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The Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the Lateran (Italian: Santissimo Salvatore e Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano), also known as the Papal Archbasilica of Saint John [in] Lateran, Saint John Lateran, or the Lateran Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Rome in the city of Rome, and serves as the seat of the bishop of Rome, the pope. The archbasilica lies outside of Vatican City proper, which is located approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the northwest. Nevertheless, as properties of the Holy See, the archbasilica and its adjoining edifices enjoy an extraterritorial status from Italy, pursuant to the terms of the Lateran Treaty of 1929.
Originally founded in 324, the church is the oldest and highest ranking of the four papal major basilicas, holding the unique title of "archbasilica". It is the oldest public church in the city of Rome, and the oldest basilica of the Western world. It houses the cathedra of the Roman bishop, and has the title of ecumenical mother church of the Roman Catholic faithful. The building deteriorated during the Middle Ages and was badly damaged by two fires in the 14th century. It was rebuilt in the late 16th century during the reign of Pope Sixtus V. The new structure's interior was renovated in the late 17th century, and its façade was completed in 1735 under Pope Clement XII.
The current rector is Cardinal Archpriest Angelo De Donatis, Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome. The President of the French Republic, currently Emmanuel Macron, is ex officio the "First and Only Honorary Canon" of the archbasilica, a title that the heads of state of France have possessed since King Henry IV.
The large Latin inscription on the façade reads: Clemens XII Pont Max Anno V Christo Salvatori In Hon SS Ioan Bapt et Evang. This abbreviated inscription translates as: "Pope Clement XII, in the fifth year [of his Pontificate, dedicated this building] to Christ the Savior, in honor of Saints John the Baptist and [John] the Evangelist". The inscription indicates, with its full title, that the archbasilica was originally dedicated to Christ the Savior and, centuries later, co-dedicated to Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist. Christ the Savior remains its primary dedication, and its titular feast day is 6 August, the Transfiguration of Christ. As the Cathedral of the Pope as Bishop of Rome, it ranks superior to all other churches of the Roman Catholic Church, including Saint Peter's Basilica.
The archbasilica's Latin name is Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris ac Sancti Ioannis Baptistae et Ioannis Evangelistae ad Lateranum, which in English is the Archbasilica of the Most Holy Savior and Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist at the Lateran, and in Italian Arcibasilica [Papale] del Santissimo Salvatore e Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano.
Main article: Lateran Palace
The archbasilica stands over the remains of the Castra Nova equitum singularium, the "New Fort of the Roman imperial cavalry bodyguards". The fort was established by Septimius Severus in AD 193. Following the victory of Emperor Constantine the Great over Maxentius (for whom the Equites singulares augusti, the emperor's mounted bodyguards had fought) at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, the guard was abolished and the fort demolished. Substantial remains of the fort lie directly beneath the nave.
The remainder of the site was occupied during the early Roman Empire by the palace of the gens Laterani. Sextius Lateranus was the first plebeian to attain the rank of consul, and the Laterani served as administrators for several emperors. One of the Laterani, Consul-designate Plautius Lateranus, became famous for being accused by Nero of conspiracy against the Emperor. The accusation resulted in the confiscation and redistribution of his properties.
The Lateran Palace fell into the hands of the Emperor when Constantine I married his second wife Fausta, sister of Maxentius. Known by that time as the Domus Faustae or "House of Fausta," the Lateran Palace was eventually given to the Bishop of Rome by Constantine I. The actual date of the donation is unknown, but scholars speculate that it was during the pontificate of Pope Miltiades, in time to host a synod of bishops in 313 that was convened to challenge the Donatist schism, declaring Donatism to be heresy. The palace basilica was converted and extended, becoming the residence of Pope Saint Sylvester I, eventually becoming the Cathedral of Rome, the seat of the Popes as the Bishops of Rome.
Pope Sylvester I presided over the official dedication of the archbasilica and the adjacent Lateran Palace in 324, changing the name from Domus Fausta to Domus Dei ("House of God"), with a dedication to Christ the Savior (Christo Salvatori).
When a cathedra became a symbol of episcopal authority, the papal cathedra was placed in its interior, rendering it the cathedral of the Pope as Bishop of Rome.
When Gregory the Great sent the Gregorian mission to England under Augustine of Canterbury, some original churches in Canterbury took the Roman plan as a model, dedicating a church both to Christ as well as one to Saint Paul, outside the walls of the city. The church name "Christ Church", so common for churches around the world today in Anglophone Anglican contexts, originally came from this Roman church, central to pre-medieval Christian identity.
On the archbasilica's front wall between the main portals is a plaque inscribed with the words "SACROS LATERAN ECCLES OMNIUM VRBIS ET ORBIS ECCLESIARVM MATER ET CAPUT" ("Most Holy Lateran Church, mother and head of all the churches in the city and the world"); a visible indication of the declaration that the basilica is the "mother church" of all the world. In the twelfth century the canons of the Lateran claimed that the high altar housed the Ark of the Covenant and several holy objects from Jerusalem. The basilica was thus presented as the Temple of the New Covenant.
The archbasilica and Lateran Palace were re-dedicated twice. Pope Sergius III dedicated them to Saint John the Baptist in the 10th century in honor of the newly consecrated baptistry of the archbasilica. Pope Lucius II dedicated them to John the Evangelist in the 12th century. Thus, Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist became co-patrons of the archbasilica, while the primary Patron is still Christ the Savior, as the inscription in the entrance indicates and as is traditional for patriarchal cathedrals. Consequently, the archbasilica remains dedicated to the Savior, and its titular feast is the Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ on 6 August. The archbasilica became the most important shrine of the two Saint Johns, albeit infrequently jointly venerated. In later years, a Benedictine monastery was established in the Lateran Palace, and was devoted to serving the archbasilica and the two saints.
Every pope, beginning with Pope Miltiades, occupied the Lateran Palace until the reign of the French Pope Clement V, who in 1309 transferred the seat of the Papacy to Avignon, a Papal fiefdom that was an enclave in France. The Lateran Palace has also been the site of five ecumenical councils (see Lateran Councils).
During the time the papacy was seated in Avignon, France, the Lateran Palace and the archbasilica deteriorated. Two fires ravaged them in 1307 and 1361. After both fires the pope sent money from Avignon to pay for their reconstruction and maintenance. Nonetheless, the archbasilica and Lateran Palace lost their former splendor.
When the papacy returned from Avignon and the pope again resided in Rome, the archbasilica and the Lateran Palace were deemed inadequate considering their accumulated damage. The popes resided at the Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere and later at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. Eventually, the Palace of the Vatican was built adjacent to the Basilica of Saint Peter, which existed since the time of Emperor Constantine I, and the popes began to reside there. It has remained the official residence of the pope (though Pope Francis unofficially resides elsewhere in the Vatican City).
There were several attempts at reconstruction of the archbasilica before a definitive program of Pope Sixtus V. Sixtus V hired his favorite architect, Domenico Fontana, to supervise much of the project. The original Lateran Palace was demolished and replaced with a new edifice. On the square in front of the Lateran Palace is San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital and the largest standing ancient Egyptian obelisk in the world, known as the Lateran Obelisk. It weighs an estimated 455 tons. It was commissioned by the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III and erected by Thutmose IV before the great Karnak temple of Thebes, Egypt. Intended by Emperor Constantine I to be shipped to Constantinople, the very preoccupied Constantius II had it shipped instead to Rome, where it was erected in the Circus Maximus in AD 357. At some time it broke and was buried under the Circus. In the 16th century it was discovered and excavated, and Sixtus V had it re-erected on a new pedestal on 3 August 1588 at its present site.
Further renovation of the interior of the archbasilica, ensued under the direction of Francesco Borromini, commissioned by Pope Innocent X. The twelve niches created by his architectural scheme were eventually filled in 1718 with statues of the Apostles, sculpted by the most prominent Roman Rococo sculptors.
The vision of Pope Clement XII for reconstruction was an ambitious one in which he launched a competition to design a new façade. More than 23 architects competed, mostly working in the then-current Baroque idiom. The putatively impartial jury was chaired by Sebastiano Conca, president of the Roman Academy of Saint Luke. The winner of the competition was Alessandro Galilei.
The façade as it appears today was completed in 1735. It reads in Latin: Clemens XII Pont Max Anno V Christo Salvatori In Hon SS Ioan Bapt et Evang; this highly abbreviated inscription is expanded thus: Clemens XII, Pont[ifex] Max[imus], [in] Anno V, [dedicavit hoc aedificium] Christo Salvatori, in hon[orem] [sanctorum] Ioan[is] Bapt[tistae] et Evang[elistae]. This translates as "Pope Clement XII, Pontifex Maximus, in the fifth year of his reign, dedicated this building to Christ the Savior, in honor of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist". Galilei's façade removed all vestiges of traditional, ancient, basilical architecture and imparted a neo-classical facade.
The bearded tit is an unmistakable cinnamon-coloured bird of reedbeds in the south, east and north-west of England. Males actually sport a black 'moustache', rather than a beard!
Statistics
Length: 12cm
Wingspan: 17cm
Weight: 15g
Average lifespan: 3 years
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Green under the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2021). Protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.
When to see
January to December
Orden:Trogoniformes
Familia:Trogonidae
Género:Priotelus
Nombre común: Trogon, papagayo, cotorrita de Sierra, Piragua.
Nombre científico: Priotelus roseigaster Macho
Nombre en Ingles: Hispaniolan Trogon Male
Status: ENDEMICA AMENAZADA
Lugar de captura: Sierra encantada de Bahoruco. Rep. Dom.
Por: Cimarron mayor Panta.
Thalmor Dossier: Throgar Winter-Flame
Status: Asset (non-attributed), Dormant. Watch-only. Emissary Level Approval.
Background: Born in Bruma, 4E 176, son of Halbjorn Winter-Flame (see related documents for further information) and Fjilsi Stone-Shield (terminated 4E 178). After agents separated Throgar from his father in the 4E 179 kill missions (failed), Haafingar-based Justiciars were unable to prevent the boy from falling into Imperial interest. Throgar was taken in by the Dragon’s Bridge based blacksmith Pavus Arellius. This information arrived late, and was further ignored by the mission officer. Situation was deemed irreparable: responsible parties for this oversight were summarily removed and replaced. Initial reports suggested that Throgar might serve as a bargaining tool to draw out the high value target Halbjorn Winter-Flame. Probing missions proved ineffective, resulting in the deaths of three local agents. Throgar was moved to an inactive surveillance state from there.
Our Justiciar in charge of the operation notes that Throgar displays very low personal threat: while growing up, the boy learned to despise the Legions, as he attributed his parents’ deaths to it. Rather than work making Legion steel with his adoptive father, Throgar is noted as a rapacious youth who prefers to spend time sleeping in beds owned by the daughters of noblemen and harassing area guardsmen. Upon Throgar’s fifteenth year, weekly reports were transitioned to basic annual synopses, as per discretion of Justiciar Alerin, following her conclusion that the younger Winter-Flame was of no threat to machinations in Skyrim.
The motion gained Third Emissary approval after Throgar began regular caravan activity as a guard for Arellius’ shipments of non-armory goods to Hjaalmarch and Reach holds. Justiciar Alerin notes that Throgar demonstrates the innate martial capability of his father, but prefers to exercise this particular skill-set in tavern brawls as opposed to any useful (or hindering) manner. As he has proven of no threat to area assets, Command has simply added an “engage-with-caution” clause to any pending operations involving him. Justiciar Alerin’s latest annual report places Throgar in Hjaalmarch, working as a sell-sword out of Morthal.
Operational Notes: Given his father’s excessively violent nature, Throgar has been designated as a zero-contact surveillance project save for dire circumstances. Given his possible value in the apprehension of his father, area assets have been advised to ensure that Throgar remains alive throughout his mercenary work: general well-being, however, is a non-priority. Justiciar Alerin suggests that any situtationally-mandated contact be made indoors, taverns being the safest locations. Stealth infiltration/exfiltration protocols required at all times when gathering intelligence on target.
Havendienst RPA 16 passeert hier ter hoogte van Vlaardingen.
IMO: 9251834
Name: RPA 16
Ship type: Patrol Vessel
Flag: Netherlands
Gross Tonnage: 203 t
Deadweight: - - - t
Size: 31.33 x 8.22 m
Year Built: 2002
Status: Active
Port of Rotterdam
Narrow Band Hubble Palette
I knew I can pull more details from the data I get it at the Texas Star Party, the image was created by mapping the SII, Ha and OIII data respectively to the R, G and B channels. The resulting RGB image was stretched to show the faint detail and gives a wonderful display of the extent of hydrogen, in the area close to the Galactic Cluster NGC6871, the emission nebula LBN179, LBN182 and the dark nebula Swordfish B147.
By manipulating the colors, we can show the SII and OIII areas. This creates a much more interesting image and we can also do a bit of science.
5.25 Hours of integration time
Telescope FSQ106
Camera SBIG 10-XME
Mount MyT
Filters Ha + OIII + SII
May 2018
OBoeing 767 - MSN 25404
Status : Active
Registration : C-GBZR
Airline Air Canada Rouge
Country : Canada
Date : 2013 -
Codes RV ROU
Callsign : Rouge
Web site : www.aircanadarouge.com/
Serial number25404 LN:411
Type767-38EER
First flight date09/01/1992
Test registration
Plane age26.2 years
Seat configurationC24 Y187
Engines2 x GE CF6-80C2B6FLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
24/01/1992Asiana AirlinesHL7267
19/09/1998Canadian AirlinesC-GBZR
29/03/2001Air CanadaC-GBZR
30/03/2017Air Canada RougeC-GBZR
This is an interesting section cropped from one of my recent shots.
Single Exposure
Camera: Modified Nikon D3100
Exposure 120 sec
Aperture f/2.2
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 400
Shot in Lutsen, MN with zero light pollution.
Thanks for viewing.
The status of this one is unknown. It appears in decent shape but the window coverings are quite awful and all are closed at about noon, the middle door seems to have a bit of growth covering the bottom, and here are no flowers. It is located on the main street of a small hamlet.
The garage facade looks fake.
Status Report: Page 1
Location: France
My men and I have gotten some news over the radio, that reports some Krauts have taken over the town south of our location and said they are heading our way and they left the town in ashes.
When I gave the news to my men they became smug and were sure that they would kick those krauts back to Berlin. They were sure since they got supplies at 0600. My men are dug in and ready for those krauts, and whatever they got
Our third major leopard encounter was with a lovely female African leopard Panthera pardus pardus). It was nearly 7pm and the light was beginning to fade, but she was still clearly visible lying on a branch. After a while she sat up and looked out beyond our vehicles. I think dinner was on her mind. She must have seen something because she suddenly bounded down the tree to the ground, walked a bit through the grass, and then disappeared.
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.
Conservation status: Vulnerable
from my backyard taken on August 09 , 2018 with Rokinon 24 mm lens and Canon 6D . Few pictures , 20 sec exposure time stack in DSS .
El Pesebre (también conocido como Cúmulo abierto M44, o NGC 2632), es un cúmulo abierto en la constelación de Cáncer (muchas de sus estrellas aparecen en esta imagen).
Los nombres de las estrellas enmarcadas (tagged stars) los copié de Stellarium 0.11.1
Cámara en modo manual, montada en tripié. No se usó telescopio, no se interpusieron filtros, no se modificaron los colores (de manera que las estrellas aparecen en su tipo espectral)
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european magpie ~ pica pica (behaviour)
The magpie is on the RSPB Green status list.
I thought this magpie was looking for the squirrels stashes to raid but he kept stopping and flapping his wings as though he was about to fly off. Then I realised he was looking at the roof of our extension and I looked up to see another magpie watching. Whether this was threat behaviour or courtship display it was entertaining. I had just taken a photo of two magpies in an old wild cherry tree as I had never seen magpies sitting together like that before I wonder if these are the same pair.
2019-09-13 22:00-02:00
Clear, full moon, windy, 80% humidity, 11 degrees C
Double Cluster
Exposures:
58x60s L
(29+28+29)x60s RGB
Rotation:180 degrees
Camera: ASI1600MM-COOL+ZWO EFWmini, Baader R,G,B,Ha, IDAS LPS-D1, gain 200, offset 50, -20C
Lens: TS-Optics 8" f/4 UNC Newtonian with GPU Superflat 2" Coma Corrector
Mount: EQ6-R Pro
QHY 5L-II-M OAG auto guider
Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight, Photoshop
Location: Borås, Sweden
Boeing 787 - MSN 35259
Status : Active
Registration : C-GHPU
Airline Air Canada
Air Canada
Country : Canada
Date : 1937 -
Codes AC ACA
Callsign : Air Canada
Web site : www.aircanada.ca
Serial number35259 LN:174
Type787-8
First flight date10/07/2014
Test registration
Plane age5.6 years
Seat configurationC20 W21 Y214 Seat
Engines 2 x GEnx-1B
C-GHPU27/07/2014Air Canada
Belfast (/ˈbɛl.fɑːst/ or /ˈbɛl.fæst/; from Irish: Béal Feirste, meaning "mouth of the sandbanks") is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, on the River Lagan. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 286,000. Belfast was granted city status in 1888.
Belfast was a centre of the Irish linen, tobacco processing, rope-making and shipbuilding industries: in the early 20th century, Harland and Wolff, which built the RMS Titanic, was the biggest and most productive shipyard in the world. Belfast played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, and was a global industrial centre until the latter half of the 20th century. Industrialisation and the inward migration it brought made Belfast the biggest city in Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century, and industrial and economic success was cited by unionist opponents of Home Rule as a reason why Ulster should fight to resist it.
Today, Belfast remains a centre for industry, as well as the arts, higher education, business, and law, and is the economic engine of Northern Ireland. The city suffered greatly during the period of conflict called "the Troubles", but latterly has undergone a sustained period of calm, free from the intense political violence of former years, and substantial economic and commercial growth. Additionally, Belfast city centre has undergone considerable expansion and regeneration in recent years, notably around Victoria Square.
Belfast is served by two airports: George Best Belfast City Airport in the city, and Belfast International Airport 15 miles (24 km) west of the city. Belfast is a major port, with commercial and industrial docks dominating the Belfast Lough shoreline, including the Harland and Wolff shipyard, and is listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as a global city.
Name
The name Belfast is derived from the Irish Béal Feirsde, which was later spelled Béal Feirste. The word béal means "mouth" or "rivermouth" while feirsde/feirste is the genitive singular of fearsaid and refers to a sandbar or tidal fordacross a river's mouth. The name would thus translate literally as "(river) mouth of the sandbar" or "(river) mouth of the ford". This sandbar was formed at the confluence of two rivers at what is now Donegall Quay: the Lagan, which flows into Belfast Lough, and its tributary the Farset. This area was the hub around which the original settlement developed. The Irish name Béal Feirste is shared by a townland in County Mayo, whose name has been anglicised as Belfarsad.
An alternative interpretation of the name is "mouth of [the river] of the sandbar", an allusion to the River Farset, which flows into the Lagan where the sandbar was located. This interpretation was favoured by Edmund Hoganand John O'Donovan. It seems clear, however, that the river itself was named after the tidal crossing.
In Ulster Scots the name of the city is Bilfawst or Bilfaust, although "Belfast" is also used.
History
The site of Belfast has been occupied since the Bronze Age. The Giant's Ring, a 5,000-year-old henge, is located near the city, and the remains of Iron Age hill forts can still be seen in the surrounding hills. Belfast remained a small settlement of little importance during the Middle Ages. John de Courcy built a castle on what is now Castle Street in the city centre in the 12th century, but this was on a lesser scale and not as strategically important as Carrickfergus Castle to the north, which was built by de Courcy in 1177. The O'Neill clan had a presence in the area.
In the 14th century, Cloinne Aodha Buidhe, descendants of Aodh Buidhe O'Neill built Grey Castle at Castlereagh, now in the east of the city. Conn O'Neill of the Clannaboy O'Neills owned vast lands in the area and was the last inhabitant of Grey Castle, one remaining link being the Conn's Water river flowing through east Belfast.
Belfast became a substantial settlement in the 17th century after being established as a town by Sir Arthur Chichester, which was initially settled by Protestant English and Scottish migrants at the time of the Plantation of Ulster. (Belfast and County Antrim, however, did not form part of this particular Plantation scheme as they were privately colonised.) In 1791, the Society of United Irishmen was founded in Belfast, after Henry Joy McCracken and other prominent Presbyterians from the city invited Theobald Wolfe Tone and Thomas Russell to a meeting, after having read Tone's "Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland". Evidence of this period of Belfast's growth can still be seen in the oldest areas of the city, known as the Entries.
Belfast blossomed as a commercial and industrial centre in the 18th and 19th centuries and became Ireland's pre-eminent industrial city. Industries thrived, including linen, rope-making, tobacco, heavy engineering and shipbuilding, and at the end of the 19th century, Belfast briefly overtook Dublin as the largest city in Ireland. The Harland and Wolff shipyards became one of the largest shipbuilders in the world, employing up to 35,000 workers. In 1886 the city suffered intense riots over the issue of home rule, which had divided the city.
In 1920–22, Belfast became the capital of the new entity of Northern Ireland as the island of Ireland was partitioned. The accompanying conflict (the Irish War of Independence) cost up to 500 lives in Belfast, the bloodiest sectarian strife in the city until the Troubles of the late 1960s onwards.
The Troubles
Belfast has been the capital of Northern Ireland since its establishment in 1921 following the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It had been the scene of various episodes of sectarian conflict between its Catholic and Protestant populations. These opposing groups in this conflict are now often termed republican and loyalist respectively, although they are also referred to as 'nationalist' and 'unionist'. The most recent example of this conflict was known as the Troubles – a civil conflict that raged from around 1969 to 1998.
Belfast saw some of the worst of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, particularly in the 1970s, with rival paramilitary groups formed on both sides. Bombing, assassination and street violence formed a backdrop to life throughout the Troubles. The Provisional IRA detonated 22 bombs within the confines of Belfast city centre in 1972, on what is known as "Bloody Friday", killing eleven people. Loyalist paramilitaries including the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) claimed that the killings they carried out were in retaliation for the IRA campaign. Most of their victims were Catholics with no links to the Provisional IRA. A particularly notorious group, based on the Shankill Road in the mid-1970s, became known as the Shankill Butchers.
In all, over 1,600 people were killed in political violence in the city between 1969 and 2001. Sporadic violent events continue as of 2015, although not supported by the previous antagonists who had reached political agreement in 1998.
This is a mosaic of 4 images, using my 200mm wide field image as the "backbone". M42 is from the 1000D and Megrez 72, Horsehead and Flame from the same kit and a more detailed close up of the horse itself using the 314L+ and Meade 115 trip.
MO: 9519092
MMSI: 351690000
Call Sign: 3FFD7
Flag: Panama [PA]
AIS Vessel Type: Cargo
Gross Tonnage: 59408
Deadweight: 19265 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 199.97m × 32.26m
Year Built: 2009
Status: Active
Passer domesticus
UK conservation status: Red
We are fortunate to have many in our garden in Northern Ireland.
From RSPB:
Noisy and gregarious, these cheerful exploiters of man's rubbish and wastefulness have managed to colonise most of the world. The ultimate avian opportunist perhaps. Monitoring suggests a severe decline in the UK house sparrow population, recently estimated as dropping by 71 per cent between 1977 and 2008 with substantial declines in both rural and urban populations.
While the decline in England continues, Breeding Bird Survey data indicate recent population increases in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
What they eat:
Seeds and scraps.
Population:
UK breeding:
5,300,000 pairs
Legendary Status - Agnes von Weiss
She was highly anticipated, her face printed on every convention box, stand and header of every email.
Sigh. I wanted to like her so badly... But to me this is not what I had expected as a special anniversary doll. The make up looks different, probably because the the banner and box pics were oversaturated caused by the box being metallic hot pink what already gives a different hue to a doll photographed next to it.
Yes, she's Agnes and yes she's a lovely doll but holy moly that dress... There is so much going on and every aspect of it screams for attention. So much so that the actual doll fades away. The yellow and silver ( a not so appealing combo, to mé), the out of proportion big bedazzled stockings attached ( yes, one piece) to the shoes. The overly big and ( again, to mé) clashing blue jewelry, two dresses crammed into one not flowing and very stiff looking one. If only I would have the option to order her in her nudy trudy, I would have ordered her right away...
Canadair Regional Jet - MSN 15198
Status : Active
Registration : N934XJ
Airline Endeavor Air
Country : USA
Date : 2013 -
Codes 9E EDV FLG
Callsign : Endeavor
Web site : www.endeavorair.com/
Serial number15198
TypeCRJ-900
First flight dateUnknown
Test registration
Plane age10.8 years
Seat configuration
Engines2 x GE CF34-8C5
16/10/2008MesabaN934XJ
04/01/2012Pinnacle AirlinesN934XJ
26/06/2013Endeavor AirN934XJ
How to destroy the American dollar as the world’s reserve currency/petrodollar. Five steps to destroy an empire in decline.
Divide the American people:
Use divisiveness to divide America by race, gender, social status...etc. “A house divided cannot stand.”
“‘A country on fire’: New poll finds America polarized over culture, race and ‘woke’”
www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/first-read/-country-fire-n...
Keep overspending and printing money:
“Can The Federal Reserve Print Money Forever? Or, How Continuing To Print Money To Support Deficit Spending May End Badly, With China’s Help”
www.forbes.com/sites/williammeehan/2020/10/21/can-the-fed...
Weaponize the dollar:
The U.S. could freeze funds due to any diplomatic or military dispute
Confiscate Russian money (Russia is part of the BRICS)
www.reuters.com/business/finance/sanctions-weaponize-us-d...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/10/us-approves-first-transf...
Anger Saudi Arabia:
“BRICS challenges US ‘dollar dominance’, Saudi considers selling oil in other currencies: New multipolar economic order”
“Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia among 6 countries to join the BRICS alliance”
“The first international crude oil trade in digital Yuan by PertolChina”
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11349621/Saudi-Crown-Pri...
geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/21/brics-us-dollar-saudi-...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/brics-expansion-plans-1.6945994
www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-first-international-c...
Start a war:
“NATO’s secretary general warns that a ‘full blown war’ with Russia is ‘a real possibility’”
“New Report Warns U.S., Allies of Two Front War with China, North Korea”
“The US is dangerously close to being pulled into a Middle East war”
www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/world/europe/russia-ukraine-na...
news.usni.org/2023/08/22/new-report-warns-u-s-allies-of-t...
www.cnn.com/2023/10/20/middleeast/us-middle-east-danger-i...
Note: CBDCs may be offered to the masses in a time of crisis—New World Order out of chaos…the antichrist dialectic moves on!
Job 12:23 “He builds up nations, and He destroys them. He expands nations, and He abandons them.”
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Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
Conservation status -Undoubtedly has declined with loss of freshwater wetlands, but still fairly widespread and common.
FamilyWrens
HabitatMarshes (cattail, bulrush, or brackish). Breeds in many fresh and brackish marsh situations, usually with a large area of cattails, bulrushes, or cordgrass; also in other kinds of low rank growth along shallow water. Winters in a wider variety of large and small marshes, including salt marshes and brushy edges of ponds or irrigation ditches.
A sputtering, bubbling song among the cattails is a giveaway that the Marsh Wren is at home. A patient watcher eventually will see the bird as it slips furtively through the reeds or bounces to the top of a stem for a look around. Industrious male Marsh Wrens build "dummy nests" in their nesting territories, occasionally up to twenty or more; most of these are never used for raising young, but the adults may sleep in them during other seasons.
Migration
Probably migrates at night. Migrants sometimes stop over in odd habitats, away from water.
Feeding Behavior
Forages very actively in dense low growth, taking insects from the stems of marsh plants or from the ground. Often picks items from surface of water. Sometimes makes short flights to catch flying insects in mid-air.
Eggs
4-5, sometimes 3-6, rarely more. Pale brown, heavily dotted with dark brown; sometimes may be all white. Incubation is by female only, about 13-16 days. Young: Both parents feed young but female probably does more. Young leave nest about 12-16 days after hatching. 2 broods per year.
Young
Both parents feed young but female probably does more. Young leave nest about 12-16 days after hatching. 2 broods per year.
Diet
Mostly insects. Feeds on a wide variety of insects, including beetles, flies, moths, caterpillars, ants, grasshoppers, and many others. May include various aquatic insects and their larvae, including those of mosquitoes and damselflies. Also eats spiders and snails.
Nesting
Male defends nesting territory by singing; western males have far more song types than those in the east. One male may have two or more mates. Adults often puncture the eggs of other birds nesting in marsh (including those of other Marsh Wrens). Nest: Male builds several incomplete or "dummy" nests in territory; female chooses one and adds lining, or may build a new one. Nest is anchored to standing cattails, bulrushes, or bushes in marsh, usually 1-3' above water, sometimes higher. Nest is oval or football-shaped mass with entrance on side, woven of wet grass, cattails, rushes, lined with fine grass, plant down, feathers.
121 of 175 exposures used the rest LP spoiled
12.1 hours / 6min @ ISO 400 , SW200p ,Canon 1100D
Hoping to re image this target next year with a coma correcter in place.
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"Stratford-upon-Avon, commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District, in the county of Warwickshire, England, on the River Avon, 91 miles (146 km) north west of London, 22 miles (35 km) south east of Birmingham, and 8 miles (13 km) south west of Warwick. The estimated population in 2007 was 25,505, increasing to 27,445 at the 2011 Census.
Stratford was originally inhabited by Anglo-Saxons and remained a village before the lord of the manor, John of Coutances, set out plans to develop it into a town in 1196. In that same year, Stratford was granted a charter from King Richard I to hold a weekly market in the town, giving it its status as a market town. As a result, Stratford experienced an increase in trade and commerce as well as urban expansion.
The town is a popular tourist destination owing to its status as the birthplace and gravesite of playwright and poet William Shakespeare, and receives approximately 2.5 million visitors a year. The Royal Shakespeare Company resides in Stratford's Royal Shakespeare Theatre." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
12 pics at 15 seconds each at 1600 iso using an RVO 90mm refractor on an eq5 mount with goto pro. Camera is a canon 60da. Taken with Terry Hunter.
Airbus A330 - MSN 427
Status : Active
Registration : C-GTSI
Airline Air Transat
Country : Canada
Date : 1986 -
Codes TS TSC
Callsign : Air Transat
Web site : www.airtransat.com
Serial number427
Type330-243
First flight date09/10/2001
Test registrationF-WWYH
Plane age17.5 years
Seat configurationC12 Y333
Engines2 x RR Trent 772B-60
09/11/2001JMC AirlinesG-OJMB
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Situated next to the entrance to Blickling Hall, St. Andrew's was originally built in the 13th. century, then remodelled in the 15th. and again in the 19th. century, including the tower and porch by George E. Street in 1876, and the chancel, rebuilt by William Butterfield in the 1850's.
Constructed of flint with limestone dressings with lead roofs, the church consists of a west tower, nave, chancel, south aisle, south porch, north aisle and north-east chapel.
Inside, there is a large memorial and effigy depicting two life-size angels dedicated to William Schomberg Robert Kerr, 8th. Marquis of Lothian, who died in 1870 is buried in Jedburgh Abbey in Scotland. The memorial is by the sculptor George Frederick Watts and was completed in 1878.
The church boasts a collection of brasses. One commemorates Sir Nicholas Dagworth (d. 1401), a soldier and a diplomat under both Edward III and Richard II and who built the first Blickling Hall. Beside him is the memorial to Anne Astley, she died giving birth to twins in 1512, and she holds her male and female swaddled babies. Another brass is to Roger and Cecily Felthorpe (1454) and shows them alongside their 16 children. Other brasses include those to members of the Boleyn family.
There are a number of other memorials in the church. One shows the now handless bust of Elizabeth Gurdon under a canopy in the chancel. She died of a cold in 1582 at the age of 17 while while visiting Sir Edward Clere at Blickling Hall. By the south doorway is a wall monument of 1901 by the sculptor Arthur G. Walker to Constance, wife of the 7th. Marquess of Lothian.
In the Lady Chapel is the chest tomb of Sir Edward Clere, 1st. Baronet Ormesby, who died in London on 3rd. June 1606, aged 69. The tomb is decorated with shields of the family line which can be traced back to the Norman Conquest of 1066.
The church also contains a late medieval font, a pulpit from 1692, an organ by Snetzler of 1762 and an intricately carved First and Second World War wooden war memorial in the style of a pulpit. Either side of the inscription are figures of Saint George carved in relief.
The church received Grade: II* listed building status on 10th. May 1961. (English Heritage Legacy ID: 228672).
All in Dorothy’s album, this one with lab fingerprint. see NOTE.
Added to all the Relevant Groups through to the Cs on the Flickr App...
You can see the NOTE immediately using Safari on a MacBook Air !!
Elizabeth Cornell (aka Bettie, Betty) and her sister Dorothy Cornell (aka Dot, Doddy) were WAAAFs based at No 2 OTU. Both had the rank of Aircraftswoman (ACW) and were Flight Riggers when World War 2 finished.
Elizabeth and Dorothy managed to collect photos of aircraft, personnel, and life at the base and various locations around the district. History is much richer because of their efforts to take photos or have them taken as well as putting the photos into albums along with descriptions.
Elizabeth’s album can be found here …
www.flickr.com/photos/spelio/albums/72157662484204442
and Dorothy’s W.A.A.A.F. album can be found here
www.flickr.com/photos/spelio/albums/72177720305310444
Dorothy departed No 2 OTU on 15/11/1945 for her posting to 1 Personnel Depot pending discharge on demobilization. Elizabeth departed No 2 OTU on 09/12/1945 for her posting to the Central Flying School.
Prior to Dorothy’s departure for discharge, a group of WAAAF and RAAF personnel had a farewell dinner for Dorothy and another WAAAF ‘Rob’ on 14/11/1945. The group posed for photos on the steps of the Grand Hotel in Seventh Street, Mildura.
‘Rob’ (third from the left, front row) is most likely ACW Elizabeth Roberts who was being discharged at the same time as Dorothy and also a Flight Rigger. Elizabeth is third from the right in the front row. Also named were ACW Valerie (Val) Hulbert (location not clear) who was a Clerk and ACW Dorothy (Dot) Rattray (second from the left, front row) who was a Clerk/Pay.
An example of the aircraft photos are those of Tiger Moth A17-665. ‘The Beaut Little Moth’ photo features Elizabeth in the rear cockpit of A17-665 and standing beside the fuselage were Rob (left) and Dorothy (right). The other photo of A17-665 features a group of personnel tagged as ‘The Guardians of the Moth’.
A17-665 was a late addition to No 2 OTU when it was received on 19/02/1945 and allotted with a specific purpose in mind. The No 2 OTU Operations Record Book entry for 10/02/1945 summarizes its purpose the best:
"As the result of aircraft accidents which have occurred at a considerable distance from the Unit, a re-organisation of Unit Ambulance Control has been planned.
A Tiger Moth now on strength will enable the Medical Officer to be transported to the scene of a crash without delay.
A comprehensive medical kit is being designed for carriage in the aeroplane. VHF two-way Radio is now being installed into the crash aeroplane. Since the P40’s (Kittyhawks) have been fitted with V.H.F. and the ambulance with “H.F." the control of the ambulance from the search aeroplane has not been as satisfactory as it was when both parties were on the same frequency.
The installation of V.H.F. equipment in the ambulance should remedy this."
On 31/01/1946, A17-665 was allotted to 11 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) and received on 12/02/1946. It was later sold to the Department of Civil Aviation on 02/09/1946.
Thanks to Bill Crowle (nephew) for making the photos available via Flickr as well as confirming the identification of Elizabeth and Dorothy in the ‘The Beaut Little Moth’ photo and other names they went by.
Other sources include No 2 OTU Mildura - Personnel Occurrence Report Vol 5, Aircraft status cards – Tiger Moth and No 2 OTU Operations Record Book. Identification of ‘Rob’ is purely mine based on researching the photos and POR Vol 5 as her service records are not scanned yet - apologies if incorrect.
Scientific name: Pica pica
Bird family: Crows
UK conservation status: Green
Key information
With its noisy chattering, black-and-white plumage and long tail, there is nothing else quite like the magpie in the UK. When seen close-up its black plumage takes on an altogether more colourful hue with a purplish-blue iridescent sheen to the wing feathers and a green gloss to the tail.
Magpies seem to be jacks of all trades - scavengers, predators and pest-destroyers, their challenging, almost arrogant attitude has won them few friends. Non-breeding birds will gather together in flocks.
What they eat: Omnivore and scavenger.
Measurements:
Length: 44-46cm
Wingspan: 52-60cm
Weight: 200-250g
Population:
UK breeding: 600,000 territories
Read more at www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a...
Orden:Coraciiformes
Familia:Todidae
Género:Todus
Nombres comunes: Cartacuba, Barrancolí Cubano, Pedorrera
Nombre científico: Todus multicolor
Nombre Ingles: Cuban Tody
STATUS: ENDEMICA DE CUBA
Lugar de captura: Sierra de Najasa, Camaguey, Cuba
Por: Cimarron mayor Panta.
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The photo is framed this way so that the owner can use this as his cover photo for Facebook. But.. I had to frame it in some logical way for my own sanity.
I'm loving my new 50mm too.
A couple of years ago, I was passing through Smithville, and stopped to check up on the status of the then long-closed, and increasingly derelict, feed mill. The two big silos have continued to corrode and the scabrous rust as well as the lichens continue to expand their presence on the well-faded blue-green (teal?) paint job. The ladder on one of the silos remained, albeit in a very rusted state. The colours still appeal to me and I intend to continue my periodic visits in anticipation of their likely ultimate replacement with more housing. - JW
Date Taken: 2020-02-03
(c) Copyright 2022 JW Vraets
Tech Details:
Taken using a tripod-mounted Nikon D800 fitted with an AF Nikkor 70-210mm 1:4-5.6 lense set to 125mm, ISO100, Daylight WB, Matrix metering, Aperture priority, f/8.0, 1/30. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image size to 9000 px high, use the Graduated Neutral Density/GND tool rotated to cover brighter right silo and darken that area to make it less of an attraction to the eye as well as better balancing its tonality with the right silo, increase contrast and Chromaticity (slightly) in L-A-B mode, recover shadow detail by using the Shadows/Highlights tool, slightly boost black level, further boost contrast and reduce saturation, slightly, sharpen edges only, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: increase the contrast and slightly darken the frame using the contrast/brightness tool, add a transparent layer above the image layer and use it as a non-destructive dodge/burn layer, darken/burn the right edge to reduce its brightness, sharpen and save, scale image to 6000px high, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3000 px high for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.