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A pile of school desks at the curb. Aftermath of Yolanda, begs the question of what it takes to make education services resilient and ready to anticipate calamities which happen more regularly, than common sense will admit.
From the City of Toronto:
"Councillor Pam McConnell (Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale), City of Toronto staff and community members joined event partners Toronto Community Housing and The Daniels Corporation today to celebrate the opening of the new Regent Park.
"This park and its amenities provide a much desired natural recreational space for the community of Regent Park, allowing all a greater opportunity to enjoy the outdoors," said Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly. "The City continues to reaffirm its commitment to increasing natural amenities in Toronto's urban landscape."
"Today's celebration was a delightful reflection of the way this space can be used to bring people together to enjoy art, music, food and recreation," said Councillor McConnell. "With the opening of this park, we also honour the contribution that Regent Park residents have made to the design of their neighbourhood gathering place."
Toronto Community Housing provided the land to the City's Parks, Forestry and Recreation division to develop into park space. The six-acre park is a $6.2 million investment by the City and includes a playground, splash pad, multi-purpose green space, plaza for community events, dog off-leash area, community gardens, greenhouse, bake oven, walkways and lush landscaping.
"This new park is a key part of how revitalization is fostering a vibrant community in Regent Park," said Greg Spearn, Toronto Community Housing's Chief Development Officer and interim President and CEO. "It's a place at the heart of Regent Park where residents, neighbours and people from across the city can come together to be part of a community that thrives."
"Regent Park, with the bake oven, greenhouse and community gardens, will provide a community gathering place where people, ideas and food can be shared and celebrated," said Louise Moody, Executive Director of the Christian Resource Centre, the Chair Organization of the Regent Park Food Partnership. "The Regent Park Food Partnership is delighted by the opportunities to engage local residents in animating the new park."
The new park's amenities and Regent Park Food Partnership, comprised of over 25 community groups and individuals, will create numerous opportunities for people to get involved in planting, growing, harvesting, cooking and sharing food, as well as enjoying farmers' markets, musical and public gatherings, and more.
"Regent Park is quickly becoming one of Toronto's best communities to live, work and play," said Martin Blake, Vice President of The Daniels Corporation, which is Toronto Community Housing's Development Partner in the Regent Park Revitalization. "The new park joins the incredible amenities that already exist in this community including Daniels Spectrum and the Regional Aquatic Centre along with the soon-to-open community centre and athletic grounds. All of these amenities nurture a true sense of community and we expect this fantastic outdoor space to be a favourite for all ages!"
The park opening event, called The Magic City, was sponsored by Toronto Community Housing and The Daniels Corporation and brought to life by choreographer Bill Coleman of Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, with musical direction by John Oswald featuring the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Bramwell Tovey, the Regent Park School of Music and over 400 performers of all ages from the Regent Park community. Community performances were supported by Artscape and Daniels Spectrum.
Regent Park is the ground-breaking example of how Toronto Community Housing's approach to city building can transform a community into a successful, mixed-income, mixed-use neighbourhood, with rental buildings, market condominium buildings, townhomes, commercial space, community facilities, active parks and open space.
The new park spans the block from Dundas Street to the south, Sumach Street to the west, Sackville Street to the east and Oak Street to the north.
The Weston Family Parks Challenge:
The W. Garfield Weston Foundation initiated the Weston Family Parks Challenge in 2012 announcing $5 million, in aggregate over three years, to enhance Toronto’s green spaces while encouraging private-public partnership for the long-term sustainability of Toronto’s parks.
Year one accomplishments are notable with over $1.3 million in funding being allocated to innovative park projects across the City. Click here to learn more about previous grants under the Parks Challenge.
Building on this success, the Ontario Trillium Foundation has announced $1.25 million in new funding for projects as part of the Weston Family Parks Challenge and to strengthen the capacity of Toronto Park People. Ontario Trillium Foundation’s support will be available over the next two years to provide greater incentive for communities to revitalize their connection to each other and nature.
The Weston Family Parks Challenge will provide $120,000 over two years to support an innovative and collaborative partnership in Regent Park to engage the community with the City of Toronto’s newest park. The contribution of The W. Garfield Weston Foundation will support community engagement efforts to ensure the long term sustainability of this new park space as part of the Revitalization of the Regent Park neighbourhood.
“The generous contribution of The W. Garfield Weston Foundation will ensure this new greenspace in the Regent Park neighbourhood will be off to a successful start when it opens in 2014” said Liz Curran, Community Food Centre Manager at CRC. “The funding being provided by the Weston Foundation will ensure that the local community is engaged with the wonderful new amenities in this park, which will become a community hub for all who live in the area.”
See the projects funded to date: parkpeople.ca/content/weston-family-parks-challenge-%E2%8...
Learn more about the Weston Family Parks Challenge: parkpeople.ca/node/220
The Ranville War Cemetery is a Second World War cemetery containing predominantly British soldiers killed during the early stages of the Battle of Normandy. It is located in and named after Ranville in the Calvados department, east of Caen in lower Normandy. A large proportion of those interred were members of the British 6th Airborne Division.
The village of Ranville was the first to be liberated by elements of the British 6th Airborne Division on the morning of 6 June 1944 (D-Day) when the nearby bridge (Pegasus Bridge) was attacked and captured. The cemetery contains the grave of Lieutenant Den Brotheridge - considered to be the first Allied death on D-Day.
The churchyard was immediately used to accommodate battlefield dead. Following the end of the war, the war cememtery was created which gathered burials from locations including Amfreville, Colleville-sur-Colombelles, Houlgate, Orne and Villers-sur-Mer.
RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
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Country:
France
Locality:
Calvados
Identified Casualties:
2139
Location Information
Ranville is best reached by taking the D513 north-eastwards out of Caen, and after about 9 kilometres turning left at Herouvillette. Go north for one kilometre and then turn left into Ranville village. The War Cemetery is on Rue des Airbornes.
Historical Information
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
Ranville was the first village to be liberated in France when the bridge over the Caen Canal was captured intact in the early hours of 6 June by troops of the 6th Airborne Division, who were landed nearby by parachute and glider. Many of the division's casualties are buried in Ranville War Cemetery and the adjoining churchyard
The CEMETERY contains 2,236 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 90 of them unidentified. There are also 323 German graves and a few burials of other nationalities.
The CHURCHYARD contains 47 Commonwealth burials, one of which is unidentified, and one German grave.
RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Normandy British Commonwealth War Cemeteries in Calvados, France
Roll of Honour
Location: Next to, and south of, Ranville village church and churchyard. From the west take the D514 over the Caen Canal and River Orne then take the 2nd exit at the roundabout onto the D37. At 650 yards (594 metres) take a right turn onto the Rue de la Vallée and take the first left onto Chemin de Longueville. At the next crossroads, next to the church, at 280 yards (256 metres), continue straight across along the Rue des Airbornes. The cemetery is on your right after the church.
2,567 Burials
1,945 British Army (+ 39 unknown), 268 Heer (German Army) + 54 unknown,
85 Royal Marines (+ 1 unknown), 67 Canadian Army, 47 unknown Commonwealth soldiers,
16 Royal Air Force, 16 Royal Canadian Air Force, 5 Royal Navy (+ 8 unknown),
5 French Army, 3 Royal New Zealand Air Force, 2 Luftwaffe (German Air Force),
2 Merchant Navy unknown, 2 Royal Australian Air Force, 1 Belgian Army, 1 Polish Army,
A total of 151 burials are unidentified.
The Australians, Belgian and French are buried in Plot V.
The Pole, an engineer and Colonel in the 1st Polish Armoured Division, is buried in Plot IVA. E. 9.
The New Zelanders are buried in Plots, VA, V and IX.
The German forces fatal casualties are buried in Plots VI and VII.
Of those buried in Ranville War Cemetery, 70 (all Allied) are buried in 6 collective graves:
II. F. 21 (4 identified), III. D.10 (3 unknown), IV. C. 22-27 (6 identified), V. B. 1-22 (22 identified),
VA. D. 3-8 (6 identified), VA. H. 5-8 (1 identified and 3 unknown) VIA. C. 1-25 (25 identified).
18 casualties (all Allied) are buried in joint graves:
V. D. 4 . (2 identified), V. D. 5. (2 identified), V. F. 7 & 8 (2 identified), VIII. A. 20 & 21 (2 identified),
VIII. D. 18 (2 identified), VIII. D. 23 (2 identified), VIII. F. 5 (2 identified), IX. E. 17 (2 unknown).
2 casualties (both Allied) buried in this cemetery have Special Memorials to mark their grave:
Special Memorial Type 'A' (British Army), bearing the inscription 'Known to be buried in this cemetery.
Private CLIFFORD MELBOURNE OXTOBY, Special Memorial Type 'C' (Canadian Army), bearing the inscription 'Buried near this spot'.
Honours and Awards
1 Air Force Cross, 1 Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar, 1 Distinguished Service Order,
1 Distinguished Service Order and Bar, 2 Distinguished Conduct Medals,
3 British Empire Medals, 3 Territorial (Efficiency) Decorations,
4 Officers of the Order of the British Empire, 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses,
13 Mentioned in Despatches, 11 Military Crosses, 19 Military Medals.
Cemetery and Casualty Information
Ranville War Cemetery is the third largest Second World War Commonwealth War Cemetery in Normandy, France. Designed by Architect Philip D. Hepworth it was built, and is still maintained by, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (formerly the Imperial War Graves Commission). Ranville has been referred to as the airborne cemetery, since the majority of the British 6th Airborne Division fatal casualties (655) now rest here.
Some 82 regiments and corps from the British Army are represented in this cemetery, 203 men were killed on D-Day, Tuesday 6th June 1944. All identified casualties in this cemetery (with the exception of 11 German forces casualties) were killed, or died, between May and September 1944.
Casualties range from 16 to 49 years of age. Among those buried in this cemetery are 1 pair of British Brothers, Corporal CYRIL ALBERT JAMES ECKERT (VIA. B. 13) and STANLEY GEORGE THOMAS ECKERT (VIA. B. 23) and 1 pair of Canadian Borthers, JOSEPH MAURICE ROUSSEAU (V. A .G7) and JOSEPH PILIPPE ROUSSEAU (VA. G. 8).
More casualties also lost other family members in conflict: 1 had a father who had been killed in the First World War. 16 lost another brother, 1 who lost a twin brother and 1 lost 2 brothers elsewhere in the Second World War.
7 men who rest in this cemetery served under an alias:
Private MURRAY ADAMS-ACTON served as Private MURRAY ACTON.
Lance Corporal HANS ARENSTEIN served as Lance Corporal HARRY ANDREWS.
Private FREDERICK FLIESCHER served as Privater FREDERICK FLETCHER.
Serjeant EUGEN KAGERER-STEIN served as Serjeant EUGENE FULLER.
Lance Corporal KURT MEYER served as Lance Corporal PETER MOODY.
Private ERNST NATHAN served as Private ERNEST NORTON.
Private BERNARD TAYLOR served as Private BERNARD TUCHMANN.
An Alsatian paradog called GLEN, also rests in this cemetery, he rests with his 19 year old keeper Private EMILE SERVAIS CORTEIL (IA. G. 13).
... the Christmas weekend with more snow ...!
It's snowing and snowing ...
never seems to stop...
and it's covering the world
in beautiful shades
of grey and white ... :)
This is an old family estate outside of Boonville, MO. The home is in a continuing state of decline which makes it so much more interesting. Tour this home on weekends during the summer!
Nearly 1,000 Students to Participate in WSSU Commencement on May 15
WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- Christina Wareâs story is one of the many inspiring testimonials of the nearly 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students from near and afar who are expected to participate in Winston-Salem State Universityâs commencement ceremony on Friday, May 15, at 9:45 a.m., at Bowman Gray Stadium, 1250 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.
Academy Award-winning recording artist, activist and actor Common will be the keynote speaker. There are no guest limits or ticket requirements for the ceremony.
It is conceivable that Wareâs story of work ethic, undeniable spirit and enthusiasm encapsulates the sentiment of her graduating 2015 classmates.
Ware, 43, of Winston-Salem, is quite active on and off campus as a mentor to other students, a member of the non-traditional student organization, the first president of Epsilon Chapter 130 of Tau Sigma National Honor Society at WSSU, a wife and proud mother of two. She is also legally blind. She wants to blaze trails, set examples and raise the bar for others with disabilities.
âIn 2007, I lost my eyesight. After a six-month pity party, I decided to continue my education and make a difference for others. Since 2008, I have spent every day of my life proving to society that having a disability does not mean we are weak. I am now an advocate for persons with disabilities,â Ware, a business major, said, "We are not handicapped, we are handy capable!"
Ware, who can be described as always pleasant and having an unlimited enthusiasm for life, says every day alive is like Christmas. She demands to be treated like everyone else and has been noted to say, âI may physically fall, but mentally I can get back up and pull a 4.0 semester.â After graduation she wants to start a Kosher/Halal foods business and become active on community boards.
The China Connection
From the City of Harbin, the capital and largest city of the Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China, WSSU Master of Arts in the Teaching of English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics students Yaowen Xing and Chunling Zhang have found a second home at WSSU and in Winston-Salem. They perhaps have come the farthest distance attend the university.
With a population of more than five million people, Harbin is situated in the northeast region of China so close to Russia that only the Songhua River separates the two countries. Nicknamed the Ice City, the average winter temperature is -3.5 °F with annual lows hitting -31.0 °F. Itâs no wonder the students say the warmer weather here in the Piedmont Triad has not been lost in translation with them and itâs one of the things they enjoy.
âWe really love the weather in North Carolina, especially the long summer time, since our hometown is so cold with snow for almost 6 months of the year,â Xing, 30, noted. âWe also love the people at WSSU and the faculty who all are nice and it has been a really good experience.â
Xing and Zhang, 35, are in America as part of a Chinese education immersion program to help exchange the cultures between China and America. They enjoy working as cultural ambassadors to students in both the cultures. The two came to the U.S. in 2013 and have been teaching at Konnoak Elementary school during the early hours and studying and researching later in the day. âComing to America was a dream for me after learning about it through books, movies and music, and my time here it has been amazing,â Xing said.
Zhang, said she didnât know much about WSSU or Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUâs), but after a short time here she knew WSSU would be was special part of life. âI have met many African- Americans who have been friendly and helpful. I now can say I truly have many black friends,â Zhang said. She and Xing have taken advantage of the HBCU experience. They have been often seen attending evening lectures and presentations, sports events, musical and visual arts events. With their WSSU master degrees they will return to China one day in the future to make an impact on teaching and the quality of education there.
The All-In Approach
Olivia N. Sedwick, 21, a political science major from Indianapolis, has taken âthe all-in approach" to her WSSU experience. The current WSSU student government president (SGA), honorâs student and champion athlete, chose WSSU over other schools she could have attended.
Featured in a USA Today article highlighting the HBCU experience released last June, Sedwick is quoted as saying about WSSU, âI fell in love with the school.â She says, âWe talked about things that I had never had the chance to before coming from a predominantly white high school.â
Liking the intellectual and social environment, she was comfortable becoming involved around campus. In her first year, a walk-on athlete for the womenâs track and field team, she was a 2013 CIAA Indoor Womenâs Track and Field All-Conference competitor and the WSSU womenâs shot put record holder until earlier this year, although she never competed in the throws until coming to college. In her second year she served as the sophomore class vice president while also being appointed to serve on many committees throughout the university. In that same year, she was a delegate to the UNC Association of Student Governments (UNCASG), representing WSSU students on a state-wide level. At the end of that year, she became the first African-American female elected senior vice president of UNCASG and served in that capacity for the entirety of her third year while being active as the chief of staff for the WSSU student government association that year also. Toward the end of her term in UNCASG, she decided to run for student body president and has served as the voice of the students for the duration of her last year. With all of her activities, she has maintained a 3.95 GPA throughout her time in college.
Sedwick has been selected as a UNC General Administration Presidential Intern, which begins in July. Upon completion of the prestigious one-year appointment, Sedwick plans to attend Howard University School of Law.
A Drum Major who will March for a Noble Cause
Willie Davis, 22, a social work major from Fayetteville, N.C., who has led WSSUâs Red Sea of Sound Marching Band as a drum major for his senior year, will now march to lead the charge for helping veterans and their families cope with typical and unique challenges of serving in military. Davis will be one of four Cadets with the distinct honor of being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant U.S. in the U.S. Army during this yearâs commencement ceremony. Despite that professionally Davis will help vets, military and families with things like dealing with emotions, he said, âI donât think I will be ready for the commissioning part (of commencement) emotionally.â
Readiness for Davis is an understatement. The youngest of three siblings, who was age 10 when his father died, Davis has been an A average student throughout life. He was in the top ten of his high school class and the first generation in his family to attend college. At WSSU, besides maintaining high academic achievement and serving in the U.S. Army ROTC, Davis has been active with the WSSU Band, the University Choir, a Campus Ambassador, a mentor to freshmen students, vice president of the WSSU chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, a Veterans Helping Veterans Heal intern and a member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem.
After graduation, Davis is going to graduate school at the University of South Carolina. He plans to complete that program in one year and begin his military duties. As a clinical social worker, his responsibilities may range from clinical counseling, crisis intervention, disaster relief, critical event debriefing, teaching and training, supervision, research, administration, consultation and policy development in various military settings. He wants to specialize in helping military veterans who suffer from different traumas such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), paranoid schizophrenia and other conditions.
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One of my good Memory is riding with my Crew NFK with the great welcome of my Bro Motomotoyanyan
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SAVANNAH, Ga. – Work continues on a $1.5 million project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District in partnership with the National Park Service to restore erosion control at the Cockspur Island Lighthouse, shown here on Jan. 10, 2013. USACE photo by Russell A. Wicke.
The Corps provided the engineering design and contract oversight, working with prime contractor SES Construction and Fuel Services of Anchorage, Alaska. Construction began in October 2012 with an estimated completion in September 2013.
Erosion caused by wave action of daily tides and occasional storms has reduced the size and elevation of the oyster bed island, leaving the lighthouse foundation vulnerable to attack by Teredo worms (shipworms). As part of the project, the contractor will place stone revetment around the perimeter of the island that is most exposed and additional stone around the base of the lighthouse. Upon completion of the stone construction, oyster-filled bags will be tucked in among the stone layer to encourage new oyster growth.
The island and lighthouse are included in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Fort Pulaski National Monument. Today, the Cockspur beacon remains one of only five surviving coastal lighthouses in Georgia.
Maintaining vegetation under power lines is one of the most important steps taken by FirstEnergy utilities each year to enhance service reliability for customers.
FirstEnergy uses a variety of tree contractors to trim trees and manage vegetation for both distribution and transmission lines.
DOT Art partnered with Uptown Grand Central to present a vinyl construction banner wrap by Gera Lozano, also known as GERALUZ, along the fencing surrounding the re-construction of the 125th Street Plaza at Park Avenue in Manhattan. In 2015, GERALUZ painted a mural on the comfort station within the plaza through the DOT Art Program in partnership with Uptown Grand Central and Creative Art Works. The mural featured images of sunrises and sphinxes to symbolize Harlem's rich heritage. Uptown Grand Central invited GERALUZ back to the site to incorporate similar motifs within the banner to uplift the surrounding community during the plaza renovation. The banner design created a point of connection for the community and continued to symbolize the bright future of the neighborhood.
NYC DOT Art Program, Special Projects (2019)
In partnership with Uptown Grand Central
Harlem Sunrise Extended by Gera Lozano
Construction Fence at 125th Street Plaza, Manhattan
...........It's not just beef products - now I have found horse in haGGis!! (It's got Gee-Gee in it!!!) For anyone unfamiliar with British Slang, a gee-gee is a term children use for a horse and it's also used in racehorse betting.
I appreciate this may be slightly bad taste (pun intended) but I just couldn't resist! :-D
Just in case you haven't heard, the UK (and now up to 16 other EU countries) have been affected by a "mislabelling" of beef products, which have been found to contain horsemeat
9 Feb 2013
More than 110,000 people took part in demonstrations across the country today, in protest at the country’s continued bank debt burden.
The protests were organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and took place in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford and Sligo.
Over 60,000 took part in the Dublin protest, while at least 15,000 turned out in Cork, 13,000 in Waterford, 10,000 in Limerick, 7,000 in Sligo and 5,000 I Galway.
Congress General Secretary David Begg told protestors at a rally in Dublin’s Merrion Square that bank debt problem had not been solved by the recent deal.
He vowed Congress would continue its bank debt campaign until the link between private bank debt and national debt was clearly broken.
“If you read some papers yesterday you would think we had achieved economic salvation and our problems were over. Nothing could be further from the truth. And we have over 100,000 thousand people on the streets of Ireland today who feel the same way.
“New deal, same problem: 1.8 million people cannot possibly pay of a bank debt burden of €64 billion - especially a debt they played no part in running up. There is nothing fair about this deal.
“We saved the European banking system in 2008, an act of extraordinary solidarity with Europe - now we want some solidarity in return,” Mr Begg said.
He pointed out that Ireland had already paid some €41 billion for the banking crisis, more than Germany, the UK, Spain or Portugal.
“So far, every Irish person has paid €9000, while the average across the EU is €192. That is neither fair nor just.,” he said.
The rally also heard personal testimonies from people affected by the crisis.
Chief Musicians Michael Webb and Adrienne Welker and Musician 1st Class Daniel Frazelle recite the oath of enlistment administered by Capt. Kenneth Collins, during a reenlistment ceremony onboard the Washington Navy Yard, home of the United States Navy Band.
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...Whilst the dance off continues, Obi turns to Captain Jack, The Toy Soldier and Chewie. "Can I have a word?" he says....
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continued progress on crazy leaves. what if i made a few changes, adding a sliver of extra free pieced patchwork to square it up a bit before adding the border....?
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Jaisalmer Fort is one of the largest fortifications in the world. It is situated in the city of Jaisalmer, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is a World Heritage Site. It was built in 1156 AD by the Rajput ruler Rawal Jaisal (whose son was Shalivahan II. Manj & Bhati Rajputs are the descendants of him.), from whom it derives it name. The fort stands proudly amidst the golden stretches of the great Thar Desert, on Trikuta Hill, and has been the scene of many battles. Its massive yellow sandstone walls are a tawny lion colour during the day, fading to honey-gold as the sun sets, thereby camouflaging the fort in the yellow desert. For this reason, it is also known as the Sonar Quila or Golden Fort. The fort is located in the very heart the city, and is one of the most notable monuments in the locality.
HISTORY
During medieval times, the city played a major role in trade with Persia, Arabia, Egypt and Africa. The fort contains 3 layers of walls. The outer or the lower layer is made out of solid stone blocks and it reinforces the loose rubble of Trikuta Hill. The second, or middle, wall snakes around the fort. From the innermost, or third, wall, the Rajput warriors once hurled boiling oil and water as well as massive blocks of rock at their enemies, who would become entrapped between the second and third walls. This defences of the fort include 99 bastions, of which 92 were built between the period of 1633-47.
Ala-ud-din Khilji attacked and captured the fort in the 13th century and managed to hold it for 9 years. During the siege of the fort the Rajput women committed Jauhar. The second battle at the fort happened in 1541, when Mughal emperor Humayun attacked the fort city.
With the advent of British rule, the emergence of maritime trade and the growth of the port of Bombay led to the gradual economic decline of Jaisalmer. After independence and the Partition of India, the ancient trade route was totally closed, thus sealing the fate of the city. Nonetheless, the continued strategic importance of Jaisalmer was demonstrated during the 1965 and 1971 wars between India and Pakistan. Although at one point the entire population of Jaisalmer lived within the fort, it today has a resident population of about 4,000 people who are largely from the Brahmin and Daroga communities. They are mostly descendants of the workforce of the Bhati rulers of Jaisalmer which was permitted to reside within the fort's premises. With an increase in population, people gradually relocated to the foot of the Trikuta Hill and the town of Jaisalmer spread out from the fort.
MAJOR ATTRACTIONS
Raj Mahal (Royal palace)
Laxminath temple
4 massive gateways
Merchant Havelis. These are large houses often built by wealthy merchants in Rajasthani towns and cities in North India, with beautiful, ornate sandstone carvings. Some havelis are many hundreds of years old. In Jaisalmer there are many elaborate havelis carved from yellow sandstone. Some of these have many floors and countless rooms, with decorated windows, archways, doors and balconies. Some havelis are today museums but most in Jaisalmer are still lived in by the families that built them. Among these is the Vyas haveli which was built in the 15th century, which is still occupied by the descendants of the original builders. Another example is the Shree Nath Palace which was once inhabited by the prime minister of Jaisalmer. Some of the doors and ceilings are wonderful examples of old carved wood from many hundreds of years ago.
The fort has an ingenious drainage system called the ghut nali which allows for the easy drainage of rainwater away from the fort in all four directions of the fort. Over the years, haphazard construction activities and building of new roads has greatly reduced its effectiveness.
The fort has numerous eateries, including Italian, French, and native cuisines. The famous Indian film director Satyajit Ray wrote the Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress), a detective novel, based on the fort and he later filmed it here. The film became a classic and a large number of tourists from Bengal and around the world visit the fort annually to experience for themselves the world that Ray portrayed in the movie.
THREATS TO THE FORT
The Jaisalmer Fort today faces manifold threats that are a result of the increasing population pressure on it. Water seepage, inadequate civic amenities, derelict houses and seismic activity around the Trikuta Hill are some of the major concerns impacting the Fort. Unlike most other forts, the Jaisalmer Fort has been built over a weak sedimentary rock foothill which makes its foundations especially vulnerable to seepage. Over the years this has led to the collapse of significant portions of the Fort such as the Queen’s Palace or Rani Ka Mahal and parts of the outer boundary wall and the lower pitching walls.
The World Monuments Fund included the Fort in its 1996 World Monuments Watch and again in the 1998 and 2000 reports due to the threats posed to it by an increase in its resident population and the increasing numbers of tourists who visit it every year. The Fort is one of Rajasthan's most popular tourist attractions with as many as five to six hundred thousand tourists visiting it annually. As a result, it is abuzz with commercial activities and has seen a phenomenal growth in both human and vehicular traffic.
Major restoration work has been undertaken by the World Monuments Fund and UK based charity Jaisalmer in Jeopardy. According to former INTACH chairman S.K. Misra, American Express has provided more than $1 million for the conservation of Jaisalmer Fort. The absence of coordinated action among the various government departments responsible for civic amenities, the local municipality and the Archaeological Survey that is responsible for the upkeep of the fort is a major impediment in its maintenance and restoration.
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War Years Remembered is not a state-run museum. Due to the various lock-downs over the past year the museum has suffered greatly, with almost all of our annual income lost. All through lock-down the team at War Years Remembered has continued to support anyone requiring research from documentary makers and authors to families and veterans, all for free.
Our long-term goal for War Years Remembered is to find a permanent home and seek accredited museum status. Our dream is to become a major attraction that will provide an enjoyable, interesting and educational experience to all who visit.
We are fighting to survive the Covid-19 pandemic but we need your help. To survive and remain in our present location, we currently need to raise £50,000. With this money we can continue our vital work in remembering our veterans and the collection will be preserved for the education of future generations.
We were inspired by our late veteran 'Captain Tom' and our younger volunteers came up with the idea to walk 'in the footsteps of heroes'. So, over the coming weeks we will be using treadmills to walk 602 miles, the distance from our museum in Ballyclare to the beaches of Normandy, a journey undertaken by so many young men and women who fought in the Second World War. We will be posting regular updates on our progress and we hope you enjoy watching our journey.
Please give what you can, please help save War Years Remembered.
KOF98!!
Once Street Fighter II hit the scene in the early to mid 90's it made the first and greatest impression on me when it came to what a 'fighting game' should be.
I had fun with the likes of Mortal Kombat and Clayfighter on my Megadrive/ Snes during the years to follow (as well as continuing to enjoy Street Fighter's small updates) but nothing really stole the spotlight I had personally shone towards SFII when it came to wanting a fighting game to try and out "button bash" a friend (back in those n00b kid days).
That remained until I first played the "King of Fighters" series. This happened around 1997 in an arcade in USA, and it was that brief awesome arcade impression that left me thinking "Ohhh!!! I hope I can play this at home somehow!".
That didn't happen for a while though. Partly due to no internet back then alerting me too what console the game was on, and partly due to the fact I couldn't realistically afford a Neo Geo AES system no matter how many birthdays and christmas's I tried to tell my parents to tie together.
As time went on, and I got my hands on the likes of a PS2, and then a Dreamcast, I finally got to secure my home copy of King of Fighters, and not just any King of Fighters...it was 98!!
King of Fighters 98 was the product of several years fine tuning the original King of Fighters game, new character were added, tweaks were made, and new features were chucked in. It really padded out what I had already considered to be an impressive game.
Moving to were it matters though, King of Fighters 98 was definitely up to the same standards as the Street Fighter series when it came to an amazing fighting game to play.
Admittedly I was still a n00b when it came to understanding fighting games back then, but even as a n00b...it was easy enough to filter the good games from the bad even with the most minimal skills and understanding of the fighting game in question.
You cannot argue that King of Fighters owes a lot of it's success to Street Fighter, what with it borrowing a lot from the formula that made Street Fighter II so great, but within the game you have a wide range of original characters and moves, characters that feel great to play as and improve your skills with.
King of Fighters as a series has had it's ups and downs, but overall I've enjoyed the series a lot more than I have some other big names such as Mortal Kombat or Tekken, I don't want to take away from those franchises as they all have made there lasting marks on me in terms of nostalgia, but it's just that KOF is the only game I have a high level of respect for as a fighting game as I do for the Street Fighter series (which has paid many dues and earnt all the respect it gets).
I'm nominating KOF98 over say... '95 or '02 because it arrived at a great time, and didn't over exert itself as a fighting game. I would definitely recommend fans of Street Fighter II to give it a shot, and stick with it long enough to learn a particular character and appreciate the games mechanics.
*Wishes for SNK Playmore to get King of Fighters back on track and back to a high standing within the fighting game community of the world*
POWER WAVE!!!!!
I wanted to design and build a desk for us to work at--particularly for editing and making movies, but also for us to draw, paint, cut stencils, airbrush, etc. I started out wanting to make it just rough and crafty. But it turned out so gorge!
Classes start for us next week so I'm glad to have just all of a sudden ripped it apart and finished it. Its hard sitting at a desk of unfinished wood -- very splintery.
We just need new lighting now and we'll be tearin' it up...the projects never stop. Busy, Busy, BUSY! Its all I can do...only 5 more months...
Get really busied these days. Pls continue to bear with me if I've not visited ur stream yet. Wish u all a beautiful sunday! cheer! :)
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Taken from a running Jeep! on the way to Bàu Trắng, with D80 + 18-55mm VR
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In this essay would be a simulation of the parade, to organize the positioning of the members of the school, before the technical essays in Anhembi.
...across the street, the train yard stands abandoned. The final train of the day left before 5, and now, in the quickly-rising dusk of quarter-to-six, the porters have all gone home. The wind whips more harshly here, on the bridge overpass.
Looking back across the bridge to the park, there is hardly a soul in sight. One or two business men heading home late, coat collars huddled around their necks, briefcases clutched tightly as they hurry to get away from the impending storm.
Dawn raids see multiple arrests as GMP continues to tackle the use of encrypted communication services used by organised crime groups.
Six people have been arrested for drugs offences after seven warrants were executed this morning (Wednesday 27 January 2021) at properties across Radcliffe, Heywood, Whitefield and Bury.
The arrests form part of GMP's continued commitment in tackling the use of highly sophisticated encrypted communication platforms - codenamed Operation Foam.
Operation Foam is the GMP strand of the NCA led Operation Venetic which has seen law enforcement agencies from across the UK join together to break through the encrypted communication services being used by organised crime groups.
Detective Inspector Ian Partington of Bury's Operation Challenger Team, said: "Our officers are undertaking an inordinate amount of complex and intricate work to ensure we disrupt and dismantle this type of activity. We currently have six people in custody which highlights the excellent work of the all those involved in this operation and this result is another positive step forward in ensuring our communities are kept safe.
"Organised criminal activity is not welcome within our community and GMP is committed to tackling it. Our work to target organised criminals in the Bury borough continues under Operation Pevek and this work is often supported by information provided to us by members of the public so I would encourage anyone with any information that could assist us to get in touch with police."
Anyone with information should contact police on 0161 856 1417, quoting Operation Pevek. Alternatively, details can be passed on anonymously via the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
This is a superb leaf with a historiated initial from a Bible that was produced in France (Paris) in the middle of the thirteenth century.
The text begins at the Book of Wisdom, chapter 18 in verse 13 and continues to the end of that Book. It is followed by the Prologue to the Book of Ecclesiasticus (“Multorum nobis et magnorum”) and the opening of that book through to chapter 2 in verse 11.
The size of the leaf is 198mm x 138mm (7 17/20ins. x 5 4/10ins.).
To the side of the initial, in the margin, can be seen the artist's sketch for the historiation.
PURCHASE DETAILS: -
Purchased from Griffon’s Medieval Manuscripts, November 2014, their catalogue number 2934.
GENERAL COMMENTS: -
This is a nice leaf on thin vellum that is in overall good condition and must have been from a good quality pocket Bible.
Ref 397, Ref 398, Ref 403, 502, 587, 588 and 589 are from the same Bible.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO THE BIBLE LEAVES REF 397, REF 398, REF 403, REF 502, REF 587 REF 588 and REF 589: -
PROVENANCE: -
It has been established that the above leaves are from the Bible that was lot 72 in Sotheby's London sale of Western Manuscripts and Miniatures on 1st. December 1998 and which was described there as “Bible, in Latin, with the Interpretation of Hebrew Names, illuminated manuscript on vellum (Paris, mid-thirteenth century ) Est. £12,000-18,000. It sold for £35,000 plus buyers premium of £5,000.
The catalogue description included the following provenance information: -
(1) In England in the Middle Ages, presumably in East Anglia. Notes on the second flyleaf are apparently signed “J. Doys”. Above that is an ownership inscription in a fifteenth-century hand, “John Paxten doone thys bok”. Paxten is an acceptable varient of Pasten, and the manuscript might have belonged to the celebrated Suffolk family of letter-writers, perhaps John Paston (1421-1466), legal advisor to Sir John Fastolf, or to either of his sons, both called John. The elder son, John Paston II (1442-1479), had a notable library of Middle English books, including a manuscript of Chaucer and a very early copy of Caxton.s Game and Playe of Chess, and in January 1475 he bought for 20s.6d. The library of the family chaplain, James Gloys (d.1473), which must have included a Bible (N.Navis, Paston Letters and Papers,I, 1971, pp.516-8 and p.373).
(2) The library of Helmingham Hall, Suffolk, the house of the Tollemache family built in 1510. There were already manuscripts at Helmingham before the Reformation, and many others were gathered in from local East Anglian collections by Sir Lionel Tollemache, who succeeded his father in 1575 and died in 1612. His grandson, the third baronet (1624-1669), was created first Earl of Dysart in 1643. The present manuscript was rebound for the fourth Earl of Dysart (1708-1770), after his succession in 1727. It has the Helmingham shelf label L.J. II.14 (changed in pencil to IV.14); the brief list of Helmingham books by the Historical Manuscripts Commission, I, 1874, Appendix, p.61, refers to “several splendid MSS. Of the Bible”. It probably remained at Helmingham until the 1950's when a number of private sales took place, mostly through the Robinson brothers.
(3) Lord Wardington, with his gilt bookplate inside the lower cover.
(4) The property of the Comites Latentes Collection, Geneva, MS.203, bought at Christie's, 8th. December 1982, lot 139.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ILLUMINATION: -
The Sotheby's catalogue description included the following about the Bible's illumination: -
Although the book was used in England, it was almost certainly illuminated in Paris. The miniatures are characterised by tiny figures, bright colours – including pale green and orange – and gold highly burnished to a mirror finish. The styl is that of the SOISSONS ATELIER, as defined by R. Branner, Manuscript Painting in Paris during the Reign of Saint Louis, 1977, pp.77-8 and 216-7, a workshop which evidently specialised in the illumination of Bibles. It takes its name from a Bible now in Soissons, ms.63. A notable feature of the present Bible is that at least 35 of the historiated initials preserve guide sketches for the artist, little thumbnail diagrams in plummet in the margins to indicate the subjects to be drawn. They were intended to be erased, and sometimes there are shadowy marks of erasure. This is as addition to approximately 30 manuscripts recorded with such marks by J.J.G. Alexander, Medieval Illuminators and their Methods of Work, 1992, pp.184-185. The sketches occur on fols.47v (although the miniature is cut out, the sketch clearly represents God talking to a horned Moses), 74v, 119v, 132r, 155r, 172v (rather faint),177v, 186r, 196v, 209r, 211r, 213r, 217v, 222r, 227r, 238r (faint), 243v, 275v, 294v (faint), 298v, 316r, 325v, 326v, 328r, 328v (partly erased), 333r, 334r, 334v, 337v, 338v, 357r (faint), 401r, 415r, 420r and 434r.
ATTACHING THE LEAVES IN THE COLLECTION TO THE FOLIOS IN THE BIBLE: -
REF 397 is Folio 337v, Malachi preaching to two(?) men. This is a miniature for which there is a sketch. It is very faint and can only just be seen.
REF 398 is Folio 222r, Christ blessing. This is a miniature for which there is a sketch.
REF 403 is Folio 243v, Ecclesia holding a chalice. This is a miniature for which there is a sketch.
REF 502 is Folio 298v, Ezekiel dreaming of the man, ox eagle and lion. This is a miniature for which there is a sketch.
REF 587 is Folio 432r, Saint Peter with key. This miniature does not have a sketch.
REF 588 is Folio 368v, Saint Mark with his Llion. This miniature does not have a sketch.
REF 589 is Folio 332r, Habakkuk. This miniature does not have a sketch.
The Struggle Continues, 2007/2011
Young-Hae Chang
Heavy Industries
Combining text-based Flash animations with original jazz compositions, The Struggle Continues (2007/2011) humorously juxtaposes a critical dialogue on class, freedom, and equality with the most human of desires - the struggle for love.
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Canon compact camera, Fuji Superia 200 (expired 5/2006)
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Das ist im Gran Valle, zwar auf dem Hinweg aufgenommen, aber wir mussten ja auf dem Rückweg auch wieder an dieser Trockenmauer vorbei. Deshalb passt es trotzdem. Das war so schön, als sich die Sonnenstrahlen für einen Moment den Weg durch die Wolken suchten. / Nice light in Gran Valle. It was cloudy and rained a bit but suddenly the sun sent some rays through the clouds.
Two Marines on one of the many islands In the Pacific leave their jeep because the foliage is to dense forcing them to continue on foot.
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Enjoy!
I am continuing with my Treecreeper project with a number of birds in the North Antrim area and beyond. This was a bird which I struggled to photograph for many years but I finally getting some success in recent months. They are brilliant little birds which do as the name suggests, climbing up the side of trees using their curved beaks to search for invertebrates in the nooks and crannies.
The mission continues for the 553rd Forward Engineer Support Team– Advance regardless of location, climate, or terrain. Members of the elite engineering solutions team recently trudged through mud, sludge, wind and rain at a small forward operating base in southern Afghanistan to inspect electrical work, drainage and conduct a survey.
The 553rd FEST– A is one of only eight teams in the world; each comprised of one officer-in-charge, one non-commissioned officer and six highly-skilled U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civilian technical experts. From design, management, contracting, geospatial support and more, the teams quickly produce relevant engineering products and services.
Photographed is team member and cartographer, Richard Allahar.
simply gonna share.....wacko intentions. a simple Stage and Doe event looms in my future. What to do..what to do?? Ok, lets buy a zillion fabric and still not get it right. oh the drama. too shiney, too casual, too "step forth wives (floral ---- wait, isn't water colour???) ha.........well , in any case, my days are numbered ...so whatever. Listen, I am not the only wacko out there. there is a group (0n flickr) Me Made May....people that make garments and wear them for the month of May (note "me made pants" hahahaha) fingers crossed I get something done in time.......and if not...oh well.....ya can always wear dark jeans and rhinestones . And now please applause, I have finally fitted something I am actually pleased with.......fingers crossed the sleeves get put in with no issues.
Work continues on the 'trellis' section. These are built in situ - so that they perfectly fit the gap between the lower chassis and the sills which the upper chassis will sit on. Roughly 1500 holes will need to be drilled and countersunk before the parts go off to be painted. When they return they'll then be permanently glued and riveted together.