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Khertvisi fortress is one of the oldest fortresses in Georgia and was functional throughout the Georgian feudal period. It is situated in Southern Georgia, in Meskheti region. The fortress was first built in the 2nd century BC. The church was built in 985, and the present walls were built in 1354. As the legend says, Khertvisi was destroyed by Alexander the Great.
In the 10th-11th centuries it was the center of Meskheti region. During the 12th century it became a town. In the 13th century Mongols destroyed it and until the 15th century it lost its power. In the 15th century it was owned by Meskheti landlords from Jakeli family. In the 16th century the southern region of Georgia was invaded by Turks. During next 300 years they have owned Khertvisi too.
At the end of the 19th century Georgian and Russian army returned the lost territories and Khertvisi became the military base for Russian and Georgian troops. Khertvisi fortress is situated on the high rocky hill in the narrow canyon at the confluence of the Mtkvari and Paravani Rivers.
Taken at the Queen Victoria Gardens on a rainy day.
Best viewed enlarged for more details.
Some facts on flies...
Flies form one of the five most diverse insect orders, including about 150,000 described species in 150 families.
It's estimated that there are 30,000 species of fly in Australia, of which only 6400 have been described.
Flies can be distinguished from other insects because they have only one pair of functional wings. Almost all flies have mouthparts that are adapted for lapping or piercing and sucking.
A large component of the world's fly fauna is unique to Australia. Flies are ubiquitous and often abundant in Australian terrestrial ecosystems.
They perform important ecological functions such as nutrient recycling, predation and pollination, and their larvae are often parasitoids of other insects.
Many species of fly are regarded as a nuisance, including the bush fly (Musca vetustissima), mosquitoes, sandflies and blackflies.
Flies are responsible for the transmission of a wide variety of disease-causing micro-organisms in humans and animals.
Most of these diseases are absent from Australia, with exceptions such as dengue fever and some types of encephalitis.
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Island Of Madagascar
Off The East Coast Of Africa
Berenty Reserve
The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a large strepsirrhine primate and the most recognized lemur due to its long, black and white ringed tail. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of five lemur families, and is the only member of the Lemur genus.
Like all lemurs it is endemic to the island of Madagascar. Known locally in Malagasy as maky ([makʲ] , spelled maki in French) or hira, it inhabits gallery forests to spiny scrub in the southern regions of the island. It is omnivorous and the most terrestrial of extant lemurs.
The ring-tailed lemur is highly social, living in groups of up to 30 individuals. It is also female dominant, a trait common among lemurs. To keep warm and reaffirm social bonds, groups will huddle together.
Like other lemurs, this species relies strongly on its sense of smell and marks its territory with scent glands. The males perform a unique scent marking behavior called spur marking and will participate in stink fights by impregnating their tail with their scent and wafting it at opponents.
As one of the most vocal primates, the ring-tailed lemur uses numerous vocalizations including group cohesion and alarm calls. The ring-tailed lemur, despite the lack of a large brain (relative to simiiform primates), can organize sequences, understand basic arithmetic operations and preferentially select tools based on functional qualities. Wikipedia
Crazy Tuesday theme Creased Paper
Traditional Japanese Fan made from handmade paper printed with the famous Hokusai Wave, particularly for our current mini heatwave, HCT 😄
The Cube Houses (Kubuswoningen) in Rotterdam are one of the city’s most iconic architectural landmarks — a cluster of bright yellow, tilted cubes perched on hexagonal pillars, designed by architect Piet Blom in the late 1970s. They’re meant to represent an abstract forest: each cube is a “tree,” and together they form an urban “wood.”
There are 38 residential cubes + 2 super-cubes.
Each cube is tilted 45 degrees and rests on a hexagonal base.
The interior is surprisingly functional: about 100 m² of living space spread over three floors.
One cube is open to the public as the Kijk-Kubus (Show Cube) museum.
Broto, Sobrarbe, Aragón, España.
Broto es un municipio de España en la provincia de Huesca, Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón. Tiene un área de 128,50 km² con una población de 531 habitantes (INE 2018) y una densidad de 4,28 hab/km².
La villa de Broto es la cabecera natural del Valle de Broto, y tradicionalmente ha sido el lugar de reunión del Conzello de Broto, una institución del valle que antiguamente hacía las veces de parlamento y diputación de todos los pueblos del mismo, donde se debían tomar todas las decisiones que implicasen a los vecinos de éste; concesiones de explotaciones forestales y agropecuarias, regulaciones económicas y arrendamientos, facerías (especialmente importantes en este lugar las que lo unían con el valle francés de Barèges), tribunal, etc. La institución todavía es funcional hoy en día, aunque en un grado mayor de como lo estaba antiguamente, hoy en día es gobernada sobre todo por los núcleos de Broto y la vecina Torla-Ordesa. Sus funciones están hoy muy menguadas respecto al grado de autonomía de que gozaba con los antiguos fueros, dado que contaba con auspicio de la casa real aragonesa, siendo por primera vez regulado su funcionamiento en el siglo XIII.
El Conzello efectuaba sus reuniones dentro del edificio de la Cárcel, que además incluye dependencias que se utilizaron hasta el siglo XVIII como prisión, y donde algunos de los reclusos realizaron grabados en las paredes, algunos de ellos con singular destreza, que se han convertido en uno más de los múltiples atractivos de la villa, siendo visitables en fechas concretas.
El núcleo de Broto se estructura en torno a la carretera nacional, llamada Avenida de Ordesa a su paso por la villa, con todos los comercios abiertos a ella. La iglesia se encuentra en la parte más elevada del pueblo, al mismo lado de la carretera que la cárcel, aunque esta segunda se encuentra más cerca del río. Por el lado sur de la carretera cabe buscar la Plaza de las Herrerías (también llamada "de la Santa Cruz" o "de los Porches") que constituye una de las visiones más hermosas de la población.
Los dos barrios que componen Broto están separados uno a cada orilla del Ara, con el barrio de la Santa Cruz en el norte, y en el sur el llamado Barrio de los Porches. Es una costumbre muy arraigada en los pueblos del Alto Aragón considerar y nombrar como barrios diferentes simples agrupaciones de casas que, como en este caso, están separadas únicamente por un curso de agua sobre el cual se levanta un puente. Antiguamente ambos barrios estaban unidos por un único puente medieval que fue desgraciadamente destruido en el transcurso de la Guerra Civil (cabe destacar la crudeza que alcanzó dicho conflicto en esta zona de Aragón, llegando a su punto cumbre con el fenómeno llamado la Bolsa de Bielsa). Hoy en día entre ambos barrios la carretera circula por un puente de hormigón.
Actualmente, puente románico sólo se conserva el que cruza por encima del río Sorrosal junto a la llamada Cascada del Sorrosal, un salto de agua que se precipita de una pared de roca hasta caer por debajo de la villa de Broto. El puente del Sorrosal está hoy en día cerrado al tránsito de personas que tienen que pasar por un puente paralelo habilitado a pocos metros y que, así mismo, conduce al vecino lugar de Oto.
Broto is a municipality of Spain in the province of Huesca, Autonomous Community of Aragon. It has an area of 128.50 km² with a population of 531 inhabitants (INE 2018) and a density of 4.28 inhabitants / km².
The town of Broto is the natural head of the Broto Valley, and traditionally it has been the meeting place of the Conzello de Broto, an institution of the valley that formerly served as parliament and deputation of all the towns of the same, where they had to take all decisions involving its neighbors; forest and agricultural exploitation concessions, economic regulations and leases, faceries (especially important in this place those that linked it with the French valley of Barèges), court, etc. The institution is still functional today, although to a greater degree than it was in the past, today it is governed mainly by the towns of Broto and neighboring Torla-Ordesa. Today its functions are greatly diminished with respect to the degree of autonomy it enjoyed with the old fueros, since it was sponsored by the Aragonese royal house, its operation being regulated for the first time in the 13th century.
The Conzello held its meetings inside the Prison building, which also includes rooms that were used as a prison until the 18th century, and where some of the inmates made engravings on the walls, some of them with singular skill, which have become one more of the multiple attractions of the town, being visited on specific dates.
The nucleus of Broto is structured around the national highway, called Avenida de Ordesa as it passes through the town, with all the shops open to it. The church is located in the highest part of town, on the same side of the road as the jail, although the latter is closer to the river. On the south side of the road, you can look for the Plaza de las Herrerías (also called "de la Santa Cruz" or "de los Porches") which constitutes one of the most beautiful views of the town.
The two neighborhoods that make up Broto are separated, one on each bank of the Ara, with the Santa Cruz neighborhood in the north and the so-called Barrio de los Porches in the south. It is a deeply rooted custom in the towns of Alto Aragón to consider and name as different neighborhoods simple groupings of houses that, as in this case, are separated only by a watercourse over which a bridge rises. Formerly both neighborhoods were linked by a single medieval bridge that was unfortunately destroyed in the course of the Civil War (it is worth noting the harshness that this conflict reached in this area of Aragon, reaching its peak with the phenomenon called the Bielsa Stock Exchange) . Today between the two neighborhoods the road runs over a concrete bridge.
Currently, the only surviving Romanesque bridge is the one that crosses over the river Sorrosal next to the so-called Cascada del Sorrosal, a waterfall that falls from a rock wall until it falls below the town of Broto. The Sorrosal bridge is nowadays closed to the transit of people who have to go through a parallel bridge enabled a few meters away and that, likewise, leads to the neighboring place of Oto.
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A hospital ward, could be anywhere I would think. It is functional too, as long as you know what kind of functions are included or excluded. Is a "sense of beauty" functional? Is a piece of art included in the functions offered by a hospital? A flower perhaps? Small things can make a big difference. Most important is the other thing one cannot see in this picture - the humanity of the hospital staff and the person-to-person contact between nurses, doctors and patients. Whatever the architecture. Fuji X-Pro1 plus Helios 44M-7 wide-open.
[ARTSY]: Sofia Table
[ARTSY]: Sofia Chair
[ARTSY]: Luxury Dinnerware (Round)
Simply press & hold the furniture to change the texture. There are a few options to mix and match. One fallback texture (neutral color) underneath for non-PBR viewer users is included. Press & Hold functionality will not change the non-pbr fallback texture.
[ARTSY] Mainstore
[ARTSY] Primfeed
[SQUARE]: QUIX Modular Kitchen
It includes: Kitchen Island, Fridge Column, Filler Column, Platform Column, Sink Column, Oven Column, Kitchen Hood, Kitchen profile light, Kitchen Utensils, Dishes & Bowl, Plates, Glass Tray & Jug
[SQUARE]: ARIA Candle 1
[SQUARE]: ARIA Candle 2
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Rezz Room : German Shepherd Puppy
Rezz Room Mainstore
dust bunny: steak dinner
Apple Fall : Argentinian Malbec
Apple Fall : Wine Glasses
The Jakob-Kaiser-Haus is the largest complex of government offices built in connection with the transfer of the German federal government from Bonn to Berlin. It houses the staff of the governing coalition members and comprises over 2,000 office rooms, two large committee halls, many conference rooms, extensive cafeteria facilities and a fully-equipped TV studio. The complex was designed and built by a consortium of four architecture firms. The section designed by de Architekten Cie. forms roughly a quarter of the whole complex. It is situated in a prominent location between the Reichtsag and the Brandenburger Tor.
The building encloses two courtyards, one of which has been covered with a glass roof. The resulting space serves as an entrance hall for the southern part of the Jakob-Kaiser-Haus. The wooden panelling gives the entrance hall the character of an interior room; the adjacent courtyard exudes, by contrast, a sense of external space. The two courtyards remain in visual contact with each other by a two-storey tall opening at ground level, interrupting the strictly orthogonal main structure of the master plan. The street façades reflect the theme of the interior court in two different ways. The Ebertstrasse façade, providing a view of the Tiergartenpark, presents a lively clair obscur by way of the three-dimensional effect of the natural stone framework with its recessed terracotta panels. Attached to the Dorotheenstrasse façade is an additional glass “shell” which marks the entrance and places an accent in the street with its primarily stony façades. Seen from the working spaces the glass shell creates a visual wintergarden, increasing in this narrow street the users` privacy. The previously existing building, the Kammer der Technik built between 1912 and 1914, has been entirely integrated into the new structure. From a functional viewpoint, its office spaces fit in seamlessly with the new building.
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Das Fachwerkhaus wird auf das Jahr 1507 datiert und wurde in einem Bauvorgang errichtet. Eine Erwähnung des Kornhauses im Jahr 1500 könnte auf einen Vorgängerbau hinweisen. Der Funktionsbau Kornhaus diente als Korn- und Nahrungsspeicher und sollte die gesetzlich geregelten Vorräte der Reichsstadt, sowohl für Friedens- als auch Kriegszeiten sichern. 1869 wurde die Stadtwaage im Kornhaus eingerichtet, 1871 folgte das Eichamt der Stadt. Nach dem 1919 Wohnungen im Kornhaus eingerichtet wurden, folgte 1925 eine zurückhaltende Restaurierung des Baus.
In den Jahren 1973, und 1974 fand dagegen eine weitreichende Restaurierung statt, bei der das Fachwerkhaus zu einem Bürogebäude der Stadtverwaltung umgebaut wurde. Heute befinden sich neben der Stadtverwaltung, private Büros sowie der örtliche Gmünder Kunstverein im Kornhaus.
The half-timbered house dates back to 1507 and was built in a single construction process. A mention of the granary in 1500 could point to a predecessor building. The functional Kornhaus building served as a grain and food store and was intended to secure the legally regulated supplies of the imperial city, both in times of peace and war. In 1869, the city scales were set up in the granary, followed by the city's weights and measures office in 1871. After flats were set up in the granary in 1919, the building underwent a restrained restoration in 1925.
In 1973 and 1974, however, the half-timbered building was extensively restored and converted into an office building for the town council. Today, the Kornhaus is home to the town council, private offices and the local Gmünd art association.
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Laut de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondom:
Etwa 12 Milliarden Präservative werden jährlich weltweit benutzt, das entspricht 380 Kondomen pro Sekunde!
Today of course marked the last run of Iowa Pacific's equipment usage on Amtrak's Hoosier State. Expecting the more-functional grey brick leader, it was surprising to find the 4135 running solo in a matched set for the final hurrah.
The Stubai Glacier is located near the Innsbruck Land district near the village of Neustift im Stubaital in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Stubai Alps. In order to prevent the Stubai Glacier from melting further, ice and snow are partly covered with tarpaulins on the most functional places in summer.
TIP: If you zoom in, you can see the Top of Tyrol platform, from where, over the mountain peaks, the view can be limitless, and if the visibility is good, numerous mountains in the Eastern Alps can be seen from there.
At the Hot Wheels Car show.
The Mobil 1 Twin Mill is a special, limited-edition version of the iconic Hot Wheels fantasy car, created through a collaboration between Mobil 1 and Hot Wheels.
Key Details About the Mobil 1 Twin Mill:
Release: The 2021 Limited Edition Mobil 1 Twin Mill was part of a promotional sweepstakes that ran from November to December 2021.
Design: It is a special, often white, livery (reskin) of the classic Twin Mill casting.
Collector Status: These are highly collectible, with one user reporting they were limited to 50 units in certain promotional contexts.
Virtual Appearance: The car is featured as a downloadable vehicle (DLC) in the video game Hot Wheels Unleashed.
About the Twin Mill (General):
Origin: Designed by Ira Gilford, it was the first original Hot Wheels design, introduced in 1969.
Performance: The, in-game, car is often depicted with twin, front-mounted, supercharged engines producing over 1,400 horsepower.
Real-Life Build: A fully functional, life-size version of the Twin Mill has been built.
Loulé is a traditional Portuguese market town and one of the most popular day trip destinations of the central Algarve region. It’s boastful and characterful historic centre, lively market and traditional Portuguese atmosphere attracts visitors year on year keeping the small town alive.
Portugal is one of the few remaining European countries that still operates functional produce markets. The focal point of Loulé is the Arabic inspired market, with outdoor and indoor stall selling local produce, fresh fish and regional handicrafts. The market is surrounded with busy shopping streets and a warren of medieval alleys and beautiful traditional houses that make for a great day out.
Loule Market is open Mon- Saturday from 7am to 3pm. The best time to visit Loule is on a Saturday morning [...] when the daily market expands to include a farmer’s market which spills onto the surrounding streets with fresh local produce. It is worth getting there early as many of the fresh food and fish stalls will start to pack up as soon as their produce is sold. Google
Less than three months after emerging from the assembly plant in La Grange, Illinois, a Union Pacific a SD40-2 glides through North Yard in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 16, 1979.
UP 3569 was built by EMD in March 1979, and retired from the roster in January 2001.
This building, located in the heart of Copenhagen, is home to the Ravnhuset Amber Shop and Museum showcasing a unique collection of amber pieces.
The architectural style of this building reflects Copenhagen's rich history, with a mix of old-world charm and modern functionality.
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Turm, Bergen auf Rügen, Germany
Der Turm wurde im Jahr 1877 zum Andenken an Rügens bekanntesten Dichter und Historiker Ernst-Moritz-Arndt auf dem Burgwall Rugard erbaut. Rugard ist slawisch für Rügenburg. Rügens Einheimische sagen oft auch Rugardturm oder Arndtturm. Dieser Turm steht auf einer 91 Meter hohen und bewaldeten Hebung und ist selbst nochmal 26,7 Meter hoch.
Der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Turm bietet in dieser Lage drei Aussichtsmöglichkeiten auf unterschiedlichen Höhen und gewährt seinen Besuchern einen wunderbaren Rundumblick über die Insel Rügen mit Sicht zur Hansestadt Stralsund, Insel Vilm, Insel Hiddensee und zum Kap Arkona an Rügens Nordspitze.
Die Grundsteinlegung erfolgte am 26. Dezember 1869 – dem 100 Jubiläumstag des in Groß Schoritz geborenen Ernst Moritz Arndt. Nachdem die finanziellen Mittel zur Neige gingen und den Bau des Denkmals beinahe scheitern ließen, wurde erneut zum Spenden aufgerufen. Der bekannteste Spender war Kaiser Wilhelm I.. Dieser spendete 3.000 Mark und unterstütze somit den Weiterbau des Turms. Nach 8 Jahren Bauzeit wurde 1877 das 26,7 Meter hohe Denkmal vollendet.
Gegen Ende des zweiten Weltkriegs (1944) wurde die noch geziegelte Kuppel entfernt und eine Flakstellung montiert. Schließlich nutzte die sowjetische Rote Armee den Turm in der Zeit von 1945 bis 1953. Zwei Jahre später, 1955, wurde die Turm-Plattform abgerissen und durch eine neue Holzkuppel ersetzt. Das Dach wurde während der DDR-Zeit mit Schieferschindeln erneuert. Aktuell finden Besucher eine markante Kuppel aus Glas über sich.
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Starting from 12pm SLT (noon) today MadPea will be at the Belle Event with a amazing piece of functional decor that will be a perfect addition to any home, club or store!
Whether its the munchies, moments of stress that only a stiff drink will help, or even suddenly arranged bonfires where no one remembers the marshmallows, the MadPea Emergency Boxes have you covered!
The LM to the Belle Event: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Belle/121/112/2986
The "golden frog" (Brachycephalus ephippium) stands out for its orange color and size, measuring just two centimeters in length. It presents orange pigmentation due to a toxin present in the skin, used to defend against predators. It does not jump, like other frogs, but walks on the ground and between leaves. He has two functional fingers on his hands and three on his feet.
O "sapinho dourado" (Brachycephalus ephippium) chama atenção pela cor laranja e pelo tamanho, medindo apenas dois centímetros de comprimento. Apresenta a pigmentação alaranjada devido a uma toxina presente na pele, usada para defesa contra predadores. Não pula, como outros sapos, mas caminha pelo chão e entre as folhas. Tem dois dedos funcionais nas mãos e três nos pés.
I really liked the moment that I captured watching that Great Blue Heron hunting late at night... I always wonder how can they see? Especially hunting those bushes. In the third picture the Great Blue Heron catches a tiny little crab... a lot of work for such a little prize. I did not have much hope that I would be able to publish any of these images because of the high ISO I had to set on my camera. Images ISO ranges from ISO 5,000 all the way up to ISO 20,000. Topaz Denoise AI came to the rescue to a certain extend. But then Jarek S. "Jerry" www.flickr.com/photos/162376953@N04/ told me about the new product that Topaz has released, Topaz Studio 2 which includes several filters including Clear AI which deals essentially with the noise ... I gave it a try and reprocessed all the pictures of this series with the new version of the Topaz product. In my opinion it is even better than Denoise. I purposely left all the file formats available (including extra large display) for those interested in looking at the performance depending on the compression. The noise handling is pretty good in some cases all the way up to extra large format... In that series, the Great Blue Heron continued to hunt even in the dark. I have shots taken at ISO 20,000 and they are still usable, especially if you post your images in a 2048 x 1365 format, something that many Flickr subscribers do. Can you guess which images of this series has a ISO of 12,800.
PS I only used the Clear AI filter software in its auto mode but the software offers a much greater functionality.
Many Thanks to Jarek for sharing one of his secrets of his wonderful photography....now I have to continue to dig in for more of his other secrets :) Have a look at his photostream when you have a minute... it is great