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View it BIG, the detail is amazing!!!
Inspired by the lovely AlicePalice I decided to give RAW a try this morning too. Rik's Dad has been telling me to start shooting in RAW for ages now but I didnt have the software downloaded to the old computer and so never bothered.
Seeing the results I dont think ill be going back, its amazing!! - thanks for the inspiration Alice!!!
DEGAS: 1977-1983
C.G.M. DEGAS 1983-1993
Sources:
Historique de la flotte des Messageries Maritimes du commandant Lanfant
Le grand Siècle des Messageries Maritimes du Dr Paul Bois Tome V
Encyclopédie des Messageries Maritimes de Philippe Ramona (site sur le web)
Le forum des anciens des Messageries. De nombreuses photographies, anecdotes et précisons sont régulièrement mises en ligne.
Monsieur Xavier Escallier qui a très amicalement mis à ma disposition sa collection de cartes postales des Messageries.
Les différents sites internet sur la marine marchande, qu'ils soient Britanniques, Espagnols, Français ou autres.
Différents ouvrages personnel sur l'histoire de la marine marchande française.
Courriers de la Compagnie Générale Maritime: N°10
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Ces navires ne sont pas des navires Messageries Maritimes. Mais leur étude à commencé avant la fin de la fusion. Par contre pendant une bonne partie du début de leur carrière ils furent armés par des équipages presque entièrement d'origine des Messageries. La fusion des équipages ayant été beaucoup plus laborieuse que prévue.-
Un examen de la composition de la flotte en 1974 fait ressortir la nécessité de prévoir pour l'année 1977 un certain nombre d'unités anciennes par des navires neufs polyvalents à haut rendement.
Toutes les Directions concernées ont alors délégué leurs experts pour définir le nouveau type de navire polyvalent devant remplir les conditions à assurer ce type de trafic par conteneurs
Cela va aboutir à la commande d'une nouvelle série de six cargos dits "polyvalents" qui sera mise mise en œuvre par les chantiers, de Saint Nazaire et de La Ciotat Ils seront baptisés d'après le nom de "Peintres Impressionnistes“ et la série dénommée "les PEINTRES de la C.G.M."
CÉZANNE - DEGAS –– RENOIR Construits aux chantiers de l'Atlantique à Saint-Nazaire en1977
GAUGUIN - MONET– UTRILLO Construits aux chantiers de La Ciotat en 1977-1978
Navire polyvalent de type roulier à rampe arrière, mais disposant de cales à ouverture par panneaux permettant de charger par grues du bord ou par porteneurs portuaires. Il dispose aussi d'un matériel roulant embarqué, chariots à fourches. Cela permet au navire de pouvoir travailler d'une manière autonome dans les ports peu équipés.
1976.08.09 - Mise sur cale aux Chantiers de l'Atlantique à Saint-Nazaire.
1977.03.01 Lancement et baptisé le 18 juin 1977.
1977.07.26 Réceptionné et pris en charge par la C.G.M sous les ordres du Cdt Guillemain.
CARACTÈRISTIQUES:
Longueur HT: 164 m 155 m HPP
Largeur : 26,50m
Tirant d'eau Franc bord Été: 10,80m
Port en lourd au franc bord été : 20.000 tpl
Volume total des espaces à marchandises: 28.400m3
Dont espace roulier : 6.900 m3
Nbre de conteneurs 20' : 330 evp en cale + 307 evp en pontée Total : 637 evp.
2 grues de 25 tonnes
2 grues de 40 tonnes
Classification du Bureau Veritas : 1.3-3 E. Porte conteneurs, navire roulier – AUT Haute Mer
PROPULSION :
2 moteurs semi-rapides Pielstick
Puissance maxi continue : 23400 cv
Puissance en service : 18.720 cv
Vitesse en service à80% de la PMC et 25% de salissure de coque: 19 nœuds
Vitesse de rotation des moteurs : 520t/mn
Vitesse de rotation de l'hélice : 125/tmn
1 propulseur d'étrave puissance: 750cv
Rayon d'action : 16.000 milles
2 stabilisateurs de roulis à citerne passive (capacité unitaire 420 m3 )
PC machine : Commande et surveillance des machines de propulsion, des auxiliaires divers et des chaudières
NB: Alarmes machines et timonerie sont renvoyées dans les locaux suivants:
Cabine Second Capitaine
Cabine Second Mécanicien
Cabine Lieutenant Commissaire
SAM des Officiers
Salle de sport.
Toutes les cabines Officiers.
CAPACITÉS LIQUIDES :
Fuel oil : 3.013 m3
Diesel Oil : 474 m3
Huile : 80 m3
Eau douce : 326 m3
Eau de mer de ballastage : 6.726 m3
PRODUCTION ÉLECTRIQUE :
3 diesels alternateurs de puissance unitaire à 720 t/mn : 960kw
1 diésel alternateur de secours de 160 Kw
PERSONNEL :
État-major : 9 officiers + le Commandant + 1 élève (variable)
Service Pont : 9 membres dont 2 Maitres
Service Machine : 8 membres dont 2 Maitres
A.D.S.G. : 5 dont un Intendant
LIGNE :
Ligne de la Polynésie française, la Nouvelle Calédonie et le Vanuatu via les Antilles..
ÉVÉNEMENTS :
1986.01.17 Réquisitionné par l'Etat Français, lors de l'escale de Djibouti, pour assurer l'évacuation des ressortissants français d'Aden.
1990 Affrété par le Ministère de la Défense afin de participer au transport du matériel de l'armée vers l'Arabie Saoudite dans le cadre de l'opération DAGUET.
Un 2ème affrètement sera réalisé au cours de cette même année pour rapatrier le matériel.
FIN :
1983-1993 – Vendu à la NCHAP devient l'ILLE DE LA RÉUNION
1993-1994 – Devient le BANDANA en affrètement coque nue par la SITRAM (Société Ivoirienne de Transport Maritime)
1994- Redevient ILE DE LA REUNION à la NCHP
1997 Vendu à la Cie. Américaine Global Container Lines de New York et devient Le GLOBAL PROSPERITY
2010 Vendu en l’état à Kandla (Inde) à Gulf Liner Shipping Agencies LLC (Emirats Arabes Unis) pour démolition le 10 Avril à Alang.
No matter how much you live, no matter how many people you know, no matter how many cultures you've been immersed in, there will always be people who surprise you in very different ways, who challenge your capacity of understanding and predicting their behaviour.
Sometimes this is due to their innate nature and complexity, other times it's the difference of their cultural context and yours, stretched beyond your capacity to understand, or at least, accept.
We are never fully elastic, we can never fully adapt, regardless of our intelligence and willingness. This is an important lesson to learn, as it makes the difference of having a full and complete existence, and a flawed and unhappy one.
Much prettier sky today than on the other cloudy days that I tried this shot. Dazzle was again watching a person walking by on the road when I snapped this. I tried many different angles while he practiced his stay but only uploaded this one. I went out to get this particular shot (for a contest) in spite of the pain I'm in, then got back home and went back to bed. As far as the contest results, I would have been better off staying home. But I'm still glad I finally got the shot I wanted.
I added a photo of the log he was on to my stream to show that it is at ground level on the root end so that's how he got up there. The fallen tree is over a bit of a gully, so it gets pretty far off the ground. I am 5'5" and could just barely touch the underside of the log where he is standing in the photo. He's not the least bit bothered by height and at one point he was standing sideways across the log to look down at me. I liked the shot I got of him doing that, but I needed the flash and didn't realise that till I saw it larger on my computer screen.
He is as agile as a cat, but also careful about where he is putting his feet so I don't worry about him falling. And this is about the same height as the palisade wall that Malinois have to jump off of in Ringsport (after jumping to the top of the wall). (www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Q5K48NGPc)
This is another liverwort (Marchantiophyta) in our canyon, but I believe it is different from the usual California Liverwort (Asterella californica) that I've been showing. For one thing, it's growing in a sunnier place. The sporophytes are taller and smoother and less divided, and the creeping "leaves" ("thallus") are smaller, compare this photo. This one might be Palmer's Asterella (Asterella palmeri) Yeah, this is pretty obscure, but it is a neat bryophyte! (San Marcos Pass, 24 February 2017)
Today was sunny but rather chilly, in the mid-30s last night, but not quite frosty. It started calm, but then got windy. Our next chance of rain is Sunday, but the odds have been shrinking as we get closer. We started at 80% of rain a few days ago, but now we're down to a 30% chance. Hey, we're already good for the year!
Field Trip - Bramfield Park Woods - 23/06/19
A cracker of a night was had at Bramfield Park Woods on Sunday night, with 3 traps run 50m apart and a further one MV trap run in a different part of the wood.
The day was cloudy and warm, upto 24 degrees and the evening looked spot on for a good session.
As always something just had to put that doubt in my mind, as I finished setting up my traps, it started spitting! and the sky looked extremely angry and storm like... plastic bags over the electrics and rain covers on the traps ASAP, it was like some sort of military operation!
Thankfully, those spots of rain came to nothing, it was a little breezy in certain places around the wood, but 3 out of 4 of the traps were tucked away nicely out of the wind, and with complete cloud cover...what else could go wrong.
It didn't take long to get in a muddle with writing the moths down, as they arrived in quick succession, and the interesting and more unusual moths were potted up as a priority, quite hard to do when you are getting bombed by so many moths.
There must have easily been 300 moths per trap, plus all of the ones sitting in the grass and you are looking at upwards of 1500 moths.
I ran the traps from 9:30pm until 2:30am where I was absolutely frazzled from tiredness.
Driving home, the car temperature gauge confirmed why it was such a good night, 16 degrees is what it was at 3am!
In total 194 species were recorded over 5 hours.
Big numbers of certain species were 25x Grey Arches, 35x Great Oak Beauty and over 100 Aleimma loeflingiana.
Species of note were 2x Beautiful Carpet (New for me), Ancylis diminutana, Apotomis capreana, Argyresthia pygmaeella (New for me), Cosmiotes stabilella, Epinotia fraternana (New for me), Euspilapteryx auroguttella, Pseudosciaphila branderiana (New for me) and Scoparia subfusca.
Here is the total list
Macro Moths : 93 species
Micro Moths : 101 species
Total : 194 species
Catch Report - 23/06/19 - Bramfield Park Woods - Hertfordshire - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 250w MV Clear Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw
Barred Yellow
Beautiful Carpet [NEW]
Beautiful Hook-tip
Bird's Wing
Blood-vein
Blotched Emerald
Bordered White
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth
Brindled White-spot
Brown Rustic
Brown Silver lines
Buff Ermine
Buff Footman
Buff-tip
Cinnabar
Clay Triple-lines
Clouded Border
Clouded Brindle
Clouded Silver
Common Carpet
Common Emerald
Common Swift
Common Wainscot
Common Wave
Common White Wave
Coronet
Dark Arches
Double Square-spot
Dun-bar
Dusky Brocade
Elephant Hawk-moth
Engrailed
Flame Shoulder
Gold Swift
Great Oak Beauty
Green Carpet
Green Pug
Green Silver-lines
Grey Arches
Heart & Club
Heart & Dart
Ingrailed Clay
Iron Prominent
July Highflyer
Large Nutmeg
Large Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Light Arches
Light Emerald
Lobster Moth
Marbled Brown
Marbled Minor
Marbled White Spot
Middle-barred Minor
Minor Shoulder-knot
Mottled Beauty
Mottled Pug
Orange Footman
Pale Oak Beauty
Pale Prominent
Peach Blossom
Peacock Moth
Peppered moth
Poplar Hawk-moth
Poplar Lutestring
Purple Clay
Riband Wave
Rosy Footman
Rufous Minor
Scarce Silver-lines
Scorched wing
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Silver-ground Carpet
Silver-Y
Slender Pug
Small Dotted Buff
Small Fan-foot
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small White Wave
Small Yellow Wave
Smoky Wainscot
Snout
Straw Dot
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tawny-barred Angle
Treble Brown Spot
Uncertain
Vine's Rustic
White Ermine
White-point
Micro Moths
Acleris notana/ferrugana
Acleris schalleriana
Acrobasis repandana
Agapeta hamana
Agonopterix arenella
Aleimma loefligiana
Anania hortulata
Anania lancealis
Ancylis diminutana
Aphelia paleana
Aphomia sociella
Apotomis capreana
Apotomis turbidana
Archips craetagana
Archips podana
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella
Argyresthia goedartella
Argyresthia pruniella
Argyresthia pygmaeella [NEW]
Argyresthia retinella
Assara terebrella
Bactra sp
Batia lunaris
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Caloptilia alchimiella robustella
Carcina quercana
Carpatolechia fugitivella
Celypha cespitana
Celypha lacunana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Clepsis consimiliana
Cochylis atricapitana
Cochylis nana
Coleophora sp
Cosmiotes stabilella
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella
Crassa unitella
Cydia fagiglandana
Cydia pomonella
Ditula angustiorana
Ectoedemia sp
Elophila nymphaeata
Emmetia marginea
Epagoge grotiana
Epermenia falciformis
Ephestia sp
Epinotia bilunana
Epinotia demarniana
Epinotia fraternana [NEW]
Epinotia immundana
Epinotia signatana
Epinotia tedella
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eudonia lacustrata
Euspilapteryx auroguttella
Euzophera pinguis
Exoteleia dodecella
Gypsonoma dealbana
Gypsonoma sociana
Hedya nubiferana
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella
Hypsopygia costalis
Lathronympha strigana
Metzneriana metzeriana
Mompha ochraceella
Morophaga choragella
Nemophora deegerella
Notocelia cynosbatella
Notocelia roborana
Notocelia trimaculana
Notocelia uddmanniana
Ostrinia nubilalis
Pammene argyrana
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana
Parachronistis albiceps
Parornix sp
Phtheochroa inopiana
Phycita roborella
Phyllonorycter coryli
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Pseudosciaphila branderiana [NEW]
Ptherochroa inopiana
Rhodophaea formosa
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Spilonota ocellana
Stephensia brunnichella
Syncopacma sp
Teleoides luculella
Teleoides vulgella
Tortrix viridana
Udea olivalis
Every year we search the Open House booklet seeking something different.
I have discovered Victorian churches, and am rather smitten by Gothic Revival and Victorian Stained Glass, so with the description in the book, this was going to be a must to visit.
From the City we took a cab to Paddington, the driver wasn't interested in taking us to the church, just to the nearby taxi driver's cabin.
From there we walked beside the Canal from Little Venice and into Paddington, and behind a faceless 60s housing development was this Gothic masterpiece.
We were two of only three visitors, but greeted warmly, and clearly the volunteers were rightly very proud of this living and wonderful church.
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The parish was founded in 1865, as a “church plant” from All Saints, Margaret Street, in a densely packed slum district, by Fr Richard Temple West, who was then a Curate at Margaret Street. The architect was George Edmund Street, a member of the Margaret Street congregation, and then at the height of his powers. Building started in 1867, and was complete in 1872, but a fire destroyed the brand new roof and the reconstruction took a year, so the first Mass in the new building was on St. Mary Magdalene’s Day 1873. The church was consecrated on 21st October 1878, after the decorations were finished.
Street’s design was dictated by the site, sloping steeply from north to south and also from west to east at the back and slightly from east to west at the front, and hemmed in by terraced housing. The church is immensely high, with a needle spire, which rose above the rooftops. Clerestory windows ensured that it was light. The irregular west end abutted existing buildings, and the church occupies every inch of the available site, except for a sunken area to access the vestries. The Building Act forbade building above a certain height right up against a pavement, but allowed it five feet back, so on the north side Street built a “false” aisle, five feet wide, with the arcade carrying the church to its full height. On the south side, there is a normal, wide aisle. Under the church, to provide a level platform, is a massive crypt, including vestries at the east end. Street’s artistry was to provide a double arcade to the north aisle which takes the eye away from the proximity of the outside wall and conceals a slight curve in it. He was building the Royal Courts of Justice at the same time, and there is more than a passing resemblance between St. Mary Mag’s and the Great Hall there (also a solution to a sloping site). The decorative scheme of the church is Street’s, executed by some of the leading ecclesiastical artists of the day. The windows are all by Henry Holiday and repay careful study.
Twenty years after the building of the church, Ninian Comper was commissioned to produce a fitting memorial to Fr. West and created the Chapel of St Sepulchre in the south aisle of the crypt, his first work in London. This involved altering the crypt windows (which come up to street level on the south side) and putting in new stairs. The Chapel is a chantry chapel translated from fifteenth century Germany, with every detail perfectly designed by Comper in an elaborate scheme based on the idea of St. Mary Magdalene, the penitent, becoming the first witness of the resurrection. Comper in later years came to see this work as mechanical reproduction, but it produces an exquisite effect, with a blue vault spangled with stars and a reredos crammed with figures glittering with burnished gold. The reredos contains a concealed tabernacle (possibly the first to be installed on a Church of England altar) which took the place of Comper’s favoured hanging pyx for fear of protestant rioters. The Chapel has always been troubled by penetrating damp and needed to be restored in the 1930s and 1960s. It served as the chapel for a small house of the Wantage sisters during the years that they worked in the parish.
In the 1920s fashions had changed in “advanced” Anglo-Catholic circles, and the correct style was felt to be baroque, and so alterations were made to the church by Martin Travers, the leading designer in the style. Travers created the war memorial calvary outside the church, and the Lady Chapel inside the transept porch, an exercise in Spanish baroque, as a memorial to Fr. Bleadon, the second Vicar. Comper had produced a design for this Lady altar before the Great War, but it was never executed. Travers’ most prominent work, however, was to raise the floor of the chancel and provide an elegant marble balustrade and communion rails. The work in cream and pale green marble fits well with Street’s wall decorations though the raising of the reredos to overlap the east window is regrettable. Street had given the church a low chancel screen in delicate ironwork, which was preserved and installed in the crypt. The Mary Magdalene altar was also installed in the 1920s in the south aisle, and Travers executed a charming statue of the patron saint holding a model of the church which now stands there, but which originally stood in the south porch.
In the 1960s, the community that the church served was swept away in slum clearance after wartime bombing, and the church left marooned, looking like some vast liner moored on the canal, amid the council flats of the Warwick Estate. The crypt Chapel was restored for the centenary of the church, and the north porch was walled up, but otherwise little was done to the building.
The twenty-first century has seen the first successful efforts to restore and regenerate the building after decades of decay. The vast west window was totally repaired, releaded and cleaned in 2005-6. The roof has been reslated in 2007-8, and all the rainwater goods repaired or replaced, and the clerestory windows repaired. The vestries have been refurbished with a view to opening them up for community use once they have dried out. A major feasibility study has been carried out by architects and consultants for the regeneration of the crypt in partnership with Westminster City Council and the Paddington Development Trust.
In 2015 we were fortunate to achieve Stage1 support from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the Mary Mags project and are now working on our Stage 2 bid.
NARMADA PARIKRAMA
The Narmada also called the Rewa, is a river in central India and the fifth longest river in the Indian subcontinent. It is the third longest river that flows entirely within India, after the Godavari and the Krishna. It is also known as "Life Line of Madhya Pradesh" for its huge contribution to the state of Madhya Pradesh in many ways. It forms the traditional boundary between North India and South India and flows westwards over a length of 1,312 km (815.2 mi) before draining through theGulf of Khambhat into the Arabian Sea, 30 km (18.6 mi) west of Bharuch city of Gujarat. It is one of only three major rivers in peninsular India that run from east to west (longest west flowing river), along with the Tapti River and the Mahi River. It is the one of the rivers in India that flows in a rift valley, flowing west between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges. The other rivers which flows through rift valley include Damodar River in Chota Nagpur Plateau and Tapti. The Tapti River and Mahi River also flow through rift valleys, but between different ranges. It flows through the states of Madhya Pradesh(1,077 km (669.2 mi)), and Maharashtra, (74 km (46.0 mi))– (35 km (21.7 mi)) then along the border between Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra (39 km (24.2 mi) and the border between Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and in Gujarat (161 km (100.0 mi)).
The Periplus Maris Erythraei (c. 80 AD) calls it the Nammadus, and theBritish Raj called it the Nerbudda or Narbada. Narmadā is a Sanskrit word meaning "the Giver of Pleasure".
To Hindus the Narmada is one of the five holy rivers of India; the other four beingGanges, Yamuna, Godavari and Kaveri. It is believed that a dip in any of these five rivers washes one's sins away. According to a legend, the river Ganges, polluted by millions of people bathing in it, assumes the form of a black cow and comes to the Narmada to bathe and cleanse itself in its holy waters. Legends also claim that the Narmada River is older than the river Ganges.
The river was mentioned by Ptolemy in the second century AD as Namade and by the author of the Periplus. The Ramayana, the Mahabharat, and thePuranas refer to it frequently. The Rewa Khand of Vayu Purana and the Rewa Khand of Skanda Purana are entirely devoted to the story of the birth and the importance of the river, and hence Narmada is also called the Rewa.
There are many fables about the origin of the Narmada. According to one of them, once Lord Shiva, the Destroyer of the Universe, meditated so hard that he started perspiring. Shiva's sweat accumulated in a tank and started flowing in the form of a river – the Narmada. Another legend has it that two teardrops that fell from the eyes of Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe, yielded two rivers – the Narmada and the Son.
Legends also say that for Lord Shiva, the Hindu God, the river is especially sacred on account of its origin, and it is often called Shankari, i.e., daughter of Shankar (Lord Shiva). All the pebbles rolling on its bed are said to take the shape of his emblem with the saying, "Narmada Ke Kanker utte Sankar" (a popular saying in the Hindi belt of India), which means that 'pebble stones of Narmada get a personified form of Shiva'. These lingam shaped stones (cryptocrytalline quartz), calledBanalinga also called (Banashivalingas) are much sought after for daily worship by the Hindus. The Brihadeeswara Temple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, constructed by Rajaraja Chola, has one of the biggest Banalingas. Adi Shankara met his guru Govinda Bhagavatpada on the banks of the river Narmada.
Narmada is also said to have been in love with the Sonbhadra, another river flowing on the Chota Nagpur Plateau. According to the Puranas, the Narmada is also called the Rewa, from its leaping motion (from the root 'rev') through its rocky bed.
Important religious places and Ghats along the course of the river, starting from its origin at Narmadakhund at Amarkantakhill, are a) the Amarkantak (in Sanskrit: Neck of Shiva) or Teertharaj (the King of Pilgrimages), b) Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, and Mahadeo temples, Nemawar Siddeshwar Mandir in the middle reach of the river – all named after Shiva, c) Chausath Yogini (sixty four yoginis) temple, d) Chaubis Avatar temple, e) Bhojpur Shiva temple and Bhrigu Rishi temple in Bharuch. The Narmada River is also worshipped as mother goddess by Narmadeeya Brahmins.
The importance of the Narmada River as sacred is testified by the fact that the pilgrims perform a holy pilgrimage of aparikrama or circumambulation of the river.[17] The Narmada Parikrama, as it is called, is considered to be a meritorious act that a pilgrim can undertake. Many sadhus and pilgrims walk on foot from the Arabian Sea at Bharuch in Gujarat, along the river, to the source in Maikal Mountains (Amarkantak hills) in Madhya Pradesh and back along the opposite bank of the river. It is a 2,600-kilometre (1,600 mi) walk.[18] Important towns of interest in the valley are Jabalpur, Barwani, Hoshangabad, Harda, Narmada Nagar, Omkareshwar, Dewas (Nemavar, Kity, Pipri), Mandla and Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh, andRajpipla and Bharuch in Gujarat. Some places of historical interest are Joga Ka Quilla, Chhatri of Baji Rao Peshwa andBhimbetka, and among the falls are the Dugdhdhara, Dhardi falls, Bheraghat, Dhuandhara, Kapiladhara and Sahastradhara. By Kailash Mansarovar Foundation Swami Bikash Giri www.sumeruparvat.com , www.naturalitem.com
NARMADA PARIKRAMA
The Narmada also called the Rewa, is a river in central India and the fifth longest river in the Indian subcontinent. It is the third longest river that flows entirely within India, after the Godavari and the Krishna. It is also known as "Life Line of Madhya Pradesh" for its huge contribution to the state of Madhya Pradesh in many ways. It forms the traditional boundary between North India and South India and flows westwards over a length of 1,312 km (815.2 mi) before draining through theGulf of Khambhat into the Arabian Sea, 30 km (18.6 mi) west of Bharuch city of Gujarat. It is one of only three major rivers in peninsular India that run from east to west (longest west flowing river), along with the Tapti River and the Mahi River. It is the one of the rivers in India that flows in a rift valley, flowing west between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges. The other rivers which flows through rift valley include Damodar River in Chota Nagpur Plateau and Tapti. The Tapti River and Mahi River also flow through rift valleys, but between different ranges. It flows through the states of Madhya Pradesh(1,077 km (669.2 mi)), and Maharashtra, (74 km (46.0 mi))– (35 km (21.7 mi)) then along the border between Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra (39 km (24.2 mi) and the border between Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and in Gujarat (161 km (100.0 mi)).
The Periplus Maris Erythraei (c. 80 AD) calls it the Nammadus, and theBritish Raj called it the Nerbudda or Narbada. Narmadā is a Sanskrit word meaning "the Giver of Pleasure".
To Hindus the Narmada is one of the five holy rivers of India; the other four beingGanges, Yamuna, Godavari and Kaveri. It is believed that a dip in any of these five rivers washes one's sins away. According to a legend, the river Ganges, polluted by millions of people bathing in it, assumes the form of a black cow and comes to the Narmada to bathe and cleanse itself in its holy waters. Legends also claim that the Narmada River is older than the river Ganges.
The river was mentioned by Ptolemy in the second century AD as Namade and by the author of the Periplus. The Ramayana, the Mahabharat, and thePuranas refer to it frequently. The Rewa Khand of Vayu Purana and the Rewa Khand of Skanda Purana are entirely devoted to the story of the birth and the importance of the river, and hence Narmada is also called the Rewa.
There are many fables about the origin of the Narmada. According to one of them, once Lord Shiva, the Destroyer of the Universe, meditated so hard that he started perspiring. Shiva's sweat accumulated in a tank and started flowing in the form of a river – the Narmada. Another legend has it that two teardrops that fell from the eyes of Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe, yielded two rivers – the Narmada and the Son.
Legends also say that for Lord Shiva, the Hindu God, the river is especially sacred on account of its origin, and it is often called Shankari, i.e., daughter of Shankar (Lord Shiva). All the pebbles rolling on its bed are said to take the shape of his emblem with the saying, "Narmada Ke Kanker utte Sankar" (a popular saying in the Hindi belt of India), which means that 'pebble stones of Narmada get a personified form of Shiva'. These lingam shaped stones (cryptocrytalline quartz), calledBanalinga also called (Banashivalingas) are much sought after for daily worship by the Hindus. The Brihadeeswara Temple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, constructed by Rajaraja Chola, has one of the biggest Banalingas. Adi Shankara met his guru Govinda Bhagavatpada on the banks of the river Narmada.
Narmada is also said to have been in love with the Sonbhadra, another river flowing on the Chota Nagpur Plateau. According to the Puranas, the Narmada is also called the Rewa, from its leaping motion (from the root 'rev') through its rocky bed.
Important religious places and Ghats along the course of the river, starting from its origin at Narmadakhund at Amarkantakhill, are a) the Amarkantak (in Sanskrit: Neck of Shiva) or Teertharaj (the King of Pilgrimages), b) Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, and Mahadeo temples, Nemawar Siddeshwar Mandir in the middle reach of the river – all named after Shiva, c) Chausath Yogini (sixty four yoginis) temple, d) Chaubis Avatar temple, e) Bhojpur Shiva temple and Bhrigu Rishi temple in Bharuch. The Narmada River is also worshipped as mother goddess by Narmadeeya Brahmins.
The importance of the Narmada River as sacred is testified by the fact that the pilgrims perform a holy pilgrimage of aparikrama or circumambulation of the river.[17] The Narmada Parikrama, as it is called, is considered to be a meritorious act that a pilgrim can undertake. Many sadhus and pilgrims walk on foot from the Arabian Sea at Bharuch in Gujarat, along the river, to the source in Maikal Mountains (Amarkantak hills) in Madhya Pradesh and back along the opposite bank of the river. It is a 2,600-kilometre (1,600 mi) walk.[18] Important towns of interest in the valley are Jabalpur, Barwani, Hoshangabad, Harda, Narmada Nagar, Omkareshwar, Dewas (Nemavar, Kity, Pipri), Mandla and Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh, andRajpipla and Bharuch in Gujarat. Some places of historical interest are Joga Ka Quilla, Chhatri of Baji Rao Peshwa andBhimbetka, and among the falls are the Dugdhdhara, Dhardi falls, Bheraghat, Dhuandhara, Kapiladhara and Sahastradhara. By Kailash Mansarovar Foundation Swami Bikash Giri www.sumeruparvat.com , www.naturalitem.com
NARMADA PARIKRAMA
The Narmada also called the Rewa, is a river in central India and the fifth longest river in the Indian subcontinent. It is the third longest river that flows entirely within India, after the Godavari and the Krishna. It is also known as "Life Line of Madhya Pradesh" for its huge contribution to the state of Madhya Pradesh in many ways. It forms the traditional boundary between North India and South India and flows westwards over a length of 1,312 km (815.2 mi) before draining through theGulf of Khambhat into the Arabian Sea, 30 km (18.6 mi) west of Bharuch city of Gujarat. It is one of only three major rivers in peninsular India that run from east to west (longest west flowing river), along with the Tapti River and the Mahi River. It is the one of the rivers in India that flows in a rift valley, flowing west between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges. The other rivers which flows through rift valley include Damodar River in Chota Nagpur Plateau and Tapti. The Tapti River and Mahi River also flow through rift valleys, but between different ranges. It flows through the states of Madhya Pradesh(1,077 km (669.2 mi)), and Maharashtra, (74 km (46.0 mi))– (35 km (21.7 mi)) then along the border between Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra (39 km (24.2 mi) and the border between Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and in Gujarat (161 km (100.0 mi)).
The Periplus Maris Erythraei (c. 80 AD) calls it the Nammadus, and theBritish Raj called it the Nerbudda or Narbada. Narmadā is a Sanskrit word meaning "the Giver of Pleasure".
To Hindus the Narmada is one of the five holy rivers of India; the other four beingGanges, Yamuna, Godavari and Kaveri. It is believed that a dip in any of these five rivers washes one's sins away. According to a legend, the river Ganges, polluted by millions of people bathing in it, assumes the form of a black cow and comes to the Narmada to bathe and cleanse itself in its holy waters. Legends also claim that the Narmada River is older than the river Ganges.
The river was mentioned by Ptolemy in the second century AD as Namade and by the author of the Periplus. The Ramayana, the Mahabharat, and thePuranas refer to it frequently. The Rewa Khand of Vayu Purana and the Rewa Khand of Skanda Purana are entirely devoted to the story of the birth and the importance of the river, and hence Narmada is also called the Rewa.
There are many fables about the origin of the Narmada. According to one of them, once Lord Shiva, the Destroyer of the Universe, meditated so hard that he started perspiring. Shiva's sweat accumulated in a tank and started flowing in the form of a river – the Narmada. Another legend has it that two teardrops that fell from the eyes of Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe, yielded two rivers – the Narmada and the Son.
Legends also say that for Lord Shiva, the Hindu God, the river is especially sacred on account of its origin, and it is often called Shankari, i.e., daughter of Shankar (Lord Shiva). All the pebbles rolling on its bed are said to take the shape of his emblem with the saying, "Narmada Ke Kanker utte Sankar" (a popular saying in the Hindi belt of India), which means that 'pebble stones of Narmada get a personified form of Shiva'. These lingam shaped stones (cryptocrytalline quartz), calledBanalinga also called (Banashivalingas) are much sought after for daily worship by the Hindus. The Brihadeeswara Temple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, constructed by Rajaraja Chola, has one of the biggest Banalingas. Adi Shankara met his guru Govinda Bhagavatpada on the banks of the river Narmada.
Narmada is also said to have been in love with the Sonbhadra, another river flowing on the Chota Nagpur Plateau. According to the Puranas, the Narmada is also called the Rewa, from its leaping motion (from the root 'rev') through its rocky bed.
Important religious places and Ghats along the course of the river, starting from its origin at Narmadakhund at Amarkantakhill, are a) the Amarkantak (in Sanskrit: Neck of Shiva) or Teertharaj (the King of Pilgrimages), b) Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, and Mahadeo temples, Nemawar Siddeshwar Mandir in the middle reach of the river – all named after Shiva, c) Chausath Yogini (sixty four yoginis) temple, d) Chaubis Avatar temple, e) Bhojpur Shiva temple and Bhrigu Rishi temple in Bharuch. The Narmada River is also worshipped as mother goddess by Narmadeeya Brahmins.
The importance of the Narmada River as sacred is testified by the fact that the pilgrims perform a holy pilgrimage of aparikrama or circumambulation of the river.[17] The Narmada Parikrama, as it is called, is considered to be a meritorious act that a pilgrim can undertake. Many sadhus and pilgrims walk on foot from the Arabian Sea at Bharuch in Gujarat, along the river, to the source in Maikal Mountains (Amarkantak hills) in Madhya Pradesh and back along the opposite bank of the river. It is a 2,600-kilometre (1,600 mi) walk.[18] Important towns of interest in the valley are Jabalpur, Barwani, Hoshangabad, Harda, Narmada Nagar, Omkareshwar, Dewas (Nemavar, Kity, Pipri), Mandla and Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh, andRajpipla and Bharuch in Gujarat. Some places of historical interest are Joga Ka Quilla, Chhatri of Baji Rao Peshwa andBhimbetka, and among the falls are the Dugdhdhara, Dhardi falls, Bheraghat, Dhuandhara, Kapiladhara and Sahastradhara. By Kailash Mansarovar Foundation Swami Bikash Giri www.sumeruparvat.com , www.naturalitem.com
NARMADA PARIKRAMA
The Narmada also called the Rewa, is a river in central India and the fifth longest river in the Indian subcontinent. It is the third longest river that flows entirely within India, after the Godavari and the Krishna. It is also known as "Life Line of Madhya Pradesh" for its huge contribution to the state of Madhya Pradesh in many ways. It forms the traditional boundary between North India and South India and flows westwards over a length of 1,312 km (815.2 mi) before draining through theGulf of Khambhat into the Arabian Sea, 30 km (18.6 mi) west of Bharuch city of Gujarat. It is one of only three major rivers in peninsular India that run from east to west (longest west flowing river), along with the Tapti River and the Mahi River. It is the one of the rivers in India that flows in a rift valley, flowing west between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges. The other rivers which flows through rift valley include Damodar River in Chota Nagpur Plateau and Tapti. The Tapti River and Mahi River also flow through rift valleys, but between different ranges. It flows through the states of Madhya Pradesh(1,077 km (669.2 mi)), and Maharashtra, (74 km (46.0 mi))– (35 km (21.7 mi)) then along the border between Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra (39 km (24.2 mi) and the border between Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and in Gujarat (161 km (100.0 mi)).
The Periplus Maris Erythraei (c. 80 AD) calls it the Nammadus, and theBritish Raj called it the Nerbudda or Narbada. Narmadā is a Sanskrit word meaning "the Giver of Pleasure".
To Hindus the Narmada is one of the five holy rivers of India; the other four beingGanges, Yamuna, Godavari and Kaveri. It is believed that a dip in any of these five rivers washes one's sins away. According to a legend, the river Ganges, polluted by millions of people bathing in it, assumes the form of a black cow and comes to the Narmada to bathe and cleanse itself in its holy waters. Legends also claim that the Narmada River is older than the river Ganges.
The river was mentioned by Ptolemy in the second century AD as Namade and by the author of the Periplus. The Ramayana, the Mahabharat, and thePuranas refer to it frequently. The Rewa Khand of Vayu Purana and the Rewa Khand of Skanda Purana are entirely devoted to the story of the birth and the importance of the river, and hence Narmada is also called the Rewa.
There are many fables about the origin of the Narmada. According to one of them, once Lord Shiva, the Destroyer of the Universe, meditated so hard that he started perspiring. Shiva's sweat accumulated in a tank and started flowing in the form of a river – the Narmada. Another legend has it that two teardrops that fell from the eyes of Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe, yielded two rivers – the Narmada and the Son.
Legends also say that for Lord Shiva, the Hindu God, the river is especially sacred on account of its origin, and it is often called Shankari, i.e., daughter of Shankar (Lord Shiva). All the pebbles rolling on its bed are said to take the shape of his emblem with the saying, "Narmada Ke Kanker utte Sankar" (a popular saying in the Hindi belt of India), which means that 'pebble stones of Narmada get a personified form of Shiva'. These lingam shaped stones (cryptocrytalline quartz), calledBanalinga also called (Banashivalingas) are much sought after for daily worship by the Hindus. The Brihadeeswara Temple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, constructed by Rajaraja Chola, has one of the biggest Banalingas. Adi Shankara met his guru Govinda Bhagavatpada on the banks of the river Narmada.
Narmada is also said to have been in love with the Sonbhadra, another river flowing on the Chota Nagpur Plateau. According to the Puranas, the Narmada is also called the Rewa, from its leaping motion (from the root 'rev') through its rocky bed.
Important religious places and Ghats along the course of the river, starting from its origin at Narmadakhund at Amarkantakhill, are a) the Amarkantak (in Sanskrit: Neck of Shiva) or Teertharaj (the King of Pilgrimages), b) Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, and Mahadeo temples, Nemawar Siddeshwar Mandir in the middle reach of the river – all named after Shiva, c) Chausath Yogini (sixty four yoginis) temple, d) Chaubis Avatar temple, e) Bhojpur Shiva temple and Bhrigu Rishi temple in Bharuch. The Narmada River is also worshipped as mother goddess by Narmadeeya Brahmins.
The importance of the Narmada River as sacred is testified by the fact that the pilgrims perform a holy pilgrimage of aparikrama or circumambulation of the river.[17] The Narmada Parikrama, as it is called, is considered to be a meritorious act that a pilgrim can undertake. Many sadhus and pilgrims walk on foot from the Arabian Sea at Bharuch in Gujarat, along the river, to the source in Maikal Mountains (Amarkantak hills) in Madhya Pradesh and back along the opposite bank of the river. It is a 2,600-kilometre (1,600 mi) walk.[18] Important towns of interest in the valley are Jabalpur, Barwani, Hoshangabad, Harda, Narmada Nagar, Omkareshwar, Dewas (Nemavar, Kity, Pipri), Mandla and Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh, andRajpipla and Bharuch in Gujarat. Some places of historical interest are Joga Ka Quilla, Chhatri of Baji Rao Peshwa andBhimbetka, and among the falls are the Dugdhdhara, Dhardi falls, Bheraghat, Dhuandhara, Kapiladhara and Sahastradhara. By Kailash Mansarovar Foundation Swami Bikash Giri www.sumeruparvat.com , www.naturalitem.com
European DVD single
"Different World" (Smith, Harris) – 4:15
"The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" (Recorded live in Copenhagen on the A Matter of Life and Death tour, 10 November 2006) (Dave Murray, Harris) – 7:44
"Hocus Pocus" (Thijs van Leer, Jan Akkerman; Focus cover) – 5:33
Bruce Dickinson – vocals
Dave Murray – guitar
Janick Gers – guitar
Adrian Smith – guitar, backing vocals
Steve Harris – bass guitar, backing vocals, co-producer (studio songs), executive producer (live songs)
Nicko McBrain – drums
"Different World" is the first track from English heavy metal band Iron Maiden's 2006 album A Matter of Life and Death. The song is the band's thirty-fifth single, and is also the second single from the album, released on 14 November 2006 in the United States, and 26 December 2006 in Europe. The song has been stated by the band to be a tribute to Thin Lizzy due to the low sounding melodies sung by Bruce Dickinson that are reminiscent of those Phil Lynott would sing. It was played first every night on the band's A Matter of Life and Death Tour.
The guitar solo in "Different World" is played by Adrian Smith.
The song is featured in the skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam.
The all-female tribute band, The Iron Maidens, recorded an acoustic cover of the song on their 2008 EP The Root of All Evil.
Every year I look forward to photographing the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin and this year was no different. I got up early this morning and looked out my bedroom window window to see what the weather was like and it appeared to be OK. Therefore, when I decided to leave to go to the press briefing I was more than surprised to discover that it was raining very heavy.
By the time I got to my destination it was actually snowing (really wet cold snow). Anyway, at the briefing we were introduced to Nicky Byrne. "One of Ireland’s best loved and internationally celebrated pop-artists", Nicky Byrne, acted as Grand Marshal for this year’s St. Patrick’s Festival Parade. "A native of Dublin, Byrne was chosen by Festival organisers for his outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry".
After the briefing I decided to have breakfast at a Hungarian restaurant on Bolton Street (great value) instead of photographing the "People's Parade". At about 11:30 as the snow had ceased I decided to check out the media facilities provided by the organizers and much to my surprise there were very few spectators along the planned route.
The weather appears to have had an impact on the number of people who attended the event. I was located on a bus (an excellent platform for photographers) at the corner of Parnell Square and I was surprised to see that there were very few onlookers compared to previous years when it was almost impossible to find a good position from which to view the the parade.
2 different movie versions of Starscream: 1st is a repacking of the original 1984 Generation 1 (Original Diaclone) release, and the 2nd as a repacking of Earthrise Starscream with Throne, Cape and Crown.
Front of packages.
Catwalk is one of the main hair products that Hair Associates use. The products are very affordable and do a wide variety of procedures for hair. Clients can buy the products at the hair salon. There are many ranges of products that include hair spray, gel, spray gel, shine spray, protective spray, root spray, and leave-in conditioner.
Quand j'ai pris cette photo et d'autres après, il y avait 2 chevreuils qui m'observaient aha.
When i took this photo and others, there was 2 deers who were watching me aha.
I almost walked out of the house with these two shoes on the other day but I didnt!
Funny Feet - annasangle.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/funny-feet/
Here is a "compare" shot for Apple White and Blondie Lockes.
They are blonde (apple a true blonde, Blondie.. a yellow blonde :p) and had blue eyes, but like in the picture the faces are so different.
Love each of them