore reserves were confirmed, finance raised, and deliberations began as to whether to build a smelter at the site or build a private rail line to transport the ore to the smelters at Friezland.
During this time, Hampden and Mount Elliot mining companies were both trying to increase their ore reserves. The rich MacGregor ore had not gone unnoticed and both groups approached the lease holder, James Peberdy. In 1913, Perberdy's MacGregor Mining Company passed into the hands of Hampden Mining Company and Thomas Warrick took over management of the company.
Hightville was surveyed in 1913 by the government surveyor E. Dighton and was so named for its location upon the high ridges. The MacGregor Hotel was taken over by Pierce Edwards. William Jones was postmaster and had a store from 1913 to 1916. The blacksmith from 1911 to 1912 was William Denison. The few families in the town were those of the min managers and publicans. Until it burn down in 1914, the MacGregor Hotel passed through the hands of Dora Power, Mrs O'Toole, and Jim Commerford. The miners then waited for the arrival of the Cosmopolitan Hotel which was being moved from Ravenswood. The Cosmopolitan was dragged into the area in time to hear that Highville was not a suitable location for a rail terminus. A request for another townsite was made and a government surveyor was recalled. As soon as the last peg was driven in December 1914, the exodus from Highville to the new town of Ballara began. The company store and post office remained at Highville.
The Wee MacGregor mines opened a school at Hightville with Miss Case as the first teacher. Children came to school in Hightville from Ballara and more families moved in. Eventually, a public school was built. The Ballara school children sometimes stole a pump car to run down the two miles to Ballara, using a stick as a brake with occasionally near-tragic results.
While the town was being relocated, the company 2' gauge rail line and tunnel began construction, and the government 3"6 gauge line approached Ballara from the MacGregor Junction just south of Malbon. The 3 shafts of Wallaroo, Grand Central, and Wee MacGregor had wooden head frames erected. The steam winders and boilers arrived, were installed, and tested. in July 1915, the mines were ready for protection and the rail had arrived at Ballara. A Krausse 0-6-0 locomotive with 50 tones of ore headed east for the first time from the mine to the rail terminus at Ballara. It stopped on the elevated ore ramp and tipped ore from the small 5 ton wagons into the large 20 ton wagons on the 3"6 government line below. The pilot trip of ore to the smelters at Kuridala ran without incident and so began the mining operations.
On two occasions, the Hightville School and the Wallaroo Mine headframe were condemned because of termites, and a fire in the winderhouse of the MacGregor shaft compounded the problems when the winding engine was damaged beyond repair. An urgent telegram was sent to Earle Huntley at Kuridala, telling of the double failure. The answer was prompt, "Close Wallaroo, transport winder engine to MacGregor, resume production". The Wee MacGregor mine was considered the 'plumb' of the field. The mine had two shafts with three drives of over 6000 feet, providing ore from 3 to 18% copper. Monthly ore receipts of over 1200 tons were not uncommon.
In November 1918, the Great War that supported the mineral field throughout its early prosperous years, came to an end and the price of copper dropped below production costs. Two weeks after the signing of the armistice, the Hampden Mining Company smelters were shut down for their annual maintenance, and this closure saw the end of production for the MacGregor mine area. During the three years of operation (July 1915 to November 1918), the area produced more the 44 000 tones of copper ore.
Source: Ballara Mining Heritage Trail, Blueprint for the Bush, Cloncurry and District Historical and Museum Society.
This photo is a part of the Backs At Prog -series, shot during the Night of the Prog VI festival in Loreley, Germany.
This is a beautiful shot of Coogee Beach, New South Wales. This is one of the most beautiful places that I've ever visited, sitting up there with Lake Tekapo in New Zealand.I've still got a lot of photos from this trip so stay tuned!
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Just back from three weeks of field work in South Africa. One part of the trip was to determine if we could establish a new study on Great White Sharks using molecular tools to determine their health. Here a few photos from underwater from a cage and a few surface one. Water clarity not perfect but still a treat to see these guys up close - at one point 6 in away - and all natural.
Taken during our daytrip to the Isle of Canna, which is located a couple of hours sail off the West coast of Scotland. Along with it's major neighbouring islands Muck, Eigg and Rum, the Isle of Canna and it's partially attached neighbour Sanday make up the group of Scottish islands known as the "small isles".
Canna was one of the first locations added to our holiday plan for May of this year, as the island is one of the two locations out on Scotlands islands that my ancestors came from (only a couple of generations ago). Once the boat had docked and we set foot on the island, much like we've felt on the Outer Hebrides, it definitely felt like I was back home, myself and Mireille will most certainly be back to visit again!
The Isle of Canna is the westernmost of the small isles which themselves are part of the inner hebrides. The Isles of Canna and Sanday were left by their previous owner, John Lorne Campbell to the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) in 1981. A massive thanks to the residents and NTS team on the island for our enjoyable visit in May, and we look forward to seeing you all again to find out more of the family history!
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Mark Chapter 14 Verse 53-72
53.) And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. 54.) And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. 63.) Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? 64.) Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. 65.) And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. 66.) And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: 67.) And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. 68.) But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. 69.) And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. 70.) And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. 71.) But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. 72.) And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
Perhaps one of the most aesthetically pleasing churches in all of Jerusalem, the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu is, perhaps, most noted for the fact that it commemorates Peter’s triple denial of Jesus; his immediate repentance and his reconciliation. Located on the eastern slope of Mount Zion, it is built on an almost sheer hillside. One of the most notable elements of the church is a golden rooster on a black cross - - bearing witness of Peter’s three denials “before the cock crows.”
Originally there was a Byzantine church on the site that was constructed in 457 AD. That was destroyed in 1010, and in 1102 the Crusaders re-built it, and gave it its present name. By 1320 the church was again in ruins, and in 1931 the current church was built.
There are four different levels to the church - - upper church, middle church, guardroom and dungeon. The ceiling is dominated by huge cross-shaped window designed in a variety of colors. The guardroom is where floggings would take place. While Christ was not flogged by the Jews but rather by the Romans, the disciples were on several occasions and it is possible that those floggings actually took place there.
Known as “Christ’s Prison,” the prisoner’s cell offers interesting insight as to where Jesus may have spent His last night before His crucifixion. Prisoners were taken in and out of the space via a rope harness, and a mosaic depicting this is on the south wall of the church.
There is a degree of controversy as to whether or not this is actually the house of the High Priest, Caiaphas. Some believe that the house of Caiaphas would have been on top of the hill, rather than where the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu is located.
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Here stood the house of the Gestapo. It was hell for the confessors of Austria. It was for many of them the forecourt of death. It has fallen into ruins as the Thousand-Year Reich. But Austria has been reborn and with it our dead and the immortal victims.
Hier stand das Haus der Gestapo. Es war für die Bekenner Österreichs die Hölle. Es war für viele von ihnen der Vorhof des Todes. Es ist in Trümmer gesunken wie das Tausendjährige Reich. Österreich aber ist wiederauferstanden und mit ihm unsere Toten und unsterblichen Opfer.
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Hotel Métropole
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The Métropole on Morzinplatz (the block on the right) on an old photograph
Place Wien 1, Morzinplatz 4
Architects Carl Schumann, Ludwig Tischler
Year of construction 1873
Height 4 floors
Hotel Métropole (Vienna)
Specialties
The five-star hotel was from 1938 headquarters of the Gestapo. It was destroyed in 1945 in a bomb attack.
The former Hotel Métropole at the Franz-Josef-Kai
The Hotel Metropol (actually Métropole) was a luxury hotel in Vienna, 1st District, which is primarily known as a former Gestapo headquarters today. 1945, the building was badly damaged, the ruined house after 1948 demolished.
Hotel History
The hotel was built in 1873 by the architects Carl Schumann and Ludwig Tischler for world exhibition in Vienna at from 1888 on named Morzinplatz at the Franz-Josefs-Kai (previously, from 1860 to 1863 stood on that grounds after the demolition of the city wall the then burnt down Treumann Theater or Quai Theatre). The house allegedly by locals was referred to as "Jewish Sacher" because in the facilities it should have been equivalent to the Hotel Sacher and the owner families Klein and small Feix were Jews. It was richly decorated with Corinthian columns, caryatids and atlases. The dining hall in the courtyard was roofed over with glass.
A famous guest was Mark Twain, who in 1897 spent a part of his 20-month long stay in Vienna until May 1899 there.
Gestapo headquarters
Main article: Austria in the period of National Socialism
The hotel after the "Anschluss of Austria", yet in March 1938, by Reinhard Heydrich for the Gestapo was seized, the most important instrument of Nazi terror in Austria. He established here the state police headquarters in Vienna (and decreed that the building not any longer should be called Hotel Metropol). With 900 officers of judiciary police and many members of the SS, the house was the largest department of the Gestapo in the "Greater German Reich", the Gestapo counted a total of 18,000 civil servants.
Over five hundred people had to come daily for questioning into the building at risk of being il-treated and tortured. In the summer of 1938 the last Chancellor of the Corporate state, Kurt Schuschnigg, was held here for months before he was moved to Munich. Schuschnigg "inhabited" a room, he was (in 8-hour-shifts) of each one officer on duty and six sergeants at the same time guarded, which this service had to keep secret (thus, 21 men were alone employed for the surveillance of Schuschnigg). Was at the request of the prisoner opened a window, he had to stay in the room so that he could not be seen from the opposite building. Also to the corridor toilet he had to be accompanied by a guard, under surveillance he was allowed to shave himself.
First chief of the Vienna Gestapo headquarters was from March 1938 to December 1944 the Munich criminal counsellor and SS brigade leader Franz Josef Huber, also Chief of the Security Police and the SD. He was replaced by the SS-Standartenführer (full colonel) Rudolf Mildner. Both were punished after the war only mildly despite their leading positions.
The management staff of the Vienna Gestapo consisted until 1942 and from 1944 to about one-third of Reichsdeutsche (citizens of the German Reich), intermittent to a quarter. The majority of the management staff had been selected from the previously "illegal Austrian National Socialists" and adaptable police officers of the Schuschnigg regime.
War damage and demolition
On 12th March 1945 the former Métropole burned down after heavy bomb hits. "Even in the in 1948 in Vienna shot debris film The Third Man is in a setting the ghostly ruin of the Gestapo headquarters to recognize". Then the remains of the building were demolished.
Successor building, Memorial Room
In 1968 on the site was built the Leopold-Figl Court, named after Leopold Figl, the by President Karl Renner appointed first Chancellor of Austria after the Nazi period. At the to Morzinplatz looking side of the building is located a memorial relief to the victims of national socialism. A memorial is located on the other side of the street with the text: Here stood the house of the Gestapo. It was hell for the confessors of Austria. It was for many of them the forecourt of death... On the other side of the block, in Salztorgasse 6, a memorial room was set up in which a small exhibition on Hotel Metropol and its prisoners was opened in 2011. It was designed by the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance .
The name "Hotel Metropol" since the war by no hotel in Vienna was chosen.
Medial reception
The bigger part of the film Schachnovelle (The Royal Game or chess story) takes place in a in the film not mentioned very luxurious hotel in Vienna, which is used as a department of the Gestapo.
Photos by Billy Hardiman
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Nazareth House is a new seminary house of formation for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix.
Seminarians will share meals, household responsibilities and faith in Jesus Christ while completing two years of initial academic studies at nearby Phoenix College. This household model of formation will prepare them to transition to a major seminary.
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Sphinx of Hatshepsut
New Kingdom; Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
This colossal sphinx portrays the female pharaoh Hatshepsut with the body of a lion and a human head wearing a nemes headcloth and royal beard. The use of the sphinx to represent the king dates back to the Old Kingdom and the Great Sphinx of Giza. The sculptor has carefully observed the powerful muscles of the lion as contrasted to the handsome and attractive idealized face of the female pharoh. It was one of at least six granite sphinxes that stood in Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri. Smashed into many fragments at the order of Hatshepsut's nephew and successor Thutmose III and dumped in a quarry close by the beast was recovered by the Museum's Egyptian Expedition amnd reassembled. It weighs more than seven tons.
About True Story of #Dracula Squeals:
True Story of Dracula is a horror book. It is written as if Dracula had existed. So it starts with Vlad III, from his early childhood, and tries to give him a character one can relate to, until the moment he was killed and how he was transformed into Dracula. How Dracula was and acted among his fellow humans. Not to forget how he managed to stay hidden for all those years. As one can see in the personified characteristics, I have also built up the character of Dracula, giving him a whole lot more depth. I have also built on the #vampires whom Dracula makes and have given them a lot more of a persona as well. I have chosen to give one other character in the book more detail.
Then we begin with the main plot of the book, a class from California traveling to Romania on a research trip. As they are to discover, it turns from a research trip to a getaway trip.
Who am I?
I believe I am a friendly guy. I would personally say that I have no humor. Though I think people around me would say that is debatable. I have a passion for learning and trying out new things. People might find me punctual at times. I have a tendency to appear at least one hour before the start of the meeting.
It started from these extra classes of French I took while I visited my father and my little brother in Brussels (Saint Job). Apparently from Saint Job there were only two trains I could pick either to come two hours before or then 5 minutes late. I picked the first alternative.
September 9, 2010 - The Port of Seattle held a small ceremony at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Fire Station to formally hand over two fire trucks that are being retired from the active fleet. The two trucks will continue to serve elsewhere as training vehicles.
This is the temple complex of Abu Simbel, located on the shores of Lake Nasser in the far south of Egypt. The temple complex was originally carved into stone cliffs on the banks of the Nile River in what was then known as Nubia, and were carved out of solid rock between 1264 and 1244 BC to honor the famous Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Ramses II and his favorite wife Nefertari. The complex consisted of the two temples with their carved stone facades representing Ramses II and Nefertari, as well as the gods Amun, Ra-Horakhty, Ptah, and Hathor. In addition to the temples, many areas of the cliffs have hieroglyphic carvings in them. The larger of the two temples was dedicated to Ramses II, and features four colossal statues of his likeness in a seated position on the facade, representing him at various times in his life. The inside of the temple contains many chambers with ornate reliefs and hieroglyphs, as well as a large central Hall with statues attached to the columns. The innermost part of the temple has three statues of Ancient Egyptian deities: Amun, Ra-Horahkty, and Ptah, and a statue of Ramses II. During the sunrises at the Fall and Spring Equinoxes, three of the statues are illuminated, with the Ptah Statue, representing the underworld, remaining dark. The smaller temple is dedicated to Nefertari and Hathor, and features two likenesses of Nefertari on the exterior, intermingled with four of male figures. The inside of the temple is smaller than the other one, but features a likeness of Nefertari on the columns, and features an interior that, while smaller, is no less elaborate than the interior of the larger temple. The temples were located along the Nile River for nearly 3700 years, but were buried in sand and forgotten until the 19th Century. The site was threatened by the construction of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s, leading to UNESCO heading an effort to relocate the temples and the surrounding cliff faces and structures to higher ground near the original location between 1964 and 1968.
Equipment is prepositioned near a cluster of homes for possible use during the Cedar Fire in the Sequoia National Forest near Kernville, CA, on August 22, 2016. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
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A war memorial to the Free French forces who fought in the Second World War stands on the hill. It was built in the shape of the Cross of Lorraine, the emblem of the Free French, combined with an anchor.
Title: New Faces of 1953
Photo Number: PC1.667
Date: 1953
Clipping Attached: "New faces of 1953, the freshman show at Wheelock College, introduced Ayako Shoda (center) of Tokyo and Jean S. Kishida (right) of Honolulu, whose lovely attire is admired by classmate Gaye Alexander.
Description: Two Wheelock students from Tokyo stand next to another Wheelock student, modeling their native clothing.
Subject Headings:
Women--college students
Location: Wheelock College Photo Collection, Box 3, Folder 1
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Cultural Soirée session with André Hoffmann, Vice-Chairman, Roche Holding; Co-Chair, World Economic Forum; Li Qiang, Mayor, Dalian Municipal People's Government, People's Republic of China; Mazen S. Darwazeh, Executive Vice Chairman and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Jordan during the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, People's Republic of China, on 24/6/2026 from 19:00 to 21:30 in the Dalian International Conference Center - Donggang Music Fountain Square, Reception. (cultural soirée). ©2026 World Economic Forum
Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.
Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Bertoni. Asteraceae. CN; [Malay - Stevia], Stevia, Sweet-leaf-of-Paraguay, Sweet leaf, Sugar leaf, Sweet honey leaf, Rebiana. Native to Brazil, Paraguay; elsewhere cultivated. A zero calorie natural sweetener, hypoglycemic, cardiotonic, vasodilator, antimicrobial, digestive tonic, diuretic, antihypertensive and appetite stimulant and many more. Rebaudioside are extracted as a food additive and used as sweetener in confectionery, beverage and food industry.
Synonym(s):
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Jorge Faurie, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Argentina
Date: June 21, 2017
Place: Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Credit: Alberto Viveros, Cancilleria Mexico
Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival 2015 - Las Vegas, NV - 10.11.2015 - Sunday
This year, I was asked to shoot all of the Guild flags. I think i got them all except 2 or 3, but there was like 50 of them! :)
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Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) Chief Executive Officer Eric Green outlined the port’s growth opportunities and plans for the future during today’s sold-out State of the Port address. Hosted by the Propeller Club of the United States – Port of Jacksonville, the event provided updates on JAXPORT’s major projects, business growth, and supply chain trends impacting Northeast Florida’s maritime industry to a crowd of nearly 400 transportation and logistics professionals.
“The solution to the nation’s port congestion problem—is right here in this room,” Green told attendees. “As the industry looks to combat everything from truck capacity issues to labor and equipment challenges, protecting the supply chain is a global priority. That’s where Jacksonville’s modern deepwater seaport comes in.”
During his keynote address, Green announced that JAXPORT’s single biggest growth initiative, deepening the Jacksonville shipping channel to 47 feet, is on track to be completed through JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal as early as May 2022. The project includes the construction of a turning basin to allow larger ships to turn at Blount Island berths.
In coordination with deepening, more than $100 million in berth enhancements will be complete this summer to enable the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal at Blount Island to simultaneously accommodate two post-Panamax ships. By the end of 2022, Blount Island terminal operator SSA Atlantic will welcome three new eco-friendly container cranes and complete the first 20 acres of a modernization project to enable the facility to accommodate more containers.
At the Dames Point Marine Terminal, Ceres Terminals has committed $15 million in private investment in cargo handling equipment and systems. Investments continue at the Talleyrand Marine Terminal, where the port is working on expanding its footprint and capabilities.
“Under Eric’s leadership as CEO, JAXPORT has attracted more than a billion dollars in investment over the last five years, including multiple public-private partnerships,” said JAXPORT Board Chair Wendy Hamilton. “These investments provide a modern deepwater seaport that will continue to provide supply chain solutions for the nation and bring new jobs and business opportunity to our community.”
“In our business, we deal through partnerships, and JAXPORT for us has been an amazing partnership,” said Southeast Toyota Distributors Group Vice President Casey Gunnell. “They are a business-forward organization that’s looking to not only support us but help us grow in this community.”
To build on the port’s position as one of the nation’s top vehicle-handling ports, JAXPORT is expanding a primary Ro/Ro (rolling cargo) berth at Blount Island to dock two vessels from a single berth. The $36 million project will take about 24 months to complete.
In lockstep with growth strategies outlined in its strategic master plan, JAXPORT is also exploring options to build its breakbulk capacity. “Some ports have shifted away from breakbulk; we are embracing it,” Green said.
Mary Baer, anchor of Jacksonville television station WJXT-TV, moderated a “Why Jacksonville” panel discussion featuring JAXUSA Partnership President Aundra Wallace and leaders from global companies who have grown their businesses in and around JAXPORT.
Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visited JAXPORT to announce that Singapore-based ocean carrier Sea Lead has selected Jacksonville as a port of call on its first-ever US East Coast service. Jacksonville is the last port of call on the rotation connecting Jacksonville to three ports in China and one in South Korea. This new service is an expansion of Sea Lead’s U.S. West Coast operations and showcases the advantages JAXPORT’s uncongested berths and efficiency offers worldwide ocean carriers.
In fiscal year 2021, a record-setting 1.4 million containers moved through JAXPORT, maintaining its position as Florida’s largest container port and one of the top 10 container ports in the nation. JAXPORT is also one of the nation’s top vehicle-handling ports, moving more than 616,000 vehicles last year.
The colors change as the sun goes down, from hazy dark greens to bright and brilliant yellow greens.
Taken in upper Ojai, California.
The Corps of Cadets traveled to San Antonio to participate in the Battle of Flowers Parade to benifit Fiesta, San Antonio.
From Forest Service signage:
D-1 LOOKOUT: A Perch for Perpetual Fire Watch
The Original D-1, the Hornet Peak Lookout on the Flathead National Forest, was built in 1922. This lookout is a classic example of an era when Forest Service pioneers hand-carved lookouts from the trees around them, using only primitive tools to fell and buck logs. The Hornet Peak Lookout has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1983
The D-1, one of the first standard Forest Service lookouts, replaced the more primitive “crow’s nest” lookout, built at the top of tall trees. With a 14’ x 14’ log cabin for living quarters and a framed, glass cupola to serve as the observatory, the D-1 provided truly deluxe accommodations.
The development of aerial fire surveillance quickly reduced the need for lookouts .Today, the handful of remaining lookouts is a testament to the early Forest Service ingenuity and resourcefulness.
The D-1 was replaced by the L-4 lookout in 1929. Its 14’ x 14’ structure was transported in kits by mule trains and construct3ed right at the site. You can see this L-4, the Black Pine Lookout, from Deerlodge National Forest, in the Smokejumper Visitor Center.