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It's a Worry Hat! D'awww. I even got the blonde wig head out.
Don't get it? Read this:
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The top is much longer on this as it is made for someone with a fairly largeish head. If you're interested in knitting one, I can put the pattern up somewhere, it's insanely easy. :)
Metzler & Ortloff. #5802 (9,1 cm), #5803 (6,5 cm), #5804 (5,3 cm) and #5805 (6,7 cm). Design: Bosse / Hoffmann. Sketches #1208, #1206, #1207 & #1205.
The Webb Ellis Cup has completed its journey around Dubai as part of the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour. The first day of the visit saw pupils from Rashid School for boys get a chance to see the Trophy. With many of the pupils already playing Rugby, it was an inspirational moment to get so close to the game’s biggest prize. Later that day the Webb Ellis Cup was guest of honour at a reception hosted by the British Embassy which was attended by various members of the local Rugby community. This included a number of previous Rugby World Cup stars including former Wales international, Tom Shanklin, former Scotland international, Rory Lawson and former Samoan international, Apollo Perelini.
'Vargas Girl', oil on canvas, 23" x 18". This is a homage to Peruvian painter\illustrator, Alberto Vargas. It's based on a random image I found that in simplicity of pose and colouration felt to me like it could be turned into a work of art similar to a Vargas. Vargas made posters for movies, magazine illustrations and pinup posters of beautiful female figures. My subject differs as to age and innocence of subject figure/personality.
A Complete Nutrition Formula with no artificial colors or flavors and no synthetic vitamins.
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Contains over 50 natural ingredients.
An excellent food for Lories and Lorikeets. Lower in sugar than any other brand.
Variety is essential to your avian pet's well being. Blend with natural fruit juice to make nectar smoothie.
Ingredients: Defatted soy flour, corn flour, long grain rice flour, powdered sugar, freeze dried Banana powder, wheat flour, whole pasteurized egg solids, freeze dried honey, dehydrated Apples, freeze dried natural Fruit powders, bentonite clay powder, casein, granulated Cranberry seeds and dehydrated Cranberry skins, whey, dehydrated Pineapple, dehydrated Papaya, Goldenfeast Goldn' obles (made with Quinoa, organic roasted Soybeans, par boiled Brown Rice and organic long grain Brown Rice, raw Almonds, dehydrated and freeze dried vegetables composed of Carrots, sweet garden Peas, Parsley, green Beans, Spinach, Red Garden Beets and Cabbage. Cranberries, shelled Walnuts, natural organic Agavi sweetener, organic Barley, organic Alfafa, freeze dried Banana powder, organic hulled proso Millet and white proso Millet, organic Flax seed, organic Spelt, organic Rye, Sesame seed, domestic grown Apples, dehydrated Honey, organic Chia seed, organic Kamut, organic Tricale, organic Amaranth, stabilized hulled Oats, Sunflower Kernels, Spinach, Fenugreek, freeze dried Raspberries, Hemp seed, organic Timothy, Ginger, Garlic, Star Anise seed, Cinnamon, Fennel seed, dehydrated whole Eggs, Bee Pollen, Wheat Berries, organic Echinacea powder, Cilantro, organic Red Clover Leaf powder and organic Spinach, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus casei fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus fermentum fermentation product, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, and dried Bifidobacterium.)
Guaranteed Analysis: crude protein (min.) 14%; crude fat (min.) 8%; crude fiber (max.) 5%; moisture (max.) 5%; ash (max.) 4%
Mineral Analysis: sulfur- 0.13%; phosphorus- 0.26%; potassium- 0.53%; magnesium- 0.09%; calcium- 0.17%; sodium- 0.13%; iron- 129ppm; manganese- 9ppm; copper- 4ppm; zinc- 25ppm
Refrigerate after opening to retain freshness.
At long last I have completed the garden and patio project here at Palm Lake Fern Bay, time it took was a bit shorter than I thought, now we wait for the plants to mature. Erika is very pleased with the result
*ICARUS*complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame:*ICARUS* BLUE LUG CUSTOM
Headset:*CHRIS KING*nothread
Front wheels:*PACENTI*rim × *SCHMIDT*son hub
Rear wheels:*PACENTI*rim × *PHILWOOD* hub
Tire:*COMPASS*
Brake lever:*PAUL*canti lever
Shift lever:*DIA-COMPE*
Crankset:*RENE HERSE*
Pedal:*MKS*touring lite
FD&RD: *SHIMANO*
Brake:*PAUL*neoretro
Handle:*NITTO*b354aaf
Stem:*ICARUS*custom stem
Seat post:*NITTO*65
Saddle:*BROOKS*titanium
Front rack:*PASS AND STOW*
Front light:*SCHMIDT*son
by Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek
Defense Media Activity
5/4/2012 - FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. -- Walking almost 90 miles, 36 Airmen completed the Air Advisor Memorial Ruck March from New York City to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 26-27.
The march, which started at One World Trade Center and ended at the Air Advisor Academy, was in remembrance of the deaths of nine U.S. air advisors in Afghanistan.
On the morning of April 27, 2011, an Afghan Air Force lieutenant colonel walked into the Afghan Air Command and Control Center at the Kabul Air Command Headquarters and, without warning or provocation, opened fire, killing eight active-duty U.S. Airmen and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel. Those nine service members came from various bases and specialties, but were working together for a common mission: advising the Afghan military.
"It was a unique situation," said Lt. Col. J.D. Scott II, the march coordinator and chief of core knowledge at the Air Advisor Academy. "It didn't happen for a particular base. It didn't happen for a particular squadron or base or even for a particular (Air Force Specialty Code).
"Because of that, remembering their sacrifice may not have been captured as a whole," Scott continued. "The individual would have been honored at their base, but the mission of the entire of the team would not have been recognized."
Since all of the nine went through the Air Advisor Academy, Col. John Holm, the academy's commandant, decided that would be the place to honor their sacrifice as a team, Scott said. Holm made plans to create a physical memorial, but a plethora of obstacles made it impossible to complete the memorial by the one year anniversary of the tragic event. One of the obstacles was funding.
Holm and his team came up with idea of a ruck march to both honor the fallen air advisors and act as a fundraiser to help build the physical memorial. Scott was put in charge of organizing the march and, in just two weeks, succeeded in gathering people from Dover AFB, Del., to Eielson AFB, Alaska, for the march. Each marcher knew at least one of the nine fallen air advisors in some way.
"Master Sgt. Tara Brown and Maj. Phil Ambard both lived three and four doors down from me in the dorms," said Tech. Sgt. Brian Christiansen, a photographer with the 145th Airlift Wing in Charlotte, N.C., who was deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan at the same time as the air advisors. "Both were incredibly friendly people. And I met several of them (the morning of the shooting) as I walked into my building and opened the door and they walked out."
Those personal connections to the fallen service members and their families drew the 36 marchers together, Scott said.
"They were coming in from all over," he said. "That's kind of representative of the nine that we lost. They came from all over the Air Force to serve a single mission as an air advisor. So the marchers that were honoring them came from all over the Air Force to remember them."
Each paid their own way to New York City to honor their fallen friends and show their families that they haven't forgotten their loved one's sacrifice. The event also drew in another 14 volunteers to help with everything from transportation to food to health and care coverage.
The marchers were broken up into four teams, each set to march three legs of 7.3 miles. During their leg, each marcher carried a ruck sack with a paver stone inside, each stone engraved with the name of a fallen air advisor and to be laid at the memorial on JB MDL.
Holm and his nine-person team kicked off the march at 9:11 a.m. April 26. However, rather than just start off near ground zero, the colonel wanted to do something more for his fallen comrades.
"We wanted to honor them by doing something significant, and to me starting at the top of the World Trade Center was it," Holm said. "We had those ruck sacks on the entire tour. It was all symbolic and important to us in our own personal, different ways. For me, it was probably the biggest single gesture we could do short of opening up (the academy's) memorial ourselves."
The significance of the march touched a lot of people along the way, starting with the One World Trade Center steel workers, who gave the Airmen a standing ovation as they marched through the structure. Other people along their route also showed their appreciation by stopping to give hugs, encouragement, thanks and even money toward the memorial.
As they traveled by foot from New York to New Jersey, state and local police departments provided escort, each district calling the next to inform them of what the Airmen were doing, Holm said. The marchers were even given a chance to rest and eat at the fire departments in both Elizabeth, N.J., and Jersey City, N.J. It was a sign of support of both the Airmen marching and the fallen air advisors, he said.
When the fourth team finished their last leg, the marchers were 1.1 miles from the construction site of the Air Advisor Memorial on JB MDL. All 36 marchers gathered together in formation and made their way through the base gate. What met them there was surprise to all.
"Security forces closed down the road and gave us police escort in," Scott said. "There were numerous amounts of people from the front gate to the memorial lining the street on both sides, just cheering us on in.
"The fact that the base community just embraces us and cheered us in on those final steps, it's very inspiring," he added.
It was an emotional moment for Christiansen as well. He was present at the base when the air advisors were killed and attended their dignified transfer ceremony. However, each person was laid to rest in different locations around the U.S., so he never got to have closure.
Christiansen said the real impact came when he saw the road signs leading to the installation. "That's when it really started to hit in not that we're all going to do this, but this is for real. We've done this for the families, we've done this for our fallen brothers and sister. It was pretty easy to get caught up in the emotion there.
"The ceremony of laying the bricks down was really powerful," he added. "It brought some serious closure."
For Chaplain Maj. Eric Boyer, who said the opening prayer for the stone laying ceremony, it was a bittersweet chance to pay tribute to two of the officers that he had a connection to.
"It makes me proud to know that their sacrifice will be honored and will be remembered," he said. "Every Air Advisor who comes through the academy here is going to recognize the price that has been paid by their predecessors."
Prior to entering military service, Boyer knew Lt. Col. Frank Bryant from their hometown of Knoxville, Tenn., where he served as Bryant's wrestling coach.
Boyer also served as squadron chaplain for Maj. Jeffery Ausborn while at Joint Base San Antonio in 2011, but had already changed duty station's to JB MDL when he got the word about Ausborn's death. His biggest regret was not being able to preside over his funeral service.
"It meant a lot to me to be able to say something to honor his memory here, since I wasn't able to speak at his memorial ceremony back at his home station," he said.
While the ruck march and stone-laying ceremony brought some closure for Christiansen and others, the construction of the memorial itself is still ongoing. However, between the pledges for the marchers, donations received during the march as well as T-shirt and brick sales, Holm estimated that the team has raised almost $10,000 toward the memorial just through this one event.
"We have that feeling that we did the right thing just by honoring our comrades, regardless of what money we raised," Holm said. "That was a tremendous feeling."
The Air Advisor Memorial is scheduled to be unveiled July 27. For more information on the memorial, visit www.airadvisormemorial.org
*SURLY* steamroller complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame: *SURLY* steamroller chrome plated
Headset:*CHRIS KING* nothreadset
Stem: *FAIRWEATHER* ui-7 stem (silver)
Handle:*NITTO* rb001aa BL special (silver)
Wheels: *H PLUS SON* archetype rim × *GRAN COMPE* small track hub
Tire: *FAIRWEATHER* for traveler tire (black/skin)
Brake lever:*DIA-COMPE* dc-139 brake lever (silver)
Crankset: *SUGINO* rd messenger crankset
Saddle: *SELLE SAN MARCO* zoncolan urban saddle (rino leather)
Seatpost:*NITTO* s65
Brake: *DIA-COMPE* brs101
*SURLY* troll complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame: *SURLY* troll BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS
Wheels: *WTB* ST i23 650B rim × *SHIMANO* alfine
Tire: *GRAND BOIS* hetre 650B tire (black)
Brake: *SHIMANO*
Handle: *FAIRWEATHER* b903 bullmoose bar BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS
Saddle:*BROOKS* swift chrome
Shifter:*SHIMANO* alfine
Crankset:*SHIMANO* alfine
Seatpost:*NITTO* 65 seatpost (silver)
Front Rack: *NITTO*
Bascket:*WALD*
Rear Rack: *SURLY* nice rack rear
*FAIRWEATHER* track complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame: *FAIRWEATHER* track frame BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS
Stem: *FAIRWEATHER* CR79 fillet stem BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS
Handle: *NITTO* b352 all rounder bar (silver)
Wheels: *H PLUS SON* archetype rim × *GRAN COMPE* small track hub
Tire:*FAIRWEATHER* for traveler tire (asphalt)
Brake lever:*DIA-COMPE*
Crankset: *FAIRWEATHER* CX crankset (matt silver)
Saddle: *KASHIMAX* ojamax aero saddle BL special (natural)
*FAIRWEATHER* CX complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame: *FAIRWEATHER* CX frame BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS
Stem: *NITTO* ui-2 stem (silver)
Wheels: *H PLUS SON* the box rim × *SHIMANO* 105
Tire: *PANARACER* pasela BL (tricolour)
Brake lever:*TRP* RRL SR alloy road brake levers (tan/silver)
Shifter:*SHIMANO*
RD: *SHIMANO* 105
Crankset: *SUGINO* RD messenger crankset
Chainkeeper: *PAUL* chain keeper (silver)
Saddle: *BROOKS* swift (honey)
Brake: *SHIMANO*
Handle: *NITTO* mod177 noodle bar (silver)
*SURLY*cross×check complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame: *SURLY*cross×check BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS
Headset:*FAIRWEATHER*
Wheels: *H PLUS SON*archetype rim × *SHIMANO*deore lx
Tire: *FAIRWEATHER* for CX tire by CG
Brake lever:*DIA-COMPE*gc07h
Shift lever:*SHIMANO*
Crankset: *FAIRWEATHER × SUGINO*
Pedal:*MKS*tourring
FD&RD:*SHIMANO*tiagra
Brake:*SHIMANO*
Handle:*FAIRWEATHER* mod174 all road bar
Stem:*NITTO* nj-89 stem
Saddle:*BROOKS*colt
Seatclamp:*SURLY*
*FAIRWEATHER* CX complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame: *FAIRWEATHER* CX frame BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS
Stem: *RITCHEY* classic 4axis stem
Headset: *CANE CREEK* 110 (purple)
Wheels: *WTB* chriscross × *FAIRWEATHER* mid flange SLR road hub
Tire:*HUTCHINSON* black mamba tire
Brake & Shift lever:*SRAM* apex
Handle:*SALSA CYCLES*
RD: *SRAM* apex
Crankset: *RHYTHM*
Saddle: *SELLE ITALIA* flite
Brake: *PAUL* mini-moto
Pedal:*TIME*
Girdling is the complete removal of the bark from around the entire circumference of a tree. It results in the slow death over time (sometimes one to three years).
Ringelung ist die vollständige Entfernung eines Streifens der Rinde eines Baumes. In der Folge stirbt der Baum langsam ab (manchmal über ein bis drei Jahre).
The final quality control checks are carried out before taxi and flight testing begin
Mamiya C220 + Agfatronic CSI 352 flash
Fujicolour Pro 220 400asa film expired 2006.
*CINELLI* gazzetta complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame: *CINELLI* gazzetta (black)
Headset:*CHRIS KING* nothreadset 1 1/8" (SV purple)
Wheels: *H PLUS SON* × *GRAN COMPE*small track hub
Tire:*CONTINENTAL* gator skin tire
Crankset: *SUGINO* mighty comp crank
Brake: *SHIMANO* 105 road brake
Brakelever:*DIA-COMPE* mx-122 brake lever
Stem:*NITTO* ui-2 stem (black)
Handle: *NITTO* rb001aa BL special (black)
Saddle: *BLUE LUG* anzen saddle (black carbon)
I have had the opportunity to see Tibetan monks create sand mandalas on several occasions. These sand paintings are done by memory and take about a week to make with several monks working most of the day. Once the image is completed it is swept away and usually poured into a stream, river of another form of moving water. The whole thing is a lesson in meditation, contemplation, non-attachment, and non-permanence. The whole process is absolutely beautiful to witness, I felt quite honored to be able to capture several from beginning to end. This particular one was built at Emory University in Atlanta.
This image was taken in RAW and processed using Linux in Darktable.
I finally finished this quilt. It's all scrap from Pendleton Woolen Mills. Since the fabric is a nice heavy wool I decided not to put a batting in the center. I did back it with a lightweight yellow wool that I bought at City Liquidators. It's warm and the perfect afternoon blanket to for a nap.
*SURLY* disk trucker complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame: *SURLY* disc trucker BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS
Headset:*CHRIS KING* steelset
Wheels: *WTB* ST i23 650B rim × *PHILWOOD* SLR disk road hub
Tire: *GRAND BOIS* hetre 650B tire
Brake&Shift lever: *SHIMANO* 105
FD&RD: *SHIMANO* 105
Crankset:*SHIMANO* deore
Handle:*FAIRWEATHER* mod174 all road bar (silver)
Brake:*AVID* bb7 disk brake
Saddle: *BROOKS* b17 standard (brown)
Racks:*SURLY* nice rack
I added my bling, doodles, and stencils!
quote modified from the 12 and 12 of OA, pg 94
girl: sarahand.com/2010/08/30/life-is-a-journey-what-have-you-l...
Oldham mining/ caving cap lamp given a new lease of life. The lamp unit was bought for a few pounds from ebay, and cleaned of loads of ingrained coal dust. The bezel was replaced.
The original lead acid battery was dead and couldn't be revived so I made a new battery box containing a 4.8V 3.3Ah NiMh battery pack, and a diode to dring the voltage down to closer to the 4V that the lamp should run on.
A cannon sure-seal connector is used to join the battery pack to the lamp and to allow charging.
The Golden Temple runs one of the largest free kitchens in the world, serving 100,000! people on average daily. The meal consists of flat bread and lentil soup.
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The Harmandir Sahib (Punjabi: ਹਰਿਮੰਦਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ), also Darbar Sahib (Punjabi: ਦਰਬਾਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ, Punjabi pronunciation: [dəɾbɑɾ sɑhɪb]) and informally referred to as the "Golden Temple", is a prominent Sikh gurdwara located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India. It was built by the fourth Sikh guru, Guru Ramdaas Sahib Ji, in the 16th century. In 1604, Guru Arjun completed the Adi Granth, the holy scripture of Sikhism, and installed it in the Gurudwara.
There are four doors to get into the Harmandir Sahib, which symbolize the openness of the Sikhs towards all people and religions. The present-day gurdwara was rebuilt in 1764 by Jassa Singh Ahluwalia with the help of other Sikh Misls. In the early nineteenth century, Maharaja Ranjit Singh secured the Punjab region from outside attack and covered the upper floors of the gurdwara with gold, which gives it its distinctive appearance and its English name.
The Harimandir Sahib is considered holy by Sikhs. The holiest text of Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib, is always present inside the gurdwara. Its construction was mainly intended to build a place of worship for men and women from all walks of life and all religions to come and worship God equally. Over 100,000 people visit the holy shrine daily for worship.
HISTORY
The Harmandir Sahib literally means The Temple of God. The fourth guru of Sikhs, Guru Ram Das, excavated a tank in 1577 CE which subsequently became known as Amritsar (meaning "Pool of the Nectar of Immortality"), giving its name to the city that grew around it. In due course, a Sikh edifice, Sri Harmandir Sahib (meaning "the abode of God") rose in the middle of this tank and became the supreme centre of Sikhism. Its sanctum came to house the Adi Granth comprising compositions of Sikh Gurus and other saints considered to have Sikh values and philosophies, e.g., Baba Farid, and Kabir. The compilation of The Adi Granth was started by the fifth guru of Sikhism, Guru Arjan Dev Ji.
CONSTRUCTION
Sri Guru Arjan Sahib, the Fifth Sikh Guru, conceived the idea of creating a central place of worship for the Sikhs and he himself designed the architecture of Sri Harmandir Sahib. Earlier the planning to excavate the holy tank (Amritsar or Amrit Sarovar ) was chalked out by Guru Amar Das Ji, the Third Sikh Guru, but it was executed by Guru Ramdas Sahib under the supervision of Baba Budha ji. The land for the site was acquired by the earlier Guru Sahibs on payment or free of cost from the Zamindars (landlords) of native villages. The plan to establish a town settlement was also made. Therefore, the construction work on the Sarovar (the tank) and the town started simultaneously in 1570. The work on both projects completed in 1577 A.D. During the leadership of the fifth Guru, Guru Arjan (1581–1606), the full-fledged gurdwara was built. In December 1588, Guru Arjan initiated the construction of the gurdwara. The foundation stone was laid by none other than Guru Arjan Sahib himself in December 1588. It is a common misconception that the foundation stone was laid by the Sufi saint Mian Mir of Lahore.
Some of the architectural features of the Harmandir Sahib were intended to be symbolic of the Sikh worldview. Instead of the normal custom of building a gurdwara on high land, it was built at a lower level than the surrounding land so that devotees would have to go down steps to enter it. In addition, instead of one entrance, Sri Harmandir Sahib has four entrances.
The gurdwara was completed in 1604. Guru Arjan, installed the Guru Granth Sahib in it and appointed Baba Buddha as the first Granthi (reader) of it on August 1604. In the mid-18th century it was attacked by the Afghans, by one of Ahmed Shah Abdali's generals, Jahan Khan, and had to be substantially rebuilt in the 1760s. However, in response a Sikh Army was sent to hunt down the Afghan force. Both forces met each other five miles outside Amritsar; Jahan Khan's army was destroyed.
The gurdwara is surrounded by a large lake or holy tank, known as the Sarovar, which consists of Amrit ("holy water" or "immortal nectar") and is fed by the Ravi River. There are four entrances to the gurdwara, signifying the importance of acceptance and openness. Inside the gurdwara complex there are many shrines to past Sikh Gurus, saints and martyrs (see map). There are three holy trees (bers), each signifying a historical event or Sikh saint. Inside the gurdwara there are many memorial plaques that commemorate past Sikh historical events, saints, martyrs and includes commemorative inscriptions of all the Sikh soldiers who died fighting in World Wars I and II.
In keeping with the rule observed at all Sikh gurdwaras worldwide, the Harmandir Sahib is open to all persons regardless of their religion, colour, creed, or sex. The only restrictions on the Harmandir Sahib's visitors concern their behavior when entering and while visiting:
Maintaining the purity of the sacred space and of one's body while in it:
- Upon entering the premises, removing one's shoes and washing one's feet in the small pool of water provided;
- Not drinking alcohol, eating meat, or smoking cigarettes or other drugs while in the shrine
- Dressing appropriately:
- Wearing a head covering (a sign of respect) (the gurdwara provides head scarves for visitors who have not brought a suitable covering);
- Not wearing shoes.
How to act:
If you choose to listen to Gurbani, one must also sit on the ground while in the Darbar Sahib as a sign of deference to both the Guru Granth Sahib and God.
First-time visitors are advised to begin their visit at the information office and then proceed to the Central Sikh Museum near the main entrance and clock tower.
The Harimandir Sahib runs one of the largest free kitchens in the world, serving 100,000 people on average daily. The meal consists of flat bread and lentil soup.
ARTWORK & MONUMENT SCULPTURES
Much of the present decorative gilding and marblework dates from the early 19th century. All the gold and exquisite marble work were conducted under the patronage of Hukam Singh Chimni and Emperor Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of the Sikh Empire of the Punjab. The Darshani Deorhi Arch stands at the beginning of the causeway to the Harmandir Sahib; it is 62 metres high and 6 metres in width. The gold plating on the Harmandir Sahib was begun by Ranjit Singh and was finished in 1830. Maharaja Ranjit Singh was a major donor of wealth and materials for the shrine and is remembered with much affection by the Punjabi people in general and the Sikh community in particular.
CELEBRATIONS
One of the most important festivals is Vaisakhi, which is celebrated in the second week of April (usually the 13th). Sikhs celebrate the founding of the Khalsa on this day and it is celebrated with fervour in the Harmandir Sahib. Other important Sikh religious days such as the birth of Guru Raamdas ji, martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur, the birthday of Guru Nanak, etc., are also celebrated with religious piety. Similarly Bandi Chhor Divas is one of the festivals which sees the Harmandir Sahib beautifully illuminated with Divas (lamps); lights and fireworks are discharged. Most Sikhs visit Amritsar and the Harmandir Sahib at least once during their lifetime, particularly and mostly during special occasions in their life such as birthdays, marriages, childbirth, etc.
BLUE STAR
Blue Star was a military operation undertaken on 3 June 1984 and ended on 6 June 1984. The Indian Army, led by General Kuldip Singh Brar, brought infantry, artillery, and tanks into the Harmandir Sahib to put a stop to self-styled Dharam Yudh Morcha led by Bhindrawala. During these "Morchay" thousands of Sikhs courted arrest. Indira Gandhi ordered the army to launch Operation Blue Star. Within six months, Indira Gandhi’s Sikh bodyguards killed her (31 October 1984) for the perceived sacrilege.
Fierce fighting ensued between Sikhs and the soldiers, in which many of the Sikhs were killed along with many soldiers. The Harmandir Sahib complex also suffered much damage due to the attack, especially the holy Akal Takhat Sahib.
This attack is regarded by Sikhs as a desecration of Sikhism's holiest shrine and discrimination against a minority in India. In 1986, the repairs performed on the Akal Takhat Sahib after the attack, which the Rajiv Gandhi Government had undertaken without consultation, were removed. A new Akal Takhat Sahib was completed in 1999 by Kar Sevaks (volunteer labor and funding).
Absolutely perfect! A vintage 1970's ivory wedding dress in perfect condition, complete with headpiece and veil!
This stunning gown features re-embroidered Alencon lace on the empire bodice, long snap-up Victorian cuffs and the headpiece. The flounce at the bottom of the skirt and the edging of the veil are gorgeous ivory Venice lace. The dress is a voile over a beautiful heavy taffeta. The seams are not finished, but they are not frayed at all. There are 3 buttons and loops for a bustle after your wedding is over. (Please note that there are hooks that close the collar in back, but we didn't get them done up for photo 4.)
There is no manufacturer's or care tag, but a red, white and blue ILGWU tag and a maker's tag for the order, stating it is a size 14. Remember vintage runs small, so I would guess this would fit a size 12. I can convo tag pics if you want, but I wanted to get as many pics of the dress up as I could.
The headpiece is gorgeous! Its Alencon lace panels are separated by seed pearl roping and it is in perfect condition, as is the tulle veil! The veil is 44 inches (1.13 m) long and 72 inches (1.8 m) wide. The original full size comb is there to hold it in your hair.
The front of the gown is 60 inches (1.52 m) long from the shoulder seam to the hem. The train extends 36 inches (91.5 cm) from where it hits the ground.
The following measurements are taken flat, from side to side, so they need to be doubled for around the body measurements.
It measures
19 inches (48.3 cm) at the bustline,
15 inches (38 cm) at the HIGH waist (above natural waist).
My size 10 model is 5 feet 7 inches (1.71 m) tall.
Her measurements are
bust - 36 inches (91.3 cm),
waist – 29 inches (73.8 cm) and
hips – 39 inches (99 cm).
NOTE TO SELF: Next time don't select green fabric for center square when green leaves have to sit on top of that piece. Forced to go very light with the fabric for green leaves in order for them to show up at all! Photo taken with flash, and it has washed all of the colors out. Looks brighter in person. Made for my 13 yr. old great niece.
*PANASONIC* complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame: *PANASONIC* track frame
Wheels: *VELO ORANGE* raid rim (polish) × *GRAN COMPE* small track hub
Tire: *PANARACER* pasela
Crankset: *SUGINO* mighty comp crank (silver)
Brake:*DIA-COMPE*
Brake Lever: *DIA-COMPE* dc-139 brake lever (silver)
Handle: *NITTO* rb001aa BL special (silver)
Bartape: *BROOKS* leather bartape (honey)
Seatpost: *BL SELECT* aero seatpost (silver)
Saddle: *BROOKS* b17 special saddle (honey)