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Divers 2021 - Wrestling Alliance Company - Souper de fin d'annee 2021
Une super soiree melangeant equipe wac et fan !!
On vous donne rendez vous debut 2022 !!
( Divers albums de photos prisent en 2021 sans sujet reel.
Various albums of pictures taken in 2021 without real subject. )
Un été japonais
La Crucifixion en jaune (I°)
Author : Romain Slocombe
Cover photo : Romain Slocombe
Genre : Noir / Faction
Text : French
pp : 295
Publisher : Editions Gallimard (2000)
Collection : Série noire
Format : Paperback 125mm x 190mm
Author : @Kiri Karma
Japan Expo 2022 - Day 2
Various pics of the day 2 in Japan Expo 2022
Diverses photos prisent a la japan Expo (jour : 2)
( Edition 2022 - 21 eme impact )
Author : @Kiri Karma
Japan Con 2023 - Brussels Manga - Day 2
Japan Con 2023 Day 2
( Located in the beautiful halls of Tour&Taxis in Brussels,
JAPAN CON/BRUSSELS MANGA is a new convention celebrating the awesome Asian pop-culture! So for all the true fans of Manga, Anime or just Asian Pop Culture in general this event is especially for you!
JAPAN CON/BRUSSELS MANGA a two day event in the beautiful halls of Tour&Taxis in Brussels on the 25th and 26th of February 2023. Hope to see you there and if you do bring a smile!
Arigato Gozaimasu! )
Chaque soir à la tombée du soleil c'est le même rituel et un spectacle impressionnant que je n'avais jamais vu ailleurs !
Des millions de chauve souris sortent des grottes de Phnom Sampeau dans un vacarme assourdissant mêlé à une odeur forte de déjections ! Elle se dirigent vers les rizières de Battambang pour se nourrir de moustiques d'où leur grande importance !
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Author : @Kiri Karma
Comiccon Brussels 2022 - WCL - Divers
Photos diverses prisent avant et apres le show.
Various photos taken before and after the show.
( Comic con brussels is your celebration of geek culture in the heart of europe!
You will find us at the beautiful Tour & Taxis site near the Brussels North train station. At Comic Con Brussels you will find Dealers, Artists, Actors, ... It's a Con that brings together all the things you love:
Comics, cosplay, gaming, films, manga, collectibles, anime, tv series, clothing, toys, gadgets and lots more!!!
There are still tickets at the register - Cosplay ticket 25 euro & standard ticket 30 euro )
THE 16TH-CENTURY KINNAIRD CASTLE WAS CONVERTED IN 1787 FOR USE AS THE KINNAIRD HEAD/CASTLE LIGHTHOUSE, THE FIRST LIGHTHOUSE IN SCOTLAND TO BE LIT BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTS WHO BUILT MANY MORE ON SCOTLAND'S COASTLINE OVER THE NEXT 200 YEARS OR SO. IT WAS INSTALLED BY A MR THOMAS SMITH FROM EDINBURGH, WHO WAS THE FATHER-IN-LAW OF ROBERT STEVENSON WHO SUCCEEDED HIM AS ENGINEER TO THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE BOARD (ROBERT STEVENSON WAS GRANDFATHER OF THE AUTHOR ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON). A LANTERN WAS SET ON A CORNER OF A TOWER OF THE OLD CASTLE IN FRASERBURGH OWNED BY LORD SALTOUN. THE LIGHTS IN THOSE DAYS WERE FIXED, USING ARRAYS OF LAMPS BURNING WHALE OIL, EACH OF THEM BACKED BY ITS OWN PARABOLIC REFLECTOR MADE UP OF A MULTITUDE OF FACETS OF SILVERED MIRROR-GLASS SET ON A PLASTER MOULD. KINNAIRD HEAD WAS THE MOST POWERFUL LIGHT OF ITS TIME, AND CONTAINED 17 REFLECTORS ARRANGED IN 3 HORIZONTAL TIERS. IN CLEAR WEATHER, THE LIGHT COULD BE SEEN 12 TO 14 MILES AWAY.
THE STRUCTURE WAS REBUILT IN 1824 WHEN INTERNAL ALTERNATIONS WERE MADE TO THE TOWER TO ACCOMMODATE A NEW LANTERN AND ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED FOR THE LIGHTKEEPERS.
DURING WORLD WAR II, FRASERBURGH WAS KNOWN AS "LITTLE LONDON" BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY BOMBING AND MACHINE-GUN ATTACKS ON THE TOWN DUE TO THE AMMUNITIONS MANUFACTURE AND WORK CARRIED OUT ON ROLLS ROYCE AIRCRAFT ENGINES. DESPITE THAT, THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED BY A NEAR MISS.
THE PRESENT LIGHTHOUSE IS A NEW BUILDING CREATED IN 1991 AT THIS STAGE IT WAS AUTOMATED AND THE ORIGINAL BUILDING NOW HOUSES THE MUSEUM OF SCOTTISH LIGHTHOUSES. THIS INCORPORATES THE ORIGINAL LIGHTHOUSE AND A MODERN BUILDING HOUSING COLLECTIONS OF LENSES AND OTHER ARTEFACTS FROM MANY LIGHTHOUSES ACROSS SCOTLAND. IT IS NOW LISTED AS A BUILDING OF ARCHITECTURAL/HISTORICAL INTEREST BY HISTORIC SCOTLAND. THE FOGHORN BESIDE THE NEW LIGHTHOUSE IS NO LONGER OPERATIONAL.
Author : @Kiri Karma
Wrestling Alliance Company - Anniversaire 10 ans - Day 1 - Patrick the Irish Fighter Vs Nakache
Patrick the Irish Fighter Def. (Pin) Nakache
( Les 10 ans de la Wrestling Alliance Company )
Author : @Kiri Karma
BYWS - Big Impact 7 - Aaron Rammy Vs Tibo Hendrik, Valon Cage
Aaron Rammy (c) Def. (Pin) Tibo Hendrik, Valon Cage
Type of match : Fatal 3 Way
For : Lucha Libre Championship (No Title Change)
( Aujourd'hui 17/12/2022 aura lieu la 7eme edition de BIG IMPACT, une edition speciale comportant 4 ou 5 matchs, ainsi que des demos de Jiu Jitsu et le show est totalement GRATUIT.
L'occasion de voir les habitues de la BPWF en action aux cotes d'autres noms venus d'ailleurs tel que Tibo Hendrix et Valon Cage ou encore le passage 6eme dan de Maitre Dany Lopez, illustre figure de notre structure. )
Author : @Kiri Karma
Travel to Boa Vista (Cap Vert) - January 2023 - Day 6
Various pics of the day 6 in Boa Vista with no particular subject
Diverses photos prisent a Boa Vista (jour : 6) sans sujet reel.
Author : @Kiri Karma
Divers 2020 - May
Photos of May 2020
Photos de mai 2020
( Diverses photos prisent en 2020 sans sujet reel.
Various pictures taken in 2020 without real subject. )
Author Amanda Block visiting the Edinburgh Bookshop with advance copies of her upcoming debut The Lost Storyteller, to be published by Hachette this July. The book comes with a hearty endorsement by Jenny Fagan and sounds very intriguing (waiting to borrow the advance copy from colleague once she's read it!). Amanda also signed the ladder, a tradition in the EB, we get our visiting authors to sign the big ladder on the bookshelves, lot of names on there!
You can read more about Amanda's book on her publisher's site here www.hachette.co.uk/titles/amanda-block/the-lost-storytell... (and if you are buying it, try buying from your local Indy bookshop if you can, Jeff Bezos really doesn't need more of your money!)
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Comiccon Brussels 2022 - WCL - Day 1 - Sheikh Kamel & Michelangelo Vs Abel & Cain
Sheikh Kamel & Michelangelo (With Alex Kyrioglou (The Franchise)) Def. (Pin) Abel (The Twins) & Cain (The Twins)
Referee : Chris James Bizige
( Comic con brussels is your celebration of geek culture in the heart of europe!
You will find us at the beautiful Tour & Taxis site near the Brussels North train station. At Comic Con Brussels you will find Dealers, Artists, Actors, ... It's a Con that brings together all the things you love:
Comics, cosplay, gaming, films, manga, collectibles, anime, tv series, clothing, toys, gadgets and lots more!!!
There are still tickets at the register - Cosplay ticket 25 euro & standard ticket 30 euro )
Author : @Kiri Karma
Japan Expo 2022 - Day 4
Various pics of the day 4 in Japan Expo 2022
Diverses photos prisent a la japan Expo (jour : 4)
( Edition 2022 - 21 eme impact )
Author: Hoang Trung Thanh
Paper: 28cm * 28cm Tissue-Foil-Tissue paper
Final hight of the model: 10,7cm
Time to fold: about 2 hours
This is my second attemp of Thanh's Tenzen. My first one was folded with a 60cm *60cm VOG paper but well, the result is not mentionable... ;)
Well, at this time I think I used too little glue so the paper wasn't very stable.
Folding with this paper is very cool, because it is much easyer to shape the model but it doesn't look so good as other papers do. This result isn't the beautiest but I am still satisfied with it.
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Japan Expo 2022 - Body Painting
Painture Festival est le festival de bodypaint en France.
( Edition 2022 - 21 eme impact )
Canyonlands National Park is an American national park located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab. The park preserves a colorful landscape eroded into numerous canyons, mesas, and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective tributaries. Legislation creating the park was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on September 12, 1964.
The park is divided into four districts: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze, and the combined rivers—the Green and Colorado—which carved two large canyons into the Colorado Plateau. While these areas share a primitive desert atmosphere, each retains its own character. Author Edward Abbey, a frequent visitor, described the Canyonlands as "the most weird, wonderful, magical place on earth—there is nothing else like it anywhere."
In the early 1950s, Bates Wilson, then superintendent of Arches National Monument, began exploring the area to the south and west of Moab, Utah. After seeing what is now known as the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Wilson began advocating for the establishment of a new national park that would include the Needles. Additional explorations by Wilson and others expanded the areas proposed for inclusion into the new national park to include the confluence of Green and Colorado rivers, the Maze District, and Horseshoe Canyon.
In 1961, Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall was scheduled to address a conference at Grand Canyon National Park. On his flight to the conference, he flew over the Confluence (where the Colorado and Green rivers meet). The view apparently sparked Udall's interest in Wilson's proposal for a new national park in that area and Udall began promoting the establishment of Canyonlands National Park.
Utah Senator Frank Moss first introduced legislation into Congress to create Canyonlands National Park. His legislation attempted to satisfy both nature preservationists' and commercial developers' interests. Over the next four years, his proposal was struck down, debated, revised, and reintroduced to Congress many times before being passed and signed into creation.
In September, 1964, after several years of debate, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Pub.L. 88–590, which established Canyonlands National Park as a new national park. Bates Wilson became the first superintendent of the new park and is often referred to as the "Father of Canyonlands."
The Colorado River and Green River combine within the park, dividing it into three districts called the Island in the Sky, the Needles, and the Maze. The Colorado River flows through Cataract Canyon below its confluence with the Green River.
The Island in the Sky district is a broad and level mesa in the northern section of the park, between the Colorado and Green rivers. The district has many viewpoints overlooking the White Rim, a sandstone bench 1,200 feet (370 m) below the Island, and the rivers, which are another 1,000 feet (300 m) below the White Rim.
The Needles district is located south of the Island in the Sky, on the east side of the Colorado River. The district is named for the red and white banded rock pinnacles which are a major feature of the area. Various other naturally sculpted rock formations are also within this district, including grabens, potholes, and arches. Unlike Arches National Park, where many arches are accessible by short to moderate hikes, most of the arches in the Needles district lie in backcountry canyons, requiring long hikes or four-wheel drive trips to reach them.
The Ancestral Puebloans inhabited this area and some of their stone and mud dwellings are well-preserved, although the items and tools they used were mostly removed by looters. The Ancestral Puebloans also created rock art in the form of petroglyphs, most notably on Newspaper Rock along the Needles access road.
The Maze district is located west of the Colorado and Green rivers. The Maze is the least accessible section of the park, and one of the most remote and inaccessible areas of the United States.
A geographically detached section of the park located north of the Maze district, Horseshoe Canyon contains panels of rock art made by hunter-gatherers from the Late Archaic Period (2000-1000 BC) pre-dating the Ancestral Puebloans. Originally called Barrier Canyon, Horseshoe's artifacts, dwellings, pictographs, and murals are some of the oldest in America. The images depicting horses date from after 1540 AD, when the Spanish reintroduced horses to America.
Since the 1950s, scientists have been studying an area of 200 acres (81 ha) completely surrounded by cliffs. The cliffs have prevented cattle from ever grazing on the area's 62 acres (25 ha) of grassland. According to the scientists, the site may contain the largest undisturbed grassland in the Four Corners region. Studies have continued biannually since the mid-1990s. The area has been closed to the public since 1993 to maintain the nearly pristine environment.
Mammals that roam this park include black bears, coyotes, skunks, bats, elk, foxes, bobcats, badgers, ring-tailed cats, pronghorns, desert bighorn sheep, and cougars. Desert cottontails, kangaroo rats and mule deer are commonly seen by visitors.
At least 273 species of birds inhabit the park. A variety of hawks and eagles are found, including the Cooper's hawk, the northern goshawk, the sharp-shinned hawk, the red-tailed hawk, the golden and bald eagles, the rough-legged hawk, the Swainson's hawk, and the northern harrier. Several species of owls are found, including the great horned owl, the northern saw-whet owl, the western screech owl, and the Mexican spotted owl. Grebes, woodpeckers, ravens, herons, flycatchers, crows, bluebirds, wrens, warblers, blackbirds, orioles, goldfinches, swallows, sparrows, ducks, quail, grouse, pheasants, hummingbirds, falcons, gulls, and ospreys are some of the other birds that can be found.
Several reptiles can be found, including eleven species of lizards and eight species of snake (including the midget faded rattlesnake). The common kingsnake and prairie rattlesnake have been reported in the park, but not confirmed by the National Park Service.
The park is home to six confirmed amphibian species, including the red-spotted toad, Woodhouse's toad, American bullfrog, northern leopard frog, Great Basin spadefoot toad, and tiger salamander. The canyon tree frog was reported to be in the park in 2000, but was not confirmed during a study in 2004.
Canyonlands National Park contains a wide variety of plant life, including 11 cactus species,[34] 20 moss species, liverworts, grasses and wildflowers. Varieties of trees include netleaf hackberry, Russian olive, Utah juniper, pinyon pine, tamarisk, and Fremont's cottonwood. Shrubs include Mormon tea, blackbrush, four-wing saltbush, cliffrose, littleleaf mountain mahogany, and snakeweed
Cryptobiotic soil is the foundation of life in Canyonlands, providing nitrogen fixation and moisture for plant seeds. One footprint can destroy decades of growth.
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Canyonlands National Park has a cold semi-arid climate ("BSk"). The plant hardiness zones at the Island in the Sky and Needles District Visitor Centers are 7a with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of 4.0 °F (-15.6 °C) and 2.9 °F (-16.2 °C), respectively.
The National Weather Service has maintained two cooperative weather stations in the park since June 1965. Official data documents the desert climate with less than 10 inches (250 millimetres) of annual rainfall, as well as hot, mostly dry summers and cold, occasionally wet winters. Snowfall is generally light during the winter.
The station in The Neck region reports an average January temperature of 29.6 °F and an average July temperature of 79.3 °F. Average July temperatures range from a high of 90.8 °F (32.7 °C) to a low of 67.9 °F (19.9 °C). There are an average of 45.7 days with highs of 90 °F (32 °C) or higher and an average of 117.3 days with lows of 32 °F (0 °C) or lower. The highest recorded temperature was 105 °F (41 °C) on July 15, 2005, and the lowest recorded temperature was −13 °F (−25 °C) on February 6, 1989. Average annual precipitation is 9.33 inches (237 mm). There are an average of 59 days with measurable precipitation. The wettest year was 1984, with 13.66 in (347 mm), and the driest year was 1989, with 4.63 in (118 mm). The most precipitation in one month was 5.19 in (132 mm) in October 2006. The most precipitation in 24 hours was 1.76 in (45 mm) on April 9, 1978. Average annual snowfall is 22.8 in (58 cm). The most snowfall in one year was 47.4 in (120 cm) in 1975, and the most snowfall in one month was 27.0 in (69 cm) in January 1978.
The station in The Needles region reports an average January temperature of 29.7 °F and an average July temperature of 79.1 °F.[44] Average July temperatures range from a high of 95.4 °F (35.2 °C) to a low of 62.4 °F (16.9 °C). There are an average of 75.4 days with highs of 90 °F (32 °C) or higher and an average of 143.6 days with lows of 32 °F (0 °C) or lower. The highest recorded temperature was 107 °F (42 °C) on July 13, 1971, and the lowest recorded temperature was −16 °F (−27 °C) on January 16, 1971. Average annual precipitation is 8.49 in (216 mm). There are an average of 56 days with measurable precipitation. The wettest year was 1969, with 11.19 in (284 mm), and the driest year was 1989, with 4.25 in (108 mm). The most precipitation in one month was 4.43 in (113 mm) in October 1972. The most precipitation in 24 hours was 1.56 in (40 mm) on September 17, 1999. Average annual snowfall is 14.4 in (37 cm). The most snowfall in one year was 39.3 in (100 cm) in 1975, and the most snowfall in one month was 24.0 in (61 cm) in March 1985.
National parks in the Western US are more affected by climate change than the country as a whole, and the National Park Service has begun research into how exactly this will effect the ecosystem of Canyonlands National Park and the surrounding areas and ways to protect the park for the future. The mean annual temperature of Canyonlands National Park increased by 2.6 °F (1.4 °C) from 1916 to 2018. It is predicted that if current warming trends continue, the average highs in the park during the summer will be over 100 °F (40 °C) by 2100. In addition to warming, the region has begun to see more severe and frequent droughts which causes native grass cover to decrease and a lower flow of the Colorado River. The flows of the Upper Colorado Basin have decreased by 300,000 acre⋅ft (370,000,000 m3) per year, which has led to a decreased amount of sediment carried by the river and rockier rapids which are more frequently impassable to rafters. The area has also begun to see an earlier spring, which will lead to changes in the timing of leaves and flowers blooming and migrational patterns of wildlife that could lead to food shortages for the wildlife, as well as a longer fire season.
The National Park Service is currently closely monitoring the impacts of climate change in Canyonlands National Park in order to create management strategies that will best help conserve the park's landscapes and ecosystems for the long term. Although the National Park Service's original goal was to preserve landscapes as they were before European colonization, they have now switched to a more adaptive management strategy with the ultimate goal of conserving the biodiversity of the park. The NPS is collaborating with other organizations including the US Geological Survey, local indigenous tribes, and nearby universities in order to create a management plan for the national park. Right now, there is a focus on research into which native plants will be most resistant to climate change so that the park can decide on what to prioritize in conservation efforts. The Canyonlands Natural History Association has been giving money to the US Geological Survey to fund this and other climate related research. They gave $30,000 in 2019 and $61,000 in 2020.
A subsiding basin and nearby uplifting mountain range (the Uncompahgre) existed in the area in Pennsylvanian time. Seawater trapped in the subsiding basin created thick evaporite deposits by Mid Pennsylvanian. This, along with eroded material from the nearby mountain range, became the Paradox Formation, itself a part of the Hermosa Group. Paradox salt beds started to flow later in the Pennsylvanian and probably continued to move until the end of the Jurassic. Some scientists believe Upheaval Dome was created from Paradox salt bed movement, creating a salt dome, but more modern studies show that the meteorite theory is more likely to be correct.
A warm shallow sea again flooded the region near the end of the Pennsylvanian. Fossil-rich limestones, sandstones, and shales of the gray-colored Honaker Trail Formation resulted. A period of erosion then ensued, creating a break in the geologic record called an unconformity. Early in the Permian an advancing sea laid down the Halgaito Shale. Coastal lowlands later returned to the area, forming the Elephant Canyon Formation.
Large alluvial fans filled the basin where it met the Uncompahgre Mountains, creating the Cutler red beds of iron-rich arkose sandstone. Underwater sand bars and sand dunes on the coast inter-fingered with the red beds and later became the white-colored cliff-forming Cedar Mesa Sandstone. Brightly colored oxidized muds were then deposited, forming the Organ Rock Shale. Coastal sand dunes and marine sand bars once again became dominant, creating the White Rim Sandstone.
A second unconformity was created after the Permian sea retreated. Flood plains on an expansive lowland covered the eroded surface and mud built up in tidal flats, creating the Moenkopi Formation. Erosion returned, forming a third unconformity. The Chinle Formation was then laid down on top of this eroded surface.
Increasingly dry climates dominated the Triassic. Therefore, sand in the form of sand dunes invaded and became the Wingate Sandstone. For a time climatic conditions became wetter and streams cut channels through the sand dunes, forming the Kayenta Formation. Arid conditions returned to the region with a vengeance; a large desert spread over much of western North America and later became the Navajo Sandstone. A fourth unconformity was created by a period of erosion.
Mud flats returned, forming the Carmel Formation, and the Entrada Sandstone was laid down next. A long period of erosion stripped away most of the San Rafael Group in the area, along with any formations that may have been laid down in the Cretaceous period.
The Laramide orogeny started to uplift the Rocky Mountains 70 million years ago and with it, the Canyonlands region. Erosion intensified and when the Colorado River Canyon reached the salt beds of the Paradox Formation the overlying strata extended toward the river canyon, forming features such as The Grabens. Increased precipitation during the ice ages of the Pleistocene quickened the rate of canyon excavation along with other erosion. Similar types of erosion are ongoing, but occur at a slower rate.
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It borders Colorado to its east, Wyoming to its northeast, Idaho to its north, Arizona to its south, and Nevada to its west. Utah also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast. Of the fifty U.S. states, Utah is the 13th-largest by area; with a population over three million, it is the 30th-most-populous and 11th-least-densely populated. Urban development is mostly concentrated in two areas: the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the state, which is home to roughly two-thirds of the population and includes the capital city, Salt Lake City; and Washington County in the southwest, with more than 180,000 residents. Most of the western half of Utah lies in the Great Basin.
Utah has been inhabited for thousands of years by various indigenous groups such as the ancient Puebloans, Navajo, and Ute. The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive in the mid-16th century, though the region's difficult geography and harsh climate made it a peripheral part of New Spain and later Mexico. Even while it was Mexican territory, many of Utah's earliest settlers were American, particularly Mormons fleeing marginalization and persecution from the United States via the Mormon Trail. Following the Mexican–American War in 1848, the region was annexed by the U.S., becoming part of the Utah Territory, which included what is now Colorado and Nevada. Disputes between the dominant Mormon community and the federal government delayed Utah's admission as a state; only after the outlawing of polygamy was it admitted in 1896 as the 45th.
People from Utah are known as Utahns. Slightly over half of all Utahns are Mormons, the vast majority of whom are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which has its world headquarters in Salt Lake City; Utah is the only state where a majority of the population belongs to a single church. A 2023 paper challenged this perception (claiming only 42% of Utahns are Mormons) however most statistics still show a majority of Utah residents belong to the LDS church; estimates from the LDS church suggests 60.68% of Utah's population belongs to the church whilst some sources put the number as high as 68%. The paper replied that membership count done by the LDS Church is too high for several reasons. The LDS Church greatly influences Utahn culture, politics, and daily life, though since the 1990s the state has become more religiously diverse as well as secular.
Utah has a highly diversified economy, with major sectors including transportation, education, information technology and research, government services, mining, multi-level marketing, and tourism. Utah has been one of the fastest growing states since 2000, with the 2020 U.S. census confirming the fastest population growth in the nation since 2010. St. George was the fastest-growing metropolitan area in the United States from 2000 to 2005. Utah ranks among the overall best states in metrics such as healthcare, governance, education, and infrastructure. It has the 12th-highest median average income and the least income inequality of any U.S. state. Over time and influenced by climate change, droughts in Utah have been increasing in frequency and severity, putting a further strain on Utah's water security and impacting the state's economy.
The History of Utah is an examination of the human history and social activity within the state of Utah located in the western United States.
Archaeological evidence dates the earliest habitation of humans in Utah to about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Paleolithic people lived near the Great Basin's swamps and marshes, which had an abundance of fish, birds, and small game animals. Big game, including bison, mammoths and ground sloths, also were attracted to these water sources. Over the centuries, the mega-fauna died, this population was replaced by the Desert Archaic people, who sheltered in caves near the Great Salt Lake. Relying more on gathering than the previous Utah residents, their diet was mainly composed of cattails and other salt tolerant plants such as pickleweed, burro weed and sedge. Red meat appears to have been more of a luxury, although these people used nets and the atlatl to hunt water fowl, ducks, small animals and antelope. Artifacts include nets woven with plant fibers and rabbit skin, woven sandals, gaming sticks, and animal figures made from split-twigs. About 3,500 years ago, lake levels rose and the population of Desert Archaic people appears to have dramatically decreased. The Great Basin may have been almost unoccupied for 1,000 years.
The Fremont culture, named from sites near the Fremont River in Utah, lived in what is now north and western Utah and parts of Nevada, Idaho and Colorado from approximately 600 to 1300 AD. These people lived in areas close to water sources that had been previously occupied by the Desert Archaic people, and may have had some relationship with them. However, their use of new technologies define them as a distinct people. Fremont technologies include:
use of the bow and arrow while hunting,
building pithouse shelters,
growing maize and probably beans and squash,
building above ground granaries of adobe or stone,
creating and decorating low-fired pottery ware,
producing art, including jewelry and rock art such as petroglyphs and pictographs.
The ancient Puebloan culture, also known as the Anasazi, occupied territory adjacent to the Fremont. The ancestral Puebloan culture centered on the present-day Four Corners area of the Southwest United States, including the San Juan River region of Utah. Archaeologists debate when this distinct culture emerged, but cultural development seems to date from about the common era, about 500 years before the Fremont appeared. It is generally accepted that the cultural peak of these people was around the 1200 CE. Ancient Puebloan culture is known for well constructed pithouses and more elaborate adobe and masonry dwellings. They were excellent craftsmen, producing turquoise jewelry and fine pottery. The Puebloan culture was based on agriculture, and the people created and cultivated fields of maize, beans, and squash and domesticated turkeys. They designed and produced elaborate field terracing and irrigation systems. They also built structures, some known as kivas, apparently designed solely for cultural and religious rituals.
These two later cultures were roughly contemporaneous, and appear to have established trading relationships. They also shared enough cultural traits that archaeologists believe the cultures may have common roots in the early American Southwest. However, each remained culturally distinct throughout most of their existence. These two well established cultures appear to have been severely impacted by climatic change and perhaps by the incursion of new people in about 1200 CE. Over the next two centuries, the Fremont and ancient Pueblo people may have moved into the American southwest, finding new homes and farmlands in the river drainages of Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico.
In about 1200, Shoshonean speaking peoples entered Utah territory from the west. They may have originated in southern California and moved into the desert environment due to population pressure along the coast. They were an upland people with a hunting and gathering lifestyle utilizing roots and seeds, including the pinyon nut. They were also skillful fishermen, created pottery and raised some crops. When they first arrived in Utah, they lived as small family groups with little tribal organization. Four main Shoshonean peoples inhabited Utah country. The Shoshone in the north and northeast, the Gosiutes in the northwest, the Utes in the central and eastern parts of the region and the Southern Paiutes in the southwest. Initially, there seems to have been very little conflict between these groups.
In the early 16th century, the San Juan River basin in Utah's southeast also saw a new people, the Díne or Navajo, part of a greater group of plains Athabaskan speakers moved into the Southwest from the Great Plains. In addition to the Navajo, this language group contained people that were later known as Apaches, including the Lipan, Jicarilla, and Mescalero Apaches.
Athabaskans were a hunting people who initially followed the bison, and were identified in 16th-century Spanish accounts as "dog nomads". The Athabaskans expanded their range throughout the 17th century, occupying areas the Pueblo peoples had abandoned during prior centuries. The Spanish first specifically mention the "Apachu de Nabajo" (Navaho) in the 1620s, referring to the people in the Chama valley region east of the San Juan River, and north west of Santa Fe. By the 1640s, the term Navaho was applied to these same people. Although the Navajo newcomers established a generally peaceful trading and cultural exchange with the some modern Pueblo peoples to the south, they experienced intermittent warfare with the Shoshonean peoples, particularly the Utes in eastern Utah and western Colorado.
At the time of European expansion, beginning with Spanish explorers traveling from Mexico, five distinct native peoples occupied territory within the Utah area: the Northern Shoshone, the Goshute, the Ute, the Paiute and the Navajo.
The Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado may have crossed into what is now southern Utah in 1540, when he was seeking the legendary Cíbola.
A group led by two Spanish Catholic priests—sometimes called the Domínguez–Escalante expedition—left Santa Fe in 1776, hoping to find a route to the California coast. The expedition traveled as far north as Utah Lake and encountered the native residents. All of what is now Utah was claimed by the Spanish Empire from the 1500s to 1821 as part of New Spain (later as the province Alta California); and subsequently claimed by Mexico from 1821 to 1848. However, Spain and Mexico had little permanent presence in, or control of, the region.
Fur trappers (also known as mountain men) including Jim Bridger, explored some regions of Utah in the early 19th century. The city of Provo was named for one such man, Étienne Provost, who visited the area in 1825. The city of Ogden, Utah is named for a brigade leader of the Hudson's Bay Company, Peter Skene Ogden who trapped in the Weber Valley. In 1846, a year before the arrival of members from the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, the ill-fated Donner Party crossed through the Salt Lake valley late in the season, deciding not to stay the winter there but to continue forward to California, and beyond.
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as Mormon pioneers, first came to the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. At the time, the U.S. had already captured the Mexican territories of Alta California and New Mexico in the Mexican–American War and planned to keep them, but those territories, including the future state of Utah, officially became United States territory upon the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848. The treaty was ratified by the United States Senate on March 10, 1848.
Upon arrival in the Salt Lake Valley, the Mormon pioneers found no permanent settlement of Indians. Other areas along the Wasatch Range were occupied at the time of settlement by the Northwestern Shoshone and adjacent areas by other bands of Shoshone such as the Gosiute. The Northwestern Shoshone lived in the valleys on the eastern shore of Great Salt Lake and in adjacent mountain valleys. Some years after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley Mormons, who went on to colonize many other areas of what is now Utah, were petitioned by Indians for recompense for land taken. The response of Heber C. Kimball, first counselor to Brigham Young, was that the land belonged to "our Father in Heaven and we expect to plow and plant it." A 1945 Supreme Court decision found that the land had been treated by the United States as public domain; no aboriginal title by the Northwestern Shoshone had been recognized by the United States or extinguished by treaty with the United States.
Upon arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, the Mormons had to make a place to live. They created irrigation systems, laid out farms, built houses, churches, and schools. Access to water was crucially important. Almost immediately, Brigham Young set out to identify and claim additional community sites. While it was difficult to find large areas in the Great Basin where water sources were dependable and growing seasons long enough to raise vitally important subsistence crops, satellite communities began to be formed.
Shortly after the first company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, the community of Bountiful was settled to the north. In 1848, settlers moved into lands purchased from trapper Miles Goodyear in present-day Ogden. In 1849, Tooele and Provo were founded. Also that year, at the invitation of Ute chief Wakara, settlers moved into the Sanpete Valley in central Utah to establish the community of Manti. Fillmore, Utah, intended to be the capital of the new territory, was established in 1851. In 1855, missionary efforts aimed at western native cultures led to outposts in Fort Lemhi, Idaho, Las Vegas, Nevada and Elk Mountain in east-central Utah.
The experiences of returning members of the Mormon Battalion were also important in establishing new communities. On their journey west, the Mormon soldiers had identified dependable rivers and fertile river valleys in Colorado, Arizona and southern California. In addition, as the men traveled to rejoin their families in the Salt Lake Valley, they moved through southern Nevada and the eastern segments of southern Utah. Jefferson Hunt, a senior Mormon officer of the Battalion, actively searched for settlement sites, minerals, and other resources. His report encouraged 1851 settlement efforts in Iron County, near present-day Cedar City. These southern explorations eventually led to Mormon settlements in St. George, Utah, Las Vegas and San Bernardino, California, as well as communities in southern Arizona.
Prior to establishment of the Oregon and California trails and Mormon settlement, Indians native to the Salt Lake Valley and adjacent areas lived by hunting buffalo and other game, but also gathered grass seed from the bountiful grass of the area as well as roots such as those of the Indian Camas. By the time of settlement, indeed before 1840, the buffalo were gone from the valley, but hunting by settlers and grazing of cattle severely impacted the Indians in the area, and as settlement expanded into nearby river valleys and oases, indigenous tribes experienced increasing difficulty in gathering sufficient food. Brigham Young's counsel was to feed the hungry tribes, and that was done, but it was often not enough. These tensions formed the background to the Bear River massacre committed by California Militia stationed in Salt Lake City during the Civil War. The site of the massacre is just inside Preston, Idaho, but was generally thought to be within Utah at the time.
Statehood was petitioned for in 1849-50 using the name Deseret. The proposed State of Deseret would have been quite large, encompassing all of what is now Utah, and portions of Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Arizona, Oregon, New Mexico and California. The name of Deseret was favored by the LDS leader Brigham Young as a symbol of industry and was derived from a reference in the Book of Mormon. The petition was rejected by Congress and Utah did not become a state until 1896, following the Utah Constitutional Convention of 1895.
In 1850, the Utah Territory was created with the Compromise of 1850, and Fillmore (named after President Fillmore) was designated the capital. In 1856, Salt Lake City replaced Fillmore as the territorial capital.
The first group of pioneers brought African slaves with them, making Utah the only place in the western United States to have African slavery. Three slaves, Green Flake, Hark Lay, and Oscar Crosby, came west with this first group in 1847. The settlers also began to purchase Indian slaves in the well-established Indian slave trade, as well as enslaving Indian prisoners of war. In 1850, 26 slaves were counted in Salt Lake County. Slavery didn't become officially recognized until 1852, when the Act in Relation to Service and the Act for the relief of Indian Slaves and Prisoners were passed. Slavery was repealed on June 19, 1862, when Congress prohibited slavery in all US territories.
Disputes between the Mormon inhabitants and the federal government intensified after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' practice of polygamy became known. The polygamous practices of the Mormons, which were made public in 1854, would be one of the major reasons Utah was denied statehood until almost 50 years after the Mormons had entered the area.
After news of their polygamous practices spread, the members of the LDS Church were quickly viewed by some as un-American and rebellious. In 1857, after news of a possible rebellion spread, President James Buchanan sent troops on the Utah expedition to quell the growing unrest and to replace Brigham Young as territorial governor with Alfred Cumming. The expedition was also known as the Utah War.
As fear of invasion grew, Mormon settlers had convinced some Paiute Indians to aid in a Mormon-led attack on 120 immigrants from Arkansas under the guise of Indian aggression. The murder of these settlers became known as the Mountain Meadows massacre. The Mormon leadership had adopted a defensive posture that led to a ban on the selling of grain to outsiders in preparation for an impending war. This chafed pioneers traveling through the region, who were unable to purchase badly needed supplies. A disagreement between some of the Arkansas pioneers and the Mormons in Cedar City led to the secret planning of the massacre by a few Mormon leaders in the area. Some scholars debate the involvement of Brigham Young. Only one man, John D. Lee, was ever convicted of the murders, and he was executed at the massacre site.
Express riders had brought the news 1,000 miles from the Missouri River settlements to Salt Lake City within about two weeks of the army's beginning to march west. Fearing the worst as 2,500 troops (roughly 1/3rd of the army then) led by General Albert Sidney Johnston started west, Brigham Young ordered all residents of Salt Lake City and neighboring communities to prepare their homes for burning and evacuate southward to Utah Valley and southern Utah. Young also sent out a few units of the Nauvoo Legion (numbering roughly 8,000–10,000), to delay the army's advance. The majority he sent into the mountains to prepare defenses or south to prepare for a scorched earth retreat. Although some army wagon supply trains were captured and burned and herds of army horses and cattle run off no serious fighting occurred. Starting late and short on supplies, the United States Army camped during the bitter winter of 1857–58 near a burned out Fort Bridger in Wyoming. Through the negotiations between emissary Thomas L. Kane, Young, Cumming and Johnston, control of Utah territory was peacefully transferred to Cumming, who entered an eerily vacant Salt Lake City in the spring of 1858. By agreement with Young, Johnston established the army at Fort Floyd 40 miles away from Salt Lake City, to the southwest.
Salt Lake City was the last link of the First Transcontinental Telegraph, between Carson City, Nevada and Omaha, Nebraska completed in October 1861. Brigham Young, who had helped expedite construction, was among the first to send a message, along with Abraham Lincoln and other officials. Soon after the telegraph line was completed, the Deseret Telegraph Company built the Deseret line connecting the settlements in the territory with Salt Lake City and, by extension, the rest of the United States.
Because of the American Civil War, federal troops were pulled out of Utah Territory (and their fort auctioned off), leaving the territorial government in federal hands without army backing until General Patrick E. Connor arrived with the 3rd Regiment of California Volunteers in 1862. While in Utah, Connor and his troops soon became discontent with this assignment wanting to head to Virginia where the "real" fighting and glory was occurring. Connor established Fort Douglas just three miles (5 km) east of Salt Lake City and encouraged his bored and often idle soldiers to go out and explore for mineral deposits to bring more non-Mormons into the state. Minerals were discovered in Tooele County, and some miners began to come to the territory. Conner also solved the Shoshone Indian problem in Cache Valley Utah by luring the Shoshone into a midwinter confrontation on January 29, 1863. The armed conflict quickly turned into a rout, discipline among the soldiers broke down, and the Battle of Bear River is today usually referred to by historians as the Bear River Massacre. Between 200 and 400 Shoshone men, women and children were killed, as were 27 soldiers, with over 50 more soldiers wounded or suffering from frostbite.
Beginning in 1865, Utah's Black Hawk War developed into the deadliest conflict in the territory's history. Chief Antonga Black Hawk died in 1870, but fights continued to break out until additional federal troops were sent in to suppress the Ghost Dance of 1872. The war is unique among Indian Wars because it was a three-way conflict, with mounted Timpanogos Utes led by Antonga Black Hawk fighting federal and Utah local militia.
On May 10, 1869, the First transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake. The railroad brought increasing numbers of people into the state, and several influential businessmen made fortunes in the territory.
Main article: Latter Day Saint polygamy in the late-19th century
During the 1870s and 1880s, federal laws were passed and federal marshals assigned to enforce the laws against polygamy. In the 1890 Manifesto, the LDS Church leadership dropped its approval of polygamy citing divine revelation. When Utah applied for statehood again in 1895, it was accepted. Statehood was officially granted on January 4, 1896.
The Mormon issue made the situation for women the topic of nationwide controversy. In 1870 the Utah Territory, controlled by Mormons, gave women the right to vote. However, in 1887, Congress disenfranchised Utah women with the Edmunds–Tucker Act. In 1867–96, eastern activists promoted women's suffrage in Utah as an experiment, and as a way to eliminate polygamy. They were Presbyterians and other Protestants convinced that Mormonism was a non-Christian cult that grossly mistreated women. The Mormons promoted woman suffrage to counter the negative image of downtrodden Mormon women. With the 1890 Manifesto clearing the way for statehood, in 1895 Utah adopted a constitution restoring the right of women's suffrage. Congress admitted Utah as a state with that constitution in 1896.
Though less numerous than other intermountain states at the time, several lynching murders for alleged misdeeds occurred in Utah territory at the hand of vigilantes. Those documented include the following, with their ethnicity or national origin noted in parentheses if it was provided in the source:
William Torrington in Carson City (then a part of Utah territory), 1859
Thomas Coleman (Black man) in Salt Lake City, 1866
3 unidentified men at Wahsatch, winter of 1868
A Black man in Uintah, 1869
Charles A. Benson in Logan, 1873
Ah Sing (Chinese man) in Corinne, 1874
Thomas Forrest in St. George, 1880
William Harvey (Black man) in Salt Lake City, 1883
John Murphy in Park City, 1883
George Segal (Japanese man) in Ogden, 1884
Joseph Fisher in Eureka, 1886
Robert Marshall (Black man) in Castle Gate, 1925
Other lynchings in Utah territory include multiple instances of mass murder of Native American children, women, and men by White settlers including the Battle Creek massacre (1849), Provo River Massacre (1850), Nephi massacre (1853), and Circleville Massacre (1866).
Beginning in the early 20th century, with the establishment of such national parks as Bryce Canyon National Park and Zion National Park, Utah began to become known for its natural beauty. Southern Utah became a popular filming spot for arid, rugged scenes, and such natural landmarks as Delicate Arch and "the Mittens" of Monument Valley are instantly recognizable to most national residents. During the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, with the construction of the Interstate highway system, accessibility to the southern scenic areas was made easier.
Beginning in 1939, with the establishment of Alta Ski Area, Utah has become world-renowned for its skiing. The dry, powdery snow of the Wasatch Range is considered some of the best skiing in the world. Salt Lake City won the bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics in 1995, and this has served as a great boost to the economy. The ski resorts have increased in popularity, and many of the Olympic venues scattered across the Wasatch Front continue to be used for sporting events. This also spurred the development of the light-rail system in the Salt Lake Valley, known as TRAX, and the re-construction of the freeway system around the city.
During the late 20th century, the state grew quickly. In the 1970s, growth was phenomenal in the suburbs. Sandy was one of the fastest-growing cities in the country at that time, and West Valley City is the state's 2nd most populous city. Today, many areas of Utah are seeing phenomenal growth. Northern Davis, southern and western Salt Lake, Summit, eastern Tooele, Utah, Wasatch, and Washington counties are all growing very quickly. Transportation and urbanization are major issues in politics as development consumes agricultural land and wilderness areas.
In 2012, the State of Utah passed the Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act in an attempt to gain control over a substantial portion of federal land in the state from the federal government, based on language in the Utah Enabling Act of 1894. The State does not intend to use force or assert control by limiting access in an attempt to control the disputed lands, but does intend to use a multi-step process of education, negotiation, legislation, and if necessary, litigation as part of its multi-year effort to gain state or private control over the lands after 2014.
Utah families, like most Americans everywhere, did their utmost to assist in the war effort. Tires, meat, butter, sugar, fats, oils, coffee, shoes, boots, gasoline, canned fruits, vegetables, and soups were rationed on a national basis. The school day was shortened and bus routes were reduced to limit the number of resources used stateside and increase what could be sent to soldiers.
Geneva Steel was built to increase the steel production for America during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had proposed opening a steel mill in Utah in 1936, but the idea was shelved after a couple of months. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States entered the war and the steel plant was put into progress. In April 1944, Geneva shipped its first order, which consisted of over 600 tons of steel plate. Geneva Steel also brought thousands of job opportunities to Utah. The positions were hard to fill as many of Utah's men were overseas fighting. Women began working, filling 25 percent of the jobs.
As a result of Utah's and Geneva Steels contribution during the war, several Liberty Ships were named in honor of Utah including the USS Joseph Smith, USS Brigham Young, USS Provo, and the USS Peter Skene Ogden.
One of the sectors of the beachhead of Normandy Landings was codenamed Utah Beach, and the amphibious landings at the beach were undertaken by United States Army troops.
It is estimated that 1,450 soldiers from Utah were killed in the war.
Author : @Kiri Karma
Made in Asia - 2023 Spring - Day 2
14 eme edition - jour 2
( Embarque dans l'aventure au pays de la pop-culture a Brussels Expo et decouvre toutes les nouvelles experiences de cette edition
Parcours thematises, shows et jeux avec les invites, jeux video japonais, escape room, karaoke de generiques d'animes, tournois de cartes Dragon Ball, modelisme Gundam, exposition Ghibli... : tous tes heros t'attendent a Bruxelles sous differentes formes !
Alors, embarque sur ton nuage magique et decouvre Konoha aux cotes de Sailor Moon et de Ken le Survivant! (Si, si, c'est possible a Made in Asia!) )
Author: Ngô Huy Hòa (hachi8)
Tel : +84 936780285
Email : hachi181@gmail.com
Facebook : facebook.com/ngohuyhoa
Author : @Kiri Karma
Comiccon Holland 2023 - WCL - Darkmondo Vs Aaron Rammy
Darkmondo (c) Def. (Pin) Aaron Rammy
For : World Catch League Championship (No Title Change)
Referee : Chris James Bizige
( Comic Con Holland is the event in the Netherlands for all true fans and enthusiasts of Comics, Manga, Cosplay, Gaming, Films, Series, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and more.
Escape to a magical world, the ultimate Geek experience with world famous star guests to meet and a huge Geek Market to visit.
But also fascinating workshops, Q&As and lectures, but you can also just play games and enjoy the many competitions and performances.
Above all, it is the perfect time to make friends and have a fun day with other fans. We are very happy to land in the Brabanthallen with our Comic Con Spaceship!
Come on Netherlands, Get Your Geek On! )
Author : @Kiri Karma
Cobra Wrestling Association - Genesis 4 - Ironhide Vs El Gio, Bad boy, Michael Gore
Ironhide Def. (Pin) El Gio, Bad boy, Michael Gore
Type of match : Open Challenge
Info on the match : Head of the snake tournament third match
Ironhide is de derde en laatste deelnemer die door gaat naar de triple threat match.
( We proberen het nogmaals : zaterdag 19 februari 2022 . Zaal de mast in Torhout.
Cobra Wrestling Association presents : The Comeback of GENESIS 4 . )
Author : @Kiri Karma
Comiccon Brussels 2023 - Spring - Q & A Charmed Reunion
Rose Mcgowan
aka Paige Matthews, Cherry Darling, Tatum Riley, Queen of Hearts, ...
Charmed - Planet Terror - Scream - Once Upon A Time - ...
Get ready for a bewitching guest! The one and only Rose McGowan, known for her roles as the powerful and determined witch Paige Matthews in the hit series Charmed, Cherry Darling in Planet Terror and as Cora Mills/The Queen of Hearts in Once Upon a Time and Tatum Riley in SCREAM is coming to Comic Con Brussels!
Paige Matthews was introduced as the younger half-sister of the main characters in the show, and quickly became a fan favorite due to her strong and independent personality. Rose McGowan brought a fresh energy to the show and her portrayal of Paige was praised by both fans and critics alike.
Holly Marie Combs
aka Piper Halliwell, ella Montgomery, ...
Charmed - Pretty little liars - ...
The ever Charming Holly Marie Combs is joining Rose Mcgowan for a CHARMED Reunion!
Charming and magical indeed, because she played a leading role in 179 episodes of the smash hit 90s and 2000s series.
Famed for playing Piper Halliwell in the original Charmed series, she was one of the Charmed Ones and considered the most powerful of the three sisters(after the death of Prue). We're of course talking about Holly Marie Combs! Holly also starred in the hit series Pretty Little Liars as Ella Montgomery.
Brian Krause
aka Leo Wyatt
Charmed
Another actor of the main cast is joining our Charmed Reunion! Sent back to the world as a Whitelighter (this should already ring some bells with the die hard fans!), our next guest met and protected the Charmed Ones in the massive hit series Charmed! Of course, we are talking about BRIAN KRAUSE aka LEO WYATT from Charmed!
Leo was a fixed value in almost every episode of Charmed, fighting the darklighter Rennek, protecting the sisters and having adventures with his wife Piper. He was and is a true fan favourite during all seasons of Charmed. Brian Krause also starred in Stephen King's Sleepwalkers and the Blue Lagoon reboot : Return to The Blue Lagoon.
Drew Fuller
aka Chris Halliwell
Charmed
And here's another surprise so close to the convention, The Charmed Reunion just became bigger.
Drew Fuller who we know as Chriss Halliwell in Charmed is coming to the show this weekend!
When he heard that there was a Charmed Reunion at Comic Con Brussels, he immediately jumped on a plane to be there.
He loves Brussels and he loves his co-stars, so he's going to be at the show next to Holly Marie Combs to meet all the Charmed fans.
Come and meet Drew Fuller aka Chriss Halliwell on both days.
( Comic con brussels is your celebration of geek culture in the heart of europe!
You will find us at the beautiful Tour & Taxis site near the Brussels North train station. At Comic Con Brussels you will find Dealers, Artists, Actors, ... It's a Con that brings together all the things you love:
Comics, cosplay, gaming, films, manga, collectibles, anime, tv series, clothing, toys, gadgets and lots more!!! )
Author : @Kiri Karma
BodyZoi Wrestling - Invasion - Kuro The Kidd Vs Kid Lykos II
Kuro The Kidd Def. (Pin) Kid Lykos II
Author : @Kiri Karma
Forever Rivals Wrestling - Taunton 2022 - Divers
Photos diverses prisent avant et apres le show.
Various photos taken before and after the show.
( LIVE in Taunton this Sun, Nov 20 only!
An all action, pro wrestling event is coming to town!
Tickets & info: foreverrivals.com/
Tix also available on the door.
Featuring a tonne of amazing matches + top wrestlers & luchadors
from all across the UK & Europe, these shows have it all!
All ages welcome - bar at the venue - meet the wrestlers after the show!
One day, two different epics shows!
Body slams & battle royales, don't miss & join us for an unforgettable show the whole family can enjoy!
6 HUGE matches on each show.
In the afternoon it's a 6 man tag main event featuring villians vs Luchadors & in the evening its our 500lbs of pro wrestling's finest when Iestyn Rees (England) takes on A-Buck (France)
See you all there! )
Author : @Kiri Karma
Plaisirs d'hiver - Marche de noel 2022 - First Sunday
The 22nd edition of Winter Wonders takes place from 25.11.2022 to 01.01.2023.?
And who better than this international event to illustrate the magic of the festive season in the capital of Europe?
Its Christmas Market is considered 'the best Christmas market in the world' (source: Popular Travel Website Big 7 Travel) and hosts nearly 250 chalets with enchanting offers on a route of nearly 3 km in the heart of Brussels. But that's not all! This major event also offers a number of activities in the centre of Brussels: a magnificent Christmas tree and a sound and light show on the Grand-Place, cultural activities, artistic discoveries, a large ice rink and shows of all kinds for young and old.
Author : @Kiri Karma
Divers 2022 - The Art Of The Brick Brussels
After touring several cities and entering CNN's list of 'Must-See' exhibitions, it has finally return to Brussels. The Art of the Brick immerses the visitor in the world of Nathan Sawaya: a cheerful and colourful world. The artist used more than a million bricks for this exhibition, creating over 70 works of art that can make adults and children smile and reflect. The collection includes a great variety of sculptures alongside re-imagined versions of some of the world's most famous art masterpieces, such as Michelangelo's David, Van Gogh's Starry Night and Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Among the wonders, visitors will also find a 6-metre-long reproduction of a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton and an innovative, multimedia collection of LEGO photography produced alongside award-winning photographer Dean West. Don't miss this exciting exhibition seen by over 10 million people worldwide! What are you waiting for?
( Divers albums de photos prisent en 2022 sans sujet precis.
Various albums of pictures taken in 2022 without subject. )
Equipment: Canon Ixus 220 HS @ 4.3mm
Exposure: 1/800s | f/2.7 | ISO 100
Processing: The Gimp
Image sous licence Creative Commons.
Merci de me signaler si vous utilisez cette image sur un blog ou un site web, et de lier celle-ci ou le nom de l'auteur à cette page.
Picture under Creative Commons license.
Please let me know if you wish to use this picture on a blog or website, and link it, or the name of the author, to this page.
Author : @Kiri Karma
Comiccon Brussels 2022 - WCL - Divers
Photos diverses prisent avant et apres le show.
Various photos taken before and after the show.
( Comic con brussels is your celebration of geek culture in the heart of europe!
You will find us at the beautiful Tour & Taxis site near the Brussels North train station. At Comic Con Brussels you will find Dealers, Artists, Actors, ... It's a Con that brings together all the things you love:
Comics, cosplay, gaming, films, manga, collectibles, anime, tv series, clothing, toys, gadgets and lots more!!!
There are still tickets at the register - Cosplay ticket 25 euro & standard ticket 30 euro )
Author : @Kiri
Japan Expo 2019 - ICWA - Day 2 - Hibiscus Mii Vs MBM
Hibiscus Mii def. (Pin) MBM
Type of match : Mixed Gender Match
( Venez celebrer le 20e anniversaire de Japan Expo ! Ne en 2000, le festival poursuit depuis sa premiere edition l'ambition de reunir les amoureux du Japon, les fans de pop culture et les curieux en tout genre, pour leur permettre de profiter de leur passion et leur faire decouvrir le pays du soleil levant, sa culture et ses talents.
Japan Expo met sur le devant de la scene la culture japonaise la plus traditionnelle comme la plus moderne en invitant le public a rencontrer des invites de nombreux domaines, assistez a des spectacles en tout genre et participer a toutes sortes d'animations, de jeux ou d'ateliers. Rejoignez cette grande fete du 4 au 7 juillet 2019 au Parc des Expositions de Paris-Nord Villepinte ! )
Author : @Kiri Karma
Japan Expo 2023 - Body Painting
Painture Festival est le festival de bodypaint en France.
( Edition 2023 - 22 eme impact )
Author : @Kiri Karma
Real American Wrestling - CATCHcafe 13 - Darkmondo Vs Kenzo Richards
Darkmondo (c) (With Mister D) Def. (Disqualification) Kenzo Richards
For : World Catch League Championship (No Title Change)
( CATCHcafe 13, warriors of the world )
Author : @Kiri
PWA - CatchoRama 2019 - Dante Mercer Vs Gridlock, Colin Williams, Keith Mercer, Kevin Williams, Asriel Walker
Dante Mercer Def. (Won Battle Royal) Gridlock, Colin Williams, Keith Mercer, Kevin Williams, Asriel Walker
Type of match : Battle Royal
Info on the match : The winner take a match at the PWA DareDevil Kampioenschap
( Pro Wrestling Allstars sloot gisteren het jaar af met PWA CatchORama. We kroonden maar liefst 5 nieuwe kampioenen tijdens dit wervelend spektakel. )
Author : @Kiri Karma
Comiccon Brussels 2022 - WCL - Day 2 - Aaron Rammy Vs Michelangelo
Aaron Rammy (c) Def. (Pin) Michelangelo (With Alex Kyrioglou (The Franchise))
For : ZMAK Championship (No Title Change)
Referee : Chris James Bizige
( Comic con brussels is your celebration of geek culture in the heart of europe!
You will find us at the beautiful Tour & Taxis site near the Brussels North train station. At Comic Con Brussels you will find Dealers, Artists, Actors, ... It's a Con that brings together all the things you love:
Comics, cosplay, gaming, films, manga, collectibles, anime, tv series, clothing, toys, gadgets and lots more!!!
There are still tickets at the register - Cosplay ticket 25 euro & standard ticket 30 euro )
Author : @Kiri Karma
Japan Con 2022 - Brussels Manga - WCL - Day 2 - Rj Jaguar Vs Sheikh Kamel, Stefanos Karpos
Rj Jaguar Def. (Pin) Sheikh Kamel, Stefanos Karpos
Referee : Chris James Bizige
( JAPAN CON is a new convention celebrating the awesome Asian pop-culture! So for all the true fans of Manga, Anime or just Asian Pop Culture in general this event is especially for you!
JAPAN CON a two day event in the beautiful halls of Tour&Taxis in Brussels on the 21st and 22nd of May 2022. Hope to see you there and if you do bring a smile!
Arigato Gozaimasu! )
Author : @Kiri Karma
Wrestling Alliance Company - Fetes des places 2021 - Battle Royal
Black Cobra Def. (Won Battle Royal) Ben Damage (c), Candy Caraibes, Eclipse, Le Bourreau, Patrick the Irish Fighter, The gigolo, Frost
Type of match : Battle Royal
For : Champion de Belgique (New Champ)
Info on the match :
Ordre des eleminations :
Le Bourreau
Candy Caraibes
Patrick the Irish Fighter
Eclipse
The gigolo
Double elimination : Frost et Ben Damage
( Wrestling Alliance Company a la fetes des places a chatelet en 2021 )