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Bangor RFC V Dundalk RFC Irish Junior Cup Final 31st January 2015 ease out by John Mooney

Dundalk overwhelm Bangor in All Ireland Final

by Roger Corbett

Bangor’s amazing run in the All Ireland Junior Cup came to an abrupt end when they were comprehensively beaten by Dundalk, eventually losing by 55-5.

Where do you start when trying to relate and absorb the events of Saturday’s final at Chambers Park? Firstly, congratulations to worthy winners Dundalk who nullified the Bangor attack, then went on to produce some stunning plays which racked up no less than 8 tries, each by a different player. For Bangor’s part, they were unable to respond to the intensity of Dundalk’s game, and lacked the cutting edge which their opponents used to great effect.

The day started full of promise, as the strong support from North Down made their way to Chambers Park in Portadown, knowing Bangor would be fielding their best team. Once again, the pundits had Bangor as the underdogs – just as they had done so in the previous three rounds! In confounding the experts earlier, Bangor produced some awesome performances against top quality opposition to get to the final. Dundalk had produced some convincing wins in the early rounds of the competition, but had struggled to get past CIYMS in the semi-final, just managing to squeeze ahead at the second time of asking. However, with a number of key players returning to the side in time for this game, they were now back at full strength and would be a formidable force to contend with.

Having won the toss, captain Jamie Clegg elected to play into the stiff wind in the first half. For the first 5 minutes, Bangor doggedly retained possession and tried to play their way into Dundalk’s half through a series of determined forward moves. However, little ground was made and, when possession was finally lost, the Dundalk back line produced a burst that simply cut through the Bangor defence resulting in an easy touch down under Bangor’s posts for a 7-0 lead.

Bangor stuck to their plan and slowly, but patiently, got their attack moving forward, eventually winning a penalty to the left of Dundalk’s posts, but Mark Widdowson’s kick into the wind drifted just wide of the mark.

The contrast in play between the two teams was becoming clear, with Bangor trying to keep the ball close while Dundalk were throwing it wide. The latter strategy was proving to be the more effective as, with 20 minutes gone, a quick back line move with players looping around resulted in an overlap on the right wing which gave a clear run in to again, score under the posts. A further 9 minutes later, they did it again and, although the Bangor defence had sensed the danger and moved across to cover it, their tackling let them down allowing Dundalk to get over in the right hand corner, taking their lead to 19-0.

By now, Bangor were trying to hang on until half time when they could regroup and come out with the wind at their backs. Dundalk, on the other hand were anxious to press home their advantage and give them a more comfortable lead. To Bangor’s credit, although camped on their own line for lengthy spells, they dug in and managed to hold on until the referee’s half time whistle.

As the teams reappeared from the dressing rooms, it was obvious Bangor were ringing the changes, particularly in the backs. With the wind advantage having lessened considerably, Bangor got the second half underway. It was now Dundalk’s turn to adopt the slow, steady approach, just as Bangor had done earlier. However, their more confident off-loading and support play was, once again, taking play deep into Bangor’s territory. Frustration at not being able to gain possession and take play out of their danger area eventually resulted in a yellow card for Clegg after a succession of penalties. Dundalk kicked the penalty to touch, won their lineout and drove for the line. Although initially held up by the Bangor defence, Dundalk’s repeated drives were eventually rewarded with another converted score, extending their lead to 26-0.

From the touchline, the Bangor faithful had felt that if their players had managed to score first in the second half, they may have been able to mount a fight-back and close the gap to their opponents. As it was, this Dundalk score simply bolstered their confidence and pushed Bangor deeper into trouble. With Bangor still a man down, Dundalk added to the score with a penalty and then another score in the corner. Everything was now working for the Leinster men, as even the difficult touchline conversion into the biting wind successfully split the posts, bringing the score to 36-0.

As the game entered the final quarter, and with Dundalk all but holding the cup, Bangor were now on the ropes. By contrast, the Dundalk players were in almost total control, and were not going to slow down now. In a 10 minute spell, they ran in a further 3 tries, making the scoreline 55-0. By now, any sense of dejection the Bangor supporters may have been feeling was now moved to feelings of sympathy for their players. However, pride was at stake and once again Bangor rallied as the game entered its final minutes. At last, the forwards got within striking distance of the Dundalk line and, although their repeated attacks were repelled, they finally managed to do what their opponents had done so effectively, and quickly passed the ball wide to Davy Charles. Even though they were 55 points ahead, the Dundalk defence made Charles work hard to drive through the tackles and score Bangor’s consolation try, bringing the final score to 55-5.

From Bangor’s point of view, the final score doesn’t tell the whole story of this competition. While the final may have resulted in a sad anti-climax for Bangor, the remarkable journey to get there will be remembered for some time. On the day, Dundalk were by far the better side, and Bangor would have to concede that their game was not up to the usual standard. However, there is no doubt the experience of competing at this level is something to relish and the goal now will be to secure a top four place in the league and try again next year.

Everybody at the club has nothing but the highest respect and praise for what has been achieved this year by not just the 1sts, but all the senior teams, and one poor result isn’t going to change that – the welcome at Upritchard Park for the returning players is testament to that. With that in mind, the players now need to put this disappointment behind them and provide the best possible response against a struggling Portadown side at home in the league next Saturday.

Bangor side: J Leary, A Jackson, P Whyte, F Black, G Irvine, R Latimer, J Clegg, C Stewart, R Armstrong, K Rosson, D Charles, M Aspley, M Weir, M Widdowson, C Morgan

Subs: S Irvine, O McIlmurray, D Kelly, M Rodgers, C Harper, D Fusco, M Thompson

Bangor scores: D Charles (1T)

Dundalk Storm To Title Dundalk 55 v Bangor 5 from KnockOn.ie

Dundalk Scorers: Christopher Scully, Owen McNally, Jonathan Williams, John Smyth, Ultan Murphy, Tiernan Gonnelly, James McConnon and Stephen Murphy 1 try each. Ultan Murphy 6 cons, 1 pen.

Bangor Scorers: David Charles 1 try.

In front of a big crowd at Chambers Park on Saturday afternoon Dundalk delivered a stunning and ruthless display to see off the challenge of Bangor and capture the All Ireland Junior Cup title for the very first time.

Three first half tries had them firmly in control at 19-0 ahead having played with the elements at the Portadown venue during the first half and while the wind dropped somewhat after half time the Dundalk intensity most certainly didn’t as they cut loose scoring five more tries.

Dundalk returned to a heroes welcome at their Mill Road clubhouse on Saturday night after a display of pure brilliance throughout the afternoon.

Precision, pace and skill from the Louth men from start to finish left Bangor playing second fiddle for long periods.

Temple Newsam Inventory, 1666 by northyorkscc

Estate Collections often contain material relating to other properties, and this is no exception. This image shows the first page of an inventory of the effects of Sir Henry Ingram, 1st Viscount Irvine (1641-1666), a title created by the Peerage of Scotland. His mother was Eleanor Slingsby, a cousin of the Slingsbys who held the Manor of Kippax and were related to the Graham’s through marriage.

The inventory, taken after Sir Henry’s death in August 1666, at Temple Newsam, is a twenty page document and shows, room by room, what was held therein. As you can see from the first page here, the ‘best chamber over the kitching’, being used as a bed chamber, is richly furnished with tapestries, carpets, quilts, blankets and fabrics such as dimothy (dimity), sarcenett (sarsenet), damask and velvet, plus serge and worstead for the items requiring heavier use.

The trusted appraisers comprised Sir John Lewis (1615-1671) of Ledstone (8 miles SE of Temple Newsam) who had acquired his large fortune from trading in Persia and India and had been invested as a Knight at The Hague, in 1660. He was created a Baronet later that same year and held several manors in Yorkshire.

Henry Bethell (c.1606-1668) had held several Offices within Yorkshire and was MP for Knaresborough in 1660. He was the son of Mary Slingsby, sister to Eleanor Slingsby and therefore, a cousin of Sir Henry Ingram.

Finally, William Marwood, not to be confused with a nineteenth century hangman of the same name! This William Marwood was brother-in-law to Henry Bethell mentioned above, whose sister Frances had married William’s brother George, a Sherriff of York.

Attics and Acres - the archive of the Graham Family of Norton Conyers is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Friends of the National Libraries and the Northallerton and District Local Historical Society.

VENICE MUDA TO ALEXANDRIA IN 1504 Ref 431 f.1v by RMGYMss.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

PLEASE NOTE: -

“MUDA” is a singular word relating to one of the mercantile convoys sailing out of Venice each year.

“MUDE” is a plural word relating to several, or all, of the mercantile convoys sailing out of Venice each year.

27 leaves, leaf size 249mm x172mm (9 3/4ins. X 6 8/10ins.) with a text block of 172mm x 98mm (6 8/10ins. x 3 17/20ins.).

Single column, 29 lines in a superb, elegant, humanistic cursive minuscule script in black, probably all written by the same scribe. Many ascenders on the top line, and descenders on the bottom line, have been embellished.

This manuscript include two texts, the first being the Regulations of the Muda of Venice to Alexandria, and the second being the Journal of the Muda to Alexandria that set sail from Venice on 21st. May, 1504. The manuscript was probably written in that city in that year.

A FULL DESCRIPTION IS ATTACHED TO THE OVERVIEW.

Folio 1 verso (Original Folio 2 verso)

TRANSCRIPTION

(10)Teneris inquirere, et examinare si mercationes caricate in Galies erunt

caricate cum ordine, et bulleta, et hoc in omnis parte ubi galee discari -

cabuntur. Et si quid sine ordine, et bulleta inveneris caricatum, heans

de caduto. Lta. Pro Co. et exigas dictam penam & si essent res que

subiacerent maiori pene, Exegas illiam maiorem paenomi hah edo

tertium cuiuslibet Dictarum penar quas exiges.

(11)Super Galies tuis esse debent solum medicus unus Phisicus, et Cyru -

gicus cui solui debeant per patrones galearum ita q non vadat in vare -

am, nec comune nostrum aliquid Propterea solvere teneatur. Era

autem Cenaprium & alie res similis condictionnis in valore sint ad

condictionem Raminis, & Stagni alie autem res sicut sunt sete equ -

ne, & ruce macinate, Saponum, Balca, & alie minoris pretii sint

ad Condictionem plumbi.

(12)Mecationes emites cum dictis galies debent hic solvere nabula de suis

mercationibus, et argento, et si dictum nabulum non solvent hic, de -

bent solvere in Alexandriani Et ppea tibi committimus q ab illis

quos scies hic non solvisse dictum nabulum, debeas exigere ponedo

pro quibus libet xxvi grossis unum Bisantium veterem.

(13)Patroni dictarum Galearum omnium armatarum debent, et tenentur da -

ri facere hominibus suarum Galearum panem, vinum, & aliam viva -

dam ordinatam. Non possendo differre de dando dictam vivandat

ultra duos dies : nec dando eis panem , nec aliam vivandam p plu -

res duobus diebus. Unium autem, dare debeant sicut ordinabit

per te Capitaneum sub pena unius grossi pro quolibet homine ;

Cuius pene medietatem habeant homines De remo, quartum Caps.

& quartam tres constituendi pro Galea, Et si tu Capitaneus hoc

scires manifestatione dictorum trium habeas aliam medietatem

Verum huiusmodi Captin non extendatur ad factum Casei, quia

difficile esset patronis singulis duobus modicum Casei dare

[Zurme

POSSIBLE ENGLISH TRANSLATION

(10) You are required to investigate, and examine, if goods have been put in the galleys in accordance with the orders, and bullets, and this in every direction where the galleys are loaded. And, if there is no order and bullets are found stored properly only 50% instead of 100% and if something had been said that demanded being subject to a penalty, greater penalties extracted amounting to one third of the original penalty as punishment which increases profit.

(11) Upon your galleys should be only one physician and one surgeon who must be paid by the patrons of the galleys, so that they are not going only to observe nor cause any reason to destroy our obligations. But Cenaprium(?) and other similar things to those conditions and other conditions similar to famine and stagnant water and other things such as silk, ruce(?) macinata(?), soap, balcom(?) and other things less important than the condition of the lead.

(12) Surveyors sent out with the galleys must pay for the beginning of their commerce in silver but if they do not payat the beginning they must pay in Alexandria, and those near to you that you trust should not pay for those who knew they were beginning, you should demand that they put down that you require 26 Byzantine of old.

(13) Patrons of the said galley must, and are bound to give to all men of their galley the bread, the wine and the other necessities that are ordered and not being able to postpone the giving of the said necessities for more than two days nor giving them food or other necessities for several days. But one of you as captain ought to be able to give, under the penalty of an order the necessities for every man, almost half of whom are oarsmen and occupy a quarter, and the other three quarters must be arranged instead of a galley, and the manifestation of the three quarters mentioned, if you believe the other half knew that this damage was not to be extended in order to capture cheese. But in truth, because it is cheese, it would be difficult to give a small portion to every two patrons.

Adox Mess Golf + Kentmere 400 by Pedantic_Ape

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Relator Street, Seville

Pizza in Sardinia by Heather Cowper

This relates to my blog post

www.heatheronhertravels.com/how-to-eat-well-in-sardinia/

This photo is licenced under Creative commons for use including commercial on condition that you link back to or credit http://www.heatheronhertravels.com/.

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No. 4 Aeneas relating his adventure to Dido by William L. Bird

No. 4 Aeneas relating his adventure to Dido

Krewe of Proteus Mardi Gras floats, The Aeneid, 1884.

Relate to Others Bulletin Revision by new.perspectives

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Here is a revised inside... simplified the background and made it interact with the other elements a little. Thoughts? Gone to press for this week, but I still have chances to edit for the next week of the series (in about 3 weeks).

The original and front of the bulletin is here.

More on the Bridge by Jim Bauer

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The City of Wolf Point website relates the story of James Cusker and Rolla Cusker, who broke though the ice in February, 1926, while returning home from a basketball game. With the ferry service suspended for the winter, many folks drove across the frozen ice of the Missouri River. The problem is that the river is fast flowing and has unpredictable currents. The ice was strong enough for the two men to drive across earlier in the evening, but on their way home, they hit an open spot despite retracing their earlier tracks. Their bodies were not found for several days.

The Cusker family tragedy spurred the local officials into asking that a highway and bridge be considered as part of the new US highway system that was being formed. Several counties and local cities supported this plan, and the state agreed in October of 1926. The bridge was started shortly afterward, funded half by the State of Montana, and half by matching funds from the federal government. The bridge was completed and a huge dedication ceremony was held on July 9, 1930.

The bridge was situated high above the river since the US Army Corps of Engineers considered the Missouri River to be navigable at that time. Two large concrete piers were built on each side of the river channel, and a 400 foot main through truss span was erected across the river. The main span is flaked by a slightly shorter though truss span on each side. Short segments of steel girders connect the outer truss spans to the bridge abutments, which are built built on fill some 20 feet above ground level. When completed, this was a very imposing structure that sat up tall, occupying is place across the river with pride. The bridge lived up to its billing as the most massive bridge in the state of Montana.

All things do come to an end. Wider and heavier traffic and increased maintenance costs lead to the Lewis & Clark Bridge becoming obsolete. The state built a new river bridge just west of the old bridge in 1997 and 1998. The old bridge now has a second life as a state historical site. The bridge was deeded to the Montana Historical Society, who plans to maintain the bridge as a monument. They also operate a small park and interpretive display at the south end of the bridge. The bridge was also added to the National Register of Historic Places. While the bridge remains closed as of 2007, the historical society is working to develop a plan to make the bridge safe for pedestrian users. That would be a site to see

O'Jeezy, Casual D & Apex P (2016) by Bruh Breh

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Only Greats Relate / Only Great Records

Biofuel by Odon Dias

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The tank of my bike, filled with Ethanol fuel, around 110 octanes.

Keywords: Alcohol fuel, Bio, Biodiversity, Biofuel, Common ethanol fuel mixtures, Issues relating to biofuels, Honda NXR 150 Bros, On-Off Road, Self-propelled, Self-Blogging.

Island Strategic Plan (ISP) consultation, Nanumaga island, September 2020 by UNDP Climate

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Relates to the UNDP-supported GCF-funded Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project www.adaptation-undp.org/projects/tuvalu-coastal-adaptatio...

Illusion on the road by Jung Yun Choi

Jungyun Choi, Illusion on the road, 2018, 1min50sec

The main theme of my artwork relates to the Dream and Multiverse theory. Often when I dream, some strange stuff or situations that have detailed storylines like movies tend to occur. After dreaming, the memories are so vivid and strange. Therefore, I began to believe in other worlds that are similar but different, and that exists beyond the universe where I live. I imagined the existence of my other self in that different universe and realized as if I could see the life of other worlds through dreams. To me, a dream is a channel to connect me with the other ‘I’.

In many multi-universe theories, I am interested in the quilted multi-universe and the string theory. In the quilted multiverse, numerous universes exist in the infinite space, which has a boundary line called cosmic horizon. Nothing can get through the cosmic horizon. This point allows me to suppose the only way to get through the cosmic horizon is a dream. According to Brian Greene, a writer of the Hidden Reality, each universe has a finite number of particles with a finite number of different particle arrangements. This idea accepts to think the same universe or similar universe can exist. That is why we often dream similar situations with what we experience before. In my imagination, we can get indirect experiences of the other ‘I’s through dreams.

I would like to give dreamy and weird feeling at the same time to viewers, because dream and universe are familiar words to us, but those are still unknown fields.

Statue of Ramesses II, the “Younger Memnon” by Alec Frazier

Statue of Ramesses II, the “Younger Memnon”

One of the largest pieces of Egyptian sculpture in the British Museum, this statue shows Ramesses II, who succeeded his father Sethos I in around 1279 BC and ruled Egypt for 67 years.

Weighing 7.25 tons, this fragment of his statue was cut from a single block of two-colored granite. He is shown wearing the nemes headdress surmounted by a cobra diadem.

The sculptor has used a slight variation of normal conventions to relate his work to the viewer, angling the eyes down slightly, so that the statue relates more to those looking at it.

It was retrieved from the mortuary temple of Ramesses at Thebes (the “Ramesseum”) by the explorer and archaeologist Giovanni Belzoni in 1816. Belzoni wrote a fascinating account of his struggle to remove it, both literally, given its colossal size, and politically. The hole on the right of the torso is said to have been made by members of Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt at the end of the eighteenth century, in an unsuccessful attempt to remove the statue.

The imminent arrival of the head in England in 1818 inspired the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley to write “Ozymandias”:

“… My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

After its arrival in the British Museum, the “Younger Memnon” was perhaps the first piece of Egyptian sculpture to be recognized as a work of art by connoisseurs, who traditionally judged things by the standards of ancient Greek art.

Details

•Title: Statue of Ramesses II, the “Younger Memnon”

•Physical Dimensions:

oHeight: 266.80cm (max)

oWidth: 203.30cm (max; across shoulders)

•Registration Number: .19

•Place:

oFound/Acquired: Ramesseum

•Period/Culture: 19th Dynasty

•Material: Granodiorite; Red Granite

•Acquisition: Donated by Salt, Henry. Donated by Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig. Collected by Belzoni, Giovanni Battista

The Younger Memnon

•Object Type: Statue

•Museum Number: EA19

•Title (Object): The Younger Memnon

•Description: Head and upper body of pink/grey granite monumental statue of Ramses II (one of a pair placed before the door of the Ramesseum) wearing nemes head-cloth and circlet of uraei (about half now lost), the sculptor has exploited the bichrome nature of the stone to emphasise the division between body and face; the dorsal pillar is inscribed with vertical registers of hieroglyphs—giving the name and titles of the king and part of a dedication to Amun-Ra; in 1817 it was noted that there were traces of color upon the statue and it may have, therefore, been painted red in antiquity.

•Culture/Period: 19th Dynasty

•Findspot:

oFound/Acquired: Ramesseum, Doorway (Africa, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Ramesseum (Thebes))

•Materials: Red Granite; Granodiorite

•Dimensions:

oHeight: 266.8 centimeters (max)

oWidth: 203.3 centimeters (max; across shoulders)

•Inscriptions:

oInscription Type: Inscription

oInscription Script: Hieroglyphic

oInscription Position: Dorsal Pillar

oInscription Comment: Vertical registers of fine relief hieroglyphs.

•Curator’s Comments: For the connection of the statue with Shelley’s sonnet see John Rodenbeck ‘Travelers from an Antique Land: Shelley’s Inspiration for “Ozymandias”’, in Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, No. 24, Archaeology of Literature: Tracing the Old in the New (Department of English and Comparative Literature, American University in Cairo and American University in Cairo Press, 2004), pp. 121-148.

•Bibliography:

oNoehden 1822

oLeblanc and Esmoingt 1999

oMacGregor 2010 cat.no.20, pp.124-129

oQuirke & Spencer 1992 fig. 99

oDavies 1905 For King wearing modius wuth uraei and sundisk, as support for hemhemet crown: see pl. 8

oJames and Davies 1983 Front Cover

oHart 1990 p. 11

oSerino 1988 p. 11

oFornari and Tosi 1987 p. 141

oPorter & Moss 1929 p. 153

oDonadoni 1990 p. 155

oJack 1967 p. 167ff

oBryan 1991 p. 203

oSourouzian 1988 p. 235, n. 26

oMeyer 1988 p. 26

oBryan and Kozloff 1992 p. 319

oCimmino 1984 p. 326; pp. 308- 309, p. 355

oAston et al. 2000 p. 36

oHall 1930 p. 365, fig. 201

oVandier 1958 p. 396; p. 409

oPorter and Moss 1972 p. 436

oKitchen 1999 p. 667

oJames 1970 p. 8, pl. 5

oLeblanc 1985 p. 80, n. 45; pl. IV, b

oSiliotti 1985 p. 95

oVandersleyen 1975 pl. 203

oStrudwick 2006 pp. 202- 203

oMcNaught 1978 pp. 224- 226

oJolliffe 1820 pp. 333- 335

oSattin 1988 pp. 35- 38; pp. 41- 43

oWilson 1989 pp. 61- 62

oBelzoni 1822 pp. 61- 80

oHamblin 1988 pp. 80- 81; p. 84; pp. 86- 87

•Location:

oOn Display: G4/B9

•Exhibition History:

oExhibited:

2010-2011, London, BM/BBC, ‘A History of the World in 100 Objects’

•Condition: Good (incomplete—lower body and legs lost)

•Associated Names:

oNamed in Inscription & Portrayed: Ramses II

oNamed in Inscription: Amun-Ra

•Acquisition Name:

oDonated By: Henry Salt

oDonated By: Johann Ludwig Burckhardt

oField Collection By: Giovanni Battista Belzoni

•Acquisition Date: 1817

•Department: Ancient Egypt & Sudan

•BM/Big Number: EA19

•Registration Number: .19

•Additional IDs: ES.19

The Croydon-Lilydale Road, Vic. by Yarra Plenty Regional Library Local History

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Postcard FTP01316_72

The Fay Thomas Collection includes family archives relating to the Thomas family. Moses Thomas (1825-1878) was a significant figure in the history of the area now known as the City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia. Thomas and Ann and their family lived at "Mayfield", Mernda, Victoria.

Miss Lily Thomas (1871-1946), Thomas and Ann’s fourth daughter lived there all her life. She collected postcards which her family and friends sent her on a very regular basis. It was an easy and enjoyable way to keep in touch. Production of postcards blossomed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Lily’s collection encompasses the so-called Golden Age (1890-1915) with many postmarked 1906-1907. Some were sent to other members of the family.

The collection document the natural landscape as well as the built environment—buildings, gardens, parks, and tourist sites. Topographical Postcards showing street scenes and general views from Australian and international locations, some of which are artistic views. Popular postcard manufacturers such as Tuck’s Postcards are included in the collection.

Decorative cards, many embellished with floral motives (as a nod to the receiver Lily?) and embossing. Greeting cards are common for Christmas, New Year, Easter and of course birthdays.

Regular senders can be identified from Kyneton and the Great Ocean Road area, Victoria and there is a siginifant collection from Scotland (but not sent from there).

YPRL hold digital copies of the Papers of the Moses Thomas Family held at State Library Victoria

Copyright for these images is Public domain but a credit to the Fay Thomas Collection and YPRL would be appreciated.

Enquiries: Yarra Plenty Regional Library

O'Jeezy Ubeezy by Bruh Breh

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MISFIT MOB, Only Greats Relate & SAVKrew

we can relate.. by * Honest *

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“The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself.”

- Bertrand Russell

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it was extrememly hard for me to get this shot.. i am so glad i could capture it. the way i shot it was extremely funny.. Crea-tive photographed me while i struggled to take this shot. I might post it.. so look out for that one.

(for best viewing, have monitor brightness on highest)

D7K_2685_ep by Eric Parker

Activity relating to the carrying of the more than 100 portable shrines (mikoshi) around the Asakusa neighbourhood to bless the businesses and residents with prosperity in the coming year.

Sanja Matsuri (Festival) at the Sensoji Temple, Asakusa,

Tokyo, Japan, 2016

Only the street shots - thestreetzine.blogspot.com/

Gelato in Sardinia by Heather Cowper

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This relates to my blog post

www.heatheronhertravels.com/a-cool-gelateria-in-nuoro-in-...

This photo is licenced under Creative commons for use including commercial on condition that you link back to or credit http://www.heatheronhertravels.com/.

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Outreach Bus, Urdd Eisteddfod, Glynllifon, Snowdonia 4 - 9 June 2012 / Bws Allgymorth, Eisteddfod Yr Urdd, Glynllifon, Eryri 4 - 9 Mehefin 2012 by Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament

This year the Urdd Eisteddfod was held in Glynllifon, near Caernarfon in Gwynedd. It was the first of our many summer shows and events in 2012. The Assembly Outreach Bus opened its’ doors to the public on the first day of the festival and welcomed over 800 visitors including many competitors. The activities on the bus were very popular including the Bus Quiz, where children had to find information relating to the Assembly using the information panels inside the bus and the illustration outside. The feedback form was also popular as it offered a chance to win a digital camera, encouraging people to participate in the Presiding Officer’s photography competition.

Our main attraction for this year’s summer shows was the Member Wall outside the bus. Members of the public could see which AMs represented them and postcards were available for them to highlight any issues that affected them or their local area and stick to their constituency or region on the map of wales. We hope to feedback the results to Members to show what subjects are of importance to their electors. The main issues that cropped up during the week were within the Sport & Recreation and Environment subject areas.

On Monday Simon Thomas AM for Mid & West Wales held a drop in session, he spoke to Schoolchildren about highways and transport issues in Wales. Mike Hedges AM for Swansea East also held a drop in session on Wednesday and spoke to members of the public about his role in the Assembly.

Unfortunately the rain and mud affected the attendance figures which dwindled towards the end of the week. Despite this we had over 2000 visitors on the bus to learn about the Assembly and how they can have their say.

The next stop will be at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod 3rd – 7th of July. Come and see us there if you didn’t get the chance to visit us at the Urdd.

Cynhelir Eisteddfod yr Urdd eleni yng Nglynllifon, ger Caernarfon yng Ngwynedd. Hwn oedd y digwyddiad cyntaf yng nghalendr sioeau haf y bws Allgymorth y flwyddyn hon. Egyr drysau’r bws i’r cyhoedd ar ddiwrnod cyntaf yr ŵyl gan groesawu dros 800 o ymwelwyr gan gynnwys sawl cystadleuydd. Roedd gweithgareddau ar y bws yn hynod o boblogaidd megis Cwis y Bws. Roedd rhaid i blant ddarganfod gwybodaeth am y Cynulliad gan ddefnyddio’r paneli gwybodaeth tu fewn i’r bws, ac wrth edrych ar y murlun tu allan. Hybwyd cyfranogiad yng nghystadleuaeth ffotograffiaeth y Llywydd gan gynnig cyfle i ennill camera digidol wrth lenwi ffurflen adborth.

Atyniad pennaf y bws oedd Wal yr Aelodau. Galluogodd hyn i aelodau’r cyhoedd ddarganfod pwy oedd yn eu cynrychioli nhw yn ogystal ag amlygu unrhyw faterion oedd yn eu poeni nhw yn eu hardaloedd lleol ar gardiau post oedd yn cael eu glynu ar fap o Gymru. Gobeithiwn i adborthi’r canlyniadau i’r Aelodau I ddangos pa bynciau sydd o bwys i'w hetholwyr. Y pynciau oedd yn codi amlaf oedd o fewn meysydd pwnc Chwaraeon & Hamdden a'r Amgylchedd.

Dydd Llun daeth Simon Thomas AC i Ganolbarth & Gorllewin Cymru I ddal sesiwn galw heibio ar y bws, fe gafodd sgwrs gyda phlant ysgol am faterion yn ymwneud a Phriffyrdd a Thrafnidiaeth yng Nghymru. Daeth Mike Hedges AC I Ddwyrain Abertawe ar y bws hefyd, gan sgwrsio gydag aelodau’r cyhoedd am ei rôl ef yn y Cynulliad.

Yn anffodus, lleihaodd y nifer o ymwelwyr i’r maes tuag at ddiwedd yr wythnos oherwydd y glaw a'r mwd. Serch hynny fe groesawyd dros 2000 o ymwelwyr ar y bws i ddysgu mwy am y Cynulliad a sut i ddweud eu barn.

Os nad oedd cyfle gennych i ddod draw i’r bws yn Eisteddfod yr Urdd, dewch draw i Eisteddfod Ryngwladol Llangollen rhwng 3ydd - 7fed o Orffennaf, dyma fydd arhosfa nesa’r bws.

Carrigeen Castle, Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland by Rich McGervey

Carrigeen Castle has featured in columns of the New York Times, Sunday Times, Kaleva (Finland), and Afton Bladet (Sweden) newspapers, besides several American and European publications relating to Ireland. In the mid-1990s, the Frommer Guide to Ireland took the opportunity of placing a picture of Carrigeen Castle on its front cover.

A defensible fortified structure was on this hilltop from at least the sixteenth century. The Pacata Hibernica depiction of the siege of Cahir Castle (1599) shows such a building. In 1690, during the Williamite campaign, earthen and stone outworks were erected around it, presenting an ideally defensible fortification for the Danish troops of William II who, during that winter, had quarters in Cahir and nearby Clonmel. Materials from this earlier structure were incorporated in the present building, while the associated outworks were adapted to serve as the castellated wall encircling the grounds.

In 1809, at the Summer Assize Presentments of the County Tipperary Grand Jury, funding was laid aside for the future provision of a bridewell in the town of Cahir. Bridewells (small town gaols) were generally small two-storey buildings, built of cut-limestone, and costing up to £800 to erect. They held prisoners temporarily, pending space in the county gaol, and were funded by the grand jury system (predecessors of the county councils), but supplementary central resources were also available, in certain circumstances. At Cahir, a committee led by local landlord, Richard Butler, baron of Caher – soon to become first earl of Glengall – was successful in attracting over twice the usual funding. Their chosen architect – Michael Bernard Mullins - submitted two plans, both variants of the same elaborate, castellated structure, costing some £2,000 to build, which would emphasize the fortress origins of the site and overawe the local population. This involved the creation of towers, turrets, battlements and a machicolation (defence mechanism over the main door, through which boiling oil was thrown on attackers of medieval castles) of hand cut limestone, an expensive and time consuming process.

Construction of the Cahir Bridewell commenced in 1813, and it was opened for the admission of prisoners in 1816. The original section is three stories in height, with a cut-limestone spiral staircase in the main tower. It originally comprised five cells, two dayrooms, two keeper's rooms and two exercise yards, the latter incorporating obtuse and acute angles suggestive of late medieval starfort design. The inner grounds – comprising ½ acre – are encircled by a castellated wall and gateway arch, beyond which lies 5½ acres known as The Bridewell Field.

The bridewell was enlarged in 1849-50 – at the height of the Great Famine – when the prison compliment was increased to eight cells (four for males, three for females and one for drunken / violent prisoners), two dayrooms, two storerooms, and two exercise yards. An inter-connecting keeper's residence was also erected – comprising a kitchen, dining room, sitting room, and two bedrooms.

LIFE IN THE BRIDEWELL:

Cahir Bridewell received mention in several noteworthy publications due to its unique appearance and situation. Perhaps the earliest coverage, however, was in May 1827 when the local Clonmel Gazette newspaper carried the headline ‘two men escaped from Cahir Bridewell’. The men managed to escape unnoticed but were recaptured the following day. Following on from this incident, the parapet of the exercise yards was raised!

In 1837 The Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland stated ‘the bridewell is a handsome castellated building, containing five cells, one dayroom and two airing yards. However, the Inspector General of Prisons (Ireland) Reports of the 1830s and 1840s noted a great decline in the condition of the building, notice of which reached a more general readership in The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland (1846), which stated ‘The Gaol is distinct and suitable in architecture. A short time ago, it was remarkable for its dilapidated state and bad management, but in 1841 it underwent repair.’ The keeper was ‘a painter, who occupied the house for his trade’, and was ‘totally unsuitable to his office’.

Following this damning report, the superintendence of all bridewells of the south riding of Tipperary was placed under the governor of HM Richmond Prison, Clonmel – which was appropriate, given that these temporary places of confinement acted as reserve accommodation for that gaol. Thereafter, a system of training keepers and turnkeys at Clonmel gaol was utilised to great effect.

Also, their salaries were increased from £5 in the 1810s (from which minor repairs were paid, leaving little incentive for upkeep) to £30 by the early 1840s, gradually increased to £50 by 1876.

Due to the lawlessness and poverty of the period, large numbers were confined at Cahir Bridewell over the years. In the year September 1825 to September 1826, 156 prisoners were confined here for an average of three days (awaiting transfer to Clonmel Gaol), at an average cost of 5d. per head. Numbers confined continued to increase, peaking during the famine years when, during one quarter of 1851, 533 prisoners were confined. The prisoners were fed a pound of bread and a pint of new milk for breakfast, and a pound of bread and a pint of skimmed milk for dinner. The local Anglican clergyman was the inspector. Each cell contained, per person, one iron bedstead, one bed ticken and three blankets.

Engraving of 1853

This earliest view – an engraving from 1853 – was commissioned when the property was featured as a notable building in the auction catalogue of Cahir Estates. The Encumbered Estates Court sold the majority of the estate, as it had been bankrupted through town improvements and a lack of tenant rents during the Great Famine (1846-51).

Cahir Bridewell was one of 52 gaols closed by the prison authorities in 1878, as part of an island wide rationalization. The estate then leased the keepers’ residence to local military officers until the purchase of the building from Lt. Col. Richard Butler-Charteris by David Butler (1890-1955), in 1919. He continued the estate tradition of leasing the keeper’s residence, for a time, before residing here in retirement. Following the marriage in 1969 of his son, John (Séan) with Margaret (Peig), the couple commenced renovating the remainder of the building, which opened in May 1976, as a guest accommodation.

Arras CWGC Archway by www.nmbs2001.com

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The Panel (or Bay) numbers quoted at the end of each entry relate to the panels dedicated to the Regiment served with. In some instances where a casualty is recorded as attached to another Regiment, his name may alternatively appear within their Regimental Panels (or Bays). Please refer to the on-site Memorial Register Introduction to determine the alternative Panel (or Bay) numbers if you do not find the name within the quoted Panel (or Bay). Wheelchair access to the memorial is possible via an alternative entrance at the rear of Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery. Location Information: The Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras. The cemetery is near the Citadel, approximately 2 kms due west of the railway station.

The French handed over Arras to Commonwealth forces in the spring of 1916 and the system of tunnels upon which the town is built were used and developed in preparation for the major offensive planned for April 1917. The Commonwealth section of the FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY was begun in March 1916, behind the French military cemetery established earlier. It continued to be used by field ambulances and fighting units until November 1918. The cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields and from two smaller cemeteries in the vicinity. The cemetery contains 2,651 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. In addition, there are 30 war graves of other nationalities, most of them German. During the Second World War, Arras was occupied by United Kingdom forces headquarters until the town was evacuated on 23 May 1940. Arras then remained in German hands until retaken by Commonwealth and Free French forces on 1 September 1944. The cemetery contains seven Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. The graves in the French military cemetery were removed after the First World War to other burial grounds and the land they had occupied was used for the construction of the Arras Memorial and Arras Flying Services Memorial. The ARRAS MEMORIAL commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918, the eve of the Advance to Victory, and have no known grave. The most conspicuous events of this period were the Arras offensive of April-May 1917, and the German attack in the spring of 1918. Canadian and Australian servicemen killed in these operations are commemorated by memorials at Vimy and Villers-Bretonneux. A separate memorial remembers those killed in the Battle of Cambrai in 1917. The ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL commemorates nearly 1,000 airmen of the Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps, and the Royal Air Force, either by attachment from other arms of the forces of the Commonwealth or by original enlistment, who were killed on the whole Western Front and who have no known grave. Both cemetery and memorial were designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, with sculpture by Sir William Reid Dick. The memorial was unveiled by Lord Trenchard, Marshal of the Royal Air Force on the 31 July 1932 (originally it had been scheduled for 15 May, but due to the sudden death of French President Doumer, as a mark of respect, the ceremony was postponed until July).

Archdeacon Andrew Forster with a group from Drumglass Parish at the Thiepval Memorial. by Church of Ireland

A pilgrimage of hope to historic and poignant sites relating to the First World War, led by the two Archbishops of Armagh, has commenced with visits to the city of Kortrijk, in Belgium, and Guillemont Cemetery, in France.

The delegation visited Kortrijk, which was heavily bombed in 1917, yesterday afternoon and arrived at Guillemont this morning. The cemetery is the resting place for many soldiers from the 16th Irish Division who fought at the Battle of the Somme.

This was followed by a visit to the Ulster Tower – a memorial to the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division which suffered very heavy losses on 1st July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The delegation then travelled to the nearby Thiepval Memorial and the Y Ravine Cemetery.

The group of pilgrims comprises 36 people of varying ages and backgrounds and representing the Protestant and Catholic traditions, including a core group of 16 young adults, who in visiting the war sites and memorials will be able to forge friendships and share their thoughts and hopes for the future while exploring their cultural identities.

Archbishop Richard Clarke (Church of Ireland) and Archbishop Eamon Martin (Catholic Church) previously led a cross–community delegation of young people from across the island of Ireland to the battle sites of the Somme two years ago; the current pilgrimage marks the upcoming centenary of the end of the First World War.

Postcard FTP01314_69 by Yarra Plenty Regional Library Local History

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Postcard

The Fay Thomas Collection includes family archives relating to the Thomas family. Moses Thomas (1825-1878) was a significant figure in the history of the area now known as the City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia. Thomas and Ann and their family lived at "Mayfield", Mernda, Victoria.

Miss Lily Thomas (1871-1946), Thomas and Ann’s fourth daughter lived there all her life. She collected postcards which her family and friends sent her on a very regular basis. It was an easy and enjoyable way to keep in touch. Production of postcards blossomed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Lily’s collection encompasses the so-called Golden Age (1890-1915) with many postmarked 1906-1907. Some were sent to other members of the family.

The collection document the natural landscape as well as the built environment—buildings, gardens, parks, and tourist sites. Topographical Postcards showing street scenes and general views from Australian and international locations, some of which are artistic views. Popular postcard manufacturers such as Tuck’s Postcards are included in the collection.

Decorative cards, many embellished with floral motives (as a nod to the receiver Lily?) and embossing. Greeting cards are common for Christmas, New Year, Easter and of course birthdays.

Regular senders can be identified from Kyneton and the Great Ocean Road area, Victoria and there is a siginifant collection from Scotland (but not sent from there).

YPRL hold digital copies of the Papers of the Moses Thomas Family held at State Library Victoria

Copyright for these images is Public domain but a credit to the Fay Thomas Collection and YPRL would be appreciated.

Enquiries: Yarra Plenty Regional Library

Roselle at the Warminister Pony Camop 1963 by Paul Clarke

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A second photo album relating to the Valdes Scott Family. The first album can be viewed here www.flickr.com/photos/runninginsuffolk/albums/72157665423... This album also turned up at a car boot sale but a year later than the other in 2017. Seems to date from 1951 and the birth of Roselle in Chile.

VENICE MUDA TO ALEXANDRIA IN 1504 Ref 431 f.5r by RMGYMss.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

PLEASE NOTE: -

“MUDA” is a singular word relating to one of the mercantile convoys sailing out of Venice each year.

“MUDE” is a plural word relating to several, or all, of the mercantile convoys sailing out of Venice each year.

27 leaves, leaf size 249mm x172mm (9 3/4ins. X 6 8/10ins.) with a text block of 172mm x 98mm (6 8/10ins. x 3 17/20ins.).

Single column, 29 lines in a superb, elegant, humanistic cursive minuscule script in black, probably all written by the same scribe. Many ascenders on the top line, and descenders on the bottom line, have been embellished.

This manuscript include two texts, the first being the Regulations of the Muda of Venice to Alexandria, and the second being the Journal of the Muda to Alexandria that set sail from Venice on 21st. May, 1504. The manuscript was probably written in that city in that year.

A FULL DESCRIPTION IS ATTACHED TO THE OVERVIEW.

Folio 5 recto (Original Folio 6 recto)

TRANSCRIPTION

(38)

lignum vel navigium armatu Vel disarmatum, vel merces ali -

quas de extra Culphum ad aliquas partes de intra Culphum alioquin

venetiis. Sub pena de L. pro .c . totius eius quod portaretur, vel mit -

teretur, aut discarricaretur contra hoc. Et si maiores pene inveni -

rentur apposite p alios ordines nostros, ille maiores pene exigatur

a contrafacientibus: et pro omni bono respectu est etiam ordinatum,

q de cetero nullis fidelis, vel districtualis Venetiarum possit levare

vel levari facere sup aliquibus navigiis armatis vel disarmatis ali -

quod havere Venetiarum subtile vel grossum quod foret conductum de

extra Culphum sub pena de. L .pro .Co . In quam penam etiam incur -

rant nostri Patroni navigiorum armatorum et disarmatorum super

quibus levaretur de Dicto havere : Et si levaretur de havere fo -

rensium cadant tam nostri patroni predicti, super quorum navigiis

levaretur, q nostri mercatores contrafacientes De . Co . Pro . Co . Valoris

eius in quo fuerit contrafactum. Et si maiores pene forent positae

sup hoc exigantur a contrafacientibus, Et predicta omnia inquiren -

da comissimus omnibus officialibus quibus comissa sunt qui banna

qui inquirant de contrafacientibus, et penas exigant habentes partem ut

de aliis sui officii. Et si fuerit Accusator habeat tertium, & sit

de credentia, officium, tertium, et Commune reliquum. Et perpea

Committimus tibi q predicta facias obsuari, & ingras de contra -

facientibus cum illa libertate, et conditione quibus est comissum

in Venetiis officialibus ante dictis, habendo partem sicut haberet

officiales. Et de dictis penis non potest ferie gratia sub pena du -

catorum mille pro quolibet ponentem vel contrafaciente partem in con -

trarium : & predicta revocari non possint nisi p sex Consiliari -

os, tria Capita de xLra. & tres partes consilii rogarum congregarum

ab octnaginta supra.

(39)NUllus ciuis noster vel habitator Venetiis vel alia persona

Folio 5 recto (Original Folio 6 recto)

POSSIBLE ENGLISH TRANSLATION

38. …............. stock or ship armed or unarmed or reward from any outside Culphum to any parts of the Culphum other than Venice under the penalty of 100 pounds instead of the whole of that which he was born with, or be sent to, or discharged against this. And if our ancestors found it appropriate through other means, they opposed a greater punishment being required, and with respect to all the other goods is ordered otherwise in the future it will not be believed that a distracted Venice can raise or levy on some boats or disarmed can have any Venetian fine or anything which would be hired from outside Culphum under penalty of 50 in which also incurs the penalty of our patron' boats upon which the amusement has taken place : And if the amusement of our patrons takes place in public then let them fall as aforesaid, upon whose boats there was amusements that have opposed the merchants 100 for 100 value of that in which it has been against the facts. And if the punishment that should be placed needs to be opposed and said everything looked affable to all officials who have imposed the banns are to enquire concerning who opposed and the pain brought with it as they possess a much apart as others in the same office. And it shall the plaintiff that may have a third, the entrusted officer a third and the commune the other third. And the aforesaid do entrust it, to suffer, and to enter into the battle with her, opposed to the liberty that had been made by officials in Venice, and as said before, the conditions as set out, as they would have been on the part of the officials. And concerning the said grace in the penalties nor can he make the pain of 1,000 ducats for any part of the holiday for any claims that can not be part of or opposed to the contrary, but that they cannot be recalled and to the aforesaid six councillors, three parts of the 40 and three parts to the council asked to store the 80 above.

39. None of our citizens or inhabitants of Venice or any other person …...........

Visual by omani_89

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Relating to a method of instruction involving sight

Einstein Landing Card, held by curator Lucy Gardner by Sophie Henderson

A landing card relating to Albert Einstein's escape from Nazi Germany has been discovered and put on display for the first time at the UK Border Agency's national museum in Liverpool.

The Jewish physicist fled from his homeland when Adolf Hitler came to power. A bounty was put on his head by the Nazis, who named him an enemy of the regime.

Landing cards were completed by all passengers arriving in Britain. Einstein's card is proof of his journey from Ostende, Belgium to Dover on 26 May 1933. On the reverse, he wrote that he was bound for Oxford.

After nearly 80 years stored at Heathrow Airport, it was discovered by curators from the museum, which is called 'Seized! The Border and Customs Uncovered'.

Assistant curator Lucy Gardner said:

'We didn't know this landing card ever existed until we visited UK Border Agency officers at Heathrow. We were keen on acquiring any documents relating to immigration, but were stunned to find paperwork relating to such a prominent historical figure as Albert Einstein.

'What's remarkable is that the landing card bears his signature, has his profession as "professor" and lists his nationality at Swiss. This shows how Einstein had renounced his German citizenship only weeks earlier in angry reaction to Nazi policies.

'This tiny piece of paper brings to life Einstein's escape from the Nazis to England. This country became a safe haven for him until he eventually settled in the US.'

Seized! The Border and Customs Uncovered is located in Liverpool's Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Silver Snoopy Awards July 2010 13 by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Michael Good relates his emotional experience at the end of one of his spacewalks during STS-132. Upon entering the payload bay of Space Shuttle Atlantis, the location brought back memories of his first shuttle flight, when he was one of six individuals servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.

The Silver Snoopy Award, also known as the astronaut’s personal award, recognizes NASA civil servants and contractors who have provided exemplary support of NASA’s Human Spaceflight Programs. To be selected, an individual must have made significant contributions to flight safety and mission success.

Those selected for the award receive the specially designed sterling Silver Snoopy lapel pin flown on a space shuttle mission, a letter of commendation, and a certificate presented by a member of the astronaut corps.

Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Pat Izzo

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe.

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Pitts S1 Pair + Pitts S2S Duo-Duxford Oct 2010 by Feggy Art

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The description and specifications relate to the Pitts Special as this is an identical aircraft to the S1 and S2S.

The Pitts Special is a light aerobatic biplane designed by Curtis Pitts. It has accumulated many competition wins since its first flight in 1944. The Pitts Special dominated world aerobatic competition in the 1960s and 1970s and, even today, remains a potent competition aircraft and is a favourite for many an aerobatic pilot.

General characteristics

•Crew: Two

•Length: 18 ft 9 in (5.71 m)

•Wingspan: 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)

•Height: 6 ft 7⅓ in (2.02 m)

•Wing area: 125 ft² (11.6 m²)

•Empty weight: 1,150 lb (521 kg)

•Max takeoff weight: 1,625 lb (737 kg)

•Powerplant: 1× Textron Lycoming AEIO-540-D4A5 flat-six air cooled piston engine, 260 hp (194 kW)

Performance

•Never exceed speed: 182 knots (210 mph, 338 km/h)

•Cruise speed: 152 knots (175 mph, 282 km/h) (max cruise)

•Stall speed: 52 knots (60 mph, 97 km/h)

•Range: 277 NM (319 mi, 513 km)

•Service ceiling: 21,000 ft (6,400 m)

•Rate of climb: 2,700 ft/min (13.7 m/s)

•Wing loading: 13.0 lb/ft² (63.6 kg/m²)

•Power/mass: 0.16 hp/lb (0.26 kW/kg)

Text and specifications based on Wikipedia article under the Creative Commons License for non-profit use.

Elevated pressure elevated temperature sour corrosion fatigue testing facility by TWI Ltd

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Rahwana kidnaps Shinta and holds her in his palace by T Ξ Ξ J Ξ

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The performance relates the shorter version of the epic Ramayana Saga with dancers playing as Rama, Shinta (Sita), Lakshmana, Rahwana (Ravana), Hanoman (Hanuman), Sugriwa (Sugriva), and other characters. The storyline starts when Prince Rama wanders into the woods with his wife Shinta and brother Lakshmana. There, the giant Rahwana kidnaps Shinta and holds her in his palace. Rama then seeks help and sends Lakhsmana to find his friend Sugriwa, the King of the Monkey Kingdom. Sugriwa sends his commander the white monkey, by the name of Hanoman, to check on Shinta in Rahwana’s Palace.

A dramatic scene is portrayed when Hanoman is captured by Rahwana’s troops and put inside a circle of fire to burn him alive. Instead of burning to crisp, the white monkey warrior remains unharmed and breaks out only to burn Rahwana’s palace instead. Thus, began the battle between the two forces.

At first, Rahwana and his troops manage to overrun Rama. However, Sugriwa and Hanoman then come to Rama’s aid along with the rest of the monkey troops, defeat the evil king once and for all

Taken @Bali, Indonesia

Bangor RFC V Dundalk RFC Irish Junior Cup Final 31st January 2015 driven by John Mooney