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The Koppelpoort is a city gate in Amersfoort. It is a combination of a land and water gate. The name Koppelpoort refers to the area outside the gate that was and is called "De Koppel". The area served as a common meadow for, among other things, the farms that were placed inside the walls after the construction of the second city wall.
The Koppelpoort could be closed by means of a double treadmill. It still functions.
The gate was built between 1380 and 1425 as part of the second city wall. The entire wall was completed around 1450. The gate was attacked in 1427 during the siege of the city. This attack was repelled.
The gate was opened and closed every day by wheel turners. The wheel shakers (minimum 12 persons) were picked up in the morning and evening by various guards. It was a very dangerous job: if they didn't start walking at the same time, they could fall and be dragged along, often with fatal consequences. Before the shot could go down, it had to go up first to remove the iron pins that were inside. Only then could it go down. When the shot goes down, walking in the wheel becomes easier and faster, many people trip and break limbs.
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De Koppelpoort is een stadspoort in Amersfoort. Het is een combinatie van een land- en waterpoort. De naam Koppelpoort verwijst naar het gebied buiten de poort dat "De Koppel" was en wordt genoemd. Het gebied diende als gemeenschappelijke weide voor onder meer de boerderijen die na de bouw van de tweede stadsmuur binnen de muren waren geplaatst.
De Koppelpoort kon worden afgesloten door middel van een dubbele loopband. Het functioneert nog steeds.
De poort is tussen 1380 en 1425 gebouwd als onderdeel van de tweede stadsmuur. De hele muur werd rond 1450 voltooid. De poort werd in 1427 aangevallen tijdens het beleg van de stad. Deze aanval werd afgeslagen.
De poort werd elke dag geopend en gesloten door raddraaiers. De raddraaiers (minimaal 12 personen) werden 's morgens en' s avonds opgehaald door verschillende bewakers. Het was een zeer gevaarlijke klus: als ze niet tegelijkertijd begonnen te lopen, kon men vallen en de rest meesleuren, vaak met fatale gevolgen. Voordat het schot naar beneden kon, moest het eerst omhoog om de ijzeren pinnen die erin zaten te verwijderen. Alleen dan kon het naar beneden gaan. Als het schot naar beneden gaat, wordt lopen in het wiel gemakkelijker en sneller, veel mensen struikelen en breken ledematen.
La sittelle, oiseau forestier, peut fréquenter les jardins avec des grands arbres. Oiseau très peu sociable, la sittelle vit généralement toute l'année en couple sur un territoire bien délimité, auquel elle est très attachée. Elle le défend même en hiver, contre ses congénères et on peut la voir parfois avec les bandes de mésanges lorsqu'elles visitent les mangeoires. Les sittelles visitent les aires de nourrissage à condition de disposer dans les environs immédiats de vieux arbres. Sur les mangeoires, les sittelles sont des oiseaux agressifs, dominants toutes les espèces plus petites et la plupart des espèces de même taille. Si l'autre oiseau ne quitte pas immédiatement les lieux, il est immédiatement attaqué avec virulence. Seuls plusieurs verdiers réussissent à repousser une sittelle agressive.
À l'instar des mésanges noires et nonnette, elle est connue pour faire des réserves de nourriture dans des crevasses, notamment des noisettes, qu'elle mangera en période de disette. Dans son long bec, elle peut emmagasiner deux ou trois graines de tournesol. Elle s'envole alors en direction d'un arbre pour dissimuler son butin dans les crevasses du tronc. Elle camoufle ses caches de graines avec des morceaux d'écorce, de lichen ou de mousse. Comme la sittelle est très fidèle à son territoire, elle retrouve toujours ses cachettes aux cours de ses pérégrinations. Elle coince les noisettes dans des crevasses et assène de puissants coups de bec jusqu'à ce que la coque se fende en deux. Ces martèlements sont si forts qu'on croirait entendre un pic.
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The nuthatch, a forest bird, can frequent gardens with tall trees. Bird nut very unsociable, the nuthatch usually lives all year in pairs on a well-defined territory, which she is very attached. She defends it even in winter, against its congeners and we can sometimes see it with the bands of tits when they visit the feeders. Nuthatches visit feeding grounds provided they have old trees in the immediate vicinity. On feeders, nuthatches are aggressive birds, dominating all smaller species and most species of the same size. If the other bird does not leave immediately, he is immediately attacked with virulence. Only several greenfinches succeed in repelling an aggressive nuthatch.
Like the black tits and nonnette, she is known to stock food in crevices, including hazelnuts, which she will eat in times of scarcity. In its long beak, it can store two or three sunflower seeds. She then flew towards a tree to hide his booty in the crevices of the trunk. She hides her seed caches with pieces of bark, lichen or moss. As the nuthatch is very faithful to its territory, it always finds its hiding places during its peregrinations. It stuck hazel nuts in crevices and makes powerful pecks until the shell splits in two. These hammering are so strong that one would think to hear a peak.
Nativa del Amazonas y los Andes , es una Planta Maestra y Sagrada de muchas etnias indígenas , utilizada en ritos Shamánicos .Está habitada por diversos espíritus según la etnia o la region.. Se planta en los jardines para repeler las fuerzas negativas y se usa como analgésico.
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Native to the Amazon and the Andes, is a teacher and sacred plant of many indigenous groups, used in Shamanic rites .It inhabited by different spirits by ethnicity or region .. is planted in gardens to repel negative forces and used as analgesic.
The green dock beetle's breeding season is from March to October. There are 2 to 4 broods per year, with the last brood hibernating as an adult. The female lays over 1,000 eggs, laying them in clusters of 20 to 45 on the underside of the food plant's leaves. The eggs are oval in shape, and are cream to yellow, turning orange prior to hatching. After about 3 to 6 days, the larva hatches from the egg. It varies in color from greenish gray to dark brown. Its body is segmented, and will reach a length of 8 mm. Young larvae will drop to the ground if disturbed while feeding, while older larvae secrete a substance which repels competitors from eating the food plant leaves. After three instars, the larva pupates in a burrow about 2 cm underground. The adult emerges 6 to 9 days later.
A multilayer composed of chitin layers alternated with layers which also contain melanin is responsible for the green colouration (this phenomenon is known as structural colour). The development has been investigated using advanced imaging techniques, showing that the multilayer forms during pupation and schlerotisation.
Cochin (Inde) - Gros plan sur un pêcheur attaché à la manoeuvre d’un carrelet chinois. Là, il fume une clope, en attendant que ses collègues repoussent les algues qui empêchent le filets de pénétrer dans l’eau (www.flickr.com/photos/156294418@N02/51721100987/in/datepo...).
Chinese net operator
Cochin (India) - Close-up of a fisherman attached to the handling of a Chinese net. There, he smokes a cigarette, waiting for his colleagues to repel the algae that prevents the nets from entering the water (www.flickr.com/photos/156294418@N02/51721100987/in/datepo...).
Well not quite…Cormorants hold their wings out to dry because their feathers aren’t waterproof. The reason for this is their wettable feathers which don’t repel water allow them to dive down deeper for food.
In an attempt to repel demonstrators, agitators, and rioters, Chicago raises its metaphorical drawbridges. The ominous clouds portend a calamitous future as C-19 still lurks within the shadows of the city biding its time, as surely it will strike again. How much more can the city and its inhabitants withstand? Frightened they must be. Not a soul in sight.
Repelling a little rain.."again " lol
Sandy Hook, NJ
Thank you very much for your kind comments, favorites and looking
I feel like I am a ghost
Drifting about in my own memories
Why is it that easy
To wander about in the past
Why is it that each recollection
Has become as painful
As an embedded shard of glass
It now seems routine
That I revisit old haunts
I used to know
Closer than my own heart
I have become a paradox of scars
That l live with each day
It is not only blood
That runs in my veins
But a river of loss
*****
This image is from a series of photographs that I took at Alfriston Church in Sussex, UK, on a cold, windy day in October. I have mentioned before that I felt an unease at this place, and I think the images are a reflection of that. I wondered if anything or anybody could truly be at rest here, as this feeling came from some disturbance older than the church, embedded in the landscape, it seemed to me.
The weather added to my unsettled feeling, the wind swirling around the church, which is positioned on older sacred ground. The landscape seemed to attract as well as repel.
I have chosen to pair this image with Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 - I. Introitus. Requiem aeternam. Please click on the link below for an immersive experience.
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Pour un court séjour à Sète. Plus exactement Frontignan La Peyrade où nous avons la chance de posséder une baraquete sur le canal Rhône Sète donnant sur l'étang de Tau. Non loin se trouve les cuves alimentés par les raffineries. Un univers magique que j'ai traité un peu "Drama" cette fois.
Suivront les maisons face à la plage de Frontignan. Encore un monde de baraque fait de bric et de broc mais avec un charme populaire qui éloigne un tourisme BoBo. Puis quelques images de Sète.
Le tout traité dans un monochrome loin de mes traitements colorés de Sète comprenant 60 albums déjà ...
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For a short stay in Sete. More precisely Frontignan La Peyrade where we have the chance to own a baraquete on the Rhone Sete canal overlooking the pond Tau. Not far away is the tanks supplied by refineries. A magical world that I treated a little "Drama" this time.
Follow the houses facing the beach Frontignan. Another World booth did bits and pieces but with a charm that repels a popular tourist BoBo. Then some pictures of Sète.
All treated in a monochrome color away from my treatments Sète with 60 albums already ...
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Kutaisi is one of the most ancient cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia, traditionally, second in importance, after the capital city of Tbilisi. Situated 221 kilometres (137 miles) west of Tbilisi, on the Rioni River, it is the capital of the western region of Imereti.
Historically one of the major cities of Georgia, it served as political center of Colchis in the Middle Ages as capital of the Kingdom of Abkhazia and Kingdom of Georgia and later as the capital of the Kingdom of Imereti.
Archaeological evidence indicates that the city functioned as the capital of the Colchis in the sixth to fifth centuries BC. It is believed that, in Argonautica, a Greek epic poem about Jason and the Argonauts and their journey to Colchis, author Apollonius Rhodius considered Kutaisi their final destination as well as the residence of King Aeëtes.
Later, it was capital of the kingdom of Lazica until being occupied briefly by the Arabs. An Arab incursion into western Georgia was repelled by Abkhazians jointly with Lazic and Iberian allies in 736, towards c.786, Leon II won his full independence from Byzantine and transferred his capital to Kutaisi, thus unifying Lazica and Abasgia via a dynastic union. The latter led the unification of the Georgian monarchy in the 11th century.
From 1008 to 1122, Kutaisi served as capital of the united Kingdom of Georgia, and from the 15th century until 1810, it was the capital of the Imeretian Kingdom. In 1508, the city was conquered by Selim I, who was the son of Bayezid II, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Kutaisi in 1870. During the 17th century, Imeretian kings made many appeals to Russian Empire to help them in their struggle for independence from the Ottomans. All these appeals were ignored as Russia did not want to spoil relations with Turkey. Only in the reign of Catherine the Great, in 1768, were troops of general Gottlieb Heinrich Totleben sent to join the forces of King Heraclius II of Georgia, who hoped to reconquer the Ottoman-held southern Georgian lands, with Russian help. Totleben helped King Solomon I of Imereti to recover his capital, Kutaisi, on August 6, 1770.
Kutaisi in 1885. Finally, the Russian-Turkish wars ended in 1810 with the annexation of the Imeretian Kingdom by the Russian Empire. The city was the capital of the Kutais Governorate, which included much of west Georgia. In March 1879, the city was the site of a blood libel trial that attracted attention all over Russia; the ten accused Jews were acquitted.
Kutaisi was a major industrial center before Georgia's independence on 9 April 1991. Independence was followed by the economic collapse of the country, and, as a result, many inhabitants of Kutaisi have had to work abroad. Small-scale trade prevails among the rest of the population.
Erice, Sicily, Italy.
Towering over the west of Sicily at 751m above sea level and often covered in its own personal cloud, Erice is a wonderfully preserved Mediaeval town offering the most breathtaking views and a palpable sense of history.
Originally an Elymian city (the Elymians were around before the Greeks ever set foot in Sicily) Erice, or Eryx as it was first called, was a town of no little importance and renown and is said to have attracted the likes Hercules and Aeneas.
Like so many Sicilian towns, it passed from one invader to another as all the usual suspects came and went, leaving their architectural calling cards and their cultural footprints. The name changed from Eryx, to Erice to Gebel Hamed and Monte San Giuliano but its essential character remained, obstinately repelling any attempt to change its real identity.
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Chapter 4: Finally, the second lion arrived on the scene and the battle began anew. The giraffe, much larger, kicked at the lions with all the power at its command. You can tell from several of the images that there were severe deformities in the giraffe's hooves. Possibly, this is what attracted the lions to this particular giraffe. It may have also hindered the giraffe's ability to outrun his much smaller pursuers. Notwithstanding his misshapen hooves, the giraffe was able to repel his attackers. But as you can see from the last picture, they hadn't given up the fight.
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The Castle of Eger gained its historical importance and became famous in 1552, when Captain István Dobó together with a small number of Hungarian defenders repelled the siege of the giant Turkish army. Nowadays the Castle is one of the main attractions of Eger, offering several exhibitions and programs for the interested visitors (virtual tour). But what do we know about the past of the walls we can see today? Here is their history in a nutshell.
In the 11th century, the first king of Hungary, Saint István established the first ten bishoprics of the country and made Eger a seat of one. A cathedral was built on the hill of the present castle, and the town was located around it. Although the cathedral has been ruined, we can see its remainings in the castle.
The castle was probably built in the second half of the 13th century, after the Mongolo-Tartarian attacks, which destroyed the former Felsőtárkány fortress of the bishop. The Castle of Eger used to be a so-called knight castle with high but thin walls. Therefore, with the appearance of artillery weapons, it became obsolete. As a solution, in the 16th century, they started to modernise it according to the plans of Alessandro Vedani.
In 1548, great strategist István Dobó was assigned captain. Preparing for a possible Turkish attack, he continued to strengthen the castle and enlarged the number of military equipment.
The siege of the Turks began in September 1552. The Ottoman Army of Suleiman the Magnificent seemed to be unstoppable before. It was divided in three parts, arriving from three different directions, each taking the attacked castles one after the other. These three parts of the army united at Eger, altogether counting about 60 000 soldiers. On the other hand, the number of Hungarian defenders was only 2000. (We can even read their names in the museum of the castle.) Therefore, it is almost unbelievable that they could last for 38 days, and finally, repulse the Turkish enemy, who by that time was suffering from diseases and the cold autumn weather. According to a legend, there were rumours in the Turkish Army about Hungarians drinking the blood of bulls which gave them superhuman power. This was in fact, the famous red wine of Eger, called bikavér (bull’s blood). The women of Eger played an important role in the defence, as they were also fighting heroically. The excellent painter Bertalan Székely commemorated them with his work entitled Egri nők (Women of Eger).
Repelling the siege of the thirty times larger army is considered as one of the most important victories in Hungary. Its significance was that the Ottoman Army and its campaign was stopped at Eger and could not reach the almost unfortified northern regions and their valuable mines.
Already a few months after the triumph, poet Sebestyén Lantos Tinódi wrote a detailed song (450 stanzas!) about the siege. Thanks to him, the persistence of the warriors of Eger seminated all over Europe.
Best if viewed large. My osprey getting serious with the nest robbers. It missed but shortly after this the would be invaiding nesters gave up and went elsewhere!! Photo taken last April.
Chapter 4: Finally, the second lion arrived on the scene and the battle began anew. The giraffe, much larger, kicked at the lions with all the power at its command. You can tell from several of the images that there were severe deformities in the giraffe's hooves. Possibly, this is what attracted the lions to this particular giraffe. It may have also hindered the giraffe's ability to outrun his much smaller pursuers. Notwithstanding his misshapen hooves, the giraffe was able to repel his attackers. But as you can see from the last picture, they hadn't given up the fight.
A macro view of a bug-repelling citronella wristband, taken for the Macro Mondays group theme, "Smell." The frame spans 1⅛ - inches across.
Strobist/technical info:
The scene is an 8-image focus stack composite. It was illuminated by two Nikon SB900 speedlights placed at 9- and 3-o'clock, 20-inches above and two-feet away from the subject. The speedlights were fired in Manual mode @ ⅛ power through Neewer 24" x 24" soft boxes.
The SB900s were triggered by three PocketWizard Plus Xs.
Lens: Tokina AT - X M100 AF PRO D (AF 100mm f / 2.8 Macro) with 20mm + 36mm extension tubes attached.
#MacroMondays
#Smell
To repel vampires. Cleaned-up and brightened, cloves from a broken-open bulb of garlic. March 15, 2020
Blackcap - Sylvia Atrcapilla (M)
The Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) usually known simply as the blackcap, is a common and widespread typical warbler. It has mainly olive-grey upperparts and pale grey underparts, and differences between the five subspecies are small. Both sexes have a neat coloured cap to the head, black in the male and reddish-brown in the female. The male's typical song is a rich musical warbling, often ending in a loud high-pitched crescendo, but a simpler song is given in some isolated areas, such as valleys in the Alps. The blackcap's closest relative is the garden warbler, which looks quite different but has a similar song.
The blackcap feeds mainly on insects during the breeding season, then switches to fruit in late summer, the change being triggered by an internal biological rhythm. When migrants arrive on their territories they initially take berries, pollen and nectar if there are insufficient insects available, then soon switch to their preferred diet. They mainly pick prey off foliage and twigs, but may occasionally hover, flycatch or feed on the ground. Blackcaps eat a wide range of invertebrate prey, although aphids are particularly important early in the season, and flies, beetles and caterpillars are also taken in large numbers. Small snails are swallowed whole, since the shell is a source of calcium for the bird's eggs. Chicks are mainly fed soft-bodied insects, fruit only being provided if invertebrates are scarce.
In July, the diet switches increasingly to fruit. The protein needed for egg-laying and for the chicks to grow is replaced by fruit sugar which helps the birds to fatten for migration. Aphids are still taken while they are available, since they often contain sugars from the plant sap on which they feed. Blackcaps eat a wide range of small fruit, and squeeze out any seeds on a branch before consuming the pulp. This technique makes them an important propagator of mistletoe. The mistle thrush, which also favours that plant, is less beneficial since it tends to crush the seeds. Although any suitable fruit may be eaten, some have seasonal or local importance; elder makes up a large proportion of the diet of northern birds preparing for migration, and energy-rich olives and lentisc are favoured by blackcaps wintering in the Mediterranean.
The German birds wintering in British gardens rely on provided food, and the major items are bread and fat, each making up around 20% of the diet; one bird survived the whole winter eating only Christmas cake. Fruit is also eaten, notably cotoneaster (41% of the fruit consumed), ivy and honeysuckle, and apple if available. Some birds have learned to take peanuts from feeders. Blackcaps defend good winter food sources in the wild, and at garden feeding stations they repel competitors as large as starlings and blackbirds. Birds occasionally become tame enough to feed from the hand.
Aristotle, in his History of Animals, considered that the garden warbler eventually metamorphosed into a blackcap. The blackcap's song has led to it being described as the "mock nightingale" or "country nightingale", and John Clare, in "The March Nightingale" describes the listener as believing that the rarer species has arrived prematurely. "He stops his own and thinks the nightingale/Hath of her monthly reckoning counted wrong". The song is also the topic of Italian poet Giovanni Pascoli's "La Capinera" [The Blackcap].
Giovanni Verga's 1871 novel Storia di una capinera, according to its author, was inspired by a story of a blackcap trapped and caged by children. The bird, silent and pining for its lost freedom, eventually dies. In the book, a nun evacuated from her convent by cholera falls in love with a family friend, only to have to return to her confinement when the disease wanes. The novel was adapted as films of the same name in 1917, 1943 and 1993. The last version was directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and its English-language version was retitled as Sparrow. In Saint François d'Assise, an opera by Messiaen, the orchestration is based on bird song. St Francis himself is represented by the blackcap.
Folk names for the blackcap often refer to its most obvious plumage feature (black-headed peggy, King Harry black cap and coal hoodie) or to its song, as in the "nightingale" names above. Other old names are based on its choice of nesting material (Jack Straw, hay bird, hay chat and hay Jack). There is a tradition of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm bases being named for birds. A former base near Stretton in Cheshire was called HMS Blackcap.
Population:
UK breeding:
1,200,000 territories
UK wintering:
3,000 bird
Blackcap - Sylvia Atrcapilla (f)
Norfolk
The Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) usually known simply as the blackcap, is a common and widespread typical warbler. It has mainly olive-grey upperparts and pale grey underparts, and differences between the five subspecies are small. Both sexes have a neat coloured cap to the head, black in the male and reddish-brown in the female. The male's typical song is a rich musical warbling, often ending in a loud high-pitched crescendo, but a simpler song is given in some isolated areas, such as valleys in the Alps. The blackcap's closest relative is the garden warbler, which looks quite different but has a similar song.
The blackcap feeds mainly on insects during the breeding season, then switches to fruit in late summer, the change being triggered by an internal biological rhythm. When migrants arrive on their territories they initially take berries, pollen and nectar if there are insufficient insects available, then soon switch to their preferred diet. They mainly pick prey off foliage and twigs, but may occasionally hover, flycatch or feed on the ground. Blackcaps eat a wide range of invertebrate prey, although aphids are particularly important early in the season, and flies, beetles and caterpillars are also taken in large numbers. Small snails are swallowed whole, since the shell is a source of calcium for the bird's eggs. Chicks are mainly fed soft-bodied insects, fruit only being provided if invertebrates are scarce.
In July, the diet switches increasingly to fruit. The protein needed for egg-laying and for the chicks to grow is replaced by fruit sugar which helps the birds to fatten for migration. Aphids are still taken while they are available, since they often contain sugars from the plant sap on which they feed. Blackcaps eat a wide range of small fruit, and squeeze out any seeds on a branch before consuming the pulp. This technique makes them an important propagator of mistletoe. The mistle thrush, which also favours that plant, is less beneficial since it tends to crush the seeds. Although any suitable fruit may be eaten, some have seasonal or local importance; elder makes up a large proportion of the diet of northern birds preparing for migration, and energy-rich olives and lentisc are favoured by blackcaps wintering in the Mediterranean.
The German birds wintering in British gardens rely on provided food, and the major items are bread and fat, each making up around 20% of the diet; one bird survived the whole winter eating only Christmas cake. Fruit is also eaten, notably cotoneaster (41% of the fruit consumed), ivy and honeysuckle, and apple if available. Some birds have learned to take peanuts from feeders. Blackcaps defend good winter food sources in the wild, and at garden feeding stations they repel competitors as large as starlings and blackbirds. Birds occasionally become tame enough to feed from the hand.
Aristotle, in his History of Animals, considered that the garden warbler eventually metamorphosed into a blackcap. The blackcap's song has led to it being described as the mock nightingale or country nightingale. Verga's 1871 novel Storia di una capinera, according to its author, was inspired by a story of a blackcap trapped and caged by children. The bird, silent and pining for its lost freedom, eventually dies. In the book, a nun evacuated from her convent by cholera falls in love with a family friend, only to have to return to her confinement when the disease wanes. The novel was adapted as films of the same name in 1917, 1943 and 1993. The last version was directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and its English-language version was retitled as Sparrow. In Saint François d'Assise, an opera by Messiaen, the orchestration is based on bird song. St Francis himself is represented by the blackcap.
Folk names for the blackcap often refer to its most obvious plumage feature (black-headed peggy, King Harry black cap and coal hoodie) or to its song, as in the nightingale names above. Other old names are based on its choice of nesting material (Jack Straw, hay bird, hay chat and hay Jack). There is a tradition of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm bases being named for birds. A former base near Stretton in Cheshire was called HMS Blackcap.
Population:
UK breeding:
1,200,000 territories
UK wintering:
3,000 birds
Must repel all of the light!!
I figured this was an appropriate picture to sum up this week of working midnight to eight missing pretty much all sunlight every day.
I basically woke up yesterday grabbed the camera and caught a shot while there was still a little light left.
As one flickerite observed somebody coming into our town not knowing about Vandenberg Space Force Base (supposedly where they saw aliens flying around decades ago, look it up) might be a little freaked by this sight.
Ok I'll look it up for you -- back in 2003 there has been Senate testimony about a very large, 100 yard square-sided red square that hovered over the base for some 45 seconds before blasting off -- (unfortunately I must not have had my camera ready at that time)
This of course is one of Space X's spectacular dusk launches which thankfully are back on....
This statue has two meanings based on two different stories. The first meaning of Repelling The Ocean comes from a story when the Buddha visited Bihar state in India. A hermit unleashed a wall of water hoping to cause a flood, but the Buddha used the power generated from meditating to stop the water from flooding the area. The Forbidding The Relatives from Fighting is related to a period in the life of the Buddha where relatives of his father had an argument with relatives of the Buddha's mother over water, as one of the rivers that both sets of relatives normally depended on was starting to run dry. The Buddha raised his right hand to draw attention to their own bickering and asked them what was ore important; water, or their family relations?
The Castle of Eger gained its historical importance and became famous in 1552, when Captain István Dobó together with a small number of Hungarian defenders repelled the siege of the giant Turkish army. Nowadays the Castle is one of the main attractions of Eger, offering several exhibitions and programs for the interested visitors (virtual tour). But what do we know about the past of the walls we can see today? Here is their history in a nutshell.
In the 11th century, the first king of Hungary, Saint István established the first ten bishoprics of the country and made Eger a seat of one. A cathedral was built on the hill of the present castle, and the town was located around it. Although the cathedral has been ruined, we can see its remainings in the castle.
The castle was probably built in the second half of the 13th century, after the Mongolo-Tartarian attacks, which destroyed the former Felsőtárkány fortress of the bishop. The Castle of Eger used to be a so-called knight castle with high but thin walls. Therefore, with the appearance of artillery weapons, it became obsolete. As a solution, in the 16th century, they started to modernise it according to the plans of Alessandro Vedani.
In 1548, great strategist István Dobó was assigned captain. Preparing for a possible Turkish attack, he continued to strengthen the castle and enlarged the number of military equipment.
The siege of the Turks began in September 1552. The Ottoman Army of Suleiman the Magnificent seemed to be unstoppable before. It was divided in three parts, arriving from three different directions, each taking the attacked castles one after the other. These three parts of the army united at Eger, altogether counting about 60 000 soldiers. On the other hand, the number of Hungarian defenders was only 2000. (We can even read their names in the museum of the castle.) Therefore, it is almost unbelievable that they could last for 38 days, and finally, repulse the Turkish enemy, who by that time was suffering from diseases and the cold autumn weather. According to a legend, there were rumours in the Turkish Army about Hungarians drinking the blood of bulls which gave them superhuman power. This was in fact, the famous red wine of Eger, called bikavér (bull’s blood). The women of Eger played an important role in the defence, as they were also fighting heroically. The excellent painter Bertalan Székely commemorated them with his work entitled Egri nők (Women of Eger).
Repelling the siege of the thirty times larger army is considered as one of the most important victories in Hungary. Its significance was that the Ottoman Army and its campaign was stopped at Eger and could not reach the almost unfortified northern regions and their valuable mines.
Already a few months after the triumph, poet Sebestyén Lantos Tinódi wrote a detailed song (450 stanzas!) about the siege. Thanks to him, the persistence of the warriors of Eger seminated all over Europe.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays
V. Compensation, 1841
POLARITY, or action and reaction, we meet in every part of nature; in darkness and light, in heat and cold; in the ebb and flow of waters; in male and female; in the inspiration and expiration of plants and animals; in the systole and diastole of the heart; in the undulations of fluids and of sound; in the centrifugal and centripetal gravity; in electricity, galvanism, and chemical affinity. Superinduce magnetism at one end of a needle, the opposite magnetism takes place at the other end. If the south attracts, the north repels. To empty here, you must condense there. An inevitable dualism bisects nature, so that each thing is a half, and suggests another thing to make it whole; as, spirit, matter; man, woman; subjective, objective; in, out; upper, under; motion, rest; yea, nay.
The Chive plants produce a large amount of nectar and are a favourite with bees, but they are repulsive to many insects in general due to their sulphur compounds. They are ‘herbs’ and are used in cooking, the green stalks and unopened immature flower buds are diced and used as an ingredient in many dishes hot and cold, also the chive plant has insect repelling properties that can be used in gardens as a pest control.
But nowadays invaders come in the shape of tourists off-loaded from cruise ships . This is the view from Fort George at St George`s , Grenada. built in 1705 - 10 at the top of a steep promontory . There are a collection of ancient cannons aiming at our cruise ship .......we come in peace .
The Desert Lion king looks to expand his kingdom by assaulting the border 'Dragon' castle of the Chin.
The castle is a centre of trade for the region and the road to the gate doubles as a dry moat in times of siege.
The Desert Lions dig a trench to get them closer to the walls without exposing themselves to the deadly Chin crossbows. They pepper the defenders with ballista bolts while their heavy infantry attempt to gain access to the battlements via the ladders.
However, the Chin defenders are repelling any assaults and the king must reconsider his strategy.
The Chive plants produce a large amount of nectar and are a favourite with bees, but they are repulsive to many insects in general due to their sulphur compounds. They are ‘herbs’ and are used in cooking, the green stalks and unopened immature flower buds are diced and used as an ingredient in many dishes hot and cold, also the chive plant has insect repelling properties that can be used in gardens as a pest control.
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George was the older brother of William Clark of the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition! George Rogers Clark is remembered as the heroic Revolutionary War commander who led a small force of frontiersmen through the freezing waters of the Illinois country to capture British-held Fort Sackville at Vincennes during February 1779. Clark's second-in-command, Captain Joseph Bowman, kept a journal throughout the entirety of the march to Vincennes. Although this was Clark's most dramatic accomplishment, he continued his exertions on behalf of the American cause in the West during the entire war. Nine months after capturing Fort Sackville, Clark wrote a letter to George Mason chronicling his adventures against the British and the daring mid-winter march. These efforts included building forts on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, repelling a British-led Indian attack in the Illinois country, and leading two major expeditions that destroyed the major Shawnee towns in the Ohio country. Despite these accomplishments, the second half of his life witnessed a sad decline in his fortunes and health.
Bowman's Journal can be found here... www.in.gov/history/for-educators/all-resources-for-educat...
Clark's letter to George Mason can be found here... www.in.gov/history/for-educators/all-resources-for-educat...
DESIGNATION: Protector-018
NICKNAME: Galaar
RANK: ARC Lieutenant Grade 1
UNIT: Vornskr, First Regiment, "Bralor's First", 253rd Elite Clone Legion
The fighting along the temple wall was brutal, but Vornskr held the line, repelling wave after wave of droid infantry until an armored division attached to the 501st led by an young Jedi mounted a counterattack and shattered the droid offensive. Once relived Lieutenant Galaar and his men were summoned the GAR command center by General Kenobi, the lead Jedi General and commander of all operations on Rhen Var. Along with several other ARC troopers from the Two-Fifty-Third, Galaar was briefed of a developing situation within the data archives of Bravo Base. While the troopers had been busy repelling the droid attack an unknown assailant had slipped into the base and accessed the data core. This infiltrator is believed to be a Dark Jedi, a traitor who had followed in the foot steps of Count Dooku. The Dark Jedi had already been engaged by both troopers stationed at Bravo Base and ARC troopers from the Two-Fifty-Third, both were reporting heavy casualties and failure to stop the intruder. The task of intercepting the Dark Jedi and recovering the stolen data now fell on the ten ARC troopers gathered in the command center who General Kenobi would personally lead.
Upon dismissal the ARCs made their way back to their squads, who they hastily briefed before boarding the gunships, doing their best to pass on the most critical parts of the anti-Jedi training they received on Kamino, to the regs under their command.
The flight to Bravo Base was short and the gunships got them as close to the Dark Jedi's last know location as possible, dropping the strike team off in a courtyard within an ancient Jedi temple. Galaar had been tasked with clearing the Northeastern most region of the Temple and lead his men at a slow pace, constantly checking his scopes for any sign of the rouge force user.
The signs of battle were everywhere, burn marks and deep gouges covered the walls, and all around lay the broken corpses of fallen brothers. With a sigh Galaar signaled his to keep moving, there was no way they would be able to stop this "Dark Jedi", Galaar wasn't even sure he had enough training to take one on alone and he knew for sure the regs wouldn't stand a chance. The squad ventured deeper into the temple, leaving the carnage behind as they entered another interior courtyard. Stepping the doorway Galaar's scopes suddenly lit up bright red notifying him of hostile forces along the opposite wall, a squad of B1s and a figure dressed in black robes. Cursing Galaar turned and shouted orders to the troopers behind him.
"Romeo get on the long range comms and notify General Kenobi that we've found the Dark Jedi, relay our coordinates and let the General know that we have been engaged!"
"On it Sir!"
"CT-44-5913! CT-45-2601! Get the Plex and Z6 up here now! We need to block him in, target the opposite entrance and bring it down! Tracker! Take your team and flank left! CT-05-4329 take yours and flank right! We need to overwhelm him, once you start shooting don't let up! Alright Vornskr, let's kill this chakaar!"
Vornskr sprung into action, executing Galaar's orders quickly and with precision, for a moment it looked hopeful, the droids were cut down instantly, and the Dark Jedi appeared to struggle to deflect the overwhelming base of fire. It was when CT-44-5913 fired a rocket at the opposing doorway from his PLX-1 that the plan fell apart. The rocket stopped midflight as if some thing had grabbed it and Galaar watched in horror as it changed direction and slammed into Tracker's team, obliterating the three troopers. Then an invisible force slammed into Galaar knocking him from his feet as the Dark Jedi used the force to send both clone and droid alike hurtling across the courtyard.
Grunting, Galaar dragged himself to his feet, his head was ringing and he could taste blood in his mouth, something was broken. Looking Galaar saw the cloaked figure disappear back into the temple. Galaar knew this was it, he couldn't let him get away, grabbing his blasters Galaar stumbled forward, blasting two droids as they moved to block his path.
Activating his comms, Galaar notified command of his situation...
"This is Lieutenant Galaar, my squad is down, I am in pursuit of the rouge Jedi"
... and with that he disappeared into the temple.
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Happy May 4th everyone!
I'll hopefully have the story up by the end of the week. Pillars were inspired by Greg, as always thanks for stopping by and have a good one!
- Tommy
My entry for Pillage The Village (Large) competition on Euro Bricks.
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DESIGNATION: Protector-018
NICKNAME: Galaar
RANK: ARC Lieutenant Grade 1
UNIT: Vornskr, First Regiment, "Bralor's First", 253rd Elite Clone Legion
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"The attack on Shelter Base had been repelled, but at a heavy cost, our forces lost the bulk of our armor to the Nimbus Commandos and the Jedi General in charge of the entire campaign was confirmed to be dead along with an Alpha-Class ARC trooper. Legion casualties were high as well, my squad was down to quarter strength and comms chatter across the regiment reflected similar losses. Shelter Base wasn't a victory to celebrate, our forces had been crippled and if it weren't for a short break in the atmospheric storm the battle may have ended there. Reinforcements had finally arrived, gunships set down amidst the carnage and began to offload fresh troops, much needed supplies and even a few Jedi. The replacements were a welcome sight, but we had our doubts, there was a distinct lack of heavy armor and weapons, just troopers. It was as if command had decided that the best way to conquer Jabiim was to throw bodies at the rebels until they drowned in a sea of white plastoid. It wasn't long before command had us resume operations, conducting patrols towards the Razor Coast, the alleged Separatist staging ground. The patrols were tedious, trudging through the mud, hunting snipers, defusing mines and destroying Jabiimi hold outs. A Jedi even accompanied us on a few, his presence seemed to ease the boys nerves, he led from the front using the force the detect danger, acting as a sort of early warning system, alerting us to hidden snipers before they could fire and hidden traps moments before they were sprung. He saved my squad multiple times that day and earned my respect. With his help we were even able to raid a Jabiimi outpost nestled amidst some ruins, we took the majority of the Jabiimi rebels alive and through a mix of Jedi mind tricks and Mandalorian teachings we extracted the whereabouts of Alto Stratus. He was at the Razor Coast licking his wounds after his failed raid on Shelter Base. His death would mean the capitulation of Jabiimi Separatist movement, the only problem would be getting through the thousands of battle droids amassed there. A feat which the Jedi deemed nearly impossible, but we're the 253rd, overcoming impossible odds is our specialty..."
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While there is a 4.4 out on the 253rd's discord, I'm afraid this will likely be my last build for some time. Also it took me like 4 hours to get a photo I liked. I blame the winter, it's making my lighting is just funky.
Thanks for stopping by and have a good one!
-Tommy