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Huis 'Den Blaesbalck' staat aan de Werf in Lier. Het monumentale herenhuis dateert uit 1862. De bepleisterde en beschilderde lijstgevel rust op een arduinen sokkel. Uiterst links bevindt zich een witgeschilderd, plaasteren O.-L.-Vrouwebeeld met kind, vermoedelijk uit 1930. In 1992 werd het pand beschermd als monument.
Foto: Tijl Vereenooghe
Gingee Fort or Senji Fort (also known as Chenji, Jinji or Senchi) in Tamil Nadu, India is one of the surviving forts in Tamil Nadu, India. It lies in Villupuram District, 160 kilometres from the state capital, Chennai, and is close to the Union Territory of Puducherry. The fort is so fortified, that Shivaji, the Maratha king, ranked it as the "most impregnable fortress in India" and it was called the "Troy of the East" by the British. The nearest town with a railway station is Tindivanam and the nearest airport is Chennai (Madras), located 150 kilometres away.
Originally the site of a small fort built by the Chola dynasty during the 9th century AD, Gingee Fort was modified by Kurumbar during the 13th century. As per one account, the fort was built duirng the 15–16th century by the Nayaks, the lietunants of the Vijayanagara Empire and who later became independent kings. The fort passed to the Marathas under the leadership of Shivaji in 1677 AD, Bijapur sultans, the Moghuls, Carnatic Nawabs, French and the British in 1761. The fort is closely associated with Raja Tej Singh, who unsuccessfully revolted against the Nawab of Arcot and eventually lost his life in a battle.
The Gingee Fort complex is on three hillocks: Krishnagiri to the north, Rajagiri to the west and Chandrayandurg to the southeast. The three hills together constitute a fort complex, each having a separate and self-contained citadel. The fort walls are 13 km and the three hills are connected by walls enclosing an area of 11 square kilometres. It was built at a height of 240 m and protected by a 24 m wide moat. The complex has a seven-storeyed Kalyana Mahal (marriage hall), granaries, prison cells, and a temple dedicated to its presiding Hindu goddess called Chenjiamman. The fortifications contain a sacred pond known as Aanaikulam. On the top of the hillock, there are minor fortifications. The fort, in modern times, is maintained and administered by the Archaeological Survey of India. The fort is one of the prominent tourist destinations in Villupuram district.
LEGEND AND ETYMOLOGY
The Bijapur Nawabs who held the fort from about 1660 to 1677 AD called it Badshabad, while the Marathas who succeeded them called it Chandry or Chindy. The Mughals, on their capture of the fort in 1698 A.D., named it Nusratgadh in honour of Nawab Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat-Jang, the commander-in-chief of the besieging army. Later, the English and the French called it Gingee or Jinji. The early Madras records of the English give the spelling Chingee or Chengey.As per Tamil legend, the tragic tale of Raja Tej Singh, popularly known in Tamil as Thesingu Raasan, is associated with the fort. The true life story of Tej Singh and his general, Mehboob Khan (aka Maavuthukaran), who were friends, has inspired many poems, street plays, and countless other stories. He was the son of Swarup Singh and revolted against the Nawab of Arcot, and was defeated and killed in the war that followed. Though Gingee became a part of the Nawab's territory in 1714, the young and courageous Tej Singh became a legend and his life, love and brave but tragic end were eulogised in various ballads.
HISTORY
The main source for the first two hundred years of the history of the place is the "Complete History of the Carnatic Kings" among the Mackenzie manuscripts. According to historian Narayan, a small village called Melacerri, located 4.8 km away from Gingee is called "Old Gingee" has traces of fortifications from about 1200 AD. Ananda Kon of the shepherd community (Konar), accidentally found a treasure in one of the cavities of the Western hill while grazing his sheep. Making himself the head of a small band of warriors, he defeated the petty rulers of the neighbouring villages and built a small fortress on Kamalagiri, which he renamed Anandagiri after himself. The Konar dynasty ruled Gingee from 1190 to 1330 AD, and was succeeded by the chief of a neighbouring place called Kobilingan, who belonged to the Kurumba caste and ascended the throne of Gingee. He was a feudatory of the powerful Cholas. Gingee came into the hands of various ruling dynasties of South India, starting from the Cholas.
Originally the site of a small fort built by the Chola dynasty during the 9th century AD, Gingee Fort was modified by Kurumbar while fighting the Cholas and again by the Vijayanagar empire during the 13th century. As per one account, the fort was built duirng the 15-16th century by the Gingee Nayaks, the lietunants of the Vijayanagara Empire and who later became independent kings. The fort was built at a strategic place to fend off any invading armies. It was further strengthened by the Marathas under the leadership of Shivaji in 1677 AD. He recaptured it from the Bijapur sultans who had originally taken control of the fort from the Marathas. During Aurangzeb's campaign in the Deccan, Shivaji's second son who had assumed the throne, Chhatrapati Rajaram, escaped to Ginjee and continued the fight with Moghuls from Ginjee. The fort was the seat of the Maratha Empire for a few months. The Moghuls could not capture the fort for seven years in spite of laying siege. The fort was finally captured in 1698, but not before Chhatrapati Rajaram escaped. It was later passed on to the Carnatic Nawabs who lost it to the French in 1750 before the British finally took control in 1761 despite losing it to Hyder Ali for a brief period. Raja Desinghu ruled Chenji during the 18th century.
ARCHITECTURE
The Gingee Fort complex is on three hillocks: Krishnagiri to the north, Rajagiri to the west and Chandrayandurg to the southeast. The three hills together constitute a fort complex, yet each hill contains a separate and self-contained citadel. Connecting them - forming an enormous triangle, a mile from north to south, punctuated by bastions and gateways giving access to the protected zones at the heart of the complex. The fort walls are 13 km and the three hills are connected by walls enclosing an area of 11 square kilometres. It was built at a height of 240 m and protected by a 24 m wide moat. It has a seven-storeyed Kalyana Mahal (marriage hall), granaries, prison cells, and a temple dedicated to its presiding Hindu goddess called Chenjiamman. The fortifications contain a sacred pond known as Aanaikulam. The walls of the fort are a mixture of the natural hilly terrain comprising the Krishnagiri, Chakkilidrug and Rajagiri hills, while the gaps were sealed with the main wall that measures 20 metres in thickness. On the top of the hillock, there are minor fortifications.
Water resources are usually sparse in South Indian forts, while it was well managed in the Citadel. There are two sweet water sources on the summit and below it there are three reservoirs for storage of rain water. Water for Kalyana Mahal was brought through earthenware pipes from reservoir located 500 m from it.
RAJAGIRI
The first hill, where the main fort is, is called Rajagiri. Originally it was known as Kamalagiri as well as Anandagiri. The fort was historically considered most impregnable. It is about 240 m in height. Its summit is cut off from communication and is surrounded by a deep, natural chasm that is about 9.1 m wide and 18 m deep. To gain entry into the citadel one had to cross the chasm with the help of a small wooden draw bridge. The naturally strong rock where the fortress is located, is further strengthened by the construction of embrasure walls and gateways along all possible shelves and precipitous edges. The citadel is reached by traversing through seven gates. This citadel contains important buildings apart from the living quarters of the royalty, like the stables, granaries, and meeting halls for the public, temples, mosques, shrines and pavilions. Kamalakanni Amman temple is present atop the Rajagiri hills. As per Hindu legend, the presiding deity, Kamalakanni, is believed to be the widow of demon king Acalamaccuran. Draupadi, a Hindu goddess, beheaded the hundred heads of the demon and Kamalakanni is believed to have protests that she would become a widow. Draupadi explains her similarities that she has no sexual relations, though married. This resulted in the ambiguous kanni suffix. Ranganathar Temple, bell tower, watch tower, cannon and draw bridge are located atop the hill.
The lower fort consists of Arcot Gate, Pondicherry Gate, which was probably improved by the French during their occupation (1751–1761), the Prison on top of Pondicherry Gate, Royal Battery, Venkataramanaswami Temple, Pattabhi Ramaswami Temple, Sadatulla Khan’s mosque, Chettikulam and Chakrakulam tanks, platform where Raja Desing was killed in a war, large stone image of Hanuman, prisoner’s well where the prisoners condemned to death were thrown and left to die of starvation. The inner fort consists of Kalyana Mahal, the royal stables, the ruined royal palace, Anaikulam tank, granaries, magazine and the shrine of Venugopalaswami. There is a site museum at the entrance of the fort set up by the Archeological Survey of India containing sculptures pertaining to periods and many dynasties that ruled Gingee. There are also guns and cannonballs made of stone, strewn about the fort.
KRISHNAGIRI
The second important hillock with an imposing citadel is known as Krishnagiri. It is also known as the English Mountain, perhaps because the British residents occupied the fort here, for some time. The Krishnagiri fort lies to the North of Tiruvannamalai road. It is smaller in size and height compared to the Rajagiri fort. A flight of steps of granite stones leads to its top. Another fort connected with Rajagiri with a low rocky ridge is called Chandrayan Durg, Chandragiri or St. George’s Mountain. The military and strategic value of this fort has been relatively less, but it has some interesting buildings of later period.
CHAKKILIYA DURG
The third fort for some reason is called Chakkiliya Durg or Chamar Tikri — meaning the fort of the cobblers. It is not known why it had acquired the name. Probably the royal saddlers and military shoemakers had set up their workshops here, as Gingee obviously was a military encampment. There is a smaller and less important fourth hill, the summit of which is also well fortified. There is nothing much left of Chandrayan Durg and Chakkilli Durg. Their flanks are now completely covered with thorny shrubs and stone pieces.
CULTURE
After the fort passed into British hands, it did not see any further action. The fort at Gingee was declared a National Monument in 1921 and was under the Archeological Department. The Tourism Department of India has tried to popularise this remote and oft-forgotten fort. Gingee today, with its ruined forts, temples and granaries, presents a different picture from the glorious splendor of its bygone days. But the remains of that glorious past speak volumes about the numerous invasions, warfare and bravery that it witnessed. The fort is maintained by the Archeological Department. An entry charge of ₹5 is charged for Indian citizens and SAARC countries and US$2 or ₹100 for all monuments inside Krishnagiri and Rajagiri forts.
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SNCB Class 18, 1891 with 1864 on the rear arriving into Lier working IC3415 to Turnhout, service started at Binche, taken 17th May 2017
Newer Lier sets:
Second Lier visit - more decay shots in color
Third visit - fewer better shots
Parts of Lier Psychiatric Hospital was closed in 1986 and are still abandoned. It is located outside Oslo in Norway.
Here the doctors tested new medicins and ways to help the patients. Lobotomy, electroshock and drugs like LSD was used.
It's a spooky place with a very interesting history.
More info (in norwegian) and pictures in colors on my blog.
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lie to me's Kelli Williams: Meet the New Gillian Foster
lie to me made some behind-the-scenes changes this season, translating into on-screen changes for Kelli Williams' character, Gillian Foster.
Shawn Ryan tells the truth about reinventing Lie to Me
The 39-year-old former star of The Practice says the addition of executive producer Shawn Ryan and a focus on character-based stories has helped the series, which premiered as a midseason replacement in January. Williams says she welcomes the changes, which have opened numerous possibilities for Foster's future.
"Foster was in a much heavier place at the end of last year with her marriage falling apart," Williams says. "This season there's a little bit more levity in the office. And since I'm no longer with my husband, there are a lot of places they can take Foster."
For one thing, the writers chose to make Foster less of a stickler. When investigating a cultlike religious group for tax fraud earlier this season, Foster was less interested in making a case for the IRS and more focused on helping one of the families escape from the group's leader.
Beeston, Norfolk, England — seen here from above, this peaceful rural village lies in the heart of west-central Norfolk, surrounded by the patchwork of arable farmland that has shaped life here for centuries. This is Beeston-next-Mileham, sometimes also called Beeston with Bittering, situated between Litcham and Wendling, southwest of Fakenham and west of Dereham.
The village has ancient roots and appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, when much of Norfolk was being carefully recorded following the Norman Conquest. Like many Norfolk settlements, Beeston developed as a small agricultural community, with farming remaining central to its identity for nearly a thousand years. In the 19th century local trades recorded here included a baker, blacksmith, shoemaker and wheelwright, serving a largely self-sufficient rural population. At one time the village supported four public houses, a sign of a far busier local economy than might be imagined today.
The name Beeston is thought to derive from the Old English “Beos tun” or “Beohha’s tun” — meaning either “farmstead where bees were kept” or “the settlement belonging to a man called Beohha.” Place names ending in -ton are among England’s oldest Anglo-Saxon settlement names, typically meaning an enclosed farmstead or village.
Interestingly, there are at least seven places in England called Beeston, including the large town of Beeston near Nottingham, Beeston overlooked by Beeston Castle, Beeston, Beeston Regis on the north Norfolk coast, and this much quieter inland Norfolk Beeston. Norfolk alone has several “Beeston” place names, which often causes confusion when identifying historic records.
One of the village’s most significant chapters came during the Second World War, when nearby RAF Wendling (later operated by the US Army Air Forces) transformed the surrounding countryside. Large areas around Beeston were taken over to support American operations, with accommodation blocks and military buildings constructed in and around the village for personnel serving with the 392nd Bomb Group, flying B-24 Liberators on bombing missions over occupied Europe. After the war, some of these wartime buildings were converted into homes and later commercial premises, traces of which still influence the landscape today.
The parish church, St Mary the Virgin Church, sits in an unusually isolated position away from the village centre — a reminder of how settlements shifted and evolved over many centuries. The church even had a brief moment of television fame when scenes from the BBC comedy series 'Allo 'Allo! were filmed there in the 1980s. In 1990 it also hosted a concert by the internationally renowned soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, attended by the then Prince Charles.
Today, Beeston remains a small but thriving Norfolk village with a population of roughly 550–600 residents, surrounded by some of the county’s richest agricultural land. From above, the classic Norfolk landscape is unmistakable — hedgerow boundaries, wide cereal fields, scattered farmsteads and quiet country lanes, a landscape shaped by centuries of farming, drainage and rural life.
A fine example of the timeless English countryside — where medieval origins, wartime history and modern rural life quietly coexist in the landscape below.
Album title: Lies/White Lies
Artist: Claps
Label: Forward Records
Year: 2013
Catalog Number/Other Info: FR015, blue vinyl with black and white swirl, only pressed on one side.
Taken by Cory Funk.
Target muscle:
Erector Spinae
Instructions
Preparation
Lie on back place hands behind head bend hips and knees bent to 90 degrees.
Execution
Roll knees over to ground keeping them together with the upper knee over the lower knee.
Variation
Roll one knee over to the ground and pull down gently with one hand. Leave the other leg relaxed and on the ground.
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White Lies, NME Awards Tour 09
Sheffield Academy, Sheffield
03/02/09
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Lie on lie on lie are the solid bricks of your house.
You lie within your fortress surrounded by the truth of your lies.
Your thoughts enfleshed in lies are ablaze in the fire of the father of lies.
His tones are soft and desirable, and his voice is sweet in encouragement.
For him you glorify the lie and give life to the dead.
You consort with lies, research in lies and philosophise on lies;
You feast on lies, bed with lies and impregnate lies with lies.
The giver of lies glorifies your lie, and gives your lie the status of truth.
Your lie has become truth, so the Truth has become a lie.
You lie in embrace with a lie, burning for everything that is a lie.
In the external and the temporary lies the truth of your lies.
You delight in that which decays, and worship the beauty that fades.
You are blinded to the Beauty from which all beauty proceeds,
You see not His truth, and love not His face.
You spurn his correction, and despise all that is correct.
You see not the glamour of your lie in the dullness of His Truth.
- Samuel Godfrey George
Taken at Gamle Lier Mentalsykehus, a mental hospital that was abandoned in 1986.
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Prizegiving ceremony for the WDM Grand Prix Freestyle presented by
VIAN GROUP. Mykhaylo Parkhomchuk, show president and director
of Vian Group, Camil Smeulders, managing director WDM, Hans
Peter Minderhoud (2nd), Tommie Visser (1st), Inna Logutenkova (3rd),
Iuliia Parkhomenko, event director and Ghislain Fouarge, president
of the jury.
Phoenix Park is an urban park in Dublin, Ireland, lying 2–4 km west of the city centre, north of the River Liffey. Its 16 km perimeter wall encloses 707 hectares (1,750 acres), one of the largest walled city parks in Europe. It includes large areas of grassland and tree-lined avenues, and since the seventeenth century has been home to a herd of wild Fallow deer. The English name comes from the Irish fionn uisce meaning "clear water".
After the Normans conquered Dublin and its hinterland in the 12th century Hugh Tyrell, 1st Baron of Castleknock, granted a large area of land, including what now comprises the Phoenix Park, to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. They established an abbey at Kilmainham on the site now occupied by Royal Hospital Kilmainham. The knights lost their lands when Henry VIII confiscated monastic properties in 1537 and eighty years later the lands once more reverted to the ownership of the King's representatives in Ireland. On the restoration of Charles II, his Viceroy in Dublin, Lord Ormonde established a Royal Hunting Park in 1662 which contained pheasants and wild deer, therefore it was necessary to enclose the entire area with a wall. It was opened to the people of Dublin by Lord Chesterfield in 1745.