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Yesterday someone gave me a box of Fazer chocolates and this 5-inch-tall poinsettia as going-away presents.
Tin holds some tags , they carry the Bless theme also !! Painted pink in the inside and distressed .
Information from: atlanta.braves.mlb.com/atl/ballpark/history.jsp
After opening in 1997, the "Home of the Braves" has quickly become an Atlanta landmark and the benchmark for future baseball park design. Turner Field combines the nostalgia and the atmosphere of old-time baseball with state-of-the-art family entertainment unlike that of any other park.
Turner Field is unrivaled in its blend of technology and entertainment. At all times, fans are entertained and informed of Turner Field activities through superior sound systems, the BravesVision video board in center field, the PlazaVision board in the Fan Plaza and over 500 television monitors situated throughout Turner Field. The BravesVision video board is 29 feet by 38 feet, weighs over 21 tons and features over 331,000 fluorescent light bulbs. The PlazaVision board is 17 feet by 22 feet. These two huge boards make Turner Field unique among all sports facilities as two completely different shows can be produced - one for the seating bowl and one for the Plaza. Inside the ballpark, fans are prompted to do the tomahawk chop by the 27-foot long "chopping" neon tomahawk located atop the video board, and are kept informed of the latest scores around the leagues by the out-of-town scoreboard.
Turner Field Vitals
Grand Opening: April 4, 1997... Braves defeat Cubs, 5-4.
Location: Between Ralph David Abernathy on the north, Hank Aaron Drive on the east, Bill Lucas Drive on the south and Pollard Boulevard on the west. It's near the junction of I-75-85 and I-20.
Seating: Three levels supported by four concourses. A cross-aisle walkway divides the lower concourse. Field-level and dugout seats are below the cross-aisle, the terrace level above it. The second level, the Lexus Level, includes 58 private suites, three party suites and the 755 Club, the ballpark's private membership club. The third, or upper, level does not go all around the park, providing the fans there with a view of the downtown Atlanta skyline.
Playing Field: Prescription Athletic Turf, featuring a state-of-the-art mechanical drainage system and hybrid Bermuda grass. The turf for the playing field is grown in an area below the scoreboard beyond the center-field wall.
Parking: 8,500 official spaces. The lot on the site of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium contains an outline of the playing field, including markers for home plate, the bases and the location of Hank Aaron's record-breaking 715th home run.
Disabled Seating: The entire ballpark is wheelchair-accessible and compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. More than one percent of the total seating capacity is allocated for disabled seating.
Ballpark Firsts: First pitch by Denny Neagle at 7:47 p.m.... The Cubs' Brian McRae was the first batter... Kenny Lofton was the first Braves' batter... First hit was by Chipper Jones... Michael Tucker had the first home run... Chipper Jones had the first stolen base... Brad Clontz secured the first victory and Mark Wohlers recorded the first save.... First error was by Fred McGriff.
Home of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games: Olympic Stadium, built just south of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, was retrofitted into a baseball-only, open-air, natural grass facility between September 1996 and April 1997. Grand Entry Plaza, the main entrance to Turner Field, was built after 35,000 seats and part of the track-and-field complex of the Olympic Stadium were removed. AFC Stadium was imploded in August of 1997 and the site is now a parking lot.
I thought she was beautiful. I'm so glad that she will finally be laid to rest next to her son. God bless her.
I think some of you might have an idea who this is.
Thanks to Denise, Elissa and Chris for the idea :-)
This is maybe Rio's most famous postcard: the statue of Christ blessing the city with open arms. The statue stands on the hill of Corcovado, which is 710 m tall (about 2,400 feet). The Statue of Christ, the Redeemer is 30 meters tall (100 feet). This spot offers a 360° view to Rio.
Taken in JBRJ - oct 2006.
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The famous statue of Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer) on Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro has been selected as one of the finalists in an online vote to decide the 'new seven wonders of the world'. How to vote:
Masimba Ras Mweya, a jamaican artist who has an active part in the Rasta ethiopian world, slects some his works. Shashemene, south Ethiopia, on sunday, March 23 2008...
"Shashamene or Shashemene (ethiopian name), located in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, is "the place", the ancestral homeland. For the whole Rastafarians repatriation to Africa or to Zion or to the Promise Land is the first goal. Rastas assert that "Mount Zion" is a place promised by Jah and they claim themselves to represent the real Children of Israel in modern times. During the last years of the 40's, Emperor Haile Selassie I, considerated from that movement incarnation of God, donated 500 acres of his private land to members and other settlers from Jamaica including other parts of the Caribbean.
The Rastafarian settlement in Shashamane was recently reported to exceed two hundred families. In January 2007 it organized an exhibition and a bazaar in the city. It was also reported recently prior to the Ethiopian Millennium that various pro-Ethiopian World Federation groups, consisting of indigenious Ethiopians and Rastafarians, have given support to one of many five year plans proposed for sustainable development of Shashamene, Ethiopia."
Bless the Fall supporting Asking Alexandria during their 2012 UK tour.
Rock City, Nottingham-15.01.12
Last stop in Rajasthan: Udaipur. Rajasthan is known for its palaces, forts, and history. Udaipur is no exception. It doesn’t have a “kingdom” to speak of as Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Jaisalmer did, but there is a City Palace, a museum now, which happens to be the state’s largest with a façade 244 meters long and 30 meters high. The palace was begun by the city’s founder, Maharaja Udai Singh II, and completed by subsequent maharanas. There is a uniformity to the palace and it’s not terribly different from some of the others we’d seen: cupolas, courtyards, balconies, towers. All in all, it’s a nice visit and certainly a “must see” if you have a tourist checklist for this town.
The biggest difference between Udaipur and the previous cities we’d visited is the setting. In southern Rajsasthan, Udaipur (population around half million) is nestled among the Aravalli Hills and is on the eastern shore of Lake Pichola. Now, this lake was always here, but not quite at these dimensions. It was enlarged by Maharana Udai Singh II (city founder) to its current size of 4 km (north-south) by 3 km (east-west) by flooding the village of Picholi. Being manmade (or…man-enlarged), it’s shallow and can dry up completely during severe droughts.
Because of its setting, Udaipur is considered one of the most romantic spots in India and, while I haven’t seen much of India, I can certainly say that I can see how this could/would be a romantic spot. My Udaipur experience began when we arrived via overnight bus around 4:00 in the morning on Friday, October 2.
Udaipur was one of the cities where I was not able to actually reserve a guesthouse, but I did have one in mind (Lal Ghat Guesthouse) and we hopped in a tuktuk and made our way there now. Bless their souls and wonderful Indian hospitality for opening the door before the sun had come up and giving us a comfortable – though like most other places, bare necessities – room. (I’m always pleased and impressed, both in China and India, that hotels allow you to check in very early without charging an extra day.)
Needing a few hours of actual sleep, since the bus sleepers felt more like a sarcophagus than a sleeper, we got a slightly late-morning start to the day. The Lal Ghat Guesthouse is located just north of City Palace and on the shores of Lake Pichola. From our room, if you crane your neck just a little bit, you could see the lake (with some flowers in bloom) and the Lake Palace. More on that later.
For now, the first order of business was to find food. I can’t recall the name of the restaurant, but I enjoyed it so much I ate there a second time on my own. It was a few doors south of the guesthouse and, like the guesthouse, was lakeside and afforded wonderful views. Fortified by a delicious lunch of chicken biriyani and reshmi chicken, we made our way to the City Palace (and Palace Museum) and wandered around there for a while.
It’s a very nice palace, mind you, but I was beginning to become a bit anesthetized to grandiose palaces by this point, having been to Jaipur, Jaisalmer, and Jodhpur in the past seven days. Though this is the largest, it didn’t rank as my favorite. (Jaisalmer Fort was my favorite as it’s a living fort, followed by Mehrangarh in Jodhpur, then City Palace here in Udaipur; Jaipur didn’t really have a comparable palace to speak of, though it’s the capital of the state.)
Though I was starting to suffer palace fatigue, I still did enjoy myself quite a bit, though I know I was rushing a little. I was more interested in finding “unique” here, which was only with views of the lake. Other than that, it was standard fare for palace museums with the women’s quarters, various displays, and so on. However, it is a pretty building, and I’m certainly glad to have gone there.
From City Palace, we walked out the south gate to take a boat ride around Lake Pichola. This is where Udaipur comes into play in pop culture. James Bond fans may recognize the scenery around Udaipur and Lake Pichola in particular as the main setting from the movie Octopussy. (It was said to have been an Afghan palace in Octopussy.) You’d also have to be a pretty die hard 007 fan to have seen that movie, I think; it’s usually ranked among the worst of the Bond franchise. But, I digress…
There are really two islands in the middle of Lake Pichola: Jagniwas with its Lake Palace Hotel (Taj Lake Palace) and Jagmandir with its own palace. I’ll start with Jagniwas. It’s not a private island, but you can only go there if you are a guest of the hotel…with rooms that start from 40,000 rupees/night. (I don’t know the high end, but that translates to close to 4,000 RMB or over $600 USD/night for the cheapest available. I’ve seen pictures and, while beautiful, I’m not Daddy Warbucks, and don’t expect I ever will be…so will just settle for their promotional pictures on their website: www.tajhotels.com .)
Jagmandir, on the other hand, is an island you can visit, and we did. The boat left the mooring south of City Palace, went northward to give a close-up view of City Palace from the lake, along with Bagore-ki-Haveli up to the north end before veering south and around Jagniwas and docking at the north end of Jagmandir, 800 meters south of Jagniwas (and roughly in the west central part of the lake).
Jagmandir’s palace was built in 1620 by Maharana Karan Singh, and was expanded by his successor, Maharana Jagat Singh. Not much has changed from those days until recently when it was convereted into a small hotel (nothing like the neighboring Taj Lake Hotel). For the Bond aficionados, the Taj Lake Hotel was the main palace of Octopussy, and I believe Jagmandir’s palace is where Bond stayed in the movie. There was also some filming at the nearby Monsoon Palace, but we didn’t have the time to visit there.
Jagmandir didn’t offer much at all in the way of things to do. Once you get to the island, you’re pretty much limited to wandering around an interior palace courtyard (where you can have very, very overpriced drinks and possibly a bite to eat, though the drink prices kept me from looking further, so I’m not certain). After staying in the courtyard as long as you’d like – and the views from and in the courtyard are lovely, though don’t require too much time or effort – you can walk outside to the boat dock where there is also an outer garden that’s quite pleasing, and affords beautiful views of the wooded Aravalli Hills in the west.
After an hour or two on Jagmandir, we finally took a boat back to the mainland (a whole 10-15 minute ride, tops), and then tooled around the area near City Palace and the guesthouse. We eventually had dinner at a rooftop restaurant down the lane from where we stayed which had a nice view of the lake with its shimmering palaces (well-lit by night) and a bit of a nice view for sunset. The best sunset views, I would say, would have been from the islands, though – especially Jagniwas – as you could have an unobstructed view of the sun setting over the hills with the lake in the foreground. The food at the restaurant, like most every other restaurant we ate at, was spectacular. It was a good way to end the first day in Udaipur.
Saturday morning came along and we didn’t have much planned. I was actually glad to spend the majority of the day alone. After running a few errands, I went to Jagdish Temple. This is an “Indo-Aryan temple..built by Maharana Jagat Singh in 1651. The wonderfully carved main structure enshrines a black stone image of Vishnu as Jagannath, Lord of the Universe; there’s a brass image of the Garuda (Vishnu’s man-bird vehicle) in a shrine facing the main structure.” (Per Lonely Planet India.) This is one of the smallest temples I’ve ever been to, though the details were delightful. I was pretty impressed with how intricate the temples were both here and at Jaisalmer.
After a quick half hour at Jagdish Temple, I went back to roaming the streets of Udaipur, eventually finding my intended destination, the Bagore-ki-Haveli. This is a pretty large haveli in the Gangaur Ghat area. It was built by a Mewar prime minister and has 138 carefully restored rooms around courtyards on three levels. These days, it’s kind of a klitschy museum. There are a few rooms that have interesting exhibits of Indian musical instruments (a sitar, obviously, and many others that I don’t recall the names of), and exhibits with turbans – including the world’s biggest turban. (This, by the way, was a bit strange; don’t know why anyone would want such a huge turban. Anyway, it was in a glass case, didn’t photograph terribly well, and none of us are the worse off for that.) The nicest part about this haveli is that, like the guesthouse, it was on the water’s edge, so had a few rather pleasant views.
After finishing up here, I wandered back to the previous day’s restaurant for lunch (and would even eat dinner there on Saturday night; they were probably happy with me…). For either lunch or dinner, I had hariyali murg tikka and cheese naan. Now…I would gladly eat murg tikka (chicken pieces generally made in a tandoor) any day of the week. Hariyali…is a coriander-yogurt-mint marinade. It’s heavenly. I really need to learn how to make that one, though I don’t really have any way to make tandoori chicken.
The afternoon and early evening was spent eating very well and relaxing, and really waiting for the last thing I had planned for Udaipur: Dharohar. This is a cultural event at the Bagore-ki-Haveli that hosts Rajasthani folk dancing, singing, performance, and so on. It’s an hour long and pretty interesting, in addition to being in a nice setting.
Before bidding farewell to Udaipur, I returned for the last time to Lake Pichola to try to get a few pictures of the Lake Palace and Jagmandir by night. A few turned out alright, but not spectacularly.
All told, Rajasthan was an absolutely brilliant way to spend a week, and I was looking forward to the last few days in Uttar Pradesh, beginning with the Taj Mahal in Agra after yet another long overnight train ride across the Indian countryside.
when people tell me I'm crazy for having this tattoo, I just smile and think "they don't know what they say... ". and I do it because every time I see more clearly that this tattoo will have sense all my life, because every mess I had, have given me incredible things.
one day you wake up, you see your whole life upside down and you think nothing can get worse, but it happens and you don't understand why until something that without this mess wouldn't have happened, happens, and you feel that was worth it.
everyone I've met, those who have loved me, those who have hurt me, which I've loved and I've hurt. all the sufferings, tears, unrewarded efforts ... it has given me all I have now.
and if have all the people I have in my life right now costs mess after mess, it worth living them over and over again.
All is stripped away
And I simply come.
Longing just to bring
Something that's of worth
That will bless Your heart - Matt Redman
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What is up with my views lately. They are hitting rock bottom. Yesterday I had 55. Okay so im going away this weekend, but i will be back on monday with a million and two pcitures.
Kumbh Mela is attended by millions of people on a single day. The major event of the festival is a ritual bath at the banks of the rivers in each town. Other activities include religious discussions, devotional singing, mass feeding of holy men and women and the poor, and religious assemblies where doctrines are debate...d and standardized.
Kumbh Mela is the most sacred of all the pilgrimages. Thousands of holy men and women (monks, saints and sadhus) attend, and the auspiciousness of the festival is in part attributable to this. The sadhus are seen clad in saffron sheets with plenty of ashes and powder dabbed on their skin per the requirements of ancient traditions. Some called naga sanyasis may often be seen without any clothes even in severe winter, generally considered to live an extreme lifestyle. After visiting the Kumbh Mela of 1895, Mark Twain wrote:
“ It is wonderful, the power of a faith like that, that can make multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without hesitation or complaint upon such incredible journeys and endure the resultant miseries without repining. It is done in love, or it is done in fear; I do not know which it is. No matter what the impulse is, the act born of it is beyond imagination, marvelous to our kind of people, the cold whites.
Dr Ausaf Sayeed, a Pleasant Personality of Indian Foreign Service, appointed Indian Ambassador to Yemen. Moment of Pride for us Hyderabadis, and AP
Congratulations, Brother Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, for being honored by the Govt of India to Represent as Ambassador to Islamic Republic of Yemen.May God Bless you, and your Family, it is great honor which has come your way, and God has been very kind to you.
Brother Ausaf India has trusted you with your capabilities to lead and advance the interests of India in Yemen, and develop and grow the already very warm and cordial relations between the two nations and its people. Elevating it to new levels of association in business, people to people contact, social and political advancement between Yemen and India.
India is happy, that a highly educated, and very efficient and successful IFS service member like you will represent us all in ancient civilization like Yemen, and a nation which is an important strategic nation in Arab world.
I wish you all the success and a very interactive and valued tenure in Yemen as Ambassador of India in Islamic Republic of Yemen. Mashallah.
I am having Triple reasons for celebrations as a Fellow, Indian first and as Fellow Hyderabad and Fellow Friend on Face book with you. Congratulations Again, thou this has come a bit late, it is at a time when you are in Hyderabad to get facilitated by you Sate, City, Family, Colleagues, and Friends Mashallah. God bless you and your family.
Well attended gathering from various sections of the society is a prove of your popularity and respect in the hearts of Hyderabadis, they all have big hope from you and love you and are happy for you.
Your pleasant personality, with great skills of diplomatic fraternity, and your services in the past years as member of IFS serving in different capacities with great success and achievents, making life’s of Indians abroad comfortable serving in the Indian Foreign Affairs Services in Nations like Saudi Arabia and in West Africa.
Time will Insahllah, take you ahead and we, give you bigger responsibilities to serve Indian Nation and advance the interests of its people at many forays o f World. God willing.
“It was a pleasure meeting you today at your Place in Hyderabad and sharing time, and views, I am really obliged for giving me and My Father Mr. Inamul Haq Mufasir E Quran and a Highly Resected and person associated with serveral Religious and Social Organizations in Hyderabad, and accepting the Hadiya, of Qurani Irshadat a work compilled by Janab Mohd Inmul Haq, both in English and Urdu, serviced in Indian Govt as Chief Engineer and Advisor to Govt of India at the time of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure.”
Qurani Irsahdat a highly appreciated, dedicated work of Janab Inamul Haq is with written with a focus, to communicate the message of Quran E Hakeem the book of wisdom to the young Muslims in specific and in gereral to the non Muslims sue can appeciate its simply english and easy to understand format. Mashallah.
I found you an excellent human being, a devote Muslim, a Nationalist to the core, and Man blessed with international vision, and passion to good for the nation and people.
It is please to know to you, and looking forward to a long association in service of the nation and its people.
You can find me a support in endeavors you do, will always be wishing and praying for best for you.
(Dr Ausaf Sayeed appointed India’s envoy to YemenSubmitted this July 19 th 2010 New Delhi: Serving seasoned Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Dr Ausaf Sayeed has been appointed as India’s new envoy to Yemen.
The 1989-batch officer, currently serving as joint secretary for West African affairs in the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, is likely to assume office in mid-September.
A one line statement of External Affairs Ministry on July 19 says
Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, presently Joint Secretary at the ministry head office in Delhi, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Yemen.
Sayeed has earlier worked in the Indian missions in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Denmark in various capacities. His last assignment abroad was as consul general of India in Jeddah (from August 2004 to July 2008).
Sayeed, a gold medalist from Osmania University, belongs to Hyderabad. and my FACE BOOK FRIEND )
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Ca ressemble à la photo d'hier mais c'était pas tout à fait fini. Pour info, un policier français a été acquitté hier après avoir tué d'une balle dans le dos un braqueur armé et présumé dangereux. La légitime défense invoquée a sauvé le policier de toutes charges retenues contre lui. Il s'en sort avec 5 ans de sursis...Je pense que les récents attentats en France et dans le monde ont influencé cette prise de position par la justice française. Aujourd'hui je reste inquiet car notre police et notre justice ressemblent malheureusement à "notre" modèle ultra libéral américain tant critiqué par le passé. Je découvre cette série aujourd'hui alors qu'elle a déjà presque 20 ans. C'est une satyre de la société américaine, de son gouvernement et de son fonctionnement; et je suis triste de constater qu'elle ressemble étrangement à la France.