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One of the most scenic (and easily accessible) of all Cumbrian waterfalls. Rutter Force is a horseshoe shaped waterfall on Hoff Beck, near Appleby-in-Westmorland, in the beautiful Eden Valley.
Immediately beside the waterfall is an old mill with a restored waterwheel. The mill is no longer a working mill, but has been converted into holiday accommodation.
The best view of Rutter Force is from a narrow footbridge across the beck, which has been constructed a few feet upstream of a ford for automobiles. The setting is superb, and it is well worth a visit.
The earliest record of the mill at Rutter Force comes from 1579, when the waterfall was used to power the corn mill. The mill continued in operation until the repeal of the Corn Laws of 1832 made milling unprofitable. It was converted to serve as a bobbin mill, and later a sawmill. The waterwheel was taken down in 1940.
In 1991 an artist named Christine Leadbetter bought the old mill, and installed a replica waterwheel.
RUTTER FORCE ELECTRIC POWER
The waterfall played a part in bringing electricity to the area. In 1928 the Great Asby Electric Light and Water Company was formed. The company raised money by offering shares at 5 pounds each. with the proceeds they installed a water turbine at Rutter Force, using the 30 foot fall of water over the falls to produce electric power.
Home of Henry Addison DeLand, it later became an inn, restaurant, speakeasy, bar and a catering hall.
Home of Henry Addison DeLand, it later became an inn, restaurant, speakeasy, bar and a catering hall.
DeLand lost his fortune and the house covering orange crop losses for his Florida farmers.[dead link] In 1905, the new owners installed stained glass windows, electric chandeliers and glass lanterns at the four doors. After 1920, it became known for a while as Villa Rosenborg due to its Danish owners. In 1920, it was slated to be torn down to provide space for a new trolley station, but the trolley line was rerouted saving the house. It became the Green Lantern Inn in 1925 under new owners who eventually added a restaurant. During Prohibition, alcohol was available in a hidden speakeasy loft. After the repeal of Prohibition, they opened an official taproom.
A decade long restoration project began in 1976. From 1980 to 2005, it was owned by Terrence O'Neil, Vice Chairman of the Fairport Savings Bank.[5] In 2006, it hosted a fundraiser for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra[4] which had 30 different designers improving the house.
Mr. Dominic's Italian restaurant currently operates in the building.
• Amaranthe • Digital World •
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6PYAkXO-bU
We spin the world like a pinball machine
We have thoughts of a life in abundance
Day and night we wish movies were real
And what is behind the screen is our entrance
I'm like a satellite
Transmitting different eras
I am the voice of the next generation
Completely digital
Create synthetic auras
Start a revolution now
You will never have to cry
'Cause the future is sold
You can never die
And you'll never grow old
But everything
Surrounding you is digital
Never break the mold
You do as you're told
Freedom is for sale
If you give them control
Erase return
In a digital world
I know it feels like you are part of a dream
You can fly and fight wars without judgement
You respawn and mistakes will repeal
But you will always be searching for an answer
I'm like a satellite
Transmitting different eras
I am the voice of the next generation
Completely digital
Create synthetic auras
Start a revolution now
Home of Henry Addison DeLand, it later became an inn, restaurant, speakeasy, bar and a catering hall.
Home of Henry Addison DeLand, it later became an inn, restaurant, speakeasy, bar and a catering hall.
DeLand lost his fortune and the house covering orange crop losses for his Florida farmers.[dead link] In 1905, the new owners installed stained glass windows, electric chandeliers and glass lanterns at the four doors. After 1920, it became known for a while as Villa Rosenborg due to its Danish owners. In 1920, it was slated to be torn down to provide space for a new trolley station, but the trolley line was rerouted saving the house. It became the Green Lantern Inn in 1925 under new owners who eventually added a restaurant. During Prohibition, alcohol was available in a hidden speakeasy loft. After the repeal of Prohibition, they opened an official taproom.
A decade long restoration project began in 1976. From 1980 to 2005, it was owned by Terrence O'Neil, Vice Chairman of the Fairport Savings Bank.[5] In 2006, it hosted a fundraiser for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra[4] which had 30 different designers improving the house.
Mr. Dominic's Italian restaurant currently operates in the building.
Year long peaceful protest, finally forces the pro-tycoons government of Modi to repeal the black farm laws.
It is beyond time to take action to:
1. Require universal background checks and waiting periods.
2. Ban assault weapons, high capacity magazines and bump stocks.
3. Authorize risk protection orders.
4. Repeal “Stand Your Ground” to discourage the unlawful and reckless use of firearms.
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Hey everybody ^^
I’ve got new creepy stuff for you ^^ Ruby is sitting in an old scary library where magical things happens and the law of gravity is repealed ^^
The tiny books are made by me ^^I need urgently more requisites XD you can’t get too much stuff for our dolls, right?
Wish you all an fantastic weekend *hugs*
Der Michel-Türmer ist ein Trompeter, der in der Tradition des Amtes der Turmbläser vom Turm der Hamburger Hauptkirche St. Michaelis täglich morgens 10 Uhr und abends 21 Uhr Choräle in alle vier Himmelsrichtungen spielt. Der Brauch wurde während der Reformation in Hamburg eingeführt und wird im Michel, wie die Michaeliskirche in Hamburg genannt wird, seit mehr als 300 Jahren praktiziert.
Bis zur Aufhebung der Torsperre zum 1. Januar 1861 war der Trompeten-Choral das Zeichen für die Öffnung beziehungsweise Schließung der Stadttore.
The Michel-watchman is a trumpeter who in the morning 10 clock and in the evening 21 clock chorales plays in the tradition of the Office of the Turmbläser from the tower of Hamburg St. Michaelis Church daily in all four directions. The custom was introduced during the Reformation in Hamburg and is in Michel, as St. Michael's Church is called in Hamburg, has been practiced for more than 300 years.
Until repealing Torsperre 1 January 1861, the trumpet chorale was the signal for the opening or closing of the city gates.
building a wall around the beacon of Democracy, targeting people because of their religion and banning them from entering the country, repealing the law that separates church and state, insulting multiple leaders of foreign countries and outright threatening another, all the while beating the drum of nationalism declaring us to be 'the greatest country on Earth'. That is a dark and dangerous path and I'm asking for the entire world to stand up and take notice and help us oust this nutter before irreparable damage is done. The great blue dot in space is a tiny place filled with diversity and we all need one another. this is where I drop the mic, but you can't see it because it's in print...... :-)
on a lighter note, click the link, you'll be glad you did. (your welcome) :-)
Home of Henry Addison DeLand, it later became an inn, restaurant, speakeasy, bar and a catering hall.
DeLand lost his fortune and the house covering orange crop losses for his Florida farmers.[dead link] In 1905, the new owners installed stained glass windows, electric chandeliers and glass lanterns at the four doors. After 1920, it became known for a while as Villa Rosenborg due to its Danish owners. In 1920, it was slated to be torn down to provide space for a new trolley station, but the trolley line was rerouted saving the house. It became the Green Lantern Inn in 1925 under new owners who eventually added a restaurant. During Prohibition, alcohol was available in a hidden speakeasy loft. After the repeal of Prohibition, they opened an official taproom.
A decade long restoration project began in 1976. From 1980 to 2005, it was owned by Terrence O'Neil, Vice Chairman of the Fairport Savings Bank.[5] In 2006, it hosted a fundraiser for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra[4] which had 30 different designers improving the house.
Mr. Dominic's Italian restaurant currently operates in the building.
The Napa Valley Railroad, or better known as the Napa Valley Wine Train, is probably the most well known operation in its niche corner of the industry. The company started in 1987, with the hope of bringing a luxury wine tasting train to the Napa Valley. Originally rostering four MLW FPA-4s and a fleet of old passenger stock, the railroad has seen some changes over the years.
Though the railroad is mostly known by railfans for the FPAs, and a former SP RS-11, the roster is much larger than that. Today, the roster also includes a 60 and 85 Tonner from the Navy and Air Force, a GP9, a GP38-2, and a KLW, which I'll discuss later. At one point in time, the railroad also rostered a 44 Tonner for shop switching and a Baldwin DS-4-4-660 while upgrading the track when it was first bought from the SP. The Baldwin was sent to Portola shortly after the track was refurbished, I have no idea if the museum still owns it. However, as times change, and the roster grows, and only growing older, the MLWs and ALCO were bound to meet some sort of fate eventually.
In 2008, FPA-4 73 was already running with a mix of natural gas and diesel after a conversion at some point prior. Napa Valley decided to fully convert it to natural gas, but it wouldn't last on the roster like this, being sidelined by 2017. From what I've heard, it was apparently extremely unreliable and the railroad does not want to reactivate it. When 2023 came around, it was no surprise when word got out that Napa Valley was getting a new locomotive from Knoxville Locomotive Works. This unit would be numbered 1864, after the founding year of the original NVRR. The plan was to have an entire "green" roster by 2025, meaning no more smoke belching first generation diesels. That clearly went to plan, it's almost the end of 2025, and there's only one unit that has been delivered. While I was out chasing the train pictured, I had gotten a possible answer as to why this is the case. Another railfan mentioned that the crews hate the new Knoxville motor so much that the company is looking for an alternative to KLW, but have yet to find a good one. I don't know if that's actually true or not, but I personally wouldn't doubt it. Though with this in mind, what is going to happen with the famous MLWs and ALCO?
As of right now, it appears that not much is happening. Although I believe 71 was retired awhile back, 70 and 72 still continue to haul trains once in awhile. It has become increasingly harder to catch these units running, as it seems the company wants these locomotives retired as soon as possible, but sometimes the MLWs and RS-11 will make an appearance. As to how much longer these old horses have is anyone's guess, especially with regulations such as the "In-Use Locomotive Regulation" being repealed for not being enforceable.
I first found out the FPAs were running after I had seen them over a week prior. After chasing the Fairfield Job west that morning, the train was having some sort of issue or delay while at Napa Junction, so I went to go see what was up with the wine train. I waited for awhile, then the train pulled into the station with the same set of power in the photo. I went to Yountville and waited, but it never arrived. Eventually, I got word the Fairfield Job was headed east so I left. Coming into Yountville, I was met with the wine train. Oh well, I would get it coming back south right? Nope, after chasing a second train on the California Northern, with a solo GP38-2, I went back to catch the wine train. After I crossed under the tracks on the north side of Napa, there it was. Not knowing how long the power set was going to be on for, I just accepted I would have to come back another time, when it was probably going to have an EMD or KLW on the train.
Skip to this last Friday, I had received word that the FPAs were confirmed to be on the lunch train (one of the many wine trains), until Monday. Seeing that it was not going to rain on Saturday, I knew I had to go. I had no plans for the weekend besides watching football and hockey anyways, so now I had something to do. Arriving to Napa around 10:30, I went to scout out some spots. I already had a few in mind, but I knew getting every spot I wanted would require multiple trips. What I didn't realize is that some people I knew were out there as well that day. After I was done chasing north, I met up with the others at St. Helena. I only had two spots in mind for the southbound trip, not knowing where else to go, I followed them for awhile.
That brought us here to Rutherford. Long ahead of the train, we were there for awhile before the train finally showed up. It would then stop at the crossing for the Grgich Hills Estate for awhile, but with the shadows starting to get long it was good for us when a cloud cover balanced out the shadows. Just then, a puff of black smoke and the sound of the horn warned us the train was on the move. After getting the shot, we would follow the train to Napa before being done for the day.
Charming historic terraced houses in Faversham reveal their age through bricked-up windows, a feature that became common after King William III introduced the window tax in 1696, which remained in place until it was repealed in 1851.
A walk into town to shoot the Xmas lights 13-12-25
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Rode Hall , near Congleton , Cheshire, England
The first hall a black and white half timbered building, probably similar in style to the nearby Little Moreton Hall was replaced by smaller building to the right, completed in 1708 . The larger square Hall to the left was completed in 1752.
(Source:www.rodehall.co.uk/the-house )
Notice the bricked in windows, presumably an effect of the various window taxes brought in after 1696, this isn't confirmed by the web site. A cattle disease reduced the estates income drastically in 1866 and I wondered if this was one of the results, but of course the Wnndow Tax laws had been repealed in 1851. So presumably they were bricked up on one of the large increases in the century beforehand.
The house has extensive gardens leading down to a lake . They have been open to the public since the 1980's on Wednesdays and Bank Holidays , and for their Bluebell Walks in May. A beautiful place to visit .
This is a row of 5 terraced houses, nos.37-45, that were built c1785, with late C19 and C20 alterations but I hope some have looked closely enough to discover that two of the windows are fake! But which are they and why was it done?
A window tax, based on the number of windows in a house, was first introduced in 1696 by William III to cover revenue lost by the clipping of gold and silver coinage. It was a banded tax according to the number of windows in the house. For example, for a house in 1747 with ten to 14 windows, the tax was 6 pence per window; it increased to 9 pence with more windows. Not long after its introduction, people bricked up their windows to avoid paying the tax.
It was repealed in 1851 after pressure from doctors and others who argued that lack of light was a source of ill health.
The imitation windows here are the two above the doors to 37 and 39. They are bricked up but we’re carefully painted later to look like actual windows!
Ornate surviving Victorian gem.
Note the stucco flowers on the roof, the window shades and blanked window (window tax) provision.
Window tax, the taxation of light, imposed by William III in 1696 in England & Wales until it was repealed 155 years later in 1851.
Daylight robbery !!!
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In 2022 the government repealed of the Vagrancy Act, which had criminalised rough sleeping and begging for almost 200 years.
The Westminster Government then inserted a clause on ‘Vagrancy and Begging’ in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that was currently going through Parliament.
This clause would allow them to ‘disregard the repeal of the Vagrancy Act’ and create new powers to make begging a criminal offence. The Government have said that this clause is just a ‘placeholder’ text, which will be replaced in a future version of the Bill, once they’ve decided what to do.
So we are still waiting to see what happens. Do we need to criminalise "being poor" ? There are plenty of existing laws to deal with drugs, violence,and anti social behaviour - and without police they make no difference.
Taunton, Somerset, UK.
Richard Cobden (1804 - 1865), MP, led the successful campaign for the repeal of the Corn Laws in the 1840s, leading to free trade, reducing hunger and inflation in Britain. Another free trade initiative was the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty of 1860, promoting closer interdependence between Britain and France.
The statue was erected by public subscription (to which Napoléon III contributed) 3 years after his death.
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The pigeons seem to like it. 😁
Jerry & I have been by each others side for 26+ years...in better times...in worse times...in sickness...in health. We didn't take a vow to do it...that's just what you do when you're in love. I don't see how anyone could think our love is any less deserving of recognition than anyone elses.
Daniel O’Connell (* 6. August 1775 in Carhen bei Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Irland; † 15. Mai 1847 in Genua) war ein irischer Politiker. Er trug den Beinamen „The Liberator“ (der Befreier) und war der herausragende Politiker Irlands in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Er setzte sich vor allem für die Gleichberechtigung der Katholiken und die Aufhebung der Union zwischen Irland und Großbritannien ein.
Im Jahre 1828 wurde Daniel O’Connell in Ennis als erster Katholik in das britische Unterhaus gewählt.
Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), often referred to as The Liberator[1] or The Emancipator,[2] was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. He campaigned for Catholic emancipation—including the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years—and repeal of the Act of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland.
In 1828 Daniel O'Connell was elected in Ennis was the first Catholic in the British House.
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It was a colony in the South that first abolished slavery, not the North. From 1735 to 1750, the brand new colony of Georgia abolished black slavery. It was the only British colony to do so by decades, preceding Vermont's ban of 1777. But South Carolina's planter class to Georgia's north showed new Georgians a tried and proven method not only of how to tame Southern land but also how to get rich, despite such lofty aspirations of equality for all in the new colony of Georgia.
Wormsloe Historic Site (its entrance road pictured above), with its large plantation-sized plot of land, went against Georgia's colonial charter and its vision for its citizens. Nonetheless, the Wormsloe plot was granted permission to be this big as it was zoned not to be a family farm but as a military fort in Britain's efforts against Spanish Florida. The owner of the fort plot, former British carpenter Noble Jones, became a military and community leader in the new colony of Georgia. When Georgia's ban against slavery was repealed, Jones and his posterity developed the land to become a plantation with slaves.
Excerpt from townofstmarys.com:
This pre-confederation stone four-arched structure spanning the Thames River is and has been the most important of the several bridges in the Town. Several log and timber bridges occupied the site until Town Council in August of 1864 authorized the signing of a contract with Alex McDonald "for the construction of a stone arched bridge across the Thames, on Queen Street, according to the plan submitted by Mr.. Niven, P. L. S. - cost $4 450- completion date September 1, 1865." In 1981, Town Council repealed the historic designation of the Victoria Bridge.
Window tax, the taxation of light, was enforced in England and Wales from 1696 before being repealed 155 years later in 1851.
Daylight robbery !
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The Clean Water Rule, finalized and put into place in 2015, gave important jurisdictional clarity for the Clean Water Act and it’s protection of streams and creeks that are headwaters to larger rivers. Water belongs to everyone, and clean water is a basic right for Americans. We all live downstream from somewhere.
If you reside in the U.S., please consider writing the EPA during the public comment period regarding Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2017-023-001 which addresses the EPAs intention for the Repeal and Replacement of the 2015 Definition of Waters of the United States, 82 Fed. Reg. 34899 (July 2017), and oppose the initiative to repeal and replace this protective regulation.
350th anniversary of the Great fire of London.
As history would have it, the fire that engulfed London for four days began on Pudding Lane. A baker by the name of Thomas Farriner was blamed for the blaze - something he denied for the rest of his life.
The small blaze spread between September 2 and 5 1666, leaving 436 acres of the city completely destroyed.
On it's 350th anniversary, the capital is hosting a series of events to mark the dark period in its history.
Designed by American artist David Best, the London 1666 installation is part London's Burning, a festival of arts produced by Artichoke.
(I won't be there for the actual burning tonight so did my own interpretation :))
About to enjoy a cocktail on Repeal Day, in the alley, at...
Independent Distilling Company
Decatur (East Decatur Station), Georgia, USA.
5 December 2020.
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▶ On this date, 5 December, in 1933, Utah ratified the 21st Amendment (by becoming the last state necessary to reach a Constitutional majority), thus ending America's ignoble 18-year experiment with the Prohibition of alcohol.
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honey bee on creeping thistle.
If you are a UK citizen/resident then please check out the current petition to get the UK government to repeal the Weeds Act 1959 and rehabilitate creeping thistle and ragwort for the benefit of pollinator biodiversity:
The United States banned the sale of alcohol nationwide in 1919 to be enforced the following year. However, prohibition on a local level came much earlier in many places.
The G.A. P. Saloon in Oakesdale, Washington opened sometime after the repeal of prohibition in 1933.
Oakesdale wasn't an incredibly rough town - not much more than any other, really. But the battles over liquor began early and basically never let up until the 1930s.
Even before Washington became a state, each town had their own laws concerning saloons. When Washington was writing their constitution, three big issues were put to a territory-wide vote. First, the location of the capital was to be decided (eventually Olympia), but also women's suffrage and prohibition.
In the end, and on the original Washington state constitution, women had no right to vote, but anyone could go to a saloon. Prohibition was voted out.
Through all of this, various groups like the Anti-Saloon League and many churches petitioned and protested enough to finally get the state government to pass a "local option" in 1909. As during the territorial days, this allowed communities to pass local prohibition laws - essentially creating a patchwork of wet and dry towns.
But even before that, towns and anti-alcohol groups took matters into their own hands. In 1904, Oakesdale banned saloons. This was done through electing enough anti-saloon board members to the town council. Each year, those against prohibition would try to reverse it.
In 1905 and 1906, the ban stood. But in 1907, the town voted to allow saloons.
But this wasn't the end of it. In 1908, the town Baptists came out strong against liquor. "The saloon is known to be a great and menacing evil," they wrote in a resolution. If any member was known to support alcohol in any way at all, they were to be "punished."
That same year, a saloon was robbed, and (in an unrelated incident), a saloon was caught selling alcohol to minors.
To make matters worse, a nearby newspaper wrote: "Oakesdale is having more than its share of trouble. It returned to a wet condition at the December election, and now has smallpox in big doses."
The saloons in Oakesdale as well as the rest of the state would only last for a few more years. In 1914, Washington passed a state-wide prohibition. Many fought against it, but in 1916 couldn't get enough votes to overturn it.
It was too late anyway. The United States congress passed the prohibition amendment in 1917 and Washington (still dry) voted to ratify it in 1919. The amendment went into effect in January of 1920. It would last 13 years.
Following the repeal of prohibition, saloons like the G.A.P. Saloon would open legally.
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Washington
March 2024
Schwabachers Landing is a boat landing located a few miles south of Snake River Overlook, along the east shore of the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, U.S.. The boat landing is located off the combined U.S. Route 26/89/187, 5 miles (16 km) north of the park's main headquarters at Moose, Wyoming. The landing is accessed via a dirt road immediately north of Moose and is impassable in the winter. Fishermen, canoeists and rafters use the landing to gain access to the Snake River, and it is one of four locations in Grand Teton National Park where the river is easily accessed. Wildlife including moose, pronghorn, mule deer and bald eagles are commonly seen in the immediate vicinity of the landing. Above the landing, along the main highway, some of the finest vistas of the Teton Range, are available and a number of excellent images have been painted and photographed from that vantage point. Privately owned tour companies provide guided fishing and rafting trips commencing from the landing, and the immediate area is a popular spot for wedding parties. [Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwabachers_Landing]
Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately 310,000 acres (480 sq mi; 130,000 ha; 1,300 km2), the park includes the major peaks of the 40-mile-long (64 km) Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole. It is only 10 miles (16 km) south of Yellowstone National Park, to which it is connected by the National Park Service-managed John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. Along with surrounding National Forests, these three protected areas constitute the almost 18,000,000-acre (7,300,000 ha) Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact mid-latitude temperate ecosystems in the world. Human history of the Grand Teton region dates back at least 11,000 years, when the first nomadic hunter-gatherer Paleo-Indians began migrating into the region during warmer months pursuing food and supplies. In the early 19th century, the first White explorers encountered the eastern Shoshone natives. Between 1810 and 1840, the region attracted fur trading companies that vied for control of the lucrative beaver pelt trade. U.S. Government expeditions to the region commenced in the mid-19th century as an offshoot of exploration in Yellowstone, with the first permanent white settlers in Jackson Hole arriving in the 1880s. Efforts to preserve the region as a national park commenced in the late 19th century, and in 1929 Grand Teton National Park was established, protecting the major peaks of the Teton Range. The valley of Jackson Hole remained in private ownership until the 1930s, when conservationists led by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. began purchasing land in Jackson Hole to be added to the existing national park. Against public opinion and with repeated Congressional efforts to repeal the measures, much of Jackson Hole was set aside for protection as Jackson Hole National Monument in 1943. The monument was abolished in 1950 and most of the monument land was added to Grand Teton National Park. Grand Teton National Park is named for Grand Teton, the tallest mountain in the Teton Range. The naming of the mountains is attributed to early 19th-century French-speaking trappers—les trois tétons (the three teats) was later anglicized and shortened to Tetons. At 13,775 feet (4,199 m), Grand Teton abruptly rises more than 7,000 feet (2,100 m) above Jackson Hole, almost 850 feet (260 m) higher than Mount Owen, the second-highest summit in the range. The park has numerous lakes, including 15-mile-long (24 km) Jackson Lake as well as streams of varying length and the upper main stem of the Snake River. Though in a state of recession, a dozen small glaciers persist at the higher elevations near the highest peaks in the range. Some of the rocks in the park are the oldest found in any U.S. National Park and have been dated at nearly 2.7 billion years. Grand Teton National Park is an almost pristine ecosystem and the same species of flora and fauna that have existed since prehistoric times can still be found there. More than 1,000 species of vascular plants, dozens of species of mammals, 300 species of birds, more than a dozen fish species and a few species of reptiles and amphibians exist. Due to various changes in the ecosystem, some of them human-induced, efforts have been made to provide enhanced protection to some species of native fish and the increasingly threatened whitebark pine. Grand Teton National Park is a popular destination for mountaineering, hiking, fishing and other forms of recreation. There are more than 1,000 drive-in campsites and over 200 miles (320 km) of hiking trails that provide access to backcountry camping areas. Noted for world-renowned trout fishing, the park is one of the few places to catch Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout. Grand Teton has several National Park Service-run visitor centers, and privately operated concessions for motels, lodges, gas stations and marinas.
[source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Teton_National_Park]
Website: www.nps.gov/grte/index.htm
St. Paul, Minnesota
April 15, 2010
There was another Tea Party protest at the Minnesota capitol on April 15, tax day. Protesters call for smaller government and the repeal of the health care law enacted in March, 2010.
Then as now the people protesting were not a violent gang of thugs like at the Capitol on 1/6 but peaceful American Citizens who have had their fill of the lunacy that has infected our nation.
1776 as a symbolic act of resistance against British rule. The statue, which had been erected in 1770, was melted down into 42,088 bullets for use in the Revolutionary War after its toppling. This event marked a significant moment in American history, symbolizing the colonists' desire for independence from British tyranny. The statue was originally commissioned to celebrate the repeal of the Stamp Act, but its removal was seen as a rejection of colonial allegiance to the British crown.
Prohibition was repealed in 1933, so Walter and Susie Lewis Yarger built this bar in 1934 as an addition to their house in Daniel, Wyoming. With that big TV antenna, maybe it was a sports bar. I can't find information about when it finally closed.
This site at Alwalton hosted a watermill as far back as the eleventh century because it was mentioned in the Doomsday book along with more than 5,000 other watermills across the UK. Water power was being exploited well before the first windmills appeared more than 100 years later.
By 1128, three mills were reported on the site and this was still the case in 1649 when they were known as “The Town Mills”. The three mills were almost certainly on the same site, in the same building and all harnessing the same power source. At this time, two of the mills were believed to be traditional corn mills taking local corn and producing flour, the other being a fulling mill which used intriguing devices to clean and process wool based product.
The first nineteenth century census in 1841 showed the mill in the hands of Lincolnshire born “master miller” Chapman March who by 1845 carried the title of “miller and bonecrusher” ….. the latter in reference to the fact that one of the mills was now a bone mill which converted animal bones into fertilizer.
A newspaper report in 1850 announced that the mill had been leased to Chapman March for a further 21 years by the Dean & Chapter of Peterborough for the princely rent of just 20 shillings per annum !
The mill was thriving in 1851 with March now employing four men but his reign as master miller ended prematurely in 1857 when he died at the young age of 45. By November 1857, the mill was being offered for sale by the deceased’s brother Henry March, the sale particulars offering “corn and bone mills plus grounds and buildings over five acres”.
No buyers were forthcoming with the majority no doubt put off by the feared impact on local milling of the arrival of the railways and the repeal of the long standing Corn Laws in 1851 which had previously favoured local landowners and allowed them to dictate market prices. Now the market was open to bulk imports by river and rail which in turn dramatically slashed the profitability of corn mills in particular.
With no buyers in sight, the mill was auctioned to the highest bidder at Peterborough’s White Lion Inn in February 1858. The auction catalogue offered “bone & coal yards adjoining the river, dwelling house, gig house, stables, walled crew yards, other outbuildings, large garden, 5 acres of pasture land. Mills include five pairs of stones (four french, one gray) fitted with valuable dressing machines – nearly new – by Varley & Sedgewick of Leeds and other machinery of superior character and in good condition“.
Germany, Hamburg, "Elbbrücken", the River Elbe Bridges are three parallel independent bridge structures crossing the river Elbe in Hamburg.
The Freihafenelbbrücken, Freeport Elbe Bridge, after 124 years, the Hamburg Free Port was repealed in January 2013 in the interest of developing the port & city area. Since then, the entire port of Hamburg has been a so-called "sea customs port" under customs law, as are most of the major ports in the European north range.
The Eisenbahnbrücke, Railway Bridge with four railway tracks
The Neue Elbbrücke, New Elbe Bridge, for motorbikes, cars, truks etc.
If the extension of the metro line U4 will be realised, a fourth parallel bridge will added.
Due to the low headroom the brides form the south-eastern end point of the area of the Elbe & the Port of Hamburg, which can be used by large seagoing vessels & is only navigable for small vessels caring the goods from the Hamburg Harbour upstream on the Elbe.
On the one hand, they form an important link within the city-state of Hamburg & connect the districts north of the Elbe with the districts south of the Elbe & the regions beyond.
The Elbe bridges also have a significant national & international function as a north-south link in European rail traffic & in the context of crossings of the federal highways.
The Hamburg Elbbrücken form together with the Old Elbe Tunnel, built in 1911, under the Norderelbe & the "new" highway Elb-tunnel from 1975 with now four lines in each direction. This bridges & tunnels are the last fixed Elbe crossings before the almost 100 km away mouth of the Elbe into the North Sea.
The first documented bridge crossing here was the Napoleonic Elbe Bridge built in 1815 by Napoleon's troops. Because due to lack of maintenance & insufficiently protection, the construction was already completely destroyed by ice floes in 1817 & was not rebuilt.
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Window Tax, the taxation of light imposed by William lll in 1696 in England & Wales before being repealed 155yrs later in 1851.
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A fossil (Latin fossilis "excavated") is any testimony of past life of the earth's history, which is older than 10,000 years.
Even plants leave behind bridges, or even fossilized under the right circumstances. Only when the remains have been completely converted to rock, it is called "petrification".
The term "fossilization" is not synonymous, because not every fossil is mineralized and thus exists as a fossilization.
There are also other types of fossils. Instead of being embedded in sand or mud, animals and plants can also be frozen in ice, such as mammoths in permafrost in Siberia. Or they are trapped in tree resin, which in time turns into amber.
I found this imprint many years ago and repealed it as evidence of a life before our time ... even if it's just a fragment.
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Ein Fossil (lateinisch fossilis „ausgegraben“) ist jedes Zeugnis vergangenen Lebens der Erdgeschichte, das älter als 10.000 Jahre ist.
Auch Pflanzen hinterlassen Abrücke, oder können unter den richtigen Umständen sogar ganz fossilieren. Nur wenn die Überreste vollständig zu Gestein umgesetzt wurden, spricht man von „Versteinerung“.
Der Begriff „Versteinerung“ ist nicht gleichbedeutend, denn nicht jedes Fossil ist mineralisiert und liegt somit als eine Versteinerung vor.
Es gibt nämlich auch noch andere Arten von Fossilien. Anstatt in Sand oder Schlamm eingebettet zu werden, können Tiere und Pflanzen auch in Eis eingefroren werden, wie etwa Mammute im Permafrostboden in Sibirien. Oder sie werden in Baumharz eingeschlossen, das mit der Zeit zu Bernstein.
Ich habe diesen Abdruck vor vielen Jahren gefunden und als Beweis für ein Leben vor unserer Zeit aufgehoben.... auch wenn es nur ein Bruchstück ist.
Mrs Doyle, Pauline McGlynn, Irish actor, a piece of art by "subset" in Temple Dublin, recently removed by Dublin City Council for breaching planning law. This and other quality art have been removed. I can't really understand the logic of spending so much time policing quality art on private property when other parts of the city are being neglected. We have a board walk along the Liffey which is so dirty the seagulls even avoid it. Lots of broken pavements are ignored. The list is endless. I am however delighted to have recorded some of this art before it was vandalised by DCC. Camera in this case Holga with Hp5 during the Repeal Referendum May 2018. I have also recorded them at night with the Hasselblad.
Flinders Chase National Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located at the west end of Kangaroo Island about 177 kilometres west-south west of the state capital of Adelaide and 110 kilometres west of the municipal seat of Kingscote. It is a sanctuary for endangered species and home to a few geological phenomena. It was the second national park to be declared in South Australia.
Flinders Chase National Park consists of three sections - an area of coastal landscapes around Cape du Couedic in the south west corner of the island, the Gosse Lands in the centre of the west end of the island and the former Cape Borda Lightstation reserve in the north west corner of the island.
Following a deputation of scientists in 1906, the premier, Tom Price, agreed to set aside the Cape Borda lighthouse reserve of 61 square miles as a nature reserve. and in 1909 the South Australian government converted another 79 square miles of what had been pastoral reserve to a nature reserve,[a] under the control of the Fauna and Flora Board. The board had asked for 300 square miles but the additional properties needed had already been leased, and the lessees, who had yet to make any improvements, demanded £28,000 as compensation for losing what they had been getting for £28 per year Professor Stirling urged that when those leases expired they be turned over to the Board.
The reserve was named Flinders Chase at the suggestion of Samuel Dixon (died 1927). Apart from its intended use as a habitat for koalas and other mammals, it was considered a likely refuge for the lyre bird, "pheasant" (perhaps the malleefowl, [Leipoa ocellata]) and "bush turkey" (perhaps Australian brushturkey, [Alectura lathami]), all threatened on the mainland due to depredations by foxes. The Rocky River was touted as a platypus reserve.
Parts of the national park first acquired protected area status as a 'flora and fauna reserve' declared on 16 October 1919 under the Fauna and Flora Reserve Act 1919, an act whose specific purpose was:
…to establish a Reserve on Kangaroo Island for the Protection, Preservation, and Propagation of Australasian Fauna and Flora, and to provide for the Control of such Reserve, and for other purposes.
No funds were made available for fencing or provision of a ranger however, and the laws regarding burning, shooting, poisoning and taking of protected species were unenforceable and broken with impunity. In 1922 the government brought the Chase's total area close to 200 square miles by the addition of the Rocky River freehold and leases south of Rocky River to the landing reserve by the Cape du Couedic lighthouse. The Chase's eastern boundary was now a straight line running south from the De Mole River mouth to the island's south coast. It also gave the board a couple of cottages for the use of a ranger and visitors.
It was constituted as a national park upon the proclamation of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 27 April 1972 which repealed five items of existing legislation including the Fauna and Flora Reserve Act 1919. At proclamation in 1972, it consisted of the following land in the following cadastral units as well as the entirety of the Casuarina Islets - section 11 in the Hundred of Borda, section 64 in the Hundred of Gosse, section 17 in the Hundred of McDonald and section 66 in "South out of Hundreds".
On 15 October 1993, land in section 11 of the Hundred of Borda, section 64 of Hundred of Gosse and Allotments 50 and 52 in DP 38340 and with an area of 416.63 square kilometres (160.86 sq mi) was removed from the national park and constituted under the Wilderness Protection Act 1992 as the Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area.
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1502? – 22 August 1553) was a Tudor general, admiral and politician, who de facto ruled England in the latter half of King Edward VI's reign. At Edward's death, his attempt to displace Edward's sister and heir Mary with his own daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey, failed, resulting in his being sentenced and put to death for high treason.
John Dudley was born as the first son of Edmund Dudley and Elizabeth Grey, Baroness Lisle, a descendant of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick. His grandfather was a Knight of the Garter and Steward to King Henry V. His younger brothers were called Jerome, Oliver, William and Andrew.
When his father was attainted and executed in 1510, Edward Guilford — a partner in many of Edmund's "profitable outrages" — became guardian of the nine-year old John and one of his younger brothers (possibly Andrew, who was later made Admiral of the North Sea). The boys were then taken into the home of Richard Guilford. Within two years, in 1512, Guilford was able to persuade King Henry VIII to repeal Edmund's attainder.
In order to prosper under his new-found liberty, Dudley married Edward's daughter Jane in 1520. He took part as Guilford's lieutenant in the campaign of 1523 in France under the king's brother-in-law, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk and won a knighthood on the field for gallantry after his valour at the crossing of the Somme. He was soon to gain prominence in the tournaments of the royal court and as a protégé of Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, and so joined the group whose task it was to amuse the king. In 1527, and again in 1532, he accompanied Wolsey to France.
About the time of the birth of his fifth son Robert in 1532/1533, Dudley was appointed Master of the Armoury in the Tower of London. To it he brought the reputation of being the ablest commander both by land and sea that had then been of service to the Tudors. This helped rehabilitate the name of Dudley. At the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1533 he was invited to be a cup-bearer, and he would lead the procession at the christening of the Princess Elizabeth.
When Edward Guilford died in 1534 without male issue or a written will, the Guilford estate was disputed between Dudley (on behalf of his wife) and Guilford's nephew John. Dudley claimed the manor of Halden, and other lands in Kent and Sussex, despite John Guilford's assertion that his uncle had intended him to inherit. Five years later Dudley sold the manor with others to Thomas Cromwell, whose protégé he became after Cardinal Wolsey's fall.
From 1536 he appears to have encountered some difficulties that led him to part with much of his inheritance in favour of the Midlands estate of his cousin, John Sutton, 3rd Lord Dudley; he exchanged his reversionary interest in the lands left to him by his mother to Sir Richard for life. He then made extensive purchases, especially in Staffordshire and the Welsh marches. In addition, he was given several manors by the King, including the extensive estates of Halesowen Abbey on the Dissolution of the Monasteries, so that his land base shifted to the central and west Midlands. He was elected sheriff of Staffordshire in 1536 after helping to put down the Pilgrimage of Grace.
In 1537 Dudley was sent on a mission to Spain and also began the connection with the Admiralty which, with his military commands from 1542, was to bring him to the fore during the closing years of Henry's reign. In January 1542 he resumed his seat in the Commons as one of the knights for Staffordshire, and upon his stepfather's death was created Viscount Lisle (derived from his mother) and made Lord Admiral for life, entering the Lords the following day to sit in regular attendance for the rest of the session.
Exercising his new prerogative, Dudley dispatched the French from the English Channel and stormed Boulogne-sur-Mer, for which he was to become a Knight of the Garter and was on the 23 April 1543, admitted as a member of the Privy Council. As Lord Admiral he directed the naval operations of the next two years and his presence at the third session of that Parliament was respectively shortened. To his other duties there was added in late 1544 the governorship of Boulogne. Also in 1544 he accompanied his future rival, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford to the capture and burning of Edinburgh. A large English force, supported by a naval fleet, under Hertford's command, invaded the east coast of Scotland, sacking Leith and Dunbar and capturing Edinburgh.
After attending the first session of the Parliament of 1545 Dudley was to direct the operations of the fleet in the Battle of the Solent which frustrated the French attack on Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. He went with the embassy to Paris to ratify and conclude the peace in 1546. On his return Dudley was absent from Council meetings on the grounds of ill-health, although the imperial ambassador ascribed his retirement to a difference of opinion with Bishop Stephen Gardiner, whom he had assaulted in the Council. He returned before the King died, and was in attendance at the final session of Parliament. By 1547, the year of the King’s death, he was Lieutenant General of all His Majesty's armed forces.
Dudley was among the sixteen members of the Regency Council, Henry had appointed to govern the kingdom during Edward's minority. The new King's uncle, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, was elected Lord Protector just before the coronation. That year Dudley sought and was duly granted the right to bear the arms of the Earls of Warwick, with the distinctive badge of the Bear and the Ragged Staff.
By the end of 1549 most councillors, including Thomas Cranmer, the Earl of Arundel, William Paulet, and William Cecil, were turned against Somerset and united behind Dudley, the man with the ambition, will and determination to oust the Protector. Dudley lead the palace rebellion against Somerset in 1549, leading to Somerset's imprisonment and eventual execution in 1552.
Unlike Somerset, whom he had outmanoeuvered, Dudley did not take the title of Lord Protector, and encouraged Edward VI to proclaim his majority. Nonetheless, Dudley effectively ruled the country by holding the two offices of Lord President of the Council and of Great Steward of the King's Household. Dudley was given the title of Duke of Northumberland in 1551.
Dudley obtained such an influence over Edward that the King was ready to make it appear that Dudley's ideas were actually his own. Whether or not it was justified, Dudley acquired a bad reputation, becoming known as a "tyrant", sometimes referred to as the merciless "bear of Warwick". Despite the differing opinion of his character, some[who?] argue in Dudley's favour that he consulted the Privy Council regularly, did not make any executive decisions, and did not use the title 'Lord Protector' that Somerset had done. Dudley also began the political education of the young Edward VI.
Already in 1549, Dudley achieved his great political victory over the Norfolk rebels in their efforts to remove the enclosure system. He was popularised, not only for his skill and courage, but for his mercy towards the prisoners. When his small troop was faced with destruction and outnumbered, he drew his sword, kissed the blade and spoke of death before dishonour. When the conflict was over, he responded to his officers' protests for revenge with: "Is there no place for pardon?" He asked "What shall we then do? Shall we hold the plough ourselves, play the carters and labour the ground with our own hands?"
In order to compensate for the economic legacy of the Duke of Somerset, Dudley ceased debasement of the coinage, although, poorly advised by economists, he did take that action one last time. Using melted church plate, the coins were revalued in 1551 and began to slow down the rapid inflation that had been ravaging the country. However, Dudley's tendency towards profiteering - allowing himself and other Privy Councillors to enrich themselves at the expense of the state when it was nearing bankruptcy - has been criticised, although there are few that believe such profiteering was required in order to ensure Councillors' support.
Vagrancy, enclosure, evictions, poverty and rising crime were all very immediate problems facing Dudley's regency. This was exacerbated by poor harvest and subsequent lack of food.
One of Dudley's first actions after Somerset's fall was to end the wars with France and Scotland that Somerset had initiated . He surrendered the besieged town of Boulogne which, whilst weakening the English position in France, gained £200,000 for the struggling economy, liberated England from a financially burdensome territory and resulted in a defensive alliance between France and England with the Treaty of Boulogne. He also withdrew the English garrisons from Scotland.
When King Edward was dying, he signed a document which barred both his sisters, Mary I and Elizabeth, the remaining children of King Henry VIII, from the throne in favour of Lady Jane Grey (who had married Dudley's youngest son Guilford only six weeks previously). The extent to which Dudley influenced the document is uncertain,[1] but he countersigned the King's decree.
The decision to name Lady Jane Grey as an heir was based on the lack of 'heirs male' from other royals and noble families with royal connections. The motivation to exclude the previous heir-presumptive, Mary, stemmed from a desire to prevent a Catholic succession.
Before Edward's death had been made public, the Council summoned Mary back to London, but she (informed and warned by the Earl of Arundel) refused and instead demanded to be recognised as Queen. Dudley was at his country residence having complained of illness and in his absence the council wavered. Mary, having gathered much support from the nobles and gentry of East Anglia, which soon spread into other counties, marched into London with no opposition at the head of an immense throng. This outpouring of support for Mary was due to a general dislike of Dudley, popular anger over the previous Protestant regime and over its mistreatment of Mary and genuine respect for Mary's legitimacy. The people - even many Protestants - preferred a legitimate heir over a Protestant usurper.
Dudley was forced to surrender to Mary and was arrested. He was put on trial in 1553 and was sentenced to death for high treason. In his parting words he announced to the stunned observers his repentance and return to Catholicism - and encouraged them all to do likewise. Though five of his sons were imprisoned along with him, they were freed after eighteen months, except for the youngest, Guilford, who was executed.