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This church building with its distinctive facade is what most people think of when they "remember the Alamo". In fact this building was only a small part of the original Alamo compound. However, damage caused in the 1836 battle, more damage caused by the retreating Mexican army after their defeat at San Jacinto, and then (most damaging of all) the expansion of the city of San Antonio meant that by the late 1800s this was almost all that remained.
In 1835 General Santa Ana seized control of Mexico and abolished the Constitution of 1824, provoking unhappiness in many provinces. By October the province of Texas was in a state of rebellion. In early 1836 Santa Ana brought his army north to crush this rebellion. He arrived in San Antonio on February 23 with approximately 5000 troops. The Alamo was defended by some 200 men, many of them volunteers from the United States. This included several celebrities of the time, including Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie. For thirteen days the Mexican Army beseiged the compound before launching an assault in the early morning of March 6. When the fighting was done all of the defenders were dead, although a small number of women, children, and slaves were spared. Mexican casualties are believed to have been about 200 killed and 400 wounded.
Although the Mexicans prevailed at the Alamo, the time it took to capture the compound proved disasterous. Sam Houston was able to use those thirteen days to gather the troops and supplies which he used to rout the Mexican Army and capture Santa Ana at the Battle of San Jacinto a month later, thereby securing Texan independance. Texas remained an independent nation for nine years before joining the United States in 1845.
The sun looked lovely tonight at I was heading home. Everyone had disappeared by 5:00. The big stickyoutty bit in the middle is our office window. We have a pretty nice spot :-)
I saw my shadow projected vividly on to the container when I was heading out to my bike. The container is just to the right of the picture, but as you can see the sun moved quickly and the light was quickly fading by the time I got the camera on the tripod, and set up the intervalometer. I grabbed a bunch of shots facing towards the container and then turned try and get the front of the building with the sun on it. I did a few laps of the empty car park swinging past the camera and Shane came out of the other building to set off home. We talked about photos and it turns out he likes taking photos too! We shall no doubt be talking photos next week. Cool.
I 'sopped this one a little. I crudely selected the bottom half of the photo and feathered the edges by 200 pixels then a apllied a positive curve to brighten the foreground and some unsharp mask to pick it up. I then inverted the selection to tweak the sky, by pulling the dark end down with the curves tool, which made the front of the building a deeper orange. For the sky, I left the unsharp mask well alone because it's got a habit of blowing out the highlights and I didn't want to ruin the clouds.
BEIJING - OCTOBER 30: Mirai Nagasu of the United States of America skates in the Ladies Short Program during the Cup of China ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009 at Beijing Capital Gymnasium on October 30, 2009 in Beijing, China. 2009/2010 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating continues with the Samsung Anycall Cup of China in Beijing from October 30 to November 1. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)
Group of Soldiers and Officers of the 26th Division decorated with Distinguished Service Cross: 1st Lieut. Cornelius Beard, 101st Engineers; 1st Lieut. Allen K. Dexter, 104th Infantry; Sergt. John J . Courtney, Co. L, 104th Infantry; Sergt. Leo P. T. Jacques, Co. L, 104th Infantry; Sergt. Eric S. Olson, Co. F, 102d Infantry; Sergt. James E. Thornley, Co. C, 102d Infantry; Corp. Francis E. Hurley, Co. E, 101st Infantry; Pvt., 1st Class, Thomas Jolley, Medical Department 101st Field Artillery; Pvt., 1st Class, Kenneth B. Page, Medical Department 104th Infantry; Pvt., 1st Class, Charles M. Dodge, Medical Department 104th Infantry ; Pvt., 1st Class, Walter J. McCann, Medical Department 104th Infantry; Pvt. Edward L. Dian, Co. C, 102d Infantry; Pvt. Jeremiah Tyron, Co. C, 102d Infantry; Pvt. Charles Gunter, 102d Field Artillery; Pvt. Glenn Hill, Co. E, 104th Infantry; Pvt. Charles Marino, Co. L, 104th Infantry; and Pvt. Alfred P. Lee, Co. L, 104th Infantry. La Ferte, France, July 12, 1918.
Piece of art-works collection "Russian soul of clocks" made by Yuri Firsanov (Russia). Work named "Mushroomer".
Material: linden (natural wood).
Height: 30 cm.
Now work is owned by private Russian collector.
More info on www.firsanov.ru (in Russian only) or on my e-mail (both in English and Russian).
You have full permission to use these images for whatever you like as long as you credit me through one of these links.
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A film biography of Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda and the 1976 crash that almost claimed his life. Mere weeks after the accident, he got behind the wheel to challenge his rival, James Hunt.
Directed by Ron Howard, he and the cars from that fateful season descended upon the race track at Snetterton to recreate Fuji 1976, these are a few snapshots from that day - 1/5/2012.
Set against the sexy, glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing in 1976. Based on the true story of a great sporting rivalry between handsome English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth), and his methodical, brilliant opponent Niki Lauda, (Daniel Bruhl). The story follows their distinctly different personal styles on and off the track, their loves and the astonishing season in which both drivers were willing to risk everything to become world champion in a sport with no margin for error: if you make a mistake, you die.
Repository: University Archives, University of Miami. Collection: University of Miami Historical Photograph Collection.
Persistent URL: merrick.library.miami.edu/u?/umevents,1707
The Corps of Cadets conducted a regimental review in honor of the chief warrant officers, chief petty officers, and the Coast Guard enlisted workforce, April 14, 2017.
The reviewing officials for the Regimental Review were Master Chief Jason Griffin, command master chief of the 7th Coast Guard District, Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Huffman, president of the CPOA, retired Master Chief Dave Isherwood, Region 2 Advisor to the CPOA, and Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Lewis, President of the CGEA.
Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Brahm.
Photo: POH
Portraits of Hope's massive public art and civic project – involving more than 20,000 kids, adults and volunteers – that visually transformed Manhattan. By recruiting and utilizing more than 5,400 fully operational NYC taxis to participate in the unprecedented 4-month exhibition, the cabs and city streets of New York were transformed into a giant mobile canvas. The unprecedented event integrated two key characteristics that define the City: the saturation of the iconic taxis; and the vertical physicality of Manhattan. www.portraitsofhope.org
Garden in Transit -- A Portraits of Hope Project
Portraits of Hope's NYC Public Art and Civic Project -- NYC Taxis
Conceived and Developed by Ed Massey and Bernie Massey, Founders of Portraits of Hope
5,400+ New York City Taxis
23,000 Children and Adults
200+ Participating Schools, Hospitals, and NYC institutions
700,000 Sq. ft. of paintings
Youth and Program Sessions in NY, CA, NJ, OH, GA, PA
Project-based learning: interdisciplinary contemporary issues and civic education and leadership sessions for schools, grades 2 -12
Creative therapy sessions for hospitalized children and persons with disabilities; including cancer, orthopedic ailments, burn trauma, brain and neck injuries, and other serious conditions
10-month program and collaborative phase
4-month New York City public art exhibition
Youth sessions and exhibition in Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Portraits of Hope rings NASDAQ opening bell
Special thank you to Helen Bing and Peter Bing, Vornado Realty, Hotel Pennsylvania, MACtac, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Cordelia Corporation, Veriflora, Wooster Paint Company, Jenner & Block, Purdy-Bessemer Holdings, FedEx, Hudson River Park Trust, Susan Kohlmann, Debbie and Hal Jacobs, Nazdar, Abbot & Abbot Box Corp. AAA Flag & Banner, Bruce and Nancy Newberg Family Fund, Pillsbury Sutro Shaw Pittman, Davidow Charitable Fund, Joleen and Mitch Julis, Armstrong Nickoll Family Foundation, Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation, Ore Hill Partners LLC, Time Warner, Building Maintenance Services LLC, PTG Event Services, FedEx, NASDAQ
Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell
The bust of Robert the Bruce King of Scotland is on show in The Hall of Heroes on on Abbey Craig Stirling Scotland. Bruce initially supported Wallace in his early campaigns. In 1302 Bruce made peace with Edward I of England and joined his Scottish Council. In 1306 Bruce killed his rival John the Red Comyn. Bruce still had a difficult struggle to claim the throne. The Bruce defeated the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 and helped gain independence for Scotland. After years of fighting Edward III of England finally accepted Robert I as the leader of an independent Scotland. The 1328 Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton brought to an end the first Scottish War of Independence. Robert the Bruce was born 11 July 1274 in Ayrshire and died 7 June 1329 in Dumbarton.
The bust was sculpted by David Watson Stevenson (1842-1904) and it was donated Marquess of Bute 1886 or 1887 the date varies between website and the brass plaque beneath the statue.
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STORE OF LEWEY & SON, FURNESSVILLE.
[Note: Lewey is misspelled and should be Lewry.]
Date: 1895
Source Type: Photograph
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Lee and Lee
Postmark: Not Applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: William Lewry was a native of Brighton, County Sussex, England, and emigrated to the United States in 1855. He and his wife, Sarah, moved to Furnessville in 1858. One history reports that William opened his Lewry & Son store in 1878, though a newspaper item in the Porter County Vidette strongly suggests it was opened 1880. William's son, Henry, operated the store after his father's death in 1917.
The original complex illustrated here includes Lewry's store, wagon shop, and blacksmith shop. All three buildings were destroyed by fire in 1923, and only the store was rebuilt.
Henry Lewry served as postmaster of Furnessville from 1883 to 1909, operating the post office from the grocery and provisions store. The newly built store remained in operation until the construction of the Dunes Relief Highway (US Highway 20), where it was in the path of the road construction. The store was removed to Porter where it served as a church and later as a private residence. The structure is believed to still exist. Lewry is the storekeeper referred to in naturalist Edwin Way Teale's autobiography Dune Boy: The Early Years of a Naturalist [1943; Dodd, Mead, & Company].
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The following newspaper item appeared in the August 26, 1880, issue of the Porter County Vidette:
THE COUNTY.
FURNESSVILLE.
Mr. Wm. Lewry, our village blacksmith, contemplates building a store, which will be a great benefit to our people, and as Mr. Lewry is one of the early settlers and a trustworthy and honorable person we know of no other which could carry on the business so successfully.
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The following newspaper item appeared in the December 16, 1880, issue of the Porter County Vidette:
THE COUNTY.
FURNESSVILLE.
Wm. Lewry is building up a good trade in clothing and groceries. His prices are low and terms cash. We wish Mr. Lewry success in this line of business.
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The following newspaper item appeared in the May 31, 1923, issue of the The Chesterton Tribune:
SOCIAL & PERSONAL
Fire totally destroyed the general store and other buildings of Henry Lewry at Furnessville Wednesday morning of last week. The blaze was discovered about 7 o'clock. No one seems to know what caused the fire. The loss is said to be something like $5,000. This was one of the old landmarks of this part of the county.
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The following newspaper item appeared in the May 21, 1925, issue of the The Chesterton Tribune:
SOCIAL & PERSONAL
Henry Lewry, of Furnessville last Thursday brought two actions against the Michigan Central railroad in the Porter circuit court, in which damages of $2,300 are asked for the burning of the Lewry store building at Furnessville on May 23, 1923. In the complaint the plaintiff alleges the fire was caused by sparks from one of the defendant's locomotives falling on the roof of the store building, consuming the structure, together with a stock of goods and a small blacksmith shop nearby.
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The following newspaper item appeared in the July 21, 1932, issue of the The Chesterton Tribune:
Furnessville Store Robbed
The Henry Lewry store in Furnessville was robbed recently of about $50 to $75 worth of clothing and fourteen pairs of shoes. No trace has been found of the robbers.
Sources:
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; May 31, 1923; Volume 40, Number 12, Page 5, Column 2. Column titled "Social & Personal."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; May 21, 1925; Volume 42, Number 11, Page 12, Column 1. Column titled "Social & Personal."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 21,m 1932; Volume 49, Number 16, Page 6, Column . Column titled "Furnessville Store Robbed."
Lee and Lee. 1895. Lee and Lee's Atlas of Porter County, Indiana. Chicago, Illinois: Lee and Lee. 81 p.
Porter County Vidette, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; August 26, 1880; Volume 24, Number 35, Page 3, Column 4. Column titled "The County. Furnessville."
Porter County Vidette, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; December 16, 1880; Volume 24, Number 51, Page 2, Column 3. Column titled "The County. Furnessville."
Copyright 2008. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
tokyo, japan
1973
women and wish trees
kameido tenjin shrine
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
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The official photos of the inaugural Asia In SA 2015 Charity Gala Dinner. More photos to come.
We have raised funds for Opportunity International Australia & Sahmri, together we have made this world a better place.
This event is proudly sponsored by SKYCITY Adelaide Casino, Ichm Adelaide Australia, Soniclean Pty Ltd, Australis Food & Wine Merchants, Kirin, Coriole Vineyards, Pure Australian Abalone, WinWorld, Oriental Merchant, Boomerang International Educational Services.
Thanks to our generous event partners:
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Special thanks to the many contributors & donors who helped make this event a huge success:
WM BUSINESS & TAX ACCOUNTANTS PTY LTD Evolving Skills ANZ Australia Bird In Hand Winery Petuna Paroo Premium Kangaroo Tony & Mark's, NouriFarm Tasmania, Flowerdale Farm The Glass House hobart Grandvewe Cheeses Ferguson Australia Treasury Wine Estates Angus Clyne Australia Pty Ltd Selfie Box Lotus Lounge Barossa Helicopters Resilience For Results With Stacey Copas Lexus of Adelaide Rymill Coonawarra Jaimie Sortino. Tailors of Distinction Miss Gladys Sym Choon Established Eyewear, Ben-Hur Winter, JULIA TOWNSEND, HKABA-SA, Jaquillard Minns Chartered Accountants, Confucius Institute, Asia Pacific Business Council For Women, Ginza Miyako Japanese Restaurant Tara Alfey, The Niven Family, Natasha Nikolic, Lipman Family, Peter Marchal, Poh Ling Yelow, Ai Fiori, Solitaire Motors, Haigh's Chocolates, Honorable Jing Lee MLC, William Chau, Jean Dong, Johnny Yung, Seeley International, Kathleen Stasis, Asiafest, 42 Mighty Consulting, Karen Martin (Well 2), Oriental Therapies, McMahon Services Australia, Mercedes-Benz Adelaide, Lee's Tae Kwon Do Academy, Vinh Giang
Last but not least, all the incredible chefs & hardworking committees & volunteers of Asia In SA 2015 - Thank you!
Photography by SO Photostudio & CLiQ Photography. Special thanks to Yu Lu & Sunny Lim.
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Amy Wilson (DITA Artistic Director) in the chiffon piece that is literally evolving every time it's done. "Angle of Repose," at SiTE:LAB, as part of ArtPrize. Next live exhibit time: 6pm Wednesday. The "Angle of Repose" dance-on-camera film is projected daily on the ramp where live dance occurs, with original music recorded by local musicians.
Barcelona is the capital and largest city of Catalonia, an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, and the country's second most populous municipality, with a population of 1.6 million within city limits. Its urban area extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of around 4.7 million people in 2017 (being the sixth most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, Madrid, the Ruhr area and Milan). It is the largest metropolis on the Mediterranean Sea.
Barcelona is one of the world's leading tourist, economic, trade fair and cultural centers, and its influence in commerce, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities.
The Theatre of Marcellus (Latin: Theatrum Marcelli, Italian: Teatro di Marcello) is an ancient open-air theatre in Rome, Italy, built in the closing years of the Roman Republic. At the theatre, locals and visitors alike were able to watch performances of drama and song. Today its ancient edifice in the rione of Sant'Angelo, Rome, once again provides one of the city's many popular spectacles or tourist sites. It was named after Marcus Marcellus, Emperor Augustus's nephew, who died five years before its completion. Space for the theatre was cleared by Julius Caesar, who was murdered before it could be begun; the theatre was so far advanced by 17 BC that part of the celebration of the ludi saeculares took place within the theatre; it was completed in 13 BC and formally inaugurated in 12 BC by Augustus.
The theatre was 111 m in diameter; it could originally hold 11,000 spectators. It was an impressive example of what was to become one of the most pervasive urban architectural forms of the Roman world. The theatre was built mainly of tuff, and concrete faced with stones in the pattern known as opus reticulatum, completely sheathed in white travertine. The network of arches, corridors, tunnels and ramps that gave access to the interiors of such Roman theaters were normally ornamented with a screen of engaged columns in Greek orders: Doric at the base, Ionic in the middle. It is believed that Corinthian columns were used for the upper level but this is uncertain as the theater was reconstructed in the Middle Ages, removing the top tier of seating and the columns.
Like other Roman theaters in suitable locations, it had openings through which the natural setting could be seen, in this case the Tiber Island to the southwest. The permanent setting, the scaena, also rose to the top of the cavea as in other Roman theaters.
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Secretary of State John Kerry addresses media in Geneva, Switzerland at the conclusion of the P5+1 Talks on Iran's Nuclear Program
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In an impressive display of international worker solidarity, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 (ILWU) in the San Francisco Bay Area refused to cross pro Palestinian picket lines to unload the Israeli Zim ship, gaining victory in 2014 for the Block the Boat movement. Longshoremen at other west coast ports also refused to unload. The following article from 2021, when a similar movement took place, talks about the 2014 victory and gives further context.
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Disrupting Apartheid’s Supply Chain
Jul 9, 2021
By Samantha Grasso
St Michael, Hunston, Suffolk
Two of the more remote churches in Suffolk are actually less than a mile apart, just to the east of Stowlangtoft. One serves the parish of Langham, and the other is this one, St Michael at Hunston. It hides in a gloomy dip behind a farm, and the only way to approach it is up a muddy track between the farm and a field.
The exterior aspect is interesting and not a little odd. For a start, this is basically a small Norman church, but it has a massive south transept. The effect is something like two separate churches which have got stuck together at right angles. The lancets and three-leaded light of the transept window look exciting, but they are all renewals, from the 19th century restoration. However, the top of a medieval priests door in the south chancel wall was also revealed at some point, and infilled with a Decorated window.
The overwhelming presence inside the church is of the Heigham family, who lived for generations at Hunston Hall. At their most imposing, they are here in the persons of Captain George Thomas Heigham of the Royal Irish Dragoon Guards and his son Major George Henry John Heigham of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Their Coade stone memorial, surmounted by sabres and regimental badges, notes that Heigham fils was killed at Lucknow, during the attempt by the British to impose authoritarian rule in the years immediately following the Indian Mutiny, and is buried in the graveyard there. His father went to a gentler sleep at Sproughton on the outskirts of Ipswich.
Most of the Heighams cluster up in the sanctuary, and here also is some of the excellent early 20th century glass in the church, the best of which is Heaton, Butler & Bayne's Blessed Virgin and Child. Beside it is their very good war memorial window depicting the angel of Victory, and captioned To the Glory of God and in Memory of the Hunston Men who fell in the War 1914-18 from the Heigham Family - a pleasing example of what was once a typical rural patronage.
There are plenty of medieval survivals, a couple of them rather unusual. The oldest is the head of a Saxon cross, found in the graveyard, and one of only about half a dozen in East Anglia. The most spectacular is the large, flat image niche in the transept with its extraordinary floriated border. If you look closely, the petals and leaves are not identical, but each is slightly different. Not far off is a most unusual corner piscina, set into the corner as if in reverse of the usual form. The font is also 13th Century, and there is no reason to think it did not come from this church originally. It is a plain drum, the simplicity of which suits this quiet place, and it has been reset on a Victorian colonnade. The bench ends in the chancel are probably 19th Century, though.
What appears to be a battered stone memorial on the south side of the nave is actually a charity board. It seems to have been reset in a window splay. There is a charmingly rendered transcription of it on a board opposite, and it remembers the will of Mrs Mary Page, who died in 1731. Her passion was education, and she left money to provide for a Mistress to teach three poor girls to read, knit, spin and sew and also for proper books to be purchased for the children not only whilst in school but chiefly to be given them when at the end of 3 years they shall leave the school.
I was delighted to discover that, as the gift was in the form of land, it has kept pace with inflation, and the terms of this noble bequest are still adhered to, albeit in a slightly different form. The Mary Page Charity still provides funds for school books and uniforms for the children of the Parish. No doubt successive PCCs have taken note of Mrs Page's final injunction: As ye Parishioners of Hunston hope for the Blessing of Almighty God to attend them and their succeeding generations, let them not dare to pervert ye Revenues of Lands thus bequeathed to any other purposes whatsoever.
A view of #Seattle from #KerryPark, you can see the #ClimatePledge Arena, #LumenField, #TMobilePark, the Seattle Great Wheel and other buildings. The day was one of the best this spring, with the sky really clear that you could see iconic Mount Rainier in the distance. Looks kind of Photoshopped, doesn't it?
Premier Christy Clark delivered a keynote address regarding
Balanced Budget 2015 to the Surrey Board of Trade.
The extensive Boat of Garten station features its original buildings, dating from 1904 by the architect William Roberts. It was originally a parallel junction between the Highland Railway's main line from Perth to Forres and the Great North of Scotland Railway's (GNSR) branch to Craigellachie - this was the original Strathspey Railway, the company being a subsidiary of the GNSR. Today there are two passenger platforms and the yard stores the majority of the SR's out of use rolling stock.
Boat of Garten also has the railway's only water column where the locomotives stop to take water on their way north through the station. There are two signal boxes, Boat of Garten North and Boat of Garten South and signalling uses traditional British Railways mechanical semaphore signalling; it is the crossing point on the line when there are two trains running.
Most of what visitors to the railway see today is original from the days of British Railways. The main layout of the station has not been altered significantly, with the exception of the extensive yard behind the signal box. The turnout that formerly allowed access to the yard without having to access the headshunt was removed before the line closed and there are no plans to re-install it.
Leaving Boat of Garten, trains cross the road on the new single track box-girder bridge and pass the site of the original GNSR engine shed; long demolished, it is now the site of a permanent way depot. The track had been lifted and structures demolished by British Rail after closure of the line in the 1960s. The railway passes though mainly farmland on the re-laid track, which was mostly recovered from Kincardine power station in Fife in the 1990s. The tracks to Craigellachie and Grantown had originally left the station extending in a double track formation as far as Croftnahaven, where the GNSR line turned sharply south east and crossed the River Spey. This arrangement was adopted because a signal box for a junction here was deemed too expensive.
The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets participates in game day activities prior to the football game vs. Ole Miss.
Cadets of the Class of 2021 march in their Graduation Parade, followed by the rest of the Corps (U.S. Army Photo by CDT Hannah Lamb).
The Television Academy Hosts An Afternoon of Tea, Scones and Chatting with Downton Abbey Cast and Creators at Paramount Studios.
aturday afternoon with the creative team and cast members of Downton Abbey at Paramount Studios for a behind-the-scenes look at this Primetime Emmy-winning PBS drama created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece.
Now in its fourth season, the series is set in the fictional Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey and depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era. The most intriguing part of this series is that it incorporates events in history that have an impact on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
For this special event hosted by the Television Academy at Paramount studios, guests were treated to a lovely tea and scone tea party before entering the theater for the panel and live stream event. You can watch the replay courtesy of the Television Academy below. We were fortunate enough to attend not only as press but as a member of the Academy and thoroughly enjoyed this event.
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Watch the Live Stream Replay from the Downton Abbey Panel Below
Panelists
Julian Fellowes - Executive Producer/Creator
Gareth Neame - Executive Producer
Joanne Froggatt - Anna Bates
Robert James-Collier - Thomas Barrow
Sophie McShera - Daisy Mason
Phyllis Logan - Mrs. Hughes
Moderator
Dave Karger
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"After five weeks among the sights and scenes of the Orient, in Egypt, it was determined we should make the pilgrimage to the Holy Land. We were loath to leave the land of the Pharaohs, where everything had been so novel and full of interest... Returning to Cairo...we found a week all too short in which to enjoy its ever-varying scenes of oriental life." [ A Month in Palestine and Syria, April 1891 ]
This image is part of an online exhibit of 40 photographic images, along with the complete 41 pages of text, from a very rare book, "A Month in Palestine and Syria, April 1891." This 19th century travel story, with original silver print photographs, offers a glimpse into the people, culture, architecture, and landscapes of this Eastern region.
Visit our website for larger image views and a more detailed, full-screen slideshow of this collection.
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The Enterprising Women of the Year event is the magazineâs annual celebration of the worldâs top women entrepreneurs. Nominations for this prestigious award are submitted each Fall. The event draws heavy interest from the magazineâs readership and allows us to shine the spotlight on a remarkable group of outstanding women. The top organizations for women entrepreneurs partner with us to help assure wide support for this outstanding annual event.
The Sea of Galilee, also called Lake Tiberias or Kinneret, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth and the second-lowest lake in the world (after the Dead Sea, a saltwater lake), at levels between 215 metres (705 ft) and 209 metres (686 ft) below sea level. It is approximately 53 km (33 mi) in circumference, about 21 km (13 mi) long, and 13 km (8.1 mi) wide. Its area is 166.7 km2 (64.4 sq mi) at its fullest, and its maximum depth is approximately 43 metres (141 ft). The lake is fed partly by underground springs, but its main source is the Jordan River, which flows through it from north to south and exits the lake at the Degania Dam. Tourism around the Sea of Galilee is an important economic segment. Historical and religious sites in the region draw both local and foreign tourists. The Sea of Galilee is an attraction for Christian pilgrims who visit Israel to see the places where Jesus performed miracles according to the New Testament, such as his walking on water, calming the storm and feeding the multitude. Alonzo Ketcham Parker, a nineteenth-century American traveler, called visiting the Sea of Galilee "a 'fifth gospel' which one read devoutly, his heart overflowing with quiet joy". In April 2011, Israel unveiled a 40-mile (64 km) hiking trail in Galilee for Christian pilgrims, called the "Jesus Trail". It includes a network of footpaths, roads and bicycle paths linking sites central to the lives of Jesus and his disciples. It ends at Capernaum on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus expounded his teachings. Another key attraction is the site where the Sea of Galilee's water flows into the Jordan River, to which thousands of pilgrims from all over the world come to be baptized every year. Israel's most well-known open water swim race, the Kinneret Crossing, is held every year in September, drawing thousands of open water swimmers to participate in competitive and noncompetitive events. Tourists also partake in the building of rafts on Lavnun Beach, called Rafsodia. Here many different age groups work together to build a raft with their bare hands and then sail that raft across the sea. Other economic activities include fishing in the lake and agriculture, particularly bananas, dates, mangoes, grapes and olives in the fertile belt of land surrounding it. The Turkish Aviators Monument, erected during the Ottoman era, stands near Kibbutz Ha'on on the lakeshore, commemorating the Turkish pilots whose monoplanes crashed enroute to Jerusalem.
Patron, 1897: 'Abbas Hilmi II (ʿAbbās Ḥilmī Pāshā) 1874-1944, great-great grandson of Muhammad 'Ali & son of Tewfik Pasha, Khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt & Sudan, (r.1892-1914).
This is the last of a series of mosques built on this site around the tomb of Sayyida Nafisa, the great-granddaughter of Hasan, son of 'Ali. She was born in Mecca, raised in Medina & came to Cairo in 809 where she lived in a house on this site. After her death, 'Ubayd Allah Sari built a tomb over her grave and the Fatimid Caliph al-Mustansir turned it into a mashhad in 1089; this was repaired by al-Hafiz in 1138. Sultan Baybars also built in the precinct and a new mosque was raised by al-Nasir Muhammad. Much reconstruction was undertaken in 1760 by 'Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda. In 1892 most of the mosque was burnt in a great fire and 'Abbas Hilmi II ordered a complete rebuilding between 1893-97. Extensions were added in the late 1980s, and again in the late 1990s.
Sayyida Nafisa (As-Sayyidah Nafīsah bint Amīr al-Muʾminīn Al-Ḥasan al-Anwar ibn Zayd al-Ablaj ibn Al-Hasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-ʿAlawiyyah al-Ḥasaniyyah c.762-830), was a female descendant of the prophet Muhammad, and a scholar and teacher of Islam. Having taught Sunni Imam Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi'i, the father of the Shafi'i school of Sunni law. She is the best known female scholar of hadith in Egypt.
Hasan: al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib 625-670, the firstborn son of 'Ali and Fatima, and a grandson of the prophet Muhammad.
'Ali: ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib c.600-661, a cousin, son-in-law & companion of the Prophet Muhammad. He was the fourth rightly guided caliph (r.656-661, assassinated).
'Ubayd Allah Sari: d.820, governor of Egypt (r.816 & 817-820) for the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad
al-Mustansir Billah: Abū Tamīm Ma‘ad al-Mustanṣir bi-llāh, The Asker Of Victory From God 1029-1094, son of al-Zāhir li-iʿzāz Dīn Allāh; Fatimid Caliph (r.1036–1094).
al-Hafiz: al-Ḥāfiẓ li-Dīn Allāh (Abu'l-Maymūn ʿAbd al-Majīd ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Mustanṣir) 1074/5 or 1075/6-1149; Fatimid Caliph (r.1130–1149).
al-Nasir Muhammad: al-Malik al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Muhammad ibn Qalawun or al-Nasir Muhammad or Abu al-Ma'ali, al-Nasir Muhammad, Abu al-Ma'ali, or Ibn Qalawun) 1285-1341, Bahri Mamluk sultan of Egypt & Syria (r.1293–1294, 1299-1309 & 1310-1341).
'Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda:ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Katkhudā ibn Husayn Jawish al-Qardughli c.1715–1776, prominent Ottoman emir & a leading officer of the Cairo Janissaries.