"Pottery shapes and types: Pottery was highly important in the ancient households for it took the place of the dishes, cooking utensils and containers of all kinds that we use today. In this case are exhibited all of the common forms of decorated pottery: bowls, water jars, mugs, and ladles; and the less common forms: kiva jars, seed jars, canteens, and bird-shaded vessels. Life forms on pottery - the ancient Pueblo potters generally used geometric designs on their pottery but life forms are occasionally found. Those shown above seem to depict mammals and reptiles. The development of the ladle - the first ladles were half-gourds. when pottery appeared the half-gourd was copied in clay. then a slow development took place. By following the steps shown here, from left to right, the change to the highly developed rattle ladle can be seen. The use of ladles - ladles were no doubt used exactly as they are today - for dipping and pouring liquids of all kinds. THey probably were used also for dipping water from the shallow springs." ~ museum display, Mesa Verde Museum. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Driving around Colorado - Great Pacific Northwest Move 2013. Photos from Friday, 20 September 2013. (c) 2013 - photo by Leaf McGowan, Eadaoin Bineid, Thomas Baurley, Technogypsie Productions (www.technogypsie.com/photography/). Purchase rights and/or permissions to use can be obtained at site listed here. To follow the adventure, visit www.technogypsie.com/chronicles/. To read reviews visit www.technogypsie.com/reviews/.

On arrival, both locomotives will pose for photographs in a unique line up beside our own newly restored and operational 4079 “Pendennis Castle” and cosmetically restored 5051 “Drysllwyn Castle”. Following the line up, the two visiting locomotives will be turned and take coal and water before heading off back home.

2023 marks an important anniversary in the history of the Great Western Railway. 100 years ago, No. 4073 Caerphilly Castle was completed and put into service. This marked the beginning of what is considered by many as the most successful Express Passenger steam locomotives the UK ever produced - the Castle Class.

To celebrate this, Didcot Railway Centre in partnership with Vintage Trains at Tyseley, are working to bring you two very special events. We will bring together four restored Castles in one place. At Didcot we will see 4079 Pendennis Castle and 5051 Drysllwyn Castle alongside Tyseley’s 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and 7029 Clun Castle for a few hours on Saturday 4th March. In return, Pendennis Castle will make a visit to Tyseley later in the year and be displayed on an open day. To have all four together in one place on the same day is an amazing achievement. Join us in March to help us celebrate this very rare event.

7029 – Clun Castle, is a relative newcomer to mainline steam having been built in 1950 by British Railways to the famous Great Western Railway Castle class design. She took the record for the shortest timed point to point journey from Plymouth to Bristol in 1964 from the previous record holder, City of Truro. This epic run by the last of her class in every day service ensured 7029's preservation and she came to Tyseley to begin a distinguished second career in preservation.

5043 – Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, is Vintage Trains' second member of the Castle Class, but unlike the others was built in 1936 and so is an authentic GWR locomotive, named after one of the directors of the GWR. When first withdrawn from service, she was consigned to Barry Scrapyard but found too good to destroy. Tyseley Locomotive Works rebuilt 5043 to exacting standards and she has run far and wide for Vintage Trains, including unfamiliar territory such as Stirling and Edinburgh in Scotland. 5043 is back in action after returning to Steam in the second half of 2021 after a 10 year boiler overhaul.

4079 – Pendennis Castle, was the seventh of 171 Castles built and was completed at Swindon in February 1924. On the 2nd April 2022, ‘Pendennis Castle’ was launched back into traffic following a 20+ year overhaul. Since then, she has won a number of awards for both the restoration and her service history. She will be having a couple of holidays to other Railways this year so stay tuned for her various exploits!

5051 – Drysllwyn Castle/ Earl Bathurst, was built at Swindon in May 1936. She was renamed ‘Earl Bathurst’ in August 1937 and carried that name for the rest of her GWR and BR life. Both names are regularly used on the locomotive at Didcot. She was rescued by a Society member and brought to Didcot in February 1970. She then ran many main line specials between (in the early years with Didcot's vintage train) until 1986 when the main line ticket ran out. The engine then ran at Didcot until the boiler certificate ran out in 1990. Following a second overhaul she was returned to service, and enjoyed runs out on the mainline once more, and visits to other preserved railways as well as Didcot duties. In 2008 the latest boiler certificate expired and the locomotive is now on static display until such time as a further overhaul can take place.

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On the eve of the Great War, Pula was an important military and strategic century of tremendous importance for the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy as its principal naval port and its fleet anchorage; the city was therefore fortified with a complex system of manned fortification constructions (forts,batteries,artillery companies and machine gun positions)that extended from the east to the west coast of Istria barring all accesses to the city.

In addition to the city's civilian population a large number of soldiers and highly skilled professionals in all sorts of fields working for the navy and the naval arsenal lived in Pula and so the Austro-Hungarian authorities, immediately prior to the First World War and during the War, began the constructions of an underground tunnel system(trenches,galleries and passageways) with communication passageways under the city's hills to shelter the city's population and to serve as ammunition stores. Not a single hill in the inner city was spared from drilling and digging! A widely spread network of undergrounds tunnels - shelters was created, with two of the largest under the hills Kastel and Monte Ghiro.

The Venetian fort on the hill of Kastel (Hafenkastell) served as a warehouse,barrack and observation post. In the fort's underground there are rooms that were used as men's quarters, as storage space for material and ammunition and as prison for the captured enemy soldiers.

Under the city hill - Kastel,there are two shelter tunnels, one is directly underneath the fort located on the top of the hill, and the second one is at the foot of the hill. It connects two inner city areas nod is approximately 400m long.

At the foot of the hill under the Kastel four entrances with passageways positioned on different sides of the hill lead towards a central space in the middle, where the passageways interconnect. The entrances are so positioned to enable a constant air flow to the whole system, and the temperature during the whole year varies from 14 to18 C. These tunnels,with its 3 to 6 meters wide and approximately 2,5 meters tall passageways, could accommodate about 6000 persons.

After the Great War the Italian rulers continued to use Pula's underground tunnels, they expanded them and added to them. After the Second World War they were designated as shelters for the civilian population and as emergency hospitals,and at that time new fallout shelters, popularly called "atomic shelters". where built to protect occupants from radioactive debris or biohazard. The fallout shelters can accommodate approximately 6000 persons, while the old tunnels can about 45000. The total capacity of all Pula's shelters is more than 50000 people, which is an impressive number, as it almost equals the number of the city's population.

Накануне Первой мировой войны Пула была важным военным и стратегическим центром для Австро-Венгерской Монархии как ее основной военно-морской порт ; поэтому город был укреплен сложной системой защиты (форты, батареи, артиллерийские и пулеметные точки) с восточного до западного побережья Истрии и прикывающей все подступы к городу.

В дополнение к гражданскому населению в городе жило большое количество солдат и высококвалифицированных профессионалов , работающих на флот и военно-морской арсенал. Австро-Венгерские власти, перед Первой мировой войной и в ходе её начали строительство подземной туннельной системы (траншеи, галереи и проходы) с коммуникационными проходами под холмами города, чтобы защитить население города и служить складами боеприпасов. Ни один холм в центральной части города не был спасен от рытья. Широкая сеть туннелей - убежищ была создана под двумя из самых больших холмов Кастел и Монте Жиро.

Венецианский форт на холме Кастел (Hafenkastell) служил складом, бараком и постом наблюдения. В подземельях форта есть комнаты, которые использовались в качестве казарм, места для хранения материалов и боеприпасов и как тюрьма для военнопленных.

Под городским холмом - Кастел, есть два туннеля убежища, каждый непосредственно под фортом, расположенным на вершине холма, и у подножия холма. Они соединяют два склона в центральной части города на расстоянии приблизительно 400 м.

У подножия холма под форт Кастел четыре входа с проходами, помещенными на различные стороны холма, приводят к центральному месту в середине, где есть перекрёсток. Входы так размещены, чтобы получилась система циркуляция воздуха, температура в течение целого года изменяется от 14 до 18 C. Эти туннели, с его проходами приблизительно 2,5 метра высотой и 3 - 6 метров шириной, могли разместить приблизительно 6000 человек.

После Первой мировой войны итальянские правители продолжали использовать подземные туннели Пулы, они расширили их и удлинили. После Второй мировой войны они определялись как убежища для гражданского населения и чрезвычайные больницы, а также были прокопаны т.с. "атомные убежища" в целях защиты жителей от радиоактивной или биологической опасности. Противорадиационные укрытия могут разместить приблизительно 6000 человек, в то время как старые туннели могут приблизительно 45000. Суммарная мощность убежищ всей Пулы - больше чем 50000 человек, которая является внушительным числом, поскольку она почти равняется числу населения города.

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National adaptation plans (NAPs) provide an important means for countries to define strategic responses to climate change over the medium- to long-term, for food security, livelihood, and development purposes. Agriculture is especially important component of NAPs for developing countries, as it is a significant contributor to GDP and employment.

This side event featured the release of the CCAFS policy brief No. 9 “Climate adaptation and agriculture: Solutions to successful national adaptation plans,” and a panel discussion of research, policy and finance needs as countries implement national adaptation planning (NAP) processes.

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La cathédrale des Canaries ou de Santa Ana est une cathédrale catholique située dans la ville de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria sur la plaza Santa Ana, dans la communauté autonome des Îles Canaries, en Espagne. Elle est le siège du diocèse des Canaries (Province de Las Palmas).

Elle est l'un des monuments les plus importants de l'archipel, d'où son classement en "Bien d'intérêt culturel". Elle a été élevée au rang de basilique mineure en 1894. Malgré son nom, elle n'est pas la seule cathédrale dans les îles Canaries, car à Tenerife est la Cathédrale de La Laguna

The Cathedral of Santa Ana (Holy Cathedral-Basilica of Canary or Cathedral of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) is a Roman Catholic church located in Las Palmas, Canary Islands. The cathedral is the seat of the Diocese of the Canaries. It is situated within the Vegueta neighborhood, next to the Plaza Mayor of Santa Ana. The feast of the cathedral's dedication is celebrated annually on November 26. The structure is considered the most important monument of Canarian religious architecture

The present church was commenced in 1500, in the episcopate of Fr. Diego de Muros (d. 1524), dean of Santiago. He was third Bishop of Las Palmas. The architect was Don Diego Montaude. The design is credited to him, though he was succeeded by Juan de Palacio. The structure was finished, and the first offices celebrated, on the eve of Corpus Christi, 1570, in the time of the fourteenth Bishop, Fr. Juan de Alzolares. The eighteenth century saw the reconstruction and refurbishment of the cathedral after the Bishop, controlling a large tithe surplus, decided to commence work, overseen by Dean D. Geronimo Roos. The architect of the existing cathedral was Don Diego Nicolas Eduardo. Eduardo's plans were submitted to the St Ferdinand Academy of Madrid, who retained the original drawings, and returned copies for the commencement of the work itself.

Las Palmas Cathedral was the only cathedral in the Canary Islands until 1819, when it was founded the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna based in the La Laguna Cathedral, with jurisdiction to the islands of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife

El día 20 de abril de 1487, los Reyes Católicos manifiestan su deseo de construir una iglesia catedral en Gran Canaria para dar cumplimiento al mandato del Papa, mandato que proviene de la solicitud de Fernando Calvetos a Eugenio IV en el año 1435 para que el Obispo de Rubicón pasara a la isla de Gran Canaria.

Empezó a construirse hacia 1497 por mandato de los mismos Reyes; sin embargo, por falta de fondos se tuvieron que paralizar las obras en 1570. La larga historia del templo hace que en él se combinen estilos tan distintos como el Gótico tardío de su interior y el Neoclásico del exterior. Su fachada es el elemento más característico. La catedral tuvo dos grandes fases constructivas, una desde el año 1497 hasta 1570 y la otra desde 1781 hasta la actualidad.

Desde su construcción hasta principios del siglo XIX, Santa Ana fue la única catedral de las Islas Canarias ya que en 1819 se crea la Diócesis de San Cristóbal de La Laguna con jurisdicción para las islas de Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera y El Hierro y con sede episcopal en la Catedral de San Cristóbal de La Laguna en la isla de Tenerife.

En 1974, la catedral de santa Ana fue declarada monumento histórico-artístico de carácter nacional.

Permaneció cerrada al culto debido a una restauración desde 1996, abriéndose al culto en el año 1998. Durante este tiempo la sede provisional de la catedral fue trasladada a la cercana iglesia de los Jesuitas, dedicada a san Francisco de Borja.

En su interior alberga varias obras de arte, entre las que habría que destacar el Cristo de Luján Pérez, que preside la sala capitular, así como la talla de la Dolorosa de Luján Pérez. En el Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, instalado en una de las salas que dan al patio de los naranjos, pueden contemplarse parte de estas obras.

En la trasera de la catedral, entre la plaza del Pilar Nuevo y el callejón que lleva a la ermita de san Antonio Abad, se encuentra la casa de Colón, creada a partir de un conjunto de edificios entre los que estaba la antigua residencia del gobernador, donde se cree estuviera Cristóbal Colón durante su estancia en Gran Canaria y donde se exponen objetos relacionados con su paso por las islas, así como con la historia de la ciudad y de los pueblos conocidos hasta entonces en América.

First, the good news: This elevator goes up and down!

Now the bad news: Women can only go up, and men must only go down. In addition, men must be the ones to press the call button.

(Location: An undisclosed Washington, DC school that doesn't want people to know about its special elevator rules.)

The top part of the SSC message board.

n what was probably the least enjoyable game to watch this season, for many reasons, the important fact was that Longridge prevailed and left Turton with all 3 points to return to the top of the West Lancashire League Premier Division.

In a week where West Lancs games have been postponed, and ordered to be replayed after 87 minutes, both sides agreed to play the match over two halves of 40 minutes each.

On a difficult surface, in extremely windy conditions, Turton played to a rigid game plan and the referee struggled to impose his authority from very early on in the game. The tactic however proved successful as, without troubling Lee Dovey in the Town goal,they made it to half time without conceding, nor looking particularly troubled by Town's superior possession.

Crowd favourite Joe Melling had returned to the Longridge side after a recent head injury, and he had a headed half chance at the far post after a Brad Carsley cross that unfortunately came to nothing. In a sign of things to come Town complained that Melling had been stamped on by the Turton keeper, but their appeals came to nothing.

Manager Lee Ashcroft's frustration at both his own side's efforts, and the lack of protection shown to his players by the referee, was obvious as the side's went in 0-0 at half time after exactly 40 minutes.

Longridge now had the strong wind at their backs, and Jack Preston (pictured) was introduced at half time in place of the unfortunate Conor Linighan, whose neat skilful style was not suited to the playing surface. Town were now lined up in a 3-5-2 formation with Preston joining leading scorer Brad Carsley up front.

Carsley and Preston linked well as Town went a little more direct and, after good work from Carsley, Preston stabbed the ball home with 20 minutes remaining to finally give Town the lead that their superiority deserved. In the aftermath however, the Turton keeper clearly punched Ash Ball and was given a straight red card leaving the Home side down to ten men. 0-1 to Town.

This should have resulted in Longridge going on to win the game comfortably, but this wasn't the case as Turton arguably played better with 10 men than 11. However, with Man of the Match Ged Smith controlling play at the back for Town, Lee Dovey was never troubled, and at the other end Longridge failed to test the outfield replacement goalkeeper as the light faded, and the elusive second goal never came, nor was it needed.

As the referee blew the whistle to end a particularly frustrating game, Mark Woods was shown a red card, presumably for something he said after the game had ended. Who knows....it was that kind of game!

After the match Manager Lee Ashcroft was rightly just pleased that his side were leaving with 3 points, " I've not a lot to say really. I suppose the cliche is that you need to win games like that if you are going to win League titles, but there is not a lot of satisfaction aside from that. I feel for my lads because they've worked hard with everything against them tonight, in very difficult circumstances, and I'm just delighted to get out of here with the 3 points. We've no game on Saturday, nor have Turton, so maybe we could have played the game at the weekend, I don't know. It's 3 points and I'll draw a line under it."

The Christiana Resistance was an important predecessor to the Civil War. Edward Gorsuch, a Maryland slaveowner, had learned that some of his slaves had fled to the area of Christiana, PA, in Lancaster County, a center of abolitionist sentiment and Underground Railroad activity. The Fugitive Slave Act, passed the year earlier, gave him the right to recover his "property." Gorsuch and some allies came to Christiana and, on September 11, 1851, showed up at the house of a freed slave named William Parker where the escaped slaves were hiding. A gun battle ensued and Gorsuch was killed. Outraged southerners demanded retribution and eventually 38 people were indicted for treason -- the largest number ever charged with treason for a single event. Local jurors refused to convict the one person who was put on trial and prosecutors didn't bring the rest of the charges. Parker's house was torn down in the 1890s, but there's now a nice little Underground Railroad Museum at Zercher's Hotel in Christiana, the place where Gorsuch stayed, where his body was brought, and where those charged with treason were held.

www.paquestforfreedom.com/freedomjourneys/Christiana.aspx...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parker_(abolitionist)

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Ceux qui suivent mon Flickr savent bien que cela fait un moment que j'y réfléchis. Depuis la vente de Flickr, cela devient de pire en pire. D'abord une limitation drastique de la place d'hébergement, puis un prix exorbitant pour un compte Pro. Et maintenant, une limitation tout autant drastique pour des photos en mode "privé", donc non visible par le public.

J'ai cherché pendant un moment un endroit un peu semblable à ce que j'avais trouvé ici, sans succès. Mais face au n'importe quoi appliqué par Flickr, j'ai décidé de quitter le navire à mon tour après des milliers de personnes avant moi. Je suis restée parce que mine de rien, je suis là depuis le tout début de mon aventure dans le monde des dolls. J'y ai toujours trouvé une communauté accueillante. Mais aujourd'hui, la plate-forme se déserte à cause de la politique stupide de Flickr. Et cet endroit qui était si vivant est juste voué à disparaître.

Je ne supprime pas mon compte pour autant. Mais je ne viendrais plus vraiment poster par ici. C'était déjà d'ailleurs le cas comme vous avez pu le remarquer.

Alors, où me trouver ? Et bien, j'ai élu domicile sur Instagram à vrai dire. J'ai créé mon compte d'abord pour partager mes dessins mais j'y partage aussi mes dolls. Mon pseudo est dans ma bio : 13Dark_Lullaby Je viendrais voir ce que poste les copines mais n'attendez pas de voir de nouveautés de moi par ici. Je vais peu à peu migrer mes photos pour celles qui n'étaient pas encore là-bas, voire les supprimer tout simplement et faire donc un petit reset. Je ne sais pas encore ce que je vais faire pour héberger les photos des possibles conventions ou rencontres cela dit. Peut-être bien que je viendrais les poser ici en attendant. Je pense aussi finir les 2 challenges que j'avais commencé, histoire de clôturer la chose.

J'éprouve une part de tristesse j'avoue, comme je l'ai dit je suis ici depuis le tout début de ma collection il y a bientôt 13 ans. Et ça paraît un peu bête mais c'est comme une page qui se tourne.

Mais n'hésitez pas à venir voir mon Instagram. Pour info, si vous avez un compte Facebook, vous n'aurez pas grand chose à faire pour avoir un compte Instagram, tous les deux appartenant au groupe META.

English : For my english followers, Flickr updates are more and more contraining. So I decided to quit. It's been a long time now I'm here but it's nonsense to continue. I've been thinking about it several times and now it's done. You can find me on Instagram : 13Dark_Lullaby where I post my drawings and my dolls. I will not delete my account and I will continue to come and see what you post here. But well I won't post anymore here. Maybe just the rest of the 2 challenges I'm in but no other pictures. Don't hesitate to come and see me on Instagram.

Kijk, luister en lees meer over Guus Meeuwis bij Omroep Brabant.

In any parade, there are certain dignitaries that always take part; The Mayor, the Priest and the ex President of the Brotherhood of San Joaquin. Not sure about the man on the left but he has a cane of office and so must be important.

Esta foto me la manda Graciana -otra que piensa en cosas importantes-, como respuesta a esta otra foto.

Y debemos reconocer que si bien su tapa era más difícil de combinar, ha hecho un trabajo brillante, entre las sábanas y el ipod.

:-D

Mannequins girl love relationship

Jeongwol Daeboreum is one of the most important festival days in the Korean year, falling on Jan 15 in the lunar calendar.

The festival name means “Great Full Moon Day” and it is the day of the first full moon of the lunar year, and it falls on Feb 22 in this year’s solar calendar.

Coming at the height of winter, the first full moon, a symbol of light and hope, was an extremely meaningful event for people still in tune with the natural cycles.

It was a day on which to celebrate the coming spring, and also renew communal ties through celebrations and games.

Koreans celebrate this day in various ways, and Jeju people have their own special traditions, too.

Mainlanders, for example, call out their own names in the morning just before sunrise. If someone answers you are supposed to reply, “Buy my warmth.”

The belief is that by selling our warmth, we can garner luck for the year ahead. To be most effective, the warmth sold must equal one’s age.

People also eat rice mixed with five grains and share the food with three households to bring good luck. Nuts are also eaten, with the bureom nut favored as it is believed to protect from boils.

A tradition that is familiar to most Koreans is kite-flying. Just don’t pick up any kites you see lying around — you will also pick up the owner’s bad luck!

As the words are homonyms in Korean, legs and bridges also have some superstitions attached to them at Jeongwol Daeboreum. For good luck for the year ahead, step on a bridge for every year of your age.

Jeju is also rich in traditions not found elsewhere.

Jeju people visit fortune-tellers year-round, but the new year reading is always most important.

If the reading was bad, people used to make a scarecrow-like effigy which would then be beaten and burnt to cast out the bad luck. This custom was called dochaebi bangswi, or effigy beating.

“Jwibulnori” is the mainland tradition of burning rice paddies to cast out demons, and also more mundane insects. On Jeju this relates to the tradition of “banggae.”

Traditionally, Jeju needed to richen the soils of the volcanic cones by regularly burning the pastures in the mid-mountain regions. The new sprouts post-burning were always the greenest and most nourishing.

At Jeongwol Daeboreum this tradition is known as “deulbulnohgi,” or releasing the wildfire.

This is still honored today in the burning of Saebyeol Oreum, Aewol-eup, in the Jeju Fire Festival.

Until 2013, it was called the Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival but to attract more tourists it was permanently moved to the first week of March.

Jeju people seem to like nothing more than burning stuff, as they also partake in the “burning the moon house” (daljiptaeugi) tradition.

This involves building a makeshift straw house, burning it down, and then divining one’s fortune based on the direction in which it falls.

www.jejuweekly.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=5076

The Bedok-class are mine countermeasures vessels (MCMVs) of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). They play an important role in the maritime security of Singapore, ensuring that the Singapore Strait and the sea lanes surrounding Singapore remain mine-free and open to international shipping. It is estimated that closure of Singapore's ports would result in direct trade losses amounting to more than US$1.2 billion daily, posing a serious threat to Singapore's economy. The four ships form the 194 Squadron of the RSN.

The RSN first acquired mine countermeasure capabilities in 1975, when the United States Navy's USS Whippoorwill and USS Thrasher were re-activated by the RSN's engineers and technicians in California. These Redwing-class Minesweepers were commissioned as RSS Jupiter and RSS Mercury respectively. RSS Jupiter was scrapped on 15 August 1986 and RSS Mercury was decommissioned on 31 March 1993. The need for modern minehunting vessels saw Singapore entering into an agreement with Sweden in 1991 to purchase four Landsort-class mine countermeasures vessels

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The Tomb of Akbar the Great is an important Mughal architectural masterpiece built 1605–1613 set in 48 Ha (119 acres) of grounds in Sikandra a suburb of Agra Uttar Pradesh India Feb 1990

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Akbar_the_Great