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Quebec City, Quebec
Constructed between 1877 and 1886, the Parliament Building features the Second Empire architectural style[2] that was popular for prestigious buildings both in Europe (especially France where the style originated) and the United States during the latter 19th century. Although somewhat more sober in appearance and lacking a towering central belfry, Quebec City's Parliament Building bears a definite likeness to the Philadelphia City Hall, another Second Empire edifice in North America which was built during the same period. Even though the building's symmetrical layout with a frontal clock tower in the middle is typical of legislative institutions of British heritage, the architectural style is believed to be unique among parliament buildings found in other Canadian provincial capitals Its facade presents a pantheon representing significant events and people of the history of Quebec.
Sunset and Night cityscape Şile Istanbul, Günbatımı akşam şehir silüeti Şile İstanbul, Şile District, Istanbul Province, TURKEI. One1stanbul Photo Album - Candidate Photographs
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Remember mankind, sooner or later absolutely every soul shall taste death .. Hatırla insanoğlu, er yada geç muhakkak ki her canlı ölümü tadacaktır!
Europe, Portugal, Algarve, Sotavento, Olhão, Centre, Shop, Floripes (slightly cut from T&B)
A little shop in the centre of Olhão. Check out Floripes’ story: here. The institutional street art was crafted by Sen. Olhão is considered to be the street art capital of the Algarve.
This is number 23 of the Faro & Olhão album and 67 of Graffiti/Street art.
if institutions or individuals lack integrity and are motivated by self-interest and private gain rather than public good :-)
Editors of Issues of Democracy: Accountability in Government, August 2000
RESIST!!
cercis, compact eastern redbud, 'Ace of Hearts', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, Raleigh, north carolina
Initially the sarcophagi of the wealthy families were placed in the central space (this is where the land of Mount Calvary is located). Under the floor of the corridors are the graves of the most humble people. The interiors were full of frescoes, made mainly by Taddeo Gaddi in the 14th century. Today only people who have participated in political, clerical and institutional life can be buried in the Camposanto, the latter being a former rector of the University of Pisa.
THE SMALL HAMLET OF WINGDALE, within the town of Dover, New York, is home to the ruins of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center.
Despite its proximity to New York State Route 22, the stunningly beautiful property has been shrouded in mystery for decades. In 1924, The Harlem Valley State Hospital opened its doors to the public. Later to be renamed the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, the hospital was chartered “for the care and treatment of the insane” and included infrastructure that had previously constituted the Wingdale Prison.
Over the course of 70 years of operation, the facility treated thousands of patients who had been deemed mentally ill. Sprawling across almost 900 acres and encompassing more than 80 buildings, the hospital had its own golf course, bowling alley, baseball field, bakery, and a massive dairy farm that supported an in-house ice cream parlor. At its peak, the facility housed 5,000 patients and 5,000 employees.
Over the years, the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center adopted numerous experimental methods of treatment of the mentally ill. In the 1930s, the facility joined several other institutions on the vanguard of a new insulin shock therapy for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia and other compulsive disorders. Later, when the method of electro-shock therapy was created, the hospital was again a pioneer in implementing the method as a treatment for its patients in 1941. When neuropsychiatrist Walter Freeman developed a new method for treating a wide range of psychological conditions that became known as a lobotomy, the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center was the preeminent institution for frontal lobotomy in the state of New York.
As with most mental health institutions in New York and across the country, the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center saw a gradual decline in enrollment upon the introduction of psychotropic drugs such as thorazine. When the hospital closed its doors in 1994, it had been on a trajectory of decline for a number of years. For the better part of 20 years, the once-busy campus slowly deteriorated. Visited only by night-watchmen and would-be vandals, the buildings sat unused and the grounds slowly grew unkempt. Ghost stories and whispers grew alongside the weeds of the property.
Sweeting's "probably the oldest fish and oyster restaurant in London. Opened in 1830. on this site for over 100 years.
If you're looking for affordable healthcare, look no further than the long abandoned Nevada County Hospital. A visit here won't cost you a dime, but the wait times may be excessive.
Happy Slider's Sunday everyone.
Nevada City CA
This shot shows the different buildings near and around the Bugis area. Singapore is a multi-racial and multi-religious society. Of note is the building with the dome in the foreground - that building is Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah. A madrasah is an educational institution for Islamic religious instruction.
Taken, January 2013.
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that's what I was told, but I do know it was closed for a short time then reopened , this image was after hours
...............it's been sitting in the pending folder for a while now so I thought I would toss it up
L’observatoire de la ville a été commandé par l’Astronomical Institution (fondée en 1812). Ils souhaitaient construire un observatoire qui pourrait être utilisé pour la recherche scientifique, former une base pour la mise en place d’un service de temps public précis pour Édimbourg et Leith, et créer un « observatoire populaire » où les membres de l’institution pourraient aller pour mener leurs propres expériences et recherches.
The city observatory was commissioned by the Astronomical Institution (founded in 1812). They wanted to build an observatory which could be used for scientific research, form a basis for the establishment of an accurate public time service for Edinburgh and Leith, and create a 'people's observatory' where members of the institution could go to conduct their own experiments and research.
If you visit the picturesque town of Sintra, just north of Lisbon in Portugal, there you’ll find a very deep hole. Not just any hole, mind you, but a surreal well-like hole which is in fact an initiation well created by the Knights of Templar, a Catholic military institution.
It’s to be found within the rambling gardens of Quinta da Regaleira, an extravagant gothic manor which is part of Sintra's extraordinary Unesco World Heritage landscape. It’s one of two initiation wells which spiral deep down into the ground, almost like inverted towers.
No-one knows for sure, but it’s believed that Templar candidates were blindfolded and taken via flights of steps to the bottom; then they’d be left to find their way up towards the light. If they managed the feat, they’d be welcomed into the brotherhood. And if they failed… well, who knows?
Today, visitors can make their own way down and up quite safely, without fear of blindfolds or initiation.
L’observatoire de la ville a été commandé par l’Astronomical Institution (fondée en 1812). Ils souhaitaient construire un observatoire qui pourrait être utilisé pour la recherche scientifique, former une base pour la mise en place d’un service de temps public précis pour Édimbourg et Leith, et créer un « observatoire populaire » où les membres de l’institution pourraient aller pour mener leurs propres expériences et recherches.
The city observatory was commissioned by the Astronomical Institution (founded in 1812). They wanted to build an observatory which could be used for scientific research, form a basis for the establishment of an accurate public time service for Edinburgh and Leith, and create a 'people's observatory' where members of the institution could go to conduct their own experiments and research.
This is a crazy-good neighbor ice cream shop that has been around for a couple of generations. Their lines are long and the customers’ cars disrupt traffic regularly. No one seems to mind, though
Auditorium used for science lectures. Some are featured on TV including with Professor Brian Cox. Building includes The Faraday Museum.
Site of the Blacktown Native Institution. A key Australian historical site of Aboriginal dispossession and child removal.
The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The Domain and Royal Botanic Gardens are some of the most important open spaces in Australia’s urban landscape. The 29 hectares of gardens are surrounded by 51 hectares of parkland including the Sydney Domain. They were officially recognised as a botanic garden in 1816, while only becoming ‘Royal’ in 1959. The site is one of the world’s oldest colonial botanic gardens and one of the most important botanical gardens in the Southern Hemisphere (only Rio de Janeiro is older).
The area attracts around 4 million people a year. As well as enjoying its natural beauty, visitors can gain an appreciation of the history of the city and the changing aesthetics of public gardens. The gardens have long hosted many of Sydney’s important cultural institutions as well as being the site for big open-air concerts and operas.
The Botanic Gardens were the site of the first government farm in the colony of New South Wales in 1788 (and called the Governor’s Farm in 1792). Governor Phillip ordered the cultivation of 20 acres in 1788, with that area part of Governor Phillip’s private reserve.
The organisation of the gardens illustrates their associations with the 18th century European scientific world of Sir Joseph Banks, Sir William Hooker, and others. They are Australia’s oldest scientific institution for botany and horticulture. In 1821 Superintendent Charles Fraser, a botanist, was appointed to develop the gardens along scientific grounds for the first time. Fraser accompanied John Oxley on his inland journeys and brought back plant specimens.
In 1825 Governor Brisbane extended the garden west of Farm Cove for an experimental garden designed to acclimatise both Australian plants for export and others being imported. Colonists were interested in ‘exotics’ and brought many of them with them to be added to the garden plant collection. In 1829 grape vines were planted. These became a foundation of the Australian wine industry.
Despite conservative opposition, in 1831 Governor Bourke opened the roads and paths for general access and by the 1850s military, sporting and ceremonial events had become common in the Domain.
Sydney’s central parklands are an historic site that has had an important role in place making in the city. Their role as a community asset as well as their part in the story of Australian nation-building are often undervalued. The memory of place, its continuity, and the changes it represents, are important in the construction of a city’s identity and its community’s sensibility.
An edited version of a piece written by Ian Willis at
camdenhistorynotes.wordpress.com/2017/01/26/sydneys-royal...
GB Railfreight Class 66s, 66765 and 66728 "Institution of Railway Operators" are seen on Gamston Bank with a loco and wagon move. 6H78 11:01 Doncaster Up Decoy - Peterborough.
Freightliner Class 66s 66502 "Basford Hall Centenary 2001", 66956 and 66568 are seen on Gamston Bank with an intermodal working. 4E22 05:50 Felixstowe FLT - Leeds FLT.
57311 "The Institution of Mechanical Engineers" is seen passing Holme Farm, Settle Junction along with 37409 "Loch Awe" on the rear working the Steam Dreams "Edinburgh Christmas Market: Day 4" 1Z60 09:27 Edinburgh to London Kings Cross on the 30th November 2025. {Pole Shot}.
Stock :- 17013, 6708, 3045, 3122, 80044, 3100, 3148, 3125, 3107, 1666, 3140, 3330, 5366.
**NOTE :- D9000 "Royal Scots Grey" was originally down to work this today but was declared a failure at Carlisle Upperby Tmd Lsl....**
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Trip to the Udvar-Hazy Center (The National Air and Space Museum - Smithsonian Institution) in Chantilly, VA on Aug 28, 2008
Explored! Highest position: 134 on Tuesday, November 4, 2008
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Space Shuttle "Discovery" Rockwell International - OV-103
@ History of Orbiter Vehicle Designation:
• 29.JAN.1979 : Contract award to Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division in Downey CA USA
& the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built
• 27.AUG.1979 : Start fabrication - Palmdale CA
• 16.OCT.1983 : Rollout from Palmdale
• 09.NOV.1983 : Delivery to Kennedy Space Center ( KSC ) FL & "Discovery" became the third operational orbiter to enter service preceded by "Columbia" and "Challenger"
• 30.AUG.1984 : First Flight ( STS-41-D )
• 08.NOV.1984 : Mission STS-51-A ( 7 days )
• 24.JAN.1985 : Mission STS-51-C ( 3 days )
• 12.APR.1985 : Mission STS-51-D ( 6 days )
• 17.JUN.1985 : Mission STS-51-G ( 7 days ) first Saudi Arabian Man in space
• 27.AUG.1985 : Mission STS-51-I ( 7 days )
• 29.SEP.1988 : Mission STS-26 ( 4 days ) Return to flight after Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
• 13.MAR.1989 : Mission STS-29 ( 4 days )
• 22.NOV.1989 : Mission STS-33 ( 5 days )
• 24.APR.1990 : Mission STS-31 ( 5 days ) Launch of Hubble Space Telescope
• 06.OCT.1990 : Mission STS-41 ( 4 days ) Launch of Ulysses
• 12.APR.1991 : Mission STS-39 ( 8 days ) Launched DOD Air Force Program
• 12.SEP.1991 : Mission STS-48 ( 5 days )
• 22.JAN.1992 : Mission STS-42 ( 8 days )
• 02.DEC.1992 : Mission STS-53 ( 7 days )
• 08.APR.1993 : Mission STS-56 ( 9 days )
• 12.SEP.1993 : Mission STS-51 ( 9 days )
• 03.FEB.1994 : Mission STS-60 ( 8 days ) First Shuttle-Mir mission
• 09.SEP.1994 : Mission STS-64 ( 10 days )
• 03.FEB.1995 : Mission STS-63 ( 8 days ) Rendezvous with Mir space station
• 13.JUL.1995 : Mission STS-70 ( 8 days )
• 11.FEB.1997 : Mission STS-82 ( 9 days ) Servicing Hubble Space Telescope
• 07.AUG.1997 : MissionSTS-85 ( 11 days )
• 02.JUN.1998 : Mission STS-91 ( 9 days )
• 29.OCT.1998 : Mission STS-95 ( 8 days ) second flight of John Glenn and first Spaniard in space
• 27.MAY.1999 : Mission STS-96 ( 9 days ) Resupply mission for the International Space Station
• 19.DEC.1999 : Mission STS-103 ( 7 days )
• 11.OCT.2000 : Mission STS-92 ( 12 days ) 100th Shuttle mission
• 08.MAR.2001 : Mission STS-102 ( 12 days )
• 10.AUG.2001 : Mission STS-105 ( 11 days )
• 26.JUL.2005 : Mission STS-114 ( 13 days ) Return To Flight mission since Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
• 04.JUL.2006 : Mission STS-121 ( 12 days ) International Space Station ( ISS ) supplies delivery
• 09.DEC.2006 : Mission STS-116 ( 12 days ) Last flight to launch on pad 39-B
• 23.OCT.2007 : Mission STS-120 ( 15 days )
• 31.MAY.2008 : Mission STS-124 ( 13 days )
• 15.MAR.2009 : Mission STS-119 ( 12 days )
• 28.AUG.2009 : Mission STS-128 ( 13 days )
• 05.APR.2010 : Mission STS-131 ( 15 days )
• 24.FEB.2011 : Final Mission STS-133 ( 12 days ) The latest launched at 4:53 pm EST
• 09.MAR.2011 : "Discovery" was decommissioned
≠ Retired after 39 missions with Crew members : 252
≠ Time spent in space : 1 year (365 days) 22 hours 39 minutes 33 seconds
≠ Distance travelled : 148,221,675 miles or 238,539,663 km
≠ Satellites deployed : 31 ( including Hubble Space Telescope )
• 17.APR.2012 : On display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Musuem in Chantilly VA USA