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Images taken yesterday -Tuesday 23 May 2017- following Monday night's terrorist attack in the city.
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Martian Ambassador from Tim Burton's Film (1996)
Handmade with SuperSculpey clay and painted with acrylics and glitter.
Attack on Titan 2, il video della modalità multiplayer
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One of the original stars of Disney Pixar's animated feature - 'Cars' is Snotrod.
Disney Pixar Cars -
Snot Rod took his doctor's advice and headed west to find some clean, crisp mountain air to relieve his chronic allergies. On the way he met up with Boost, DJ, and Wingo! The highly modified car group made him the gang's head of security and crowd control. He still has allergies and explosive sneezing attacks, but his ability to clear the road of pesky traffic is unmatched and much appreciated by his buddies who like the road all to themselves."
Snot Rod is a member of the tuner cars. He sneezes a lot and is the only one in the group who is a muscle car. Along with his tuner car group, he causes McQueen to fall out of his trailer. He is caught by Sheriff at the end of the film, along with the other tuners, and forced to fix the road with Bessie.
Snotrod, has been built as part of Flickr LUGNuts 44th Build Challenge - 'Cars Too!' - celebrating the Disney / Pixar 'Cars 2' characters, and other face related vehicles.
Snotrod has been based on the 1971 Plymouth Hemicuda - and adapted from the Cuda previously modelled in Lego.
Attack on Titan 2, il secondo video promozionale del gioco
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In the year 858 AD the Vikings, with a fleet of more than 60 ships commanded by Hastings and Björn Jaernside, son of the legendary Ragnar Lodbrog, went around the Iberian peninsula, reached the village of Orihuela in eastern Spain and conquered its castle. At that historical moment most of the peninsula was dominated by Muslims who saw with disbelief the arrival of these northern warriors.
Based on this historical moment The Brickstons along with several friends of the LUG ALE built this diorama of the Vikings reaching a village in the south-east of Spain. The diorama was presented at the ALEBricks event held on June 2nd and 3rd, 2018.
The Brickstons Group: Alfonso Abeger (FonsoSac), Pepi Blas, Julio César Cedena, Domingo Hidalgo, Luis López, Emiliano Martínez (Legófito), Victor Martínez (Loko / Nouvilas) and their friends: César Ivan Acero, Luismi Bartolomé, Juan Manuel Boillos, Antonio J. Fernández (Lord Jerome), David Horcajada y David Valderrama have taken part in the diorama.
You can see all the photos inthe album Viking Attack
There is a video with the details: youtu.be/SXz05MJafDg
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En el año 858 d.C. los vikingos con una flota de más de 60 barcos al mando de Hastings y Björn Jaernside, hijo del legendario Ragnar Lodbrog, rodearon la península Ibérica, llegaron hasta la población de Orihuela en el este de España y tomaron su castillo. En ese momento histórico la mayor parte de la península estaba dominada por los musulmanes que veían con incredulidad la llegada de estos guerreros del norte.
Basándose este momento histórico Los Brickstons junto con varios amigos del LUG ALE construyen este diorama de los vikingos llegando a una población en el sur-este de España. El diorama fue presentado en el evento ALEBricks celebrado los días 2 y 3 de junio de 2018.
En el diorama han participado Los Brickstons: Alfonso Abeger (FonsoSac), Pepi Blas, Julio César Cedena, Domingo Hidalgo, Luis López, Emiliano Martínez (Legófito) y Victor Martínez (Loko / Nouvilas) y sus amigos: César Ivan Acero, Luismi Bartolomé, Juan Manuel Boillos, Antonio J. Fernández (Lord Jerome), David Horcajada y David Valderrama.
Puedes ver todas las fotos en el album Viking Attack
I love this group, especially the girl cosplaying as Sasha Blause (second from the right behind the girl with the scarf). I must have caught her in mid-pose, but it's fantastic.
Hatchet Attacks Live from Red Rocks is coming to DVD November 25th. Juggalos if you missed this first annual Red Rocks Colorado gathering you've got your chance to watch the footage. The entire Psychopathic family was there and heres your chance to check it out. Psychopathic presents performances by: the Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid, Blaze, Boondox, Motown Rage, and The R.O.C. Ninjatactics was there check out the NinjaTactics YouTube Channel to see the footage we got, while we were there.
Gangaikonda Cholapuram (Tamil: கங்கைகொண்ட சோழபுரம்) was built during medieval India and was erected as the capital of the Cholas by Rajendra Chola I, the son and successor of Rajaraja Chola, the great Chola who conquered a large area in South India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Sumatra, Kadaram (Kedah in Malaysia), Cambodia and others at the beginning of the 11th century A.D. It occupies an important place in the history of India. As the capital of the Cholas from about 1025 A.D. for about 250 years, the city controlled the affairs of entire southern India, from the Tungabhadra in the north to Ceylon in the south and other south east Asian countries. As of 2014, the ancient city exists as a small forlorn village in the Ariyalur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The great temple of Siva at this place is next only to the Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur in its monumental nature and surpasses it in sculptural quality. The Gangaikondaan temple is an architectural and engineering marvel.
CITY
The city was founded by Rajendra Chola to commemorate his victory over the Pala Dynasty. The name means The town of the chola who brought Ganga (water from Ganga) or who defeated (the kings near) Ganga. It is now a small village, its past eminence only remembered by the existence of the great Siva Temple. Rajendra Chola-I (1012-1044 A.D) son of the Great Rajaraja-I, established this temple after his great victorious march to river Ganges on Northern India. He assumed the title of Rajendra during his coronation and continued to rule along with his father Rajaraja-I for a while. He was awarded the supreme title of the Cholas known as Parakesari.
Rajendra-I, a great warrior, assisted his father in numerous expeditions to elevate the Cholas to supreme power. The various expeditions he conducted, were : Gangetic expedition, eastern/Western Chalukyas expedition, war against Cheras/Pandyas, Ceylon expedition, Kataram (currently called as Kedah) expedition.
His empire included the whole of southern India to the river Thungabathra in the north. For administrative and strategic purposes he built another capital and named it Gangaikondacholapuram. The Gangaikondacholapuram temple he constructed consists of 3 stories and was surrounded by a huge fort-like wall, the outer wall largely destroyed during the English rule (1896) to reuse the building material (granite rocks) for constructing the Lower Anicut, the dam built across river Kollidam. He built around 10 temples at various places.
He assumed the title of Gangaikonda Cholan and named his new capital as Gangaikondacholapuram and he also constructed a huge Lake known as Chola Gangam that spreads 22 km mainly used for drinking and irrigation. A statue of Rajendra-I is found in Kolaram temple at Kolar of Karnataka state in India.
C. 1022 C.E. Rajendra undertook an expedition to the Ganges along the east coast of peninsular India. The emperor himself lead the army up to the banks of the Godavari river. The Chola armies conquered all the countries north of Vengi, which included Kalinga, Odda, Southern Kosala, the lower and upper Lada and finally the Vangaladesa (Bengal). The triumphant Chola armies brought back waters from the river Ganges in golden vessels. Around the same time, the Cholas under the illustrious Rajendra Chola I also vanquished the Chalukyas of Manyakheta when the Chola protectorate of Vengi was threatened by Chalukyas Jayasimha II. Rajendra Chola I defeated Jayasimha-II Chalukya at Maski (Muyangi in Chola annals) between Eluru and Visayavadai (modern Vijayawada) and subsequently engaged the Chalukya in Kannada country itself i.e. in the Chalukyas capital of Mannaikadakkam (Manyakheta) "the war in which the Chalukya Jayasimha-II, full of fear, hid like a mouse and fled the battlefield". The Chola armies seized the Chalukya flag, decapitated or slew various generals of the Chalukyas, with the Chalukyan king fleeing the battlefield. The Chalukya King surrendered his wife to the victorious Chola monarch. With the Chola coffers filling up with riches from the Chalukya country, they were able to establish their hold of the region between the Vaigai/Kaveri delta in Tamil country up to the Tungabhadra-Krishna basins in the Maharashtra-Andhra region. To commemorate this celebrated victory, Rajendra assumed the title of Gangaikonda Cholan, "Irattapadi-konda Cholan", "Mannai-kondan" (the king who possessed Irattapadi (erstwhile land of the Rashtrakutas usurped by the Salukkis (Chalukyas) and the king who possessed (the Chalukyan capital) Manyakheta (Mannaikadakkam in Chola annals) and had the Siva Temple Gangakkondacholeswaram built (***). Soon the capital was moved from Thanjavur to Gangaikondacholapuram. The city of Gangaikondacholapuram was probably founded by Rajendra before his 17th year. Most of the Chola kings who succeeded Rajendra were crowned here. They retained it as their capital, reoriented and trained the efficient Chola army.
CHOLA CULTURE
Chola rulers were active patrons of the arts. They flourished in architectures, education, science, arts, ship construction, poetry, drama, music, business trading, dance. The beautiful Nataraja figure was first conceived during the Chola empire.
They constructed enormous stone temple complexes decorated inside and out with painted sculptures. While the stone sculptures and the inner sanctum image empowering the temple remained immovable, changing religious concepts during the 10th century demanded that the deities take part in a variety of public roles similar to those of a human monarch. As a result, large bronze images were created to be carried outside the temple to participate in daily rituals, processions, and temple festivals. The round lugs and holes found on the bases of many of these sculptures are for the poles that were used to carry the heavy images. They were admired for the sensuous depiction of the figure and the detailed treatment of their clothing and jewelry in Chola-period bronzes.
FORTIFICATIONS
Nudging from the available literature and the remains we may conclude that it was an extensive city, carefully planned and laid in accordance with the architectural treatises to suit the needs of a capital.
The city seems to have had two fortifications, one inner and the other outer. The outer was probably wider. The remains of the outer fortification can be seen as a mound running all around the palace.
The outer fortification built of burnt bricks, was about six to eight feet wide. It consisted of two walls, the intervening space (the core) being filled with sand. The bricks are fairly large in size and are made of well-burnt clay. Systematic brick robbing by the local inhabitants has reduced this structure to its current state.
The outer fortification was known as Rajendra Chola Madil and is mentioned in inscriptions. The inner fortification was around the royal palace, probably identical with the Utpadi vittu madil of the inscriptions.
Probably in the reign of Kulothunga Chola I, the fortifications were renewed and the city underwent some alteration and additions. An epigraph refers to the fort wall of Kulothunga Chola (Kulottunga Cholan Thirumadil). The strengthening of the fortification and additions to the city in the reign of Kulothunga I were probably necessitated by the uprising which led to the murder of Chola king Athithakarikal Cholain the sambuvaraya's palace of Melakadambur, Kulothunga's predecessor. By the 13th century, the Chola kingdom had exhausted its resources and was on the decline. It succumbed to an attack by the Hoysalas from the west and the Pandyas from the south. The last king of the Medieval Cholas was Rajendra Chola-III.
THE CHOLA ADMINISTRATION
The Chola administration served as a model for all the other kingdoms of the South. The king had a council of ministers. The kingdom was divided into a number of provinces known as mandalams, The mandalams in turn were divided into valanadu and nadus. The next administrative sub divisions were kurrams and kottams. The special feature of the Chola administration was the Local Self Government or the autonomous administration. The villagers themselves carried out village administration. It was more or less like the modern Panchayat Raj. Each village had a village assembly known as the ur or the sabha. The members of the sabha were elected by lot, known as kudavolai system. There was a committee to look after the specified departments, such as justice, law and order, irrigation etc., which were called as variyams.
ARCHITECTURE
The temple of Gangaikondacholisvara is approached through the eastern entrance from the road. The entrance is called the "Mahaduvar" leads to the inner court. As one steps in, the great Vimana arrests the visitor's sight. The Vimana with its recessed corners and upward movement presents a striking contrast to the straight-sided pyramidal tower of Thanjavur but with octagon shape of Dravidian architecture. As it rises to a height of 55 m and is shorter than the Thanjavur tower with larger plinth, it is often described as the feminine counterpart of the Thanjavur temple. The Vimana is flanked on either side by small temples; the one in the north now housing the Goddess is fairly well preserved. The small shrine of Chandikesvara is near the steps in the north. In the north-east are a shire housing Durga, a well called lion-well (simhakeni) with a lion figure guarding its steps and a late mandapa housing the office. Nandi is in the east facing the main shrine. In the same direction is the ruined gopura, the entrance tower. The main tower surrounded by little shrines truly presents the appearance of a great Chakravarti (emperor) surrounded by chieftains and vassals. The Gangaikondacholapuram Vimana is undoubtedly a devalaya chakravarti, an emperor among temples of South India.
ROYAL PALACE
The royal palace also was built of burnt brick. The ceilings were covered with flat tiles of small size, laid in a number of courses, in fine lime mortar. The pillars were probably made of polished wood, supported on granite bases; a few pillar bases have survived to this day. Iron nails and clamps have been recovered from this palace site. There is an underground tunnel that links the palace and the temple inner 1st pragara (north).
In the reign of Virarajendra Chola, Rajendra's third son, the palace at Gangaikondacholapuram is referred to as Chola-Keralan Thirumaligai (Chola Keralan palace) evidently after one of the titles of Rajendra I. The same inscription mentions a few parts of the palace as adibhumi (the ground floor), Kilaisopana (the eastern portico), and a seat named Mavali vanadhirajan. Evidently the palace was multistoried. In an inscription dated in the 49th year of Kulothunga I (1119 C.E.) reference is made to Gangaikondacholamaligai at this place. It is likely that there were more than one royals building each having their own name.
CATASTROPHE ON GANGAIKONDACHOLAPURAM
As per the available evidences, the last Chola King Rajendra Chozha III’s rule did not end due to any defeat in the war field. But devastations are available underneath, which proves that some major catastrophe happened around Gangaikondacholapuram which brought the Chola’s Rule to an end. After about six/eight decades, the Chola region was taken over by Pallava from whom it was Hoysala and then to Vijaya Nagar Rule. During Vijaya Nagar Rule, lots of settlements by Telugu, Telugu Brahmins, Kannada etc.happened. It is also evident that while the farmers tried to dig wells for farming around Gangaikondacholapuram, it was revealed to the world that the Palace buildings and other constructions are underneath about 50 – 80 feet depth.
EXPEDITION TO THE GANGES
With both the Western and Eastern Chalukya fronts subdued, Rajendra’s armies undertook an extraordinary expedition. 1019 CE Rajendra’s forces continued to march through Kalinga.
Kalinga was a kingdom in central-eastern India, which comprised most of the modern state of Orissa, as well as some northern areas of the bordering state of Andhra Pradesh to the river Ganges. The Emperor himself led the advance up to the river Godavari.
The Chola army eventually reach the Pala kingdom of Bengal where they met Mahipala I,considered the second founder of the Pala Empire . Gopala I established the dynastic rule of the Palas in the middle of the 8th century C.E and defeated him.
According to the Tiruvalangadu Plates, the campaign lasted less than two years in which many kingdoms of the north felt the might of the Chola army. The inscriptions further claim that Rajendra defeated the armies of Ranasura and entered the land of Dharmapala and subdued him and thereby he reached the Ganges and caused the river water to be brought back to the Chola country. The new conquests opened up new routes for the Cholas to head for distant lands like Burma by land (through what are now modern Orissa, West Bengal, Assam and Bangladesh).
It is true that Rajendra's army defeated the kings of Sakkarakottam and Dhandabhukti and Mahipala. These territories were initially added to the kingdom, while later they had the status of tribute paying subordinates and trade partners with the Chola Kingdom, an arrangement that lasted till the times of Kulothunga-III and to a limited extent, of Raja Raja-III too. It was undoubtedly an exhibition of the power and might of the Chola empire to the northern kingdoms. But the benevolent leadership of the Cholas treated them in a benevolent manner and did not permanently annexe them to the Chola dominions.
ROADS AND CITY GATES
Besides the names of the palace and fort walls, the names of a few roads and streets are preserved in the epigraphs. The entryways named Thiruvasal, the eastern gate and the Vembugudi gate, evidently the south gate leading to the village Vembugudi situated in that direction are mentioned. Reference is also found to highways named after Rajaraja and Rajendra as Rajarajan Peruvali and Rajendran Peruvali. Other streets mentioned in epigraphs are the ten streets (Pattu teru), the gateway lane (Thiruvasal Narasam) and the Suddhamali lane. The inscription also refers to the highways, Kulottungacholan Thirumadil peruvali, Vilangudaiyan Peruvali and Kulaiyanai pona Peruvali (the highway through which a short elephant passed by).
CITY LAYOUT
The epigraphs also refer to the Madhurantaka Vadavaru, now called the Vadavaru, running about six kilometers east of the ruined capital. Madhurantaka Vedavaru, named after one of the titles of Rajendra I, was a source of irrigation to a vast stretch of land bordering the capital. An irrigation channel called Anaivettuvan is also mentioned.
"Anaivettuvan" - Anai means irrigation (step irrigation) vettuvan means labour or engineer. Hence the above seque is not matching, more over Hindu dharam never allows to kill elephant.Another possible meaning of "AnaiVettuvan" - Anai means Dam, vettuvan means constructor (labour or engineer).
There were both wet and dry lands inside the Fort, used for cultivation and other purposes. The present positions of the existing temples throw some light on the lay out of the city. With the palace as the centre to the city, the great temple, and the other temples in the city seem to have been erected. Towards the northeast (Isanya) of the palace is the great temple of Siva. The Siva temple according to Vastu and traditional texts should be in the northeast of the city or village and should face east. The temple of Vishnu should be in the west.
A number of small tanks and ponds mentioned in inscriptions and a number of wells, supplied drinking water to the residents.
WIKIPEDIA
In the year 858 AD the Vikings, with a fleet of more than 60 ships commanded by Hastings and Björn Jaernside, son of the legendary Ragnar Lodbrog, went around the Iberian peninsula, reached the village of Orihuela in eastern Spain and conquered its castle. At that historical moment most of the peninsula was dominated by Muslims who saw with disbelief the arrival of these northern warriors.
Based on this historical moment The Brickstons along with several friends of the LUG ALE built this diorama of the Vikings reaching a village in the south-east of Spain. The diorama was presented at the ALEBricks event held on June 2nd and 3rd, 2018.
The Brickstons Group: Alfonso Abeger (FonsoSac), Pepi Blas, Julio César Cedena, Domingo Hidalgo, Luis López, Emiliano Martínez (Legófito), Victor Martínez (Loko / Nouvilas) and their friends: César Ivan Acero, Luismi Bartolomé, Juan Manuel Boillos, Antonio J. Fernández (Lord Jerome), David Horcajada y David Valderrama have taken part in the diorama.
You can see all the photos inthe album Viking Attack
There is a video with the details: youtu.be/SXz05MJafDg
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En el año 858 d.C. los vikingos con una flota de más de 60 barcos al mando de Hastings y Björn Jaernside, hijo del legendario Ragnar Lodbrog, rodearon la península Ibérica, llegaron hasta la población de Orihuela en el este de España y tomaron su castillo. En ese momento histórico la mayor parte de la península estaba dominada por los musulmanes que veían con incredulidad la llegada de estos guerreros del norte.
Basándose este momento histórico Los Brickstons junto con varios amigos del LUG ALE construyen este diorama de los vikingos llegando a una población en el sur-este de España. El diorama fue presentado en el evento ALEBricks celebrado los días 2 y 3 de junio de 2018.
En el diorama han participado Los Brickstons: Alfonso Abeger (FonsoSac), Pepi Blas, Julio César Cedena, Domingo Hidalgo, Luis López, Emiliano Martínez (Legófito) y Victor Martínez (Loko / Nouvilas) y sus amigos: César Ivan Acero, Luismi Bartolomé, Juan Manuel Boillos, Antonio J. Fernández (Lord Jerome), David Horcajada y David Valderrama.
Puedes ver todas las fotos en el album Viking Attack
GKN Tactica
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The basic Tactica vehicle is of the forward control configuration. The engine is mounted centrally between the driver and commander, with a half bulkhead separating the driver's area from the troop compartment that extends to the rear of the vehicle. Both left- and right-hand drive versions of the Tactica are available.The semi-monocoque hull is made from high-hardness certified armour plate, providing protection from 7.62 mm armour-piercing attack. All vision blocks and driver's vision blocks provide the same level of protection, and the hull will also provide protection against fire bombs and other improvised devices. All six doors and vision areas have ballistic overlaps and the AL1-DCSR high-speed 'shoot-through' tyre system is standard on all wheels.To meet different operational requirements, Tactica can be supplied with a number of different turbocharged diesel engine combinations, coupled to a fully automatic or manual transmission.
Originally developed as a private venture by Glover Webb. The standard Tactica armoured personnel carrier is the basic model of a wide range of variants for a number of different missions. The Tactica was developed in 1988 using Glover Webb's own semi-monocoque frame, and the first vehicle entered service with an Asian customer late in 1989. Early in 1993, the vehicle entered service with the British Army. These are used for special duties in Northern Ireland, including EOD. The vehicle is also used for a number of civilian applications.
In 1994 Glover Webb was taken over by GKN Defence, late 1997 GKN closed down the Glover Webb operation, transferring development, production, sales and marketing to its main facility located at Telford, in Shropshire, production has since transferred to Newcastle upon Tyne
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CIRCA 1941...OR SO...I "GREW UP" IN A DIFFERENT GENERATION THAN THIS present
one. AS A VERY YOUNG PRIVILEGED CHILD, I LIVED IN A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE BY A
LAKE OUTSIDE ********PALESTINE****, ****TEXAS********. OUR FAMILY HAD
HELP...AN OLD WONDERFUL, WEATHERED, SLIGHTLY SCARY COLORED WOMAN NAMED BABY
RUTH WASHINTUN (SPELLING, CORRECT) WHO WOULD BRING HER CHILD, LEOMODGE,
WITH HER TO WORK . LEOMODGE AND I WOULD SHAKE STICKS AT COWS AND CHASE THEM
OUT IN THE WOODS. LEOMODGE WAS "EXOTIC". I WAS CRAZY ABOUT HIM. SO, THERE
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THE FOLLOWING PAINTING IS THE SECOND LARGE WORK I HAVE SHOWN FROM A SERIES
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LONG LONG LONG STORY MADE SHORT, THE "CHILDREN" WHO LIVE AND WORK ON
BRENDA'S NUT FARM IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS (A STATE OF MIND) - SORTING AND
PICKING NUTS, ARE BEING VISITED BY "HUMANS" WHO ACCIDENTALLY WANDER/APPEAR
WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FARM. THE VISITORS (FOR YOU UNINFORMED)
INCLUDE BABY RUTH, LEOMODGE, ****PEARL**** McCANDLISS, DICK LONG (BOTH
GREEN DICK LONG AND PINK DICK LONG - DICK BEING "CHAMELEONIC"), LAVERNE,
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JACK...BUT THEN, JACK IS ALSO JACK, THE “RAT TERROR”; HENCE, JACK IS
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*DECEMBER 7, 1941, BRENDA'S NUT FARM NEAR THE HOUSE OF THE
FATHER...RICHARD'S (THRICE-FAILED ?) BAR MITZVAH***
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*NAUGHTY BETTY'S DECISION TO HAVE JIMMY CATER RICHARD'S BAR MITZVAH HAD
PROVEN DISASTROUS AT BEST! IN LIEU OF A LOVELY ASSORTED ARRAY, JIMMY HAD
PRODUCED ONE PICNIC HAM AND ONE BOTTLE OF POP, INTENDED AS A GANG-SUCK...***
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*AND, WELL, HERE THEY WERE...ALL HAVING BEEN ASCRIBED THEIR IMPLIED AND
SINGULARLY UNIQUE, HOMINAL IDIOSYNCRASIES - THEN CLOTHED BY AN UNSEEN
HAND...FROM THE LEFT - LEOMODGE, NAUGHTY BETTY, RICHARD, JIMMY, JACK, JUDY,
AND BEVERLY (WITH BIG OLE BEVERLY BEING SEEN AS HER MENOPAUSAL,
CRANKY OTHER-SELF, MRS. ROGERS)...***
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*LINKS OF A CHAIN...INNOCENT CHILDREN OF GOD...SOMETIMES NAUGHTY, SOMETIMES
NICE...SOME IN FRONT OF A GATELESS FENCE, SOME ON IT, SOME BEHIND...HEAD
BONES CONNECTED TO HEAD BONES, ACCORDING TO THE WORDS OF THE LORD...THE
LIMITED BOUNDARIES OF ONE MIND EXTENDING TO THE NEXT...***
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*A CONGREGATION OF LUNACY SUFFICIENT TO INCAPACITATE ANY REASONABLE
DENOUEMENT FOR A CIVIL TRANSACTION...AN UNABASHED AND RAUCOUS CONFUSION OF
SCREECHING, HOWLING, MEOWING, SMOKING, STIRRING, BUT
WELL-MEANING DESCENDANTS FROM THE ARC OF NOAH...(ALL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
LEOMODGE WASHINTUN)...LEOMODGE'S PRESENCE RESULTING FROM A MYSTERIOUS,
UNDOCUMENTED OR UNEXPLAINED, (PERHAPS EVEN UNSEEN) CIRCA NINETEEN
FORTY-ONE TEXAS BACKWOODS TRANSMIGRATION INTO THE "PRESENT"...LEOMODGE
HEARING THE REPETITIVE RECITATION, TORAH TORAH TORAH, AND MISINTERPRETING
THE CHANT AS AN OVERTURE TO AN IMPENDING JAPANESE ATTACK...***
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*ALL OF THIS ? YEP, IN THE STATE OF ARKINSAW - A STATE OF MIND - AND
UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEXITIES OF ANY OF IT - AT ALL - WOULD HAVE REQUIRED
THAT ONE BE EITHER HALF NUTS HIM-HER-SELF, OR AT LEAST HALFWAY BEEN THERE
(TO BOOT)...***
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TED: "We made annuvver video wiv Cuddles... 'e wuz bein' a good robot an' then 'e tried to attack me!"
It was overcast and sometimes drizzly so the light and color wasn't all that good, that's why I used the Photomatix process on most of the pictures I took at Huntly Castle, to bring out the color and details. My booklet I purchased there said this would have originally been tinctured with coloured pigments.
Our "Historic Scotland" passes we'd bought in Edinburgh let us into Huntly Castle as well as other places.
Huntly Castle: Over a period of 600 years this site saw four different castles in three slightly different locations under two different names. And between them these castles were attacked or besieged at least eight times.
In about 1180, Duncan, Earl of Fife, built the first castle here. By early 1306, John of Strathbogie, by now both Earl of Fife and Earl of Atholl, was executed by Edward I for supporting Robert the Bruce (see our Historical Timeline). The castle passed to his son, David of Strathbogie. After years of family support for Robert the Bruce, which included his using the castle as a base in 1307, David of Strathbogie chose to shift his support to the English early in 1314. This was a bad move, coming just before Robert the Bruce's final victory at Bannockburn.
In response to this Robert the Bruce, granted the castle and the lands of Strathbogie to Sir Adam Gordon of Huntly, in Berwickshire, who had shown him more consistent loyalty. This brought the Gordons to Moray, and with them the name of Huntly that was later to replace Strathbogie.
In about 1410, Sir Alexander Seton, later Lord Gordon, cleared away the 230 year old wooden castle and replaced it with a stone tower house built at the north end of the bailey. Only the thick-walled foundations of the tower house now remain, visible on the north side of the castle courtyard. The tower house would have been accompanied by a defensive wall around the bailey area, and ranges of other supporting buildings.
This castle was burned by the Earl of Moray in 1452, a member of the Black Douglas family and an opponent of King James II. In retaliation the Earl of Huntly (as the head of the Gordon family had become) destroyed the Black Douglas family in Moray. The damaged tower house at Strathbogie was replaced in 1460 by a much grander building on the south side of the site, where all later development was to take place. Today only the cellars under the later palace remain of the 1460 building.
In 1506, Alexander, the third Earl of Huntly, was granted a charter changing the name of the castle and surrounding area from Strathbogie to Huntly, in effect fitting the geography to his title. The castle has since been known as Huntly Castle, and the town to its south also later became known as Huntly.
By 1550 George, the 4th Earl of Huntly, was also Lord Chancellor of Scotland and one of the wealthiest men in the kingdom. He rebuilt the castle above the basement level into a grand palace, finishing the work just in time for a visit by Mary de Guise, widow of James V and mother of Mary Queen of Scots. George's strong Catholicism and political independence were later to lead to his falling out with Mary Queen of Scots. On 28 October 1562 she defeated him at the Battle of Corrichie, near Aberdeen. George was killed in the battle, Huntly Castle was looted and George's younger son was executed.
Repairs were still underway when George, the 6th Earl of Huntly, joined a plot against James VI (son of Mary Queen of Scots) in 1594. The King's response was to attack the castle, damaging it again and blowing up the remains of the old tower house on the north side of the enclosure. By 1599 George had made his peace with James VI and been promoted to Marquis of Huntly. His response was a further round of building work at Huntly, designed to make the 1550 palace even grander and more decorative.
The remodelling around 1600 included the remarkable fireplaces on view in the palace, one of which is dated 1606, and the decorative oriel windows and inscription on the exterior of the upper floor of the palace. The inscription reads: George Gordon First Marquis of Huntlie 16 above Henriette Stewart Marquesse of Huntlie 02.
The architectural triumph of the palace that resulted was not to be enjoyed for long. The 2nd Marquis of Huntly backed the King in the Civil War and paid for it with his life. In 1640 Huntly Castle was occupied by the Covenanting Army. In 1644 it was held for the King by the Duke of Montrose. And in 1647 it was defended by Lord Charles Gordon against General Leslie's Covenanters, but starved into submission. The defenders were all executed. In 1650, King Charles II stayed en route to his coronation as King of Scotland.
Huntly Castle last played an active role in Scottish History in 1746, when it was held by Government Troops against the Jacobites. It later became a handy quarry for those building the town of Huntly before its value as an attractive ruin was appreciated in the late 1800s. It was passed into State care in 1923, and is now looked after by Historic Scotland.
St Giles, Great Hallingbury, Essex
Great Hallingbury is on the outskirts of the Hertfordshire town of Bishop's Stortford, where I disembarked shortly after 8am. I headed north to Birchanger to visit the church there, and then turned my attention to this one. I had been wondering how to cross the M11, because the road over the bridge here is a dual carriageway, but a two mile bridleway has been redesignated a cycle way, and I took it. Well, it was a breath-taking journey, down and then up steeply through copses and woodland. Suddenly I was on a thunderous bridge over the M11 which brought me down along the edge of the car parks for Stansted airport.
Tunnels carried the route under airport service roads, and where the M11 and A120 (almost a motorway in itself) meet, the path descended through woodland. A Ryan Air jet came down with an extraordinary noise above my head (I swear I could see the pilot) and then, in the midst of this madness, I came into a woodland clearing and a deer stood cropping, not twenty yards away. It hadn't hear me because of the jet. When it turned and saw me, well - I now understand what the phrase 'jumped out of its skin' might look like. Rabbits too scattered in all directions, and suddenly I was up on the old Bishops Stortford to Dunmow road, crossing it and down into Great Hallingbury.
A grand village rather than a pretty one, with lots of large houses. It is directly on the flight path, and it was surreal to see these big jets, almost standing still as they approached the runway, skimming the tops of trees and houses. It wasn't so much the noise (though there was noise) but these great lumbering beasts were just so close!
At the far end of the village is St Giles, locked with a keyholder notice. This is a vast gloomy church in a vast gloomy churchyard, although it looks better from the air - this is the spire that sits on one end of the runway at Stansted, and there are far more pictures of it taken from the air than from the ground. A big spired, aisled church by George Pritchett bankrolled by the Houblon family of Hallingbury Hall and Bank of England fame. I didn't go for the key (I am reaching a time in my life when I feel I have seen enough big, middle-brow Victorian churches) and headed on, crossing the M11 westwards again to Little Hallingbury.
Well this isn't fireworks, this is my country under the attack!! #Yemen #Sanaa
This photograph was taken in a very difficult situation, while Sanaa city subjected to aerial bombardment, the anti-aircraft was firing all over the city..
I tried to transfer the fear and death in my country in a creative way.. like my firend siad "Make Art Not War".
This photo was taken: March 28, 2015 7:43PM
Images taken yesterday -Tuesday 23 May 2017- following Monday night's terrorist attack in the city.
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After watching Shark Week on Discovery channel, I decided to make a shark attack MOC. Hope you like it!
The unexpected: a water snake (Natrix Maura) has just catched a little trout in a mountain stream and eats it after in the banks of the river.
Lo inesperado: una culebra de agua (Natrix Maura) acaba de atrapar un alevín de trucha en un riachuelo de montaña que posteriormente engulle en la orilla.
Canon 450D. Photos 1-2: 100mm Macro Canon, photos 3-4: 17-85mm Canon