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I like to take pictures on the street after dinner at Friday. A short period of photo trip after dinner is better than sitting before the television.Have a nice weekend my friends.
Known as "the Great Cackler", Geb was said to have laid the cosmic egg that contained the sun and thus, was honored as the father of the gods.
Photographed at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland.
During the Late Classical period (400-331BC), the god of wine took on a younger, softer appearance. The gentle curve of the slender torso in this sculpture shows the evolution towards a more effeminate representation.
Note the very fine Herring Bone brickwork panels, and the shingle tiled roof. Click the picture to zoom in.
The Geometric period marked the end of Greece's Dark Age and lasted from 900 to 700 BCE.
The Geometric period derives its name from the dominance of geometric motifs in vase painting. Monumental kraters and amphorae were made and decorated as grave markers. These vessels are characteristic of Geometric vase painting during this period.
Period photo taken on Clearwater Memorial Causeway (or RT. 60/Gulf-to-Bay) facing east from Clearwater Beach. I don't think there's any way you could do this today, unless you got up very early, or were very brave.
© Original 35mm Kodachrome slide
This is not a real Meiji period street scene-- it is a in a diorama on display at the Bunkyo Historical Museum in Hongo, Tokyo. I shot it in monochrome within the camera, with a sepia pre-set, giving the photo its vintage look.
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Once upon a time, during the period some like to call “the Dark Ages”, while historians rather name it “early Middle Ages”, a monk named Philibert, who had come from the Burgundy town of Tournus to preach in southern Brittany and Vendée, founded a monastery on an island just off the French Atlantic seaboard, not far from the estuary of River Loire. The year was 674 and the island came to be known as Noirmoutier, meaning “Black Monastery”, from the color of the robes the monks wore.
Philibert passed away in 684 and the monks kept on living on the island until, from around Year 800, Viking raids on coastal areas made it untenable to remain —indeed, not everywhere was there peace in the kingdom of freshly crowned Emperor Charlemagne... Shortly after the foundation of the abbey 150 years before, land had been given to the monks by a local lord in an inland place called Déas, and there the monks began construction of a new and large abbey church in 815. In 836, they placed within the new church the sarcophagus containing the remains of Philibert, who had in the meantime been canonized.
Alas! peace in those times was a fragile thing, and soon more and more daring Viking raids forced the monks to flee again in 847, first to the abbey of Cunault on the banks of the Loire, and finally to that of Tournus in Burgundy, their founder’s home town, where at last they found solace and shelter. They had brought with them the bones of Saint Philibert but left the heavy sarcophagus in the deserted abbey church of Déas, and there the bones were transported back again when a group of monks returned in the early 900s, after the signature of the treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 911, which bestowed Normandy upon the Vikings, giving them a place to settle and bringing their raiding and pillaging activities to an end.
The monastic life in Déas, which had become a priory of Tournus, began again. In the early 1100s, the place was renamed Saint-Philbert- [without the first “i”] de-Grand-Lieu.
The abbey church went through the Wars of Religion and the French Revolution without too much damage, then was used as a place to store hay, and even as chicken market in the 19th century. Its walls were then lowered as their top part had been too damaged. It was finally listed as a Historic Landmark in 1896 and restoration began.
The church as we see it today is mostly Carolingian, and is famous among Mediævalists for its square pillars that look like no other and are instantly recognizable.
The back of the church is polluted by late 18th century utilitarian buildings (vestry and the like). Because of “The One Hundred Years Old Rule”, we are obliged to keep those warts that prevent us from seeing the original shape and proportions of the Carolingian apse. This is yet another example when one thinks the rule should have reasonable exceptions...
Culminant à 1065 mètres, Azrou n'Lalla [ou Yemma] Msennou est le symbole de la mythique confédération amazigh des Aït Messaoud et un ancien lieu de pèlerinage païen lié à la fertilité.
De nos jours, ce pic rocheux, à la géométrie variable selon l'angle de vue, est le point de rassemblement de la population locale à l'occasion d'une grande fête célébrée chaque printemps.
Par ailleurs, la tradition orale raconte que Yemma Msennou était une vieille dame pieuse habitant, sur ce sommet si particulier, en compagnie de ses sept filles.
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Situé au centre de l'Atlas tellien et s'étendant sur plus de 5000 km², l'Atlas blidéen recèle une multitude de joyeux naturels et culturels. L'un de ces trésors est sans conteste le Parc National de Chréa (266 km²), créé en 1983, renfermant plusieurs cédraies; rivières; cascades et sources délicieuses.
L'Atlas blidéen (ou Petit Atlas) dont le sommet Koudiet Sidi Abdelkader culmine à 1629 mètres, est limité géographiquement par : la plaine de la Mitidja (au Nord); la plaine des Beni Slimane et le Titteri (au Sud); l'Oued Isser (à l'Est) et l'Oued Djer (à l'Ouest). D'un point de vue administratif, le massif s'étale sur 5 wilayas, à savoir : Blida, Médéa, Bouira, Boumerdes et Aïn Defla.
Par ailleurs, ces montagnes sont peuplées depuis des millénaires par une population berbère zénèto-sanhadjienne regroupée en plusieurs tribus et confédérations (ex : Aït Saleh, Aït Messaoud, Aït Ouzera, Mouzaïa etc...).
Malheureusement, durant le XXème siècle, deux évènements majeurs ont mis à mal le patrimoine linguistique local (tamazight de l'Atlas blidéen) : la Guerre de libération nationale et la Décennie noire. En effet, ces périodes de violence et d'insécurité ont engendré un exode massif qui a eu pour conséquence le recul progressif de cette langue ancestrale.
De nos jours, certains dont le chercheur indépendant Samir El-Arifi, tentent de garder en vie ce patrimoine immatériel algérien.
El-Hamdania - Wilaya de Médéa - Algérie
Mars 2018
Prince Albert National Park in central Saskatchewan, Canada and is located 200 kilometres north of Saskatoon. Though declared a national park March 24, 1927, it had its official opening ceremonies on August 10, 1928 performed by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The park is open all year but the most visited period is from May to September.
Italien / Belluno - Tofane
Hike around the Tofana di Rozes
Wanderung um die Tofana di Rozes
Tofane is a mountain group in the Dolomites of northern Italy, west of Cortina d'Ampezzo in the province of Belluno, Veneto. Most of the Tofane lies within Parco naturale delle Dolomiti d'Ampezzo, a nature park.
Peaks
The highest peaks of the Tofane group are Tofana di Mezzo (3,244 m (10,643 ft)), Tofana di Dentro (3,238 m (10,623 ft)), and Tofana di Rozes (3,225 m (10,581 ft)). Tofana di Mezzo is the third highest peak in the Dolomites, after Marmolada (3,343 m (10,968 ft)) and Antelao (3,262 m (10,702 ft)). All three peaks were first climbed by Paul Grohmann along with local mountain guides, in 1863 (Tofana di Mezzo - with Francesco Lacedelli), 1864 (Tofana di Rozes - with Francesco Lacedelli, Angelo Dimai and Santo Siorpaes) and 1865 (Tofana di Dentro - with Angelo Dimai).
Geology
The Dolomites were formed during the Cretaceous Period, approximately 60 million years ago, due to the collision of the African and European continents. The Tofane is largely formed from the Upper Triassic rock Dolomia principale. The strata are perceptibly folded, and the mountains are finally formed by wind, rain, glaciers and rivers.
Tourism
Access
A cable lift system (Freccia nel Cielo, "Arrow in the sky") goes from Cortina almost to the top of Tofane di Mezzo. There is only a short walk from the top cable car to the summit. Alternatively the via ferratas VF Punta Anna and VF Gianna Aglio can be used to reach Tofane di Mezzo.
Cabins (rifugi)
Some of the cabins in the Tofane are the Rifugio Angelo Dibona (2,083 m (6,834 ft)), the Rifugio Giussani (2,580 m (8,465 ft)), the Rifugio Duca d'Aosta (2,098 m (6,883 ft)), and the Rifugio Pomedes (2,303 m (7,556 ft)).
Via ferratas
The via ferratas of Tofane are VF Punta Anna and VF Gianna Aglio on Tofana di Mezzo, VF Lamon and VF Formenton on Tofana di Dentro, and VF Giovanni Lipella on Tofana di Rozes, where there also are tunnel systems from World War I.
History
During the First World War, the Tofane was a battlefield of the Italian Front for clashes between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian forces. The front lines went through the mountains.
At the 1956 Winter Olympics, Mount Tofane hosted five of the six alpine skiing events. It regularly hosts women's speed events on the World Cup circuit, and hosted the World Championships in 2021. The men's 1956 downhill and the current women's World Cup races are on the Olimpia delle Tofane ski race course (often referred to as “Tofana” for short); it is famous for the Tofana Schuss, where athletes can reach speeds over 130 kilometres per hour (81 mph).
(Wikipedia)
Tofana di Rozes (3,225 metres (10,581 ft)) is a mountain of the Dolomites in the Province of Belluno, Veneto, Italy. Located west of the resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, the mountain's giant three-edged pyramid shape and its vertical south face, above the Falzarego Pass, makes it the most popular peak in the Tofane group, and one of the most popular in the Dolomites.
History
From May 1915 to July 1916, the mountain and its surroundings was the location of fierce fighting between Italian and German, later Austrio-Hungarian, troops, as part of the Italian front in World War I.
West of the main face, and separated from the mountain by a steep and rocky gully, is the Castelletto, a narrow, long rock 700 feet high. In 1915 it was occupied by a German platoon, which, armed with a machine gun and sniper rifles, wreaked havoc on the Italian troops in the valley. They were soon replaced by Austrian soldiers, and from their strategic position they prevented any Italian plans for a push north. For the Alpini, the Italian mountain infantry specialists, retaking the Castelletto became a prime objective. Two of their climbers, Ugo Vallepiana and Giuseppe Gaspard, climbed up the Tofana to a ledge a few hundred feet above the Castelletto, but their guns were not very successful. One summer night four Alpini climbed up the Castelletto but they were discovered and shot. An attack through the gully, taking advantage of the morning fog, was also unsuccessful (machine gunners shot the advancing soldiers when the fog thinned a little), as was a massive attack from three sides in the fall of 1915. So, in February 1916 the Italians, led by Lt. Luigi Malvezzi [it], started tunneling into the Castelletto, first with hammers and chisels and then, in March, with pneumatic drills, and with teams of over two dozen men, working four six-hour shifts, they tunneled up to 30 feet per day. The steep tunnel was 500 meters long, and 2,200 cubic meters of rubble were removed. Its adit was in a "sheltered position within a natural ravine", accessed by a long ladder and thus logistically very demanding. One part of the tunnel brought them under the Austrian position, where they filled a cavern, 16 by 16 feet and 7 feet high, with 77,000 pounds of gelignite. The other led to what was to be an attack position, to be opened with a smaller batch of explosives.
On July 11, at 3:30 AM, the gelignite was exploded, with King Victor Emmanuel III and the army's chief of staff, General Luigi Cadorna, looking on. The Austrian commander was Hans Schneeberger, an orphan from Brandberg, Tyrol, who at age 19 replaced a commander who had been killed by an Italian sniper. When the explosions happened, some two dozen Austrian soldiers were killed instantly, but Schneeberger and a few survivors had rifles and grenades, and were able to repel the Italians from the edge of the crater. The attack as a whole was a failure: soldiers were to lower themselves from the Tofana to attack the Castelletto, but the explosion destroyed their ropes. To make matters worse, the explosion used up so much oxygen that Malvezzi and his men, going through the attack tunnel, passed out because of toxic gases including carbon monoxide; some of the men died. Finally, the explosion damaged the rock face on the east, sending huge boulders down the gully and killing incoming Italian soldiers. The next day, Italians had hauled machine guns up the face of the Tofana; Schneeberger sent one of his men to ask for reinforcements, which arrived that night. A few hours later the Italians attacked the relief platoon, and the Austrians withdrew to the Castelletto's northern end, and pulled their troops away altogether after a few days.[2] Malvezzi received the Military Order of Savoy.
Climbing
Most climbs start from the north, where the mountain is a relatively easy hike, or the west face, where the summit can be reached by a via ferrata. The south face, however, is a much more difficult challenge, with many of the routes being either fifth or sixth graded climbs. The mountain was first climbed in 1864 by Paul Grohmann and local hunter Francesco Lacedelli. The south face was first climbed in 1901.
Via Ferrata
A via ferrata starts at the restored entrance to the mine tunnel at the Castelletto, and leads to the summit of the mountain; along the way one finds a memorial to Giovanni Lipella,[8] an Italian soldier who died on the mountain on 15 June 1918 and was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valour.
Cave
The Grotta di Tofana is one of only a few natural caves in dolomite rather than regular limestone. It is accessible by way of a via ferrata that starts some 40 minutes from Rifugio Dibona. The cave is some 300 meters deep, and the roof is up to 10 meters high. The cave has been quite popular with tourists, and was listed by Baedeker as "a large cavern accessible by ladders" and as an interesting visit.
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Das Dreigestirn der Tofane (italienisch Tofane, deutsch auch Tofana) gehört zu den bekanntesten und markantesten Dolomitenmassiven. Die Tofane liegen westlich von Cortina d’Ampezzo und überragen das Valle del Boite (Boitetal). Eine gewisse Bekanntheit erlangte der Name durch die Skirennstrecke Olimpia delle Tofane, 1956 Austragungsort der olympischen Herrenabfahrt.
Lage und Umgebung
Das Tofane-Massiv liegt westlich von Cortina d’Ampezzo über dem oberen Valle del Boite und ist Teil des Parco Naturale delle Dolomiti d’Ampezzo. Während die beiden höheren Gipfel Tofana di Mezzo und Tofana di Dentro ein kompaktes Massiv bilden, wirkt die südliche Tofana di Rozes einigermaßen eigenständig. Zwischen diesen Felsgiganten schneidet sich die Forcella Fontananegra (2561 m) ein. Im Westen und Norden trennt das Val Travenanzes das Gebirgsmassiv von der Fanesgruppe, im Osten das obere Valle del Boite vom Pomagnonzug (und der Cristallogruppe) und im Süden das Falzaregotal von der Nuvolaugruppe. Von Cortina gesehen ist den beiden höheren Tofane eine Wandstufe vorgelagert, die mit dem Südostgrat der mittleren Tofana eine Art „Felsenring“ bildet.
Gipfel
Das Massiv besteht im Wesentlichen aus den drei Dreitausender-Gipfeln, die allesamt beliebte Tourenziele darstellen. Alle drei rangieren unter den zehn höchsten Gipfeln der Dolomiten.
Die in der Mitte gelegene Tofana di Mezzo (auch Tofana II) ist mit einer Höhe von 3244 m s.l.m. die höchste der drei Tofane und zugleich nach der Marmolata (3343 m) und dem Antelao (3264 m) der dritthöchste Dolomitenberg.
Die Tofana di Dentro (hintere Tofana, auch Tofana III) hat eine Gipfelhöhe von 3238 m s.l.m. und bildet den nördlichsten der drei Felsriesen.
Die Tofana di Rozes (vordere Tofana, auch Tofana I) ist 3225 m s.l.m. hoch und vor allem für ihre imposante Südwand (Tofana Sud) bekannt.
Geologie
Bereits 1873 setzte sich Hermann Loretz geologisch mit dem Gebiet um die Tofane auseinander. Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár lieferte mit seiner Arbeit zu den Dolomit-Riffen (1879) weitere wichtige Aufschlüsse, die Leopold Kober 1908 vertiefte.
Die Tofane werden aus mächtigem triassischem Hauptdolomit (Dachsteindolomit) aufgebaut, der leicht Richtung Norden einfällt. In den Gipfelbereichen wird er von jurassischen Kalken (früher als Lias bezeichnet) überlagert. Der Grat zwischen Tofana II und III gewährt gute Einblicke in die Schichtfolge und lässt Neokom und Oberjura erkennen, während in den untersten Bereichen ältere Gesteine wie Sandsteine, Kalkmergel und Tuffe zu Tage treten, die ein auffälliges grünes Band formen. Der Komplex von Tofana II und III wird außerdem von einer nach Westen überschlagenen Falte geprägt, deren Mächtigkeit allerdings nur die obersten 200 Meter umfasst. Nach Süden hin setzt sich diese tektonische Störung fort. Am Südgrat der Tofana II befindet sich mit dem Bus de Tofana eines der größten Felsenfenster der Alpen.
Geschichte
Die Erstbegehungen der drei Gipfel erfolgten nacheinander in den Jahren 1863 bis 1865. Paul Grohmann bestieg mit verschiedenen Führern zuerst die Tofana di Mezzo (1863), dann die Tofana di Rozes (1864) und schließlich die Tofana di Fuori (1865), allesamt von Cortina aus. Alpinistisch war in der Folge vor allem die Südwand der Tofana di Rozes von Interesse, die 1901 durch Ilona und Rolanda von Eötvös mit Führern erstmals durchstiegen wurde.
Während des Ersten Weltkriegs bildeten die Tofane eines der Zentren der Ersten Dolomitenoffensive. Die italienischen Alpini besetzten im Juli 1915 die Gipfel von Tofana II und Tofana III und versuchten von dort aus die österreich-ungarische Sperre im Travenanzestal zu erobern. Die Tofana I wurde wiederum kurzzeitig von Jägern des Deutschen Alpenkorps eingenommen. Kriegsrelikte wie Stollen und verfallene Stellungen zeugen heute noch von den erbitterten Kämpfen.
Mit den Olympischen Winterspielen 1956 in Cortina d’Ampezzo hielt der Massentourismus erstmals Einzug in die Gegend. Während die Skigebiete mit der heute noch als Weltcupstrecke genutzten Olimpia delle Tofane am Osthang von Tofana di Mezzo/Dentro entstanden, blieb die Spitze bis zum Bau der Seilbahn Freccia nel cielo (deutsch: Himmelspfeil) 1971 verschont. Davor waren bereits mehrere Klettersteige angelegt worden, die sich heute großer Beliebtheit erfreuen, darunter die Via ferrata Giuseppe Olivieri auf die mittlere Tofana (1957), die Via ferrata Giovanni Lipella auf die Tofana di Rozes (1967) und die Via ferrata Formenton auf die Tofana di Dentro.
(Wikipedia)
Die Tofana di Rozes (auch Vordere Tofana oder Tofana I) ist ein 3225 m s.l.m. hoher Berg in den Dolomiten in der italienischen Provinz Belluno. Mit ihrer berühmten Südwand bildet sie die eindrucksvollste, wenn auch niedrigste Erhebung der dreigipfeligen Tofane westlich von Cortina d’Ampezzo.
Lage und Umgebung
Die Tofana di Rozes ist der südlichste der drei Tofana-Gipfel und von der Tofana di Mezzo durch die Forcella Fontananegra (2561 m) getrennt. In diesem Bereich liegen das Rifugio Giussani und das nicht mehr bewirtschaftete Rifugio Cantore. Im Westen trennt die Forcella Bois (2331 m) den Felskoloss vom Lagazuoistock, im Westen und Norden bildet das Val Travenanzes die Grenze zur Fanesgruppe. Von Norden gesehen erscheint der Berg als dreikantige Felspyramide, nach Süden zeigt er eine der imposantesten Wände der Dolomiten, die meist als Tofana Sud bezeichnet wird. Trotz der niedrigsten Gipfelhöhe ist der Berg gerade aufgrund dieser 800 Meter hohen Südwand das bekannteste Motiv der Tofane. Im unteren Wandabschnitt liegt mit der Grotta della Tofana eine mehrere Meter tiefe Höhle, die bereits von Paul Grohmann besucht wurde.
Alpinismus
Die Erstbesteigung gelang am 29. August 1864 Paul Grohmann mit den Einheimischen Francesco Lacedelli, Angelo Dimai und Santo Siorpaes. Grohmann und Lacedelli hatten im Jahr zuvor bereits die Tofana di Mezzo erstbestiegen. Ähnlich wie bei deren Erschließung wählten sie den Anstieg aus der Forcella Fontananegra über die Nordostflanke, den heutigen Normalweg. Grohmann äußerte sich begeistert über die Aussicht vom Gipfel:
„Ich bin kein Freund davon zur Schilderung einer Aussicht zahllose Bergspitzen herzuzählen, und unterlasse dieses auch hier, unvergesslich aber bleibt mir ein Detailbild der Rundsicht: die furchtbaren Schrofen der beiden anderen Tofanaspitzen in nächster Nähe, und zwischen diesen blickt weiter hinten der Gaisl vor, die Croda rossa der Ampezzaner; nur der oberste Theil, aber dieser blutroth, ein seltsamer Contrast gegen die grauen Kalkwände der Tofana!“
Im August 1901 meisterten Ilona und Rolanda von Eötvös mit Antonio Dimai, Giovanni Siorpaes und Agostino Verzi erstmals die kolossale Südwand. Die Via Eötvös-Dimai (IV) gilt heute als eine der klassischen Routen in den Dolomiten. Die durch wuchtige Pfeiler auffällig gegliederte Wand wurde im Laufe des 20. Jahrhunderts auf fast 30 verschiedenen Routen durchstiegen. Zu den bedeutendsten gehören etwa der zweite Pfeiler (Secondo Pilastro, VI), der 1946 von Ettore Constantini und Luigi Ghedina erstmals bewältigt wurde, oder die 1952 durch Walter Bonatti und P. Contini erschlossene Via delle Tridentina (ebenfalls VI). Weitere wichtige Erstbegehungen gelangen Angelo Dibona, Walter Stößer und Attilio Tissi.
Im Ersten Weltkrieg galt die Tofana di Rozes als besonders umkämpfter Berg. Am 22. Juli 1915 nahm eine Patrouille des dritten Jäger-Regiments im Deutschen Alpenkorps im Zuge der Ersten Dolomitenoffensive den bis dahin unbesetzten Gipfel ein. Man konnte die Tofana I bis zum 18. September gegen die Italiener verteidigen.
Aufstieg
Trotz der imposanten Erscheinung ist die Tofana di Rozes – sieht man von der Seilbahn-Erschließung der Tofana di Mezzo ab – von den drei Tofana-Gipfeln am leichtesten zu ersteigen. Dem Nicht-Kletterer bieten sich für den Aufstieg zur Tofana di Rozes zwei Möglichkeiten.
Der Normalweg führt vom Rifugio Giussani (2580 m) unschwierig über geröllbedeckten Fels zum Nordwestgrat und über diesen schließlich zum Gipfel. Firnreste sind im oberen Bereich keine Seltenheit.
Eine zweite Variante bietet die 1967 eröffnete Via ferrata Giovanni Lipella (Schwierigkeit C/D). Diese wird zumeist vom Rifugio Angelo Dibona (2083 m) aus in Angriff genommen. Der Weg führt zunächst unter der mächtigen Südwand entlang zum Einstieg, wo gleich ein steiler Stollen durchquert werden muss. Danach verläuft der Steig an der Westseite des Berges Richtung Norden zu den Tre Dita (2694 m) und macht schließlich einen Knick nach Süden. Nach dem Ausstieg erreicht man den Normalweg und über diesen den Gipfel.
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Priapus son aof Dionysus and Aphrodite. The goddess it is said, had yielded to the embraces of Dionysus, but during his expedition to India, she became faithless to him, and lived with Adonis. On Dionysus' return from India, she indeed went to meet him, but soon left him again, and went to Lampsacus on the Hellespont, to give birth to the child of the god. But Hera, dissatisfied with her conduct, touched her, and, by her magic power, caused Aphrodite to give birth to a child of extreme ugliness, and with unusually large genitals. According to other myths, Priapus was son of Dionysus and a Naiad.
He was regarded as the promoter of fertility both of the vegetation and of all animals connected with an agricultural life, and in this capacity he was worshipped as the protector of flocks of sheep and goats, of bees, the vine, all
garden-produce, and even of fishing.
Priapus' images of the god of fertility were mass produced in Roman times and considered to be symbols of good luck.
Source: Source: William Smith, “Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology”
Terracotta figurine
Roman period
Selçuk, TR, Ephesus-Museum
Nacido en Estados Unidos, Ephraim Shay fue un connotado comerciante e ingeniero ferroviario autodidacta cuyo período de actividad se desarrolló en las últimas décadas del siglo XIX y en la primera del siglo XX. Dentro de las iniciativas empresariales sobre las cuales destacó Shay se encuentra un aserradero que instaló en Haring Township, Michigan, en el año 1873.
El primer método que se empleó para el acarreo de los troncos desde los bosques fue mediante trineos que se deslizaban sobre caminos en la nieve. Con este rudimentario método de transporte sólo un 17% del costo real representaba el de la propia madera, mientras que un abultado 73% correspondía al transporte de la misma.
El invierno de la temporada 1874-1875 fue débil en nevadas, lo que conllevó dificultades para operar los trineos madereros, a partir de lo cual Shay dispuso la construcción de un “madero-carril”: una rústica vía compuesta de rieles de madera que empleó robustos caballos como fuerza motora.
Siempre en búsqueda de la optimización del costo del transporte de la madera en 1876 Shay construyó una rudimentaria locomotora a vapor convencional para efectuar pruebas, sobre la que se efectuaron múltiples ajustes y experimentos hasta que en agosto del año 1877 dio con una locomotora capaz de proporcionar en forma uniforme y al mismo tiempo la potencia de tracción en todas sus ruedas mediante un sistema de cigüeñal con engranajes. Con este revolucionario concepto de locomotora Shay logró una baja considerable en el costo del transporte de madera.
La difusión y comercialización masiva de las locomotoras Shay llegó a partir de 1878 cuando Lima Machine Works de Ohio se hizo cargo de la producción industrial del nuevo modelo de locomotora y a partir de finales de la década de 1890, son requeridas desde múltiples partes a lo largo del mundo.
Arnoldo Ried quien tenía un alto cargo en el Ferrocarril de Caleta Coloso a Aguas Blancas escribe en los Anales del Instituto de Ingenieros de Chile en 1903: "En Ia locomotora «Shay» se han suprimido los cilindros horizontales que por medio de las bielas obran sobre las ruedas motrices. Aquí tenemos cilindros verticales que traspasan la fuerza a las ruedas por medio de un eje horizontal i una combinación de ruedas dentadas. La locomotora descansa según su tamaño, sobre dos hasta cuatro bogies de movimiento central independiente uno de otro. El marco de la locomotora está unido en una sola pieza con el del ténder, de modo que aquí se aprovecha el peso total de Ia locomotora con ténder para la adhesión. Este peso de locomotora i ténder es pues utilizable en su totalidad i se distribuye sobre el largo total de la máquina con ténder, repartido en 8 hasta 16 ruedas, obteniendo así la ventaja de poderse adoptar rieles mas livianos, que al usar locomotoras de tipo común"
En 1909 la Braden Copper Company supo de los beneficios de las locomotoras Shay para ferrocarriles de montaña sobre los que se requería movilizar trenes pesados por fuertes pendientes y adquiere a partir de ese año locomotoras Shay para su ferrocarril trocha 762mm entre Rancagua y Sewell.
La N°14 del Ferrocarril fue construida en el año 1916 y operó con regularidad desde ese año y hasta la década de 1940. Era del tipo de locomotoras Shay “Clase C” de 3 cilindros y 3 bogíes. Fue capaz de arrastrar 300 toneladas de carga entre Rancagua y Coya y 150 toneladas en el difícil y escarpado tramo entre Coya y Sewell. Empleaba petróleo como combustible para la generación del vapor, teniendo una capacidad de 1600 galones y 2000 galones de agua. En 1953 dejó de prestar funciones regulares siendo desplazada por las nuevas locomotoras diésel-eléctricas.
Realizando remembranzas de un pasado agitado, la vieja locomotora N°14, descansa, piensa y recuerda silenciosa, y nostálgica sobre aquellos magnánimos y venturosos viajes entre Rancagua y el mineral del Teniente.
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That vintage car staged as a photo prop definitely attracted a crowd to the famous old house in Rock Spring, as the 4501 pulls a Saturday excursion south to Summerville. Given the staged car, didn't feel bad making a couple of fiber-optic markers disappear in Lightroom for this one so full disclosure.
Moray Place location for filming of TV drama ‘Belgravia’ (written by Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes)
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Once upon a time, during the period some like to call “the Dark Ages”, while historians rather name it “early Middle Ages”, a monk named Philibert, who had come from the Burgundy town of Tournus to preach in southern Brittany and Vendée, founded a monastery on an island just off the French Atlantic seaboard, not far from the estuary of River Loire. The year was 674 and the island came to be known as Noirmoutier, meaning “Black Monastery”, from the color of the robes the monks wore.
Philibert passed away in 684 and the monks kept on living on the island until, from around Year 800, Viking raids on coastal areas made it untenable to remain —indeed, not everywhere was there peace in the kingdom of freshly crowned Emperor Charlemagne... Shortly after the foundation of the abbey 150 years before, land had been given to the monks by a local lord in an inland place called Déas, and there the monks began construction of a new and large abbey church in 815. In 836, they placed within the new church the sarcophagus containing the remains of Philibert, who had in the meantime been canonized.
Alas! peace in those times was a fragile thing, and soon more and more daring Viking raids forced the monks to flee again in 847, first to the abbey of Cunault on the banks of the Loire, and finally to that of Tournus in Burgundy, their founder’s home town, where at last they found solace and shelter. They had brought with them the bones of Saint Philibert but left the heavy sarcophagus in the deserted abbey church of Déas, and there the bones were transported back again when a group of monks returned in the early 900s, after the signature of the treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 911, which bestowed Normandy upon the Vikings, giving them a place to settle and bringing their raiding and pillaging activities to an end.
The monastic life in Déas, which had become a priory of Tournus, began again. In the early 1100s, the place was renamed Saint-Philbert- [without the first “i”] de-Grand-Lieu.
The abbey church went through the Wars of Religion and the French Revolution without too much damage, then was used as a place to store hay, and even as chicken market in the 19th century. Its walls were then lowered as their top part had been too damaged. It was finally listed as a Historic Landmark in 1896 and restoration began.
The church as we see it today is mostly Carolingian, and is famous among Mediævalists for its square pillars that look like no other and are instantly recognizable.
The back of the church, seen from the southeast. From this angle, because of the ugly wart of the vestry, one has absolutely no view of the apse.
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GION CORNER is a place in Kyoto where you can enjoy and see Kyomai Dance performed by Maiko dancers and other traditional japanese performing arts.
KYO-MAI DANCE
A variation of the Mai style of Japanese dance is the Kyomai or Kyoto Style Dance. Kyomai developed in the 17th century Tokugawa cultural period. It is heavily influenced by the elegance and sophistication of the manners often associated with the Imperial Court in Kyoto.
Tintagel Castle (Cornish: Dintagel, meaning "fort of the constriction") is a medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island, adjacent to the village of Tintagel in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. The site was possibly occupied in the Romano-British period, as an array of artefacts dating to this period have been found on the peninsula, but as yet no Roman era structure has been proven to have existed there. It subsequently saw settlement during the Early Medieval period, when it was probably one of the seasonal residences of the regional king of Dumnonia. A castle was built on the site by Richard, Earl of Cornwall in the 13th century, during the Later Medieval period, after Cornwall had been subsumed into the kingdom of England. It later fell into disrepair and ruin. Archaeological investigation into the site began in the 19th century as it became a tourist attraction, with visitors coming to see the ruins of Richard's castle. In the 1930s, excavations revealed significant traces of a much earlier high status settlement, which had trading links with the Mediterranean during the Late Roman period.
A Meiji period woodblock print calendar for the Month of June 1908 showing a geiko (geisha) dressed in the Genroku style, a fashion craze which was at the height of its popularity between 1905 and 1908. She is followed by an attendant who is carrying what appears to be a biwa (short-necked lute) wrapped in a furoshiki (wrapping cloth) and a teppō-chōchin (cylindrical lantern) in one hand. While they each hold a bangasa (sturdy paper umbrella) to protect them from the rain and both wear taka-ashida geta (wet weather sandals). The geiko elegantly lifts the hem of her kosode (small-sleeved kimono) to protect the expensive silk brocade.
Elephantine Island's southern end comprises the site of ancient Abu. Its name meant both 'elephant' and 'ivory' in ancient Egyptian, a reminder of the important role the island once played in the ivory trade. The island's Nubian villages of Siou and Koti make a surprising counterpoint to the bustle of the city across the water.
The island lies opposite central Aswan, just north of the First Cataract. A recent building boom has changed its nature, but it remains calm and essentially rural.
At the beginning of the 1st dynasty (about 3000 BC) a fortress was built on the island to establish Egypt’s southern frontier. Abu soon became an important customs point and trading centre. It remained strategically significant throughout the Pharaonic period as a departure point for the military and commercial expeditions into Nubia and the south. During the 6th dynasty (2345–2181 BC) Abu gained its strength as a political and economic centre and, despite occasional ups and downs, the island retained its importance until the Graeco-Roman period.
As well as being a thriving settlement, Elephantine Island was the main cult centre of the ram-headed god Khnum (at first the god of the inundation, and from the 18th dynasty worshipped as the creator of humankind on his potter’s wheel), Satet (Khnum’s wife, and guardian of the southern frontier) and their daughter Anket. Each year the rushing of the waters of the flood were first heard here on Elephantine Island. Over time religious complexes took over more and more of the island, so residential areas moved either further north on the island or to the east bank. The temple town of Abu received its coup de grâce in the 4th century AD, when Christianity was established as the imperial Roman religion. From then on, worship of the ancient gods was gradually abandoned and defensive fortifications were moved to the east bank, today’s city of Aswan.
Siou and Koti villages lie between the ruins in the south and the Mövenpick Resort, which fills the northern end of the island. A north–south path crosses the middle of the island and links the two villages. Close to the wall separating the Mövenpick Resort from Siou village, facing Kitchener’s Island, is Baaba Dool, a gorgeous painted Nubian house, where the owner Mustapha serves tea, sells Nubian handicrafts and can arrange live music and dancing performed by local women. The roof terrace is the perfect place to watch the sunset on the west bank, with a multitude of birds flying around the island opposite. Also in the villages is Animalia, a charming Nubian museum.
Western women should be respectful of local tradition and wear modest clothes. More and more visitors prefer to enjoy the traditional set-up of the villages, and rent flats or houses here for a few days.
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR RE-EANACTORS WEARING CROMWELL PERIOD COSTUME MOUNTED ON HORSE'S RIDING THROUGH THE GUN SMOKE AT A HISTORIC EVENT IN AN EAST LONDON BOROUGH SUBURB STREET PARK VENUE EVENT ENGLAND DSCN1089
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Like a score for a piece of music, you live with it and revisit it over a long period of time, decades if possible, with re-interpretations, each one adapted to reveal a different facet, or in this design, a different feeling for luxury, history.
Adolf Loos' denial of ornament is a perfect design aesthetic for the Cabinet War Rooms. His design for the Khuner Villa of 1930 is adapted for the hallway and bedroom office of Churchill. Precisely scaled built-in furniture and elegant craftsmanship with local inexpensive materials provide functional luxury for this historical structure. Staff rooms down the corridor have less detail and privacy screens to accommodate for Churchill's dressing area.
References to Churchill's habit of formal dress for festive occasions and Chartwell are highlighted without changing the historical function of this bunker.
Unravel Japanese book cover, homemade notebook paper insert
Design, concepts, text and drawing are copyright 2014 by David Lo.
Aquest espléndid vehicle de Period Coaches és un AEC Reliance amb carrosseria Harrington Wayfarer. Va entrar en servei l'any 1955 a Nichols Coaches de Southend, per passar l'any 1973 a Harris (Grays). Finalment va ser venut a Mulleys Motorways of Ixworth i es retirat l'any 1976. A la fotografia el veiem amb la lliurea de l'empresa que el tenia preservat l'any 2008.
HDR process of three RAW files:
f/10 1/100s ISO-100 @ 18mm
1/250s
1/500s
I attempt to process this HDR as naturally as possible. This HDR is processed in Photomatix Pro 3.
After a long period of snow and freezing cold wheater and a short period of rain the spring is showing it's face. Some stormclouds make the sky an awesome sight with the sunset.
"King's College Chapel is the chapel at King's College in the University of Cambridge. It is considered one of the finest examples of late Perpendicular Gothic English architecture. The chapel was built in phases by a succession of kings of England from 1446 to 1515, a period which spanned the Wars of the Roses. The chapel's large stained glass windows were not completed until 1531, and its early Renaissance rood screen was erected in 1532–36. The chapel is an active house of worship, and home of the King's College Choir. The chapel is a significant tourist site and a commonly used symbol of the city of Cambridge.
Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, its population was 123,867 including 24,506 students. Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages, and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the Bronze Age. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951.
The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209. The buildings of the university include King's College Chapel, Cavendish Laboratory, and the Cambridge University Library, one of the largest legal deposit libraries in the world. The city's skyline is dominated by several college buildings, along with the spire of the Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church, and the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital. Anglia Ruskin University, which evolved from the Cambridge School of Art and the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, also has its main campus in the city.
Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology Silicon Fen with industries such as software and bioscience and many start-up companies born out of the university. Over 40 per cent of the workforce have a higher education qualification, more than twice the national average. The Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of the largest biomedical research clusters in the world, is soon to house premises of AstraZeneca, a hotel, and the relocated Papworth Hospital.
The first game of association football took place at Parker's Piece. The Strawberry Fair music and arts festival and Midsummer Fair are held on Midsummer Common, and the annual Cambridge Beer Festival takes place on Jesus Green. The city is adjacent to the M11 and A14 roads. Cambridge station is less than an hour from London King's Cross railway station." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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This is a photo of a kirin, a mythological beast that kind of looks like a cross between a horse and a Chinese dragon. It is a symbol of good luck and prosperity. May you all have a very good and prosperous 2014!
This kirin is painted on an imari style porcelain plate we have that dates back to the early 1700s. One of the treasures in our imari collection.