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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.
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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.
The coat of arms from the left:
The cypriotic line of the Lusignan family
The (lost) Kingdom of Jerusalem
Lusignan, kings of Cyprus
Ancient crusaders abbey Bellapais near Kyrenia, Cyprus
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.
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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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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)
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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
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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
Jorge Faurie, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Argentina
Date: June 21, 2017
Place: Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Credit: Alberto Viveros, Cancilleria Mexico
The hustle and bustle of a Georgian Country Fair at Pockerley Waggonway.
A whole host of traditional Georgian entertainment for all to enjoy, including a Flea Circus, Punch & Judy, and Georgian games including an 1830's swing boat ride! Plus market stalls selling bread, fruit and vegetables, and other local produce. Neet the Quack Doctor with a remedy for every ailment...
Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum is an open-air museum located at Beamish, near the town of Stanley, County Durham, England. The museum's guiding principle is to preserve an example of everyday life in urban and rural North East England at the climax of industrialisation in the early 20th century.
Much of the restoration and interpretation is specific to the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, together with portions of countryside under the influence of industrial revolution in 1825. On its 300 acres (120 ha) estate it utilises a mixture of translocated, original and replica buildings; a huge collection of artifacts, working vehicles and equipment; as well as livestock and costumed interpreters.
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.
Like the rest of us, Mr Fox and Mrs PB require their beauty sleep.
Mrs PB thinks Mr Fox could probably benefit from a little bit more! Maybe if she snored a little less, and he didn't always have to sleep with one eye open, he might!
The time they lay, with their heads on the pillow, staring at the ceiling , and the deep conversations they have is their favourite time of the day!
Yours truly and the loves of my life, Catherine and our little Ida, near the huge volcanic cone of Monte Minardo on the western flank of Mount Etna, 26 September 2010. We did this beautiful hike in the late afternoon and evening, in one of the most beautiful areas that there are on Etna, and where Catherine and I had made some of our earliest hikes together, many years ago. This time with us was not only our "picciridda", but also Catherine's dad, Ida's "nonno", who is currently staying with us in our home in Trecastagni on Etna. The photo was actually taken by him
Made by Etsuko Iitaka of Tokyo; entered in the judged show (category: Art-Abstract, Large) at the 2007 Houston International Quilt Festival.
The note said this was made at least partly of vintage kimono silks.
This paper model is the Great Sphinx of Giza (commonly referred to as the Sphinx of Giza or just the Sphinx), a limestone statue of a reclining or couchant sphinx (a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head) that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Eg...
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This is a small caterpillar of a California Sister (Adelpha bredowii) butterfly on a half-eaten leaf of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae). That looks like a nest down below it, composed mostly of frass (poop). This one is less than 1/2 inch long, but they look remarkable when they are larger - see this photo and this photo. I found two other small caterpillars last winter, see my photos here and here, but I lost sight of them over winter. I'll try to keep in contact with this one as it matures, it's on a small enough tree that I should be able to find it again. (San Marcos Pass, 1 June 2020)
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S-shaped fire staves performance by Japanese Fire Performer Dai Zaobab (www.zaobab.com/).
Photo taken at the temple of poi 2009 fire dancing expo on Union Square (San Francisco)
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The Cathedral of Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands was built in 1788. At that time only around 600 people were living in Tórshavn. Now the population of the municipality of Tórshavn is around 19.000. The church bell is said to come from the ship Norske Løve (The Norwegian Lion), which went shipwreck in Lambavík in the Faroes in 1707. It is decorated with palmettes and bears the inscription 'Danscke Ostindische Compagnies Scheb Nordische Lowe 1704'. You can read more about the church here: www.faroestamps.fo/?side=4dbb14a583bc75b15c22d2f2bff0ea36
The Jewish Square, Vienna 1, formed in the Middle Ages under the name of "schoolyard" the center of the former Jewish Town, extending next to the Ducal court. It was closed from the rest of the city by four gates. Here there were school, bathhouse, synagogue and the house of the rabbi. The school was one of the most important of German-speaking countries. The community existed from about 1190 to the Vienna Geserah in 1421.
The stemming from the 15th century Jordan House, Nr. 2, bears a late Gothic relief with the representation of Jesus' baptism in the Jordan. This is not only a reference to the name of the house owner, Jörg Jordan, but also to the Vienna Geserah which the accompanying text endorses. On the initiative of Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Archdiocese of Vienna donated a plaque which Cardinal Franz König on 29 October 1998 unveiled. Its text reads: "Kiddush HaShem" means "sanctification of God". With this awareness, chose Viennese Jews in the synagogue here on Jewish Square - the center of an important Jewish community - at the time of persecution 1420/21 the suicide to escape a feared by them forced baptism. Others, about 200, were burnt alive in Erdberg (today 3rd district of Vienna) at the stake. Christian preachers of that time spread superstitious anti-Jewish ideas and thus incited against the Jews and their faith. So influenced, Christians in Vienna acquiesced without resistance, approved it and became perpetrators. Thus, the liquidation of the Vienna Jewish Town in 1421 was already a looming omen for what happened in our century throughout europe during the Nazi dictatorship. Medieval popes pronounced unsuccessfully against the anti-Jewish superstition, and individual believers struggled unsuccessfully against the racial hatred of the Nazis. But those were too few. Today Christendom regrets its involvement in the persecution of Jews and recognizes its failures. "Sanctification of God" today for Christians can only mean: asking for forgiveness and hope in God's salvation. October 29, 1998
Already in 1910, consisted the plan here the poet of the Enlightenment, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781), who in his play "Nathan the Wise" the interdenominational tolerance has put up a literary monument, to honor with a statue. In 1935, a sculpture by Siegfried Charoux was unveiled, but only four years later, in 1940, taken off and melted down for armaments. In 1968, the same artist created again a Lessing monument, which came first on the Morzin square and 1981 on the original site.
Since 2000, the place is a unique ensemble of remembering with the memorial by Rachel Whiteread for the 65,000 Austrian victims of the Shoah. 1995 the foundations of the in 1420 destroyed synagogue were excavated which now with finds constitute a part of the branch of the Jewish Museum Vienna. A computer-animated walk leads into one of the largest Jewish communities in Europe which existed here in the early 15th century. Another room is dedicated to the Shoah documentation.
Der Judenplatz, Wien 1, bildete im Mittelalter unter dem Namen „Schulhof“ den Mittelpunkt der einstigen Judenstadt, die sich neben dem Herzogshof erstreckte. Sie war durch vier Tore von der übrigen Stadt abgeschlossen. Hier befanden sich Schule, Badestube, Synagoge und das Haus des Rabbiners. Die Schule war eine der bedeutendsten des deutschen Sprachraums. Die Gemeinde bestand ab etwa 1190 bis zur Wiener Geserah im Jahre 1421.
Das aus dem 15. Jahrhundert stammende Jordanhaus, Nr. 2, trägt ein spätgotisches Relief mit der Darstellung der Taufe Jesu im Jordan. Dieses ist nicht nur eine Anspielung auf den Namen des Hausbesitzers, Jörg Jordan, sondern auch auf die Wiener Geserah, die der beigefügte Text gut heißt. Auf Initiative von Kardinal Christoph Schönborn stiftete die Erzdiözese Wien eine Gedenktafel, die Kardinal Franz König am 29. Oktober 1998 enthüllte. Ihr Text lautet: „Kiddusch HaSchem“ heißt „Heiligung Gottes“ Mit diesem Bewußtsein wählten Juden Wiens in der Synagoge hier am Judenplatz — dem Zentrum einer bedeutenden jüdischen Gemeinde — zur Zeit der Verfolgung 1420/21 den Freitod, um einer von ihnen befürchteten Zwangstaufe zu entgehen. Andere, etwa 200, wurden in Erdberg auf dem Scheiterhaufen lebendig verbrannt. Christliche Prediger dieser Zeit verbreiteten abergläubische judenfeindliche Vorstellungen und hetzten somit gegen die Juden und ihren Glauben. So beeinflusst nahmen Christen in Wien dies widerstandslos hin, billigten es und wurden zu Tätern. Somit war die Auflösung der Wiener Judenstadt 1421 schon ein drohendes Vorzeichen für das, was europaweit in unserem Jahrhundert während der nationalsozialistischen Zwangsherrschaft geschah. Mittelalterliche Päpste wandten sich erfolglos gegen den judenfeindlichen Aberglauben, und einzelne Gläubige kämpften erfolglos gegen den Rassenhaß der Nationalsozialisten. Aber es waren derer zu wenige. Heute bereut die Christenheit ihre Mitschuld an den Judenverfolgungen und erkennt ihr Versagen. „Heiligung Gottes“ kann heute für die Christen nur heißen: Bitte um Vergebung und Hoffnung auf Gottes Heil. 29. Oktober 1998
Schon 1910 bestand der Plan, dem Dichter der Aufklärung Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781), der in seinem Stück „Nathan der Weise“hat Lessing der interkonfessionellen Toleranz ein literarisches Denkmal gesetzt hat, hier mit einem Standbild zu ehren. 1935 wurde eine Plastik von Siegfried Charoux enthüllt, doch schon vier Jahre später entfernt und 1940 für Rüstungszwecke eingeschmolzen. 1968 schuf der selbe Künstler wieder ein Lessing-Denkmal, das zunächst auf den Morzinplatz und 1981 an den ursprünglichen Aufstellungsort kam.
Seit 2000 ist der Platz ein einzigartiges Ensemble des Erinnerns mit dem Mahnmal von Rachel Whiteread für die 65.000 österreichischen Opfer der Schoa. 1995 wurden die Fundamente der 1420 zerstörten Synagoge ergraben, die nun mit Funden einen Teil der Außenstelle des Jüdischen Museums Wien ausmachen. Ein computeranimierter Spaziergang führt in eine der größten jüdischen Gemeinden Europas, die Anfang des 15. Jahrhundert hier bestand. Ein weiterer Raum ist der Schoa-Dokumentation gewidmet.
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Limone sul Garda : The Parish Church of the Holy Benedict
Detail: Painting by Andrea Celesti (early 18th century), "Adoration of the Three Kings".
The parish church of Limone dedicated to Saint Benedict was built in 1691 by Andrea Pernis from Como above the ruins of an ancient Romanesque chapel. The church houses several masterpieces dating from the early 16th century and also contemporary works of sacred art.
It also owns the oldest known records of Limone, because up until the last century, the Curia entrusted parish priests with the job of recording important events in the lives of the inhabitants of Limone and taking a census of its population. Holy Mass is said daily.
Here is a list of its most important works of art.
1 -The Main Altar (1724) was built by Cristoforo Benedetti from Brentonico (Trento). The altarpiece (1574), "Deposition from the Cross", is by Battista d'Angolo from Verona, known as the "Moor". Framing this masterpiece are two paintings by Andrea Celesti (early 18th century): "Adoration of the Three Kings" and "The Last Supper of Christ in the home of Simon the pharisee".
2 -The Altar of the Holy Sacrament (1699) was built by Silvestro and the Ogna brothers from Rezzato. The altarpiece shows "The Last Supper" (artist and period unknown).
3 -The Altar of the Holy Rosary (1704) was built by Cristoforo Benedetti. The altarpiece (early 17th century) is composed of these anonymous works: "The Holy Virgin with Child", "The Mysteries of the Holy Rosary," and St. Anthony and St. Jacob from Compostela."
4 -The Altar of St. Anthony of Padua (1696) is entirely made of intarsia marble and polished stucco. Its creator is unknown. The painting (1847), by Antonio Moro of Limone, is dedicated to St. Anthony, St. Francis and the Holy Family.
5 -The Altar of the Holy Cross (1721) was built by Cristoforo Benedetti. Its Baroque cross is made of boxwood: the sculptor is unknown.
6 -The main arch is decorated with a beautiful sculpture by Benedetti of the "Annunciation".
7 -The organ above the main entrance was built by Damiano Damiani in 1831.
8 -The stone baptistery (late 16th century) was commissioned by Saint Charles Borromeo, who visited the parish church on August 10, 1580.
9 - The famous missionary and bishop, the Blessed Monsignor Daniele Comboni, was baptized in this church. Monsignor Comboni was born on March 15, 1831, in Limone. He left his hometown as a boy to study with Don Nicola Mazza in Verona, where he first met missionaries returning from Africa. He later decided to become a missionary. Monsignor Comboni was ordained on December 31, 1954, by Bishop John Nepomuk from Tschidderer in Trento, then left Italy and went to Central Africa where he devoted his entire life to the local people. "Either Africa or death", was his motto, and his mission was to "Help Africa together with the Africans". Pope Pius IX named him Bishop in 1877. Monsignor Comboni finally returned to Limone in 1879 to bless the Saint Benedict parish church. He returned to Africa and was stricken with malaria. He died on October 10, 1881 in Khartoum. On March 17, 1996, Pope John Paul II beatified Monsignor Daniele Comboni in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Monsignor Comboni was made Saint on October 5, 2003.
The Republic of South Sudan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNPD) jointly mark the launch of the first National Human Development Report 2015 on February 24, 2016 for an independent South Sudan under the theme, “People, Peace and Prosperity."
It’s believed the report will enable the government and the key partners to make strategic decisions that enable the citizens to lead long and healthy lives, to acquire knowledge, and to be able to enjoy a decent standard of living and shape their own lives. The report focuses on development by the people, of the people and for the people. The report comes at a time when the country is facing major socio-economic and political challenges and is exploring options to rebuild the country.
The ceremony was attended by Vice President James Wani Igga, who launched the report; Eugene Owusu Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in South Sudan, Resident Coordinator, and Humanitarian Coordinator; and Agrey Tisa Sabuni, Chair of the National Human Development Report Advisory Committee.