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Joy – – pouches instead of using the boxes to reduce the cost of travel and to maintain the value for money with a new packaging style Friday, Micromax has launched a new line of feature phones. Joy series, two new handsets priced at Rs X1800 and X1850, has been launched with Rs. 699...
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Earth Day is everyday!
I needed to clear my head so I set off into the hills for a sunset photowalk...as I returned home the sun was setting in the west with the moon rising behind me in the east...
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It did nothing to reduce her discomfort to discover that the passengers in the little paper box were fuzzy and squishy. She was suspicious that they were disguised. What is more, RattyD had become very enamoured of the new guests.
"I especially like this tiny one here. Maybe he could assist me with my tasks?" RattyD said.
"And what tasks would those be, RattyD, hmmm?" asked Little Red Ella.
"Oh... nevermind, forget I said anything," answered RattyD, with his typically unsettling grin.
Weston Bike Nights 13 August 2015
This weekly Thursday meet during the summer is based at the sea front in the sea side resort of Weston Super Mare, North Somerset, UK.
It is organised by the Riders Branch of the British legion, all bike donate £1 to enter and all proceeds go the charity The Poppy Appeal.
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The Riders Branch of the Royal British Legion
Membership open to all who have a love of motorcycling and are in agreement with the aims of the British Legion
Weston Bike Night Website
Al Qabil village at the edge of Wahiba sands, Oman. We had a short stop here to reduce the air pressure in the tires (for the sand dune driving).
Electronics Recycling Process- We are accepting all recycling computers, electronics firms and electronics equipments in Chantilly, VA. Forever Green Recycling promises to never use landfills for the disposal of electronics
for more information visit this site.-http://www.forevergreenrecycle.com/services
This is my first attempt at processing data from the DWARF 3 smart telescope using Siril. It’s not a perfectly clean picture, but I’m learning and improving with every session.
I used EQ-mode and a Duo-band filter to help with the heavy light pollution (Bortle 9.5). The filter definitely improved the overall data, but I need to spend more time collecting light for a stronger result. With more careful polar alignment, I can also reduce the number of rejected frames (I think...).
Acquisition Details:
Location: Bortle 9.5 (Dallas, Texas)
Telescope: DWARF 3 (EQ-mode)
Filter: Duo-band (light pollution reduction)
Light Frames: 298 (135 rejected)
Exposure: 60s each
Gain: 60
Usable Data: ~2h 45m
Total Time Spent Gathering: ~5 hours
Calibration:
Dark Frames: 22 (60s, gain 60)
Processing Tools:
Siril: stacking, calibration & stretching
GraXpert: noise reduction
Adobe Photoshop: finishing touches
In 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a goal to reduce U.S. food loss and waste by 50 percent by 2030. Efforts are underway to realize this ambition. Overseas, the United Kingdom has emerged as a global leader in reducing food waste. In a period of just five years, the UK reduced food waste in households by 21 percent.
What lessons can be learned and shared between these longtime allies?
Ahead of World Food Day, Liz Goodwin - one of the driving forces behind the UK’s work to reduce food waste - discussed what worked in the United Kingdom. Elise Golan, Director for Sustainable Development at the USDA, and Cheryl Coleman, Director of the Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division of the U.S. EPA, shared U.S. experiences. Together, they discussed what lies ahead.
Canyonlike streets lead south from Plaza de la Corredera to the Balcón de Zabaleta. This little mirador has stunning views over the southern part of town and up to the Castillo de la Yedra and mountains beyond.
The Castle
The Yedra Castle is an ancient defensive enclave located in the Spanish municipality of Cazorla. It is located at the foot of the Salvatierra hill, on the Cerezuelo River, in the province of Jaén Andalusia, Spain. It is a construction that dates back to the Berber period, although it was finished as we know it today by the Castilians. From its enclave, at 831 meters above sea level, the city of Cazorla and its surroundings can be seen.
In its architecture, several Muslim features can be observed, although over the centuries the Christians finished giving it its definitive form, so the Gothic style predominates.
Located at 850 meters above sea level, south of the municipality and the Cazorla River, this Castle, called Yedra or Las Cuatro Esquinas, is well preserved, and three successive areas can be distinguished in it; The citadel, the enclosure and the courtyard.
Structures
The citadel occupies the most prominent place. It includes the keep and the small courtyard that surrounds it. This small enclosure is in keeping with the shape that supports it. It is accessed through a tortuous and curved passage, almost a postern that would also serve to facilitate the watering of the neighbouring fountain.
The intermediate enclosure is embedded in the courtyard. This is easily divisible in turn into two independent courtyards. The entrance to the enclosure that leads to the citadel is especially tortuous, narrow and twisted, with a ramp and flights of stairs. The walls of the citadel are of regular masonry. The walls of the enclosure are in some sectors of stone and rubble and in others of adobe wall. The courtyard is partially destroyed. The remains of its walls show that they are of adobe wall to which some ashlar towers were added in later times.
The most notable feature of the castle is its keep, which houses a cistern in the lower area and three superimposed rooms. The building has a square floor plan with dimensions of thirteen metres and forty centimetres on each side at the base, which is reduced to thirteen metres at the upper parapet. On the south-east side the tower reaches a height of thirty metres and fifty centimetres. On the ground floor the walls are four metres thick.
Another interesting feature is the gate to the castle grounds, which opens onto the albacara. It is made of masonry framed with ashlars and brick repairs. The entrance is a pointed horseshoe arch covered by a semicircular relieving arch on which the coat of arms of Sandoval y Rojas, archbishop, and a date: 1606, appear.
History
The Castle of Yedra has caused some confusion in the questions of its dating. Three construction stages can be distinguished.
First: Muslim (Andalusian), probably from the 11th or 12th century. A rubble enclosure that housed the small population of the place within the walls and would correspond to what is known as the albacara.
Second: correspondng to the strengthening works undertaken by the Christian conquerors in the second half of the 12th century.
Third. During the pontificate of Don Pedro Tenorio, between 1357 and 1399 the layout of the castle was radically altered. In the upper part he arranged the small citadel with the keep. Other reinforcements would be the ashlar towers adapted to the albacara.
It is also worth noting that ceramic elements appear in the place that show an occupation from the Roman period, of which there are no visible structures, although there are ceramic elements.
The reference to the year 1606 that appears on the door of the Castle enclosure that opens onto the albacara, must correspond to the date of the realization of certain repairs in the fortress.
The Yedra Castle was acquired by virtue of Decree 1427/72 of May 10 (BOE. No. 136 of June 7, 1972) by which the works and services to be carried out were declared to be of public utility. To achieve this purpose, the acquisition by expropriation of said castle was authorized, which at that time was property of the "MarÃn GarcÃa" Foundation of the Mercedarian Sisters of Charity.
Later and by Decree 337/73 of December 23 (B.O.E. No. 21 of January 25, 1973), the "Alto Guadalquivir" Museum of Arts and Customs was created in Cazorla. It consists of two very different parts: History Section and Arts and Customs Section.