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Bustling Myeong-dong is a shopping area packed with international fashion brands, luxury department stores and homegrown cosmetics shops. Casual eateries offer Korean dumplings and ginseng chicken soup, while street vendors sell Japanese and Thai snacks. Shows mixing folk music and drama are staged at Myeongdong Nanta Theatre. Nearby 19th-century Myeong-dong Cathedral features a Gothic-style bell tower.
Myeongdong (Hangul: 명동; Hanja: 明洞, literally 'bright cave' or 'bright tunnel) is a dong in Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea between Chungmu-ro, Eulji-ro, and Namdaemun-ro. It covers 0.99 km² with a population of 3,409 and is mostly a commercial area, being one of Seoul's main shopping and tourism districts. In 2011, 2012 and 2013, Myeong-dong was listed as the ninth most expensive shopping street in the world. The area is known for its two historically significant sites, namely the Myeongdong Cathedral and the Myeongdong Nanta Theatre.
The Cathedral Church of the Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception (Latin: Ecclesia Cathedralis Nostrae Domina de Immaculatæ Conceptionis) (Hangul: 천주교 서울대교구 주교좌 명동대성당) informally known as Myeongdong Cathedral is the national cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul. Located in the Myeongdong neighborhood of Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea, it is the seat of the Archbishop of Seoul Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, the highest Roman Catholic prelate of the nation.
Dedicated to Blessed Virgin Mary, the Immaculate Conception is the principal Patroness of Korea by a Pontifical decree accorded by Pope Gregory XVI in 1841. The cathedral serves as a community landmark, tourist attraction, and a notable symbol of Roman Catholicism in Korea. The Korean government assigned the cathedral as a historic site (No. # 258) on 22 November 1977, making it a cultural property and asset of the country
Otto Dix, Gera-Untermhaus 1891 - Singen am Hohentwiel 1969
Sadisten zu Dienst / Dedicated to Sadists
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This is dedicated to the sweet, gentle spirit, Steve, companion and friend to Kiki FL. Steve just passed on yesterday, 3-30-09.
We celebrate your sweet presence, your life and your inner light. Hope you have fun in that beautiful new home, playing with butterflies and fairies and making lots of new friends.
Image of Steve belongs to Kiki,FL.
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Butterfly from Shoofly Stock, dART. Thank you.
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Bubble brush from titoff77, dART.
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Textures, mine.
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Super star WSN photographer Gary Hee sprawls out on the Library's lobby to get that sweet shot. Go Gary Go!
Dedicated to the fox, this shrine is the head of over 30000 Inari shrines across Japan. A pathway wanders 4 km up the mountain lined with hundreds of vermilion torii gates.
(•) – The Lockheed Martin HC-130J Hercules The Combat King II is the U.S. Air Force's only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and Air Combat Command (ACC). This C-130J variation specializes in tactical profiles and avoiding detection and recovery operations in austere environments. The HC-130J replaces HC-130P/Ns as the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. It is an extended-range version of the C-130J Hercules transport. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to execute combatant commander directed recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory for expeditionary, all weather personnel recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions. When tasked, the aircraft also conducts humanitarian assistance operations, disaster response, security cooperation/aviation advisory, emergency aeromedical evacuation, and noncombatant evacuation operations.
Features
Modifications to the HC-130J have improved navigation, threat detection and countermeasures systems. The aircraft fleet has a fully-integrated inertial navigation and global positioning systems, and night vision goggle, or NVG, compatible interior and exterior lighting. It also has forward-looking infrared, radar and missile warning receivers, chaff and flare dispensers, satellite and data-burst communications, and the ability to receive fuel inflight via a Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation (UARRSI).
The HC-130J can fly in the day; however, crews normally fly night at low to medium altitude levels in contested or sensitive environments, both over land or overwater. Crews use NVGs for tactical flight profiles to avoid detection to accomplish covert infiltration/exfiltration and transload operations. To enhance the probability of mission success and survivability near populated areas, crews employ tactics that include incorporating no external lighting or communications, and avoiding radar and weapons detection.
Drop zone objectives are done via personnel drops and equipment drops. Rescue bundles include illumination flares, marker smokes and rescue kits. Helicopter air-to-air refueling can be conducted at night, with blacked out communication with up to two simultaneous helicopters. Additionally, forward area refueling point operations can be executed to support a variety of joint and coalition partners.
Background
The HC-130J is a result of the HC/MC-130 recapitalization program and replaces Air Combat Command's aging HC-130P/N fleet as the dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. The 71st and 79th Rescue Squadrons in Air Combat Command, the 550th Special Operations Squadron in Air Education and Training Command, the 920th Rescue Group in Air Force Reserve Command and the 106th Rescue Wing, 129th RQW and 176th Wing in the Air National Guard will operate the aircraft.
First flight was 29 July 2010, and the aircraft will serve the many roles and missions of the HC-130P/Ns. It is a modified KC-130J aircraft designed to conduct personnel recovery missions, provide a command and control platform, in-flight-refuel helicopters and carry supplemental fuel for extending range or air refueling.
In April 2006, the personnel recovery mission was transferred back to Air Combat Command at Langley AFB, Va. From 2003 to 2006, the mission was under the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Previously, HC-130s were assigned to ACC from 1992 to 2003. They were first assigned to the Air Rescue Service as part of Military Airlift Command.
General Characteristics
Primary function: Fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform
Contractor: Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Power Plant: Four Rolls Royce AE2100D3 turboprop engines
Thrust: 4,591 Propeller Shaft Horsepower, each engine
Wingspan: 132 feet, 7 inches (40.4 meters)
Length: 97 feet, 9 inches (29.57 meters)
Height: 38 feet, 9 inches (11.58 meters)
Operating Weight: 89,000 pounds (40,369 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 164,000 pounds (74,389 kilograms)
Fuel Capacity: 61,360 pounds (9,024 gallons)
Payload: 35,000 pounds (15,875 kilograms)
Speed: 316 knots indicated air speed at sea level
Range: beyond 4,000 miles (3,478 nautical miles)
Ceiling: 33,000 feet (10,000 meters)
Armament: countermeasures/flares, chaff
Basic Crew: Three officers (pilot, co-pilot, combat system officer) and two enlisted loadmasters
Unit Cost: $66 million (fiscal 2010 replacement cost)
Initial operating capability: 2013.
An evening totally dedicated to the artists themselves. The 2011 Ars Electronica Gala featuring the presentation of the Golden Nicas to the Prix Ars Electronica prizewinners is one of the Festival's highlights.
Photo showing Gerfried Stocker (artistic director Ars Electronica) with Golden Nica Hybrid Art winners Marion Laval-Jeantet (FR) and Benoit Mangin (FR) for "May the Horse Live in Me" (from left to right).
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Dedicated to @bitethebedbugs, whose blog crashed and burned seconds after I linked to it to thank her for buying my possibly-haunted broken camera. It's still broken. Her blog, I mean. *And* the camera. This is why you should never do nice things for me.
The church dedicated to "Saint Hierarch Nicolae" and the Three Holy Hierarchs in the Băneasa neighborhood is a foundation of the Văcărescu family, guarding the northern border of the Capital for more than two centuries.
The church survives as part of the mansion that was built here by Ienăchiță Văcărescu.
Saint Nicholas Church, in the Baneasa district, is an Orthodox church located on Neagoe Voda street, near the Baneasa bridge, in the northern part of Bucharest.
Under the protection of Saint Hierarch Nicolae, celebrated on December 6, and of the Three Holy Hierarchs, celebrated on January 30, this church was started before 1792, by Ecaterina Vacarescu, and finished by Enache Vacarescu.
"He who pours myrrh of great price to the whole world and to me, to the unworthy and more than all sinner, give it to me, so that I may bring you singing, Father Nicolae.
You, as the one who has courage towards God, free me from all troubles, so that I can sing to you: Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Nicholas, great worker of miracles!"
The inscription of this church testifies to the following:
"This church, in which the saint Hierarch Nicholas of Mira Lichia, the miracle worker, and the Holy Hierarchs and the great teachers of the world Basil the Great, Gregory Bogoslov and John Zlataust are celebrated, were built from the foundation of Mrs. Jupaneasa Ecaterina Vacarescu, the daughter of Mr. Donie Vacarescu - the treasurer and, remaining unfulfilled due to many scandals that have revolted our country many times, then, in the year 1792, they were committed by Mr. Enache Vacarescu and his enlightened wife , Ecaterina, daughter of Voivod Caragea, in the days of the Most Enlightened Mr. Mihai Șutu, after beautifying her with all the necessary things."
According to several documents, this church served as a prayer chapel for the Vacaresti family, with their boyar houses nearby.
In 1864, with the appropriation of the peasants, the chapel became the parish church.
The place of prayer was successively repaired in 1845 and 1888.
Later, between the years 1932-1933, the church was painted for the first time, in oil, by the painter N.I. Colnitiu, covered with tiles and floored with concrete slabs.
In the fall of 1939, when the Bucharest-Ploiesti road is being built, a protective wall is built for the church, which can be seen from the road, as well as a staircase with stone slabs.
The earthquake of 1977, the occasional repairs and the vibrations caused by the intense traffic on the road at the base of the church, severely affected its resistance structure.
Thus, starting with 1982, priest Carstoiu Virgil took care of carrying out numerous restoration and improvement works, as follows: replacement of the roof; strengthening the walls with concrete belts, which cross the church and support the roof; the organization of the church yard and its flooring with concrete tiles; removing the concrete and earth from the church, to a depth of one meter, and replacing them with river stone, and then flooring with marble; the restoration of the painting, in fresco, by the painter Banica Dumitru; furniture carved in oak wood and stained glass windows made by Gruia Rotariu.
Saint Nicholas Church was re-consecrated on May 26, 2002, the service being performed by His Holiness Vincentiu Ploiesteanul.
After this date, the interior and exterior sound system, the heating and the alarm equipment complete the series of improvements that were brought to the holy church.
The parish has a very small parish cemetery, established in 1864, located between the blocks of flats.
In 1992, in the middle of the cemetery, a chapel was built, which was consecrated in 1996.
The chapel is painted, equipped with new furniture, heating, lighting, etc.
The parish also has a parish house, bought in 1976, repaired and equipped with the necessary things, between 1983-2009.
Thiru Parameswara Vinnagaram or Vaikunta Perumal Temple is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, located in Kanchipuram in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Divya Prabandha, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Azhwar saints from the 6th–9th centuries AD. It is one among the 108 Divyadesam dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Vaikuntanathan and his consort Lakshmi as Vaikundavalli.
The temple is believed to have been built by the Pallava king Nandivarman II (720-96 CE), with later contributions from Medieval Cholas and Vijayanagar kings. The temple is surrounded by a granite wall enclosing all the shrines and water bodies of the temple. Vaikuntanathan is believed to have appeared to king Viroacha. The temple follows Vaikasana Agama and observes six daily rituals and two yearly festivals. The temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board of the Government of Tamil Nadu.
LEGEND
As per Hindu legend, the region where the temple is located was called Vidarbha Desa and ruled by a king named Viroacha. Due to his misdeeds in preceding birth, Virocha had no heir. He prayed in Kailasanathar Temple and Shiva, the presiding deity of the temple gave a boon that the Dvarapalas (the gatekeepers) of the Vishnu temple will be born as sons to him. The princes were devoted to Vishnu and conducted yagna for the welfare of the people of their kingdom. Vishnu was pleased with the worship and appeared as Vaikundanatha to the princes.
TEMPLE
As per Dr. Hultzh, Parameswara Vinnagaram was constructed by the Pallava King Nandivarman II in 690 CE, while other scholars place it in the late 8th century. Pallavamallan was a worshipper of Vishnu and a great patron of learning. He renovated old temples and built several new ones. Among the latter was the Parameswara Vinnagaram or the Vaikunta Perumal temple at Kanchipuram which contains inscribed panels of sculpture portraying the events leading up to the accession of Pallavamalla to the throne. The great Vaishnava saint Thirumangai Alvar was his contemporary.
Three sanctuaries host the image of Vishnu in different postures - seated (ground floor), lying (first floor; accessible to devotees only on ekadashi days) and standing (second floor; inaccessible to devotees). The logical and complex plan of the temple provided a prototype for the much larger shrines to be constructed all over Tamil Nadu. The external cloisters, for instance, with their lion pillars, are predecessors of the grand thousand pillared halls of later temples.
This temple is revered in Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the 7th–9th century Vaishnava canon by Thirumangai Alvar in 10 hymns. The temple is classified as a Divyadesam, one of the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the Vaishnava canon. The temple is one of the fourteen Divyadesams in Kanchipuram and is part of Vishnu Kanchi, the place where most of the Vishnu temples in Kanchipuram are located.
FESTIVALS & RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
The temple follows Vaikasana Agama. The temple priests perform the pooja (rituals) during festivals and on a daily basis. Like other Vishnu temples of Tamil Nadu, the priests belong to the Vaishnavaite community, a Brahmin sub-caste. The temple rituals are performed six times a day: Ushathkalam at 7:30 a.m., Kalasanthi at 8:00 a.m., Uchikalam at 12:00 p.m., Sayarakshai at 5:00 p.m., Irandamkalam at 6:00 p.m. and Ardha Jamam at 7:30 p.m. Each ritual has three steps: alangaram (decoration), neivethanam (food offering) and deepa aradanai (waving of lamps) for both Vaikuntanathan and Vaikundavalli. During the last step of worship, religious instructions in the Vedas (sacred text) are recited by priests, and worshippers prostrate themselves in front of the temple mast. There are weekly, monthly and fortnightly rituals performed in the temple. The Vaikasi Brahmotsavam, celebrated during the Tamil month of Vaikasi (May-June), and Vaikunta Ekadashi celebrated during the Tamil month of Margazhi (December-January) are the two major festivals celebrated in the temple. Verses from Nalayira Divya Prabandham are recited by a group of temple priests amidst music with nagaswaram (pipe instrument) and tavil (percussion instrument).
WIKIPEDIA
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ΚΛ[ΑΥΔΙΟΣ] ΧΑΡΑΞ ΤΟ ΠΡ[Ο]ΠΥΛΟ[Ν]
Cl[audius] Charax [dedicated]
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The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Tidal Basin was the fourth memorial dedicated to a U.S. president located on the National Mall. Ironically Roosevelt, the only American President elected more than two terms, was actually opposed to the idea of being honored via a public monument. Despite his reservations, Roosevelt was quoted once as commenting to his good friend Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurther, “If they are to put up any memorial to me, I should like it to be placed in the center of that green plot in front of the Archives Building.” Although the site had to be moved to make room for this massive 7.5 acre monument, Congress did approve erection of a fitting tribute in 1955.
The memorial consists of four “rooms,” each of which represents one of Roosevelt’s presidential terms. Room One is titled “The Early Years” and focuses on Roosevelt’s first term of presidency during the years 1932-1936. Along the south wall is a large thirty-foot bas relief by sculptor Robert Graham titled The First Inaugural. The relief features FDR riding within a car and waving to a passing crowd upon completion of his inaugural address. Graham’s best known other public work is the Duke Ellington Monument (1997) in New York City’s Central Park. He was also known on the public front for his marriage to famed actress Anjelica Huston with whom he even appeared in the 2004 movie The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
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This beautiful event is dedicated to Lord Narasimha. Together with Sri Swami Vishwananda and devotees from all around the world we celebrated the appearance day of Lord Narasimha with Yagna and Abishekam for the Lord's fierce, Ugra form and His calm, Shanta form. All the celebrations were accompanied by lively kirtan.
The celebrations took place at different Bhakti Marga temples around the world, starting at Bhakti Marga's Headquarters Shree Peetha Nilaya in Germany where guruji performed the celebrations.
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Dedicated to Thomas Lautenschlag !
Guessed in the Guess Where Berlin Group by Thomas Lautenschlag !
LEGOLAND Windsor a theme park dedicated to children aged 3-12 years old and of course big kid adults.
An inspirational land where the kids are the hero and adults relive their childhood.
The fun never stops and imagination knows no bounds, a family attraction like no other.
Set in 150 acres of beautiful parkland, LEGOLAND Windsor is a unique family theme park with over 55 interactive rides, live shows, building workshops, driving schools and attractions.
It's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park.
Fun Facts about LEGOLAND Windsor
There are 34 LEGO pieces in an average Miniland figure.
The largest model in Miniland is the Canary Wharf Tower which is 5.2 metres tall and took 3 model makers 850 hours to complete using 200,000 LEGO Bricks!
The smallest models are the pigeons in Trafalgar Square which contain 5 LEGO bricks each
So what’s New in 2011
Atlantis Submarine Voyage - Now Open!
Take a deep breath and submerge yourself in an underwater adventure.
Plunge into the depths with this world-first LEGO® submarine ride and immerse yourself in a magical underwater adventure.
The Village of Pinehurst, N.C. dedicated General George Catlett Marshall Park and Monument at grounds recently prepared near the Pinehurst Golf Resort. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, chief of staff of the U.S. Army provided the keynote address. Odierno joined Pinehurst Mayor Nancy Roy Fiorillo in laying a wreath at the newly dedicated monument. General of the Army George C. Marshall Was the Army Chief of Staff during World War II; later he served the nation as Secretary of State, President of the Red Cross, and Secretary of Defense. Marshall is also noted for the European Recovery Program in which the United States gave tens of billions of dollars in economic support, starting in 1948, to help rebuild European economies following the devastation of World War II. The plan became known as 'The Marshall Plan.' His post war work earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. Marshall originally hailed from Pennsylvania; when he retired from military and public service, he and his wife settled in Pinehurst, N.C. The Fort Bragg headquarters of U.S. Army Forces Command is named Marshall Hall in honor of Gen. Marshall. Gen. Mark A. Milley, FORSCOM commanding general, Maj. Gen. Jimmie Jaye Wells, FORSCOM chief of staff, and Command Sgt. Maj. Scott C. Schroeder, FORSCOM command sergeant major, all attended the dedication ceremony.
Photos by Bob Harrison, U.S. Army Forces Command Public Affairs
Weizberg Church
The Roman Catholic Weizberg Church is located on a hill in the east of the town of Weiz in Styria. The high altar is dedicated to "Our Lady of Sorrows " .
Architectural History (other pictures are clickable at the end of page!)
Weizberg Church, seen from Oberfladnitz
Weizberg church, high above the city
When the first church on the hill Weizberg was erected is unclear. One suspects the middle of the 11th Century. It is a three-nave Romanesque basilica with a two-storey east tower. It was mid-14th Century (1357 ?) extended by the construction of a choir .
Since there were as windows only hatches under the roof, it was very dark in the church, what was often complained. Various attempts to improve the light conditions in the church by modifications failed and so the dean and archpriest Dr. Franz Leopold Riedlegger (1726-1755) decided to erect a new church. But he died before.
His successor, Dr. Paul Hieronymus Schmutz, thus figures as the builder of the new church. Work began in 1757. The shell construction, built by architect Joseph Hueber, was finished after something more then a year, on 8 December 1758 the picture of grace (a Pietà by the Master of Neustift in the first quarter of the 15th century ) was brought to the new church and the first service has been celebrated.
For the interior design of the one-naved late-Baroque building initially lacked the money. Not until 1769, the sculptor Veit Koniger and the painter Joseph Adam Ritter von Mölk which were also employed in the Tabor Church, could begin their work. On 22 July 1776 consecrated Bishop Joseph Philipp Graf Spaur von Seckau the church.
221 days needed native of Vienna Court painter (Hofmaler) Joseph Adam Knight von Mölk and his colleagues in 1771 for his frescoes. Theme of the five ceiling paintings are the five major Marian feasts of the liturgical year .
From Veit Koniger stems the magnificent high altar, on which the earlier mentioned Pietà is placed.
The 1775 completed pulpit stems from sculptor Jacob Peyer. Of him are also the two side altars. They are dedicated to Saints Anne and Joseph. The large altar pictures are the work of Knight of Mölk .
In a fire in 1792 the church roof and the roofs of the 44 meter high towers were damaged.
Already in the 12th Century, the church on the "Mountain of Heaven" was a popular pilgrimage church. The pilgrimages found, however, during the Reformation a temporary end. Only in the middle of the 17th Century the number of pilgrims increased again. During the reign of Emperor Joseph II, the number of pilgrims fell and never recovered until the present .
Looking into the sanctuary
The organ of the Weizberg church was built in 2001 by the company Mathis Orgelbau (organ building) and it has 31 stops on three manuals and pedal.
Memorial
In May 2011, next to the Weizberg church a memorial was erected to commemorate the systematic murder of the Roma and Sinti during the time of National Socialism. It was designed by artist Walter Kratner of Graz and shows a broken wheel axle of a freight car, which is understood as a symbol of deportation and genocide. Behind there is an orange-colored plate with the words "Porajmos". In early July of the same year by unknown part of a wheel axle of the memorial was overturned. The act was heavily criticized by Kratner and reported to the police.
Weizbergkirche
Die römisch-katholische Weizbergkirche liegt auf einer Anhöhe im Osten der Stadt Weiz in der Steiermark. Der Hochaltar ist der „Schmerzhaften Muttergottes“ geweiht.
Baugeschichte
Weizbergkirche, hoch über der Stadt
Wann die erste Kirche auf dem Weizberg errichtet wurde, ist unklar. Man vermutet die Mitte des 11. Jahrhunderts. Es handelte sich dabei um eine dreischiffige romanische Basilika mit einem zweigeschossigen Ostturm. Sie wurde Mitte des 14. Jahrhunderts (1357?) durch den Zubau eines Chores erweitert.
Da es als Fenster nur Luken unter dem Dach gab, war es in der Kirche sehr dunkel, worüber oft geklagt wurde. Verschiedene Versuche, durch Umbauten die Lichtverhältnisse in der Kirche zu verbessern, scheiterten und so entschloss sich der Dechant und Erzpriester Doktor Franz Leopold Riedlegger (1726–1755), eine neue Kirche errichten zu lassen. Er starb aber vorher.
Sein Nachfolger Doktor Paul Hieronymus Schmutz scheint daher als Bauherr der neuen Kirche auf. 1757 begannen die Arbeiten. Der Rohbau, errichtet unter Baumeister Joseph Hueber, war nach etwas mehr als einem Jahr fertig, am 8. Dezember 1758 brachte man das Gnadenbild (eine Pietà vom Meister von Neustift aus dem ersten Viertel des 15. Jahrhunderts) in die neue Kirche und feierte den ersten Gottesdienst.
Für die Innengestaltung des einschiffigen, spätbarocken Baus fehlte zunächst das Geld. Erst 1769 konnten der Bildhauer Veit Königer und der Maler Joseph Adam Ritter von Mölk, die auch in der Taborkirche beschäftigt waren, diese Arbeiten beginnen. Am 22. Juli 1776 konsekrierte der Bischof Joseph Philipp Graf Spaur von Seckau die Kirche.
221 Tage brauchte der aus Wien stammende Hofmaler Joseph Adam Ritter von Mölk mit seinen Mitarbeitern im Jahr 1771 für seine Fresken. Thema der fünf Deckengemälde sind die fünf großen Marienfeste des Kirchenjahres.
Von Veit Königer stammt der prächtige Hochaltar, auf dem die schon vorher erwähnte Pietà aufgestellt ist.
Die 1775 fertiggestellte Kanzel stammt von dem Bildhauer Jakob Peyer. Von ihm sind auch die beiden Seitenaltäre. Sie sind der Heiligen Anna und dem Heiligen Josef geweiht. Die großen Altarbilder stammen von Ritter von Mölk.
Bei einem Brand im Jahr 1792 wurden das Kirchendach und die Dächer der 44 Meter hohen Türme beschädigt.
Schon im 12. Jahrhundert war die Kirche auf dem „Himmelberg“ eine beliebte Wallfahrtskirche. Die Wallfahrten fanden allerdings während der Reformationszeit ein vorübergehendes Ende. Erst in der Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts vermehrte sich die Zahl der Wallfahrer wieder. Während der Regierungszeit von Kaiser Joseph II. sank die Zahl der Pilger wieder und erholte sich bis in die Gegenwart nicht mehr.
Blick in den Altarraum
Die Orgel der Weizbergkirche wurde 2001 durch die Firma Mathis Orgelbau errichtet und verfügt über 31 Register auf drei Manualen und Pedal.
Mahnmal
Im Mai 2011 wurde neben der Weizbergkirche ein Mahnmal errichtet um der systematischen Ermordung der Roma und Sinti in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus zu gedenken. Es wurde vom Grazer Künstler Walter Kratner gestaltet und zeigt eine zerbrochene Radachse eines Güterwaggons, die als Sinnbild für Deportation und Genozid zu verstehen ist. Dahinter befindet sich eine orangefarbene Tafel mit dem Schriftzug „Porajmos“. Anfang Juli desselben Jahres wurde von Unbekannten ein Teil einer Radachse des Mahnmals umgeworfen. Die Tat wurde von Kratner heftig kritisiert und polizeilich angezeigt.
Dedicated to the memory of Jamie Leigh Meyer. This one is for you, Kim.
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After 26 years of dedicated service, Col. Regina M. Grant retired from the U.S. Army in a small ceremony at the Pentagon Feb. 16th. Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, commanding general of the U.S. Army Installation Management Command and Assistant Chief of Staff of Installation Management, said he knows there are certain people across the OACSIM that he can focus on for magnificent performance, and Grant is at the top of his list. Grant’s husband, Col. (R) Michael O. Grant, friends, and coworkers attended the ceremony. U.S. Army Photo by Sarah Samoraj
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IMCOM handles the day-to-day operations of U.S. Army installations around the globe – We are the Army's Home. Army installations are communities that provide many of the same types of services expected from any small city. Fire, police, public works, housing, and child-care are just some of the things IMCOM does in Army communities every day. We endeavor to provide a quality of life for Soldiers, Civilians and Families commensurate with their service. Our professional workforce strives to deliver on the commitments of the Army Family Covenant, honor the sacrifices of military Families, and enable the Army Force Generation cycle.
Our Mission:
To provide standardized, effective and efficient services, facilities and infrastructure to Soldiers, Civilians and Families for an Army and Nation engaged in persistent conflict.
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Army installations are the Department of Defense standard for infrastructure quality and are the provider of consistent, quality services that are a force multiplier in supported organizations’ mission accomplishment, and materially enhance Soldier, Civilian and Family well-being and readiness.
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Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
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(•) – The Lockheed Martin HC-130J Hercules The Combat King II is the U.S. Air Force's only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and Air Combat Command (ACC). This C-130J variation specializes in tactical profiles and avoiding detection and recovery operations in austere environments. The HC-130J replaces HC-130P/Ns as the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. It is an extended-range version of the C-130J Hercules transport. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to execute combatant commander directed recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory for expeditionary, all weather personnel recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions. When tasked, the aircraft also conducts humanitarian assistance operations, disaster response, security cooperation/aviation advisory, emergency aeromedical evacuation, and noncombatant evacuation operations.
Features
Modifications to the HC-130J have improved navigation, threat detection and countermeasures systems. The aircraft fleet has a fully-integrated inertial navigation and global positioning systems, and night vision goggle, or NVG, compatible interior and exterior lighting. It also has forward-looking infrared, radar and missile warning receivers, chaff and flare dispensers, satellite and data-burst communications, and the ability to receive fuel inflight via a Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation (UARRSI).
The HC-130J can fly in the day; however, crews normally fly night at low to medium altitude levels in contested or sensitive environments, both over land or overwater. Crews use NVGs for tactical flight profiles to avoid detection to accomplish covert infiltration/exfiltration and transload operations. To enhance the probability of mission success and survivability near populated areas, crews employ tactics that include incorporating no external lighting or communications, and avoiding radar and weapons detection.
Drop zone objectives are done via personnel drops and equipment drops. Rescue bundles include illumination flares, marker smokes and rescue kits. Helicopter air-to-air refueling can be conducted at night, with blacked out communication with up to two simultaneous helicopters. Additionally, forward area refueling point operations can be executed to support a variety of joint and coalition partners.
Background
The HC-130J is a result of the HC/MC-130 recapitalization program and replaces Air Combat Command's aging HC-130P/N fleet as the dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. The 71st and 79th Rescue Squadrons in Air Combat Command, the 550th Special Operations Squadron in Air Education and Training Command, the 920th Rescue Group in Air Force Reserve Command and the 106th Rescue Wing, 129th RQW and 176th Wing in the Air National Guard will operate the aircraft.
First flight was 29 July 2010, and the aircraft will serve the many roles and missions of the HC-130P/Ns. It is a modified KC-130J aircraft designed to conduct personnel recovery missions, provide a command and control platform, in-flight-refuel helicopters and carry supplemental fuel for extending range or air refueling.
In April 2006, the personnel recovery mission was transferred back to Air Combat Command at Langley AFB, Va. From 2003 to 2006, the mission was under the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Previously, HC-130s were assigned to ACC from 1992 to 2003. They were first assigned to the Air Rescue Service as part of Military Airlift Command.
General Characteristics
Primary function: Fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform
Contractor: Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Power Plant: Four Rolls Royce AE2100D3 turboprop engines
Thrust: 4,591 Propeller Shaft Horsepower, each engine
Wingspan: 132 feet, 7 inches (40.4 meters)
Length: 97 feet, 9 inches (29.57 meters)
Height: 38 feet, 9 inches (11.58 meters)
Operating Weight: 89,000 pounds (40,369 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 164,000 pounds (74,389 kilograms)
Fuel Capacity: 61,360 pounds (9,024 gallons)
Payload: 35,000 pounds (15,875 kilograms)
Speed: 316 knots indicated air speed at sea level
Range: beyond 4,000 miles (3,478 nautical miles)
Ceiling: 33,000 feet (10,000 meters)
Armament: countermeasures/flares, chaff
Basic Crew: Three officers (pilot, co-pilot, combat system officer) and two enlisted loadmasters
Unit Cost: $66 million (fiscal 2010 replacement cost)
Initial operating capability: 2013.
One of my wonderful contacts, "fromky" , and her husband, Hadley, are going through a courageous battle with cancer and these Irish butterflies are posted in their honor!!!
When I saw these lovely butterflies in Ireland I couldn't help but think of Nancy as I know how much she loves butterflies....Enjoy!!!...You are both an inspiration to all that know you...prayers and hugs!!!
Visit her lovely photostream at: www.flickr.com/photos/fromky/ .
Small Tortoiseshell - Aglais urticae, seen in the gardens at Adare Manor of County Limerick, Ireland. This is a very common butterfly in Ireland which regularly frequents gardens, particularly favouring Buddlea bushes. It is mainly reddish-orange with black markings and blue spots around the border. In contrast, the underside is quite dull. It can be found sometimes hibernating in houses. For more info see: www.irishbutterflies.com/small_tortoiseshell_butterfly_of...
Dedicated to all you weekend warriors! Hoping you're out of town or at your favorite spot taking tons of photos for your flickr friends. :)
A series of shots dedicated to the Dannee and Sam\Sanguine first so called “Night to Remember” something that Dannee indeed always to remember the first and only evening when that mysterious Sam challenged her into contest and his brew her so drunk that her memory of whole night was like erased… until recently when with some unexpected “help” she remembered everything…
Everything about their romantic rendezvous was perfect - the jokes, their travel to misty Grove, where Dannee in attempt to refresh jumped into waterfall and how Sam carried her back, gave her a new dress, then the dancing and the romantic atmosphere, when it was just two of them, two people enjoying themselves, free from responsibilities, doubts and fears at least for a while.
However those joking words of Sam about Dannee losing her dress to an uneven battle with the dirt, that kind compliment about her looking like a golden dragoness in her new scaled dress turned darker as his sympathy and tenderness vanished to savage desire, those moments he never spoke with her about of finally revealed… As his darker lustful side emerged with her immense fear what it might lead too… Dannee managed to soothe his fierce desire in other way then being defiled but for her it has been humiliation, then came the fear and almost despair when she realized she wasn't in Skyrim, but in Oblivion, at the mercy of the Daedric Prince, realizing that she truly didn't know who that mysterious Sam was and trusted him so easily but before she could further torment herself he found her.
He didn’t know what to say, she looked so lost and sad, such a contrast to him. It has been so long he felt himself so happy… she gave him such intense satisfaction he didn’t feel for years, like tidal wave, drowning out anything else in the world. It felt so raw and intimate and personal, even more intimate than if he had taken her. He should have been touching her too, take her to his home, to his bed, he thought guiltily, he should be offering her pleasure in return and giving her the comfort and touch she so desperately needs. But he was drunk and everything was happening all at once, the sensations so overwhelming and new that they destroyed any possibility of coherent thought at that time… But it wasn’t only physical satisfaction, she made him happy even by her company. He felt something coiled lazily deep inside him, something that’s just waiting to be given a chance, and here he is, giving it a chance. He’s letting someone in. But apparently Dannee had different opinion… He tried to comfort her until he realized it would no good, he still could make it up for her, make her smile again, make her really happy but first thing was to erase this whole evening from her mind, because it seems no matter what he will say will help her now, nothing but something like spell, that would not be strong enough to erase her entire memory of the night, but it would suffice in blurring it enough to make her second guess its truth, perhaps labeling it as just another unbidden fantasy without anything that may hurt her feelings…
One magic trick and Dannee found that she was at some new magical looking place with her friend, Sam who looked at her with something like affection, like he craves so much more than her touch and company, like he craves her more than anything else in the entire world…
“Why do you look at me like this, Sam?” The last thing she remembered how he brought her here to breathe a fresh air…
“It is just… you made me so happy, and you are so beautiful, dearie, body and soul.”
On Saturday, 4/6/17 over 80 dedicated volunteers arrived at Bread and Cheese Creek to clean up the beautiful little historic stream. Before they left a 40 yard dumpster was nearly filled with trash and debris stream and its bank totally over 3 tons!!! This included 290 bags of trash, truck full of metal to be recycled, 4 shopping carts, 2 bikes a couch, 2 plastic chairs, a mattress, a night stand, an entertainment stand and much more!!! Thank you everyone so very much for all your incredible hard work under such tough conditions! Our volunteer dedication to working toward a cleaner, greener, healthier community and environment cannot be topped!
While this cleanup was planned and run by Clean Bread and Cheese Community Cleanups we couldn’t do any of it without our incredible volunteer and our wonderful supporters. We would like to thank the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and American Rivers for all their assistance and support on this cleanup and to thank Burger King, Pat's Pizzeria Dundalk MD, Dominos, Chick-fil-a and Chesapeake Traders Food Warehouse for their generous donations of food to feed all our hungry and hardworking volunteers!!! Thank you so much Tradepoint Atlantic and G&M Foods for your generous donations allowing is to purchase much needed supplies! Thank you to Baltimore County Highways for supplying us with a dumpster and helping out! We would also like to thank all the incredible volunteers!