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Well I thought it was time to give Alfie a turn to be on Flickr. He's been a fairly good boy and hasn't eaten too many maple tree buds so far. I have to say he's a fun loving bulldog and brings so much joy to our household. Love my boy plus my other cute guys Romeo and Teebo!
I don't know how much I will be able to be on Flickr once again. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome is hell to deal with. It's a shame that it makes it so hard to be on flickr and my computer. I may eventually have to come up with some way to be on here. A new laptop would work! LOL! Probably not in the cards right now though. Uncle Sam has to get his money first from us. I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday! Big hugs and thank you's! I appreciate all your support and well wishes so much! XOXOXOXO
In this gripping portrait, the artist brings us nose-to-nose with the painter Louis Muhlstock, a fellow Montrealer Known for his depictions of the street life of the city and the plight of the working class during the great Depression. Here, Torrance Newton has taken in her subject with a steady, sympathetic gaze that matches the sitter’s own thoughtful intensity.
Coldstream Bridge, linking Coldstream in the Scottish Borders with Cornhill-on-Tweed in Northumberland, is an 18th-century Grade II* listed bridge across the River Tweed. The bridge carries the A698 road across the Tweed between Scotland and England. Scotland is this side, England on the far bank.
The architect for the bridge was John Smeaton (responsible for the third Eddystone Lighthouse - Smeaton's Tower on Plymouth Hoe - and for other civil engineering projects in Cornwall). He was working for the Tweed Bridges Trust. Construction lasted from 1763 to 1767, when it opened.
The cost of the bridge was £6,000, with government grants available for the project and the shortfall covered by a mixture of local subscription and loans from Edinburgh's banks, which were to be paid back by the tolling system. There was controversy when the project's resident engineer, Robert Reid of Haddington, used some of the funds to build accommodation for himself, but the trustees were assuaged when Smeaton argued that the house would actually help support the bridge. It seems that Smeaton was sympathetic to Reid, believing him to be underpaid for his work.
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The Scott–Vrooman House is both an architecturally and historically significant home located in Bloomington. Ground was broken in 1869 on a three-story Italianate style house on an acre of high ground in what was then known as Dimmett's Grove. The Italianate-style residence was designed by architect G.W. Bunting for Matthew T. and Julia Green Scott.
A major remodeling of the house in 1900-1901 saw it enlarged by approximately sixty percent. The architect for the remodeling was Arthur L. Pillsbury, who added Romanesque features such as the arches on two new porches. Today the house remains a good example of a brick Italianate house that was sympathetically expanded, using terra cotta and brick, in Romanesque style. The exterior and floor plan of the house are unaltered since the renovation of 1900-1901.
The house is historically significant because of the national and state prominence of two of its occupants: Mrs. Julia Green Scott (1839-1923) and her son-in-law, Carl Vrooman. Matthew T. Scott made his fortune in real estate as a pioneer landlord and gentleman farmer. When he died in 1891, Mrs. Scott took on the management of 12,000 acres of farm land, using scientific methods to increase production. She enrolled forty of her tenant farmers in agricultural courses at the University of Illinois. She undertook the major renovation of her home in 1900-1901, and along the way was elected president of the McLean County Coal Company. During the Flu Pandemic of 1918, she turned this spacious home into a hospital.
Mrs. Scott also exerted leadership through the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) which, at that time, was the most influential body of women in America. Mrs. Scott's sister, Letitia Stevenson, was wife of U.S. Vice President Adlai Stevenson I and one of the founders of the D.A.R.
Julia Scott, the daughter of Matthew and Julia Green Scott, was married to Carl Schurz Vrooman. Vrooman (1872-1966) was an intellectual. He was an author, orator, and reformer who served as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture during Woodrow Wilson's two terms as President of the United States. He also was the originator of the war garden campaign during World War I that served as a precursor to the Victory Garden campaigns during World War II. City residents were urged to transform their yards into gardens, with the aim of having every section of the country self-supporting in the way of vegetables for food. After World War I, Vrooman directed the shipment of more than a billion bushels of corn to restore Europe's shattered agriculture.
The Scott-Vrooman House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Vrooman Mansion is now a bed and breakfast.
Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. It is adjacent to Normal, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area. Bloomington is 135 miles (217 km) southwest of Chicago, and 162 miles (261 km) northeast of St. Louis. The estimated population of Bloomington in 2019 was 77,330, with a metro population of 191,067.
Flavien Marcais, La Gaudaine, France This Alpine-Renault A441C was raced at Le Mans in
1975 under the Equipe Elf Switzerland banner by Marie Claude Beaumont and Lela Lombardi, but it did not finish
because the fuel pump failed after eight hours. It went on to complete the World Endurance Championship, finishing
with a class win, followed by 4th overall at Monza. The Alpine-Renault A441C is constructed around a tubular
chassis, reinforced with aluminum riveted panels, and fitted with a two-seater fiberglass body. It is powered by a mighty
V6, 4-cam, 2.0-litre Renault engine, mated to a 5-speed gearbox, giving 300 hp with a top a speed of 185 mph. The
car was acquired by Giancarlo Naddeo from the factory in 1976, and remained in his care until 2009, when Flavien
Marcis purchased it in highly original racing condition. Since a sympathetic restoration to retain its authenticity,
the car is used sparingly on French circuits for demonstration purposes only and has been exhibited
at the Le Mans Museum.
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Taken at the beautiful Victoria Quarter in Leeds.
Not only are the different Arcades ornately decorated in their architecture, but, since all the posh shops are mostly there, they have wonderful Christmas decorations every year, it's a sparkling world.
Victoria Quarter was originally designed by architect Frank Matcham. He used rich marbles, gilded mosaics, handsome cast and wrought iron, as well as carved and polished mahogany, to create two streets, two arcades and the Empire Theatre (now Harvey Nichols).
Today Matcham's work has been sympathetically restored to its original splendour, introducing the style and creativity of the present.
The Victoria Quarter is often described as one of the UK's most beautiful shopping centres - and quite rightly so.
(the last bit courtesy of Leeds council)
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Desperate Dan is a wild west character in the now-defunct Scottish comic magazine The Dandy and became its mascot. He made his appearance in the first issue which was dated 4 December 1937, The character was created by Dudley D. Watkins, originally as an outlaw or ‘desperado’ (hence his name), but evolved into a more sympathetic type, using his strength to help the underdog.
He is apparently the world’s strongest man, able to lift a cow with one hand. The pillow of his (reinforced) bed is filled with building rubble and his beard is so tough he shaves with a blowtorch.
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Desperate Dan’s Dawg is a character that appeared alongside Dan in The Dandy comics 1. Desperate Dan is a wild west character in the now-defunct Scottish comic magazine The Dandy and became its mascot. He made his appearance in the first issue which was dated 4 December 1937 2. Desperate Dan is immortalized in Dundee, his place of ‘birth’, with an 8-ft tall bronze statue in the city center alongside his ‘Dawg’ 3.
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Minnie the Minx, whose real name is Hermione Makepeace, is a comic strip character published in the British comic magazine The Beano. Created and originally drawn by Leo Baxendale, she first appeared in issue 596, dated 19 December 1953. She was created as a female counterpart for Dennis the Menace.
She is known as “The World’s Wildest Tomboy” and causes trouble by doing what she calls “minxing” to others.
Stokesay Castle is the most complete and best-preserved fortified medieval manor house in England. Located in a quiet Shropshire valley near the Welsh border, the castle is known for its remarkable 13th-century Great Hall, stone towers, and ornate 17th-century timber-framed gatehouse.
The core of the castle, including the great hall, solar (private apartment block), and north and south towers, was largely completed by 1291. The use of the same team of carpenters throughout is evidenced by shared carpenter's marks on the timbers. The imposing appearance, particularly the south tower, was a status symbol echoing the grand castles built by King Edward I in North Wales, though its actual military strength was superficial.
The castle passed through the Vernon family in the 16th century and was sold to Sir George Mainwaring in 1596, and then to Dame Elizabeth Craven and her son William, the 1st Earl of Craven, in 1620. William Craven made the only substantial addition to the castle's fabric since the 13th century: an ornate, timber-framed gatehouse built around 1640-1641.
In the 18th century the castle was let to tenant farmers who used parts for agricultural purposes, including using the great hall as a granary and the south tower basement as a smithy.
Antiquarian interest grew in the 19th century, and in 1869, wealthy glove manufacturer John Derby Allcroft bought the estate. He embarked on a sympathetic and extensive restoration program that aimed to preserve the existing structure rather than rebuild it.
The Allcroft family maintained the castle for over a century, opening it to the public. In 1986, Jewell Magnus-Allcroft placed the castle into the guardianship of English Heritage, which assumed ownership upon her death in 1992. Today, Stokesay Castle stands as an exceptionally complete and rare example of a medieval fortified manor house, offering a unique glimpse into 13th-century life.
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Los coccinélidos (Mariquitas), son insectos pequeños, con un tamaño reducido que va de 5 a 8 milimetros. De forma redondeada u oval, brillantes, suelen ser de vivos colores, con manchas negras sobre un fondo naranja, amarillo o rojo, en forma de puntos o rayas (no es un caparazón sino gruesas alas transformadas, llamadas élitros, que protegen las alas funcionales para el vuelo, el segundo par). Algunas especies son peludas. Su cabeza, antenas y patas son negros. Las extremidades cortas. Dado que son útiles, coloridos e inofensivos para los humanos, son insectos vistos tradicionalmente con simpatía e incluso se les considera en algunos lugares signo de buena suerte.
They are small insects, with a reduced size from 5-8 millimeters. Rounded or oval, glossy, often brightly colored, with black spots on a orange background, yellow or red, in the form of spots or stripes (not a carapace but thick transformed wings, he called elytra that protect functional wings for flight, the second pair). Some species are hairy. His head, antennae and legs are black. The short limbs. Since they are useful, colorful and harmless to humans, insects are traditionally viewed sympathetically and are even found in some places good luck sign
My photographic travel often provide me with chance encounters with people, especially women.
(Perhaps someone will remember the cinematic shot of a Lady on horseback in a beautiful autumn avenue 2020)
On October 30 I descend from Rhemes Valley with destination Valpelline for repeat the high tour of Place Moulin Lake, where I took the photo posted yesterday.
Around 11.30 a.m. I'm already hungry and descend on a grassy trail, together with a couple of Dutch hikers, also heading to the Prarayer Refuge for lunch.
We exchange a some words in English and a friendly Italian of their own.
They linger in the coolness of the Larch forest and in a few minutes I am back on the dirt trail that circles along the lake. After a few minutes of walking here comes toward me a blond girl concentrated on a mtb bike.
I feel like I know her and it's indeed Maura, finally on vacation herself after a busy season at her hotel, where she hosted my wife and me in late August.
I chide her sympathetically for not keeping the hotel open for the Fall Foliage days, but her answer is here in this photo and the beauty around of her mountains.
We said goodbye and then she authorized me by email to publish the photo.
I miei viaggi fotografici mi regalano spesso incontri casuali con persone, soprattutto donne.
(Forse qualcuno ricorderà lo scatto cinematografico di una signora a cavallo in un scenografico viale autunnale nel 2020).
Il 30 ottobre scendo dalla Valle di Rhemes con destinazione Valpelline per ripetere il giro alto del Lago di Place Moulin, dove ho scattato la foto postata ieri.
Verso le 11.30 sono già affamato e scendo lungo un tratturo erboso, ad uso animali in alpeggio, insieme a una coppia di escursionisti olandesi, anche loro diretti al Rifugio Prarayer per il pranzo.
Scambiamo qualche parola in inglese e un loro amichevole italiano.
Loro si attardano nel fresco del bosco di larici e io in pochi minuti eccomi sullo sterrato che costeggia il lago. Dopo qualche minuto di cammino ecco che mi viene incontro una ragazza bionda concentrata su una mtb.
Mi sembra di conoscerla ed è proprio Maura, finalmente in vacanza anche lei dopo una stagione intensa nel suo albergo di Bionaz, dove ha ospitato me e mia moglie a fine agosto.
La rimprovero simpaticamente per non aver tenuto aperto l'hotel per i giorni del Foliage, ma la sua risposta è in questa foto e nella bellezza delle sue montagne.
Ci siamo salutati e poi mi ha autorizzato via e-mail a pubblicare la foto. Arrivederci !
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Sacré-Cœur, Paris
Paris
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. Sacré-Cœur is a double monument, political and cultural, both a national penance for the defeat of France in the 1870 Franco-Prussian War and the socialist Paris Commune of 1871 crowning its most rebellious neighborhood, and an embodiment of conservative moral order, publicly dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was an increasingly popular vision of a loving and sympathetic Christ.
Very nice example. Apparently untaxed since 1988, but has obviously been in sympathetic hands during at least some of that time. There's a nice old photo of it a 1984 SABRE show, and I saw a brief mention of it having been restored after accident damage in 1983: jeffcraske.wixsite.com/index/1984-sabre-day
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Does the weird weave you in wonder?
Does the supernatural put a stitch in your stocking?
Is a thrill of terror tailored to your needs?
Well, don't sit and knit. Turn off your lights, and enjoy ...
Unraveled Yarns!
Welcome, darlings of darkness. My name is Lotti. These are my dear, deadly sisters, Chessi and Posi.
We are delighted by your visit, and we hope that our story will leave you -- "dying" for more?
Tonight's episode ....
Exterreri
ACT ONE
INT-LARGE FOYER-NIGHT
A handsome, middle-aged man holding a glass of whiskey is standing near the front door with a 20-something young woman dressed in casual riding wear.
Tia Baylor: The horses are bedded down for the night, Mr. Ross. I'll see you in the morning.
Lawrence Ross: (distracted) Uh, yes, that's fine. They're ALL in the barn?
Tia: Well, yes, sir.
Lawrence: Good. Good. You're sure?
Tia: Yes, sir. They're all accounted for. Why- (at that moment, the grandfather clock against the wall begins to chime nine, and Lawrence visibly startles at the sound) It's just the clock, Mr. Ross.
Lawrence: (snaps) I know it is! (softens when Tia flinches) Sorry. I'm sorry, Tia. It's just, well, I don't think I can explain.
Tia: (looks sympathetic) I think I can guess. It's a big house, and you're just noticing it, now that Mrs. Ross is gone.
Lawrence: That's part of it. (takes a swallow from his drink) All of the help is usually gone by now.
Tia: Sorry, Mr. Ross. I had a little extra cleaning up to do, out there.
Lawrence: No, no. It's fine. It's just that--this is when I hear it.
Tia: The clock?
Lawrence: No. (looks toward a narrow window beside the front door) The hoofbeats.
Tia: Hoofbeats? From the stable?
Lawrence: No, from outside. Out there. And a horse whinnying.
Tia: Which horse?
Lawrence: That's just it, I can't tell! (takes another swallow of his drink) The next place with horses is a ways off, but maybe I could hear one of their horses, if the wind was just right. It's just, it's just that it sounds like Filippa's mare.
At that moment, there's a shrill, distant whinny, then the sound of galloping hooves.
(to be continued)
Cast
Lawrence Ross -- Erebus
Tia Baylor -- Bailey
Lotti -- Kestrel
Chessi -- Arianna
Posi -- Mist
People born under the astrological signs of Scorpio, Cancer and Pisces being one of the two drawn elements meaning it is part of two of the classical elements are thought to have dominant water personalities. Water personalities tend to be emotional, deep, nurturing, sympathetic, empathetic, imaginative and intuitive; however, they can also be sentimental, over-sensitive, escapistic and irrational.
darks is pisces ;)
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Lower Slaughter is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire, located in the Cotswold district, 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of the town of Stow-on-the-Wold. The village is built on both banks of the River Eye, which also flows through Upper Slaughter. At the west end of the village there is a 19th-century water mill with an undershot waterwheel and a chimney for additional steam power. There is a ford where the river widens in the village and several small stone footbridges join the two sides of the community. While the mill is built of red brick most of the 16th and 17th century homes in the village use Cotswold sandstone and are adorned with mullioned windows and often with other embellishments such as projecting gables. Records exist showing that Lower Slaughter has been inhabited for over 1000 years. The Domesday Book entry has the village name as “Sclostre”. It further notes that in 1066 and 1086 that the manor was in the sheriff's hands. Lower Slaughter Manor, a Grade-II listed 17th-century house, was granted to Sir George Whitmore in 1611 and remained in his family until 1964. The 13th century Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin. Much of the current structure was built in 1866; however, the spire and peal of six bells was recently restored. In May 2013 it was reported in the national news that the Parish Council were fiercely opposed to the presence of an icebox tricycle selling ice creams for seven days a week, six months of the year, citing that the trading times were excessive, increased footfall would prevent the grass from growing and that children could climb on the trike and fall into the nearby river.
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The Slaughters Country Inn is privately owned and offers a relaxed ambience, a style that is sympathetically balanced between the original features of a 17th Century building and contemporary design. The blend of old and new creates the perfect retreat in a beautiful country location
This pic was a serious labor of love. I relied heavily on PS tutorials and the kind hearts of sympathetic friends who were willing to walk me through different techniques. Allowing me to improve the image from the original. I think the final result is really great (for my beginner self)! If you spent time with me the past two days, lending me your experience, skills, and fresh eyeballs... TYSM ♥
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Ashbury Manor is arguably one of the finest and most original manor houses in the country, dating from 1488. The upper brick storey of its porch was added in 1697, which is also the likely date that the chimneys were added. The building is constructed of cut stone, chalk and brick under a stone slate roof, the house has been sympathetically maintained without significant alteration.
Grade ll*listed
Now seperated from the village by a young orchard, until 2006 this was a clutter of ugly modern barns, the house largely invisible.
There's a much better shot of it before the foreground orchard was planted about halfway down Wikipedia's Ashbury page and very good text and picture at:
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Today I went to Knole (National Trust) to see the Christmas decorations, and it was very sympathetically decorated to suite the age of the house.
Painshill, near Cobham, Surrey, is one of the finest remaining examples of an 18th-century English landscape park. It was designed and created between 1738 and 1773 by Charles Hamilton. The original house built in the park by Hamilton has since been demolished.
The central feature is a serpentine lake of 14 acres, with several islands and spanned by bridges and a causeway. As focal points in the vistas, and as sympathetic elements to be discovered in the landscape, Hamilton placed a number of follies, which include a grotto, Gothic 'temple', 'ruins' of a Gothic abbey, a Roman mausoleum, and a Gothic tower with a view of the countryside.
The ruined abbey was the last of Hamilton's garden buildings, built in 1772. The lake was extended at the same time, creating a dramatic reflection of the 'ruins'.
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Los coccinélidos (Mariquitas), son insectos pequeños, con un tamaño reducido que va de 5 a 8 milimetros. De forma redondeada u oval, brillantes, suelen ser de vivos colores, con manchas negras sobre un fondo naranja, amarillo o rojo, en forma de puntos o rayas (no es un caparazón sino gruesas alas transformadas, llamadas élitros, que protegen las alas funcionales para el vuelo, el segundo par). Algunas especies son peludas. Su cabeza, antenas y patas son negros. Las extremidades cortas. Dado que son útiles, coloridos e inofensivos para los humanos, son insectos vistos tradicionalmente con simpatía e incluso se les considera en algunos lugares signo de buena suerte.
They are small insects, with a reduced size from 5-8 millimeters. Rounded or oval, glossy, often brightly colored, with black spots on a orange background, yellow or red, in the form of spots or stripes (not a carapace but thick transformed wings, he called elytra that protect functional wings for flight, the second pair). Some species are hairy. His head, antennae and legs are black. The short limbs. Since they are useful, colorful and harmless to humans, insects are traditionally viewed sympathetically and are even found in some places good luck sign
...a woman's work: sweeping dust and debris from a rocky road in the scrubland of rural Rajasthan, India (new from the archive)
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In the early 16th century a chantry of St. Mary, whose date of foundation is unknown, provided in theory for an additional priest, though the stipend was evidently not sufficient to keep the priest in the parish. In 1933 the £150 realized by the sale of the schoolroom was invested in trust for ecclesiastical purposes. The Church of ST. MARY, a building of stone with a Cotswold stone roof, comprising chancel, nave, north aisle, organ chamber, and vestry, and a western tower with spire, was almost completely rebuilt in 1867 by the lord of the manor, Charles Shapland Whitmore, in the Early English and Decorated styles. It contains, however, an early 13th-century arcade of four bays and a piscina of the same period. The arches of the arcade are of two chamfered orders supported on plain round columns with octagonal scalloped cushion capitals; the easternmost bay may be a 19th-century copy. The piscina has a semi-octagonal projecting basin, scalloped inside. The arcade suggests that the rebuilding was roughly to the plan of the earlier church, and c. 1700 the church had a north aisle and a western tower with a saddleback roof. By 1851 there was a gallery. The church contains monuments, from the late 17th century, to members of the Whitmore family buried in the north aisle. Of the six bells, one is thought to be by Robert Hendley of Gloucester , two are by Edward Neale of Burford, 1683, and three were made in 1866. The plate includes a chalice and paten cover of 1576. Baptisms, marriages, and burials at Lower Slaughter were entered in the registers of Bourton-on-the-Water until 1813.
Lower Slaughter is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire, located in the Cotswold district, 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of the town of Stow-on-the-Wold. The village is built on both banks of the River Eye, which also flows through Upper Slaughter. At the west end of the village there is a 19th-century water mill with an undershot waterwheel and a chimney for additional steam power. There is a ford where the river widens in the village and several small stone footbridges join the two sides of the community. While the mill is built of red brick most of the 16th and 17th century homes in the village use Cotswold sandstone and are adorned with mullioned windows and often with other embellishments such as projecting gables. Records exist showing that Lower Slaughter has been inhabited for over 1000 years. The Domesday Book entry has the village name as “Sclostre”. It further notes that in 1066 and 1086 that the manor was in the sheriff's hands. Lower Slaughter Manor, a Grade-II listed 17th-century house, was granted to Sir George Whitmore in 1611 and remained in his family until 1964. The 13th century Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin. Much of the current structure was built in 1866; however, the spire and peal of six bells was recently restored. In May 2013 it was reported in the national news that the Parish Council were fiercely opposed to the presence of an icebox tricycle selling ice creams for seven days a week, six months of the year, citing that the trading times were excessive, increased footfall would prevent the grass from growing and that children could climb on the trike and fall into the nearby river.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Slaughters Country Inn is privately owned and offers a relaxed ambience, a style that is sympathetically balanced between the original features of a 17th Century building and contemporary design. The blend of old and new creates the perfect retreat in a beautiful country location
I mentioned the high quality masonry in the previous photo, and this detail is a good example.
There was clearly no shortage of money when Fulljames added the chancel - the trefoiled reveals of the sacristy door are carved in Caen stone from Normandy, and the exquisitely carved drip mould, like the rest of the church, is from a local oolitic limestone. Although more Early English in style than the original Perpendicular building, the new work seems quite in harmony with the original.
It is easy to mock some of the efforts of the Victorian era church restorers, and they were indeed responsible for some shockingly inept alterations to medieval buildings, but in this case it was done both sympathetically and with great skill - truly, a little hidden gem!
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Among the region of East Bohemia and South Moravia region are real mountains. Inhabitants have always been poor because the country was full of clay and could grow only potatoes and oats. Nothing grew there. People here have learned to live in poverty and it is pleasantly distorted. They are sympathetic, compassionate, and fearful of God. When they see misery another, rushing to help. But it's the same as in Russia and the USA. Fucker always finds! We know about them!
Среди регионе Восточной Богемии и Моравии региона Южной настоящие горы. Жители всегда были бедны, потому что страна была полна из глины и может вырасти только картофель и овес. Ничто не росло. Люди здесь научились жить в нищете, и это приятно искажены. Они отзывчивы, сострадательны, и боятся Бога. Когда они видят страдания другим, бросаясь на помощь. Но это то же самое, как в России и США. Fucker всегда находит! Мы знаем о них!
Mezi krajem Východní Čechy a Jížní Morava jsou opravdové hory. Obyvatelé tu byli vždy chudí, protože země byla plná jílu a mohli vypěstovat jen brambory a oves. Nic jiného tu nerostlo. Lidé se tu naučili žít v chudobě a to je příjemně deformovalo. Jsou chápaví, soucitní a bázliví Boha. Když vidí neštěstí druhého, spěchají na pomoc. Ale je to stejné jako v Rusku i USA. Kurva se vždy najde! My o nich víme! Proto žijeme lépe než v Praze, máme o hajzlech informace.
DSC_0529 In our region we have a cross name by families who are financed and built. They were mostly Catholics. Little crosses built by Protestants. Sympathetic to the Hussite movement. This cross is of unknown origin. It is near the village Plesice.
The Gardener's Cottage at the RHS, Bridgewatwer.
Edward Blore (1787 – 1879), the architect who designed Worsley New Hall, was also commissioned to design a gardener’s cottage in a sympathetic Gothic-style to the architecture of the main house.
Blore was a leading architect of the early-nineteenth century and he was perhaps most famous for his restoration of Lambeth Palace and the completion of Buckingham Palace. By choosing an architect to design his servants living accommodation we can surmise that Egerton was image-conscious and determined to assert his status and legacy through tangible, physical structures. He was also at least partially invested in the lives of his staff and perhaps had a paternalistic element to his character.
There is some debate over the age of the head gardener’s cottage. It was originally presumed the cottage was completed in 1834, however more recent archival research by the Archaeological team at the University of Salford has determined that the cottage was more likely constructed around 1840, and this ties in more with the construction of the New Hall itself. The cottage was constructed of rock-faced stone and brick with a slate roof. It is an L-shaped building of two-storey with an octagonal tower with a conical roof. The elaborate-looking building is clearly inspired by Tudor architecture; this includes the gabled-porch, mullioned windows, diagonally set windows and hoodmoulds above the windows. It was extended and altered over the course of the nineteenth century.
The first gardener to occupy the cottage was Peter Clare (b.1773) who lived there with his wife, Alice (b.1774). It was under Clare’s tenure that the kitchen gardens were laid out along side the cottage around 1840-42. By 1846, the elderly Mr and Mrs Clare had left the Cottage and the property was inhabited the new gardener, John Mitchell (b.1801). The 1851 census recorded that Mitchell was born in Scotland, as was his wife Margaret (b.1798) and their two daughters Margaret (b.1832) and Jane (b.1836). The family moved from Scotland to Worsley at some point after Jane’s birth in 1836 and before the census of 1841, as they were recorded in the village at that time.
In these early years it appears it was common for all the under-gardeners to reside in the same house at the head gardener and his family. So alongside the Mitchells in 1851 were: James Wise (b.1826 in West Lothian), Andrew Clarke (b.1825 in Aberdeen), Peter Finley (b.1828 in East Lothian) and George Thompson (b.1834 in Fifeshire).
I know this shot is a little out of season, but I did not upload it first time as I struggled with the processing. I'm still not 100% sure about the processing so I've decided to put it out anyway as I want to clear the decks for 2018. This is a zoomed in shot of an image I had made at Shepshed, Leicestershire, back in July. I carried out some sympathetic dodging and burning so that the lead in to the poppy field appeared slightly darker and the poppy field was kept the same exposure, but with a slight tweak of the saturation.
The sun sets on a quiet afternoon at Deep Water Bend/Tinchi Tamba Wetlands on the Pine River, Brisbane’s northern suburbs. And the white faced heron still patiently waits on the dock for another set of sympathetic humans!
Happy and safe New Year (2019) to all our Flickr friends.
This SSSI is just up the road from the caravan site. With Lottery funding, a nature reserve has been created and by sympathetic planting, many new species of insects and birds have been attracted to the area.
The geological interest of the site lies in the many rock outcrops which expose a sequence of volcanic rocks originally erupted during the early Ordovician Period of geological history about 470 million years ago.
A multiple exposure of a wind sculpture outside The Cesar Manrique Foundation Volcano House, a fascinating building.
Manrique had a major influence on the planning regulations in Lanzarote, when he recognised its tourist potential and lobbied successfully to encourage sympathetic development of tourism.
One aspect of this is the lack of high rise hotels on the island.
More about the foundation here:
fcmanrique.org/casas-museo-visitas/fundacion-cesar-manriq...
and here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/César_Manrique
We could learn a lot from this man and his ethics.
The multiple exposures were done in camera...I was inspired to have another go at multiple exposures (haven't done one for a while) by Cheryl - www.flickr.com/photos/abbeville/ I then used the sliders to up the contrasts and vibrance. HSS
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia)
Hijra (for translations, see [n 1]) is a term used in South Asia – particularly in India and Pakistan – to refer to trans women (male-to-female transgender individuals).[1][2] In different areas of Pakistan and India, transgender people are also known as Aravani, Aruvani or Jagappa.[3]
In Pakistan and Bangladesh, the hijras are officially recognized as third gender by the government,[4][5] being neither completely male nor female. In India also, transgender people have been given the status of third gender and are protected as per the law despite the social ostracism. The term more commonly advocated by social workers and transgender community members themselves is khwaja sira (Urdu: خواجہ سرا) and can identify the individual as a transsexual person, transgender person (khusras), cross-dresser (zenanas) or eunuch (narnbans).[6][7]
Hijras have a recorded history in the Indian subcontinent from antiquity onwards as suggested by the Kama Sutra period. This history features a number of well-known roles within subcontinental cultures, part gender-liminal, part spiritual and part survival.
In South Asia, many hijras live in well-defined and organised all-hijra communities, led by a guru.[8][9] These communities have sustained themselves over generations by "adopting" boys who are in abject poverty, rejected by, or flee, their family of origin.[10] Many work as sex workers for survival.[11]
The word "hijra" is an Urdu word derived from the Semitic Arabic root hjr in its sense of "leaving one's tribe,"[12] and has been borrowed into Hindi. The Indian usage has traditionally been translated into English as "eunuch" or "hermaphrodite," where "the irregularity of the male genitalia is central to the definition."[13] However, in general hijras are born with typically male physiology, only a few having been born with intersex variations.[14] Some Hijras undergo an initiation rite into the hijra community called nirwaan, which refers to the removal of the penis, scrotum and testicles.[11]
Since the late 20th century, some hijra activists and Western non-government organizations (NGOs) have lobbied for official recognition of the hijra as a kind of "third sex" or "third gender," as neither man nor woman.[15] Hijras have successfully gained this recognition in Bangladesh and are eligible for priority in education.[16] In India, the Supreme Court in April 2014 recognised hijra and transgender people as a 'third gender' in law.[17][18][19]
Nepal, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh have all legally recognized the existence of a third gender, including on passports and other official documents.
Terminology
The Urdu and Hindi word hijra may alternately be romanized as hijira, hijda, hijada, hijara, hijrah and is pronounced [ˈɦɪdʒɽaː]. This term is generally considered derogatory in Urdu and the word Khwaja Sara is used instead. Another such term is khasuaa (खसुआ) or khusaraa (खुसरा). In Bengali hijra is called হিজড়া, hijra, hijla, hijre, hizra, or hizre.
A number of terms across the culturally and linguistically diverse Indian subcontinent represent similar sex or gender categories. While these are rough synonyms, they may be better understood as separate identities due to regional cultural differences. In Odia, a hijra is referred to as hinjida, hinjda or napunsaka, in Telugu, as napunsakudu (నపుంసకుడు), kojja (కొజ్జ) or maada (మాడ), in Tamil Nadu, Thiru nangai (mister woman), Ali, aravanni, aravani, or aruvani, in Punjabi, khusra and jankha, in Sindhi khadra, in Gujarati, pavaiyaa (પાવૈયા).
In North India, the goddess Bahuchara Mata is worshipped by Pavaiyaa (પાવૈયા). In South India, the goddess Renuka is believed to have the power to change one's sex. Male devotees in female clothing are known as Jogappa. They perform similar roles to hijra, such as dancing and singing at birth ceremonies and weddings.[21]
The word kothi (or koti) is common across India, similar to the Kathoey of Thailand, although kothis are often distinguished from hijras. Kothis are regarded as feminine men or boys who take a feminine role in sex with men, but do not live in the kind of intentional communities that hijras usually live in. Additionally, not all kothis have undergone initiation rites or the body modification steps to become a hijra.[22] Local equivalents include durani (Kolkata), menaka (Cochin),[23] meti (Nepal), and zenana (Pakistan).
Hijra used to be translated in English as "eunuch" or "hermaphrodite,"[13] although LGBT historians or human rights activists have sought to include them as being transgender.[24] In a series of meetings convened between October 2013 and Jan 2014 by the transgender experts committee of India's Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, hijra and other trans activists asked that the term "eunuch" be discontinued from usage in government documents, as it is not a term with which the communities identify.
Gender and sexuality
These identities have no exact match in the modern Western taxonomy of gender and sexual orientation,[24] and challenge Western ideas of sex and gender.[11]
In India, some Hijras do not define themselves by specific sexual orientation, but rather by renouncing sexuality altogether. Sexual energy is transformed into sacred powers. However, these notions can come in conflict with the practical, which is that hijras are often employed as prostitutes.[25] Furthermore, in India a feminine male who takes a "receptive" role in sex with a man will often identify as a kothi (or the local equivalent term). While kothis are usually distinguished from hijras as a separate gender identity, they often dress as women and act in a feminine manner in public spaces, even using feminine language to refer to themselves and each other. The usual partners of hijras and kothis are men who consider themselves heterosexual as they are the ones who penetrate.[26] These male partners are often married, and any relationships or sex with "kothis" or hijras are usually kept secret from the community at large. Some hijras may form relationships with men and even marry,[27] although their marriage is not usually recognized by law or religion. Hijras and kothis often have a name for these masculine sexual or romantic partners; for example, panthi in Bangladesh, giriya in Delhi or sridhar in Cochin.[23]
Social status and economic circumstances
Most hijras live at the margins of society with very low status; the very word "hijra" is sometimes used in a derogatory manner. The Indian lawyer and author Rajesh Talwar has written a book highlighting the human rights abuses suffered by the community titled 'The Third Sex and Human Rights.'[28] Few employment opportunities are available to hijras. Many get their income from extortion (forced payment by disrupting work/life using demonstrations and interference), performing at ceremonies (toli), begging (dheengna), or sex work ('raarha')—an occupation of eunuchs also recorded in premodern times. Violence against hijras, especially hijra sex workers, is often brutal, and occurs in public spaces, police stations, prisons, and their homes.[29] As with transgender people in most of the world, they face extreme discrimination in health, housing, education, employment, immigration, law, and any bureaucracy that is unable to place them into male or female gender categories.[30]
In 2008, HIV prevalence was 27.6% amongst hijra sex workers in Larkana.[6] The general prevalence of HIV among the adult Pakistani population is estimated at 0.1%.[31]
In October 2013, Pakistani Christians and Muslims (Shia and Sunni) put pressure on the landlords of Imamia Colony to evict any transgender residents. "Generally in Pakistan, Khwaja Sira are not under threat. But they are in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province because of a 'new Islam' under way", I.A. Rehman, the director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.[32]
In a study of Bangladeshi hijras, participants reported not being allowed to seek healthcare at the private chambers of doctors, and experiencing abuse if they go to government hospitals.[33]
Beginning in 2006, hijras were engaged to accompany Patna city revenue officials to collect unpaid taxes, receiving a 4-percent commission.[34]
Since India's Supreme Court re-criminalized homosexual sex on 13 December 2013, there has been a sharp increase in the physical, psychological and sexual violence against the transgender community by the Indian Police Service, nor are they investigating even when sexual assault against them is reported.[35]
On 15 April 2014, in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India, the Supreme Court of India ruled that transgender people should be treated as a third category of gender or as a socially and economically "backward" class entitled to proportional access and representation in education and jobs.[36]
Language
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The hijra community due to its peculiar place in sub-continental society which entailed marginalisation yet royal privileges developed a secret language known as Hijra Farsi. The language has a sentence structure loosely based on Urdu and a unique vocabulary of at least a thousand words. Beyond the Urdu-Hindi speaking areas of subcontinent the vocabulary is still used by the hijra community within their own native languages.
In South Asian politics
In 2013, transgender people in Pakistan were given their first opportunity to stand for election.[37] Sanam Fakir, a 32-year-old hijra, ran as an independent candidate for Sukkur, Pakistan's general election in May.[38]
The governments of both India (1994)[39] and Pakistan (2009)[40] have recognized hijras as a "third sex", thus granting them the basic civil rights of every citizen. In India, hijras now have the option to identify as a eunuch ("E") on passports and on certain government documents. They are not, however, fully accommodated; in order to vote, for example, citizens must identify as either male or female. There is also further discrimination from the government. In the 2009 general election, India's election committee denied three hijras candidature unless they identified themselves as either male or female.
In April 2014, Justice KS Radhakrishnan declared transgender to be the third gender in Indian law, in a case brought by the National Legal Services Authority (Nalsa) against Union of India and others.[17][18][19] The ruling said:[41]
Seldom, our society realises or cares to realise the trauma, agony and pain which the members of Transgender community undergo, nor appreciates the innate feelings of the members of the Transgender community, especially of those whose mind and body disown their biological sex. Our society often ridicules and abuses the Transgender community and in public places like railway stations, bus stands, schools, workplaces, malls, theatres, hospitals, they are sidelined and treated as untouchables, forgetting the fact that the moral failure lies in the society's unwillingness to contain or embrace different gender identities and expressions, a mindset which we have to change.
Justice Radhakrishnan said that transgender people should be treated consistently with other minorities under the law, enabling them to access jobs, healthcare and education.[42] He framed the issue as one of human rights, saying that, "These TGs, even though insignificant in numbers, are still human beings and therefore they have every right to enjoy their human rights", concluding by declaring that:[41]
Hijras, Eunuchs, apart from binary gender, be treated as "third gender" for the purpose of safeguarding their rights under Part III of our Constitution and the laws made by the Parliament and the State Legislature.
Transgender persons' right to decide their self-identified gender is also upheld and the Centre and State Governments are directed to grant legal recognition of their gender identity such as male, female or as third gender.
A bill supported by all political parties was tabled in Indian parliament to ensure transgender people get benefits akin reserved communities like SC/STs and is taking steps to see that they get enrollment in schools and jobs in government besides protection from sexual harassment.[43]
History
The ancient Kama Sutra mentions the performance of fellatio by feminine people of a third sex (tritiya prakriti).[44] This passage has been variously interpreted as referring to men who desired other men, so-called eunuchs ("those disguised as males, and those that are disguised as females"[45]), male and female trans people ("the male takes on the appearance of a female and the female takes on the appearance of the male"),[46] or two kinds of biological males, one dressed as a woman, the other as a man.[47]
During the era of the British Raj, authorities attempted to eradicate hijras, whom they saw as "a breach of public decency."[48] Anti-hijra laws were repealed; but a law outlawing castration, a central part of the hijra community, was left intact, though rarely enforced. Also during British rule in India they were placed under the Criminal Tribes Act 1871 and labelled a "criminal tribe," hence subjected to compulsory registration, strict monitoring and stigmatized for a long time; after independence however they were denotified in 1952, though the centuries-old stigma continues.[49]
In religion
The Indian transgender hijras or Aravanis ritually marry the Hindu god Aravan and then mourn his ritual death (seen) in an 18-day festival in Koovagam, India.
Many practice a form of syncretism that draws on multiple religions; seeing themselves to be neither men nor women, hijras practice rituals for both men and women.
Hijras belong to a special caste. They are usually devotees of the mother goddess Bahuchara Mata, Lord Shiva, or both.
Hijras and Bahuchara Mata
Bahuchara Mata is a Hindu goddess with two unrelated stories both associated with transgender behavior. One story is that she appeared in the avatar of a princess who castrated her husband because he would run in the woods and act like a woman rather than have sex with her. Another story is that a man tried to rape her, so she cursed him with impotence. When the man begged her forgiveness to have the curse removed, she relented only after he agreed to run in the woods and act like a woman. The primary temple to this goddess is located in Gujarat[50] and it is a place of pilgrimage for hijras, who see Bahucahara Mata as a patroness.
Hijras and Lord Shiva
One of the forms of Lord Shiva is a merging with Parvati where together they are Ardhanari, a god that is half Shiva and Half Parvati. Ardhanari has special significance as a patron of hijras, who identify with the gender ambiguity.[50]
Hijras in the Ramayana
In some versions of the Ramayana,[51] when Rama leaves Ayodhya for his 14-year exile, a crowd of his subjects follow him into the forest because of their devotion to him. Soon Rama notices this, and gathers them to tell them not to mourn, and that all the "men and women" of his kingdom should return to their places in Ayodhya. Rama then leaves and has adventures for 14 years. When he returns to Ayodhya, he finds that the hijras, being neither men nor women, have not moved from the place where he gave his speech. Impressed with their devotion, Rama grants hijras the boon to confer blessings on people during auspicious inaugural occasions like childbirth and weddings. This boon is the origin of badhai in which hijras sing, dance, and give blessings.[
Hijras in the Mahabharata
Mahabharata includes an episode in which Arjun, a hero of the epic, is sent into an exile. There he assumes an identity of a eunuch-transvestite and performs rituals during weddings and childbirths that are now performed by hijras.[53]
In the Mahabharata, before the Kurukshetra War, Iravan offers his lifeblood to goddess Kali to ensure the victory of the Pandavas, and Kali agrees to grant him power. On the night before the battle, Iravan expresses a desire to get married before he dies. No woman was willing to marry a man doomed to die in a few hours, so Arjuna as Brihinala marries him. In South India, hijras claim Iravan as their progenitor and call themselves "aravanis."[52]
"Sangam literature use ' word 'Pedi' to refer to people born with Intersex condition, it also refers to antharlinga hijras and various Hijra, The Aravan cult in Koovagam village of Tamil Nadu is a folk tradition of the transwomen, where the members enact the legend during an annual three-day festival. "This is completely different from the sakibeki cult of West Bengal, where transwomen don't have to undergo sex change surgery or shave off their facial hair. They dress as women still retaining their masculine features and sing in praise of Lord Krishna,". "Whereas, since the Tamil society is more conservative and hetero-normative, transwomen completely change themselves as women. In the ancient times, even religion has its own way of accepting these fringe communities." The Bachura Devi worship in Gujarat and Jogappa cult of Karanataka are the other examples.the kinds of dialects and languages spoken by these community in different parts of the country and the socio-cultural impact on the lingo. 'Hijra Farsi' is the transgender dialect, a mix of Urdu, Hindi and Persian spoken in the northern belt of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan and 'Kothi Baashai' is spoken by the transgender community in Karnataka, Andhra, Orissa and parts of Tamil Nadu. "They even have sign languages and typical mannerisms to communicate. The peculiar clap is one such"
—Gopi Shankar Madurai, National Queer Conference 2013[54][55]
Each year in Tamil Nadu, during April and May, hijras celebrate an eighteen-day religious festival. The aravani temple is located in the village Koovagam in the Ulundurpet taluk in Villupuram district, and is devoted to the deity Koothandavar, who is identified with Aravan. During the festival, the aravanis reenact a story of the wedding of Lord Krishna and Lord Aravan, followed by Aravan's subsequent sacrifice. They then mourn Aravan's death through ritualistic dances and by breaking their bangles. An annual beauty pageant is also held, as well as various health and HIV or AIDS seminars. Hijras from all over the country travel to this festival. A personal experience of the hijras in this festival is shown in the BBC Three documentary India's Ladyboys and also in the National Geographic Channel television series Taboo.
Hijras in Islam
There is evidence that Indian hijras identifying as Muslim also incorporate aspects of Hinduism. Still, despite this syncretism, Reddy (2005) notes that a hijra does not practice Islam differently from other Muslims and argues that their syncretism does not make them any less Muslim. Reddy (2003) also documents an example of how this syncretism manifests: in Hyderabad, India a group of Muslim converts were circumcised, something seen as the quintessential marker of male Muslim identity.[clarification needed]
In films and literature
Bangladesh
The film Common Gender (2012) relates the story of the Bangladesh hijra and their struggle for survival.
India
Hijras have been portrayed on screen in Indian cinema since its inception, historically as comic relief. A notable turning point occurred in 1974 when real hijras appeared during a song-and-dance sequence in Kunwaara Baap ("The Unmarried Father"). There are also hijras in the Hindi movie Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) who accompany one of the heroes, Akbar (Rishi Kapoor), in a song entitled "Tayyab Ali Pyar Ka Dushman" ("Tayyab Ali, the Enemy of Love"). One of the first sympathetic hijra portrayals was in Mani Ratnam's Bombay (1995). 1997's Tamanna[56] starred male actor Paresh Rawal in a central role as "Tiku", a hijra who raises a young orphan. Pooja Bhatt produced and also starred in the movie, with her father Mahesh Bhatt co-writing and directing. Deepa Mehta's Water features the hijra character "Gulabi" (played by Raghubir Yadav), who has taken to introducing the downtrodden, outcast widows of Varanasi to prostitution. Not surprisingly, perhaps, the film generated much controversy. There is a brief appearance of hijras in the 2004 Gurinder Chadha film Bride & Prejudice, singing to a bride-to-be in the marketplace. There's also a loose reference, in the guise of "Rocky" ("Rokini") in Deepha Mehta's Bollywood/Hollywood.
The 1997 Hindi film Darmiyaan: In Between directed & co-written by Kalpana Lajmi is based on the subject of Hijra, wherein a fictitious story of an actress bearing a son that turns out to be neuter.
In the 2000 Tamil film Appu directed by Vasanth, a remake of the Hindi film Sadak, the antagonist is a brothel-owning hijra played by Prakash Raj. (In Sadak, the brothel-owning character was played by Sadashiv Amrapurkar under the name "Maharani".)
In 2005, a fiction feature film titled Shabnam Mausi was made on the life of a eunuch politician Shabnam Mausi. It was directed by Yogesh Bharadwaj and the title role played by Ashutosh Rana.
Jogwa, a 2009 Marathi film, depicts the story of a man forced to be hijra under certain circumstances. The movie has received several accolades.[57]
In Soorma Bhopali, Jagdeep encounters a troupe of hijra on his arrival in Bombay. The leader of this pack is also played by Jagdeep himself.
In Anil Kapoor's Nayak, Johnny Lever, who plays the role of the hero's assistant, gets beaten up by hijras, when he is caught calling them "hijra" (he is in habit of calling almost everyone who bothers him by this pejorative and no one cares much, except this once ironically, as the addressees are literally what he is calling them.)
One of the main characters in Khushwant Singh's novel Delhi, Bhagmati is a hijra. She makes a living as a semi-prostitute and is wanted in the diplomatic circles of the city.
Vijay TV's Ippadikku Rose, a Tamil show conducted by postgraduate educated transgender woman Rose is a very successfully running program that discusses various issues faced by youth in Tamil Nadu, where she also gives her own experiences.
In addition to numerous other themes, the 2008 movie Welcome to Sajjanpur by Shyam Benegal explores the role of hijras in Indian society.
In the Malayalam movie Ardhanaari, released on 23 November 2012, director Santhosh Sowparnika tries to depict the life of a transgender person. Manoj K Jayan, Thilakan, Sukumari and Maniyanpilla Raju perform leading roles.
In August, 2015, a music video featuring 7 hijras dressed in outfits or uniforms of various professions and singing the National Anthem of India created by a YouTube channel Yathartha Pictures went viral for being the first National Anthem video sung by hijras in India.[58][59] The hijras featured in the video were brought together by the Humsafar Trust, a Mumbai-based NGO which promotes LGBT rights.[60][61]
Tamil
Vaadamalli by novelist Su.Samuthiram is the first Tamil novel about Aravaani community in Tamil Nadu, published in 1994. Later transgender activist A. Revathi became first Hijra to write about transgender issues and gender politics in Tamil, her works have been translated in more than 8 languages and acting as a primary resources on Gender Studies in Asia. Her book is part of research project for more than 100 universities. She is the author of Unarvum Uruvamum (Feelings of the Entire Body); is the first of its kind in English from a member of the hijra community.[62][63][64] She also acted,directed several stage plays on Gender and Sexuality issues in Tamil and Kannada."The Truth about Me: A Hijra Life Story" by Transgender A.Revathi[65] is part of the syllabus for Final Year students of The American College in Madurai. Later Naan Saravanan Alla" (2007) and Vidya's "I am Vidya" (2008) became first transwoman autobiography.[66][67]
Pakistan
The 1992 film Immaculate Conception[68] by Jamil Dehlavi is based upon the culture-clash between a western Jewish couple seeking fertility at a Karachi shrine known to be blessed by a Sufi fakir called 'Gulab Shah' and the group of Pakistani eunuchs who guard it.
Murad (which means desire; the English title was Eunuch's Motherhood), was an award winning biographical Telefilm drama made by Evergreen Media Europe for Pakistan's television channel Indus TV that aired in 2003. The cast had the country's top male television actors playing "hijras": Sohail Asghar, Nabeel, Qazi Wajid, Kamran Jilani. It was directed by Kamran Qureshi, written by Zafar Mairaj and produced by Iram Qureshi. It won both Best TeleFilm and Best Director awards at 2003 Indus Telefilm Festival.[69][70] The story revolves around "Saima", a trans woman, who adopts a helpless child "Murad" and her relationship with him against the backdrop of her struggling throughout her life and her "desire" for her son. She has sent him away to live at a hostel so she can earn a living as a dancer, after her son gets cross with her, due to teasing (verbal and sexual) they face while dancing. This was the first time that influential male actors came out to support "hijra" rights during interviews; noting that in Pakistani English at that time eunuch was the term to describe a transgender person, and "khwaja sara" (also khwaja sira) had not yet replaced what is now considered a derogatory term due to decades of heckling and name calling, "hijra".[71][72]
In 2004, Kamran Qureshi directed a trans drama, Moorat ("effigy," however, the English title was Eunuch's Wedding. It was produced by famous actor and producer Humayun Saeed and Abdullah Kadwani with more than a dozen star-studded cast members for a 33-episode series.[73][74] It was nominated for Best Drama Serial, Abid Ali for Best Actor, and Maria Wasti for Best Actress at the Lux Style Awards 2005.[69][75] The show was credited for making people understand the pain and abuse that khwaja sara (hijra) constantly endure when people make fun of the way they look or dress without knowing them or how they were naturally born this way. The story involves a young lady who is arranged to marry. It turns out her husband is transgender. The story unfolds trans community and their deprived and isolated world. It portrays eloquently how they, too, are not far away from the human emotions and feelings and their world not much different from the heterosexual community. Even though they are in plain sight, they are tthey are taboo subjects and are not taken seriously. This makes them suffer endlessly in silence wrapped in slurs. The 33-episode series therefore touches on transgender abuse, women abuse, poverty, immorality of arranged marriages, and child abuse.[76]
Bol (Urdu: بول meaning Speak), is a 2011 Urdu-language social drama Pakistani film. It concerns a patriarch, Hakim, who is a misogynist, a domestic abuser, a bigot, and a zealot who forces religion on his family. They face financial difficulties due to Hakim wanting a son. He rejects his transgender daughter, Saifi, as he wanted an heir and she identifies as a girl. Saifi is deeply loved by the rest of her family. As she grows up, men want to take advantage of her and she does not understand at first. However, her oldest sister intervenes and teaches Saifi about what kind of touching is inappropriate. As Saifi grows older, she is not allowed to leave the house. She finds her sister's dresses compelling and tries them on, revealing her gender identity. A neighbour played by famous South Asian singer Atif Aslam, who is in love with one of the sisters, gets Saifi a job at a place where they paint trucks, with the blessing of Saifi's sisters and mother. Saifi dresses like a boy; however, other boys sense her lack of self-esteem and eventually gang-rape her. She is saved when another transgender person, played by Almas Bobby (a transgender actor), finds her and takes her home. Hakim overhears Saifi telling her mother and Zainab what happened. When everybody is asleep, Hakim locks the room and suffocates his child for luring the men for the "shame" he would have to bear if the story got out.[77] It received several positive reviews from critics and went on to win the Best Hindi film award in IRDS Film awards 2011 by Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS).[78]
Outside South Asia
The novel Bombay Ice by Leslie Forbes features an important subplot involving the main character's investigation of the deaths of several hijra sex-workers.
The novel City of Djinns by William Dalrymple also features a chapter on hijras.
The novel A Son of the Circus by John Irving features a plot-line involving hijras.
In the graphic novel Habibi by Craig Thompson, the protagonist, Zam, is adopted by a group of hijras.
In the 2009 Brazilian soap opera Caminho das Índias (Portuguese: "The way to India"), hijras are shown in some occasions, especially at weddings and other ceremonies where they are paid for their blessing.
In the TV comedy Outsourced (2011), a hijra is hired by Charlie as a stripper for Rajiv's "bachelor party", much to Rajiv's utter horror.
A short film, under the direction of Jim Roberts, is being made by Rock Star Productions in which the protagonist is portrayed as a hijra. This film is set to be released on 1 May.[year needed][citation needed]
Kamran Ahmed Mirza is a popular gender performance artist in Oregon, United States.
Documentaries
Jareena, Portrait of a Hijda (1990)
Ladyboys (1992)
Bombay Eunuch (2001)
The Hijras: India's Third Gender (2001)
India's Ladyboys (2003)
Between the Lines: India's Third Gender (2005)
Middle Sexes (HBO documentary includes segment on modern Hijda) (2005)
Shabnam Mausi (2005)
The Hijras of India (BBC radio documentary)
Kiss the Moon (2009)
Call me Salma (2009)
Mohammed to Maya also titled Rites of Passage (2012)
Schweiz / Tessin - Lugano
In the background on the right you can see Monte San Salvatore.
Im Hintergrund rechts sieht man den Monte San Salvatore.
Lugano (/luːˈɡɑːnoʊ/, UK also /lʊˈɡænoʊ/, Italian: [luˈɡaːno]; Lombard: Lügán [lyˈɡaŋ]) is a city and municipality within the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is the largest city in both Ticino and the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population (as of December 2020) of 62,315, and an urban agglomeration of over 150,000. It is the ninth largest Swiss city.
The city lies on Lake Lugano, at its largest width, and, together with the adjacent town of Paradiso, occupies the entire bay of Lugano. The territory of the municipality encompasses a much larger region on both sides of the lake, with numerous isolated villages. The region of Lugano is surrounded by the Lugano Prealps, the latter extending on most of the Sottoceneri region, the southernmost part of Ticino and Switzerland. Both western and eastern parts of the municipality share an international border with Italy.
Described as a market town since 984, Lugano was the object of continuous disputes between the sovereigns of Como and Milan until it became part of the Old Swiss Confederation in 1513. In 1803, the political municipality of Lugano was created, following the establishment of the canton. Since 1882, Lugano has been an important stop on the international Gotthard Railway. The rail brought a decisive contribution to the development of tourism and more generally of the tertiary sector which are, to this day, predominant in the economy of the city.
In 1956, Lugano hosted the first-ever Eurovision Song Contest.
Name and coat of arms
The toponym is first recorded in 804, in the form Luanasco, in 874 as Luano, and from 1189 as Lugano. German-language variants of the name (now no longer in use) were Lowens, Lauis, Lauwis, Louwerz. The local Lombard form of the name is rendered Lugan. The etymology of the name is uncertain, suggestions include derivation from Latin lucus ("grove"),[ from a vulgar Latin lakvannus ("lake-dweller")[14] and from the god Lugus.
History
Pre-history
The shores of Lake Lugano have been inhabited since the Stone Age. Within the modern city limits (Breganzona, Castagnola, Davesco and Gandria) several ground stones or quern-stones have been found. In the area surrounding Lugano, items from the Copper Age and the Iron Age have been found. There are Etruscan monuments at Davesco-Soragno (5th to 2nd century BC), Pregassona (3rd to 2nd century BC), and Viganello (3rd to 2nd century BC). Graves with jewellery and household items have been found in Aldesago, Davesco, Pazzallo and Pregassona along with Celtic money in Viganello.
The region around Lake Lugano was settled by the Romans by the 1st century BC. There was an important Roman town north of Lugano at Bioggio. There are fewer traces of the Romans in Lugano, but several inscriptions, graves and coins indicate that some Romans lived in what would become Lugano.
Foundation of Lugano
The first written mention of a settlement at Lugano can be found in documents, which are of disputed authenticity, with which the Longobard king Liutprand ceded various assets located in Lugano to the Church of Saint Carpophorus in Como in 724. Other documents, dating from 804 and 844 refer to Lake Lugano as Laco Luanasco, and an act of 984 indicates Lugano as a market town.
During the fighting between Guelphs and Ghibellines and the new disputes between Como and Milan, during the 14th and 15th centuries, Lugano was the scene of clashes between opposing forces. After a long rule by the Rusca family, Lugano was freed from the domination of Como, which had been taken over in 1335 from the Visconti. At the same time, the link between the town and the valley strengthened. By 1405–06 documents attest to a vallis comunitas Lugani et, a governing body that was independent of Como. The new community included the parishes of Lugano, Agno, Riva San Vitale and Capriasca. In 1416 the Duke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti, conquered the region of Lugano and the Rusca valley and made it a fief. A year later, Lugano's freedoms were first documented in a series of statutes modelled on those of Como. The town was able to secure complete independence.
Lugano during the Renaissance
Between 1433 and 1438 the Duke of Milan sat as a feudal lord over Lugano. He compensated the Rusca family with the ownership of Locarno. Under the reign of his heirs in the following decades rebellions and riots broke out, which lasted until the French invasion of 1499.
Lugano as a dependency of the Old Swiss Confederacy
Lugano was the object of continuous disputes between the sovereigns of Como and Milan, in particular by the powerful dynasties of the Visconti (rulers of Milan) and the Rusca (rulers of Como), until it became a Swiss dominion in 1513.
An important name in this period was that of the von Beroldingen, a noble family from Uri, whose members between 1576 and 1798 served as chancellors of the Vogt residing in Lugano. A key member of this family was Karl Konrad von Beroldingen (1624-1706), who served as Lugano's chancellor and general captain, serving also Spain, and receiving the title of Baron from Leopold I in 1691. He commissioned the construction of Palazzo Beroldingen, on the site of the current Parco Ciani [it], and Villa Favorita, in Castagnola.
Lugano during the Enlightenment
In 1746, the Agnelli brothers opened the first printing press and bookshop in Lugano. They began publishing the newspaper Nuove di diverse corti e paesi in 1748 and changed its name to Gazzetta di Lugano in 1797. The newspaper was widely read in north and central Italy. It supported the cause of the later Jansenists against the Jesuits and therefore was banned in 1768 in the territory of the Papal States. It was open to the themes of enlightened reform and the American Revolutionary War. It was the first newspaper in the Italian language to publish an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence of 1776. After the death of Abbot Gian Battista Agnelli in 1788, who had been the editor for more than 40 years, Abbot Giuseppe Lodovico Maria Vanelli took over the paper. Under Abbot Vanelli, it supported the revolutionary ideas from France, which drew protests from the Austrian government in Lombardy. The publication of the magazine ceased abruptly after edition number 17 of 29 April 1799, following the anti-French riots in Lugano during which the Agnelli printing house was sacked and Abbot Vanelli was shot.
Swiss control lasted until 1798 when Napoleon conquered the Old Swiss Confederation and created the Helvetic Republic, within which Lugano became the capital of the Canton of Lugano.
Canton of Lugano
The canton of Lugano unified the former Landvogteien of Lugano, Mendrisio, Locarno and Valmaggia. However, as with the other cantons of the Helvetic Republic, the autonomy of Lugano was very limited, the republic having been founded by Napoleon in order further to centralise power in Switzerland. The canton was led by a Directory of five members, who appointed a "national préfet".
The canton was deeply divided between "patriots" supporting the Cisalpine Republic, and traditionalist "aristocrats". By 1799 riots broke out in Lugano, and the second préfet, Francesco Capra, fled the town. Power passed to a provisional government sympathetic to the Habsburgs. However, French occupation was restored in 1800. Discontent continued and in early 1802 a revolt in Capriasca led to the autumn pronunciamento of Pian Povrò, which declared the independence of Lugano from the Helvetic client republic.
With the Act of Mediation, the following year, political agitation was finally quelled, as were the struggles between unionists and federalists. The canton of Lugano merged with Bellinzona creating the canton of Ticino, which endures to the present day.
Lugano in the early 19th century
After 1803, the political municipality of Lugano was created. One of the primary tasks of the new city government was to determine the division of property and authority between the patriziato and the new political municipality. Two agreements between the two organizations, in 1804 and 1810, began this process. In the second half of the 19th century, the political municipality received various properties and rights from the patriziato. Francesco Capra, the préfet during the Helvetic Republic, became the first mayor of Lugano from 1803 until 1813. The cantonal constitution of 1814, set Lugano, Bellinzona and Locarno as capitals of the Canton. They each served as the capital in a six-year rotation. Lugano was the capital in 1827–33, 1845–51 and 1863–69.
In the 19th century, the city government was dominated by the Liberal Party. In 1900, slightly more than half of the seats on the city council (at the time 50 total members, but 60 members since 2004) were held by Liberals. Most of the rest of the seats were held by either Conservatives or Socialists.
The city government initially had eleven members, but in 1908 their number was reduced to five and in 2004 increased to seven. Throughout most of the 20th century, the Liberals held the absolute majority here as well. The rest of the municipal executive posts were held by the Conservatives, the Socialists (1944–48, 1976–80 and since 2000) and the Ticino League (since 1992).
Around 1830 new civic and government buildings began to emerge in Lugano. The town also began to expand into the surrounding hills, along the Cassarate, and toward Molino Nuovo, Paradiso and Castagnola. In 1843–44 the city hall was built on the site of the Bishop's Palace (built in 1346). It housed the cantonal government in 1845–51 and again in 1863–69. Since 1890, it has housed the city government. The promenade was built in stages: the first part was in the 1870s, the second in the first decade of the 20th century. In the first decades of the 19th century, the roads that connect Lugano with Bellinzona (1808–12), Ponte Tresa (1808–20) and Chiasso (1810–16) were built. In 1848 the first steamboat on Lake Lugano began to operate, with regular, scheduled service since 1856.
Modernization of the city
The construction of the Melide causeway between Melide and Bissone in 1844–47 favoured the development of the Chiasso-Bellinzona-Lugano-Gotthard line at the expense of the north–south route along Lake Maggiore. This tendency for development was strengthened further in 1882 with the completion of the Gotthard railway line. The railway station was built in 1874–77 in Lugano, and transformed it into one of the main links between northern Italy and central and northern Europe, which led to the development of tourism and in general, helped the services sector.
From the mid-19th century to 1970 the city recorded consistent population growth, especially between 1880 and 1910, when the population more than doubled. This increase was partly due to foreign nationals settling in Lugano (in 1870 18.7% of the population, 1910 43.6%) and people from other language areas of Switzerland (1870 1.4% of the population, 1910 6.9%). In the last three decades of the 20th century, the population fell slightly, despite the merger in 1972, of the municipalities of Castagnola and Brè-Aldesago. This reflected a trend to move away from the centre to the suburban communities.
However, in 2004 the municipalities of Breganzona, Cureggia, Davesco-Soragno, Gandria, Pambio-Noranco, Pazzallo, Pregassona and Viganello were incorporated into the municipality and followed by Barbengo, Carabbia and Villa Luganese in 2008. This, among other factors, resulted in a doubling of the population to 52,059 in 2006, of which over a third were foreigners. In 2013 the municipalities of Bogno, Cadro, Carona, Certara, Cimadera, Sonvico and Val Colla were incorporated into the municipality.
Postwar Lugano
Following the Second World War, and particularly during the 1960s and 70s, thanks to an abundant flow of capital from nearby Italy, Lugano experienced a period of exponential growth in banking activities which led to it placing itself as the third financial centre of Switzerland, with over 100 banking institutions present in the city. Trade, tourism and finance are the mainstays of the local economy. In 2000, nine-tenths of the workers were employed in the services sector, of which three-quarters were commuters, including many cross-border commuters (13% of the working population).
Lugano was the host city of the 1956 Eurovision Song Contest, the first-ever edition of the contest. In 1975, the Congress Center was built followed in 1978 by the new City Hospital. In 1963 the city acquired the land for the airfield Lugano-Agno, and the first scheduled flights was in 1980. At the beginning of the 21st century they began the Grande Lugano projects, including: the car tunnel Vedeggio-Cassarate, which started in 2005 and connects the A2 motorway with the neighbourhood of Cornaredo, the creation of a new Kulturpol on the site of the former Grand Hôtel Palace and a convention and exhibition centre in the area of Campo Marzio.
Tourism
Lugano is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Switzerland. The city is home to a number of historic buildings and museums, whilst the surrounding area has many natural sights.
Both Lake Lugano and the surrounding mountains provide a wide variety of outdoor activities. The area surrounding Lugano is home to over 300 kilometres (190 mi) of mountain biking trails, the largest net of trails in Switzerland.
Heritage sites of national significance
17 sites in Lugano are part of the Swiss heritage site of national significance. The city of Lugano, the districts of Barbengo, Brè, Gandria and Biogno, and the sites of Cantine di Gandria and Castagnola are all part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
The heritage sites of national significance include two libraries, the Biblioteca Cantonale and the Biblioteca Salita dei Frati as well as the Swiss National Recording Archives (Fonoteca nazionale svizzera). There were three churches; Cathedral of San Lorenzo, Church of Santa Maria degli Angioli and the Church of San Rocco.
There were four museums; the Museo Cantonale d'Arte [de], Museum of Modern Art, Lugano, the Museo cantonale di storia naturale di Lugano and the Villa Ciani complex with the 'Museo civico. In 2015, the two art museums in the city merged to form MASI Lugano. The cemetery complex at via Trevano is also one of the sites, as is the Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (RTSI) Italian-language broadcast facility. The rest of the sites are houses throughout the town. They include the Palazzo civico at piazza della Riforma, the Palazzo e cinema Corso at via Pioda, the Palazzo Riva at via Francesco Soave, the Palazzo Riva at via Massimiliano Magatti, the Palazzo Riva at via Pretorio 7 and Villa Favorita in Castagnola.
Natural sights
A very popular destination in Lugano is Lake Lugano. The lake is 48.7 square kilometres (18.8 sq mi) in size, 63% of which is in Switzerland and 37% in Italy. It has an average width of roughly 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) and is nearly 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) at its widest. The maximum depth of the lake is 279 meters (915 ft). The water is generally warm with average water temperatures in the summer ranging from 19.5 °C (67.1 °F) to 24.0 °C (75.2 °F).
Several companies provide tourist boat services on the lake. A popular excursion is by boat to the picturesque lakeside village of Gandria. Additionally, there are numerous shipyards, water taxis and boat rental sites along the lake, as well as hotels and restaurants that offer moorings. Bathing in the lake is allowed at any of the 50 or so bathing establishments located along the Swiss shores.
In addition to the lake, Lugano is surrounded by mountains, which provide a number of opportunities for sports or sightseeing. Two mountains, both providing excellent views over the city and lake, bracket each end of the town's waterfront. Monte Brè (933 metres (3,061 ft)), to the north, is reputedly Switzerland's sunniest spot and is also home to the old village of Brè. Monte San Salvatore (912 metres (2,992 ft)), to the south, has an old church and museum atop its summit. Both mountains are accessible by funicular railways, which are themselves easily accessible by frequent city bus or by car.
Slightly further afield is Monte Generoso (1,704 metres (5,591 ft)), with a view that encompasses the lakes of Lugano, Como and Maggiore, as well as the Alps from the Matterhorn to the Bernina Range, the Lombardy Plains, and, on a clear day, the city of Milan. The summit can be reached by taking either an SNL boat, or a railway train, to Capolago, and changing there onto a rack railway train of the Monte Generoso Railway.
(Wikipedia)
The Monte San Salvatore (912 m) is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps above Lake Lugano and the city of Lugano in Switzerland. The Monte San Salvatore funicular links the city with the summit of the mountain.
One of the villages on the slopes of Monte San Salvatore, Carona, is a popular destination to enjoy views over Lake Lugano and to walk through the exotic plants and flowers of Parco San Grato.
(Wikipedia)
Lugano (lombardisch Lügàn [lyˈgaŋ, lyˈgeɲ], deutsch veraltet Lauis, rätoromanisch Ligiaun ist eine Stadt und politische Gemeinde im Bezirk Lugano des Schweizer Kantons Tessin. Sie liegt im Sottoceneri und ist die grösste politische Gemeinde des Kantons. Sie ist in die Kreise Lugano West, Lugano Ost und seit 2013 auch Lugano Nord gegliedert.
Die Stadt ist nach Zürich und Genf der drittgrösste Finanzplatz der Schweiz. Seit den Eingemeindungen von Pregassona (2004), dann Barbengo, Carabbia und Villa Luganese im Jahr 2008 und von Bogno, Cadro, Carona, Certara, Cimadera, Sonvico und Val Colla im Jahr 2013 ist Lugano flächenmässig die siebtgrösste Schweizer Stadt, belegt den neunten Platz hinsichtlich der Einwohnerzahl und den zehnten Platz bezüglich der vorhandenen Arbeitsplätze. In der Agglomeration der Stadt leben rund 150'000 Menschen.
Die Buchstaben LVGA im Wappen stehen für die Anfangsbuchstaben des Ortsnamens. Die Stadt ist die grösste italienischsprachige politische Gemeinde ausserhalb Italiens.
Lage
Der Ort liegt im Süden des Bezirks Lugano und des Kantons an der Mündung des Flusses Cassarate in den Luganersee. Lugano zieht als Universitäts-, Kongress- und Kulturstadt (vor allem zwischen Frühjahr und Herbst) zahlreiche Besucher aus Italien und von jenseits der Alpen an.
In der vom Schweizer Bundesamt für Statistik definierten statistischen Raumkategorie wurde Lugano der Metropolregion Tessin zugerechnet, die neu zum multipolaren Agglomerationssystem herabgestuft wurde. Dieses umfasst mehrere Agglomerationen des Tessins und der Lombardei mit insgesamt über 500'000 Einwohnern. Es ist mit Como-Chiasso-Mendrisio Nachbaragglomeration der Metropolregion Mailand (Grande Milano) mit rund 7,5 Millionen Einwohnern. Das Zentrum Mailands ist mit dem Auto und der Bahn in zirka einer Stunde erreichbar.
Geographie
Lugano liegt am Luganersee (italienisch Lago di Lugano, in Italien Lago Ceresio) und ist umgeben von den drei Aussichtsbergen Monte Brè (925 m) im Osten, Monte San Salvatore (912 m) im Westen und dem Sighignola (1314 m) (am gegenüberliegenden Seeufer), dessen Gipfel Balcone d’Italia bereits auf italienischem Boden liegt.
Die Nachbargemeinden sind Arogno, Melide, Morcote, Vico Morcote, Grancia, Collina d’Oro, Sorengo, Muzzano, Bioggio, Massagno, Savosa, Porza, Vezia, Canobbio, Capriasca und Ponte Capriasca sowie auf italienischem Territorium Valsolda, Campione d’Italia, Alta Valle Intelvi und Brusimpiano.
Geschichte
Allgemeine Geschichte
Aufgrund einiger Bodenfunde und im Raum Lugano aufgefundener Grabinschriften ist anzunehmen, dass das Gebiet um Lugano von Lepontiern besiedelt war. Die Anwesenheit der Römer rund um den Luganersee ist ab dem 1. Jahrhundert v. Chr. belegt; sie hatten nördlich des Sees in Bioggio zumindest ein wichtiges Zentrum.
804, 844 (Kopie um 1300), 854 (Kopie um 1300) und 875 wird Lugano erstmals urkundlich erwähnt; die Namensformen lauteten erst Luanasco, dann Luano. Die Bedeutung des Namens ist unsicher, womöglich geht er auf lateinisch lūcus «Hain, Wald» zurück.
Im Mittelalter war Lugano jahrhundertelang von Konflikten zwischen Como und Mailand betroffen, da diese oft auf Schlachtfeldern ausgetragen wurden, die auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Kantons Tessin liegen. In der zweiten Hälfte des vierzehnten Jahrhunderts gelangte die Stadt unter die Herrschaft der Mailänder Visconti. Später wurde sie von französischen Söldnern besetzt, die 1513 ihrerseits von den Eidgenossen vertrieben wurden; seither stand Lugano unter eidgenössischer Herrschaft.
Am Morgen des 15. Februar 1798 landeten die Truppen der Cisalpinischen Republik in Lugano, stiessen jedoch auf den Widerstand der Volontari del Borgo, einer Garde aus der Bevölkerung. Dieser gelang es, die cisalpinischen Truppen zurückzuschlagen, und die aufgeschlosseneren Teile des Luganeser Bürgertums nutzten die Ereignisse, um die Unabhängigkeit der Stadt unter dem Motto «frei und schweizerisch» zu erklären. Mit dem gleichzeitigen Einrücken französischer Revolutionstruppen in das Gebiet der Eidgenossenschaft nördlich der Alpen endete der Untertanenstatus des Tessins, und Lugano wurde für einige Jahre zum Hauptort des Kantons Lugano der Helvetischen Republik.
Seit 1803 gehört Lugano zum Kanton Tessin, dessen Hauptort bis 1878 alle sechs Jahre zwischen Bellinzona, Locarno und Lugano wechselte.
Entwicklung des Stadtgebiets
1972 wurden die früheren Gemeinden Brè-Aldesago und Castagnola in die Stadt Lugano eingegliedert.
2004 fusionierten acht weitere Gemeinden mit der Stadt Lugano: Breganzona, Cureggia, Davesco-Soragno, Gandria, Pambio-Noranco, Pazzallo, Pregassona und Viganello. Dadurch vergrösserte sich sowohl die Fläche als auch die Bevölkerung von Lugano erheblich.
Am 30. September 2007 stimmten die Stimmbürger von Barbengo, Carabbia und Villa Luganese sowie von Lugano der Eingemeindung dieser drei Gemeinden zu. Die Stimmberechtigten der Gemeinde Cadro hingegen lehnten die Fusion ab, weshalb Villa Luganese zu einer Exklave der Stadt Lugano wurde. Die Eingemeindung wurde am 20. April 2008 vollzogen.
Per 14. April 2013 wurden die Gemeinden Bogno, Cadro, Carona, Certara, Cimadera, Sonvico und Val Colla mit Lugano fusioniert, wodurch die Stadt rund 3400 zusätzliche Einwohner erhielt.
Aufgrund der durch See und Berge beengten Verhältnisse im Stadtgebiet spielt sich die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung heute hauptsächlich ausserhalb der Gemeindegrenzen in der Vedeggio-Talebene ab.
Sehenswürdigkeiten
Das Stadtbild ist im Inventar der schützenswerten Ortsbilder der Schweiz (ISOS) als schützenswertes Ortsbild der Schweiz von nationaler Bedeutung eingestuft.
Grünanlagen, Promenaden, Hausberge
Sehenswert ist der Parco civico mit seiner üppigen südlichen Vegetation und der Villa Ciani. Westlich des Parks schliesst sich die etappenweise zwischen 1864 und 1920 erstellte Seepromenade an, die bis nach Paradiso führt.
Weitere Attraktionen von Lugano sind die beiden Hausberge Monte San Salvatore und Monte Brè, von denen aus sich ein Panorama über die Stadt, den Luganersee und die Tessiner Berge bietet. Beide Berge sind sowohl per Bahn als auch zu Fuss erreichbar. Am Fusse des Monte Brè liegen das Dorf Gandria und die Villa Favorita.
Stadtzentrum
Die mittelalterliche und frühneuzeitliche Altstadt von Lugano wurde auf der Grundlage des Richtplanes von 1902 zwischen 1910 und 1942 zum grössten Teil abgebrochen oder ausgekernt und durch ein neues Stadtzentrum ersetzt. Von der einstigen Baustruktur existieren deshalb heute nur noch einige Kirchen und vereinzelte Profanbauten. Neben diesen sind vor allem die Flaniermeile Via Nassa und die Piazza della Riforma einen Besuch wert.
(Wikipedia)
Der Monte San Salvatore ist ein 912 m ü. M. hoher Aussichtsberg am Ufer des Luganersees auf dem Gemeindegebiet von Lugano im Tessin in der Schweiz.
Lage und Umgebung
Auf dem Monte San Salvatore steht eine Kapelle, das Museum San Salvatore (kirchengeschichtliche und geologische Exponate) und eine Freilicht-Ausstellung mit historischen Tourismusplakaten aus der ganzen Schweiz. Von 1943 bis 1982 wurde auf dem Monte San Salvatore eine bekannte Blitzforschungsstation betrieben.
Die Sendeanlage der Swisscom auf dem Gipfel verwendet als Antennenträger einen freistehenden 80 Meter hohen Stahlfachwerkturm. Über die Anlage wird die Region Lugano sowohl mit den Hörfunk- und Fernsehprogrammen der SRG SSR als auch mit dem Privathörfunkprogramm Radio 3iii versorgt. Daneben strahlt der Sender die drei öffentlich-rechtlichen italienischen Programme RAI 1-3 für angrenzende Gebiete des Nachbarlandes ab.
Die Autobahn A2 führt in einem Tunnel unter dem Berg hindurch. Auf der Ostseite des Monte San Salvatore ragt die kleine Halbinsel Capo San Martino in den Luganersee hinaus.
Tourismus
Vom Luganeser Vorort Paradiso führt die Standseilbahn Monte San Salvatore auf den Berg. Von der Bergstation aus erreicht man in etwa 10 bis 15 Minuten Fussweg den Gipfel mit der Aussichtsplattform auf der Kapelle. Das 360°-Panorama von diesem Aussichtspunkt reicht über den Luganersee, die Po-Ebene und die Bergketten der Schweizer und Savoyer Alpen.
Vom Monte San Salvatore aus lassen sich verschiedene Wanderungen unternehmen: einmal vom Gipfel aus direkt nach Paradiso oder via Ciona und Carona nach Morcote, einem anderen Uferort des Luganersees. Auf den Monte San Salvatore führt linkerhand der Bahn ein Klettersteig (schwierig) hoch.
Natur
Der Monte San Salvatore zeichnet sich aus durch zwei national bedeutende Trockenwiesen und -weiden: Die Trockenwiese San Salvatore erstreckt sich auf knapp 59 ha über die steil abfallende Ostflanke des Monte San Salvatore. An diesem Abhang, der durch steile und unzugängliche Felslandschaften gekennzeichnet ist, konzentrieren sich die bedeutendsten natürlichen Besonderheiten dieses Berges. Deshalb ist das ausgedehnte Gebiet im Bundesinventar der Trockenwiesen und -weiden von nationaler Bedeutung verzeichnet. Diese Trockenwiesen können auf aride und halbtrockene mitteleuropäische Graslandschaften (Xero- und Mesobromion) zurückgeführt werden. Charakteristisch für diese Trockenheit und Wärme liebenden Graslandschaften sind die Grasblättrige Skabiose und das Apenninen-Sonnenröschen, zwei seltene und exklusive Arten des Sottoceneri. Der Wechsel von offenen, sonnigen und bewaldeten, schattigen Naturräumen bietet Lebensräume für zahlreiche Reptilienarten. Die heidekrautbewachsenen Lebensräume in den niedrig gelegenen Kalksteinplateaus mit dünner Vegetationsdecke (Alysso-Sedion) diversifizieren den felsigen Hang und erweisen sich als geeignet für Weichtiere, die hier durch zahlreiche seltene Arten wie die gefährdete Weitmündige Haferkornschnecke vertreten sind. Von hohem ornithologischem Wert ist auch das komplexe Mosaik aus felsigen und warmen Lebensräumen am Osthang, wo beispielsweise die Blaumerle – eine stark bedrohte Art – und der Wanderfalke nisten. Die natürlichen Ufer, die örtlich von einer wertvollen Wasservegetation besiedelt sind, bieten mehrere Lebensräume für Libellen-, Amphibien- und Reptilienarten wie die Würfelnatter, eine stark bedrohte Art, die hier regelmässig zu beobachten ist.
Die knapp 10 ha grosse Trockenweide Alpe Vicania liegt oberhalb des gegen Süden abfallenden Val di Fiume. Diese Weide geht auf eine etwa 17 ha grosse Waldrodung zurück, die während des Zweiten Weltkriegs im Rahmen des sogenannten Plan Wahlen von politischen Flüchtlingen aus Polen geschaffen wurde. Die Alp sollte in erster Linie der Sömmerung der Kühe des Betriebs Arbostora dienen. In den 1970er-Jahren stellte der Betrieb die Viehzucht ein. Die Alp wurde verpachtet und von da an zunehmend extensiver bewirtschaftet, bis die Alp in den 1990er-Jahren teilweise aufgegeben wurde. Im Rahmen des Tessiner Trockenwieseninventars von 1986/1987 wurden einige Flächen und im Rahmen der Erhebungen für das Bundesinventar der Trockenwiesen und -weiden 1996 fast die gesamte Fläche kartiert. Es sind säurehaltige Wiesen in Gebieten mit atlantischem Mesoklima. Solche Wiesen entwickeln sich oft in hügeligen und bergigen Gebieten, die in der Regel tief liegende oder flache Zonen in Gebieten mit feuchtem und regnerischem Klima einnehmen und durch intensive Beweidung gefördert werden. Wirtschaftswege durchziehen das von Wald umstandene Grünlandgebiet. Das Gebäude, das heute als Restaurant genutzt wird, wurde 1942 ganz aus Stein erbaut und ist ein Beispiel für die ländliche Bundesarchitektur im Tessin.
Die Artenvielfalt wird im Wesentlichen durch die Qualität des Bodensubstrats bestimmt. Die trockeneren Zonen der Vicania-Trockenwiese/-weide dominieren die Aufrechte Trespe und die Fieder-Zwenke. Auf sauren Böden fällt der Dreizahn auf, begleitet von verschiedenen Arten wie Besenheide, Färber-Ginster, Wiesen-Wachtelweizen, Heidelbeere und Echter Ehrenpreis. Für die durchlässigen Böden sind dagegen Arten typisch, die auf trockene Böden hinweisen, wie z. B. Gewöhnlicher Natternkopf, Zwiebel-Rispengras und Ähriger Ehrenpreis. In den Streifen entlang der Waldränder ist der Einfluss des Waldes auf den Boden wahrnehmbar. Charakteristische Vertreter dieses Vegetationtyps sind hier Wald-Erdbeere, Kahles Kreuzlabkraut und Weisse Schwalbenwurz. Die Flächen rund um das Alpgebäude sind nicht im Inventarperimeter enthalten. Sie zeichnen sich durch das Vorhandensein von artenreichen, dichten Wiesen mit höheren Beständen aus. Gruppen oder einzelne Gehölzarten im gesamten Gebiet vervollkommen das Mosaik. Bei den Sträuchern handelt es sich um Besenginster, Schlehdorn, Kornelkirsche und Weissdorne, bei den Bäumen um Rotbuche, Stieleiche und Hänge-Birke.
Trivia
Der Monte San Salvatore war Schauplatz und Namensgeber der Literaturverfilmung San Salvatore aus dem Jahr 1955.
(Wikipedia)
After the Methodists sold the 1905 Central Hall, major restoration work was undertaken on the building in 1997/8, which reopened in November 1998 as licensed premises called Grand Central.
The windows (among other things) were decorated in a "sympathetic" art-nouveau style supposed to be "in-keeping" with the rest of the building's architecture.
A bit like Marmite - you either love it or hate it.
Philomena Pest; Philanthropic Purveyor of Providence for the Poor
*First she was the voice of the people, now she feeds them!*
Drab soup kitchens are a thing of the past, darlings… forget your financial woes and dine in hearty, rustic Nordic style!
At our fragranced flagship culinary establishment, catering to the needs of the “Nouveau Poor”, you will find:
- Swedish meatballs
- Vegetable soup
- Reindeer stew
- Freshly baked bread
- Soup-to-go packs for busy Wixen
- Samples of Frogue No. 4
- Philomena Pest pep posters
- Sympathetic smiles
*Our exotic menu, served up by a bonafide exotic foreigner is free to those in need!*
Excerpt from stcatharines.ca:
Built in 1905 by the Cataract Power Company, numbers 3, 5, 11, and 15 Power Glen are wood frame workers’ cottages. The one and a half storey Carpenter Gothic homes retain much of their original character including: Greek revival pitched 6/9 roof; modern siding, which simulates the original clapboard finish; pattern of window and door openings (although the sashes have been changed), which reflect the homes’ traditional appearance; Greek revival front verandah with columns, baluster, rail and sweeping cornice (not applicable to number 15 Power Glen, which now contains a partially enclosed veranda); and a vent in the gable.
The addition of roof dormers and a west wing on number 3 Power Glen ring true to the home’s architectural character. Similarly, the addition of a west wing and garage (east side) at number 11 Power Glen, an east and west additions to number 15 Power Glen, are sympathetic to these homes. In addition, there have also been stylistic changes to number 11, including window shutters, a fish scale gable and drip mouldings over the windows and door.
Beware the Ides of March! On Saturday, March 15, 1975, I made a bonehead move while chasing trains near Barstow, CA. Open course, unprofessional driver, do not attempt! Some sympathetic soul with a winch helped me out so I didn't have to call my parents.
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur (French: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, pronounced [sakʁe kœʁ]), is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. Sacré-Cœur is a double monument, political and cultural, both a national penance for the defeat of France in the 1871 Franco-Prussian War and the socialist Paris Commune of 1871[1] crowning its most rebellious neighborhood, and an embodiment of conservative moral order, publicly dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was an increasingly popular vision of a loving and sympathetic Christ.[2]
The Sacré-Cœur Basilica was designed by Paul Abadie. Construction began in 1875 and was finished in 1914. It was consecrated after the end of World War I in 1919.
Things to See & Do
Painshill is an award-winning 18th century landscape garden where you are invited to walk around a work of art. Winding paths will take you on a journey to discover a living canvas with beautiful vistas and dramatically placed garden buildings. Stroll around the Serpentine Lake, wander through woodland and promenade past follies, including the Ruined Abbey, Gothic Temple and Turkish Tent.
Description
Today Painshill comprises 158 acres (64 ha) of the original more than 200 acres (81 ha) owned by Charles Hamilton in the 18th century. The landscape garden stretches along the banks of the winding River Mole on land that has a number of natural hills and valleys.
The central feature is a serpentine lake of 14 acres (5.7 ha)[13] with several islands and spanned by bridges and a causeway. The water for the lake and the plantings is pumped from the River Mole by a 19th-century beam engine powered by a water wheel. Hamilton enhanced the views of hills and lake by careful plantings of woods, avenues and specimen trees to create vistas and separate environments including an amphitheatre, a water meadow and an alpine valley. As focal points in the vistas and as sympathetic elements to be discovered in the landscape, Hamilton placed a number of follies, small decorative buildings, which include a grotto, Gothic "temple", "ruins" of a Gothic abbey, a Roman mausoleum, and a Gothic tower with a view of the countryside.[3]
All these still exist and have been restored, and the hermitage (for which a "hermit" was hired on a seven-year contract, but soon dismissed for absenteeism) and Turkish tent have been recreated. The crystal grotto was restored in 2013, and re-opened by Lady Lucinda Lambton.[14] The Roman "Temple of Bacchus" has been reconstructed (2018), though there is now a cast of the Roman statue of Bacchus which it housed, among other antiquities bought on Hamilton's Italian tours. It was sketched in 1770 by the Swedish artist Elias Martin;[15] he went on to illustrate the 1783 book Bacchi Tempel ("The Temple of Bacchus") by Sweden's national bard, Carl Michael Bellman.[16]
Among the original plantings are a number of important specimens including fine examples of Cork Oak, Yew, Beech, Silver Birch and three Cedars of which one, known as the Great Cedar is 120 feet (37 m) high and over 100 feet (30 m) in width, and is thought to be the largest Cedar of Lebanon in Europe.[17] In 2010, a conference at Painshill brought together elements of the restoration of this eighteenth-century Landscape Garden.. wikipedia
Excerpt from www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=1849:
Existing plaque: Point Abino Road, Crystal Beach, Ontario
This proud beacon overlooking Lake Erie is a rare example of a reinforced concrete lighthouse built in a late neoclassical style. It was constructed in 1917-1918, and was in use for almost eight decades. Its elegantly tapered tower, reminiscent in its proportions of a classical column, as well as the rectangular structure housing the foghorn, are embellished with pediments and pilasters, typical features of the style adopted for this lighthouse.
Description of Historic Place
Point Abino Light Tower National Historic Site of Canada is an elegantly proportioned, classically detailed concrete lighthouse situated at the eastern end of Lake Erie near Crystal Beach and the town of Fort Erie, Ontario. Designed in the late Classical Revival style, the lighthouse consists of a square, slightly tapered volume rising from one end of a rectangular, flat-roofed, single-storey base. It sits just offshore and is joined to the nearby beach by a slightly elevated concrete walkway, leading to the light keeper’s residence onshore. Official recognition refers to the legal property boundary at the time of designation.
Heritage Value
Point Abino Light Tower was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1998 to acknowledge: its exceptional architectural merit as one of the most aesthetically enriched reinforced concrete lighthouses in the Canadian system of navigational aids; and, that the tower, rendered in the late Classical Revival style and housing an integrated light and fog horn, has maintained a high degree of integrity with its site and light keeper’s dwelling since its construction in 1917-18.
The heritage value of Point Albino Light Tower lies in the architectural and functional qualities of the tower and in its setting with its former lightkeeper’s residence. Point Abino Light Tower was designed by William P. Anderson and constructed by the Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries in 1917-18 to assist navigation at the eastern end of Lake Erie. The late Classical Revival design, intended to complement the American-owned summer homes nearby, was more elaborate than most Canadian lighthouses. The former light keeper’s residence is discretely sited and sympathetically rendered as an Arts-and-Crafts-style cottage. The light has operated continuously since it was built, although today it is automated and accessible for public viewing.
Key elements contributing to the heritage value of this site include: its location at the north-eastern end of Lake Erie; its offshore setting with the nearby onshore former lightkeeper’s residence; its functional design with a combined tower and fog horn house, and a lightkeeper’s room at its base; the Fresno lens and surviving light equipment; its late Classical Revival design with its five-storey tapered, square column rising from a single-storey podium elaborated with classically derived decorative features, including symmetrically organized openings, pedimented window surrounds, pronounced faux-keystones, bracketed cornice, relieving arches, classical cross-braced balustrades, and corner pilasters; the polygonal domed light casing and the formal approach up to the grand staircase leading to the pedimented entry portico; its reinforced concrete construction; its continued operation as a lighthouse; its unobstructed viewscape to and from the walkway leading to the shore and the former lightkeeper’s residence and the north-eastern end of Lake Erie.
The Old Man and the Dog
By Catherine Moore
"Watch out! You nearly broad sided that car!" My father yelled at me. "Can't you do anything right?"
Those words hurt worse than blows. I turned my head toward the elderly man in the seat beside me, daring me to challenge him. A lump rose in my throat as I averted my eyes. I wasn't prepared for another battle.
"I saw the car, Dad. Please don't yell at me when I'm driving."
My voice was measured and steady, sounding far calmer than I really felt.
Dad glared at me, then turned away and settled back. At home I left Dad in front of the television and went outside to collect my thoughts. Dark, heavy clouds hung in the air with a promise of rain. The rumble of distant thunder seemed to echo my inner turmoil. What could I do about him?
Dad had been a lumberjack in Washington and Oregon He had enjoyed being outdoors and had reveled in pitting his strength against the forces of nature. He had entered grueling lumberjack competitions, and had placed often.
The shelves in his house were filled with trophies that attested to his powers.
The years marched on relentlessly. The first time he couldn't lift a heavy log, he joked about it; but later that same day I saw him outside alone, straining to lift it. He became irritable whenever anyone teased him about his advancing age, or when he couldn't do something he had done as a younger man.
Four days after his sixty-seventh birthday, he had a heart attack. An ambulance sped him to the hospital while a paramedic administered CPR to keep blood and oxygen flowing.
At the hospital, Dad was rushed into an operating room. He was lucky; he survived... But something inside Dad died. His zest for life was gone He obstinately refused to follow doctor's orders. Suggestions and offers of help were turned aside with sarcasm and insults. The number of visitors thinned, then finally stopped altogether. Dad was left alone.
My husband, Dick, and I asked Dad to come live with us on our small farm. We hoped the fresh air and rustic atmosphere would help him adjust.
Within a week after he moved in, I regretted the invitation. It seemed nothing was satisfactory. He criticized everything I did. I became frustrated and moody. Soon I was taking my pent-up anger out on Dick. We began to bicker and argue..
Alarmed, Dick sought out our pastor and explained the situation. The clergyman set up weekly counseling appointments for us. At the close of each session he prayed, asking God to soothe Dad's
troubled mind.
But the months wore on and God was silent. Something had to be done and it was up to me to do it.
The next day I sat down with the phone book and methodically called each of the mental health clinics listed in the Yellow Pages. I explained my problem to each of the sympathetic voices that answered in vain.
Just when I was giving up hope, one of the voices suddenly exclaimed, "I just read something that might help you! Let me go get the article."
I listened as she read.. The article described a remarkable study done at a nursing home. All of the patients were under treatment for chronic depression. Yet their attitudes had improved dramatically when they were given responsibility for a dog.
I drove to the animal shelter that afternoon. After I filled out a questionnaire, a uniformed officer led me to the kennels. The odor of disinfectant stung my nostrils as I moved down the row of pens. Each contained five to seven dogs. Long-haired dogs, curly-haired dogs, black dogs, spotted dogs all jumped up, trying to reach me. I studied each one but rejected one after the other for various reasons too big, too small, too much hair. As I neared the last pen a dog in the shadows of the far corner struggled to his feet, walked to the front of the run and sat down. It was a pointer, one of the dog world's aristocrats. But this was a caricature of the breed..
Years had etched his face and muzzle with shades of gray. His hipbones jutted out in lopsided triangles. But it was his eyes that caught and held my attention.. Calm and clear, they beheld me unwaveringly.
I pointed to the dog "Can you tell me about him?"
The officer looked, then shook his head in puzzlement. "He's a funny one. Appeared out of nowhere and sat in front of the gate. We brought him in, figuring someone would be right down to claim him. That was two weeks ago and we've heard nothing. His time is up tomorrow.." He gestured helplessly.
As the words sank in I turned to the man in horror. "You mean you're going to kill him?"
"Ma'am," he said gently, "that's our policy. We don't have room for every unclaimed dog."
I looked at the pointer again. The calm brown eyes awaited my decision. "I'll take him," I said..
I drove home with the dog on the front seat beside me. When I reached the house I honked the horn twice. I was helping my prize out of the car when Dad shuffled onto the front porch. "Ta-da! Look what I got for you, Dad!" I said excitedly.
Dad looked, then wrinkled his face in disgust. "If I had wanted a dog I would have gotten one. And I would have picked out a better specimen than that bag of bones. Keep it! I don't want it" Dad waved his arm scornfully and turned back toward the house.
Anger rose inside me It squeezed together my throat muscles and pounded into my temples. "You'd better get used to him, Dad. He's staying!"
Dad ignored me. "Did you hear me, Dad?" I screamed.
At those words Dad whirled angrily, his hands clenched at his sides, his eyes narrowed and blazing with hate.
We stood glaring at each other like duelists, when suddenly the pointer pulled free from my grasp. He wobbled toward my dad and sat down in front of him. Then slowly, carefully, he raised his paw.
Dad's lower jaw trembled as he stared at the uplifted paw. Confusion replaced the anger in his eyes. The pointer waited patiently. Then Dad was on his knees hugging the animal.
It was the beginning of a warm and intimate friendship. Dad named the pointer Cheyenne. Together he and Cheyenne explored the community. They spent long hours walking down dusty lanes. They spent reflective moments on the banks of streams, angling for tasty trout. They even started to attend Sunday services together, Dad sitting in a pew and Cheyenne lying quietly at his feet.
Dad and Cheyenne were inseparable throughout the next three years. Dad's bitterness faded, and he and Cheyenne made many friends. Then late one night I was startled to feel Cheyenne's cold nose burrowing through our bed covers. He had never before come into our bedroom at night. I woke Dick, put on my robe and ran into my father's room. Dad lay in his bed, his face serene. But his spirit had left quietly sometime during the night.
Two days later my shock and grief deepened when I discovered Cheyenne lying dead beside Dad's bed.. I wrapped his still form in the rag rug he had slept on. As Dick and I buried him near a favorite fishing hole, I silently thanked the dog for the help he had given me in restoring Dad's peace of mind.
The morning of Dad's funeral dawned overcast and dreary. This day looks like the way I feel, I thought, as I walked down the aisle to the pews reserved for family. I was surprised to see the many friends Dad and Cheyenne had made filling the church. The pastor began his eulogy. It was a tribute to both Dad and the dog who had changed his life. And then the pastor turned to Hebrews 13:2. "Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it."
"I've often thanked God for sending that angel," he said.
For me, the past dropped into place, completing a puzzle that I had not seen before: the sympathetic voice that had just read the right article....
Cheyenne 's unexpected appearance at the animal shelter. .. ..his calm acceptance and complete devotion to my father. . and the proximity of their deaths. And suddenly I understood. I knew that God had answered my prayers after all.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
-- George Washington Carver
EXPLORED #478, February 25, 2009
The Lemonheads - „Mrs. Robinson“
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN5qRJE8qtM
Original version by Simon & Garfunkel www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C1BCAgu2I8
And here′s to you, Mrs. Robinson,
Jesus loves you more than you will know.
God bless you, please Mrs. Robinson.
Heaven holds a place for those who pray,
Hey, hey, hey
We'd like to know a little bit about your for our files
We′d like to help you learn to help yourself.
Look around you all you see are sympathetic eyes,
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home.
And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson,
Jesus loves you more than you will know.
God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson.
Heaven holds a place for those who pray,
Hey, hey, hey
Hide in the hiding place where no one ever goes.
Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes.
It's a little secret just the Robinsons′ affair.
Most of all you′ve got to hide it from the kids.
Koo-koo-ka-choo, Mrs. Robinson,
Jesus loves you more than you will know.
God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson.
Heaven holds a place for those who pray,
Hey, hey, hey
Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon.
Going to the candidate's debate.
Laugh about it, shout about it
When you′ve got to choose
Every way you look at this you lose.
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio,
Our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you.
What′s that you say, Mrs. Robinson.
Jotting Joe has left and gone away,
Hey hey hey.
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Son insectos pequeños, con un tamaño reducido que va de 5 a 8 milimetros. De forma redondeada u oval, brillantes, suelen ser de vivos colores, con manchas negras sobre un fondo naranja, amarillo o rojo, en forma de puntos o rayas (no es un caparazón sino gruesas alas transformadas, llamadas élitros, que protegen las alas funcionales para el vuelo, el segundo par). Algunas especies son peludas. Su cabeza, antenas y patas son negros. Las extremidades cortas. Dado que son útiles, coloridos e inofensivos para los humanos, son insectos vistos tradicionalmente con simpatía e incluso se les considera en algunos lugares signo de buena suerte.
They are small insects, with a reduced size from 5-8 millimeters. Rounded or oval, glossy, often brightly colored, with black spots on a orange background, yellow or red, in the form of spots or stripes (not a carapace but thick transformed wings, he called elytra that protect functional wings for flight, the second pair). Some species are hairy. His head, antennae and legs are black. The short limbs. Since they are useful, colorful and harmless to humans, insects are traditionally viewed sympathetically and are even found in some places good luck sign
Fly agaric
The classic fairy tale toadstool, this red and white fungus is often found beneath birch trees in autumn.
Scientific name
Amanita muscaria
When to see
August to November
Species information
Category
Fungi
Statistics
Cap diameter: 8-20cm
Stem height: 8-18cm
Conservation status
Common
Habitats
Heathland and moorland
Woodland
Towns and gardens
About
Fly agaric is probably our most recognisable species of fungus, with the mushroom's distinctive red cap and white stalk featuring in countless stories, television shows and even video games! Fly agaric is found in woodlands, parks and heaths with scattered trees, typically growing beneath birch trees or pines and spruces. The colourful fruiting bodies can usually be seen between late summer and early winter.
Like most fungi, the parts we see are just the fruiting bodies, or mushrooms. These grow up from an unseen network of tiny filaments called hyphae, which together form a structure known as the mycelium. The fruiting bodies produce spores for reproduction, although fungi can also reproduce asexually by fragmentation. The mycelium of fly agaric often forms a symbiotic relationship with the trees around it, wrapping around the roots and supplying them with nutrients taken from the soil. In exchange, the fungus receives sugars produced by the trees.
Fly agarics are poisonous and should not be eaten. Reports of deaths are rare, but ingestion often causes stomach cramps and hallucinations.
How to identify
The distinctive mushrooms have a red cap, either flat or rounded, often with a scattering of white spots or warts, and a white stem. The gills, beneath the cap, are free of the stem.
Distribution
Widespread
Did you know?
Despite it being toxic to us, there are some animals that do eat fly agaric. These include red squirrels and slugs, as well as specialists such as fungus gnats - these flies lay eggs on the fungus, and when they hatch the larvae feed on the fruiting body.
How people can help
Fungi play an important role within our ecosystems, helping to recycle nutrients from dead or decaying organic matter, and providing food and shelter for different animals. The Wildlife Trusts manage many nature reserves sympathetically for the benefit of all kinds of wildlife, including fungi: you can help by supporting your local trust and becoming a member. Our gardens are also a vital resource for wildlife, providing corridors of green space between open countryside. Try leaving log piles and dead wood to help fungi and the wildlife that depends on it.
I know I've uploaded photos of this ship before but I couldn't resist this...
Hanson Thames is the biggest dredger I've seen; there are a number of dredgers I see regularly on the river which are smaller, but share a particular appearance - they look worn and roughened, probably because of what they do; collect and deliver abrasive aggregates, usually in salty water. Hanson Thames, as time passes, is taking on the same appearance. And, as the various fleets seem to paint the strange and other worldly machinery the ships carry and deploy in the same sympathetic colour, I can't help but romanticize the process of dredgers coming of age; you're not a proper dredger until you look a bit worn and used...a bit rough and rusted, scratched and scraped. Et cetera.
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