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Well, forget it!. Looks are deceiving. Gillie is too happy on the farm. We have been taking him over there and letting him wander around while we work. It has been getting harder to get him to return to take him home. Two days ago we chased him through the puckerbrush for half an hour. Tonight we tried all sorts of things to get him in. There's a stone wall he likes to walk along. It's protected by all sorts of brush (with large thorns, of course) so chasing him is a real effort. He likes to come out and be with people, but as soon as it looks as if the people want him to go with them he's off. We had to consider leaving him there for the night or doing some late field work (without much moonlight to work with). Nabbed him at the last minute, so he's home now, sleeping it off.
Last time he led us around the woods like that he slept for a whole day. He has that privilege. We don't.
Mahishasuramardhini Mandapa (Cave Temple; also known as Yampuri) is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture dating from the late 7th century, of the Pallava dynasty. It is a rock-cut cave temple located on a hill, near a lighthouse, along with other caves in Mamallapuram. It is the one of the finest testimonials of ancient Vishwakarma Sthapathis (Vishwakarma sculpture). Mamallapuram, also popularly known as Mahabalipuram, is a small village to the south of Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is part of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1984. This Cave Temple has many interesting architectural features of which three exquisitely carved reliefs on the cave walls of three sanctums are prominent. One is of Vishnu reclining on the seven hooded serpent, Adisesha, another of Durga, the main deity of the cave temple slaying the buffalo headed demon Mahishasura, and the third sanctum also has a sculpture of Vishnu. The cave also depicts many scenes from the Puranas (Hindu mythology stories in Sanskrit dating from the 5th century AD).
LEGEND
According to legend, Durga killed the demon Mahishasura, who was considered unconquerable. Hence, following his slaying, she was given the title Mahishasuramardhini (conqueror of Mahisha). The granite-carved cave temple depicts the goddess Mahishasuramardhini, considered an incarnation of the goddess Durga, and is named after her as "Mahishasuramardhini Cave Temple". The cave's interior relief depicts this battle. The goddess is shown riding a lion, her several arms holding a bow and arrow, pursuing the retreating Mahisha with his followers.
HISTORY
The cave is dated to the period of king Narasimhavarman Mahamalla (630–668 AD) of the Pallava dynasty, after whom the town is also named. The cave architecture is also said to be a continuation of the great religious themes that were carved in Western India. The cave reflects a transitional style of architecture in its columns mounted on seated lions and frescoes carved on the walls inside the cave which evolved during the rule of Pallava kings Mahendra Varman I and Rajasimha or Narasimhavarman I known as Mamalla. This style was continued by Mamalla's son Parameshvaravarman I. Historical research has also confirmed that Mahabalipuram town came to be established only after it was named after Mamalla and the caves and rathas are all attributed to his reign during the year 650 AD.
GEOGRAPHY
Mahishasura Mardhini Cave or Mantapa is situated on the top of a hill range along with other caves in Mahabalipuram town, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal of the Indian Ocean. Now in the Kanchipuram district, it is approximately 58 km from Chennai city (previously, Madras) and about 32 km from Chingelpet. A lighthouse is located beside it. A structural temple of the 8th century called the Olakkannesvara Temple (mistakenly called a Mahishasura temple) is situated near this cave at a vantage location which provides scenic views of Mamallapuram. The area is a high security zone as there is a nuclear power station a few kilometers to the south; hence, photography is prohibited.
LAYOUT
The cave shrine faces east and has three chambers. Its internal dimensions are 9.8 m in length, 4.6 m in width, and 3.8 m in height. There is frontal projection of the main central chamber when compared to the two chambers which flank it. In the front façade of the cave are 10 horseshoe-shaped windows which are kudus on the cornice; these are unfinished carvings. The cornice also depicts carvings of five gable-roofed semi-complete shrines. The façade has four carved pillars and two pilasters at the ends, which are part of the façade and are carved in the traditional Pallava architectural style. The central chamber is fronted by a small mukhamandapa (entrance porch), which has two carved pillars with lion bases in the Pallava style.
ARCHITECTURE
The mandapa is one of the most important caves in Mahabalipuram. It is dedicated to the goddess Mahishasuramardini, who is considered an incarnation of the goddess Durga. The mandapa is carved into the granite rock face of a hill. The verandah cut at the cave entrance, long and calumniated, has a composition of three chambers; the central chamber entrance depicts guardians (dwarapalas) on the flanks. The back wall of the central chamber features a carving of a Somaskanda panel; this panel is carved with images of Shiva and his consort Parvathi in their regal dress, each wearing a crown known as kirita-mukuta and other ornamentation, with their son Skanda seated between them. This panel also shows the carving of Nandi (bull), Shiva's mount (Vahana). Chandesa, an ardent devotee of Shiva, is carved to the left of the carved images of the trinity gods Shiva, Brahma, and Vishnu, who are shown standing behind the main image of Shiva and Parvathi. The carving of the trinity gods gives the impression that they are pleased with the seated couple of Shiva, his consort and their son. In the individual depiction, Brahma is carved with four heads and four hands, with the upper hands holding a water vessel and akshamala; the lower right hand is shown raised in an appreciative gesture to Shiva, while the left hand is in a kataka mudra. Vishnu's carving is also depicted with four hands; chakra and shankha are held in his upper hands, with the lower left hand showing a gesture of appreciation to Shiva, and the lower right hand held up in a kataka mudra. The image of Surya (Sun) is carved on the top part of the panel, between Brahma and Vishnu. A separate Brahma panel carving appears on the back wall of the left chamber, while the right chamber is repeated with a panel of Shiva that, according to the opinion of archaeologists, was originally meant to host a panel of Vishnu. Another interpretation mooted for the dominance of Shiva panels in this cave is that the religious leaning of the Kings who ruled at that time changed from Vaishnavism to Shavisim. Additionally, the Somaskanda panel in this cave is of a different architectural composition than similar panels carved in Dharmaraja Ratha, the Shore Temple, and the Atiranachanda Cave. Archeologists suggest the panel here was created during the reign of Rajasimha.
The north wall in the cave contains a relief depicting the battle scene of the two adversaries, goddess Durga and the demon buffalo-headed Mahishasura. This panel symbolizes the triumph of good over evil. The carving is considered one of the best creations of the Pallava period. In the war scene, Durga appears with eight hands riding a fierce-looking lion. She is holding a khadga (sword), dhanush (bow), bana (arrows), ghanta (bell) in her four right hands; her four left hands display pasa, sankha, and dagger. An attendant holds a chatra (parasol) over Durga's head. She is in the battlefield with her army of female warriors and ganas (dwarfs). She is shown attacking, with arrows, the demon Mahisha, causing him to retreat with his followers. Mahishasura is armed with a gada (club).
On the southern face of the cave, there is a panel of Vishnu in an Anantasayana mudra, a reclining posture, lying on the bed of a serpent. He is shown with two hands holding the coil of the five-headed serpent known as Adisesha, which forms a cover over Vishbu's head. Madhu and Kaitabha, the two demons, are carved near Vishnu's feet in an attacking mode, armed with a gada (mace). The demons are in a position of retreat, as Adisesha hisses at them with flames emerging from its hoods. Vishnu, unconcerned, is patting Adisesha to pacify him. Also shown in the panel are the two ganas (dwarfs). Dwarfs are Vishnu's ayudhapurushas (as his personified weapons); the male gana is known as shankha or Panchajanya, and the female gana is Vishnu's gada Kaumodaki. Also seen in the panel, at its lower end, are three figures; his chakra (discus) is Sudarshana in ayudha-purusha form, Nandaka on the right is his khadga (sword), and the female figure is Bhudevi, also as ayudha-purusha.
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Benz's lifelong hobby brought him to a bicycle repair shop in Mannheim owned by Max Rose and Friedrich Wilhelm Eßlinger. In 1883, the three founded a new company producing industrial machines: Benz & Company Rheinische Gasmotoren-Fabrik, usually referred to as, Benz & Cie. Quickly growing to twenty-five employees, it soon began to produce gas engines as well.
The success of the company gave Benz the opportunity to indulge in his old passion of designing a horseless carriage. Based on his experience with, and fondness for, bicycles, he used similar technology when he created an automobile. It featured wire wheels (unlike carriages' wooden ones) [7] with a four-stroke engine of his own design between the rear wheels, with a very advanced coil ignition [8] and evaporative cooling rather than a radiator.[8] Power was transmitted by means of two roller chains to the rear axle. Karl Benz finished his creation in 1885 and named it the Benz Patent Motorwagon.
It was the first automobile entirely designed as such to generate its own power, not simply a motorized stage coach or horse carriage, which is why Karl Benz was granted his patent and is regarded as its inventor.
The Motorwagon was patented on January 29, 1886 as DRP-37435: "automobile fueled by gas". [9] The 1885 version was difficult to control, leading to a collision with a wall during a public demonstration. The first successful tests on public roads were carried out in the early summer of 1886. The next year Benz created the Motorwagon Model 2 which had several modifications, and in 1887, the definitive Model 3 with wooden wheels was introduced, showing at the Paris Expo the same year.[8]
Benz began to sell the vehicle (advertising it as the Benz Patent Motorwagen) in the late summer of 1888, making it the first commercially available automobile in history. The second customer of the Motorwagon was a Parisian bicycle manufacturer [8] Emile Roger who had already been building Benz engines under license from Karl Benz for several years. Roger added the Benz automobiles (many built in France) to the line he carried in Paris and initially most were sold t
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Early customers could only buy gasoline from pharmacies that sold small quantities as a cleaning product. The early-1888 version of the Motorwagon had no gears and could not climb hills unaided. This limitation was rectified after Bertha Benz made her famous trip driving one of the vehicles a great distance and suggested to her husband the addition of another gear.
The popular story about this first long distance automobile trip is that, supposedly without the knowledge of her husband, on the morning of August 5, 1888, Bertha Benz took this vehicle on a 106 km (65 mile) trip from Mannheim to Pforzheim to visit her mother, taking her sons Eugen and Richard with her. In addition to having to locate fuel at pharmacies on the way, she also overcame various technical and mechanical problems and finally arrived at nightfall, announcing the achievement to Karl by telegram. It had been her intention to demonstrate the feasibility of using her husband's invention for travel and to obtain publicity that would make more people aware of it. Today the event is celebrated every two years in Germany with an antique automobile rally. In 2008 Bertha Benz Memorial Route[10] was officially approved as a route of industrial heritage of mankind, because it follows Bertha Benz's tracks of the world's first long-distance journey by automobile in 1888. Now everybody can follow the 194 km of signposted route from Mannheim via Heidelberg to Pforzheim (Black Forest) and back.
I am supposed to test my blood every day. I don't.
I have thought that T could have diabetes for awhile now. I push the thought to the back of my head as fast as it pops into my brain.
Today with my moms support I pulled my gluclose meter out and decided to test him. His readings were high. I am going to do a fasting one tomorrow morning before totally start freaking out and calling the doctor for an appointment. He was a brave little dude, only freaked out once he saw the blood. The pricks didn't phase him.
We met him at the free bicycle repair clinic in downtown Toronto this morning. The event is called ChainRx and it was quite well-attended. I’d found out about it when an information card was rubber-banded to the handlebars of all the bikes parked at the university bike rack yesterday.
Our bicycles went through “triage” and a slip of paper identified that both bikes were to receive adjustments on the breaks. We stood for more than an hour with our bikes in a line-up with roughly 25 cyclists ahead of us in the sun on a hot day. The man you whose portrait you are looking at was working hard with some younger fellows to move in a few large umbrellas on stands to provide some shelter from the sun. As you can see, he had a friendly face and soon we were chatting. Meet Paul.
To my surprise, most of the crew (including at least 5 bicycle mechanics in tents at the head of the line) were from Atlanta Georgia. They are members of Dunwoody Baptist Church and 55 of them had come up as volunteers for the bike clinic as part of their commitment to serve the community. They were working together with a sister church in Toronto called the Rendezvous Church (www.rendezvouschurch.com/about-us.html). They were to be in Toronto for 6 days and would be doing other good deeds but running the bike clinic from 8:20 a.m. today until 8:30 p.m.
I was struck by their friendliness and their lack of proselytizing. The church connection was only mentioned once and that was because I had asked questions. The website states in part “…we love the city with no strings attached. We engage our community through selfless serve [service?] to make it a better place for everyone whether they come to believe in Jesus or not.” Why Toronto? “We wanted to help the citizens of Toronto and we learned this is a bicycle city, so we decided to offer our services by doing something that is needed and would be of use.” A remarkable act of generosity with a very practical component. I was surprised to learn that this is year 4 for BikeRx and they will be back next year.
Our brakes were adjusted by the friendly bike mechanics who introduced themselves by name and shook (greasy) hands. I invited Paul to be part of my 100 Strangers project and he said he would be happy to. I photographed him under the nearby marquee, knowing that to photograph him in the red bike repair tent would turn his skin red in all the photos. Paul is 49 and has lived in Atlanta for 25 years after graduating from law school at the University of Illinois. He practices corporate law. We talked about a wide range of things during our wait in line and I found out that Atlanta, unlike Toronto, is not very bike-friendly. He said no one would ride a bike in downtown Atlanta and he’s amazed at the popularity of bicycles in Toronto for both commuting and recreation. We gave him a few sightseeing tips but it seems his time will be filled with volunteer activities for most of the week. Yesterday, for example, was spent in Parkdale with church activities.
Thank you Paul for your act of kindness in coming all the way up from Atlanta to do volunteer work for Toronto. Thank you also for participating in 100 Strangers. You are now Stranger #492 in Round 5 of my project. It was great getting to know you - and my brakes are now working much better.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
To browse Round 1 of my 100 Strangers project click here: www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157633145986224/
To browse Round 2 of my 100 Strangers project click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157634422850489/
To browse Round 3 of my 100 Strangers project click here: www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157635541434065/
To browse Round 4 of my 100 Strangers project click here:
The project titled ‘Promoting Women’s Engagement in Effective Solid Waste Management’ takes an innovative, integrated approach to peacebuilding by bringing communities together to provide a sustainable solution for a shared environmental issue, with women at the forefront. The project focuses on empowering women by supporting their engagement in governance mechanisms and in community resilience initiatives; it further explores creating economic opportunities and initiating peacebuilding activities to allay communal tensions related to waste management and beyond.
Photo: UN Women Sri Lanka/Harin Katipearachchi
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La formazione finlandese guidata da Ville Valo ha pubblicato il nuovo album dal titolo "Tears On Tape" lo scorso aprile, il disco ha messo d'accordo sia stampa che fans.
Gli HIM sono un gruppo rock finlandese di Helsinki, fondato nel 1991 dal cantante Ville Valo, dal chitarrista Lily Lazer (Mikko Lindström) e dal bassista Mige Amour (Mikko Paananen). L'attuale formazione comprende anche il tastierista Emerson Burton (Janne Johannes Puurtinen) e il batterista Gas Lipstick (Mika Kristian Karppinen). I temi toccati da questo gruppo sono principalmente l'amore e la morte. Il nome corretto della band è scritto tutto maiuscolo, in quanto formata originariamente col nome di His Infernal Majesty.
Ville Valo - voce
Lily Lazer - chitarra e voce
Mige Amour - basso
Emerson Burton - tastiere
Gas Lipstick - batteria
...Pero mientras alguien esta vivo , siempre hay una posibilidad de que regrese y nunca puedes desvincularte por completo. Yo quería que volviese , a pesar de lo mucho que lo odiaba por haberse ido ...
From British Vogue, March 1953, page 181. The 'design' (illustration?) is credited to Lewitt-Him (George Him and Jan Lewitt), text by Stephen Potter.
This was the first of a very successful 'Schweppshire' campaign, and its delightful.
Worth a closer look - Embiggen.
2 March 2012. Demonstrators against The Coalition Government's Workfare Scheme protest outside the former Tottenham Town Hall, now sadly, a church, instead of remaining as a Civic Building and focus for the whole Tottenham community.
Zena and I were invited to what was billed as a "seminar" with Iain Duncan Smith, the Tory Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. He's responsible for bringing in the Coalition Government's Welfare Deforms, including a Workfare Scheme.
Mr Duncan Smith told BBC Radio 4 that everyone loves his scheme.
"The only people who don't love it are a bunch of anarchists and a few unions, as far as I can make out. And they're completely out of touch"
In the meeting Mr Duncan Smith came across as impeccably polite and concerned for people's welfare. And genuinely convinced that the changes he's introducing are entirely sensible and reasonable.
So it's odd that he feels it necessary to disparage the views of people who disagree with him using an ad hominem argument. As they say in football, he's tackling the players instead of the ball.
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“To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning”
Henry David Thoreau
I got up in the night to let the dog out and out my front door was this little guy. I could not get a good picture because the yardlight turns everything green but you can tell sort of what he was.
It looked like a lion cub to me. He got rained on so is mostly gone this morning and in the daylight you can’t see him as well either.
My sweet husband had emergency surgery two weeks ago to correct a kink in his bowel and had his staples removed today. He is weak and lost a lot of weight. I am concerned but the doctor said i am doing a great job and he is on track to getting better.
He was born on January 1, 2007. We've had him since he was about 10 weeks old.
He's such a joy. He's really, scary smart and he loves everyone. Yup, even you.
His new bit of new naughtiness this year is to take one of his balls and head to the village (about a mile away) to play with the kids while they wait for the school bus or to knock on someone's door to see if they want to play ball. We haven't found a fence that can hold him, and have resorted to tethering him when he's out without humans.
He knows so many words that it is amazing. He knows the critters by "type" (let's go feed the pigs") and by name. He can find his tennis ball vs. his jolly ball. He knows our routine and wants to follow along as we do all the chores. He watches over the farm and tells me when someone gets out or seems to be having a little too much fun.
He is obsessed with his balls. He'd like you to throw it for him again now, please. Yes, you. Or you.
He loves all the critters, from the newest baby to the cranky old wether.
Here is his first birthday set. He's grown up a lot in a year.
1. Bjarki boy, 2. Mmm! Eggnog!, 3. Jolly ball time!, 4. New toy, 5. Pigs are awake, Mom., 6. Untitled, 7. Boiling sap is hard work!, 8. Smooch!, 9. Tennis Ball Obsession, 10. Please, throw my ball?, 11. Another wet pup, 12. On alert!, 13. Pretty boy
It took him a while to notice that he'd become a butterfly magnet. Taken at the Butterfly Rainforest at University of Florida.
We saw him starting out, in a kilt, in a snowstorm and thought it must be an April Fool's joke!
...the word on the internet is that he completed his walk in April,1987. Playing the bagpipes as he went; he raised about $25,000 and walked 6,000 miles.
also see: www.flickr.com/photos/farleyj/3347045297/ and
www.flickr.com/photos/farleyj/3347042719/
In the comments, here, are some tributes to Daniel Smith for the influence he has had on people as he walked across the U.S..
Mark Chapter 14 Verse 53-72
53.) And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. 54.) And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. 63.) Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? 64.) Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. 65.) And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. 66.) And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: 67.) And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. 68.) But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. 69.) And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. 70.) And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. 71.) But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. 72.) And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
Perhaps one of the most aesthetically pleasing churches in all of Jerusalem, the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu is, perhaps, most noted for the fact that it commemorates Peter’s triple denial of Jesus; his immediate repentance and his reconciliation. Located on the eastern slope of Mount Zion, it is built on an almost sheer hillside. One of the most notable elements of the church is a golden rooster on a black cross - - bearing witness of Peter’s three denials “before the cock crows.”
Originally there was a Byzantine church on the site that was constructed in 457 AD. That was destroyed in 1010, and in 1102 the Crusaders re-built it, and gave it its present name. By 1320 the church was again in ruins, and in 1931 the current church was built.
There are four different levels to the church - - upper church, middle church, guardroom and dungeon. The ceiling is dominated by huge cross-shaped window designed in a variety of colors. The guardroom is where floggings would take place. While Christ was not flogged by the Jews but rather by the Romans, the disciples were on several occasions and it is possible that those floggings actually took place there.
Known as “Christ’s Prison,” the prisoner’s cell offers interesting insight as to where Jesus may have spent His last night before His crucifixion. Prisoners were taken in and out of the space via a rope harness, and a mosaic depicting this is on the south wall of the church.
There is a degree of controversy as to whether or not this is actually the house of the High Priest, Caiaphas. Some believe that the house of Caiaphas would have been on top of the hill, rather than where the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu is located.
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As she swept down off the banking this incredible young rider powered around and took the lead - and never handed it back.
04/16/12
"The shape of things to come" series
SB - I just did what you said, so get down off your high horse.
[This an an old design for a story my son did back in middle school. This particular wagon was sold by a german immigrant named, Franz Ffolkes. He didn't fair very well against the big market wagoneers like Conestoga, so he moved to St. Louis in hopes of cornering the spot sales market.
He priced his compact wagons at a discount price, targeting the settlers who had a smaller budget. Once he began selling his "Ffolkes Wagons" at a steady clip, he branched out by hiring his brother, Hans, to man an office in California. This move allowed him to capture another market for those who had even less funds in their budgets to purchase wagons. He started renting his wagons under the banner, "Budget Rent-a-wagon." His ugly little wagons became known as "Dungbeetles" due to their odd shape. Soon the name was shortened to "beetle" because nobody wanted to ride around in a piece of crap. The little wagon proved very economical, requiring only 1/3 the number of horses to get the same speed and distance of the larger prairie schooners. And now you know, and knowing is half the battle.]
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