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2017 Ram with stainless Ram Vertical Gatorback flaps. Truck courtesy of Hendry's Chrysler in Nokomis.
One of the grandest and most rewarding monuments of the ancient world, the Temple of Amun at Karnak simply cannot fail to impress with its grandeur. It is a vast complex of buildings over three main precincts, the greatest of which is that of Amun with the enormous great temple at its heart. This is the main draw for all visitors to Karnak, with its avenue of sphinxes, huge courtyards and incomparable pillared hypostyle hall. It is not only one of Egypt's most important monuments but simply one of the greatest ancient sites anywhere.
The great temple of Amun dominates the complex and is the work of successive dynasties throughout the New Kingdom, at which point the local god Amun had been established as the state god of Egypt (his name means 'the hidden one', as he only rose to prominence relatively late in Egyptian history, largely connected to the rising importance of Thebes as the centre of power, thus its local god rose with it). Some of the earliest parts at the east end date to the reign of Thutmoses I with successive sections added by other 18th & 19th Dynasty rulers, with great obelisks erected by Hatshepsut and much of the Hypostyle Hall and pylons built under Seti I and his son Ramesses II. The first courtyard and the main pylon were the latest additions to the temple under the reign of Nectanebo I and were never fully finished.
The temple is approached through and avenue of large ram-headed sphinxes, each protecting a small pharoah figure between their paws, representing the god Amun (whose sacred animal was the ram) protecting the king. These statues are usually identified as dating to the reign of Ramesses II, but it is possible they may date further back to Amenophis III. Originally this avenue stretched all the way through what is now the first courtyard to the 2nd pylon and hypostyle hall, but after construction of the 1st pylon and courtyard those beyond the new facade were stored in rows either side of the new courtyard beyond the entrance pylon.
The main facade is formed by the towering 1st pylon built under Nectanebo I and never finished, the stonework is still rough-hewn and lacking in decoration and the northern tower remains somewhat shorter than its southern neighbour. The southerrn tower has at its rear the remains of a mud-brick ramp used during construction. The courtyard beyond is vast and dotted with pillars and statues from various earlier stages in the growth of Karnak, including a towering column from a pavilion built by Nubian Pharoah Taharqa, two colossi of Ramesses II (one usurped later by Pinedjem) and more of the ram-sphinxes that once lined the approach.
Beyond the courtyard is the more ruinous 2nd pylon which leads to the most famous part of the Karnak Temple complex, the incredible Hypostyle Hall, sometimes called the 'Hall of a Hundred Columns' owing to the great multitude of thick, round columns in every direction, like a forest of enormous tree-trunks in stone. There are 134 columns in all in 16 rows, the central axis columns being taller with palm-capitals, whilst the rows either side of this carried a clerestorey of stone-latticed windows, many of which survive (originally these would have been the main light source when the hall had its roof). The decoration on the columns and side walls dates mostly to the reign of Ramesses II and is in sunken relief, but some earlier work from Seti I's reign in raised-relief can be seen on the north side.
Continuing along the main eastern axis the great temple becomes more ruinous and harder to follow, but several major features stand out such as the obelisk of Hatshepsut and the much later barque shrine, whilst some distance beyond the festival hall of Thutmosis III, a pillared structure that represents the most substantial remaining part of the eastern sections of the temple and retains some coloured decoration inside.
In addition to the main eastern axis of the temple there is the southern axis that is formed of four courtyards and further pylon towers and gates which extend towards the precinct of Amun's consort Mut (a much more ruined site reached by equally ruined sphinx avenues to the south, one of which also connects with that leading to Luxor Temple a mile or so further on).. These sections of the complex are mostly closed to visitors at present with stabilisation works ongoing.
There are further smaller temples and areas of great interest around the huge Karnak site, which we have visited on a previous trip (we once spent an entire day here in the pre-digital 1990s), but sadly time was limited on this occasion to focusing on the major sections of the great temple itself, so we hope to return to spend longer here another time.
The wires on the left are for system RAM. These are the trickiest wires on the board- they are soldered to individual traces, most of which are only accessible in the narrow gap between the CPU and RAM chips.
The wires on the right are for the NAND flash's MMC bus. I can use them to read, write, and trace flash memory.
Bighorn males, called rams, are famous for their large, curled horns. These impressive growths are a symbol of status and a weapon used in epic battles across the Rocky Mountains. Fighting for dominance or mating rights, males face each other, rear up on their hind legs, and hurl themselves at each other in charges of some 20 miles (32 kilometers) an hour. The resounding clash of horns can be heard echoing through the mountains as the confrontation is repeated—sometimes for many hours—until one ram submits and walks away. The animal's thick, bony skull usually prevents serious injury.
"Yo, Rock & Roll, how's work going on the RAM?"
"Righteous, Stalker. I corralled a few more ponies, need to reload the cannon, then we're ready for another strike on Cobra!"
G.I. Joe Day is officially sanctioned by Hasbro on February 1st, but some sources purport that the world's first Action Figure was released to market on Feb. 2, 1964. The 3 3/4" versions don't have swappable uniforms like the 12" originals, but a recent release by the Black Major offers a nice alternate look for Rock & Roll that reminds me of his preproduction design from the 1997 Stars and Stripes set. And lacking a wicked garage setup like DreadnokDread, I had to pull out one of the old JoeDios backdrops!
This straight-necked, extended-face, wide-eyed posture is used by dominant bighorn rams to corral their ewes and to threaten interlopers during rut. The rut (breeding season) is long since over in this part of the Rockies, and this winter herd is all rams, so I'm not sure what this dude was thinking. The other sheep pretty much just ignored him and he got over his snit momentarily.
2017 Ram with universal black offset brackets and Gatorback flaps with Gunmetal plates. The truck has 12" flaps on the front and 14" on the rear. Truck courtesy of Raven Truck Accessories Edmonton North.
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RE2012-0007-027.
16 February 2012.
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories .
Arctic Ram 2012.
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Soldiers from Charlie Company (C-Coy) from the 1st Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (1PPCLI), on the Platoon Level Attack during Ex Arctic Ram Level 3 Range at Russell Lake..
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From February 14 to 26th , Exercise ARCTIC RAM will re-familiarize soldiers with Northern operations and provide a greater awareness of the demands of the Arctic and how to effectively operate within the environment. .
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ARCTIC RAM 12 is the biggest and most complex Army-led exercise ever undertaken in the Canadian Arctic. Approximately 1500 soldiers, predominantly from Edmonton, Alberta (AB), Winnipeg, Manitoba (MB) and Shilo, MB, will be conducting training in the Yellowknife to Gameti corridor..
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Photo Credit: Cpl Lindsay Grimster CFJIC Photographer.
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RE2012-0007-027
16 Février 2012.
Yellowknife, Territoires du Nord-Ouest .
Arctic Ram 2012.
Du 14 au 26 février 2012, l'exercice ARCTIC RAM refamiliarisera les soldats aux opérations nordiques et les préparera à être plus alerte et efficace opérationnellement dans un climat de type arctique.
ARCTIC RAM est le plus gros et le plus complexe exercice jamais conduit par l'Armée dans l'Arctique Canadien. Environ 1500 soldats, principalement d'Edmonton, Alberta (AB), Winnipeg, Manitoba (MB) et Shilo (MB), prendront part à l'exercice. L'entraînement se déroulera dans la région de Yellowknife et s'étendra jusqu'au corridor Gameti.
Crédit Photographique: Cpl Lindsay Grimster Photographe pour CFJIC
Battering Rams - 4
These two were butting heads, full-force every 5 min for over an hour. Incredible to see!
Regional Petrolândia
Foto: Adelcio Ramos/PMC
Gestores da Prefeitura seguem percorrendo os equipamentos de saúde da cidade. Na manhã desta quarta-feira (4/1), foi a vez das unidades Básica de Saúde – UBS Campo Alto e de Pronto Atendimento – UPA Petrolândia receberem a visita.
A UBS Campo Alto é uma unidade importante para a população do Distrito Sanitário Petrolândia, que abrange cerca de 12 mil usuários, e conta com duas equipes completas.
Em conversa com os usuários que estavam na unidade, a prefeita Marília Campos notou que a avaliação da população em relação ao atendimento da unidade é favorável. “Nós temos uma população que avalia muito positivamente o atendimento que é dado pela unidade. Inclusive, a nossa enfermeira Rose, deu um depoimento muito importante de que essa unidade tem uma resolutividade muito alta, e que poucos pacientes são encaminhados para o sistema de urgência e emergência. Fiquei muito satisfeita.”, destacou.
A paciente Helena Dalva Silva, que aguardava atendimento, contou que o acolhimento dos profissionais da unidade é muito bom, e que toda vez que ela necessita de consulta, ela é bem atendida. "Eu gosto muito das meninas. A médica é muito boa e educada. Então toda vez que a gente vem aqui, somos atendidos”.
Helena ainda ressaltou que percebeu melhora no atendimento do Centro de Atenção Especializada Iria Diniz. “As consultas com especialistas no Iria Diniz melhoraram muito. Não está demorando igual demorava. Eu mesma no ano passado consegui ortopedista e oftalmologista. Agora saiu para mim a limpeza na lente, porque eu fiz cirurgia de catarata. Então o atendimento deu uma melhorada boa aqui em Contagem”.
Ao longo da conversa com a prefeita, a gerente da unidade, Luciana Tamirão, falou sobre a imunização na UBS. Conforme explicou, cerca de cem pessoas são imunizadas diariamente na sala de vacina da unidade. Entretanto, a recepção para vacinação e para consultas são juntas, o que faz com que os públicos fiquem juntos.
Portanto, Marília Campos afirmou que estudará a possibilidade de ampliação da sala de vacina. “Aqui é referência de vacinação. Então é uma ampliação pequena que terá um efeito muito grande no atendimento. Vamos estudar e planejar”, pontuou.
Conforme explicou a superintendente de Atenção Básica, Renata Felissimo, um dos desafios enfrentados para melhorar ainda mais a assistência é a territorialização, que já está em processo para ser implantado. “A gente precisa redimensionar um pouco as equipes. Além disso, a questão do acesso, o tráfego viário, é algo que precisa de um trabalho conjunto para dar um acesso mais fácil à população que está vinculada a determinada unidade”.
A prefeita destacou que há muitas coisas para serem feitas, mas que a gestão está se empenhando, cada vez mais, para entregar uma saúde de qualidade para população.“Nós estamos dando as informações para população, melhorando os salários dos servidores, estamos informatizando todo o nosso sistema de saúde, para que a gente promova integração das unidades com a urgência e com a especializada. O papel às vezes fica na gaveta, quando a coisa está no sistema, integra mais, a informação melhora, e possivelmente o atendimento também”, frisou Marília Campos.
UPA Petrolândia
Os gestores também visitaram a Unidade de Pronto Atendimento – UPA Petrolândia, que atende cinco mil pacientes por mês, com cerca de 150 internações mensais.
Segundo o administrador da UPA, Vinícius Pimenta, a equipe da unidade está completa, e atende cerca de 150 pacientes em 24h. Ainda de acordo com ele, o problema do equipamento é a estrutura. “O atendimento é essencialmente clínico, com equipe completa. Não tem faltado nada. A questão é estrutura”.
Conforme explicou a prefeita, a UPA é muito importante, porque vários bairros são referenciados nela. Segundo Marília, "a visita foi boa não só para anunciar várias questões, em especial a nova UPA que vamos construir aqui na região do Petrolândia e a reforma desta unidade que vai iniciar agora no dia 10 de janeiro, que vai acabar com os transtornos daqui”.
Mas de acordo com ela, ao longo da visita, foi possível perceber alguns avanços e melhorias no equipamento desde a sua última visita no equipamento. “Eu estou vendo coisa que já mudou aqui, as cadeiras para os acompanhantes, as camas para os pacientes, a rouparia, a comida também melhorou. Fora isso, também tivemos a valorização dos trabalhadores efetivos, e do pessoal que fez o processo seletivo para a SSA, que é o Serviço Social Autônomo, que faz a gestão do complexo hospitalar e das UPAs”.
O vice-prefeito Ricardo Faria ressaltou que as visitas são importantes para conhecer de perto as demandas da população e dos servidores. “Estar aqui reforça a presença da prefeitura no território, e isso é fundamental”.
No fim, a prefeita Marília Campos, afirmou que o desafio é grande, mas que o compromisso da gestão é melhorar cada vez mais o acesso das pessoas ao sistema de saúde, como melhorar a qualidade do atendimento. “É claro que saúde é uma responsabilidade compartilhada. No caso do município, estamos investindo 30% da nossa receita, hoje o investimento na saúde é de R$ 800 milhões, na atenção básica, especializada, urgência e emergência. A nossa expectativa é que a gente tenha mais recursos dos governos do Estado e Federal. Podem contar com a nossa luta e com o nosso trabalho para prestar um bom atendimento na saúde”.
Two rams tangle their horns in some mock sparring in preparation for the real show a few months away.
2017 Ram with Black Wrap Ram Vertical logo Gatorback Flap. Truck courtesy of Bridge City Chrysler in Lethbridge.
The ram yantra can measure the local coordinates of altitude and azimuth of a celestial object.
Here it is…my last big vacation of 2015. It also happened to be the longest of the year. I’ve actually put off editing these pictures (until this week – mid-January 2016). I’ve been putting this off because, honestly, I have very mixed emotions about the trip.
I have absolutely nothing but good things to say about India and all the Indians I met there – better things yet to say about Indian cuisine. However, I didn’t travel alone, and that caused quite a bit of headaches. So, I’ve been lazier than usual about going through these. However, in looking at them, I’m starting to dwell only on the good side, and hopefully will show that here. (I won’t mention anything else about what or why I didn’t enjoy the trip. Honestly, I hope to go back to India again sometime. It’s the 7th largest country in the world and has a lot to see…)
This particular trip was 13 days…and very localized. We only visited two states: Rajasthan (RJ) and Uttar Pradesh (UP). Also Delhi, though I didn’t go out in Delhi and don’t have a single picture to show for it. In those two weeks, we took the following tour, in this order: landed in Delhi (at 3:00 a.m.) on September 26. At 7:30 a.m., we were on a bus to our first destination: Rajasthan.
The first week we spent in Rajasthan visiting each of these cities for approximately two days: Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, and Udaipur. (I found myself thinking, “There sure are a lot of ‘purs’ here…just like there are a of ‘zhous’ in China – Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, Zhouzhou. ‘Pur,’ like ‘zhou,’ apparently means “town.”) Rajasthan is hot. Damn hot. Even in late September the daytime temperatures seemed to soar close to 40 degrees. At least 35, for certain… Rajasthan has a lot of desert terrain and many castles. Quite a few old palaces are out in Rajasthan, so it can tend to have a bit of a romantic feel to it.
After finishing in Rajasthan, we went over to Uttar Pradesh for literally one afternoon seeing the Taj Mahal in Agra, before shuffling off to the holy city of Varanasi (one of Hinduism’s most famous – if not the most famous – cities). From Varanasi, we took an 18 hour train ride (during which I apparently ate something so nasty that it stayed with me…for close to three months). Note to readers: Try to avoid eating on Indian trains. After another two days in Delhi, we flew back around 4:00 in the morning on October 9. For now…back to the beginning in Jaipur.
Jaipur is famously called the Pink City. A lot of the old town architecture is pink, so…well, you get the idea. It’s named for its founder, Jai Singh II (1688-1744), a great warrior-astronomer who assumed power at age 11 upon his father’s death.
The following is from Lonely Planet India: “Jai Singh could trace his lineage back to the Rajput clan of Kachhawas, who consolidated their power in the 12th century.” Their capital was at Amber (which is pronounced ahm-AIR…not AM-burr) about 10 kilometers northeast of town. This is northern India’s first planned city, if LP is being honest with me.
All I hope you get out of that is that this is an area with close to a millennium of “important” history to India, but the city of Jaipur as we see it now is only about 300-400 years old. Jaipur currently has a population of about three million. There’s an Old City (Pink City) which is where most of the tourists head – including yours truly – a new city, and….that’s about it. For my purposes (and in an attempt at brevity), I’ll say we went to the Central Museum (Albert Hall) south of the Old City. We also visited Hawa Mahal, Tripolia Bazaar (and Gate), and Jantar Mantar in the Old City. Other than that, we went to Amber Fort for a few hours.
Things started innocuously enough. We had left Delhi at 7:30 in the morning and gotten to Jaipur about 5 hours later. We had one stop on the bus for breakfast. I don’t recall what I ate…some type of curry, of course, but I don’t recall which. It may have just been mutter paneer. It was, however, delicious, and I didn’t feel hungry at all again until dinner.
The bus. Bus transportation in India, by the way, is rather interesting. Sometimes they are private buses (the small kind that only hold 8-12 people), sometimes sleeper buses, sometimes regular coaches…but the regular coaches didn’t seem too common. There doesn’t seem to be any uniformity in India about this.
Anyway, the bus dropped us off right next to Amber Fort. Since this was one of the small 8-12 person jobs, it could pretty much stop and go where it pleased, it seems, and this one didn’t actually take us to Jaipur.
As soon as we got off the bus here, we hired a tuk tuk (san lun che, for you Chinese readers) that took us down to the Old City. There, we switched to another one that took us the 2-3 kilometers west of the Old City to the more quiet and residential Bani Park where our hotel (the Hotel Anuraag Villa, which turned out to be about the nicest one we stayed in) was located. The second tuk tuk driver is the one we hired to take us around that afternoon and the next day. For the first day, I paid 500 rupees (~50 RMB/$8) for 4-6 hours’ work. We checked in and he waited patiently as we ate lunch in the backyard of the hotel.
Our driver took us first to the Central Museum (Albert Hall) where we spent an hour or two in mid-afternoon. The museum itself isn’t too bad. It has standard fare: tribal dress, Buddhist sculptures, even an Egyptian mummy. The building itself, though, is worth seeing. Anyway, an hour here was more than enough time.
From there, we went to the Sun Temple (I think that’s what it’s called) where I enjoyed the late afternoon sun (and rather smoggy view, though not quite as smoggy as Chinese cities I’m accustomed to). After that, we ended up going to a rather nice restaurant that cost about 2500 rupees (250 RMB/$40) for two. I splurged. It was fantastic.
After a night of sleep that may or may not have transported me to an alternate universe (I sleep more deeply than most bears), I woke up ready to go the next morning. I hired the same tuk tuk driver to haul us around, and we went first to the Old City (Hawa Mahal, the Tripolia Bazaar, Jantar Mantar, and Amber Fort…plus another fort in the middle of the water whose name I’ve forgotten). Though the time was a little shorter than the previous day, I paid him 750 rupee, since he actually drove us around farther. That’s still just under $15, so I had no problem with that.
Hawa Mahal (Palace of the Winds) is the most recognizable architectural building in the Pink City (though it’s technically just outside the Old City). It’s a five story building that was built by Sawai Pratap Singh in 1799 to “enable ladies of the royal household to watch the life and processions of the city.” There are nice views of Jantar Mantar and the City Palace to the west and the Siredoori Bazaar directly across the street.
Jantar Mantar is an observatory that was built by Jai Singh in 1728. “Jantar mantar” is derived from the Sanskrit “yanta mantr,” which means “instrument of calculation.” There are some rather large, interesting, and certainly eclectic sculptures, all for measuring time among the heavens.
Amber Fort was the highlight of Jaipur for me. The Kachhawaha Rajputs ruled from here for over 800 years. This fort was built beginning in 1592 by Maharaja Man Singh using war booty. It’s a royal palace built from pale yellow and pink sandstone with various courtyards. If you walk up the hill, you will enter the fort through the Suraj Pol (Sun Gate) and find yourself in Jaleb Chowk (Main Square) where the armies presented to the king. Walking up the stairs from Jaleb Chowk will bring you to the second courtyard and Diwan-I-Am (Hall of Public Audience) with its double row of columns. The maharaja’s apartments are located around the third courtyard, which you enter through Ganesh Pol. On one side of the interior courtyard is the Jai Mandir (Hall of Victory) which has many mirrored tiles. On the opposite side of Jai Mandir, across Maota Lake (a very small decorative pond, really) is Sukh Niwas (Hall of Pleasure). The fourth courtyard has the zenana (women’s quarters), which were designed so the maharaja could make his nightly visits without the other women knowing about it. In all, the fort/palace and the views from the fort are wonderful. I won’t say “breathtaking” or “stunning,” but certainly worth the visit.
Once I bade farewell to the tuk tuk driver, we wandered around the Old City a little longer before heading over to the hotel for dinner and to see a puppet show (that was not free, but wasn’t advertised as costing anything; they basically try to shame you into “donating” when they’re done). After that, we headed to the train station for a midnight ride across the state on Indian Railways…the first of five train rides throughout these two weeks.
If anyone has seen Slumdog Millionaire, you saw Indian Railways in action…with people riding ON the cars, among other things. I didn’t see anything quite like that, but…the lowest class passenger cars were quite crowded. We were always in first- or second-class sleepers which, to me, didn’t differ too much from the style of sleeper cars in China, though they weren’t quite as nice. They were…very close to the same, at least from my experience.
So, goodbye Pink City and hello Golden City. Jaisalmer was a twelve hour ride due west from Jaipur, and we arrived sometime mid-morning. More to come…
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