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We were given a window of 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the delivery of the refrigerator we've been waiting for over 6 months for. Darek called from work about 8 a.m. and said "They're on their way!" Long story short: We now have our new refrigerator.
I had blocked off most of my day for the refrigerator so getting it here early gave me plenty of time to go looking for:
Today's We're Here Challenge: Balconies
Given the codename "HILLMAN" by the Allies, this site comprised 18 concrete bunkers buried to a depth of 4m and linked by a complex network of trenches. Surrounded by minefields and barbed wire, the site was defende by guns, machine guns and armoured gunposts. On June 6th, the 1st Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment was given the difficult mission of capturing Hillman.
Very few funds are given to Balochistan, the richest and biggest 'province' of Pakistan so very few girls get the opportunity to persue studies, this frotunate girl is up against very bad statistics.
I would say hats off to the Balochs who have put up with the worst atrocities in the name of Islam.
Their land was taken in 1948 by the army of a neighboring and newly created country Pakistan when soldiers bombed a masjid of the then Kalat state and took down the Baloch flag..The Balochs were flabergasted and protested under the leadership of Nawab Nauroz Khan. The army chief of Pakistan at the time general Tika Khan took a false oath on the Holy Quran that nothing will happen to the Balochs if they surrendered and laid down their arms and came down from the mountains they were using as hideouts to free their land from the occupiers. When the over 80 year old Nawab came down, they arrested him and his sons, his two sons were hanged in Hyderabad jail and Nawab saheb died in prison. This started the downfall of the Pakistan. Attachking the house of God and swearing the false oath on the Noble Quran. Balochs are right now fighting their 5th battle with the Pak army and the agencies. May God give victory to them.
I wold have explored the architecture of the Palau de les arts Reina Sofia.
All you get is a quick snap of part of the building taken whilst I was out for a smoke.
Given that the Seattle Kraken only started playing in the NHL last year, this would be a first in Seattle Pride history: a rainbow themed Kraken zamboni. (Note the sign on the front: PRIDE RUNS DEEP.) I suppose it's possible they had some kind of presence in the 2019 parade while still in planning stages—I really can't remember—but this is certainly their first appearance in the parade a an actively playing professional team.
YORK, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 07: during the BUCS Men’s Northern Tier 5 Group D match between York St John University 3rds and University of Sheffield 4ths at Haxby Road on December 7th 2022 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Appleby)
The Dancing House , or Fred and Ginger, is the nickname given to the Nationale-Nederlanden building on the Rašínovo nábřeží (Rašín Embankment) in Prague, Czech Republic. It was designed by the Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunić in cooperation with Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry on a vacant riverfront plot. The building was designed in 1992 and completed in 1996.
The very non-traditional design was controversial at the time because the house stands out among the Baroque, Gothic and Art Nouveau buildings for which Prague is famous, and in the opinion of some it does not accord well with these architectural styles. The then Czech president, Václav Havel, who lived for decades next to the site, had avidly supported this project, hoping that the building would become a center of cultural activity.
Gehry originally named the house Fred and Ginger (after the famous dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers – the house resembles a pair of dancers) but this nickname is now rarely used; moreover, Gehry himself was later "afraid to import American Hollywood kitsch to Prague", and thus discarded his own idea.
Origin
The “Dancing House” is set on a property of great historical significance. Its site was the location of a house destroyed by the U.S. bombing of Prague in 1945. The plot and structure lay decrepit until 1960 when the area was cleared. The neighbouring plot was co-owned by the family of Václav Havel who spent most of his life there. As early as 1986 (during the Communist era) V. Milunić, then a respected architect in the Czechoslovak milieu, conceived an idea for a project at the place and discussed it with his neighbour, the then little-known dissident Václav Havel. A few years later, during the Velvet Revolution Havel became a popular leader and was subsequently elected president of Czechoslovakia. Thanks to his authority the idea to develop the site grew.[citation needed] Havel eventually decided to have Milunić survey the site, hoping for it to become a cultural center, although this was not the result.
The Dutch insurance company Nationale-Nederlanden (since 1991 ING Bank) agreed to sponsor the building of a house on site. The “super bank” chose Milunić as the lead designer and asked him to partner with another world-renowned architect to approach the process. The French architect Jean Nouvel turned down the idea because of the small square footage, but the well-known Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry accepted the invitation. Because of the bank's excellent financial state at the time, it was able to offer almost unlimited funding for the project. From their first meeting in 1992 in Geneva, Gehry and Milunić began to elaborate Milunić's original idea of a building consisting of two parts, static and dynamic ("yin and yang"), which were to symbolize the transition of Czechoslovakia from a communist regime to a parliamentary democracy.
23/06/2018. Ladies European Tour 2018. Ladies European Thailand Championship, Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club. Pattaya. Thailand . June 21- 24. Eleanor Givens of England during the third round. Credit: Tristan Jones
New life could be injected into this former nurses' home which has stood derelict for a number of years if proposals to transform the site into apartments are given the green light.
The four-storey property opened almost 100 years ago in Newcastle's West End, and was once home to trainee nurses working at Newcastle General Hospital. But in more recent years it has become better known as one of the city's abandoned buildings.
Now work to create 57 private rented properties at the Angel Heights site on Westgate Road could begin later this year if planning permission is granted, completely transforming the site from the home fondly remembered one of the nurses who once lived there.
Gwenda Gofton, formerly Brady, was one of the Newcastle General Hospital nurses who lived at Angel Heights from April 1952, following three months training at a Preliminary Training School in Walkergate. Today she looks back at her time living at the home.
Gwenda, now 89, lived at the home for three years from the age of 18 and occupied the only double room in the property, which she shared with her friend Margaret. The nurses would often spend the day in bed when off duty because they were so tired and on their days off and they were able to order breakfast in bed.
She remembers accessing the hospital via an underground tunnel which connected Angel Heights to the hospital and was especially grateful for the route on cold and damp days as "it was always warm because large pipes ran through it".
Gwenda and Margaret's room was situated on the top floor and the pair would often share a bed to keep warm as there was no heating in the bedrooms and "the electricity wasn't powerful enough to have portable heaters or kettles."
She added: "Tap water was used for hot-water bottles, and we usually had a hot bath to thaw out before going to bed. If we washed our hair, we went to bed with it wet and it was dry by morning.
"There were three bathrooms together and the dirty water ran along an open channel past each bath before reaching the drain."
The 175-room property was opened in 1925 by Coun JW Telford, who was at the time chairman of the Newcastle Upon Tyne Board of Guardians. It featured two sitting rooms on the ground floor, one very large and the other smaller in size.
However, Gwenda recalls how the nurses would congregate in the bedrooms and would rarely spend time in the sitting room.
Maids were on hand in the dining room at the home to serve meals and refreshments to the nurses. And the nurses would only have to hold their cup in the air and for it to be quickly replenished by a maid.
Gwenda said: "As we were always hungry we had no complaints about the food except for scrambled egg. We were sure it was made with dried egg but there was always a tiny piece of eggshell in it as if to prove it wasn't."
Angel Heights was managed by two "lovely" Home Sisters during Gwenda's time at the home and night porters would also worked shifts at Angel Heights.
Gwenda added: "One favourite night porter was Big Bob. If we were later than 11pm we had to sign a book and there was trouble if it was signed more than once in a week.
"However, when Bob was on duty, we could come in any time if we gave him a kiss and a bottle of beer. Sadly, he was suspended for being drunk on duty so we all felt bad about that."
Strong friendships were made between the nurses during Gwenda's time living at the home, and 70 years later some of them remain in contact following a plea to reunite a team of 40 Newcastle General Hospital nurses published in The Chronicle in 2012.
The friends share fond memories of their time at Angel Heights and Gwenda recalls how they would often play tricks on each other.
Gwenda said: "Naturally, we played many tricks on one another. I remember returning from a day off at home and finding no bed in my room.
"It was in the lift, which was stuck between two floors. It was a large noisy lift with a metal door and the trick was to set it away then someone would try and open it causing it to stop working.
"Another trick we used to play was with a bobbin and thread. We'd hide the bobbin under someone's bed, then pull on the thread when they were in bed. It made an awful sound and terrified the life out of the poor person in bed."
She added: "We sometimes had parties in our rooms. We had an old pram that we used to go to the off licence on Brighton Grove and stock up on Merrydown cider. I remember us trying to mend a puncture once in the nurses' home cloakroom, but we couldn't get the tyre off."
Angel Heights was bought by the Angel Group in April 2000 and transformed it into a hostel. Around 200 asylum seekers were brought to Tyneside as part of an agreement between Angel Heights and Kent County Council to reduce the number of asylum seekers in south coast towns. But, when plans to move the asylum seekers into the hostel were first revealed, neighbours did object, with one resident describing the hostel as an "open prison".
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When we look up to the sun, (if it doesn't blind us) do we wonder how amazing is photosynthesis...? For this tree gives us the beauty and wonder of growth then gives up it's wood for our home of security and warmth...
In thanks, lets plant more trees???
File name: 08_06_025419
Title: Man being given an award by man dressed as Indian Chief. Orchard Industries.
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Date created: 1934 - 1956 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Genre: Film negatives; Group portraits
Subject: Men; Indigenous peoples; Awards
Notes: Title from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.; Date supplied by cataloger.
Collection: Leslie Jones Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright Leslie Jones.
Preferred credit: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
I was given use of this Cabcharge card during my Australia speaking tour in October 2007. It was a a great system- any taxi cab in Australia would take it as payment. I'm not sure why they made it operable through May of 2009 -- I was not tempted to use it on my last visit, unrelated to the one that provided the card.
No worries, I tore up the card tonight after getting this photo.
Mahāvatār Bābājī (literally; Great Avatar Dear Father) is the name given to an Indian saint and yogi by Lahiri Mahasaya and several of his disciples, who reported meeting him between 1861 and 1935. Some of these meetings were described by Paramahansa Yogananda in his book Autobiography of a Yogi, including a first-hand report of Yogananda's own meeting with the yogi. Another first hand account was given by Yukteswar Giri in his book The Holy Science. According to Sri M's autobiography (Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master) Babaji, was Shiva. In the second last chapter of his book, he mentions Babaji changing his form to that of Shiva. All of these accounts, along with additional reported meetings, are described in various biographies. According to Yogananda's autobiography, Babaji has resided for at least hundreds of years in the remote Himalayan regions of India, seen in person by only a small number of disciples and others.
Again, according to his autobiography, shortly before Yogananda left for America in 1920, Babaji came to his home in Calcutta, where the young monk sat deeply praying for divine assurance regarding the mission he was about to undertake. Babaji said to him: "Follow the behest of your guru and go to America. Fear not; you shall be protected. You are the one I have chosen to spread the message of Kriya Yoga in the West.
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Givens Townhouse
324 North Sterling Street
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette Parish
circa 1893
The Lafayette area is situated in the region known as Southwest Louisiana. Lafayette and the surrounding area is a mix of Native American, Acadian, Creole, African American, English, French and Spanish culture. The Vermilion River runs through the city. Born out of the enduring spirit of the Acadians and Creoles, Cajun and Zydeco music is as much a part of the landscape as meandering bayous and moss-draped oaks. To find true Cajun and Zydeco music, visit one of the many dancehalls or restaurants that feature music.
Manchester City's Shay Given during the third round Carling Cup match at the Hawthorns, West Bromwich.
Anaesthstist students with Gwent Anaesthstist, Jill Curtis at Hawassa hospital, Ethiopia at class given by the Gwent-Southern Ethiopia link. PIC: Martin Wade
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Photograph taken at an altitude of One hundred and ninety nine metres at 16:23pm on Sunday 14th May 2023 off Alberni Highway 4 within MacMillan Provincial Park at Cathedral Grove in British Columbia.
Featuring a magnificent temperate rainforest with enormous 800 year old trees, a carpet of ferns and draping moss, the trees in Cathedral Grove are amongst the oldest and tallest in Canada.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 19mm Shutter speed: 1/50s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 ISO800 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4 Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Hand held with Nikkor VR Vibration Reduction enabled Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (4650k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (A) Auto (Sharpening A+1.00/Clarity A+1.00)
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Catechesis at the Palacio De Deportes with The Mass given by Cardinal George Pell Archbishop of Sydney for English speaking pilgrims.
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During the speech given on 14 May at the ceremony to celebrate Europe day, in the presence of Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and Mayor of Vinnytsia Serhiy Morhunov, the Vice-President of the Congress praised the efforts made by the City of Vinnytsia in order to improve living conditions of citizens, to fight corruption and promote higher education of young people. She said these results were made possible by a dynamic and determined municipal policy within a peaceful Europe. She stated that Europe day symbolises the reconciliation between people after the Second World War and celebrates peace and unity in Europe. “We should never forget that it is the process of European construction that has allowed us to make peace with the past and to live without any major conflict since then” she underlined. Mentioning the crisis that have rocked European countries for several years – including the return of war in some parts of Europe and in Ukraine in particular – she said” we must find again the path towards political will and solidarity, to make our societies more prosperous and more inclusive”. Quoting the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Gudrun Mosler-Törnström concluded that “Ukraine has much work ahead of it and Europe is here to help”.
Given the huge success of the Eye in London, it was a mistake for Paris to dismantle the ferris wheel on the Place de la Concorde. The wheel was the focal point of a famous but rather empty public place.
Diane was given the assignment to cover the Kings of Chaos at The Paramount in Huntington, NY. This tour consists of Billy Gibbons, vocalist and guitarist from ZZ Top, Robin Zander, vocalist from Cheap Trick, Chester Bennington, vocalist from Linkin Park, Billy Duffy, guitarist from The Cult, Steve Stevens, guitarist from Billy Idol, Robert DeLeo, bassist from Stone Temple Pilots and Matt Sorum, drummer from Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver. Click this link to see her photographs and read her review
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JROTC Award Given at DAR Picnic to Anthony William Thursby on Sat. June 11, 2016. The Annual William Tuffs Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) held their annual summer picnic at the Willowdale Park Pavilion in Elkhart, Indiana on Saturday, June 11, 2016.At their abbreviated official meeting, they presented Anthony William Thursby with the JROTC Outstanding Recipient Award. He attended the picnic with his sister, Cassandra. The next DAR meeting is in September.As is the Chapter’s custom, they invited the Veterans from the Robert L. Miller, Sr. Veterans Center in South Bend, Indiana and the Color Guard organized by Ed Buras. Jamie and Ed Buras accompanied the Veterans to the picnic. The Color Guard extends Honors to Veterans at Funerals and participate in Parades and at other requested events. Those interested in this service, can contact Buras at the Center. DAR
Member Beth Thurston posed in front of her flag collection with Penny Bucks who made a special apron for Thurston. A delicious homemade buffet dinner complete with dessert was served, and afterward, the group played Bingo for the many white elephant prizes that had been brought by the DAR members. The remaining gifts after the game were given to the Center for those unable to attend the picnic.
Line (geometry)
Three lines — the red and blue lines have the same slope, while the red and green ones have same y-intercept.
A representation of one line segment
The notion of line or straight line was introduced by the ancient mathematicians to represent straight objects with negligible width and depth. Lines are an idealization of such objects. Thus, until seventeenth century, lines were defined like this: "The line is the first species of quantity, which has only one dimension, namely length, without any width nor depth, and is nothing else than the flow or run of the point which [...] will leave from its imaginary moving some vestige in length, exempt of any width. [...] The straight line is that which is equally extended between its points" [1]
Euclid described a line as "breadthless length", and introduced several postulates as basic unprovable properties from which he constructed the geometry, which is now called Euclidean geometry to avoid confusion with other geometries which have been introduced since the end of nineteenth century (non-Euclidean geometry, projective geometry, affine geometry, ...).
In modern mathematics there are two quite different ways to define a line, which are logically equivalent in the sense that every property, which may be deduced (proved) from one definition, may also be deduced from the other one.[2]
The first class of definitions follows Euclid's approach and consists in defining a line as an abstract primitive object whose properties are defined by a set of axioms. Such systems of axioms have been given by Karl von Staudt, David Hilbert, Giuseppe Peano, Mario Pieri and Alessandro Padoa.
The second definition is presently the most commonly used and relies to coordinate geometry introduced by René Descartes. It consists in defining a line in the Euclidean plane as the set of the points whose coordinates satisfy a given linear equation. More generally, a line in a Euclidean space of dimension n is the set of the points whose coordinates satisfy a given set of n−1 independent linear equations.
A line segment is a part of a line that is bounded by two distinct end points and contains every point on the line between its end points. Depending on how the line segment is defined, either of the two end points may or may not be part of the line segment. Two or more line segments may have some of the same relationships as lines, such as being parallel, intersecting, or skew.