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Carrying on from where i left off from Day 1. After flagging off, there
was this period of confusion for me, of what exactly to do. Should i
look at the Speed chart or the tulips, or both? Full marks to MV for
bearing with me and his patience. Soon we settled into a pattern, and
our co-ordination and communication went on improving as the days went by.
One of the bikes being flagged off:
Little did i know that it was the beginning of the longest day, and that
it was going to turn out to be the toughest of the entire experience.
All was well till we approached a tulip called Leopard Country. There
due to an growing error with our GPS odometer, we took a wrong turn into
a forest. A couple of kilometers in the forest, we realised that the
tulips (landmarks to follow) were no longer matching, and took a U turn
out of the forest. On coming back to the main road, we met up with a
Santro who told us that the road ahead was blocked and the A Star guys
from Team RPM, Maruti Suzuki were having a different kind of adventure.
Turns out that the locals had heard a lot of cars passing by, and
mistook them to be dacoits. So they just fell a tree, and blocked the
entire road. A gang of 40-50 odd villagers, armed with axes, knives and
swords surrounded the competitors, and demanded an explanation. Its only
after a lot of pleading and cajoling that they were allowed to go.
In the meanwhile, we were struggling to find our way out of the forest.
By that time, 4-5 other cars had joined the party with everyone pointing
in different directions. It was @0200hrs, and comfortably cold. The poor
Punto took quite a beating here. This is where we lost the first of our
mud flaps, and the entire cladding of the rear left wheel arch. But hats
off to the engine guard, and the tank guard, none of the stones caused
any damage. The Punto is not just a looker, its tough too.
This is also where, we heard 'supposedly' big cat noises, saw jackals,
deer. Was an experience.
Here's the sights of the forest. This is where the road ended.
Since we had nothing else to do, we managed do do a little bit of
photography... :)
Eventually, we decided to turn back and restart the entire track. And
guess what? We had missed the actual turn by 15-20 meters. :-[ So much
for navigation!
Rest of the journey was a blur, since MV decided to make up for the lost
time. I distinctly remember a patch of twisties with around 9-10 hair
pin bends within meters of each other. The way we tackled that
particular patch would have made other cars wet their (umm..) radiators,
but the way Punto took it was really amazing. That car is a handler. I
remember holding (hanging) on to the handle with both hands, all the
while wishing that even i had a steering wheel to hold on to.
We also made our first friends of the trip while waiting for a free zone
to get over. We, along with Manish and Vishal, who were driving in a
Ford Fiesta, would then onwards form convoy of sorts when the rally got
over, and we were kind of coasting back to the hotel every day.
It was red bull that kept us awake and alert that night. But i am quite
sure, that even without red bull, there was hardly ever time to even
think of sleeping. there was so much to do! Calculations, re
calculations, navigation etc.
Soon, it was day break, and this is where i saw one of the most
beautiful sights of the entire trip. We had entered in a typical
Rajasthani village, with small houses, narrow roads, sand everywhere.
And Peacocks. I have seen peacocks only in zoos. And here, there were
peacocks on the road, on rooftops, on gates, and even on garbage dumps.
That is also when i found that peacocks are not that fast too. There
were many times when we had to slow down to let one of the majestic
national bird cross the road at their own pace. Damn! Why did the
peacock cross the road?
But this was one of the highlights of the trip, and this memory is
something i will never forget.
Eventually, after a gruelling night, we managed to reach Teja Garden,
totally tired, drained and happy to have completed the first leg. We had
a couple of hours to spare here. Once we had breakfast, and more than
3-4 cups of tea, we tried to have some shut-eye. Before we knew it, it
was time to go again. This particular leg was going to be quite short -
@100 kms, and we were looking forward to reach Gajner Palace near Bikaner.
To Be Contd....
Improved cassava variety 92/0057 on display at Cassava Farmers Forum, Ido Local Goverment Area in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
The U.S. Army Installation Management Command headquarters team participate in a 5K run, walk and ultimate frisbee challenge at Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston Aug. 15.
IMCOM is a supporter of the performance triad and our focus for this event was on activity.
The Performance Triad is a comprehensive plan to improve readiness and increase resilience through public health initiatives and leadership engagement. The Triad is the foundation for Army Medicine's transformation to a System For Health, a partnership among Soldiers, Families, Leaders, Health Teams and Communities to promote Readiness, Resilience and Responsibility. The System For Health: MAINTAINS health through fitness and illness/injury prevention, RESTORES health through patient-centered care, and IMPROVES health through informed choices in the Lifespace.
(Photos by Jade Fulce/U.S. Army)
Improved A380-800:
From 2013, Airbus introduced a new A380 build standard incorporating a strengthened airframe structure and a 1.5° increase in wing twist. Airbus will also offer, as an option, an improved maximum take-off weight, thus providing a better payload/range performance. Maximum take-off weight is increased by 4 t (8,800 lb), to 573 t (1,260,000 lb) and an additional 190 km (100 NM) in range. This is achieved by reducing flight loads, partly from optimising the fly-by-wire control laws. British Airways and Emirates were the first two customers to receive this new option.
Operators:
There were 103 aircraft in service with 9 operators as of 30 April 2013; these are:
Emirates (33)
Singapore Airlines (19)
Qantas (12)
Lufthansa (10)
Air France (8)
Korean Air (6)
Malaysia Airlines (6)
China Southern Airlines (5)
Thai Airways International (4).
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Improved version of the motorized Wheel of Fortune. In the previous version, the motor power was transferred through the axle of the wheel. The wheel is rather heavy, so the torque on the axle was also rather high.
In this version, the motor power is transferred to the wheel using the yellow gear rack elements (6151167).
Video can be watched on Youtube.
Sadiq Khan MP walks for clean water -
Tooting MP Sadiq Khan and Tooting campaigner Kate Norgrove walked for water at Westminster yesterday as part of a global campaign to raise awareness for the world water and sanitation crisis.
To mark United Nations' "World Water Day", Sadiq and Kate got a taste of the daily reality for millions of people by carrying water containers on a short walk near the Houses of Parliament at Victoria Gardens.
The event, called World Walks for Water, was organised by global campaign group End Water Poverty, and saw hundreds of thousands of people across the globe walking in solidarity with the 900 million people worldwide who still have no access to safe drinking water, and the 2.6 billion people without a toilet.
Sadiq Khan MP said, "Lack of water and sanitation traps some of the world's poorest people in a vicious circle of disease, lost life chances and poverty,"
"The burden of this crisis largely falls on women and children, and so today I wanted to highlight the critical need for these basic services in the developing world."
Kate Norgrove, Head of Campaigns for Water Aid, said, "Here in the UK it's hard to begin to imagine what life would be like if we didn't have clean water coming from our taps, or a toilet in our homes to use," .
"But for billions around the world this is the reality, which has dire consequences on their ability to survive."
Margaret Batty, WaterAid Policy and Campaigns Director said, "Water and sanitation are essential for improving health, education, gender equality and economic growth,". "While the world waits to take action on the global water and sanitation crisis, 4,000 children die every single day from related illnesses. Today hundreds of thousands of people around the globe have demanded that the world wakes up to this deadly emergency. Billions without these basic services can't wait any longer."
Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning meets with Medford District leadership and local officials at the site of the Cogswell salvage timber sale in August 2022.
After the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire, much of the timber in the area was damaged. What remained was either sold or used to restore local habitat. Working with teams at the McKenzie River Trust and McKenzie Watershed Alliance, we used approximately 1,250 logs as in-stream restoration structures to improve fish habitat.
I found a better way to make the rim.
Folded from an octagon (the extra paper was making the rim too bulky) cut from a 20 x 20 cm square of stardream.
A diagram presenting ways of improving management of waste and resources at the same time. / Схема, показывающая способы одновременно улучшить управление отходами и ресурсами.
English version here.
Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) Summit 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
JOINT MEDIA ADVISORY
Women Empowerment and Political Participation in Africa: Emerging Issues from African Female Parliamentarians from Countries due for Elections in 2015,2016 and Beyond
24 March 2015 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
What: Breakfast Meeting on Emerging issues on the Participation of Women in Elections in Africa, at the margin of the Women in Parliament Global Forum Annual Summit 2015.
Who: African Union Commission in collaboration the United Nations Development Programme Regional Service Centre for Africa (UNDP-RSCA)
When: Tuesday 24th March 2015 – at 07:30 a.m – 10:00 a.m.
Where: African Union New Conference Center – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Objectives: The Meeting aims to create a targeted networking and experience sharing platform for women Members of Parliament (MPs) from countries due for elections in 2015, 2016 and beyond and tosensitize them on issues of parliamentary development, elections and transformative leadership
Background:
The African Union Commission (AUC) with the technical support of UNDP-RSC, through the Bureau of the Chairperson is implementing the project’ Building an Enabling Environment for Women’s Economic Empowerment and Political Participation in Africa. The project has four outcomesof which one is on Increased Participation of Women in Decision Making.
In 2014, the AUC/UNDP project participated in the Women in Parliament Global Forum(WIP)in held in Kigali, Rwanda. During WIP Summit, women parliamentarians adopted Kigali Declaration that calls on world leaders and parliamentarians to improve education and healthcare levels, combat poverty and gender-based violence, as well as discriminatory practices and attitudes.
In light of that, and the fact that a number of African countries, which due for elections in 2015, 2016 and 2017, are still below 20 per cent in women parliament representation, and taking advantage of the Women in Parliament Global Forum (WIP) Annual Summit 2015, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 23-25 March 2015, under the theme “New Leadership for Global Challenges”, the AUC will convene a breakfast meeting on Emerging issues on the Participation of Women in Elections in Africa, at the margin of WIP Summit.
This meeting will provide an opportunity for the AUC supported by its partners such as UNDP and others, to push further, the agenda to increase women’s participation in decision making and politics, with Parliament as one key area where the numbers of women need to be increased.
The meeting will target prospective candidates, already sitting; civil society organisations specialized in women’s political participation and young women to ensure that women from countries due for elections in 2015 and 2016 and beyond have a platform for targeted networking, campaign tactics, engagement of media and how to finance for elections.
In addition, the side event will contribute towards the women’s increased awareness of the benefits of cross-party alliances, through amongst others, women’s caucuses which have been successful in a pushing for progressive laws, policies and gender responsive budgets in a number of countries This also points to the fact that increased participation of women in key governance institutions such as Parliament contributes to the global and Africa’s development agenda.
Media representatives are invited to cover the event.
Attached is the draft program of event.
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Mrs. Esther Azaa Tankou, Directorate of Information and Communication, African Union Commission; Tel: +251911361185; e-mail: yamboue@africa-union.org
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Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown makes remarks at improving health outcomes initiative press conference by Tom Nappi at Capitol Heights, Maryland
Pictured: Nate Richardson, USFWS biologist (left); Dani Aleshire, NRCS wetland easement specialist; and Jarod Jebousek, USFWS biologist.
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Monarch butterfly populations have declined over recent decades due to degraded habitat, but Oregon landowners are making great strides to improve monarch habitat on private lands, with technical and financial assistance from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Milkweed is a critical component of monarch habitat because it’s the only plant on which they will lay their eggs, and it’s a vital food source for monarch caterpillars. Just one example of this partnership at work is the recent establishment of milkweed clusters on the E4 Ranch easement in Benton County, Oregon. Under this project, NRCS enrolled 192-acres of private land into a 30-year wetland easement in 2005. As part of the easement contract, NRCS and the USFWS provided financial and technical assistance to restore the site to its native wetland prairie condition. Before the restoration, the land was a flat pasture, filled with a single-species of grass for cattle grazing. Now, the site is a diverse landscape filled with native trees, plants, and shrubs—including pollinator habitat such as gumweed and milkweed. NRCS photo by Tracy Robillard.
Michael Gorriz, Group Chief Information Officer, Standard Chartered Bank,.Singapore during the session "Improving Diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics" at the World Economic Forum - AMNC 17, Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, People's Republic of China 2017. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Ciaran McCrickard
171020-M-HH765-789 CAMP FUJI, Japan (Oct. 20, 2017) - U.S. Marines pose for a group photo after finishing the live fire platoon attack range during Exercise Fuji Viper, at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan. The platoon conducted fire and maneuver drills to simulate closing with an enemy that has occupied their defensive position. Fuji Viper is a training exercise where Marines conduct live fire and non-live fire combined arms training in order to sustain combat proficiency and improve the lethality of the Marines in the U.S. Pacific Command area of operations. The Marine are with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. 1/8 is attached to 3rd Marine Division as part of the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles Plouffe/Released)
It's been a l-o-n-g time coming, but I've finally joined the ranks of DSLR users. This came earlier in the week, and I'm still learning how to use it. It can be as simple as a point-and-shoot, or as complex as you want it to be! I've never seen so many menus and settings. I'm still trying to set it up the way I'd like it to work.
Needless to say, this is a bit of a culture shock for me, going from my little G9 to this big heavy camera! It's going to take some getting used to.
The camera came with the EF-S 18-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS standard zoom lens. This gives me everything I had in the G9 as far as zoom range, plus a little more on the wide end.
I'm open to hints and tips.
~4.5" at opening and 5.5" from top to bottom.. I added buttons to his eyes. now it's not so...blank.
see my profile for more info..
Ghuncha Gul is a woman farmer fondly known as ‘honey’ by her villagers as she keeps bees to make honey. She also manages a greenhouse.
Ghuncha Gul and other women in her village had very limited freedom to work.
“Women in villages work just as hard as men. In fact, we work alongside the men," said Ghuncha Gul.
In her village, people always assumed women can’t work. She was told that she couldn’t work because she was a woman. But she proved that women are strong and can work, not only to her fellow villagers but to many others.
“If I am a woman and a mother, it doesn’t mean I am made for staying at home. If a woman can manage a house, raise a child and secure its future, it means we can do anything," said Guncha Gul.
One of her dream was to have her own greenhouse and beehives. She achieved this thanks to UNDP’s Climate Change Adaptation Project.
At first, the women were afraid and did not believe that they could manage the greenhouse. But now they harvest cucumbers, organize and sort all the seedlings, and perform other tasks.
Seven months have passed since they established the greenhouse and she seen increase in her income together with eight other women who work alongside her. She earns more or less 30 US$ per day. From what they sell at the market, the women put aside money to maintain the greenhouse. The rest is shared between them.
To diversify livelihoods and improve women’s economic freedom, UNDP has implemented several other projects in Herat districts. These include: 6 raisin houses, 10 greenhouses, 1 apiary, and kitchen gardens for 30 women.
UNDP’s Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP), is a five-year project, made possible by the Global Environment Facility Least Developed Countries Fund. Over the next three years, together with the Ministry of Agriculture, UNDP will implement more than 100 livelihoods projects, including building more greenhouses and training farmers on food processing and food storage, as well as protecting 800 hectares of land from flooding, irrigate 4,000 hectares of agricultural land and repairing 30 canals.
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2017
Seniors on Vancouver Island are benefiting from a more than $6.4-million investment in 2018-19 to increase staffing levels and ensure that seniors get the care they need in residential care homes.
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To diversify livelihoods and improve women’s economic freedom, UNDP has implemented several other projects in Herat districts. These include: 6 raisin houses, 10 greenhouses, 1 apiary, and kitchen gardens for 30 women.
UNDP’s Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP), is a five-year project, made possible by the Global Environment Facility Least Developed Countries Fund. Over the next three years, together with the Ministry of Agriculture, UNDP will implement more than 100 livelihoods projects, including building more greenhouses and training farmers on food processing and food storage, as well as protecting 800 hectares of land from flooding, irrigate 4,000 hectares of agricultural land and repairing 30 canals.
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2017
Walter Karlen, Assistant Professor, ETH Zurich, Switzerland speaking during the Session “Improving Sleep and Nutrition for Healthier Lives with ETH Zurich” at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, People's Republic of China 2018. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Faruk Pinjo
The ILO Project on Employable Skills for Improved Livelihoods of Temporarily Displaced Persons (TDPs) from North Waziristan Agency. ©ILO/Association for Community Development (ACD).
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A German-funded nutrition project to improve infant and young child complementary feeding through better use of local foods and resources and nutrition education sessions (including men).
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A Holstein Friesian bull on a dairy farm in North America, with a keen interest in being photographed.
Bella Ag is an agriculture technology company focused on improving animal health as well as dairy and beef operations.
Designed for dairy and beef cattle, the Bella Ag Temperature System® allows herd managers to monitor their cattle's temperature wirelessly, automatically alerting to a rise temperature (fever). Thus, allowing early detection of illness /illness prevention, improved estrus detection, increased milk production, reduced treatment costs, reduced mortality rates and much more.
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Jill Clark of Fairfax County’s Disability Services Planning & Development and Tom Bash, Fairfax Area Commission on Aging member, listen as a resident shares her ideas on improving transportation during the Fairfax 50+ Forum at Luther Jackson High School in Falls Church on June 24, 2013.
Clark and Bash were co-facilitators for a break-out discussion on transportation. This was one of 14 forums hosted by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, together with the Fairfax Area Commission on Aging, to hear what residents have to say about creating a more aging-friendly community.
The Strawberry Season is fully here. Albions. Chandlers. Seascapes. A Strawberry Feast in a Sebastopol Garden.
While arguably strawberries cannot be improved upon and are best straight from the plant our team of creative pastry chefs has put together strawberry treats - both sweet and savory - that will dazzle your eyes and delight your taste buds.
These are the tastings that Dominique Cortara, Rick Ferrari, and Susan Kralovec will be serving:
* Comparative tastings of different varietals of strawberries
* Appetizers with prosciutto, chutney and pepper/herb cheese, and strawberries**
* Pizza with goat cheese, prosciutto, balsamic vinegar, and strawberries**
* Duck skewers with strawberry balsamic glaze
* Strawberry Shortcake
* Strawberry Agua Fresca
* Strawberry Chutney - take-away gift
** Treats will also be available in a vegetarian version.
Wines will be for sale by the glass. Lemonade and cucumber water is served freely.
Bring your children and grandchildren. Games. Best Strawberry Inspired Hat. Make your own strawberry pastry.
We will get to know the different strawberry cultivars and where they are locally available, and about some unknown but desirable varieties that we would like to have back.
We will learn why strawberries are #2 on the list of dirty dozen of the Environmental Working Group - after apples - and should always be bought organic or beyond organic, and locally.
And we will be informed about working conditions in the strawberry industry.
Photos showing the improved Thorndale station at the end of major work over a six-week closure as part of the Red North Station Interim Improvements Project.
In the new algorithm, the software read 10 video frames after the train runs in the motion detection area, estimate the velocity of the train, then rewind the video and redo matching for the nasal part of the train again. This reduces the ghosting.
This image shows the improved Lawrence station after major work was finished as part of the Red North Stations Interim Improvements Project.
When it comes to improving your scores in golf, you need to consider all aspects of your game. Improving your driving will give you an initial edge over your competitors, but all your efforts will be in vain if you do not work on other key areas, like improving your golf short game. Watch this exclusive video in which we've recommended important tips to improve your golf short game
Pictured: Jarod Jebousek, USFWS biologist.
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Monarch butterfly populations have declined over recent decades due to degraded habitat, but Oregon landowners are making great strides to improve monarch habitat on private lands, with technical and financial assistance from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Milkweed is a critical component of monarch habitat because it’s the only plant on which they will lay their eggs, and it’s a vital food source for monarch caterpillars. Just one example of this partnership at work is the recent establishment of milkweed clusters on the E4 Ranch easement in Benton County, Oregon. Under this project, NRCS enrolled 192-acres of private land into a 30-year wetland easement in 2005. As part of the easement contract, NRCS and the USFWS provided financial and technical assistance to restore the site to its native wetland prairie condition. Before the restoration, the land was a flat pasture, filled with a single-species of grass for cattle grazing. Now, the site is a diverse landscape filled with native trees, plants, and shrubs—including pollinator habitat such as gumweed and milkweed. NRCS photo by Tracy Robillard.
Purchased by the 1st Earl of Shelburne (1705–1761) in the mid 18th century, Bowood House and Gardens have been improved by successive generations up to the present day. Many famous architects and garden designers have been employed, including Henry Keene, Robert and James Adam, ‘Capability’ Brown, C.R. Cockerell and Sir Charles Barry.
A visitor to Bowood today will see fine 18th-century architecture and splendid interiors: the Adam Orangery, the Chapel and Library by C.R. Cockerell, the New Hall, the Sculpture Gallery and the Laboratory where Dr Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen in 1774. There is also a series of exhibition rooms with a wealth of fine furniture, costumes, pocelain, jewellery and paintings on display. Outside, the house is surrounded by ‘Capability’ Brown’s stunning park; there are magnificent formal gardens, a ‘Picturesque’ rockwork garden; and the renowned pinetum and arboretum
The first house at Bowood was built c.1725, on the site of a hunting lodge in the former Royal Forest of Chippenham. The house and park were bought by the 1st Earl in 1754, who employed architect Henry Keene to extend the house, including an imposing portico, and to build an extensive E-shaped service wing behind it.
Soon after his father’s death, the 2nd Earl (1737–1805) commissioned the Adam Brothers to decorate the important rooms and to screen the service courts with a grand orangery. An Adam mausoleum for the 1st Earl was also constructed in the park. At the same time, ‘Capability’ Brown was employed to remove the earlier semi-formal gardens and create an open, gentle landscape, with a sinuous lake and belts of trees, all typical of his style. A ha-ha was constructed near the house and a ‘pleasure ground’, for interesting trees and shrubs, was formed behind the house.
In the 1770s, the two parts of the house at Bowood (the ‘Big House’ and the ‘Little house’) were joined together by the building of an enormous drawing room. During the following decade, a ‘Picturesque’ rockwork garden, with a beautiful cascade, grottoes and a hermit’s cave, was formed at the head of the lake.
The 2nd Earl, Prime Minister from 1782 to 1783, was created Marquess of Lansdowne for negotiating peace with America after the War of Independence. He furnished Bowood and his London Home, Lansdowne House, with superb collections of paintings, furniture and Classical sculpture.
His father having died deeply in debt, the 2nd Marquess (1765–1809) stayed away from Bowood after the contents were sold. It was the 3rd Marquess (1780–1863), Chancellor of the Exchequer at 25, who restored the house, commissioning C.R.Cockerell to design the chapel and alter the library, and Sir Charles Barry to build the clock tower. The famous terrace gardens also date to this period as do the pinetum and arboretum in the Pleasure Grounds and the first planting of rhododendrons.
A distinguished statesman, the 3rd Marquess served in the House of Lords under eight prime ministers, and formed another great collection of paintings and sculpture, rivalling those of his father. A number of these works are seen at Bowood today.
The 4th Marquess (1816–1866) married Emily de Flahault, granddaughter of Prince Talleyrand and daughter of the Comte de Flahault who was Napoleon’s aide de camp; and it was through this connection that the fascinating Napoleonic Collection at Bowood came into the family. The 4th Marquess was responsible for having the small Doric Temple removed from the Pleasure Grounds to the far side of the lake [illus].
When the 5th Marquess (1845–1927) succeeded, the family fortunes were again in decline. He became Governor-General of Canada and Viceroy of India. On his return to Bowood in 1894, the Big House was used only for entertaining and the family lived in the Little House. The situation remained unchanged during the life of the 6th Marquess (1872–1936) and up until the Second World War.
Both the 7th Marquess and his brother were killed in action in 1944, the title and property passing to their cousin. During the War, the Big House was occupied by a school, then by the RAF. Afterwards, it was left empty, and by 1955 it was so dilapidated that the 8th Marquess decided to demolish it, employing architect F. Sortain Samuels to convert the Little House into a more comfortable home.
The grounds have been developed over the years to become one of the special glories of Bowood, encompassing almost every phase of English garden design from the early Georgian period onwards. The present Marquis of Lansdowne opened the house and gardens to the public in 1975. He has maintained and improved Bowood’s many magnificent features over the last 30 years, initiating major replanting schemes and introducing new plantings, such as the daffodils in Lake Field and the tree ferns in the Rhododendron Walks.
The park remains much as ‘Capability’ Brown intended, with a fine lake, gently sloping lawns and drifts of trees. The late 18th century ‘Picturesque’ rockwork valley remains below the lake dam, incorporating the cascade and caves. Closer to the house are the great 19th-century Italianate terraces: originally lying in the angle between the Big and Little Houses, they now form the south front to the house.
Long time no see!
My Sundae underwent a drastic change! She's a gang leader now, and she knows how to stand her ground in a brawl.
Or: face-up practice that turned out surprisingly nice imho :)
HACKATHON
Friday, March 20–Sunday, March 22, 2015
The City of Seattle and Commute Seattle invited data analysts, developers, designers, and other innovators to help design user-centric tools that improve the commute. These can take the form of:
-- improvements to existing applications
-- new tools to help commuters in any mode or modes of transportation
-- data analysis and visualizations that clarify the big picture
Teams will had the opportunity to present their work to a panel of judges, with the top three project ideas moving on to a championship round. Work was judged based on its potential to make commuting in Seattle easier and more pleasant for everyone.
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Laurent Haug, Swiss Correspondent, Wired UK, United Kingdom, during the Session: Rethinking Trust and Improving Decisions with Carnegie Mellon University at the World Economic Forum - Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, People's Republic of China, July 1, 2019. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Ciaran McCrickard