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The more content you can become in moments of solitude, the more joy and love you'll discover in times with others. Cultivate solitude. It will help you cultivate love. Melodie Beattie
Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery Regiment of the Colorado Army National Guard, conduct a change of responsibility ceremony for the command sergeant major position January 4, 2020, at Fort Carson, Colorado. Sgt. Maj. Deborah Manzanares inherited the senior enlisted position of the 3-157th Field Artillery from Command Sgt. Maj. John Assaad. Manzanares is one of the first female Soldiers to serve as a command sergeant major of a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System field artillery battalion. Assaad will move on to serve as the command sergeant major for the 169th Field Artillery Brigade. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Sheely)
From left to right:
Nestor Mendez, OAS Assistant Secretary General
Gustavo Adrianzén, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Peru to the OAS
Luis Almagro, OAS Secretary General
Anthony Phillips-Spencer, Ambassador, Chair of the Permanent Council and Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the OAS
Date: March 6, 2023
Place: Washington, DC
Credit: Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS
The 4th Annual Harrison Hot Springs Lakefront Car Show was on Saturday, August 26th, 2017
Harrison Hot Springs provides a beautiful backdrop for classic and modified vehicles, vendor displays and entertainment. Local band “Rockwell” performed throughout the day.
Thousands of car enthusiasts from all over the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley, Washington State and the Okanagan attended.
The event was free to both spectators and vehicle owners.
Thanks to the many sponsors and donors, numerous door prizes and category trophies were also awarded. The trophy presentations began at 3:00 pm including special trophies, such as the Mayor’s Trophy, Sasquatch Pick and Crowd Favorite.
www.country1071.com/events/harrison-hot-springs-lakefront...
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The Hawker Siddeley Nimrod was an extensive modification of the Comet Jet Airliner. XV255 was delivered to RAF St Mawgan in 1971, saw service in the Falklands and was based at RAF St Mawgan and RAF Kinloss between 1983 and 2010. XV255 flew from RAF Kinloss to Norwich Airport on 24th May 2010 for display at the City of Norwich Aviation Museum.
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 Specifications :-
▪︎Role: Maritime Patrol / ELINT / AEW
▪︎Manufacturer: Hawker Siddeley / BAE Systems
▪︎First Flight: 23rd May 1967
▪︎Introduction: 2nd October 1969
▪︎Retired: 28th June 2011
▪︎Primary User: Royal Air Force
▪︎Number Bbuilt: 49 (+2 prototypes)
▪︎Developed From: de Havilland Comet
▪︎Variants: Nimrod R.1 / Nimrod AEW.3 / Nimrod MRA.4
▪︎Crew: 13
▪︎Capacity: 13,500lb
▪︎Wingspan: 114ft 10in / Wing Area: 19,705 sq ft
▪︎Length: 126ft 9in / Height: 31ft
▪︎Empty Weight: 86,000lb / Maximum Takeoff Weight: 192,000lb
▪︎Fuel capacity: 85,840lb
▪︎Powerplant: 4 x Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines, 12,160 lbf thrust each
▪︎Maximum Speed: 580mph / Cruise Speed: 490mph
▪︎Range: 5,180 to 5,755 miles
▪︎Service Ceiling: 43,999ft
▪︎Armament and Hardpoints - 2 x under-wing pylon stations and an internal bomb bay with a capacity of 20,000lb with provisions to carry combinations of :-
**Rockets: None
**Missiles: Air-to-Air Missile / 2 x AIM-9 Sidewinder (non-standard in RAF service, only mounted on the MR2 during the Falklands War)
**Air-to-Surface Missile: Nord AS.12 / Martel Missile / AGM-65 Maverick / AGM-84 Harpoon
**Bombs: Depth charges / 2 x US-owned B57 Nuclear Depth Bombs (until 1992) / WE.177A Nuclear Depth Charges (10kt)
**Other: Air-Dropped Mk.46 Torpedoes / Sting Ray Torpedoes / Naval Mines / Sonobuoys.
Link to part one :- flic.kr/p/2ie8VEB
Sourced from Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Nimrod
At about 9AM on the 17th of March the marching bands and other performers begin to assemble in the area near the 'Black Church' which I will discuss below.
Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day and that is when my 2019 Streets Of Ireland programme begins in earnest. The first major event is the St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin and the second major event is my visit to Belfast in Brexit Week. I had intended to leave Belfast on the day that the UK leaves the EU but that may be postponed. If the date [29 March 2019] changes I may delay my visit to Northern Ireland.
St Mary's Chapel of Ease, also known as "The Black Church", is a former chapel. Now deconsecrated, it was a church of the Church of Ireland located on St Mary's Place, Broadstone. It is constructed from local calp limestone which takes on a dark hue when wet. This is the origin of the building's nickname.
Local lore says that you will summon the devil if you run around the church anticlockwise three times at midnight.
Enjoy the St. Patrick's Festival no matter where you are.
Abigail was inspired by the titles in The Chronicles of Narnia to give her pet some new titles too. Note the little guinea pigs, Christmas presents, put in the proper place of statues before the palace.
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The sculpture was commissioned by the Prague municipality and the funds for its execution were raised in a public collection. The work was created in the workshop of Prague sculptor Jan Brokoff. Under the bronze cross a trio of figures mourns the dead body of Christ taken down from the cross. The upper half of Christ's lifeless body rests on the lap of the seated Virgin Mary, while the kneeling Mary Magdalene kisses Christ's lifeless right hand. In the middle of the composition is the standing figure of the mourning St. John the Evangelist. On the pedestal of the statue is a Latin inscription, translated, "Oh all you who pass by, look and see if there is any pain like my pain." Beginning in 1965, all of the statues have been systematically replaced by replicas, and the originals have been exhibited in the Lapidarium of the National Museum.
Additional information on the Charles Bridge Statuary may be obtained at Wikipedia.
One of the coolest memories from our honeymoon: Alittle girl ran out of the mountain fog our first day in Costa Rica to sell us flowers. Bill bought me a bouquet of hydrangeas just like my wedding bouquet only bigger, prettier, and cheaper.
The origins of the fair related to St Giles' Church at the north end of St Giles'. This was originally completed in 1120, but the church was not actually consecrated until 1200, by St Hugh of Lincoln, a Carthusian monk and bishop. As part of the commemoration of the consecration, St Giles' Fair was established. The fair continues to this day, nowadays as a funfair, held on the Monday and Tuesday after the Sunday following 1 September, which is St Giles' Day.Autumn 2012
Peyton Robertson of NOAA speaks at the launch of BayBackpack.com, a Chesapeake Bay resources website for teachers and educators. The website was launched on January 28, 2010, at the Annapolis Maritime Museum.
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The College of Idaho presented its 2013 Feast of Carols in Jewett Auditorium on Dec. 6. The concert included performances by the College’s Chorale, Chamber Singers, Sinfonia, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and the Major Sixth a cappella sextet. Learn more about music at the C of I at www.collegeofidaho.edu/music.
This Week in Bristol Indiana - 09-03-16 - Demolition of River Inn RestaurantBuilding. It was sad news for many in Bristol, Indiana to see the demolition of the River Inn Restaurant and Lounge this week on the corner of SR 120 east and Apollo St. Set above the beautiful St. Joseph River, the River Inn had been family owned and operated since 1995 by Bob & Patti Wojtysiak. Sold by the Wojtysiak family some years ago, it sat vacant for a while. The last restaurant to operate there was Danny K’s Smokehouse and Grill that opened in the spring of 2013, and closed in April of 2015. Unable to attract a new restaurant tenant, the property was sold to I.U. Goshen Health. It is reported that they are tearing down the building to construct a new healthcare facility, which will be a neighbor of the already existing Beacon Healthcare Facility. But it is the River Inn’s famous Polish buffet, Mother’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving and even New’s Years’ Eve buffet special events, prepared by “River Bob,” that most people remember. It was truly a place for both Bristol residents and out-of-town diners to come with friends and relatives for a holiday gathering. Crowds often lined up outside to wait for their reservation times, because the restaurant was packed with diners. Who can forget the appearance of an great Elvis impersonator and other popular bands that appeared there. It was a Bristol landmark for a number of years that holds memories for many.
Photos from the University of Michigan's big win over Bowling Green State University in the Big House on September 25, 2010. Michigan won 65-21 before a crowd of 109,933 at Michigan Stadium. A perfect day for football!
University of Saint Mary Nursing graduates were presented with the official USM pin, a symbol of achievement in the field, in the 2014 Nursing Pinning Ceremony, held May 9, 2014.
The pinning ceremony is an historic ritual that dates all the way back to Florence Nightengale.
For more on the University of Saint Mary, visit:
The Biology Department Greenhouses are a little known gem located on the fourth floor of the Science Building. Visit Monday through Friday, 9:00a.m. - 4:00p.m. to see the beautiful and interesting flowers and plants.
Photo Taken By: Greg Meyers
Final assembly of the three-stage Soyuz ST-B began on 12 September in the MIK assembly building at Europe's spaceport. Set for 20 October, flight VS01 will be the first Soyuz launch from French Guiana.
Credits line: ESA - S. Corvaja, 2011
For more information visit: www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Launchers_Home/SEMS693UNSG_0.html
Name: Nancy, Lin Wang
Time of day: the 4th day in LA
This is a picture of me in a hat store with three big bags that I bought!They were so heavy~
Where I'm from: Shanghai,China
My field: college student
Konica C35 35mm Kodak Colored Film.
Color Explorations and Experiments.
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Mall of America Field (Metrodome) home of the Minnesota Vikings from 1982-2013. The building is being destroyed in 2014 and new stadium being built on same site.
The book of Love
Jutta (later Julian) Schutting - "Liebesroman"
1 of 4
altered books
individually painted
pop-up-book
with machine stitched pages
MultiMedia
MultiColor
intuitively illustrated
longtermProject
color coded landscapes
acrylics & watercolor
hightlighted with
oilpastels & crayons
passionate visions of heaven on earth
divinely inspired
in the darkest months
of the year
fall & winter 2017/2018
(for further pictures and information please contact the link at the end of page!)
Schönbrunn Palace - History
Already in the 14th century was here a plot of land with buildings. The property was then called 'Katterburg', included a mill and a public house with wine and was in possession of the Klosterneuburg (small city in Lower Austria) Monastery. Over time the property was extended and by 1548 of Mayor Bayer to a manor expanded.
In 1569 the Habsburg Maximilian II purchased the property. His goal was primarily to build a zoo, which mainly consisted of indigenous poultry and wild game. After Maximilian's death in 1576 the Katterburg went into the possession of Rudolph II. In 1605, Hungarian troops destroyed the garden of Katterburg which was then only provisionally repaired. Namesake of Schönbrunn should have been Emperor Matthias, who while hunting on the premises discovered a source in 1612 which spawned crystal clear water.
The Katterburg about 1672
This fountain was so beautiful that he should give the property the future name. Emperor Ferdinand II, the successor Matthias', spent as a passionate hunter a lot of time in Schonbrunn. When he died spent his widow Eleonora Gonzaga, who was also very attached to the Jägertum (passion for hunting) a lot of time in Schönbrunn and indulged from then on a rich social life. This soon demanded a more representative environment as it was the old Katterburg, so she in 1642 had built a castle, whose name Schöbrunn in the same year for the first time was recorded in a document. At the same time she had also the garden broadened and expanded, often offering room for business meetings.
During the second Turkish siege in 1683 the grounds and Gebäulichkeiten (old buildings) were largely destroyed, whereupon the Emperor Leopold I., who acquired the plant in 1686, for his successor Joseph I wanted to have constructed a new building of the castle. For this project, the architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach was consulted, which submitted a draft in 1688 to prove his architectural skills. Then Fischer von Erlach was hired immediately and has since worked for the court and nobility. Finally, he was commissioned in 1693 by Leopold I to design a concrete blueprint for the castle. Three years later with the construction was begone, and in the spring of 1700 the central wing was completed and habitable. As a result of the Spanish war of succession arose financial gaps, which greatly slowed the progress of construction of the side wings. And when Joseph died suddenly, they were discontinued altogether. In the coming years the unfinished palace served the Wilhelmine Amalie as a widow seat.
Emperor Charles VI. bought the chateau in 1728 with the baroque garden. However, he remained there merely for pheasant hunting. Therefore, he gave the whole castle to his daughter Maria Theresa, who has since always had a heart for the Palace Schönbrunn. This meant the beginning of the first heyday of Schönbrunn Palace. End of 1742, construction work on the castle was resumed and led to the great complex as it is found today. Maria Theresa engaged the experienced architect Nikolaus Pacassi for the management of construction. 1745 the new palais chapel was opened which still completely was based on the plans of Fischer von Erlach. In the following year, already could be moved into the residential and audience spaces in the east wing. Thus, the completion went on until an extension of the castle was needed because the imperial family experienced brisk growth. Between the main floor and the upper floors a mezzanine was inserted with living spaces for the imperial children. The baroque garden was subjected to strict symmetrical order, which was particularly manifested in the application of the flower beds and paths. The beds were in large part made of boxwood and were lined with colorful stones. The plant was like a carpet with rich ornaments.
It was Maria Theresa's desire to accommodate a castle theater in the building. It found its place in the northern courtyard wing and was opened in 1747. The Empress herself namely was a talented singer, and also her children were involved artistically at New Castle Theatre appearing themselves as singers and actors. Yet shortly after 1750, Maria Theresa had to expand the castle one more time, as the imperial family had grown again. In the west wing arose another mezzanine, now leading to the outer appearance of the castle, representing a symmetry and thus the facade could finally be completed. Here ended the first renovation phase.
The second renovation phase was less object of spatial extensions, because rather were made changes to existing premises. The big and the small gallery received a vaulted ceiling with lavish stucco of Albert Bolla and huge frescoes by Gregorio Guglielmi. The result was a masterpiece of Rococo. The neighboring rooms were of a similar standard, and nowhere with rocaille, mirrors, tapestries, paintings, and other precious decorative elements was economized. From 1753 Franz Stephan in the Hietzinger area of the castle park had laid out the so-called Dutch garden, in which arose an extensive collection of exotic plants, which should serve scientific purposes.
Another phase of equipment activities began after the death of Emperor Franz I. Stephan in 1765, Maria Theresa profoundly affecting. In order to express her grief and to commemorate her late husband, she had in the eastern wing numerous rooms equipped to Memorial rooms. In doing so, to her nothing was too expensive, and so arose richly decorated rooms with precious lacquer panels, specially acquired wood panelings from distant lands, finest fabric upholstery and many other exclusivities.
One last important phase of expansion began in the 70s of the 18th century, as Empress Maria Theresa had the gardens by the court architect Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf of Hohenberg expanded.
Under his leadership, the Gloriette, the monumental Fountain of Neptune, the Roman artificial ruin, the Obelisk, the avenues and all the places and ways with the countless statues and sculptures, mainly originating from Wilhelm Beyer emerged. The design of the whole complex was until shortly before Maria Theresa's death in 1780 under way. From 1779 on, the park was open to the public. After that, the castle stood empty except for the years 1805 and 1809, in which Napoleon Schönbrunn occupied. After the Congress of Vienna in the years 1814/15 came up renewals, which were urgently needed. The facade was given according to plans by Johann Adam a completely new face: He removed the exuberant Rococo paneling and gave the castle its present appearance.
Another golden age began for Schönbrunn when Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1848 took over the Austrian rule. Schönbrunn was in fact already in his childhood his favorite. He inhabited as Emperor the premises of the West Wing, where he remained throughout his life. Except for the audience rooms, the rooms were refurbished in Franz Joseph's living area.
With a comparatively sober and simple setup of bourgeois character they were provided, which enables to conclude on Franz Joseph's personality. Even with the marriage and the arrival of Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sisi" or the "Sissi") and on the occasion of the later family growth extensive device-specific changes have been made, yet much remained from the time of Maria Theresa. On the occasion of the World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873 even a large part has been restored. Extensive renovations, extensions and additions to the Maria Theresa Rococo style were made mainly to the galleries and to the premises in the east wing. The Dutch garden was transformed into an English garden and in it in the years 1880-82 was built the famous Palm House, a huge building made of glass and iron. Now, the final face of Schönbrunn was created, as it is known today throughout the world.
Sophie is a three-year-old female Domestic shorthair mix. She was brought to Lollypop Farm as her owner could no longer care for her. Sophie is often frightened by all of the activity going on at the shelter...especially that door that opens and closes. This pretty lady loves being petted, but will take just a few minutes to get comfortable with someone new. She would do best in a home without young kids, as she sometimes gives little kitty nibbles when she gets a bit anxious. Sophie can't wait to find a comfortable spot to call her own in a nice, quiet home. She's having a difficult time at the shelter, so do come out and meet her today!
WASHINGTON (January 16, 2023) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas gives opening remarks alongside the Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary, Donald Remy, and the Small Business Administration Administrator, Isabella Guzman, for The Mission Continues, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, at Sousa Middle School in Southeast Washington, DC. Volunteers painted the hallways of the school to foster students' creativity for this year's elective classes. (DHS photo by Sydney Phoenix)
The University of Maryland Spring 2014 Commencement Ceremonies at the Comcast Center in College Park, MD, photographed for University of Maryland, 22 May 2014.
A better look at the three culverts mentioned in the preceding description. I'd estimate that each steel pipe measured twenty feet in length and six feet in diameter. Depending on the gauge of steel used, these might have weighed over 1500 pounds each.
Day one of the Sanger Leadership Crisis Challenge at the Ross School of Business (University of Michigan). There were graduate students from 16 schools across the University of Michigan at this competition including the students from the first cohort of the Online MBA class at Ross. Here are pictures of the opening session and the teams working on their case on Thursday January 30th, 2020.