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Retouched extention tube photo. Removed teh background line becaus eI didn't use my white gaffing tape or rolled paper to shoot on. Opened it up a stop too.
Echinacea purpurea, the eastern purple coneflower, purple coneflower, hedgehog coneflower, or echinacea, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to parts of eastern North America and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwestern United States as well as in the Canadian Province of Ontario. It is most common in the Ozarks and in the Mississippi/Ohio Valley. Its habitats include dry open woods, prairies and barrens.
Taxonomy
Echinacea is derived from Greek, meaning 'spiny one', in reference to the spiny sea urchins 'Ξ΅ΟΞ―Ξ½ΞΏΞΉ' which the ripe flower heads of species of this genus resemble. The epithet purpurea means 'reddish-purple'. Originally named Rudbeckia purpurea by Linnaeus in 1753 in Species plantarum 6, it was reclassified in 1794 by Conrad Moench, in a new genus named Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench. In 1818, Thomas Nuttall describes a new variety that he named Rudbeckia purpurea var. serotina. Just two decades later, De Candolle raised him to the rank of species of the other genus Echinacea serotina (Nutt.) DC. (1836). In 2002, Binns et al. discovered a misapplication of the name Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench for the taxon correctly named Echinacea serotina (Nutt.) DC. in 1836. The authors proposed to retain the names not to cause confusion among gardeners and herbalists. Other names include: Broad-leaved purple coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower, Hedgehog Coneflower, Echinacea.
Description
Echinacea purpurea is an herbaceous perennial up to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 25 cm (10 in) wide at maturity. Depending on the climate, it blooms throughout summer into autumn. Its cone-shaped flowering heads are usually, but not always, purple in the wild. Its individual flowers (florets) within the flower head are hermaphroditic, having both male and female organs in each flower. It is pollinated by butterflies and bees. The alternate leaves, borne by a petiole from 0 to 17 cm, are oval to lanceolate, 5-30 x 5-12 cm; the margin is tightened to toothed.
The inflorescence is a capitulum, 7 to 15 cm in diameter, formed by a prominent domed central protuberance consisting of multiple small yellow florets. These are surrounded by a ring of pink or purple ligulate florets. The tubular florets are hermaphrodite while the ligular florets are sterile. The involucral bracts are linear to lanceolate. The plant prefers well-drained soils in full sun. The fruit is an achene, sought after by birds.
Cultivation
Echinacea purpurea is grown as an ornamental plant in temperate regions. It is ideal for curbs, walkways or beds. The flowers can also go into the composition of fresh bouquets. Numerous cultivars have been developed for flower quality and plant form. The plant grows in sun or light shade.[11] It thrives in either dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought once established. The cultivars 'Ruby Giant' and 'Elbrook' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Propagation
Echinacea purpurea is propagated either vegetatively or from seeds. Useful vegetative techniques include division, root cuttings, and basal cuttings. Clumps can be divided, or broken into smaller bunches, which is normally done in the spring or autumn. Cuttings made from roots that are "pencil-sized" will develop into plants when started in late autumn or early winter. Cuttings of basal shoots in the spring may be rooted when treated with rooting hormones, such as IBA at 1000 ppm.
Seed germination occurs best with daily temperature fluctuations or after stratification, which help to end dormancy. Seeds may be started indoors in advance of the growing season or outdoors after the growing season has started.
Ecology
Many pollinators are attracted to E. purpea. Bees that are attracted to the flowers include bumblebees, sweat bees, honey bees, the sunflower leafcutter bee, and the mining bee Andrena helianthiformis. Butterflies that visit include monarchs, swallowtail butterflies, and sulphur butterflies. Birds, particularly finches, eat the seeds and disperse them through their droppings.
Slugs and rabbits will also eat the foliage when young, or shortly after emerging in the spring. Additionally, roots can be damaged and eaten by gophers.
Chemistry
Echinacea purpurea contains alkamides, caffeic acid derivatives, polysaccharides, and glycoproteins.[20] Nicotiflorin is the dominant flavonoid in E. purpurea, followed by the flavonoid rutin.
Traditional medicine
Further information: Uses of Echinacea
Native Americans used the plant as traditional medicine to treat many ailments.
By no means the extent of my pump cap collection - but part of it.
This is where I have been attempting to store them for the past 66ish days, but I keep seeming to find them in the sheets, under the bed, in the bathroom, in the closet, etc.
Extention tube macro of a cork screw.
Strobist: sb800 to camera right behind diffusion foam. reflector on left, black foam behind, black granite below. Triggered with ebay trigger. Taken in total darkness to not get ambient light at all, had to use a flashlight to focus.
1/125th sec at f13.
Extention tube macro of a cork screw.
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The extent of the social life here at KAF. Numerous shops, peddlers, and fast food (TGI Friday's, KFC) including a Nathan's, all the way from Coney Island!
Edited Hayabusa 2 context image of of Ryugu showing the extent of the previous closer image. Processing variant.
Image source: www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/topics/20180807/index.html
Original caption (via Google Translate): After arriving in Ryugu on June 27, on 20-21 July I went down to about 6 km as BOX-C operation, and on August 1 we did a medium altitude operation of about 5 km altitude It was. From August 6th, we performed the third descent operation in order to measure the gravity of the Ryugu.
In the gravity measurement operation, we will exercise the spacecraft with the attraction of the crown without doing the trajectory and attitude control of the probe as much as possible (free fall, free rise). By doing so, you can grasp exactly the movement of the spacecraft, you can see how strong the gravity is from the Ryugu.
The spacecraft started its descent from its home position (distance from Ryuguu is 20 km) before 11:00 on August 6 (Japan time). At about 20:30 on the same day, the altitude reached 6000 m, and it was free falling from there. Then, it approached the minimum altitude of 851 m around 8:10 on August 7, where it threw up the thruster and started to rise.
Figures 1 and 2 show the images taken with the telephoto optical navigation camera (ONC - T) just before reaching the minimum altitude.
In addition, the orbiter / posture control will not be carried out until it reaches the altitude of about 5000 meters. The data of the movement of the spacecraft during this time is also used to estimate the gravity of the Ryugu.
Credit: JAXA, Tokyo University etc
The westernmost extent of Sullivan's campaign to destroy the villages of the Native Americans who sided with the British. This was ugly business all around and displaced and killed native americans and british allies culminating in the battle at Newtown. John Burgoyne was stalled coming south from Quebec and St Ledger was scared off by Benedict Arnold's campaign against fort Stanwix. Howe was busy trying to glorify himself with a major victory in Philadelphia and Henry Clinton was holed up in New York City, showing no signs of relieved the beleaguered Burgoyne. Sullivan was tapped to go west and destroy the Native American British allies. Ant-indian sentiment was high after Burgoyne allied and sent out thousands of Mohawks Senecas and other tribes to harass rebels. To be fair, their warrior traditions were not well understood and was taken as simple savagery. Native American war was personal and stealthy and brutal. Additionally ritual canabalism (which has been practiced by most societies the world round at some point) ...was considered particularly vile. However it should be noted that hangings and drawings and quarterings were still public spectacles in London. So barbarism is a matter of perspective. As a result the sullivan;s campaign was particularly brutal.
Boyd and parker were rebel officers captured, tied to a free and tortured to death by the tribe at Beards viliage. This site commemorates them and the men who were captured. As it was created in 1928 it is a bit one sided. Tragedy abounded in the revolution and in the true light of history it is hard to fault the Native Americans who responded with equal brutality. to the campaign. They were in a difficult spot....Europeans were closing in to their territories pushing them ever further west. Thus they decided to choose the British as the better ally. THe British at least promised them their own land (modern day Indiana). Additionally the British looked like the better bet to win. The American army and Militias were pretty rough.
The Battle at Newtown is considered a critical battle to collapsing the British northern campaign. But as with all things history there are many competing truths...often complementary truths that should all be known and honored. In this case the campaign was a critical part of the war for Liberty.....In the case of the rebels it was a win. For the Native Americans of Western NY the revolution was also a battle for liberty but ultimatley a defeat....followed by a sad history. I wish in the light of history all these competing truths and and heroic deeds of all men on all sides could be noted. And I so wish the people of the past (what will they say about us in 200 years) had the chance to create a society that was for all the people of the Americas.
The westernmost extent of Sullivan's campaign to destroy the villages of the Native Americans who sided with the British. This was ugly business all around and displaced and killed native americans and british allies culminating in the battle at Newtown. John Burgoyne was stalled coming south from Quebec and St Ledger was scared off by Benedict Arnold's campaign against fort Stanwix. Howe was busy trying to glorify himself with a major victory in Philadelphia and Henry Clinton was holed up in New York City, showing no signs of relieved the beleaguered Burgoyne. Sullivan was tapped to go west and destroy the Native American British allies. Ant-indian sentiment was high after Burgoyne allied and sent out thousands of Mohawks Senecas and other tribes to harass rebels. To be fair, their warrior traditions were not well understood and was taken as simple savagery. Native American war was personal and stealthy and brutal. Additionally ritual canabalism (which has been practiced by most societies the world round at some point) ...was considered particularly vile. However it should be noted that hangings and drawings and quarterings were still public spectacles in London. So barbarism is a matter of perspective. As a result the sullivan;s campaign was particularly brutal.
Boyd and parker were rebel officers captured, tied to a free and tortured to death by the tribe at Beards viliage. This site commemorates them and the men who were captured. As it was created in 1928 it is a bit one sided. Tragedy abounded in the revolution and in the true light of history it is hard to fault the Native Americans who responded with equal brutality. to the campaign. They were in a difficult spot....Europeans were closing in to their territories pushing them ever further west. Thus they decided to choose the British as the better ally. THe British at least promised them their own land (modern day Indiana). Additionally the British looked like the better bet to win. The American army and Militias were pretty rough.
The Battle at Newtown is considered a critical battle to collapsing the British northern campaign. But as with all things history there are many competing truths...often complementary truths that should all be known and honored. In this case the campaign was a critical part of the war for Liberty.....In the case of the rebels it was a win. For the Native Americans of Western NY the revolution was also a battle for liberty but ultimatley a defeat....followed by a sad history. I wish in the light of history all these competing truths and and heroic deeds of all men on all sides could be noted. And I so wish the people of the past (what will they say about us in 200 years) had the chance to create a society that was for all the people of the Americas.
The Lavender Line operates as an out and back from Isfield Station. Here we have reached the furthest extent of the operational line before we have to return.
The westernmost extent of Sullivan's campaign to destroy the villages of the Native Americans who sided with the British. This was ugly business all around and displaced and killed native americans and british allies culminating in the battle at Newtown. John Burgoyne was stalled coming south from Quebec and St Ledger was scared off by Benedict Arnold's campaign against fort Stanwix. Howe was busy trying to glorify himself with a major victory in Philadelphia and Henry Clinton was holed up in New York City, showing no signs of relieved the beleaguered Burgoyne. Sullivan was tapped to go west and destroy the Native American British allies. Ant-indian sentiment was high after Burgoyne allied and sent out thousands of Mohawks Senecas and other tribes to harass rebels. To be fair, their warrior traditions were not well understood and was taken as simple savagery. Native American war was personal and stealthy and brutal. Additionally ritual canabalism (which has been practiced by most societies the world round at some point) ...was considered particularly vile. However it should be noted that hangings and drawings and quarterings were still public spectacles in London. So barbarism is a matter of perspective. As a result the sullivan;s campaign was particularly brutal.
Boyd and parker were rebel officers captured, tied to a free and tortured to death by the tribe at Beards viliage. This site commemorates them and the men who were captured. As it was created in 1928 it is a bit one sided. Tragedy abounded in the revolution and in the true light of history it is hard to fault the Native Americans who responded with equal brutality. to the campaign. They were in a difficult spot....Europeans were closing in to their territories pushing them ever further west. Thus they decided to choose the British as the better ally. THe British at least promised them their own land (modern day Indiana). Additionally the British looked like the better bet to win. The American army and Militias were pretty rough.
The Battle at Newtown is considered a critical battle to collapsing the British northern campaign. But as with all things history there are many competing truths...often complementary truths that should all be known and honored. In this case the campaign was a critical part of the war for Liberty.....In the case of the rebels it was a win. For the Native Americans of Western NY the revolution was also a battle for liberty but ultimatley a defeat....followed by a sad history. I wish in the light of history all these competing truths and and heroic deeds of all men on all sides could be noted. And I so wish the people of the past (what will they say about us in 200 years) had the chance to create a society that was for all the people of the Americas.
The extent of facial skin and knobs and tubercles on a spur-winged goose expands with age. The skin becomes bright red and swollen when in breeding, resulting in a fierce appearance.
The extents of insect camouflage/mimicry never cease to amaze me. This one even has a faint latitudinal line running across its wings to mimic the middle vein of the leaf ... impressive!!
Urban extents illustrate the shape and area of urbanized places. Urbanized localities are defined as places with with 5,000 or more inhabitants that are delineated by stable night-time lights. For poorly lit areas, alternate sources are used to estimate the extent of cities.
The extent of my activity so far today has been this dog walk. I might include cookie eating and tea drinking after dinner.
Regardless of the extent of the ongoing tyranny and oppression I have been forced to deal with in Greece for nearly a decade under the harshest environment, my efforts in finding Justice and Freedom for my life have not stopped and it never will until my last breath.
Hence, on December 23rd, 2022, while enduring day 140th of my 4th Hunger Strike outside the UNHCR office in Athens, I left my shelter again to reach the Indian Embassy and plead for their help in providing urgent Humanitarian aid and mediation with this UN Agency.
Although I managed to speak with two Embassy representatives and even though they said they would help, ultimately they had gotten the Police involved to take me away. This time I was held in Police Custody for 2-hours before being let go.
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I've tried to capture, to some extent, the personalities and behaviours of my girlfriend's cats (She isn't a crazy cat lady by the way!). They're an interesting bunch who's names I tend to forget for some reason I usually just refer to them by their colour or size...
Here's the inspirationally named "Grey Cat". I have to admit, I do find the Persian's somewhat ugly cats, but they're rescue cats and at least they have a good home! This one is actually a little bit of a bully... Behind her is a window that she stares through at the other incoming cats, then pounces on them as soon as they come in through the cat flap!
It is really hard to appreciate the extent of the pollution Sequoia and Kings Canyon until you see scenes like this.
A test shot using homemade extention tubes. Shot with a Canon 18-55mm IS lens. The very narrow field of focus is very difficult to work with and will take alot of practice to get perfect results. I think this shot is great considering the self made tubes only cost Β£7. Having once owned a Sigma 180mm Macro lens in the passed it does not compare but, still im pretty happy with the results.
Day 6. The full extent of the fresh snowfall in full view from Coire nan Laogh on Beinn Alligin. Shortly after I took this photo we were enveloped in cloud - as I recorded in my journal, "In a couple of minutes our view was reduced from fifty miles to fifty yards." We reached the top of Tom na Gruagaich but with such rapidly changeable weather, limited visibility and fresh snow the teachers wisely decided to take us back down rather than continue around Beinn Alligin.
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For two weeks every May my school took the entire third year of secondary away to locations around Scotland to engage in outdoor pursuits. I spent the fortnight in Torridon, an experience that turned my youthful enthusiasm for hill walking into a lifelong pleasure. The Torridon area has remained one of my favourite locations ever since and I have been back many times, to walk and climb if I can, or just to look if it's all that time allows.
Unfortunately, on this first trip in 1977, aged 13, my embryonic photographic interest was equipped only with a cheap Kodak Instamatic camera, and I offer the results here for sentimental rather than aesthetic reasons. I have previously scanned a couple of the original prints made at the time, and these scans from the original negs are scarcely an improvement. They are slightly cropped top and bottom from the almost square format on account of the 35mm film holder on my scanner and the quantity of dust on them was not worth cloning out. They also seem to have acquired a yellow cast which was difficult to process out entirely in many cases.
this is the extent of my photo-taking this san onofre trip. sorry i'm so boring.
i used a 7'2" today, and it was super small, so i stood up a few times.
i also got to talk to jake's mom and his aunt a lot.
it was an overall good day.
The westernmost extent of Sullivan's campaign to destroy the villages of the Native Americans who sided with the British. This was ugly business all around and displaced and killed native americans and british allies culminating in the battle at Newtown. John Burgoyne was stalled coming south from Quebec and St Ledger was scared off by Benedict Arnold's campaign against fort Stanwix. Howe was busy trying to glorify himself with a major victory in Philadelphia and Henry Clinton was holed up in New York City, showing no signs of relieved the beleaguered Burgoyne. Sullivan was tapped to go west and destroy the Native American British allies. Ant-indian sentiment was high after Burgoyne allied and sent out thousands of Mohawks Senecas and other tribes to harass rebels. To be fair, their warrior traditions were not well understood and was taken as simple savagery. Native American war was personal and stealthy and brutal. Additionally ritual canabalism (which has been practiced by most societies the world round at some point) ...was considered particularly vile. However it should be noted that hangings and drawings and quarterings were still public spectacles in London. So barbarism is a matter of perspective. As a result the sullivan;s campaign was particularly brutal.
Boyd and parker were rebel officers captured, tied to a free and tortured to death by the tribe at Beards viliage. This site commemorates them and the men who were captured. As it was created in 1928 it is a bit one sided. Tragedy abounded in the revolution and in the true light of history it is hard to fault the Native Americans who responded with equal brutality. to the campaign. They were in a difficult spot....Europeans were closing in to their territories pushing them ever further west. Thus they decided to choose the British as the better ally. THe British at least promised them their own land (modern day Indiana). Additionally the British looked like the better bet to win. The American army and Militias were pretty rough.
The Battle at Newtown is considered a critical battle to collapsing the British northern campaign. But as with all things history there are many competing truths...often complementary truths that should all be known and honored. In this case the campaign was a critical part of the war for Liberty.....In the case of the rebels it was a win. For the Native Americans of Western NY the revolution was also a battle for liberty but ultimatley a defeat....followed by a sad history. I wish in the light of history all these competing truths and and heroic deeds of all men on all sides could be noted. And I so wish the people of the past (what will they say about us in 200 years) had the chance to create a society that was for all the people of the Americas.
The westernmost extent of Sullivan's campaign to destroy the villages of the Native Americans who sided with the British. This was ugly business all around and displaced and killed native americans and british allies culminating in the battle at Newtown. John Burgoyne was stalled coming south from Quebec and St Ledger was scared off by Benedict Arnold's campaign against fort Stanwix. Howe was busy trying to glorify himself with a major victory in Philadelphia and Henry Clinton was holed up in New York City, showing no signs of relieved the beleaguered Burgoyne. Sullivan was tapped to go west and destroy the Native American British allies. Ant-indian sentiment was high after Burgoyne allied and sent out thousands of Mohawks Senecas and other tribes to harass rebels. To be fair, their warrior traditions were not well understood and was taken as simple savagery. Native American war was personal and stealthy and brutal. Additionally ritual canabalism (which has been practiced by most societies the world round at some point) ...was considered particularly vile. However it should be noted that hangings and drawings and quarterings were still public spectacles in London. So barbarism is a matter of perspective. As a result the sullivan;s campaign was particularly brutal.
Boyd and parker were rebel officers captured, tied to a free and tortured to death by the tribe at Beards viliage. This site commemorates them and the men who were captured. As it was created in 1928 it is a bit one sided. Tragedy abounded in the revolution and in the true light of history it is hard to fault the Native Americans who responded with equal brutality. to the campaign. They were in a difficult spot....Europeans were closing in to their territories pushing them ever further west. Thus they decided to choose the British as the better ally. THe British at least promised them their own land (modern day Indiana). Additionally the British looked like the better bet to win. The American army and Militias were pretty rough.
The Battle at Newtown is considered a critical battle to collapsing the British northern campaign. But as with all things history there are many competing truths...often complementary truths that should all be known and honored. In this case the campaign was a critical part of the war for Liberty.....In the case of the rebels it was a win. For the Native Americans of Western NY the revolution was also a battle for liberty but ultimatley a defeat....followed by a sad history. I wish in the light of history all these competing truths and and heroic deeds of all men on all sides could be noted. And I so wish the people of the past (what will they say about us in 200 years) had the chance to create a society that was for all the people of the Americas.
Regardless of the extent of the ongoing tyranny and oppression I have been forced to deal with in Greece for nearly a decade under the harshest environment, my efforts in finding Justice and Freedom for my life have not stopped and it never will until my last breath.
Hence, on December 23rd, 2022, while enduring day 140th of my 4th Hunger Strike outside the UNHCR office in Athens, I left my shelter again to reach the Indian Embassy and plead for their help in providing urgent Humanitarian aid and mediation with this UN Agency.
Although I managed to speak with two Embassy representatives and even though they said they would help, ultimately they had gotten the Police involved to take me away. This time I was held in Police Custody for 2-hours before being let go.
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This is my first attempt at macro shooting with a set of Phottix Extension Tubes... I tried stacking all three tubes on a 50mm f/1.8 but that gave me unusable DOF so I settled for using only the 36mm tube on a Nikkor 105mm DC f/2.0... It did not get me the ultra macro close-ups but gave enough working space and acceptable DOF... Phottix Extention Tubes highly recommended for people who don't or can't buy a dedicated micro/macro lens !
Regardless of the extent of the ongoing tyranny and oppression I have been forced to deal with in Greece for nearly a decade under the harshest environment, my efforts in finding Justice and Freedom for my life have not stopped and it never will until my last breath.
Hence, on December 23rd, 2022, while enduring day 140th of my 4th Hunger Strike outside the UNHCR office in Athens, I left my shelter again to reach the Indian Embassy and plead for their help in providing urgent Humanitarian aid and mediation with this UN Agency.
Although I managed to speak with two Embassy representatives and even though they said they would help, ultimately they had gotten the Police involved to take me away. This time I was held in Police Custody for 2-hours before being let go.
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Situated on a slight rise about 200m NW of the original extent of Manorhamilton town and separated from it by NE-SW section of the Owenbeg River. Sir Frederick Hamilton received a grant of over 5,000 acres in 1621-2 which he proceeded to increase, and by 1631 he had over 16,000 acres. He had undertaken to build a castle, which was probably not finished until 1636. In January 1642, Manorhamilton was besieged by Irish rebels under such leaders as Brian McDonogh and Owen O'Rourke or Teige O'Connor Sligo, who were encamped at Lurganboy. On January 30th they burnt the town but failed to capture the castle, and they lifted the siege on April 3rd. In the following year Hamilton used the castle as a base for raids as far afield as Sligo and Donegal. Hamilton left Ireland in 1643-4 and died in Scotland in 1647, but the castle seems to have survived until it was burnt by the earl of Clanrickard in 1652.
The castle is a two or three-storey rectangular house, although most of the third storey does not survive. There are two wings projecting on the N side which are not separated from the main house by party walls. The house is U-shaped and open to the N. The wings have a court between them, but its S wall, which would have had the original doorway, does not survive. There is a sallyport which is partly below ground level at the centre of the S wall of the house. There are four slightly rhomboid corner-towers which have three storeys at SW and SE, but those at NE and NW have five and four storeys with the use of mezzanine floors.
The house had two large transom and mullion windows in the S wall at ground and first floors, but these are either robbed or blocked and there are smaller windows, either blocked or robbed, on the E and W walls. The NE wing was probably the kitchen as its W wall at the ground floor has a large robbed fireplace. The main house was poorly provided with fireplaces with only small ones at the S end of the E and W walls and in each wing at the first floor.
Each floor of the corner towers usually has a window and two gun-loops, and some even have fireplaces. The corner towers communicated with the main house through lintelled passages, but there are no garderobes or latrines in the house.
All the quoins, except those from two angles of the corner towers, have been robbed, as has most of the dressed stonework from windows and doorways. There is a plinth all around and string-courses externally over the ground and first floors. The corner towers have three courses of banded masonry only on their outward-facing walls over the first floor.
The house is within a bawn defined by a reconstructed wall at W and remnants of the N end of the E wall. The interior is flush with the surviving top of the S wall, but there is evidence of corner towers only at SW where the W wall survives to three floors, and at SE where the foundations of a tower are visible. Elsewhere the bawn is defined by more modern walls, but there is no indication of where the original entrance may have been. Archaeological testing in the vicinity of the castle has failed to produce any related material, but an excavation inside the bawn has produced evidence of a cobbled surface in the courtyard and evidence of a basement within the castle. The castle has now been conserved, and guided tours can be had for a modest fee.
The westernmost extent of Sullivan's campaign to destroy the villages of the Native Americans who sided with the British. This was ugly business all around and displaced and killed native americans and british allies culminating in the battle at Newtown. John Burgoyne was stalled coming south from Quebec and St Ledger was scared off by Benedict Arnold's campaign against fort Stanwix. Howe was busy trying to glorify himself with a major victory in Philadelphia and Henry Clinton was holed up in New York City, showing no signs of relieved the beleaguered Burgoyne. Sullivan was tapped to go west and destroy the Native American British allies. Ant-indian sentiment was high after Burgoyne allied and sent out thousands of Mohawks Senecas and other tribes to harass rebels. To be fair, their warrior traditions were not well understood and was taken as simple savagery. Native American war was personal and stealthy and brutal. Additionally ritual canabalism (which has been practiced by most societies the world round at some point) ...was considered particularly vile. However it should be noted that hangings and drawings and quarterings were still public spectacles in London. So barbarism is a matter of perspective. As a result the sullivan;s campaign was particularly brutal.
Boyd and parker were rebel officers captured, tied to a free and tortured to death by the tribe at Beards viliage. This site commemorates them and the men who were captured. As it was created in 1928 it is a bit one sided. Tragedy abounded in the revolution and in the true light of history it is hard to fault the Native Americans who responded with equal brutality. to the campaign. They were in a difficult spot....Europeans were closing in to their territories pushing them ever further west. Thus they decided to choose the British as the better ally. THe British at least promised them their own land (modern day Indiana). Additionally the British looked like the better bet to win. The American army and Militias were pretty rough.
The Battle at Newtown is considered a critical battle to collapsing the British northern campaign. But as with all things history there are many competing truths...often complementary truths that should all be known and honored. In this case the campaign was a critical part of the war for Liberty.....In the case of the rebels it was a win. For the Native Americans of Western NY the revolution was also a battle for liberty but ultimatley a defeat....followed by a sad history. I wish in the light of history all these competing truths and and heroic deeds of all men on all sides could be noted. And I so wish the people of the past (what will they say about us in 200 years) had the chance to create a society that was for all the people of the Americas.
Urban extents illustrate the shape and area of urbanized places. Urbanized localities are defined as places with with 5,000 or more inhabitants that are delineated by stable night-time lights. For poorly lit areas, alternate sources are used to estimate the extent of cities.
Regardless of the extent of the ongoing tyranny and oppression I have been forced to deal with in Greece for nearly a decade under the harshest environment, my efforts in finding Justice and Freedom for my life have not stopped and it never will until my last breath.
Hence, on December 23rd, 2022, while enduring day 140th of my 4th Hunger Strike outside the UNHCR office in Athens, I left my shelter again to reach the Indian Embassy and plead for their help in providing urgent Humanitarian aid and mediation with this UN Agency.
Although I managed to speak with two Embassy representatives and even though they said they would help, ultimately they had gotten the Police involved to take me away. This time I was held in Police Custody for 2-hours before being let go.
Watch the video and read in-depth details here: π
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