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The sea has been beating against this rock for thousands of years, shaping it into the "mushroom-like" appearance it has today.
The tractor range covering the middles spread of the Claas Tractors, the ARION 600 has a 6.8 litre 6-cylinder engine with power outputs between 96 and 118 kW. There are other Arion 500 and 400 models with 4.5 litre, 4-cylinder power between 75 and 103 kW.
The wheelbase is 2,820 mm (ARION 400 - 2560mm). The height of the ARION 600 is approximately 3 metres. This tractor weighs approximately 6,000 kg. The ARION 400 and 500 are approximately 5,000 kg.
I built a water carting trailer for this model, but it looked pathetic, so I have not included it in the photographs. Unfortunately, Australia had been locked in drought for a number of yeears, and carting wtaer had become a neccesity for far too many farmers to keep their animals alive. Fortunatel the drought has now ended for most areas in the country.
This Claas ARION 600 has been modelled in Lego bricks for Flickr LUGNuts 37th Build Challenge - 'The Food We Eat' celebrating vehicles used in the production or distribution of food, or just with funny food derived names.
I have chosen to build the Claas ARION 600, after driving past the Claas distribution centre in Laverton (Melbourne), Victoria, and admiring their lovely lime green colour. Further research has highlighted the supreme capability the Claas Tractor range is capable of.
Pomme seems to be lost in the deep forest. (But she is still in the courtyard of our cottage lol).
Anyone wants to show her the way to return home? XD
These are vintage dealer promotional model cars that were predominantly made in plastic in 1/25th scale. Promo models were made primarily by AMT, SMP, PMC, MPC and, Johan along with a few produced by Hubley, National Products, Master Caster, Banthrico, Revell and other smaller firm. Automobile manufacturers and dealership personnel have long recognized the value of having small replicas of the full-sized cars that they manufactured and sold. They are as old as the real car and are a collectible piece of history that was created to help sell the then all new real cars.
“All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.” ―Albert Einstein
“Moral Decay” (first published 1937), from “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words” ―by Albert Einstein
And what are you doing here. I will admit I was a little close to this guy. This is full frame and I was only at 100 mm. We sort of surprised each other. Cades Cove, Smoky Mountain N P.
The best things in life are free
Now that I've discovered what you mean to me
The best things in life are free
Now that we've got each other
The best things in life are free
La risa, nena, no podrá surgir
a menos que te subas al árbol.
Bien, el árbol es la verdad,
descansa por tu cuerpo, cierra ya los ojos.
Hoy tus uvas vas a tirar
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People in respirators look cool. This is a bonus reason to wear them! Looks like fun right?****
Thank you!
**** Respirator budget request denied. Sorry.
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Those who do not live in Scotland may be unaware that this YES sign indicates an affirmative response to the question "Should Scotland be an independent country?".
In a referendum to be held on 18 September 2014 this issue will be decided by those who are registered to vote in Scotland.
In my view, the underlying belief of those on the YES side is that it is right and proper for a nation to aspire to govern itself, that it may experience difficulties in doing so but in working through those difficulties it will develop the maturity required to hold its head high in the community of nations. The YES side believes that now is the time to "grasp the thistle".
The NO side appears to hold the view either (i) that a 'mature nation' status is not worth working for or (ii) that, while it might be desirable to become a mature nation, the inevitable difficulties could not be overcome.
I listened live to the 2 hours and 40 minutes of this parliamentary debate and thought that Mike Russell's ten minute winding-up speech (transcript below) characterised by its positive approach, exemplified that contrast with the negative approach of his opponents during that debate.
THE PARLIAMENT OF SCOTS (12 AUGUST 2014)
DEBATE ON THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES OF INDEPENDENCE
WINDING UP SPEECH FROM MIKE RUSSELL
Official report:-
The Deputy Presiding Officer:
Thank you. I call Michael Russell to wind up the debate. Cabinet secretary, you have until 5 o’clock.
16:49
The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning (Michael Russell):
Let me give the chamber a revelation: I think that on the evidence of this afternoon’s debate there are no votes in this chamber that are up for grabs in the referendum and that it is pretty clear that there are no undecideds on these benches.
However, there might be some undecideds watching at home. I suspect that they might well have turned off by now, particularly after Jenny Marra’s speech, but if they are still watching I suggest to them that, if they are trying to come to a judgment on the basis of this debate—there are people in the gallery who might want to make such a judgment—they should do so on the basis of what has been the positive view and what has been the negative view.
Look at the positive view that all my colleagues in the chamber have expressed and at the endless, destructive negativity that we have heard from Labour, the Liberals and the Tories.
I will start with the clearest view of the currency issue. As ever, the First Minister got it right in the chamber last week. I will repeat his exact words. He said:
“It is our pound, and we are keeping it.”
There are no ifs and no buts. That is the guarantee. That is plan A to Z. For the benefit of those who are still trying to frighten people out of what is theirs—people such as Mr Henry, who asserted that Scots will not be able to buy food or go on holiday after independence, and Mr Fraser, who tellingly referred—
Hugh Henry:
Will the cabinet secretary take an intervention?
Michael Russell:
No, I will not. I am sorry; one contribution from Mr Henry in an afternoon is more than enough.
Mr Fraser referred to the currency belonging to someone else, which was very interesting. I will repeat what the First Minister said so that there can be no doubt. He said:
“It is our pound, and we are keeping it.”—[Official Report, 7 August 2014; c 33159.]
Hugh Henry:
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Mr Russell has just made a statement in which he attributed words to me that I did not say. Is it in order for members to fabricate words that were not said during the debate and attribute them to other members? [Interruption.]
The Deputy Presiding Officer:
Order, please. What members say in their speeches is entirely up to them. It is not for me to decide what they should and should not say. However, the Official Report undoubtedly shows every word that has been said in the chamber.
Michael Russell:
I am sure that Mr Henry will reflect on that when he looks at what he has said about me and my writings. I am sure that he will think about that carefully. Mr Henry’s words speak for themselves, as does his depressing demeanour.
The debate has been one of great contrasts. I go back to positivity and negativity. My friend Mr Swinney talked about ambition, achievement, resources, potential and raising the eyes of Scotland to what can be achieved. In my area of special interest, he talked about the need for transformative childcare and the world-leading position of Scottish higher education. What was the result? [Interruption.]
The Deputy Presiding Officer:
Order, please.
Michael Russell:
The result was that, 10 minutes in, Mr Rennie gave the knee-jerk plan B its first outing. Mr Brown then leapt back in. Project fear was in there working hard.
The other side of the unionist coin then showed itself. It was quite stunning. Alex Johnstone chuntered on from a sedentary position about the fact that everything that was mentioned was a product of the wonderful union, but he was interrupted by Jenny Marra, who said that everything was the result of the failed SNP. There we have it: that is a contrast. Labour hates the SNP more than anybody else, and the Tories love the union more than anything else. Neither of those is a prescription for a safe future.
Believing that a Labour Government will remove weapons of mass destruction is also not a prescription for a safe future. There is no evidence for that whatsoever. How else are we to get rid of weapons of mass destruction, except by independence? That is the reality.
It was telling that, when Mr Swinney mentioned Trident and what we need to do, the reaction from Labour and the Tories and even from the sole Lib Dem who was there was derision. They want to put bombs before bairns and Trident before teachers. That is their shame.
Let me carry on.
Neil Bibby (West Scotland) (Lab):
Will the cabinet secretary take an intervention?
Michael Russell:
No, I will not take an intervention. I am sorry.
The reality of the debate was shown clearly. It was about that negative view. Nothing could be done. We had to ask what that was about. Maureen Watt got it 100 per cent right. She analysed the debate early on. The great fear that exists in project fear is the could-should-must progression. If any member on the Labour benches could admit that Scotland could be independent—I will come to Elaine Murray in a moment, as she did that momentarily—the whole fantasy will collapse.
The reason why it collapses is that that leads to the argument that Scotland should be independent, which is the argument that my colleagues made this afternoon. It goes a step further to the argument that Scotland must be independent.
The biggest illustration of that was given by Malcolm Chisholm. Yet again, I was saddened by a speech by Malcolm Chisholm. I have admiration and time for Malcolm Chisholm; he is laughing, but I do. I do not think that he and I differ very much in some of the things that we want to see, but here is the difference. [Interruption.]
The Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick):
Order.
Michael Russell:
Labour members want to laugh at this, because it is beginning to strike home.
The difference is that I and my colleagues have a plan for how to achieve those things. We know how poverty can be eliminated in Scotland. We know—
Iain Gray:
Will the minister give way?
Michael Russell:
No—I want to finish my point.
I know that it is annoying to Iain Gray, but the truth of the matter is that it is possible to have a plan to change Scotland and to do those things. We can set out with those intentions and we can work hard to meet them, or we can—as Labour members would have us do—simply keep our fingers crossed that we get a Labour Government that could possibly pursue the things that they want to see in Scotland rather than the things that Ed Balls and Miliband want to see south of the border. I say to Malcolm Chisholm that that is not a plan: that is keeping your fingers crossed and putting party before principle.
Malcolm Chisholm:
The cabinet secretary may have a plan, but the whole point of all the Labour speeches has been to point out that it is not a plan that can be delivered without an economic foundation. Before he gives us any more claptrap about the negativity of Labour members, will he reflect on the fact that by far the biggest and most disgraceful scare of the referendum campaign is what the yes side is saying about the NHS? [Interruption.]
The Presiding Officer:
Order! Order!
Michael Russell:
How interesting. Mr Chisholm is being wildly applauded by Jackson Carlaw, who—
The Presiding Officer:
Sit down, Mr Russell.
That is quite enough. There is far too much heckling and far too much noise. The minister is speaking, so allow him to do so. This is a Parliament; it is not a public meeting or a hustings. There are people in Scotland who are listening to the debate. Make it worthy of them.
Michael Russell:
Why was Jackson Carlaw—the person who got so agitated about the issue of the NHS last week—applauding so much? Because we have hit the nail on the head. If the financial power lies outside Scotland, the decision on the priorities of Scotland and how to deliver those priorities will always lie outside Scotland, too. For every £100 by which expenditure is reduced south of the border through privatisation of the health service—privatisation that was started by Labour—£10 is lost from the Scottish budget.
Neil Findlay:
Will the cabinet secretary give way?
Michael Russell:
No.
For every £100 that is removed from public expenditure through privatisation of higher education south of the border, we lose £10. That is the reality. That is the nub of the debate. We can choose to make our decisions in Scotland, to take our responsibilities in Scotland and to have opportunities in Scotland, or we can always dance to someone else’s tune.
Malcolm Chisholm wants to see the progress in Scotland that I want to see. I repeat what I said earlier: the SNP has the plan to do that. It puts its confidence—[Interruption.] We can hear the Tories laughing; we can always hear the Tories laughing when the people of Scotland want to progress.
Here is the choice: we can say to the people of Scotland, “Take responsibility, and then you will have the opportunity to change this country for the better”; or we can tell them to listen to those who will not accept the reality and who will always keep their fingers crossed that England votes the same way that they do. Those voices will always disappoint and let down the people of Scotland. That has got to stop.
The lesson this afternoon is entirely clear: there is a jobs plan for an independent Scotland, there is a finance plan for an independent Scotland, there is a currency plan for an independent Scotland and there is a plan to make an independent Scotland the country that it could and should be. The people who stand in the way of that are this unholy alliance between Labour and the Tories.
The Presiding Officer:
You need to finish, cabinet secretary.
Michael Russell:
They are the people who have plenty of ambition for their political parties and none for their country. [Applause.]
The Presiding Officer:
Order.
That concludes the debate on the economic opportunities of independence.
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SUNDAY TIMES - 21st September 2014
Michael Russell
In a sense I have been campaigning for independence across Scotland not just in the last four weeks but for forty years. But I don't think I have ever had such an emotional political experience as last Saturday standing in the Station Square in Oban listening to Dougie Maclean sing his anthem of Scottishness, Caledonia.
It didn't matter that someone had forgotten to bring an extension lead, so there was no power for the microphone. It was irrelevant that an early sea mist, now burning off, had prevented the First Minister from making a helicopter campaign stop and equally irrelevant was the stretch limo with a huge "NO thanks" logo tied round it ( one of the bizzarest sights of the campaign) that kept cruising past. Dougie sang and 250 people - young and old, from all parties but mostly none, sang along with a quiet intensity that brought tears to my eyes and to eyes of many others.
That event started a whole day of remarkable activities - a car cavalcade of more than sixty vehicles that wound its way across Mid Argyll with so many participants that a church hall in Lochgilphead had to be commandeered to feed them, a flash mob of dancers and musicians on a green beside the sea and finally a laser show lighting up a huge YES sign on the island of Kerrera in the bay facing the town.
This was politics, but not as I have known it. YES Scotland started out as an umbrella organisation and ended up as a mass movement . It's creativity and energy was replicated not just across my constituency - in Dunoon, in Campbeltown, in Rothesay, in Lochgoilhead, on Islay and on Mull - but across the whole of Scotland in a diverse, multi layered movement that demanded and will go on demanding not only attention but also real change.
Although Thursday night delivered a bitter blow to many of those who had invested so much of themselves in that movement I do not think it will go away. Indeed it must not go away. It's commitment, enthusiasm and vigour are needed as never before if Scotland is to move forward united.
It is this movement that can really test the will of politicians to deliver the new dispensation that the Westminster parties promised in the final days of the campaign and it is this movement that can press an agenda that is focussed on outcomes which benefit and empower real people not just the political classes.
As Alex Salmond said on Friday in his moving resignation statement, holding Westminster to account for the delivery of its new promises has to be done by the whole of Scotland and that process needs to be lead by citizens themselves. If it changes and benefits all the parts of the present UK so much the better as long as that not an excuse for endless delay.
I have undertaken more than sixty public meetings in Argyll & Bute over the past nine months. One of the biggest took place on Ardrishaig the night before the Dougie MacLean event at which I shared a platform with Professor Allan MacInnes and Lesley Riddoch, both longstanding friends. Lesley spoke about this new politics too and was given a standing ovation by the over capacity crowd jammed into a tiny church hall. That enthusiasm reflected growing demand for a different set of priorities and a changed way of doing things - bottom up not top down.
That is what independence is but it's core values - fairness, equity, hope, opportunity, equality, justice - go well beyond the the 1.6 million who chose that option. Lots of voters on both sides were sending a message about the need for those things that cannot now be ignored.
That is why the "faster, safer and better" change offered in the 3 UK leaders Daily Record "Vow" was in the end persuasive for so many. They disagreed on the means but not on the ends.
So that is also why the SNP as the Scottish Government has to be an active part of the process now being outlined by the UK Government. We must heed the urgings of those we have worked with and take part in a constructive, urgent and focussed process to decide on the range of powers required and accelerate their introduction whilst ensuring that they are devolved further into communities and made capable of adaptation to local need and local direction.
That will not be easy for anyone but it is the essential next step - a step demanded by Thursday's result and which can also act as a unifying mechanism. We can help make a new Team Scotland and learn from it though it will be a Team Scotland weakened when not led by Alex Salmond, to whom the whole country owes an enormous political debt.
I am undoubtedly still a nationalist and I want to see independence. But this referendum campaign, undertaken in an Indian summer of warm sunshine amongst the most beautiful scenery in the world, criss crossing sea lochs, sailing to islands and motoring amongst mountains, has taught me a great deal.
A passionate desire for a better country is shared by many of our fellow citizens, young and old inside and outside conventional politics. A different set of priorities and policies - some already introduced by an SNP Government over the past 7 years - is possible. Alienation from politics and society isn't inevitable because inspiration casts out indifference. Decisions are better when made with people, not for them.
I have had the great pleasure of an invigorating campaign in Dalmally and Dunoon, on Luing and Lismore, through Glendaruel (where I live) and Glen Barr and by the shores of Loch Etive and Loch Riddon. The conclusion of those journeys was not the one I hoped for a month ago when the Sunday Times asked me to contribute at the end of the campaign. But the people have spoken and when that happens politicians have to listen - wherever they are.
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We are now 2 months away until the end of the S23 schedule which has been one of the busiest post-COVID, and airlines are currently in the process of finalising their upcoming flight schedules for the W23 schedule. The 3 major carriers based in the United States are amongst recent airlines to have updated their schedules prior to their implementation on 28th October 2023; naturally the winter schedule usually sees a drop off in operating capacity and altered aircraft allocation.
For American Airlines, they continue to provide a large presence at London Heathrow along with their joint-venture partner, British Airways. and are earmarked to provide 21 daily flights each day. For the W23 schedule which is to commence from 28th October 2023, American Airlines are expected to operate the following:
-Boston-Logan: Continues to operate daily (AA108/109) utilising Boeing 777-200ERs, albeit will be suspended from 21st February 2024 to 27th February 2024.
-Charlotte-Douglas: Continues to operate thrice-daily (AA730/731, AA732/733 and AA734/735) utilising Boeing 777-200ERs, except during 20th November 2023 to 24th November 2023 and during 25th January 2024 to 31st January 2024 where its reduced to twice-daily.
-Chicago-O'Hare: Continues to operate twice-daily (AA90/87 and AA86/91) utilising Boeing 787-9s.
-Dallas-Fort Worth: Continues to operate thrice-daily with AA20/51 and AA50/79 utilising Boeing 777-300ERs, whilst AA78/21 utilising Boeing 777-200ERs.
-Los Angeles: Commencing 29th October 2023, thrice-daily flights maintained except between 22nd January 2024 to 28th January 2024 and between 8th February 2024 to 14th February 2024 where it will be reduced to twice-daily. AA136/135 and AA138/139 utilises Boeing 777-200ERs, whilst AA134/137 utilises Boeing 777-300ERs.
-Miami: Operates twice-daily except between 15th January 2024 to 21st January 2024, and between 10th February 2024 to 15th February 2024 where it reduces to a single daily flight. AA56/39 utilises Boeing 777-300ERs whilst AA38/57 utilises Boeing 777-200ERs.
-New York-John F. Kennedy: Typically will operate thrice-daily, except between 8th January 2024 to 14th February 2024 which will increase to 4-times daily. AA100/101 and AA106/105 will utilise Boeing 777-300ERs, AA104/107 will also utilises Boeing 777-300ERs except between 8th January 2024 to 29th March 2024 where it will convert to Boeing 777-200ERs, and AA142/141 will utilise Boeing 777-200ERs.
-Philadelphia: Operate a single daily flight with AA728/729 utilising Boeing 787-9s.
-Phoenix-Sky Harbor: Operates a single daily flight with AA194/195 utilising Boeing 777-200ERs.
-Raleigh-Durham: Operates a single daily flight with AA174/175 utilising Boeing 777-200ERs.
-Seattle-Tacoma: Single daily flight cancelled, which is expected to return for the S24 schedule.
Other than the fluctuating frequencies between much of their flights as well as the temporary cancellation of their Seattle-Tacoma operations for the W23 season, Boeing 777-200ER/300ERs and Boeing 787-9s continue to provide the long-haul flights into London Heathrow. For American Airlines, the carrier is expected to take delivery of their second batch of Boeing 787-9s which are expected to feature a more premium-heavy layout which are expected to oust the elderly Boeing 777-200ERs.
Currently, American Airlines operates 59 Boeing 787s, which includes 37 Boeing 787-8s and 22 Boeing 787-9s. American Airlines have 30 Boeing 787-9s on-order.
November Eight Three Zero Alpha November is one of 22 Boeing 787-9s operated by American Airlines, delivered new to the carrier on 1st September 2017 and she is powered by 2 General Electric GEnx-1B74 engines.
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner N830AN on final approach into Runway 09L at London Heathrow (LHR) on AA728 from Philadelphia (PHL), Pennsylvania.
Bloom where you are planted...sometimes that's hard to do, but do it anyway. Each of you is unique just like the flowers, no one can fill your place. If you don't fill it it's like a plant that never blossomed and the world misses out.
Posted some images of my mom's flowers on my blog, check it out if you'd like.
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May as well add this to the cliche saturday group...images of tulips have got to be cliche :-)
Enjoy your long weekend all you fellow Canadians!
~ hcs!
This awesome kimono was made by my lovely friend チョコペンギン, and I freakin' LOVE everything about it! The fabric is the cutest I've seen, with all those cats playing; plus the obi belt is perfect!
Thank you for the wonderful gift, sweety!!! <333 Nate is very happy to wear it :) !
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A Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário, a Matriz de Pirenópolis, é um templo católico, localizado na cidade de Pirenópolis, Goiás.
Para o povo goiano a Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário é o maior centro da fé católica, e ainda daquelas que, pelo sincretismo, têm no local o ponto máximo da religião. É a mais tradicional igreja católica estado de Goiás, dedicada a Nossa Senhora do Rosário, padroeira dos pirenopolinos. A imagem de Nossa Senhora do Rosário veio para Pirenópolis em 1727, sendo a padroeira da cidade.
O Restauro de 1996 a 1999
Histórico
A construção
O Arraial das Minas de Nossa Senhora do Rosário, atual Pirenópolis, foi fundado em 7 de outubro de 1727, pelos mineradores que aqui se estabeleceram a fim de explorarem o potencial aurífero das margens do rio das Almas.
A construção da igreja que seria consagrada a Nossa Senhora do Rosário iniciou-se no ano de 1728, sendo construída por meio de um sistema misto em taipa de pilão, adobe, alvenaria de pedra e madeira.
Os primeiros registros relacionados à matriz foram feitos em 1732, com o primeiro batizado realizado na igreja e em 1734, quando foram iniciados os registros no Livro de Óbitos dos sepultamentos realizados na Matriz.
Igreja Matriz de Pirenópolis
Para chegar ao seu aspecto contemporâneo, a igreja passou por vários acréscimos e alterações. Em 1758 foi assentado o assoalho da capela-mor e, em 1761, foram construídos o retábulo e as quatro janelas da capela-mor, além das portas de acesso à sacristia e ao consistório. A “camarinha”, espaço localizado atrás da capela-mor, foi acrescentada em 1763, ano em que foi deliberado pela Irmandade do Santíssimo Sacramento a construção da segunda torre, provavelmente a torre esquerda (lado do nascente).
As pinturas do frontispício do altar-mor foram executadas em 1766, por Reginaldo Fragoso de Albuquerque. Para aumentar espaço da capela-mor, em 1769 o altar principal foi recuado. As duas estátuas de anjos com trombetas e o cortinado que compõem o arco do cruzeiro foram feitos em 1770, em entalhe de madeira. Em 1771 foi feita a refundição do sino original, pelo mestre Manuel José Pereira. Em 1803 foi instalado o sino, que foi refundido em 1939 (o mesmo que permaneceu até o momento do incêndio de 2002). O botânico inglês William John Burchel (1823) passou pela região e fez registros da igreja com as torres mais altas do que a configuração atual.
Em 1832 foram deliberados grandes reparos na Matriz, que na verdade só aconteceram em 1838, com o desabamento do telhado sobre a arcada do altar-mor, dando início assim à reforma conduzida pelo Comendador Joaquim Alves de Oliveira, quando a igreja passou a adquirir sua feição contemporânea.
Entre os anos de 1863 e 1864 foram executadas a ornamentação da igreja, a pintura do forro da capela-mor e da abóbada do trono, pelos artistas meiapontenses Inácio Pereira Leal e Antônio da Costa Nascimento, auxiliados pelo jovem Francisco Herculano de Pina.
O relógio de Matriz foi instalado na torre sineira em 1866 e foi substituído por outro de pêndulo, de fabricação alemã, em 1885. Em 1936 foi demolido o púlpito bicentenário.
A Igreja Matriz de Pirenópolis foi tombada como Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional no ano de 1941. No período entre os anos de 1973 e 1986 o SPHAN (atual IPHAN) realizou vários reparos no edifício.
Características
Em estilo colonial, a matriz tem os alicerces de cantaria (pedra) e as paredes feitas de taipa de pilão (barro socado). Apenas as paredes mais altas das torres são feitas de adobe (tijolo cozido ao sol). Na parte frontal, a taipa é reforçada por uma gaiola de madeira (aroeira), externa e internamente.
A igreja foi construída de forma que, a qualquer hora do dia, o sol ilumine a sua fachada. A torre do lado do nascente foi construída em 1763. Até essa época, só existia a torre onde se encontra o sino.
Elementos artísticos
Nossa Senhora do Rosário - Padroeira de Pirenópolis
Em talha de madeira com laminações em ouro, os cinco magníficos altares expressam a habilidade e paciência dos eméritos entalhadores e marceneiros meiapontenses do século XIX.
O altar-mor, construído em 1761, expressa a feição típica de um barroco singelo bem como o uso parcimonioso dos ornatos dourados. Integram-no um trono central, que exibe a imagem de Nossa Senhora do Rosário, e dois nichos laterais, à meia altura, ocupados por São Vicente de Paulo, à esquerda, e por São José, à direita.
As antigas estátuas da Igreja Matriz, em talha de madeira, são de origem portuguesa. Em 1773 já se encontravam nos altares laterais as imagens de Santo Antônio de Pádua, São Miguel e São Francisco de Paula.
Do lado do Evangelho, o retábulo colateral é dedicado exclusivamente ao Sagrado Coração de Jesus. No retábulo lateral, encontram-se o altar de Nossa Senhora das Dores e as imagens de São Francisco de Paula, Santo Antônio de Pádua e Santo Emídio.
Do lado da Epístola, o retábulo colateral exibe o altar de São Miguel, a imagem de Nossa Senhora da Penha e, sob o altar, a imagem do Senhor Morto. No retábulo lateral, estão o altar de Santa Ana e as imagens de São João Batista e São Gonçalo.
O arco cruzeiro, emoldurado por um cortinado vermelho com franjas que imitam tecido, é ladeado por dois anjos que tocam trombetas e coroado por um medalhão com ornatos dourados.
O Restauro de 1996 a 1999
Entre os anos de 1996 e 1999 foi feita a restauração arquitetônica e artística da Matriz, com participação da Sociedade dos Amigos de Pirenópolis, sob orientação do IPHAN, através de recursos fornecidos pela Telebrás, via Lei do Mecenato.
O processo de restauro contou com engenheiros, arquitetos, restauradores, mestres de obra e operários que, ligados por uma saudável e profícua convivência, se empenharam no aperfeiçoamento constante das tarefas realizadas.
Além de melhorar o nível técnico-profissional, a absorção da mão-de-obra local contribuiu para gerar empregos e para reter recursos na própria cidade. Desde o primeiro momento, o canteiro de obra manteve-se aberto à visitação pública, com exposições didáticas, organizadas com o objetivo de esclarecer cada aspecto do processo de restauro. O registro diário das etapas de trabalho e a documentação fotográfica profissional realizada em períodos determinados, além de permitirem o acompanhamento completo das obras, geraram significativas imagens que passaram a integrar o acervo da Igreja Matriz.
Arquitetura
Os primeiros trabalhos concentraram-se na recuperação arquitetônica do edifício, já bastante danificado pela ação do tempo e dos predadores como cupins, abelhas, maribondo morcegos e pombos.
Taipa de pilão
Para consolidar a estrutura e neutralizar os efeitos da decadência da taipa de pilão, usou-se uma técnica de enxerto dos vazios com alvenaria de tijolos maciços travados entre si e engastados na própria taipa. Arame farpado, colocado entre os tijolos e presos à estrutura de madeira, contribuíram, em alguns casos, para garantir uma maior aderência.
Gaiolas de madeira
As gaiolas de madeira das fachadas principal e posterior passaram por uma revisão completa: peças deterioradas foram substituídas e cantoneiras metálicas introduzidas para possibilitar o reforço das junções estruturais.
Pintura do forro, perdida no incêndio de 2002
Por meio da remoção de várias camadas de reboco e repinturas nas paredes da capela mor, foi possível resgatar uma pintura parietal possivelmente datada de 1863. A pintura, um barrado azul ornamentados com flores, foi restaurada em um trecho e replicada no restante da capela devido à falta de referências originais.
Altar-mor
Após os trabalhos de recomposição de perdas, reintegração cromática, policromia e douramento, a pintura do frontispício do altar-mor, realizada originalmente em 1766 por Reginaldo Fragoso de Albuquerque, readquiriu a integridade e o colorido originais.
Forro
A restauração da pintura do forro da capela-mor, realizada originalmente entre 1863 e 1864 pelos pintores meiapontenses Inácio Pereira Leal, Antônio da Costa Nascimento, permitiu resgatar a belíssima rosácea central dedicada à Padroeira.
Arco cruzeiro
O arco cruzeiro, encimado por um medalhão, foi restaurado e todos os ornamentos em talha de madeira, inclusive as quatro colunas que emolduram o nicho central e o sacrário, readquiriram sua feição original.
A imagem de Nossa Senhora das Dores foi restaurada e assentada no retábulo lateral para que, por meio de sua imagem, se fizessem lembrados e venerados os sofrimentos de Maria.
A imagem da Padroeira Nossa Senhora do Rosário, trazida de Portugal no século XVIII, se fez renovada e voltou a ocupar o trono central do altar-mor da Matriz que lhe foi consagrada.
O Incêndio
Em 5 de setembro de 2002 a igreja sofreu um incêndio que consumiu o telhado e toda a parte interna do monumento. No mesmo ano iniciaram-se as obras de salvamento emergencial do edifício. O início das obras de restauração aconteceu em 2003 e, em 2004, foi aberta a exposição Canteiro Aberto.
A reconstrução
A reconstrução da Igreja Matriz iniciou em 2003, sendo reinaugurada em 30 de março de 2006.
O Canteiro Aberto, exposição montada no interior da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Rosário, permitiu que os moradores de Pirenópolis e visitantes pudessem acompanhar o processo de restauração, iniciado após o incêndio de setembro de 2002.
Aberta para a visitação no dia 29 de maio de 2004 e funcionando até 17 de Janeiro de 2006, a exposição recebeu um total de 35.000 visitantes de todas as regiões do Brasil e de outros países.
Através de painéis explicativos, visitas guiadas e da própria observação do edifício, foi promovido um interessante trabalho de educação patrimonial, onde os visitantes puderam interagir com o edifício, conhecendo seu valor histórico, religioso e social e participar do restauro através das críticas e sugestões.
O Canteiro Aberto sensibilizou e emocionou a muitos que o visitaram, com a beleza e grandiosidade do edifício atingido pelo incêndio, deixando em seus visitantes grandes expectativas para a conclusão do restauro.
O Renascimento de um Edifício
A Matriz, como uma fênix, ressurgiu literalmente das cinzas para ocupar o seu lugar no cenário e na paisagem da bucólica da cidade de Pirenópolis. Após o impacto do grave incêndio, que destruiu boa parte da Igreja, apenas três anos depois de uma meticulosa obra de restauração, ficou a questão: como a cidade enfrentaria a perda parcial de seu maior ícone arquitetônico e urbano? Com o futuro comprometido pela avaria de seu imponente símbolo incrustado no coração da cidade, sem dúvida tratava-se de uma obra que, mexendo com a mente e a alma de todos, causava controvérsias.
Houve os que duvidavam do sentido de se recuperar alguma coisa a partir do que chamavam de ruína. Outros insistiam que era importante preservar a integridade da própria ruína, sem nada acrescentar. Quando muito, diziam, dever-se-ia deixar a grama crescer e, eventualmente, utilizar o local para atividades culturais como shows etc.
Mas a que ruína se referiam? Para existir uma ruína, é necessário e indispensável decorrer algum tempo, ou seja, o arruinamento se dá, de forma progressiva, com o fluir do tempo. Com a Matriz, o que ocorreu foi um acidente grave, um violento incêndio que rapidamente consumiu boa parte da igreja, sem que houvesse sequer espaço para a ação do tempo.
De qualquer forma, o sinal para a restauração surgiu de uma decisão coletiva da comunidade pirenopolina.
A posição de consenso do Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN) na defesa desse patrimônio nacional foi de apoiar a restauração e a reinserção do monumento na paisagem. As dúvidas ficaram por conta apenas da pertinência de uma ação integral ou parcial de recuperação, ou refazimento, dos elementos artísticos destruídos pelo fogo.
Isso posto, foi imediatamente implantada pelo IPHAN uma UTI – Unidade de Terapia da Igreja - que pretendia cuidar da Matriz como de um doente grave. Uma imensa cobertura metálica dava proteção às paredes de barro cru em taipa de pilão e, junto com os imprescindíveis escoramentos das aberturas de portas e janelas, preparava o monumento para o futuro e delicado "ato cirúrgico" de restauração.
Por intermédio da Sociedade dos Amigos de Pirenópolis (SOAP) foi então elaborado, pela Lei de Incentivo à Cultura e pela Lei Goyazes, um projeto que, após sua aprovação no Conselho Nacional de Cultura (MinC/PRONAC) e na Agência Goiana de Cultura Pedro Ludovico (AGEPEL), possibilitou a captação dos recursos que, vindos da Caixa Econômica Federal (CAIXA), das Centrais Elétricas de Goiás (CELG), do Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) e da Petrobras e com o apoio do Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente (IBAMA), permitiram dar início às obras.
Nascia assim o Canteiro Aberto, norteado desde logo pelos princípios de comunicação social e garantia da participação da comunidade no processo de restauro do templo. Tapumes transparentes e uma exposição no interior da Igreja tinham, entre outros objetivos, os de contribuir para a cicatrização paulatina das feridas deixadas pelo incêndio, a reinserção imediata do grande volume na paisagem da cidade e a sensibilização da sociedade após o impacto.
O acidente, ao despir todo o sistema construtivo, revelou a fortaleza daquelas verdadeiras muralhas de barro assentadas sobre cantaria de pedra que, a despeito dos 300 anos de história e das altíssimas temperaturas durante horas de fogo, se mantiveram em pé e firmes
Um canteiro digital foi providenciado para armazenar as imagens fotográficas disponibilizadas em um banco acessível pela internet, e foi dada seqüência a um meticuloso processo de documentação também em vídeo.
A riqueza das soluções criativas no canteiro de obras tais como: rabo de cavalo, adobe de pilão, andaime móvel e injeção de barro, dentre outras, deveu-se principalmente à harmoniosa convivência entre técnicos e operários. Sem subverter a imprescindível hierarquia de trabalho e levando em conta a qualidade da mão-de-obra local, a equipe aprendeu a pensar em conjunto - trocar idéias, amadurecê-las e tomar coletivamente as decisões.
O termo carapinas, empregado usualmente em Pirenópolis para denominar aqueles que se dedicam ao trabalho com madeiras, demonstra a herança portuguesa no trato com esse material. Remontando a períodos da história da colonização, a arte da madeira é ainda uma forte marca na cidade, tanto na arquitetura como no mobiliário produzido e comercializado para diversos lugares do país e do mundo. A presença no canteiro de alguns desses mestres carapinas possibilitou, em um período de pouco mais de dois anos, o aperfeiçoamento de uma série de aprendizes que, ao final, se capacitaram para o desempenho de diferentes tipos de tarefas, com alta competência técnica e operacional.
Com o respaldo de um denso referencial teórico, foram estudadas as soluções empregadas na Europa do pós-guerra: nos monumentos das duas Alemanhas; na reconstrução integral do centro urbano de Varsóvia pós-nazismo; na reconstrução, após um acidente, da Torre da Praça de São Marcos em Veneza. E estudamos o ocorrido em Dubrovnik, capital da antiga Iugoslávia, onde uma guerra étnico-religiosa destruiu a cidade patrimônio cultural da humanidade, levando em conta o compromisso das nações integrantes da UNESCO com a sua preservação de acordo com os princípios internacionais que regem o tema patrimônio da humanidade.
Afinal, a pergunta que não quis calar: no caso da Matriz de Pirenópolis houve um restauro ou uma reconstrução? Ao afirmar que se tratou de uma reinserção do volume na paisagem ou da reapropriação de um importantíssimo ícone simbólico e espiritual, temos a certeza de que estamos no campo e no domínio restrito do restauro. Por mais cuidadosa que seja sua conservação, um monumento não se mantém por toda a eternidade sem as inevitáveis ações de restauro e conservação das características que lhe conferem originalidade e legitimidade. Podem ser trocadas as portas desgastadas pelo tempo, a cobertura, seu tabuado, sua pintura, sem que isso signifique uma reconstrução.
Na Matriz, a ancestral taipa de pilão falou mais alto, resistiu às intempéries do tempo e à agressão do fogo e se recompôs para que o próprio tempo possa avaliar melhor sua trajetória.
E, se cada caso é um caso, na Matriz cabe reafirmar sua verdadeira restauração. Restauração de sua função simbólica, de sua função social e cultural, de sua importância arquitetônica e urbana, de sua centralidade espacial na cidade e de sua primazia na paisagem, de seu papel histórico e, sobretudo, de sua condição de obra de arte contextualizada no tempo e no espaço.
A Matriz de Pirenópolis encerra a história de um monumento que, a despeito das várias formas pelas quais se revelou ao longo do tempo, conservou sua essência primeira, mantendo sempre viva sua destinação original. Ora as torres foram altas e, por infortúnios do tempo, tiveram que ser rebaixadas... ora a capela-mor foi pequena, e teve que ser aumentada... ora o arco cruzeiro ruiu, e teve que ser restaurado, graças ao empenho do Comendador Joaquim Alves da Silva em sua memorável passagem pela cidade.
Mas a Matriz perpetuou-se como nasceu, simples, bela e verdadeira. Uma obra de arte que, inscrita em 1941 no livro de tombo do patrimônio histórico e artístico nacional, foi reconhecida como tal desde os tempos pioneiros do IPHAN. Uma menina que se tornou senhora, cercada dos cuidados que a memória nacional requer, uma obra de arte que merecia ser restaurada, jamais replicada.
Quanto aos elementos artísticos levados pelo incêndio, o tempo tratou de buscar no passado uma curiosa solução. A religiosidade brasileira fez edificar em Pirenópolis duas igrejas do Rosário: a dos brancos e a dos pretos. Estes últimos, impedidos de freqüentar a Matriz que haviam ajudado a erguer, viram-se obrigados a construir outra igreja para a mesma santa de devoção. E, por muitos anos, conviveram os dois edifícios com suas fachadas voltadas uma para a outra. Até que, por força de intervenções desastrosas que tentaram tornar o colonial em neogótico a exemplo do que ocorreu em outros tantos monumentos do Brasil afora, a igreja dos pretos veio a ruir, ficando o seu altar-mor preservado e guardado por mais de sessenta anos.
Com o acidente da Matriz, configurou-se uma situação inusitada - uma igreja sem altar-mor e um altar-mor sem igreja. Era chegada a hora de, unindo os homens de todas as cores e mesma fé, transplantar, para o doente já recuperado, um coração, a alma da Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos brancos, dos pretos e dos mestiços. A alma da Nossa Senhora do Rosário do povo brasileiro e pirenopolino.
As soluções adotadas para os elementos artísticos da igreja privilegiaram a simplicidade dos materiais e a autenticidade das técnicas construtivas, em harmonia com as conquistas tecnológicas do tempo histórico presente. Deixando a descoberto os relevos na taipa que outrora abrigavam os altares laterais, ou incorporando no altar-mor uma talha original da antiga igreja dos pretos da mesma santa de devoção, buscou-se reter no interior do edifício as marcas mais significativas e contundentes do passado vistas sob a luz do aqui e agora.
Por tudo isso, a intervenção restauradora não pode ser caracterizada como um restauro autoral, mas como um processo de restauro coletivo que procurou, por meio da consolidação do templo, o resgate da fé de um povo.
Agora só resta aguardar pacientemente o julgamento da história. O restauro de um monumento é feito do tempo do fazer, do tempo do admirar, do tempo do envelhecer e do tempo de se perpetuar e se lançar para o futuro.
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Here are some old police or fire lights. All of them have something inside that rotates. Nowadays, the newer lights are typically light emitting diode types (LEDs) with nothing that rotates.
This falls under the category, in case size matters.
At far Left is a Fire Ball teardrop style light, model FB 1, serial number 2A12. I put this here to show relative size with the bigger roof lights. This Fire Ball often had a plug to put into the cigarette lighter socket of a vehicle, to turn it on. It is small enough to fit on a dashboard and often had one or more magnets on the bottom, to put it on the roof of a vehicle. However, you couldn't drive too fast with it on the roof, or it would fall off. So the Fire Ball is both a dash light and also a (temporary) roof light. This teardrop style of light is often referred to as a Kojak light, after a popular television show from long ago.
The other 3 are way too big to be dash lights.
The blue Federal Sign and Signal Beacon Ray 176 at LEFT is over 9 1/2 inches wide at the base and just under 8 inches wide at the bottom of the lens. The lens is approx. 6 inches high. Overall height including the metal base is approx. 10 ¾ inches. It has 4 lamps inside.
I believe that the Chicago Police Department used lights like these, back in the 1960s - just one, near the center of the roof. This style with the round top is often called a gumball. The CPD used to use red lights, but switched to blue lights in the early 1960s - I believe it was Superintendent Wilson who ordered the color change, so people would know they were police vehicles instead of other emergency vehicles.
The red Federal Sign and Signal Power Light 184 A3 in the Center of the big lights is about 11 1/3 inches wide at the base and about 10 1/3 inches wide at the bottom of the lens. The lens is approx. 5 inches high. It’s almost 9 3/4 inches wide at the top of the lens. Overall height including the metal base is approx. 9 inches. It uses 4 lamps inside. One of these big lights was typically mounted on the roof center. This style of light was used by many police and fire departments.
The Mars Skybolt SW-2 at far Right is over 8 inches wide at the base and just under 7 ½ inches wide at the top of the lens. The lens is 4 ½ inches high. Overall height including the metal base is approx. 8 ¼ inches. It uses 2 lamps inside. By itself, the Mars light looks big. But pictured with the other two big guys, it’s dwarfed by comparison.
Mars lights similar to this one, were used by the Chicago Police Department for many years. Those CPD Mars lights had a taller metal housing than what is pictured here for this model. The Chicago Fire Department also used Mars lights, except they had red ones.
The picture distorts things a little bit. The red 184 looks even wider, in person, than in the pic. Speaking of pics - when you see just one of these roof lights pictured somewhere, it's tough to discern just how massive they are, even if they are mounted to a vehicle. But when you see them up close, you realize just how big they really are.
I used a cloth tape measure and the math equation, Diameter = Circumference divided by 3.14 (also known as, Pi) to get some of the measurements. Otherwise it’s a bit tough to get some of the accurate width measurements due to the curvature of the tops of the lenses on the three roof lights. Yippee for high school math. You can tell I must have had a lot of free time due to a COVID-19, 30 day Stay-at-Home order here (extended another 15 days now).
None of these are for sale or trade – just wanted to measure things for your amusement. I had been looking for a big light and I guess the red 184 qualifies. I'm happy to say that all of these still work.
Would love to know the measurements on other big emergency roof lights out there from times past, including the Dietz 7-11, Southern Vehicle Products SVP 531, North American 400, Signal Stat 374, Yankee 354, Whelen 99 and likely others!
I have a few lights in my collection, and would not mind adding a few more, so if you have something available, feel free to contact me. A link to a pic of my light collection is here on this page - click on my album called Police Lights.
ARKIV 040124 -near Dzhambul,
The dried up Aral Sea. Abandoned fishing boats litter the dry landscape where the Aral sea once called home until it started to dry up due to overuse of water resources started by the Soviets.
Aral Sea, Kazakhstan - Kazakstan
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The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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The woods represent the woods/heaven with a hint of something lovely beyond its borders. The water represents the barrier requiring the completion of promises and the miles left to travel before sleep.