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A vintage 1929 Ford Tri-Motor operated by EAA takes off from the Joseph Hardy Connellsville Airport.
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The Gūr-e Amīr or Guri Amir is a mausoleum of the Asian conqueror Tamerlane (also known as Timur) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It occupies an important place in the history of Persian Architecture as the precursor and model for later great Mughal architecture tombs, including Humayun's Tomb in Delhi and the Taj Mahal in Agra, built by Timur's descendants, the ruling Mughal dynasty of North India. It has been heavily restored.
Gur-e Amir is Persian for "Tomb of the King". This architectural complex with its azure dome contains the tombs of Tamerlane, his sons Shah Rukh and Miran Shah and grandson Ulugh Beg and Muhammad Sultan. Also honoured with a place in the tomb is Timur's teacher Mir Sayyid Baraka.
The earliest part of the complex was built at the end of the 14th century by the orders of Muhammad Sultan. Now only the foundations of the madrasah and khanaka, the entrance portal and a part of one of four minarets remains.
The construction of the mausoleum itself began in 1403 after the sudden death of Muhammad Sultan, Tamerlane's heir apparent and his beloved grandson, for whom it was intended. Timur had built himself a smaller tomb in Shahrisabz near his Ak-Saray palace. However, when Timur died in 1405 on campaign on his military expedition to China, the passes to Shahrisabz were snowed in, so he was buried here instead. Ulugh Beg, another grandson of Tamerlane, completed the work. During his reign the mausoleum became the family crypt of the Timurid Dynasty.
The entrance portal to the Muhammad Sultan ensemble is richly decorated with carved bricks and various mosaics. The decoration of the portal was accomplished by the skilled craftsman (ustad) Muhammad bin Mahmud Isfahani. Outwardly the Gur-e Amir Mausoleum is a one-cupola building. It is famous for its simplicity of construction and for its solemn monumentality of appearance. It is an octahedral building crowned by an azure fluted dome (see picture). The exterior decoration of the walls consists of the blue, light-blue and white tiles organized into geometrical and epigraphic ornaments against a background of terracotta bricks. The dome (diameter - 15 m (49.21 ft), height - 12.5 m (41.01 ft)) is of a bright blue color with deep rosettes and white spots. Heavy ribbed fluting gives an amazing expressiveness to the cupola.
During the reign of Ulugh Beg a doorway was made to provide an entrance into the mausoleum.
Inwardly the mausoleum appears as a large, high chamber with deep niches at the sides and diverse decoration. The lower part of the walls covered are by onyx slabs composed as one panel. Each of these slabs is decorated with refined paintings. Above the panel there is a marble stalactite cornice. Large expanses of the walls are decorated with painted plaster; the arches and the internal dome are ornamented by high-relief papier-mache cartouches, gilded and painted. The ornate carved headstones in the inner room of the mausoleum merely indicate the location of the actual tombs in a crypt directly underneath the main chamber. Under Ulugh Beg's government a solid block of dark green jade was placed over the grave of Tamerlane. Formerly this stone had been used at a place of worship in the Chinese emperor's palace, then as the throne of Kabek Khan (a descendant of Genghis Khan) in Karshi. Next to Tamerlane's grave lie the marble tombstones of his sons Miran Shah and Shah Rukh and also of grandsons - Muhammad Sultan and Ulugh Beg. Tamerlane's spiritual teacher Mir Said Baraka, also rests here. In 1740, the Persian warlord Nadir Shah tried to carry off the valuable tomb stone, but it broke in two. This was interpreted as a bad omen. His advisers urged him to leave the stone to its rightful place. The second time the stone was disturbed was on June 19, 1941 when Soviet archaeologists opened the crypt. The anthropologist Mikhail Gerasimov was able to reconstruct Tamerlane's facial features from his skull, and it was also confirmed that he was 172 cm in height, a giant for his day, and would have walked with a pronounced limp. Further historical information about the assassination of Ulugh Beg and the authenticity of the other graves was also confirmed. Timur's skeleton and that of Ulugh Beg, his grandson, were reinterred with full Islamic burial rites in November 1942, at the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Spa gardens Oberlaa
The spa gardens Oberlaa is a park in the 10th district of Vienna Favoriten, on the southeast slope of the Laa mountain at Oberlaa. Its area is 860,000 square meters.
Horticulture monuments, path systems and artificial soil formations are listed buildings.
History
WIG 74 in the year of the opening
Monorail 1974
After the great success with the "Vienna International Garden Show 1964" (WIG 64) in the Danube Park in the 22nd district of Vienna (Danube City), the Vienna city council wanted another carrying out of an international horticultural show in Vienna. The former brick area on the southeastern slope of Laa Hill, which had also served as the location of monumental films of the silent era, was rounded off by buying gardening grounds and vineyards. It proved to be an ideal location for the project and the associated construction of a large green area. Already since 1969 there is a spa operation at the Oberlaa sulfur springs. After a competition that was tendered internationally and the Frankfurt landscape architect Erich Hanke 1969 could win, were formed working groups of landscape architects from different states. When planning and implementing the best designs of all projects were combined.
The "Vienna International Garden Show 1974" (WIG 74) became with 2.6 million visitors like its predecessor in the Danube Park a great success with the public. The press coverage but was partially extremely critical. A circulating in the park monorail proved to be a bad investment and had to be dismantled after a few years, an adjacent to it amusement park was from the beginning on loss-making. The rest of the park furniture proved, as in the case of the Danube Park, to have only a limited durability. In late 1974, the area of the garden show was eventually converted into a public park which receives wide acclaim. Other international horticultural shows, however, were not organized in Vienna, and the trend of the following years went rather away from the maintenance (and cost) intense show green toward the nature-oriented design, such as in the zone of recreational area Wienerberg.
Topics
Plan of the spa park
The spa gardens Oberlaa is divided into various subject areas to offer visitors a variety of recreational facilities.
Allergy garden
On an "Allergy Info Mile" one can learn on the display boards mounted in front of the respective plants the different pollen flights, the distribution spaces and other botanical information.
Baroque fountain garden
This fountain garden is actually the former "German Garden of Nations", it was reactivated 2001/2002 and equipped with many partly historical fountains, a brook, perennial beds and opportunities for seating.
Flower Labyrinth
The in diameter 18 m large flower maze was created in 2004. It was modeled after that one at Hellbrunn Palace (Salzburg), however, offers only one way and does not allow decision possibilities. In Vienna, there are still similar facilities, such as a maze in the park of Schönbrunn Palace and the butterfly maze in Florarium.
Film City
In the Film City were in 1920s well known silent films of the film studio Sascha-Film shot, including the epic film Sodom and Gomorrah and the Sklavenkönigin (queen of slaves). In summer, every year these productions are staged in an open-air cinema in the spa gardens.
Stone bridge in Takasakipark
Japanese Garden
The Takasakipark was the Japanese National contribution on the occasion of the TIG 1974. It was laid out by architect Kunsaku Nakame. After the TIG many National contributions were removed, however, the city of Takasaki campaigned for reconstituting of this contribution and in the 1990s it was reconstructed under the direction of architect Tadashi Ikeda.
Garden of Love
The Garden of Love was also built on the occasion of the TIG and equipped with romantic benches, swings and arbors. All originally used metals were painted in 2001 and the garden was equipped with only white flowering summer flowers, perennials, roses and shrubs. Many wedding couples have photographed themselves here.
The Skateland
In the vicinity of the playground, the beach volleyball court and the giant swing, was built an 1800-square-meter skate area. Originally, during the TIG in 1974 and in subsequent years, this area was known as the "Moon playground".
Sculpture at Rose hill 2011
Perennial garden
The perennial garden was first built for the TIG in 1974 and refurbished in 2000. Now you can find there more than 11,500 plants from 90 different genera.
Spa park in the southern part of the area (2008)
Playground
The vast playground, inter alia, offers the ability to operate a sand digger, to drive with a child car, to roll over and over in a net, to drive over inclined bridges and to slide yourself. It was opened in 2001 as the first barrier-free playground for also offer disabled children the opportunity to be able to play like everyone else.
Petting zoo
The 2,000 m² large petting zoo is home to goats, sheep, geese, chickens, peacocks and numerous pigeons in the dovecote. Over a low fence also small children touching and petting the animals is possible.
After spending a week here loading grain, the Algoma Harvester finally departs late in the day on Saturday, 11-01-14.
Burnsville High School Theatre Guild Presents 'Noises Off' in February 2010. For ticket information, visit www.MrazCenterTickets.com.
It's a Summer Friday night in the 1950's and this pair of young ladies have just boarded the bus that will take them into town for a night of dancing and socialising to the strains of the newly arrived Rock 'n' Roll music!
In fact the scene was recreated in Beamish Museum at their Festival of the Fifties event of 2019, and the two young ladies are re-enactors at the museum. The bus they have boarded is a 1954 ex-Rotherham Corporation Daimler CVG6 with a Weymann body. On the plus side, they do seem to be having a good time anyway!
Copyright © 2019 Terry Pinnegar Photography. All Rights Reserved. THIS IMAGE IS NOT TO BE USED WITHOUT MY EXPRESS PERMISSION!
Gives new meaning to the term off the charts. This is how much more carbon there will be in the atmosphere compared to before, if we continue business as usual. The blue line is the carbon in parts per million and the grey line is the average temperature of the earth. It is easy to see how they corelate.
Burnsville High School Theatre Guild Presents 'Noises Off' in February 2010. For ticket information, visit www.MrazCenterTickets.com.
That's how I feel today. Expected to be in Kentucky. Instead I'm in Texas. Not quite feeling peachy enough to travel but fortunately good enough to not be wretched! Off center!
R761 has cut off from its train at Ballarat Station and is seen running towards Ballarat north as it runs around.
Steamrail Victoria's Eureka Express - Saturday September 3rd 2022.
Left home at 06:30 and its now 15:49. Travel time includes breakfast, lunch, toilet stops and a diversion to to 'pop' into a customer located in Liverpool.
Thankfully the Vauxhall Mokka is a easy drive - and indeed much better than I initially thought. Seats are better than I thought also - no aches or pains. Glad I rented one with an automatic gearbox!
"And we made the moon our mirrorball
The streets, an empty stage
The city sirens violins
Everything has changed
So lift off love
Lift off love"
Peter Gabriel - Mirrorball
PLEASE NO GROUP INVITES OR AWARDS WITH FLASHY BADGES
On the 31st March 2018 the 'Oldenburg' (1958, 294GRT) leaves Ilfracombe for Bideford. This was a positioning move having arrived from Lundy on the third sailing of the season.
The 'Oldenburg' is named after the former grand duchy of Oldenburg, Germany, and built in Bremen. She was delivered to Deutsche Bundesbahn Schiffsdienst Wangerooge for use on a ferry service between the mainland and the Frisian island of Wangerooge.
Between 1975 and 1985 she was used on various operations including duty free sailings from Germany.
In November 1985 she was sold to the Lundy Co. Ltd and has since provided a freight and passenger service to the island in the Bristol Channel.
Copthorne Hotel, Christchurch. Saturday September 28, 2013.
This shot was taken just after the collapse of the Copthorne Hotel. If I hadn't stopped for a coffee in New Regent Street I would have been walking by on my home. As I sat watching the guy work on the building before I had coffee, I thought it looked unsafe taking down the middle metal beams which he was doing. Just had a feeling something was not right..!!!!! When I was having coffee and talking to a lovely couple that live in Christchurch it happened. We herd this horrendous noise followed with the ground shaking like a 5.9 earthquake. They said what was that and I said the Copthorne Hotel.. I just knew. Then the sirens started and all I could think of was any one hurt or killed..It really unset me. After the dust settled we went to see what had happen and found out that no one was hurt or killed. So had to walk the long way home.. I do have shot of the afterwards as well which I well put up later!
The former Copthorne Hotel "pancaked" during demolition work in the Christchurch CBD today.
Reports on Twitter said demolition workers ran for their lives after the building collapsed in Victoria Square.
Witness Craig Crew said a nibbler was working about six floors up, eating at a vertical beam at the eastern side of the building when a front verandah fell down.
"Next thing the entire building pancacked on itself," Crew said.
The collapse happened about 1.25pm, with people in the area mistaking the impact of the fall for an earthquake.
Jill Ineson was on a bike ride around central Christchurch when she saw the building collapse.
"It happened so quickly. It fell down like a pack of cards," she said.
"The middle of the building just imploded like a pack of cards. It was exactly like the Twin Towers."
"There was a massive massive cloud of dust and you have a sick feeling in your gut and you hope that none of the guys were stuck in that. It was a bit like a massive earthquake. The ground shook. All these ghastly feelings rush into your head.
"After the dust settled, the contractors started to creep around looking pretty ashen-faced."
There were no injuries.
The Copthorne Hotel building was under demolition by Southern Demolition and Salvage. The building's owner had refused offers of help with the demolition from the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.
Southern Demolition and Salvage owner
The former Copthorne Hotel "pancaked" during demolition work in the Christchurch CBD today.
Reports on Twitter said demolition workers ran for their lives after the building collapsed in Victoria Square.
Witness Craig Crew said a nibbler was working about six floors up, eating at a vertical beam at the eastern side of the building when a front verandah fell down.
"Next thing the entire building pancacked on itself," Crew said.
The collapse happened about 1.25pm, with people in the area mistaking the impact of the fall for an earthquake.
Jill Ineson was on a bike ride around central Christchurch when she saw the building collapse.
"It happened so quickly. It fell down like a pack of cards," she said.
"The middle of the building just imploded like a pack of cards. It was exactly like the Twin Towers."
"There was a massive massive cloud of dust and you have a sick feeling in your gut and you hope that none of the guys were stuck in that. It was a bit like a massive earthquake. The ground shook. All these ghastly feelings rush into your head.
"After the dust settled, the contractors started to creep around looking pretty ashen-faced."
There were no injuries.
The Copthorne Hotel building was under demolition by Southern Demolition and Salvage. The building's owner had refused offers of help with the demolition from the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.
Southern Demolition and Salvage owner Alan Edge would not comment on what caused the collapse or what contractors were doing at the time of the collapse. He said he was waiting on a report from CERA engineers who were investigating.
Police are monitoring the site.
Alan Edge would not comment on what caused the collapse or what contractors were doing at the time of the collapse. He said he was waiting on a report from CERA engineers who were investigating.
Police are monitoring the site.
Taken from: www.stuff.co.nz/national/9222128/Copthorne-Christchurch-c...</a
July 2010 Texas Quinceañera - Brenda Read Photography
Taken with:
1 - Nikon SB-900 Flash/Speedlight (Off Camera main light in shoot thru Umbrella)
1 - Nikon SB-600 Flash/Speedlight (Off Camera fill light bare)
Smith Victor Translucent Umbrella
Yongnuo RF-602 wireless triggers
LumoPro LP633 Umbrella Swivel w/ Flash Shoe Adapter
Effects Added with:
A location usually associated with the 60s on the Northwich stone, played host to the Chirk logs today.
66849 heads the 6J37 10-00 Carlisle - Chirk Logs through Ashley, the train having been diverted via Man Piccadilly. Wed 17th July 2013 @ 14-48
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO6f8x3-uBc
I’ve just bought RC motor and I wanted to make a fun to drive vehicle - light as possible and with great performance.
It is 35 studs long, 19 studs wide and 16 studs high.
It weighs 502g
Drive: 1 RC motor (5292), RWD
Steering: Servo motor
Battery: 8878
Long travel suspension: Front independent; rear – dragged axle
Doors and hood can be open.
Seats can be raised
This shot really shows off the ash pan and firebox glow. I ask that you please excuse the wires - I was in a rush and didn't tidy them before the shot.
One fun thing to note is that the Firebox really is a wide, open space inside - there's 1 single LED in there providing the "fire" effect.