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One of a series of snapshots from the same source.the only clues are a written message on the cat picture(one of the two Chesterfield pets,Dusty by name)and the date 1948 on another.
Would love confirmation of the location
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
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Liet. Lenoir, Commandant Voyer & others in [car?] of "La Republique"
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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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"Georgetown is a historic neighborhood, and commercial and entertainment district located in Northwest Washington, D.C., situated along the Potomac River. Founded in 1751 in the Province of Maryland, the port of Georgetown predated the establishment of the federal district and the City of Washington by 40 years. Georgetown remained a separate municipality until 1871 when the United States Congress created a new consolidated government for the whole District of Columbia. A separate act, passed in 1895, specifically repealed Georgetown's remaining local ordinances and renamed Georgetown's streets to conform with those in the City of Washington.
The primary commercial corridors of Georgetown are the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street, which contain high-end shops, bars, restaurants, and the Georgetown Park enclosed shopping mall. The Washington Harbour waterfront restaurants are located to the south on K Street, between 30th and 31st Streets.
Georgetown is home to the main campus of Georgetown University and numerous other landmarks, such as the Volta Bureau and the Old Stone House, the oldest house in Washington. The embassies of Cameroon, France, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Mongolia, Sweden, Thailand, Ukraine and Venezuela are located in Georgetown.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia, also known as just Washington or simply D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. It is located on the east bank of the Potomac River, which forms its southwestern and southern border with the U.S. state of Virginia, and it shares a land border with the U.S. state of Maryland on its other sides. The city was named for George Washington, a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, and the federal district is named after Columbia, the female personification of the nation. As the seat of the U.S. federal government and several international organizations, the city is an important world political capital. It is one of the most visited cities in the U.S. with over 20 million annual visitors as of 2016.
The U.S. Constitution provides for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress; the district is not a part of any U.S. state (nor is it one itself). The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of the capital district located along the Potomac River near the country's East Coast. The City of Washington was founded in 1791, and Congress held its first session there in 1800. In 1801, the territory, formerly part of Maryland and Virginia (including the settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria), officially became recognized as the federal district. In 1846, Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia, including the city of Alexandria; in 1871, it created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the district. There have been efforts to make the city into a state since the 1880s, a movement that has gained momentum in recent years, and a statehood bill passed the House of Representatives in 2021.
The city is divided into quadrants centered on the Capitol, and there are as many as 131 neighborhoods. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 689,545, which makes it the 23rd most populous city in the U.S. as of 2020, the third most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and gives it a population larger than that of two U.S. states: Wyoming and Vermont. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's daytime population to more than one million during the workweek. Washington's metropolitan area, the country's sixth largest (including parts of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia), had a 2020 estimated population of 6.3 million residents; and over 54 million people live within 250 mi (400 km) of the District.
The three branches of the U.S. federal government are centered in the district: Congress (legislative), the president (executive), and the Supreme Court (judicial). Washington is home to many national monuments and museums, primarily situated on or around the National Mall. The city hosts 177 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of many international organizations, trade unions, non-profits, lobbying groups, and professional associations, including the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund, the Organization of American States, AARP, the National Geographic Society, the American Red Cross, and others.
A locally elected mayor and a 13-member council have governed the district since 1973. Congress maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws. The District of Columbia does not have representation in Congress, although D.C. residents elect a single at-large congressional delegate to the House of Representatives who has no vote. District voters choose three presidential electors in accordance with the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1961." - info from Wikipedia.
The fall of 2022 I did my 3rd major cycling tour. I began my adventure in Montreal, Canada and finished in Savannah, GA. This tour took me through the oldest parts of Quebec and the 13 original US states. During this adventure I cycled 7,126 km over the course of 2.5 months and took more than 68,000 photos. As with my previous tours, a major focus was to photograph historic architecture.
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Michelle Eacret poses for a portrait while putting the final touches into 50 boxes Holiday Cards created special for the U.S. Military during the Girl Scout USA of Northern California Operation Holiday Cards packing event at Mount Olive Ministries in Milpitas, California, on November 18, 2015. (Stan Olszewski/SOSKIphoto)
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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St Michael, Boulge, Suffolk
You would not think to look for St Michael unless you knew. These days, a concrete track runs across a nearby field, and approaches the church through the woods at the rear. But even then, the building is hidden from view, and you might easily miss the turning if it wasn't for a sequence of hand-lettered signs. Better, perhaps, to reach the tight little graveyard across the fields - after all, that's been the way for the last 1000 years or so. There is no village to speak of, and the parish is a scattering of hidden lanes without any focus, a patchwork of woods and farms.
St Michael was an estate church in the grounds of Boulge Hall. But the Hall was demolished in the 1950s. Much of the grounds had been turned over to cultivation during World War II, and only the copse of ancient trees marks out this space among the fields, and the tower seen from the Debach road. And yet, St Michael receives many visitors. The church's fame rests on the memory of one person - or, more accurately, two, for at Boulge Hall in the 19th century lived the Fitzgerald family. Their name is everywhere in the church, they virtually rebuilt it. Their huge mausoleum, for many years on the Buildings at Risk register, has been restored, and broods magnificently beneath the tower. But it is one of the Fitzgerald sons not even buried in the mausoleum who is the goal of so many pilgrimages. Edward Fitzgerald was born at adjacent Bredfield. He moved to Boulge Hall when his parents bought it, and then spent most of his adult life living in Woodbridge, where a museum documents his life in some detail, although generally glossing over certain aspects of his life. In 1859, he translated the Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam from the Persian, thus establishing himself as responsible for one of the most famous, and enduring, pieces in English literature. He died in 1883, and was buried here.
Fitzgerald is buried in his own grave, beside his family's mausoleum. The gravestone is long and sombre, typical of the period. A rose bush at the head of the grave is supposed to come from a cutting taken from Omar Khayyam's grave in Iran. It was planted by the Omar Khayyam society, and one assumes that cuttings are regularly taken from it in turn by visitors. Fitzgerald is probably second only to Benjamin Britten in his fame as a creative artist from this part of Suffolk. If Britten's homosexuality was barely acknowledged in his lifetime, you can bet that Fitzgerald's wasn't at all. But for both of them, their sexuality seems to have been an important part of their genius, and in recent years Fitzgerald's friendship with a Lowestoft fisherman has been movingly documented.
Apart from the tiny 16th century tower, completed on the eve of the Reformation, the exterior of the church is thoroughly 19th century, tidy and tight and rather sweet. It conceals one of the most atmospheric Victorian restorations in East Anglia, a time capsule of late-Victorian sentiment. As you approach, the apparent south door is in fact the vestry door, and you must go around to the north side, where you can step through a door in the north wall directly into the tiny nave. On a sunny day this is a step into almost complete darkness, as your eyes struggle to adjust. The small windows are full of thick late 19th and 20th century coloured glass of the highest quality. Just about every window is filled. Subjects include the archangels St Michael and St Gabriel, St Faith and St Nicholas, Christ flanked by St Edmund and St Felix, the Annunciation, the Baptism of Our Lord, and, somewhat strikingly, Queen Victoria.
The overwhelming impression is of a peculiarly East Anglian Anglo-Catholicism. It is probably the best single collection of its kind in any small church in the two counties. The Norman marble font, primitive and brooding and quite different from its jolly lion-bedecked cousin at nearby Ipswich St Peter, sits beneath the tower now, and the tower itself contains one of the bells rescued from the church of Mickfield when it was abandoned in the 1970s. Its story is on the adjacent wall.The restoration is a fairly early one of 1858, by the Habershons. The church as you see it today is pretty much as Fitzgerald would have known it.
Ahead of you as you enter, the south aisle is something quite extraordinary, virtually a family shrine to the Fitzgerald family. The family pew is surrounded by memorials to family members, children, cousins, grandchildren remembered in pious stone and glass. It is a remarkable achievement for what was not a great landed family. And what makes it all the more extraordinary is that, within a few years of its completion, the Fitzgeralds of Boulge had completely died out.To stand here now is to be surrounded by the influence of a landed family at a moment in history when, in an act of extreme piety, they could ensure their place in posterity. Anyone who loathes late-Victorian sentiment will not feel easy here. But for the rest of us this is a marvellous place that will remain long in the memory.
A representative soil profile of Norwood loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded. This fertile soil is located along the flood plains of the Colorado River. (Soil Survey of Colorado County, Texas; by Samuel E. Brown, Jr., Natural Resources Conservation Service}
The Norwood series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils on flood plains. They have developed from reddish calcareous, loamy alluvial sediments. Slopes are mainly 0 to 1 percent, but range up to 8 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Fluventic Eutrudepts
Solum thickness is variable, but typically ranges from 152 to more than 203 cm (60 to more than 80 in). Bedding planes and/or buried profiles occur in the majority of pedons. Bedding planes, where present, occur between 38 to 102 cm (15 and 40 in). Buried horizons, where present, are between a depth of 76 to 152 cm (30 and 60 in).
USE AND VEGETATION: Used mainly for cropland. Crops are cotton, soybeans, alfalfa, sorghum, and oats. Some areas are in improved bermudagrass pasture. Native vegetation includes pecan, cottonwood, elm, oak, and hackberry trees and mid and tall grasses.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Mainly along the lower Brazos and Colorado River systems and their tributaries. The series is extensive.
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Danny Brown, a well-known Campbell River citizen receives the Province’s newest honour, the Medal of Good Citizenship presented by Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Shirley Bond, on behalf of Premier Christy Clark. Brown is honoured for his service to Campbell River and his countless hours of volunteerism. Brown uses his passion for history and his experience from 39 years of working in the forest industry to educate and entertain people of all ages. At the museum in Campbell River, Brown gives public school students lively presentations on pioneer, fishing and logging history. When the museum’s 1930 Hayes-Anderson logging truck appears in parades and at local events, it is because Brown has taken on its care and maintenance.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017IGRS0014-000642
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.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (May 12, 2020) The United States Naval Academy holds the first swearing-in event for the Class of 2020. The Class of 2020 will graduate approximately 1,000 midshipmen during five swearing-in events and one virtual ceremony. As the undergraduate college of our country's naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Burke/Released)
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.
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The Hunter Museum of American Art is an art museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The museum's collections include works representing the Hudson River School, 19th century genre painting, American Impressionism, the Ashcan School, early modernism, regionalism, and post-World War II modern and contemporary art.
The building itself represents three distinct architectural stages: the original 1904 classical revival mansion designed by Abram Garfield, the son of president James A. Garfield, which has housed the museum since its opening in 1952, a brutalist addition built in 1975, and a 2005 addition designed by Randall Stout which now serves as the entrance to the museum.
The museum is situated on an 80-foot (24 m) bluff overlooking the Tennessee River and downtown Chattanooga. The Faxon House, built in 1904, was built where a Confederate battery had been emplaced. Once a prestigious address for Victorian houses, the area is now home to the Bluff View Art District. The museum sits on a bluff that overlooks the Walnut Street Bridge. The Ruth S. and A. William Holmberg Pedestrian Bridge provides a pedestrian-friendly connection to the nearby Walnut Street Bridge and riverfront attractions.
The Hunter Museum is named after George Hunter, who inherited the Coca-Cola Bottling empire from his uncle Benjamin Thomas. Thomas was one of the entrepreneurs who created Chattanooga's Coca-Cola bottling empire. Their nephew, George Hunter, later joined Anne Thomas to create a philanthropic organization in Hunter's memory named the Benwood Foundation. The foundation's mission was to "promote religious, charitable, scientific, literary and educational activities for the advancement or well being of mankind". The centerpiece of the Benwood Foundation's gifts to the community of Chattanooga is the Hunter Museum of American Art, originally known as the Ross Faxon House.
In 2002 the Hunter Museum of American Art partnered with the City of Chattanooga, the Tennessee Aquarium and the Creative Discovery Museum to finish the 21st Century Waterfront Plan. The Hunter Museum portion of the project included a $22 million expansion and renovation, designed by Randall Stout that was completed in 2005. The project included 28,000 square feet of new construction, 34,000 square feet of renovation, a new entrance, a temporary exhibition space, restoration of the mansion, the creation of an outdoor sculpture and a complete reinstallation of the Museum's permanent collection.
The Hunter Museum of American Art includes 100 years of architectures and the most complete collection of American art in the Southeast. The museum also travels nationally for exhibits and curated shows. The collection spans from the colonial period to present day and covers a wide variety of media including painting, sculpture, contemporary studio glass, and crafts.
In 2006 the museum received national recognition from the Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steels awards program. The award recognizes outstanding achievements in engineering and architecture on structural steel projects around the country. The Hunter Museum project earned Merit Award recognition in the category of Projects $15–$75 million.
In June 2015, the Hunter Museum of Art announced on their official website that they had chosen a new executive director, Virginia Ann Sharber.
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I could hardly sleep so I waited for the sun to come up and hung a doily in front of the sunlight to cast this lovely shadow. I have many more that I really liked that I'll post at a later time. I've had this idea for quite sometimes, but it would be so much easier to shoot if I had a model.
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture / RYAN MCGEENEY — 07-25-2017 — Arkansas 4-H members from around the state ather for the opening ceremony of the 2017 Arkansas 4-H State-O-Rama at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville campus. The week-long event features competitions and seminars, and will include the election of new state officers.
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.
Goal of this FAO-led project is to adopt an integrated ecosystems approach for the management of land resources in the Kagera Basin that will generate local, national and global benefits including: restoration of degraded lands, carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation and mitigation, protection of international waters, agro-biodiversity conservation and sustainable use and improved agricultural production, leading to increased food security and improved rural livelihoods.
More: www.fao.org/nr/kagera/about-kagera/en/
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Online Invitation sent out by The Friends of Marcus Garvey Library.
(Original included the pictograms.)
"Afternoon Tea on Sunday, 23rd October at 2 pm in the Marcus Garvey Library
"Come and enjoy performances from the celebrated Jamaican performance poet, James Massam and the popular Flamenco guitarist Karzan Sherabayani. 🎸🎸
"Get involved in our ‘book swap’ and bring along up to three books and swapping them. Why not add a note telling us what you enjoyed about your book. Children’s books are also included. 📚 📚
"The event is free and open to all, including friends of Marcus Garvey Library, residents and any customers visiting the library.
"Afternoon tea and cakes, as well as some healthy alternatives will be available for all attending." 🍰 🍪 🍏
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§ Facebook group for the Friends of Marcus Garvey Library.
§ 15 October 2015. Buzzfeed website journalist Fiona Rutherford's article: "Campaigners Are Worried For The Future Of A Treasured London Library".
§ News item in The Voice 13 August 2015. Ade Onibada reported that David Lammy MP backed local residents criticisms of Haringey Council over Marcus Garvey Library.
Photos of an exhibit at Malbork Castle, meant to recreate what a meal served at the fortification during the Middle Ages may have consisted of, shot during the filming of Battle Castle: Malbork with host Dan Snow in Poland. The show profiles the siege of 1410 when Polish and Lithuanian forces attacked the brick stronghold. The offensive, which was led by King Jagiello and Grand Duke Vytautas, occurred after the Battle of Tannenberg. The castle, historically known as Marienburg, was built by the Teutonic Order, crusader knights who occupied this area of the Baltic in medieval times.
Battle Castle is an action documentary series starring Dan Snow that is now airing on History Television and is scheduled to premiere on Discovery Knowledge in the UK in Spring 2012 and on various BBC-affiliated channels in the near future.
This show brings to life mighty medieval fortifications and the epic sieges they resist: clashes that defy the limits of military technology, turn empires to dust, and transform mortals into legends.
Website: www.battlecastle.tv
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Castles conjure thoughts of romantic tales, but make no mistake, they are built for war.
Dover: Prince Louis’ key to England. Malaga: the Granadans final stronghold. And Crac des Chevaliers: Crown Jewel of Crusader castles. Through dynamic location footage and immersive visual effects, Battle Castle reveals a bloody history of this epic medieval arms race.
As siege weapons and technology become more ruthless, the men who design and built these castles reply … or perish. Follow host Dan Snow as he explores the military engineering behind these medieval megastructures and the legendary battles that became testaments to their might.
Each episode will climax in the ultimate test of the castle’s military engineering – a siege that will change the course of history. Which castles will be conquered and which will prevail? You’ll have to watch to find out.
But the journey doesn’t end there –in fact, it’s just beginning. Battle Castle extends into a multi-platform quest, taking us deep into the secret world of medieval warfare and strategy. Become the ultimate ‘Castle Master’. Stay tuned for more on the Battle Castle experience.
Felbrigg Hall was built for Thomas Windham between 1621 and 1624. Many of the same craftsmen worked there as at Blickling in the 1620s. The west wing was designed in 1674 by William Samwell († 1676), a gentleman architect, for William Windham I (1647-89), but it may not have been constructed until the 1680s, after Samwell's death, because one of the rainwater heads is dated 1686. This wing is built of brick, with brick quoins, has eight bays and is two storeys high, with a hipped roof and pedimented dormers, the last-mentioned being added in 1751. The heavily moulded timber eaves cornice has modillions, as seen here.
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.
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.
I am trying to fill a bird drinking bowl with water. Muppet is trying to catch all the water as it is falling down.
A delegation of Kent State University from United States of America led by its Vice President for Global Education, Dr Marcello Fantoni paid a courtesy call to IGP Dan Munyuza at #RwandaPolice Headquarters, Kacyiru.
Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers “The New Frontier”
Color Separation Proofs, Composition Mock-Ups & Film Frames Lot
Book & Cassette
Year: 1980’s
Size: Assorted
This artwork is part of Bear and Bird Gallery’s “Outside the Box: Radical Printer Proofs of 1980s Kid’s TV show merchandise!” show in Lauderhill, Florida. Exhibition runs January 23 through March 7, 2015; for more information visit our website www.bearandbird.com
Pillar of Shame in Hong Kong
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillar_of_Shame
The Pillar of Shame (Chinese: 國殤之柱; Jyutping: gwok3 soeng1 zi1 cyu5; pinyin: Guóshāng zhī Zhù; lit. 'martyrs' pillar') in Hong Kong was a copper sculpture, first erected in Victoria Park in 1997 to mark the eighth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. The statue depicts 50 torn and twisted bodies to symbolize those who died in the government crackdown. On the base of the statue, the history and pictures of the massacre are carved in and engraved into the base, in both English and Chinese, are the words "The Tiananmen Massacre", "June 4th 1989" and "The old cannot kill the young forever."
The Pillar was first exhibited at the Candlelight Vigil in commemoration of the eighth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests on 3 June 1997. Following the vigil on the night of 4 June 1997, local university students fought for a place to permanently home the statue. After scuffles with the police and controversy with the university leadership, at 3 a.m. students succeeded in moving the 2-tonne statue onto the podium of the Haking Wong Building at the University of Hong Kong, however the pieces were not assembled due to concerns that the floor was not strong enough. The Pillar was re-erected at the same place on 16 June 1997.
During the following months, the Pillar was exhibited at the following universities:
•Chinese University of Hong Kong from 28 September 1997
•Lingnan College from 2 November 1997
•Hong Kong Baptist University from 29 November 1997
•Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 23 January 1998
•Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 1 March 1998
•City University of Hong Kong from 29 March 1998.
On 31 May 1998, the ninth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests, the sculpture was returned to Victoria Park where a candlelit vigil was held. On the morning before the vigil, a self-professed artist splashed two buckets of red paint onto the Pillar, claiming that "the blood of people is also my blood."
On 24 and 25 September 1998, The Hong Kong University Students' Union (HKUSU) held a general polling on a motion to home the Pillar of Shame at the University of Hong Kong on a long-term basis. The students' motion was carried, when 1,629 out of 2,190 voted to support, and the Pillar was moved onto the Haking Wong Podium again on 3 December 1998. It was again exhibited at the 10th anniversary candlelit vigil of the Massacre in 1999 at Victoria Park. Without the university authorities' endorsement, the Pillar was moved back to the Haking Wong podium after the anniversary,[6][7] where it has remained on display; a silent tribute is held by HKUSU and the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China in May every year.
On 30 April 2008, the Pillar of Shame was painted orange as part of the project The Color Orange, to raise awareness about human rights in China. As the sculptor Galschiøt was denied access to Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China painted the Pillar without his participation.
Dispute over potential removal in October 2021
In October 2021 the University of Hong Kong, represented by law firm Mayer Brown, formally requested that the statue be removed, although they did not cite any specific reason for the request. The university released a statement claiming that the statue belonged to "an external organization" which had publicly announced its disbandment – referring to the Hong Kong Alliance – and that it had written to the Alliance based on the "latest risk assessment and legal advice" to request the removal. Galschiøt said that he was "shocked" when hearing the news about the potential removal and that he, who considered himself as remaining the owner of the statue, had never been contacted by the university in the matter. He urged HKU to allow the statue to remain, saying that it would help the world to remember the peaceful demonstrators who "were killed for expressing their wishes for political participation". He said that he hoped to "be able to transport the sculpture out of Hong Kong under orderly conditions", and that any damage to the statue would be the university's responsibility. On 15 October, Mayer Brown announced that it would no longer be representing the university in the matter of the statue, while retaining it as a client. The move came days after intense pressure, including by an open letter penned by 28 civil society groups, as well as by overseas intellectuals.
Demolition of the statue in December 2021
According to media accounts in Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong blockaded the Pillar of Shame and the surrounding area on 22 December 2021. Near midnight, the university sent security guards and workers to the site, prepared trucks with cranes for its demolition, and the security guards blocked journalists from approaching and attempted to stop media outlets filming. By daylight on 23 December 2021, the statue had disappeared. The university stated that the statue would be put into storage, reportedly in Kadoorie Centre. Galschiøt expressed his shock in a public message the same day, referring to Hong Kong as a lawless place and announcing that he would claim compensation if it wasn't returned to him. By 24 December 2021, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Lingnan University had followed suit regarding the 4th June memorials on their campus.
Following the removal, Galschiøt received over 40 inquiries about making copies of the statue. He decided to relinquish his right to commercial exclusivity, so that anyone can make a copy, provided that all profits are given to the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement. In May 2022, a replica was installed at the University of Oslo, scheduled to be on display about a month.
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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THE FILMS OF ERROL FLYNN by Susan Tooker
16 1/2" x 21"
Pastel, Color Pencil & Oil Glazes
Copyright Susan Tooker/All Rights Reserved
Most of the Antelope Valley is barren of poppies this drought year -- even the Poppy Reserve. On a tip from a resident, I found this one spot with several acres of the beauties.
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.
Having had grey skies for most of the time we were in Llandudno I was pleased to see some blue in the sky on are last day. I decided to head up on the Great Orme even though it was blowing a gale and heavy rain clouds were looming. Conditions were very tough.
While technically part of the Anglo-American War of 1812, it rather set the stage for the greatest grudge match of the coming war, that of General William Henry Harrison and Techumseh, and the Native tribes as a whole. Taking place on the 7th of November, 1811, Harrison under orders from Washington DC set out to remove the native threat from Prophetstown, near Lafayette, Indiana today, while lulled into a false sense of security the native warriors launched a surprise attack against the American Camp only to be easily repulsed. Harrison ordered Prophetstown burned.
Hasselblad 500c - Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm 1:2.8 - Ilford FP4+ @ ASA-100
Formulary Developer 23 (Stock) 6:00 @ 20C
Meter: Pentax Spotmeter V
Scanner: Epson V700
Editor: Adobe Photoshop CC (2015)