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On Friday, September 5th, Vale Craft Gallery will host an opening reception from 5:00 until 8:00 PM for the exhibition Strata: Sculptural Fiber by Michelle Sales. The artist will be present for the opening. The show will continue through November 15th.
The exhibition will feature Chicago artist Michelle Sales’ innovative wall pieces and sculptural objects made from hand-dyed and stitched synthetic fabric. The artist recycles spun-bonded materials used in the construction and garment industries, sometimes combining the fabric with small found objects, such as stones or beads.
The show will include textured wall pieces from the artist’s “Imprint” series that are built up horizontally with layers of hand-dyed materials, denoting erosion and the passage of time. Also on view will be sculptures referencing articles of clothing and footwear that are made from natural and synthetic materials combined with found objects, suggesting the accumulation and preservation of memories.
Michelle Sales received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has had work shown in numerous exhibitions including SOFA Chicago. The exhibition at Vale Craft Gallery is part of Chicago Artists Month, the thirteenth annual celebration of Chicago’s vibrant visual art community organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
Vale Craft Gallery is located at 230 West Superior Street (building entrance on Franklin) in Chicago’s River North gallery district. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM and Saturday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. For additional information, please contact gallery owner Peter Vale at (312) 337-3525.
On the tarmac at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Orion Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) structural test article, secured in its transport container, is loaded into the agency's Super Guppy aircraft. The test article will be transported to Lockheed Martin's Denver facility for testing. The Orion spacecraft will launch atop NASA’s Space Launch System rocket on EM-1, its first deep space mission. Photo credit: NASA/Bill White
Article I wrote for the site today about how to use A or S to get to M.
Includes a bunch of stuff about which metering mode is best for which situations too.
japanorama.co.uk/2010/06/07/using-a-semi-auto-mode-to-get...
Les manifestants ont encore rivalisé de créativité dans les messages inscrits sur les pancartes, où la référence à Emmanuel Macron était souvent présente.
Article by Steve Cypher
From 2012 Detroit Auto Show Winners and Losers
Lexus unveiled a real stunning concept vehicle the LF-LC hybrid sport coupe concept. Designed at its Calty design studio in California, the LF-LC, which won the EyesOnDesign Award for Design Excellence – Concept Vehicle, is said to represent the new design direction for Lexus.
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These pictures are from day 2 of the the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. Steve Cypher and the LotPro crew were on scene covering the schedule of
events while actively taking pictures, tweeting, writing new articles and shooting video delivering timely on the spot coverage of events. These images are time stamped from the moment they actually went live from the show.
Summer holiday 2014
In and around Berlin Germany
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Berlin
State of Germany
Clockwise: Charlottenburg Palace, Fernsehturm Berlin, Reichstag building, Berlin Cathedral, Alte Nationalgalerie, Potsdamer Platz and Brandenburg Gate.
Clockwise: Charlottenburg Palace, Fernsehturm Berlin, Reichstag building, Berlin Cathedral, Alte Nationalgalerie, Potsdamer Platz and Brandenburg Gate.
Flag of Berlin
Flag Coat of arms of Berlin
Coat of arms
Location within European Union and Germany
Location within European Union and Germany
Coordinates: 52°31′N 13°23′ECoordinates: 52°31′N 13°23′E
Country
Germany
Government
• Governing Mayor
Michael Müller (SPD)
• Governing parties
SPD / CDU
• Votes in Bundesrat
4 (of 69)
Area
• City
891.85 km2 (344.35 sq mi)
Elevation
34 m (112 ft)
Population (December 2013)[1]
• City
3,517,424
• Density
3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Demonym
Berliner
Time zone
CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)
CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code(s)
10115–14199
Area code(s)
030
ISO 3166 code
DE-BE
Vehicle registration
B[2]
GDP/ Nominal
€109.2 billion (2013) [3]
NUTS Region
DE3
Website
berlin.de
Berlin (/bərˈlɪn/; German pronunciation: [bɛɐ̯ˈliːn] ( listen)) is the capital of Germany and one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.5 million people,[4] Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union.[5] Located in northeastern Germany on the River Spree, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has about 4.5 million residents from over 180 nations.[6][7][8][9] Due to its location in the European Plain, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.[10]
First documented in the 13th century, Berlin became the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1417), the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918), the German Empire (1871–1918), the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) and the Third Reich (1933–1945).[11] Berlin in the 1920s was the third largest municipality in the world.[12] After World War II, the city was divided; East Berlin became the capital of East Germany while West Berlin became a de facto West German exclave, surrounded by the Berlin Wall (1961–1989).[13] Following German reunification in 1990, the city was once more designated as the capital of all Germany, hosting 158 foreign embassies.[14]
Berlin is a world city of culture, politics, media, and science.[15][16][17][18] Its economy is based on high-tech firms and the service sector, encompassing a diverse range of creative industries, research facilities, media corporations, and convention venues.[19][20] Berlin serves as a continental hub for air and rail traffic and has a highly complex public transportation network. The metropolis is a popular tourist destination.[21] Significant industries also include IT, pharmaceuticals, biomedical engineering, clean tech, biotechnology, construction, and electronics.
Modern Berlin is home to renowned universities, orchestras, museums, entertainment venues, and is host to many sporting events.[22] Its urban setting has made it a sought-after location for international film productions.[23] The city is well known for its festivals, diverse architecture, nightlife, contemporary arts, and a high quality of living.[24] Over the last decade Berlin has seen the upcoming of a cosmopolitan entrepreneurial scene.[25]
20th to 21st centuries[edit]
Street, Berlin (1913) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
After 1910 Berlin had become a fertile ground for the German Expressionist movement. In fields such as architecture, painting and cinema new forms of artistic styles were invented. At the end of World War I in 1918, a republic was proclaimed by Philipp Scheidemann at the Reichstag building. In 1920, the Greater Berlin Act incorporated dozens of suburban cities, villages, and estates around Berlin into an expanded city. The act increased the area of Berlin from 66 to 883 km2 (25 to 341 sq mi). The population almost doubled and Berlin had a population of around four million. During the Weimar era, Berlin underwent political unrest due to economic uncertainties, but also became a renowned center of the Roaring Twenties. The metropolis experienced its heyday as a major world capital and was known for its leadership roles in science, the humanities, city planning, film, higher education, government, and industries. Albert Einstein rose to public prominence during his years in Berlin, being awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.
Berlin in ruins after World War II (Potsdamer Platz, 1945).
In 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power. NSDAP rule effectively destroyed Berlin's Jewish community, which had numbered 160,000, representing one-third of all Jews in the country. Berlin's Jewish population fell to about 80,000 as a result of emigration between 1933 and 1939. After Kristallnacht in 1938, thousands of the city's persecuted groups were imprisoned in the nearby Sachsenhausen concentration camp or, starting in early 1943, were shipped to death camps, such as Auschwitz.[39] During World War II, large parts of Berlin were destroyed in the 1943–45 air raids and during the Battle of Berlin. Around 125,000 civilians were killed.[40] After the end of the war in Europe in 1945, Berlin received large numbers of refugees from the Eastern provinces. The victorious powers divided the city into four sectors, analogous to the occupation zones into which Germany was divided. The sectors of the Western Allies (the United States, the United Kingdom and France) formed West Berlin, while the Soviet sector formed East Berlin.[41]
The Berlin Wall in 1986, painted on the western side. People crossing the so-called "death strip" on the eastern side were at risk of being shot.
All four Allies shared administrative responsibilities for Berlin. However, in 1948, when the Western Allies extended the currency reform in the Western zones of Germany to the three western sectors of Berlin, the Soviet Union imposed a blockade on the access routes to and from West Berlin, which lay entirely inside Soviet-controlled territory. The Berlin airlift, conducted by the three western Allies, overcame this blockade by supplying food and other supplies to the city from June 1948 to May 1949.[42] In 1949, the Federal Republic of Germany was founded in West Germany and eventually included all of the American, British, and French zones, excluding those three countries' zones in Berlin, while the Marxist-Leninist German Democratic Republic was proclaimed in East Germany. West Berlin officially remained an occupied city, but it politically was aligned with the Federal Republic of Germany despite West Berlin's geographic isolation. Airline service to West Berlin was granted only to American, British, and French airlines.
The fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989. On 3 October 1990, the German reunification process was formally finished.
The founding of the two German states increased Cold War tensions. West Berlin was surrounded by East German territory, and East Germany proclaimed the Eastern part as its capital, a move that was not recognized by the western powers. East Berlin included most of the historic center of the city. The West German government established itself in Bonn.[43] In 1961, East Germany began the building of the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin, and events escalated to a tank standoff at Checkpoint Charlie. West Berlin was now de facto a part of West Germany with a unique legal status, while East Berlin was de facto a part of East Germany. John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" – speech in 1963 underlining the US support for the Western part of the city. Berlin was completely divided. Although it was possible for Westerners to pass from one to the other side through strictly controlled checkpoints, for most Easterners travel to West Berlin or West Germany prohibited. In 1971, a Four-Power agreement guaranteed access to and from West Berlin by car or train through East Germany.[44]
In 1989, with the end of the Cold War and pressure from the East German population, the Berlin Wall fell on 9 November and was subsequently mostly demolished. Today, the East Side Gallery preserves a large portion of the Wall. On 3 October 1990, the two parts of Germany were reunified as the Federal Republic of Germany, and Berlin again became the official German capital. In 1991, the German Parliament, the Bundestag, voted to move the seat of the (West) German capital from Bonn to Berlin, which was completed in 1999. Berlin's 2001 administrative reform merged several districts. The number of boroughs was reduced from 23 to twelve. In 2006 the FIFA World Cup Final was held in Berlin.
Un " Messie" de Haendel d'une belle envergure -
Résumé du concert du samedi 17 mars 2018 -
Prochain et dernier concert le samedi 24 mars 2018 à 17h église St Paul à Nîmes
Eglise St Paul à Nimes
Le MESSIE de Haendel
LES SOLISTES :
Brigitte PEYRÉ, Soprano
Els JANSSENS VANMUNSTER , Alto
Patrick GARAYT, Ténor
Matthieu HEIM, Basse
L'Orchestre : Ensemble " COLLA PARTE"
Violons : Silvio FAILLA, Rachel CARTY, Florian VERHAENGEN, Caroline, MENUGE, Michel COPPÉ, Pascale SQUADRELLI -
Alto : Aurélien NUNEZ, Delphine-Anne ROUSSEAU, Myriam CAMBRELING -
Violoncelles : Aude WALKER-VIRY, Audrey SABATIER -
Contrebasse : Claude CARDONNET -
Hautbois : Isabelle GRATIUS, Eric GAYRAUD -
Basson : Perrine BERNARD -
Trompette : Nicolas PLANCHON, Jean-Claude RELAVE -
Timbales : Pierre HÉGÉ -
CLAVECIN : BASTIEN TERRAS -
Le Madrigal de Nîmes , direction Muriel BURST -
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Erie Pride Parade & Rally a Great Time!
by Michael Mahler
On Saturday, August 27, about 230 people participated in the Erie Pride Parade & Rally. This year’s Pride events were organized by the Pride Planning committee, which is an informal coalition of groups and individuals.
Parade
About 100 people marched in the parade from the Zone Dance Club to Perry Square. John Daly King was the Grand Marshal for the parade, in a convertible driven by Caitlyn. Also in the parade were beloved local gay icons Jesse and Ricardo, who rode their tandem bike.
Parade units included
Lake Erie Belly Dance
Doctor Who contingent
PFLAG Erie/Crawford County
Erie Gay News
Lake Erie Derby Dames
LBT Women
Latonia Theatre
PFLAG Butler
Erie Sisters
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie
Community United Church
OUT (Pittsburgh newspaper)
There were also many people marching as individuals, as well as a float carrying current and former Miss Eries.
Rally
The rally in Perry Square begins at 2 PM and will include speakers and performers. Please check in at the registration table when you arrive in Perry Square. The rally will include a variety of vendors and information booths.
Speakers and performers included:
Greg Rabb, Openly gay Jamestown City Council President and Councilman at Large
Misty Kall, Miss Erie 2011
Rich McCarty of Equality PA, Greater Erie Alliance for Equality and Community United Church
Chris Wolfe, Erie Idol finalist 2011
Tammie Johnson, 2 term President of ACLU-NWPA
Brian T, singer, also with Pittsburgh Out TV
Jason Landau Goodman, founding Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition. The first and only youth-led statewide LGBTQ organization in the nation
Michelle Michaels, Former Miss Erie and Coordinator for FACE Show at Zone
Fiona Hensley, Chair of the Student Network Across Pennsylvania, SNAP, Regional Chair of the Erie-West region for SNAP and President of Queers and Allies at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA.
Diva D’Vyne
Games
The Dunk a Drag Queen game was very popular! We look forward to making this an annual tradition
Donors
Many businesses and organizations gave generously to help support Pride this year. These included
AdultMart
Allegheny College Bookstore
BeautiControl
Blue Heron Inn
Body Language
Chicory Hill Herbs
Coca-Cola/Erie
Country Fair
Craze Night Club
Crime Victim Center of Erie County
Douglas Kolcun
Drenched Fur
Earthshine Company
Eerie Horror Film Festival
emma's revolution
Erie Book Store
Erie County Democratic Party
Erie County Department of Health
Erie Playhouse
Erie Seawolves
Erie Sisters
Erie Spine and Wellness
Family United Counseling
Gaudenzia / SHOUT Outreach
Giant Eagle - Buffalo Road
Glass Growers
Good Health Rejuvenation
Greater Erie Alliance for Equality, Inc.
Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group
Hollywood Stories
Horomanski's DJ'ing Services
JR's Last Laugh
Kensington Books
La bella
Larese Floral Design
LBT Women
Lion's Den Adult Super Store
MLR Books
Pennsylvania Coaltion to End Homelessness
Pie in the Sky Cafe
Presque Isle Gallery Coffeehouse
Sam's Club
Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More
Silk Screen Unlimited
Smith's Hot Dogs
State Farm Insurance Agent Natalie Braddock
Tanglez Hair and Nail Studio
The Ringbearer
Tops Friendly Markets - W 38th St
Wegman's- Peach St
Wendy's of Erie
Zone Dance Club
Committee Members & Volunteers
Many people from the committee worked hard to make the day enjoyable for everyone! Committee members included
Season
Chris
Preston
Mark H
Erin Moll
Amy
Sue McCabe
Alex
Jeff H
John Daly King
Kerry
In addition to the committee members, volunteers included:
Kevin Schultz
Dok
Johauna
Wanda
Bob H
Eric Rogers
Maria S.
Deb Spilko
Brian
Info Tables & Vendors
Info tables included:
Adagio Health
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), NWPA Chapter
Community United Church
Crime Victim Center of Erie County
Equality Pennsylvania
Erie County Democratic Party
Erie County Human Relations Commission
Erie Gay News
Erie Sisters
Lake Erie Derby Dames
LBT Women
Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition
PFLAG Erie/Crawford County
SafeNet Center
United Way of Erie County
Voices for Independence
Vendors included
BeautiControl
Book Merchant
Christopher's Novelty Gifts
Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More
Collecting Food
We collected 23 pounds of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA.
Ratchathewi for me is a full day shopping venture. Along the Phetchaburi road ( sometimes you will see it spelt Phet Buri road or New Phet Buri road ) you will find some of the best shopping malls in Bangkok. I have listed some of them in this article. However the many tourists along with locals make this a very busy part of town. Trying to navigate along the pavement is a chore. Very similar to Sampeng market in China town. There are several pedestrian bridges to help you get across this very busy road ( Phetchaburi road ) the part near to the Palladium shopping mall at the traffic lights is especially busy.
Ratchathewi District is sub divided into four sub districts Thung Phaya Thai , Thanon Phaya Thai, Thanon Phetchaburi and Makkasan. I have been many times to Pratunam it is a busy and bustling shopping area that can easily be reached on foot from Ratchaprasong ~ I know I have done it many times. Most of the products available are for sale wholesale, so this is the place to go for some cheap bargains. Haggling is more important here than in other shopping areas, and things get cheaper if you buy in bulk, which seems to be the norm anywhere in Thailand.
City Complex Phetchaburi rd. walking along Phetchaburi Road, you definitely cannot miss this enormous 6 storey City Complex. It is one of the most popular malls in Pratunam that is specifically marketed towards teenage girls and ladies. Most of the shops are selling fashionable clothing, shoes and accessories, but there are also a few of them dedicated to cosmetics, jewellery and crafts. There is on the fifth floor a food court offering all the usual items of food.
Grand Diamond Plaza, Phetchaburi road, is a unique shopping mall because it is also a suite hotel with four incredible penthouse suites along with 172 luxuriously appointed suites. They have a Morning market : 04:00 am – 09:00 am and a Night market : 06:00 pm – 09:00 pm. The basement holds a 24 hour Super Market. There is also an international food court on the top floor and a outdoor swimming pool for both adults and children is on the 8th floor.
Indra Square Ratchaprarop rd. is an indoor shopping mall with more than 300 retail and wholesale outlets. The first floor is mostly for fashion, silk and accessories, and has some fast food outlets. The clothes here are remarkably good value, and unlike City Complex, there is a decent supply for men and children as well. The second floor has a more larger selection of items for sale, including arts, crafts, toys and mobile / cell phones. If you're getting hungry, there's a food centre on the second floor. There are some clothing shops at the ground level of the nearby Baiyoke Tower II also.
Metro Fashion Mall Phetchaburi rd. This brand new wholesale shopping mall opened in 2009. Its seven floors accommodate 370 wholesale vendors selling fashion apparel, bags, footwear, cosmetics and accessories. There is a food centre on the third floor and a branch of McDonald's on the ground floor outside.
Pantip Plaza Phetchaburi rd. This shopping mall is great for kids and men that are still kids! You enter the doors and bang it hits you, The I want syndrome. A six floor shopping mall devoted to computer gear, famous for its pirated media. The pirated trade is much more low key than it used to be, but software and DVDs are still widely available, It is also a good place for digital cameras, gadgets, printers, I-pod players, etc. Test out whatever you are buying as there are many suspect goods on sale here. If you want to be safe, buy at the official brand stores, although prices are similar to Western countries prices. You will find IT City here, also a large retailer of computers and cameras along with software.
Platinum Fashion Mall Phetchaburi rd. Its very imposing from outside but the shops are really packed in inside, some of them being no more than the size of a kiosk. A great place for fashion shopping, especially as it is air conditioned. Many of the 1,300 shops here are also at the Chatuchak Market at weekends. It is particularly interesting for women as the shops mostly sell clothing, handbags, shoes, accessories, gifts and make-up. A lot of shops ( but not all of them ) are geared towards export and wholesale. There's a huge and very good food court at the sixth floor of the mall. It can get very busy, especially around noon and evening time.
Palladium Square ~ It was formerly known as Pratunam Centre and is located on the corner of Phetchaburi Road and Ratchaprarop and the very busy cross roads with Ratchadamri road. This area is already known for wholesale shopping at Platinum Fashion Mall, electronics Mecca Pantip Plaza and the busy, all day and all night world of Pratunam Market found just across the road. This five storey building is home to bargains galore with most shops and stalls selling many items of clothing for 100 Baht or less.
Pratunam Market Phetchaburi road and surrounding Soi’s ~ Pratunam Market is an immense open-air garment market, and although it is geared towards exporters, anyone can shop here. Most of the items for sale are T-shirts, dresses, shorts, jeans, shoes and accessories. You could easily spend a day here if you wish, as the area has a stunning amount of more than 4,000 shops. While the market is officially open till 18:00, many shops already close around 16:00. The market spreads out on the streets around Baiyoke Tower I, and the ground floor of that tower also has a few clothing shops. In the early evening, a night market is set up in the streets along Baiyoke Tower I that stay open until after 02:00 am. This market whilst great for looking around is not as good as Khlong Thom Market in China Town. I would suggest taking a tape measure with you, as many of the products are not true to size.
Senior BJP Leader and BJP Investor Cell Punjab State Chief Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal warned Sukhbir Badal to restrain from invading “Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression" enshrined in Article 19(1)(a) of Constitution of India and termed Freedom of Press, "a Treasured Privilege”. Grewal stated that Sukhbir Badal have imposed an undeclared Emergency similar to an Internal Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi in 1975. Grewal stated that the modus operandi of Sukhbir Badal is similar to Indira Gandhi, Late Congress tyrant, who suppressed thought process of the editors through her 3 point programme: allocation of Government advertising; shotgun merger of News agencies; and use of fear arousal techniques on Newspaper Publishers, Journalists and Individual Shareholders. Grewal added that Sukhbir Badal is one step ahead of Indira, apart from ensuring huge allocation of Government advertising, forced takeovers and consolidation of Cable TV Networks through “benami companies” viz. Shan-e-Punjab, DIGI Cable and Fastway Cable and misuse of power against stakeholders of media houses who don’t toe to his line, Sukhbir went on to enterprise his own TV Channels such as PTC Group of TV Channels for self embellishment and quck buck. Since, Sukhbir Badal now controls 95% of the Cable TV Networks, thus Punjab Today and Zee Punjabi News Channels were simply blacked out from Cable TV Networks when they tried to air anything unacceptable to “Chotti Indira Gandhi”.
Grewal equated the current situation with June, 1975, when Indira Gandhi led Congress Government declared a State of Emergency and suspended civil liberties, thereafter the Government tightened its controls on the Indian Mass Media, especially on the Newspapers which had reputation of being free and lively. “Leaders learn from others mistakes and don’t do blunders themselves”, advised Grewal. “Sukhbir shouldn’t create an emergency like situation and repeat historic blunder orchestrated by Indira Gandhi during Internal Emergency of 1975”, added Grewal.
Grewal stressed upon the importance of free mass media in a democratic process of nation building and advised the Press to look beyond advertising. Grewal stated that Sh. L.K Advani, Sardar Prakash Singh Badal and other veteran Leaders of SAD BJP alliance have opposed Internal Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi and even spent Jail terms. Grewal advised Sardar Prakash Singh Badal to intervene and ask Sukhbir to take corrective action else this may result in heavy losses to the alliance in upcoming Lok Sabha Elections as opportunist leaders like Captain Amarinder Singh his adulator Sukhpal Singh Khaira are using the situation as an opportunity to vein false propaganda against SAD BJP alliance.
Welcome to Our Website: www.bjpindia.in
Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal
Vice Chairman, PSIEC. (Govt. Of Punjab)
Punjab Small Industry and Export Corporation Ltd.
National Secretary BJP Kisan Morcha
Incharge, Jammu and Kashmir
National Joint Secretary, FAIPT.
Fedration Of All India Petroleum Traders
Incharge, North Zone (Petrol Pumps)
Former Punjab State President, BJYM
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (Punjab BJP Youth Wing)
Former Punjab State President, BJP Investor Cell
Former Punjab State Member, FCI.
Food Corporation Of India (Govt. Of India)
An article exploring how the headscarf is employed in the three Abrahamic faiths, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
All photography, styling, lighting, art direction, editorial and typography by Muiz Anwar.
This article is about the ancient city of Anatolia. For other uses, see Miletus (disambiguation).
Miletus
Μί̄λητος
Milet
The theater of Miletus
Shown within Turkey
Location
Balat, Didim, Aydın Province, Turkey
Region
Caria
Coordinates
37°31′49″N 27°16′42″E
Coordinates: 37°31′49″N 27°16′42″E
Type
Settlement
Area
90 ha (220 acres)
History
Builder
Minoans (later Mycenaeans) on site of the Luwian or Carian city[1][2][3]
Site notes
Public access
Yes
Website
Miletus Archaeological Site
Miletus (/maɪˈliːtəs/; Ancient Greek: Μί̄λητος Mīlētos; Hittite transcription Millawanda or Milawata (exonyms); Latin: Miletus; Turkish: Milet) was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, near the mouth of the Maeander River in ancient Caria.[3][4][5] Its ruins are located near the modern village of Balat in Aydın Province, Turkey. Before the Persian invasion in the middle of the 6th century BC, Miletus was considered the greatest and wealthiest of Greek cities.[6][7] In other sources however it is mentioned that the city was much more modest up until the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), when, for example, the city state of Samos on the island of Samos opposite Miletus was considered a larger and more important city and harbor at the time. Miletus' greatest wealth and splendor was reached during the Hellenistic era (323–30 BC) and later Roman times.
Evidence of first settlement at the site has been made inaccessible by the rise of sea level and deposition of sediments from the Maeander. The first available evidence is of the Neolithic. In the early and middle Bronze age the settlement came under Minoan influence. Legend has it that an influx of Cretans occurred displacing the indigenous Leleges. The site was renamed Miletus after a place in Crete.
The Late Bronze Age, 13th century BC, saw the arrival of Luwian language speakers from south central Anatolia calling themselves the Carians. Later in that century other Greeks arrived. The city at that time rebelled against the Hittite Empire. After the fall of that empire the city was destroyed in the 12th century BC and starting about 1000 BC was resettled extensively by the Ionian Greeks. Legend offers an Ionian foundation event sponsored by a founder named Neleus from the Peloponnesus.
The Greek Dark Ages were a time of Ionian settlement and consolidation in an alliance called the Ionian League. The Archaic Period of Greece began with a sudden and brilliant flash of art and philosophy on the coast of Anatolia. In the 6th century BC, Miletus was the site of origin of the Greek philosophical (and scientific) tradition, when Thales, followed by Anaximander and Anaximenes (known collectively, to modern scholars, as the Milesian School) began to speculate about the material constitution of the world, and to propose speculative naturalistic (as opposed to traditional, supernatural) explanations for various natural phenomena.
Miletus is the birthplace of the Hagia Sophia's architect (and inventor of the flying buttress) Isidore of Miletus and Thales, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (and one of the Seven Sages of Greece) in c. 624 BC
The Orion service module structural test article for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), built by the European Space Agency, is prepared for shipment to Lockheed Martin's Denver facility to undergo testing. Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers secure the protective covering around the module and a crane lifts the module, secured on stand, for the move to the transport truck. The Orion spacecraft will launch atop the agency's Space Launch System rocket on EM-1 in 2019. Photo credit: NASA/Leif Heimbold
www.susannaheron.com/ House of Fraser - Cabot Circus - Bristol Broadmead, Title ‘Roche’, 2005-2008_Roche_Bristol_©_Susanna_Heron__all_rights_reserved_DACS_2008
Artist Susanna Heron in collaboration with Stanton Williams Architects.
Bas relief in glass and bronze integral to the Portland Roche fossil-stone facade on Bond Street South.
Three storey glass window, etched and sandblasted, 14.4 x 13.4 metres located above the bronze frieze.
Bronze panels, cast and milled, interspersed with brass cassettes, 7x35 metres at ground level.
www.building.co.uk/buildings/technical/art-blasts-into-th...
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C), Mission Chief Nigel Chalk (2nd R), Division Chief Stephan Danniger (L), Director Alejandro Werner (2nd L) and Communications Director Gerry Rice (R) hold a joint press conference on the conclusion of the 2016 US Article IV consultation June 22, 2016 at the IMF Headquarters In Washington, DC. IMF Photo/Fiona Muhleisen
This article was from the Rubberist early 1980's and wow did it awaken something in me. Pictures of Gwen would appear of her wearing female masks occasionally.
See the article at www.eriegaynews.com/news/article.php?recordid=201110pride...
Erie Pride Parade & Rally a Great Time!
by Michael Mahler
On Saturday, August 27, about 230 people participated in the Erie Pride Parade & Rally. This year’s Pride events were organized by the Pride Planning committee, which is an informal coalition of groups and individuals.
Parade
About 100 people marched in the parade from the Zone Dance Club to Perry Square. John Daly King was the Grand Marshal for the parade, in a convertible driven by Caitlyn. Also in the parade were beloved local gay icons Jesse and Ricardo, who rode their tandem bike.
Parade units included
Lake Erie Belly Dance
Doctor Who contingent
PFLAG Erie/Crawford County
Erie Gay News
Lake Erie Derby Dames
LBT Women
Latonia Theatre
PFLAG Butler
Erie Sisters
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie
Community United Church
OUT (Pittsburgh newspaper)
There were also many people marching as individuals, as well as a float carrying current and former Miss Eries.
Rally
The rally in Perry Square begins at 2 PM and will include speakers and performers. Please check in at the registration table when you arrive in Perry Square. The rally will include a variety of vendors and information booths.
Speakers and performers included:
Greg Rabb, Openly gay Jamestown City Council President and Councilman at Large
Misty Kall, Miss Erie 2011
Rich McCarty of Equality PA, Greater Erie Alliance for Equality and Community United Church
Chris Wolfe, Erie Idol finalist 2011
Tammie Johnson, 2 term President of ACLU-NWPA
Brian T, singer, also with Pittsburgh Out TV
Jason Landau Goodman, founding Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition. The first and only youth-led statewide LGBTQ organization in the nation
Michelle Michaels, Former Miss Erie and Coordinator for FACE Show at Zone
Fiona Hensley, Chair of the Student Network Across Pennsylvania, SNAP, Regional Chair of the Erie-West region for SNAP and President of Queers and Allies at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA.
Diva D’Vyne
Games
The Dunk a Drag Queen game was very popular! We look forward to making this an annual tradition
Donors
Many businesses and organizations gave generously to help support Pride this year. These included
AdultMart
Allegheny College Bookstore
BeautiControl
Blue Heron Inn
Body Language
Chicory Hill Herbs
Coca-Cola/Erie
Country Fair
Craze Night Club
Crime Victim Center of Erie County
Douglas Kolcun
Drenched Fur
Earthshine Company
Eerie Horror Film Festival
emma's revolution
Erie Book Store
Erie County Democratic Party
Erie County Department of Health
Erie Playhouse
Erie Seawolves
Erie Sisters
Erie Spine and Wellness
Family United Counseling
Gaudenzia / SHOUT Outreach
Giant Eagle - Buffalo Road
Glass Growers
Good Health Rejuvenation
Greater Erie Alliance for Equality, Inc.
Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group
Hollywood Stories
Horomanski's DJ'ing Services
JR's Last Laugh
Kensington Books
La bella
Larese Floral Design
LBT Women
Lion's Den Adult Super Store
MLR Books
Pennsylvania Coaltion to End Homelessness
Pie in the Sky Cafe
Presque Isle Gallery Coffeehouse
Sam's Club
Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More
Silk Screen Unlimited
Smith's Hot Dogs
State Farm Insurance Agent Natalie Braddock
Tanglez Hair and Nail Studio
The Ringbearer
Tops Friendly Markets - W 38th St
Wegman's- Peach St
Wendy's of Erie
Zone Dance Club
Committee Members & Volunteers
Many people from the committee worked hard to make the day enjoyable for everyone! Committee members included
Season
Chris
Preston
Mark H
Erin Moll
Amy
Sue McCabe
Alex
Jeff H
John Daly King
Kerry
In addition to the committee members, volunteers included:
Kevin Schultz
Dok
Johauna
Wanda
Bob H
Eric Rogers
Maria S.
Deb Spilko
Brian
Info Tables & Vendors
Info tables included:
Adagio Health
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), NWPA Chapter
Community United Church
Crime Victim Center of Erie County
Equality Pennsylvania
Erie County Democratic Party
Erie County Human Relations Commission
Erie Gay News
Erie Sisters
Lake Erie Derby Dames
LBT Women
Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition
PFLAG Erie/Crawford County
SafeNet Center
United Way of Erie County
Voices for Independence
Vendors included
BeautiControl
Book Merchant
Christopher's Novelty Gifts
Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More
Collecting Food
We collected 23 pounds of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA.
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/republican-...
While Florida targets Black history, Texas Republicans plan to make life miserable for Asian Americans
Lillian Sing, Julie Tang
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 9:17 a.m.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/09/lawmakers-b...
Spy fears spark flurry of proposed laws aiming to ban Chinese land ownership
Critics say the proposals hark back to racist laws from the early 1900s preventing Asian Americans from becoming property owners.
www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/politics/chinese-land-law-texas-vi...
History repeats itself with anti-China land ownership proposals
February 18, 2023
(CNN) New efforts to bar Chinese citizens and others from owning property in Texas and other states echo the treatment of Asian people in the US more than 100 years ago, when Congress barred them from obtaining citizenship and multiple state laws restricted land ownership.
▫️ In Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin is expected to sign legislation to bar citizens of countries the State Department has designated as "foreign adversaries" from owning agricultural land. Companies with deep ties to those countries would also be affected. Those countries currently include China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. There are similar proposals in Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota. Foreign owners control a fraction of US farmland, according to the Congressional Research Service.
▫️ In Texas, a much broader proposal names those countries and bans citizens of them from owning any land whatsoever. The ban would presumably extend to legal immigrants living in the US. That bill is still working its way through the legislature but has the support of Gov. Greg Abbott.
The Texas proposal in particular specifically recalls a despicable chapter in US history, when so-called Alien Land Laws were passed in numerous states between the 1880s and 1920s to specifically bar Asian people from owning land. The California Alien Land Law was eventually overturned by the Supreme Court in 1952 for violating the 14th Amendment.
Chinese people were explicitly barred from immigration to the US for generations -- from the 1880s, when Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, until that law's repeal during World War II.
A ban on people 'ineligible for citizenship' owning property
So few Chinese people were allowed to immigrate for another generation after that until 1965 -- 105 per year -- that it amounted to a de facto ban.
As a result, the anti-Asian property laws mostly affected Japanese Americans.
While the laws did not specifically single out Asians, they were applied to people "ineligible for citizenship."
That made the laws specifically apply to Asians since Congress, at the time, allowed citizenship only for immigrants coming from Europe or Africa.
The most notorious example of Alien Land Laws was in California, which passed multiple versions of these laws over the years, and where Asian immigrants were concentrated.
One celebrated and yearslong court battle pitted a Japanese immigrant, Jukichi Harada, who found a way around the law by having his children own the house where his family lived in Riverside, California. They were ultimately able to keep the house when a judge ruled in their favor in 1918, but they were later moved to internment camps during World War II because of their Japanese ancestry.
Today, the Harada House is a National Historic Landmark and a museum.
Reinvoking the 'Yellow Peril'
I called Madeline Hsu, a history professor and expert in Asian American studies at the University of Texas at Austin, to ask if these new proposals are an example of history repeating itself.
"It's definitely sort of reinvocation of kind of what people in Asian American studies would refer to as 'Yellow Peril' fearmongering," she said.
"There are ways in which it resonates with what happened to Japanese Americans during World War II, where regardless of citizenship, regardless of nativity, they were racially categorized as enemy aliens."
Alien Land Laws in Texas
Hsu pointed me to an article in the Journal of Southern History by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley professor Brent Campney that documents fears of a Japanese "invasion" in the Rio Grande Valley more than 100 years ago.
'Exacerbating tensions'
Campney's larger argument in studying the treatment of Asian Americans, in this case people of Japanese descent, is that the local discrimination in Texas and also California reverberated back into the growing animosity between Japan and the US leading up to World War II.
Decades before the US government robbed Japanese Americans of their rights and held them in camps, Campney writes, "white Americans appealed to the same stereotypes and exclusionary impulses used against the Japanese during the internment, exacerbating tensions between Japan and the United States."
That's a historical lesson everyone has an interest in learning as tensions between the US and China grow today. The US military is maneuvering with allies to control China in the Pacific. The US government is focused on making the economy more independent from Chinese manufacturing. There is even talk of banning TikTok, the app popular with young people in the US and owned by a private Chinese company.
The problem of targeting people by nationality
These efforts against a government seep into more problematic territory when they seem to target the many Chinese and ethnic Chinese people who live in the US.
"Targeting people by nationality is also problematic," Hsu said. "That's not a good way of identifying people who are national security risks or who are acting on behalf of a foreign government."
She drew a correlation between these new state proposals and former President Donald Trump's promise to enforce a ban on Muslims traveling to the US. In order to get a plan through the Supreme Court, he instead banned, for a time, travel from certain countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America.
The Texas bill similarly targets specific countries by name and generalizes that all citizens of those countries could be a threat.
"The only thing it does is it expresses these kinds of gut suspicions and hostility to these countries," Hsu said.
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First Super Speedway
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Check out Sigur Whitaker's fine article on Barney Oldfield and Harry Miller's historic Golden Submarine race car.
Barney Oldfield was one of the preeminent race car drivers of the early era in auto racing. He set many speed records ranging from one mile to 100 miles including a 100 mph record for one lap (2.5 miles) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He was so renown that through the 1940s, if a person was stopped for speeding by a policeman, he was frequently asked, “Who do you think you are, Barney Oldfield?”
Harry Miller, the son of German immigrants, worked for several concerns including Ransom Old’s entry in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup entry before establishing a small engineering shop in Los Angeles specializing in carburetors. He soon expanded to building automobile pistons and fuel pumps. Southern California racers including Barney Oldfield and Bob Burman both used his shop to rebuild their automobile engines. Miller became the preeminent engine builder for race cars during the 1920s.
One of Barney’s friends and competitor, Bob Burman, also set many speed records. After Burman’s left tire exploded and his car rolled over killing him in April 1916 during the Corona road race, Barney approached Harry Miller to build him a revolutionary car.
Unlike the racers of the time, the car had a roof with an enclosed roll bar. It was Miller’s first attempt to build a race car. Constructed with aluminum, it had thin rectangular holes for the driver to look out. Its body and chassis were wind tunnel tested. The weight of the car at 1600 pounds was heavier than its competitors.
Because safety glass had not yet been invented, the small windows were covered by wire mesh to deflect stones and dirt clods. Oldfield claimed that he could smoke a cigar at 100 mph because there was so little wind inside the car. The golden color was achieved from a combination of bronze dust and lacquer. The car cost $15,000 to build which would be $343,000 in 2023.
The Golden Submarine was powered by a 289 cubic inch single-cam four-cylinder engine. The engine, which was partly based upon Burman’s Peugeot engine, was the first that Miller designed.
The car’s first race was at the Chicago Board Speedway in June 1917 where Oldfield qualified for the pole position with a speed of 107.4 mph. The engine failed after 10 miles, but its average speed up to that point was 104 mph. The next week, Oldfield defeated Ralph DePalma driving a Packard three times on the Milwaukee dirt track. In the final of three races at Atlanta in July 1917, Oldfield nearly died when the car lost a wheel and plunged into a pond. He was trying to catch DePalma in a ten-mile race who had a quarter-lap lead when the “Golden Submarine” lost its right front wheel at the southern turn. At the time, Oldfield was going an estimated 70 mph. Earlier in the day, Oldfield had established a southern dirt-track record for one mile at 50 seconds on the first laps of a 25 mile race with DePalma. The race was easily won by Oldfield. During 1917, the Golden Submarine raced thirty-five times and won seventeen times. Oldfield established multiple dirt-track speed records.
Racing resumed after the end of World War I. In the 1919 Indianapolis 500, Roscoe Sarles piloting the Golden Submarine started from the 19th position in the field of thirty-three with a qualifying speed of 97.7 mph. The race was a disappointment for both Sarles and Barney Oldfield who owned the car. It finished in last place after a rocker arm failed on the 9th lap. In 1919, The “Golden Submarine” competed in 19 races and scored three wins. After the 1919 season, the Golden Submarine was sold.
The car was destroyed when J. Allen Sloan’s barn in Joliet, Illinois, burned to the ground. There are replicas of the car including one built by Dan Webb and one built by Charles Glick for Dale Bell.
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Latvian Health Minister Juris Bārzdiņš: Nordic Walking does not require much, but it definitely provides good results!
In this article Latvian Health Minister Juris Bārzdiņš talks about his Nordic Walking experiences - from the beginnings of his Nordic Walking hikes to the benefits brought about by Nordic Walking.
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Latvian Health Minister Juris Bārzdiņš: Nordic Walking does not require much, but it definitely provides good results!
We live at the seaside near Riga (the capital of Latvia), and our family have always loved walking by the sea. During simple walks, however, both our speed and the physical load seemed too low. So in order to make our walks more sporty, I and my wife decided to try Nordic Walking.
We started at the end of 2009. We tried it, we liked it and during our first attempt at Nordic Walking we walked from Vaivari to Ragaciems. Of course, for several days after the first time I certainly knew that I had been active! However, the next weekend I was ready to do some more Nordic Walking.
We are not serious or professional sportsmen in our family. We are more disposed towards ensuring general healthiness. I use a stepping machine for fifteen minutes in the mornings and in summer I go cycling and sailing whenever possible. My newly discovered Nordic Walking interest gave me an opportunity to do something sporty in the open air, irrespective of the weather conditions.
During the first few Nordic Walking expeditions we walked in the snow – last year there was snow on the ground until April. But the weather became warmer and warmer and while walking on the beach we began to notice some amber. We met other Nordic Walkers more frequently as well. So we kept up our exercise in this fashion, breathing fresh air and observing how spring was blossoming after the winter.
We saw Chinese mitten crabs at the seaside in summer. If the sum total of kilometres covered during our Nordic Walking sessions were to be counted, by the beginning of summer we could have made a journey from Vaivari to Kolka (around 100 km).
Sometimes I went out for a walk together with my wife, sometimes with the children (who are aged eleven and sixteen) and the dog. It is a great pleasure that we can get as far as twenty kilometres during a walk. It is important that parents conduct their sporting activities along with their children, otherwise the next generation may become even more sedentary than we are. This is an area in which I can remember my parents with a good word – there was no Nordic Walking then, but we did go trekking and skiing, and participated in boat trips.
When talking about the technique of Nordic Walking, I must note that I believe that the motions involved, the walking rhythm, are all given to us by nature and we do them automatically. The poles allow more involvement of the upper body and arms in the walking process and you can feel that all of your body is working.
Sometimes, when we do not meet any Nordic Walkers at the beach, the prints of their poles are still visible in the sand. It soon becomes obvious that somebody else does their Nordic Walking here. You are not alone.
It would be great if doctors prescribed not only medicines, but recommended various health promoting and sports-orientated activities. Nordic Walking poles are not expensive. There are plenty of groups and instructors, and different Nordic Walking events are held regularly. Nordic Walking is accessible. Nordic Walking is a series of natural movements which load the body safely and efficiently. Many of doctors do Nordic Walking. I recommend Nordic Walking both as a doctor and based on my personal experience – it does not require much, but it definitely provides good results.
I believe the values of human life need to be changed. People often find it important to dress trendy, to purchase luxury cars, and some people just... spend their time in shopping centres, but this is not enough to ensure a good quality of life. Will you be able to enjoy life if your health is poor due to your own negligence?
It is more important to do something good for your health, to be fit and in a good mood and to be able to spend time well with the people who are close to you. Everybody is responsible for their own health. I recommend Nordic Walking as one of the healthiest kinds of sporting activities, and one which provides joy in all seasons.
I wish you all good health and the joy that is achieved through an active and healthy lifestyle!
And let us encourage everyone who has not tried Nordic Walking. Go ahead and try it!
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Article in Latvian -
Veselības ministrs Juris Bārzdiņš: nūjošana neprasa daudz, bet sniedz tiešām labus rezultātus!
Sarunas par šo rakstu - www.nujotajiem.lv/lat/nujotajiem/jaunumi/?n=79
Article in Russian -
Министр здравоохранения Юрис Барздиньш: северная ходьба много не требует, но даёт действительно хороший результат!
Здесь происходят разговоры об этой статье - www.palki.lv/rus/nujotajiem/jaunumi/?n=79
Two weeks ago, Tunisia's ruling Islamist Ennahda party proposed that a controversial article be included in the new constitution. "Article 28," as it is known, states that "the state guarantees to protect women's rights, as they stand, under the principle of man's complement within the family and man's partner in developing the country." In protest against the article's use of the word "complement", demonstrations were held in the capital city of Tunis, as well as a number of other cities across the country.
Photos by Wassim Ben Rhouma for AAM's Tunis office (ATM)
Here is a very informative article by Erin Jordan assessing our chances for a productive 2015 Summer Monsoon Season:
"Monsoon 2015 forecast: More factors working in our favor"
www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/28968888/monsoon-2015-forecast
I am reproducing this article here because online articles often
disappear:
TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) - Monsoon 2015 is looking like it could be a good one. More environmental factors that favor monsoon downpours are in place this year versus factors that can drop the overall storm chances. Below is a breakdown of the factors that influence the monsoon, plus if they have a good or bad influence this year.
Note: this story will be updated as new data comes into the Tucson News Now weather center.
BAD: El Niño. The one big 'if' in the monsoon forecast this year is El Niño. The connection between El Niño and the monsoon is weak, meaning the data doesn't show a strong relationship between the two. That being said, simply the presence of El Niño could weaken the onshore flow of tropical moisture needed for monsoon storms. El Niño means there is warmer than average water off the west coast of Mexico and towards the equator. This results in a smaller land-sea temperature difference, which is the opposite of what we want for stronger onshore moisture flow. The hot summer land temperatures create a low pressure system over the Mohave Desert. The presence of the low means there is rising air over the desert. That air is then replaced by tropical moisture flowing inland from the East Pacific and Gulf of California. With warmer ocean water temperatures, this onshore flow is weakened.
The El Niño forecast is for stronger conditions into the summer.
www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/23083232/el-nino-and-la-nina
The below graphic [See my Figure 1] shows the current forecast. The different colored lines are the various computer models used to forecast El Niño, while the thicker yellow line in the middle is an average of all the models. The forecast points on the bottom x-axis show the forecast grouping in three month time frames. For example, JJA equals June, July, and August. As you can see the yellow line goes up through the summer months, which means the current El Niño could become stronger.
GOOD: El Niño's influence on the tropical storm forecast. However, the presence of El Niño is good for the tropical storm forecast for the East Pacific. These storms can send a surge of tropical moisture northward over the Gulf of California and into Arizona, spiking monsoon storm chances for a few days. The warmer than average water temperatures means there is a better chance of tropical storm and hurricane development off the west coast of Mexico this year. This can increase monsoon storm chances, especially in late August and September which is typically the peak of hurricane season. Hurricane season in the East Pacific runs from May 15 through November 30.
Track the tropics by clicking here.
www.tucsonnewsnow.com/category/214462/tropics
GOOD: Wet conditions in Sierra Madres. Then there are the moisture conditions in the northern Mexico mountain ranges. Typically the monsoon starts in Mexico in mid-June with the moisture and storm forecast expanding northward as we head into July. For Tucson the better chances for monsoon storms generally arrive around the July 4th holiday. Starting with dry conditions in Mexico can delay the start of the monsoon in Arizona. But on the flipside, the greener the mountains are at the start of the monsoon, the better chance the monsoon downpours will move into Arizona faster or on time. This process is nicknamed the 'greening of the mountains'. This year the conditions are looking wet in Mexico and that means the mountains are possibly already green. The below image [See my Figure 2] shows the percent of normal precipitation over the last 90 days. The blues and greens show where above average rain came down. This includes northern Mexico.
GOOD: Drought in Plains. While the moisture in Mexico is good for the monsoon in Arizona, we want the opposite in the Plains states to our east. The drought conditions favor the set up of the Bermuda High, which is a broad area high pressure that forms over the the eastern U.S. as the temperatures heat up into summer. This High pressure is generally centered near the eastern U.S. coastline or into the Atlantic near where Bermuda is located. The clockwise circulation around this high pushes moisture inland from the Gulf of Mexico. This provides the upper level moisture that helps to increase clouds and high-based storm chances early in the monsoon. Drought in the Plains states means that land will heat faster, bringing hot summer temperatures to the area quicker than it would if the land were moist. If the moisture were in place, some of the sun's energy would go into evaporating that moisture instead of heating the land.
The below graphic [See my Figure 3] shows the latest U.S. Drought Monitor updated. A severe drought persists in the southern Plains this spring.
GOOD: Dismal spring snowpack in Colorado. Lack of spring snow in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado is also good for the monsoon. This is for the same reason that drought is good in the Plains. If snowpack is still deep in the mountains in Colorado, the sun's energy goes to melting that snow instead of heating the land. We want the hotter temperatures in the Four Corners area to allow the Monsoon High to migrate into that area from Mexico. Early in the summer an area of high pressure moves out of Mexico, over Arizona, and sets up in the Four Corners area for the monsoon. This Monsoon High, as it is nicknamed, is partly what brings the very hot weather to Arizona in June. But as that high moves north, it opens the door for tropical moisture from the south to move into Arizona. The faster it moves north into the Four Corner's area, the faster the monsoon moisture has a chance to get into place over Arizona.
Mountain snowpack across the entire west was dismal during spring. The below graphic [See my Figure 4]shows the snowpack as of April 1, 2015. The red, yellow, and orange dots in indicate below average snowpack.
WAIT AND SEE: MJO.
And finally there is the Madden-Julian Oscillation, known shortly as the MJO. The MJO sends a wave of atmospheric energy that starts thousands of miles away in the Indian Ocean. This travels across the Pacific near the equator and towards the Central and South American coastlines. As this energy approaches the coastline, it generally ramps up tropical activity in the East Pacific. This translates to increased monsoon activity days to about a week later in Arizona. While this influence is only temporary, a more active MJO during the summer can lead to better monsoon storm chances overall.
Click here for the latest MJO forecast.
www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/MJO/mjo.shtm...
But then again, this is the monsoon. We all know it can be finicky. Flooding downpours one day with weeks of heat in between. The downpours will arrive. The big question is how much are we going to get. Check rain totals for your neighborhood by clicking here.
www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/14996886/how-much-rain-fell-i...
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At the Court
This article is about the place in Vienna. See also: Am Hof (White Castle), Bavaria, or At the court of King Arthur, movie.
The square Am Hof with the Marian Column and the former Civil armory
Basic Information
City of Vienna
District Innere Stadt
Roads leading to the square Am Hof, Heidenschuss, Färbergasse, Drahgasse, Schulhof, Bognergasse, Irisgasse
Buildings, church Kirche am Hof, palais Collalto, Marian Column, Central Fire Station
Use
Usergroups; foot traffic, bicycle traffic, car traffic
Square design, partially one-way
Am Hof historically is one of the most important places of Vienna. It is located between Bognergasse, Naglergasse, Heidenschuss, Färbergasse, Jews square and Schulhof in the oldest part of the city in the immediate vicinity of the medieval ghetto.
History
Am Hof (1865) with armory (left), Marian column, "House to the Golden Ball", palais Collalto and Kirche am Hof (right)
Market life before the Radetzky monument Am Hof, about 1890 (watercolor by Carl Wenzel Zajicek)
The body of the lynched War Minister, Count Latour is hanged on October 6, 1848, on a lantern
The Civil armory 1737
The square Am Hof was already part of the Roman military camp Vindobona and was uninhabited in the early Middle Ages.
Between 1155 and about 1275, the completion of the New Castle at the site of today's Swiss tract of the Hofburg, was here the Court of the Babenberg, that Henry Jasomirgott built himself in 1155/56, after he had moved his residence from Klosterneuburg (Lower Austria) to Vienna. This residence was a complex of buildings around an open space, so a court, with the home of the Duke as a center. To the north-west and southwest the "court" leaned against the wall of the Roman fort, into town, it was limited by gates against the bourgeois Old Town and Jewish Town. Here received Heinrich Jasomirgott and his wife Theodora in 1165 Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who was on the Third Crusade to the Holy Land.
Under Henry's son Leopold V was the tournament and subsequent market place 1177-1194 scene of glittering events where singers and poets such as Reinmar of Haguenau and his student Walther von der Vogelweide appeared in minstrelsy-contests.
With the move of the Prince Regnants in the Swiss wing of the then much smaller Hofburg in 1275, came the "Babenbergerpfalz" (Am Hof) in the late 13th century to the Princely Mint. The houses no. 10 and no. 12 the neighboring ghetto around the Jews square were incorporated. From 1340 At the Court were held markets. In 1365 it came to the temporary accommodation of the Carmelites in the Mint, 1386 to the official donation by Albrecht III., the place for the first time being called "Am Hof". The Carmelites instead of Roman Mint court chapel (Münzhofkapelle) erected a three-nave Gothic monastery church, that they finished about 1420. The Gothic choir still today is visible from the alley behind it. The Carmelites had already owned the house of the Jew Muschal, to that they obtained yet more houses, inter alia, the by Albrecht III. purchased house of the poet Peter Suchenwirt.
The place was originally isolated from the nearby Freyung by houses that left only a narrow connection alley and were demolished in 1846. As early as from the 14th century, it was used as a market, later also as a place of execution. 1463 was here the mayor Wolfgang Holzer on command of Albrecht Vl. executed. 1515 the Habsburg-Jagellonian double wedding of Emperor Maximilian I was held here. In the 16th and 17th centuries the place was also called Crab market, since saltwater fish and crabs were offered. In the 18th century at the market only vegetables and fruits were sold.
After the handing over of the church and convent to the Jesuits in 1554, the square was listening to the name of "At the Upper Jesuits" and was the scene of spiritual performances of the Jesuits before their church. After the dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1773 the place was again called "Am Hof". The convent building of the Jesuits was 1783-1913 the seat of the Imperial War Council and the War Ministry.
1782 Pius VI. from the terrace of the church gave the blessing Urbi et Orbi. On August 6, 1806 also from the loggia of the church announced an Imperial herald the end of the Holy Roman Empire, at the top of which the Habsburgs had stood for over half a millennium, and the abdication of the Imperial crown by Francis II.:"... that We the band, which has bound us until now to the body politic of the German Empire, as having been dissolved consider".
Took place on 14 March 1848 in the wake of the 1848 revolution the storming of the Arsenal, on 6 October the minister of war Theodor Count Baillet von Latour was pulled out from the building, killed and by the crowd hung in the middle of the square on a lantern. The place for a short time was called "People's Square".
1842-1918 and 1939-1942, the Christmas market Am Hof enjoyed great popularity. In 1973, arose here the Vienna Flea market, which in 1977 due to space limitations was relocated on the Naschmarkt. Today again yearly a Christmas market is taking place.
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. . . this article is about the original Monastery in Lhasa
Sera Monastery (Tibetan: སེ་ར་དགོན་པ, Wylie: se ra dgon pa "Wild Roses Monastery"; Chinese: 色拉寺; pinyin: Sèlā Sì) is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries of Tibet, located 2.01 km north of Lhasa and about 5 kilometres north of the Jokhang. The other two are Ganden Monastery and Drepung Monastery. The origin of its name is attributed to a fact that the site where the monastery was built was surrounded by wild roses in bloom.
The original Sera Monastery is responsible for some 19 hermitages, including four nunneries, which are all located in the foot hills north of Lhasa.
The Sera Monastery, as a complex of structures with the Great Assembly Hall and three colleges, was founded in 1419 by Jamchen Chojey of Sakya Yeshe of Zel Gungtang (1355–1435), a disciple of Je Tsongkhapa.
During the 1959 revolt in Lhasa, Sera monastery suffered severe damage, with its colleges destroyed and hundreds of monks killed. After the Dalai Lama took asylum in India, many of the monks of Sera who survived the attack moved to Bylakuppe in Mysore, India. After initial tribulations, they established a parallel Sera Monastery with Sera Me and Sera Je colleges and a Great Assembly Hall on similar lines to the original monastery, with help from the Government of India. There are now 3000 or more monks living in Sera, India and this community has also spread its missionary activities to several countries by establishing Dharma centres, propagating knowledge of Buddhism.
Sera Monastery in Tibet and its counterpart in Mysore, India are noted for their debate sessions.
BACKGROUND
The original Sera Monastery is a complex of structures founded in 1419 by Jamchen Chojey Sakya Yeshe of Zel Gungtang (1355–1435), a disciple of Je Tsongkhapa. Prior to establishing this monastery, Tsongkhapa, assisted by his disciples, had set up hermitages at higher elevations above Sera Utsé Hermitage.
The Sera complex is divided into two sectors by pathways; the eastern part contains the Great Assembly Hall and the dwellings and the western part has the well-known three colleges: the Sera Je Dratsang, the Sera Me Dratsang; and the Ngakpa Dratsang, all instituted by Tsongkhapa as monastic universities that catered to monks in the age range 8-70. All the structures within this complex formed a clockwise pilgrimage circuit, starting with the colleges (in the order stated), followed by the hall, the dwelling units and finally ending at the hermitage of Tsongkhapa above the Great Assembly Hall.
The Jé and Mé colleges were established to train monks, over a 20 year programme of tsennyi mtshan nyid grwa tshang (philosophical knowledge), which concludes with a geshe degree. The Ngakpa college, which predated the other two colleges, was exclusively devoted to the practice of tantric ritual. Before 1959, the administration of each college comprised an abbot with council of ten lamas for each college.
Over the years, the monastery developed into a hermitage where about 6000 monks resided. The monastery was one of the finest locations in Tibet to witness the debate sessions, which were held according to a fixed schedule. The monastery belongs to the Gelug Order and was one of the largest in Lhasa. In 2008, Sera had 550 monks in residence.
HISTORY
The history of the monastery is strongly connected to Master Lama Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), the founder of the Gelukpa Order, the much venerated and highly learned guru in Buddhist scriptures. It was under his divine tutelage that his disciple Jetsun Kunkhen Lodroe Rinchen Senge established the Sera Jey Monastery complex in the early 15th century AD. Kunkhyen Lodroe Rinchen Senge initially served as a teacher in the Drepung Monastery before he formed the Sera Jey. The religious legend narrated for how the site was chosen was a clairvoyant vision that Tsongkhapa had in which he saw the full text of Prajnaparamita's 20 slokas on Shunyata captioned in the sky. This psychic spell gave him a full insight into the Tsawasehrab (Fundamentals of Madhyamika or Shunyata) text. Further, he also perceived the "vision of a rain like "AA" characters descending from the sky". It was only 12 years later that one of his pupils, Jamchen Choje, fulfilled the prophecy of his guru by establishing the Sera Je as a seat of learning knowledge of the complete teachings and practices of the Mahayana tradition.
Providentially, the then King Nedong Dagpa Gyaltsen supported the noble venture with required finances and also, in 1419, performed the foundation laying ceremony for construction of the monastery. Further detailing with regard to the building development including installing sacred images/idols and other objects of worship were completed according to the supreme wishes of great Lama Tsongkhapa. The monastery soon came to be known as "the Seat of Theckchen ling (Mahayana Tradition)". Another version for the name 'Sera' that came to be prefixed with 'Monastery' was its location that was surrounded by raspberry shrubs called 'Sewa' in Tibetan, that formed like a 'Rawa' in Tibetan, meaning "Fence".
Post-1959 events.
The 14th Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959 and sought asylum there. During the month of March of the same year the Sera Jey Monastery had been destroyed by bombardment, which resulted in death of hundreds of monks (in 1959, the count of monks living in Sera Jey was 5629), apart from destruction of ancient texts and loss of innumerable, invaluable, ancient and antique works of art. Many of those who survived (monks and common people) this onslaught by the Chinese fled to India, under severe winter weather conditions, across the Himalayas. Following this mass exodus of people from Tibet (including, a few hundred Sera Jey lamas, geshes and monks), when they arrived in India, they were resettled at Bylakuppe near Mysore, Karnataka state among many other locations spread across the country, as one of the exclusive Tibetan establishments with ready assistance forthcoming from the Government of India. It was in 1970 that the group of 197 Sera Jey monks with 103 of Sera Mey monks established a special monastery within the resettlement of Bylakuppe as a counterpart of the Tibetan Sera Jey Monastery. As none of the monks of the Ngagpa Dratsang (Tantric College) had survived the invasion, only the Sera Mey College and Sera Jey College were re-formed in India. The Bylakuppe Monastery now houses 5,000 Buddhist monks comprising some migrants and many other Tibetans who were not born in their ancestral homeland.
With forest land allotted by the Government of India, two arms of the Sera Monastery, representing the migrant monks of the Tibetan Sera Je and Sera Me colleges were established; 193 Sera je monks got 147.75 acres and 107 monks of Sera Me got an allotment of the balance area. Further, 38 tenements were built with grants by the Government of India for the Monks to reside and pursue their vocation of monkshood coupled with tilling the surrounding allotted land for raising food crops for survival. Well established as an organised Monastery with dedicated efforts of the monks, an Assembly Prayer Hall that could accommodate 1500 monks was also completed in 1978. This Monastery is now the nodal monastery, with its affiliation to several smaller monasteries spread across various regions in Tibet; its popularity could be gauged by the 3000 or more monks living here now. Encouraged by this success and noting the pressure on existing infrastructure, an additional, much larger and an impressive Assembly hall (measuring 2,162.3 square metres, 9.4 m high with 110 pillars) has been built that can accommodate 3500 monks to assemble for prayers. With this development, Sera has now two facets, the original “Tibetan Sera” and the Bylakuppe “New Sera” of the “Tibetan Diaspora” with the counterpart Jé, Mé monasteries, with the Ngakpa college counterpart also added recently. The Sera-India monk community of the Bylakuppe Monastery, has gone global with their missionary activity by establishing “dharma centers” in many parts the world, thus removing the cultural isolation of pre-1959 years in Tibet.
Sera, Tibet that housed more than 5,000 monks in 1959, though badly damaged following the invasion of Tibet and the 1959 Revolution, is still functional after restoration. In 2011, according to local sources, there are about 300 monks. The reason for this decline is attributed to the 2008 Tibetan unrest.
GEOGRAPHY
The monastery is located on the northern outskirts of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. As built in 1419, it encompassed an area of 28 acres. Its geographical location is at the base of Pubuchok mountain, also known as Tatipu Hill, located in the northern suburb of Lhasa City, which forms the watershed of the basins formed by Kyi Chi and Penpo Chu rivers.
ARCHITECTURE
The monastery complex, encompassing 28 acres of land, housed several institutions in its precincts. The structures of notability were the Coqen Hall Tsokchen (Great Assembly Hall), the three Zhacangs (colleges) and Kamcun (dormitory) also called Homdong Kangtsang. In the main hall, scriptures (scripted with gold powder), statues, scent cloth and murals were seen in profusion. The descriptions given here relate to the scenario that existed at the monastery prior to the 1959 invasion by China but most of the monasteries are stated to be since restored, though the strength of the monks are said to be small.
GREAT ASSEMBLY HALL
The Great Assembly Hall, the ‘Tsokchen' or 'Coqen Hall', dated to 1710, a four-storey structure to the north east of the monastery, facing east, is where several religious rituals and rites are conducted. The hall measured an area of 2,000 square metres built with 125 pillars (86 tall and 39 short columns) and was constructed by Lhazang Qan. The entry portico had ten columns. The five chapels in this building have statues or images of Maitreya, Shakyamuni, Arhats, Tsongkhapa, and Kwan-yin with one thousand hands and eleven faces. The ancient and delicately written scriptures ‘the Gangyur of Tripitaka’ also spelt 'Kangyur' (dated 1410) in 105 volumes (original 108 volumes) written in Tibetan is the treasured possession of the monastery. It is said that Chengzhu, Emperor of the Ming Dynasty presented these scriptures (printed on wood blocks with gold cover engraved in red lacquer and made in China), to Jamchen Chojey, the builder of the monastery.
The entrance to the hall was through a portico built on 10 columns. Large appliqué Thangkas were suspended from the ceiling on the side walls. A skylight at the centre provided the light in the hall during the day. Image of the founder of the monastery Jamchen Choje Shakya Yeshe was deified as the central image. Other deities installed were of Maitreya (5 metres height and gilded) flanked by statues of two lions, Dalai Lamas V, VII and XII, Tsongkhapa (with his favourite disciples), Chokyi Gyeltsen, Desi Sangye Gyatso and many more.
The three inner chapels, sequentially, are the Jampa Lhakhang, the Neten Lhakhang and Jigje Lhakhang. A 6 metres high image of Maitreya was deified in Jampa Lhakhang ensconced by Eight Bodhisattvas, the treasured Kagyur and guarded by Hayagriva and Acala at the entrance. Jigje Lhakhang houses the image of Bhairava with his consort and Shridevi and other protector deities.
On the second floor, there were three chapels: the Zhelre Lhakhang from where Maitreya could be seen embossed with a small Tsongkhapa on its heart; the Tu-je Chenpo Lhakhang that had an Avalokiteshvara with eleven faces (found at Pawangka), Tara and six–armed Mahakala. The idol of Shakyamuni Buddha flanked by images of Gelukpa Lamas were placed in the Shakyamuni Lhakhang.
The third and the fourth floors were used as private apartments for the Dalai Lamas and the preceptors of the Main Assembly Hall.
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