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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) Deputy Under Secretary and Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison Lanon Baccam offers remarks at the 2016 Feds Feed Families Campaign closing ceremony at the USDA on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Teamwork, collaboration and the efforts of many employees across the federal government led to another successful Feds Feed Families Campaign this year. A total of 12.5 million pounds of food was collected and the United States Department of Agriculture contributed to over five million pounds of that total together as a federal family collecting non-perishable food items, gleaning and holding special events. USDA photo by Bob Nichols.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Corporation employees provided some much needed holiday cheer for military families in need by donating 156 family meals at their corporate offices here November 16. The company, NCNG and Army Reserve volunteers braved a chilly morning to load many of the boxes full non-perishable food for a Thanksgiving feast onto North Carolina National Guard Light Medium Tactical Vehicle for distribution. “It is a great opportunity for the team,” said Vince Toscano, a Wells Fargo consumer loan underwriter. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan, North Carolina National Guard Public Affairs)
The Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony was held on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 on the West lawn of the U. S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. In 1970 the Architect of the Capitol approached the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service for assistance in providing a Capitol Christmas Tree; and since then, it has been an honor for one of our country’s National Forests to produce a tree for the holiday’s. 2011 will be the fourth time California has contributed the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. Known as "The People’s Tree", the 2011 Capitol Christmas Tree is a 63 ft., 118 year old, Sierra White Fir harvested from the Stanislaus National Forest in the Central Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. During the seven day tour of California in November citizens collected non-perishable food items to demonstrate the goodwill and generosity of California's people to share with those less fortunate during the holiday season. USDA Photo by Bob Nichols.
Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) Marketing and Communications Director Kristen Bourne (grey outfit) speaks about the impact of the food drive during the 2016 Feds Feed Families U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Kickoff event in the Whitten Building patio, Washington, D.C. on Friday, June 17, 2016. This year’s theme is "Feds Fighting Hunger." USDA once again will lead the 2016 Feds Feed Families (FFF) campaign with the support of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council and other agency partners. The campaign will run through August 30, 2016. Launched in 2009 as part of President Obama's United We Serve campaign, Feds Feed Families was designed to help food banks and pantries stay stocked during summer months when they traditionally see a decrease in donations and an increase in need. In Washington, D.C., the Capital Area Food Bank receives collections and distributes them through its network of more than 500 partner organizations. Through the amazing generosity of federal employees, since 2009 the food drive has collected nearly 57.2 million pounds of food for those in need. Last year alone, more than 17.9 million pounds were donated and provided to food banks and pantries. All Federal agencies, including field components, are asked to participate in the campaign. The field agencies will share their collections with their local food banks with the goal of ensuring that the FFF campaign will stretch across America and be visible and active in every state. As in every year, employees are asked to bring non-perishable food items and place them into a designated collection box located in the Federal workplace or take them directly to a local food bank. Donations of fresh food (fruit, vegetables, herbs, nuts) can be made directly to a food pantry in your community - please visit www.ampleharvest.org to find one near you.
Learn more about most wanted items in area food banks from the Capital Area Food Bank . For those outside of the National Capital Area, visit www.feedingamerica.org for a list of regional food banks (non-perishable food only) or www.ampleharvest.org , for a list of local food pantries (fresh produce as well as non-perishable food) in your area to partner with and to send donations. They assist with arranging pick-up and weighing of your donations. In 2016, as part of Feds Feed Families, employees are encouraged to take advantage of gleaning (clearing fields of unused produce). Field employees can reach out to Society of St. Andrew for gleaning opportunities in their area. The Mid-Atlantic Gleaning Network (MAGNET) is another great partner at www.midatlanticgleaningnetwork.org . Volunteers can pick, sort and deliver fresh produce to food banks, churches and other partners. USDA Media by Lance Cheung.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Associate Deputy Administrator/Acting Director Douglas Keeler motivates the audience to organize and team up in activities with his suggested spirit of “Yes We Will (End Hunger),” during the 2016 Feds Feed Families USDA Kickoff event in the Whitten Building patio, Washington, D.C. on Friday, June 17, 2016. This year’s official theme is "Feds Fighting Hunger."
USDA once again will lead the 2016 Feds Feed Families (FFF) campaign with the support of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council and other agency partners. The campaign will run through August 30, 2016. Launched in 2009 as part of President Obama's United We Serve campaign, Feds Feed Families was designed to help food banks and pantries stay stocked during summer months when they traditionally see a decrease in donations and an increase in need. In Washington, D.C., the Capital Area Food Bank receives collections and distributes them through its network of more than 500 partner organizations. Through the amazing generosity of federal employees, since 2009 the food drive has collected nearly 57.2 million pounds of food for those in need. Last year alone, more than 17.9 million pounds were donated and provided to food banks and pantries. All Federal agencies, including field components, are asked to participate in the campaign. The field agencies will share their collections with their local food banks with the goal of ensuring that the FFF campaign will stretch across America and be visible and active in every state. As in every year, employees are asked to bring non-perishable food items and place them into a designated collection box located in the Federal workplace or take them directly to a local food bank. Donations of fresh food (fruit, vegetables, herbs, nuts) can be made directly to a food pantry in your community - please visit www.ampleharvest.org to find one near you.
Learn more about most wanted items in area food banks from the Capital Area Food Bank . For those outside of the National Capital Area, visit www.feedingamerica.org for a list of regional food banks (non-perishable food only) or www.ampleharvest.org , for a list of local food pantries (fresh produce as well as non-perishable food) in your area to partner with and to send donations. They assist with arranging pick-up and weighing of your donations. In 2016, as part of Feds Feed Families, employees are encouraged to take advantage of gleaning (clearing fields of unused produce). Field employees can reach out to Society of St. Andrew for gleaning opportunities in their area. The Mid-Atlantic Gleaning Network (MAGNET) is another great partner at www.midatlanticgleaningnetwork.org . Volunteers can pick, sort and deliver fresh produce to food banks, churches and other partners. USDA Media by Lance Cheung.
Before air freight and the highways took control, the railroads moved premium perishable shipments in refrigerator cars or express reefers.
Urban Camo Ski Mask Project
These artworks are build from pieces of paper sourced mostly from the streets of Amsterdam. These bits and pieces are mixed up with torn screenprints, magazines and comicbooks. They are glued in the shape of a ski mask forming an urban camouflage pattern. The eyes and mouthpieces are made of laser-etched and or laser-cut photo’s, comics and logo’s.
Ski masks to me are a symbol of the current struggles around the globe. The news is dominated by men wearing ski masks whether it be terrorists or the special forces battling them.
Lofoten, voilier Anna Rogde
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ANNA ROGDE AF HARSTAD Anna Rogde is a flat - topped schooner with two masts.
She was launched August 20, 1868, under the name of Anna af Bergen. Rigging for fore - and aft sail was completed the following year.
The boat has a typical clipper hull and was built by Sigbjørn Birkeland from Bakke in Hordaland for a co-operative shipping company.
The freight business was expanding rapidly at the time Anna af Bergen was built. Perishable products such as fruit, tea and fish called for better ships which could get things to the markets faster. This led builders away from the prevailing rounded and flat hulls that sailed poorly in favor of more streamlined ones. This new type of schooner was also better at negotiating the skerries and islets, and it required a smaller crew than the former square-sailed boats.
The newly-developed boats thus reduced both sailing costs and sailing time.
In 1872 the Hardanger shipper Isak Rogde purchased the vessel. The following year he moved to Kjøtta near Harstad and there started a family shipping business with the Anna Rogde that spanned three generations and continued until 1972.
The ship has made several trips to Spain, Portugal, and other lands on the Atlantic coast and on the Baltic Sea. Most of its sailing, however, has been in northerly waters, as far north as Archangelsk and Murmansk.
There have also been dramatic moments, such as in 1889 when Anna Rogde was in a hurricane off the coast of Finnmark. The storm destroyed the rigging and the shipper had to order the mast cut down. But Anna Rogde made it though that time, too!
One is filled with great awe when one remembers the conditions under which sailors of tha time lived: Vessels were driven by the wind; there was no communication between the ship and land; hudrographic charts were quite inaccurate; and the network of lighthouses was not built up in the North.
The sextant was the only intrument they had.
In 1919 Anna Rogde received a one-cylinder Bolinder motor with 40 hp which functioned as makeshift when there was no wind. A wheelhouse was built; the main mast was shortened; and the foresail was fitted with a derrick.
The ship was laid up in 1972 by Per and Wilhelm Rogde, after having been used in freighting continuously since 1868.
The Anna Rogde is probably the oldest schooner in the world. She is a year older than the famous Cutty Sark.
Anna Rogde has now been returned to Harstad and is a beatiful attraction for the whole area. She has permanent anchorage at the Cultural Center wharf in Harstad
Mid-Atlantic Gleaning Network (MAGNET) President and CEO Rev. Thomas Chandler provides the history of gleaning, that local farms produce more than can be commercially harvested, and how with more USDA volunteers, tons more produce can be gleaned in 2016, surpassing last year’s record, during the 2016 Feds Feed Families U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Kickoff event in the Whitten Building patio, Washington, D.C. on Friday, June 17, 2016. This year’s theme is "Feds Fighting Hunger." USDA once again will lead the 2016 Feds Feed Families (FFF) campaign with the support of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council and other agency partners. The campaign will run through August 30, 2016. Launched in 2009 as part of President Obama's United We Serve campaign, Feds Feed Families was designed to help food banks and pantries stay stocked during summer months when they traditionally see a decrease in donations and an increase in need. In Washington, D.C., the Capital Area Food Bank receives collections and distributes them through its network of more than 500 partner organizations. Through the amazing generosity of federal employees, since 2009 the food drive has collected nearly 57.2 million pounds of food for those in need. Last year alone, more than 17.9 million pounds were donated and provided to food banks and pantries. All Federal agencies, including field components, are asked to participate in the campaign. The field agencies will share their collections with their local food banks with the goal of ensuring that the FFF campaign will stretch across America and be visible and active in every state. As in every year, employees are asked to bring non-perishable food items and place them into a designated collection box located in the Federal workplace or take them directly to a local food bank. Donations of fresh food (fruit, vegetables, herbs, nuts) can be made directly to a food pantry in your community - please visit www.ampleharvest.org to find one near you.
Learn more about most wanted items in area food banks from the Capital Area Food Bank . For those outside of the National Capital Area, visit www.feedingamerica.org for a list of regional food banks (non-perishable food only) or www.ampleharvest.org , for a list of local food pantries (fresh produce as well as non-perishable food) in your area to partner with and to send donations. They assist with arranging pick-up and weighing of your donations. In 2016, as part of Feds Feed Families, employees are encouraged to take advantage of gleaning (clearing fields of unused produce). Field employees can reach out to Society of St. Andrew for gleaning opportunities in their area. The Mid-Atlantic Gleaning Network (MAGNET) is another great partner at www.midatlanticgleaningnetwork.org . Volunteers can pick, sort and deliver fresh produce to food banks, churches and other partners. USDA Media by Lance Cheung.
My organic food delivery sometimes uses dry i
My organic food delivery sometimes used dry ice to cool perishables. So I found myself with a little bag of dry ice on Thursday. What do do with it? Boil it of course!
This is a food drive by a local food bank (Community Harvest). This one is by Northrop High School. Sponsors fund the raw materials which are containers of non-perishable food which the artists/engineers fashion into sculptures. The theme this year was "dynamic duos". This group selected Snoopy and Woodstock, atop Snoopy's house. According to local media, this piece took 7,000 cans. At the end of the exhibition, the food is donated to the food bank, which (again according to local media) resulted in 85,000 items being donated last year. I thought this piece, especially Woodstock, was quite clever.
The annual Empty Bowls event was held Sunday, March 17 in the Blue Ridge Mountain Room on Ferrum College's campus. Students, faculty, professional potters, and other area volunteers made hundreds of unique bowls for this year’s event. For $15, guests chose their handcrafted bowl, filled it with homemade soup, and kept their "empty bowl." Proceeds from the event supported the Panther Packs program at Ferrum Elementary School, which sends qualifying children home for the weekend with backpacks stocked with nutritious, non-perishable food. A silent auction was also held during the event, showcasing beautiful, original works of art.
Julie Nix photo.
Bananas are grown in the world mainly for their economic and nutritional value. High perishable nature of banana leads to quality deterioration which distracts consumer and hence high postharvest losses in the market. Climacteric nature of banana make these postharvest losses accelerate by triggering ethylene induced ripening process. Extending banana shelf life could be a considerable commercial benefit for both exporters and retailers. Treatments such as fungicides, heat treatments and low temperature storage are being applied for extending the shelf life of banana. However, nowadays, increased public concern over presence of chemical residues has progressively leads the adoption of heat treatment methods which substitutes as a non-damaging physical treatment for chemical prevention. Heat treatment is one of effective postharvest techniques which have been using as a plant quarantine procedure in other fruits. Indeed, the overall quality of fresh produce treated with optimal hot water temperatures is significantly better than untreated produce, as determined by a sharp reduction in decay incidence and maintenance of several quality traits. Heat treatment can be applied as vapor heat, hot water immersion (hot water dip) of the fruit until the core temperature reaches required effective temperature depending on cultivar. Banana fruit ripening effectively can be delayed by application of hot water treatments such as 40°C for five minutes. These treatments are not negatively effect on fruit taste, brix value around 40°C treatments. Further, more positively suppressed the microbial growth on fruit surface which supportive to the extend shelf life of banana. All findings related to heat treatments on banana suggest that hot water treatment, 40-50°C depending on cultivar, is most suitable for delaying de-greening and hence delaying the ripening during storage at ambient temperature. Food taste and soluble solid content not affected badly by hot water treatments especially up to 40ºC. Microbial growth effectively controlled by hot water treatment over 40°C. As with all this it can be concluded that heat treatments led to increase postharvest life without affecting the food quality of banana.
Author(s) Details
Dr. P. K. Dissanayake
Department of Export Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka.
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TEXTRON SCORPION ISR/Strike Aircraft N5311A @ Royal International Air Tattoo , Gloucestershire , England , UK
No other jet has the surveillance and strike capability of Scorpion. And at £12 million to acquire, no other jet matches Scorpion’s affordability.
Scorpion is jet fast – with the ability to get to an escalating situation quickly – yet can maneuver at much lower speeds, if the mission requires it. Quickly reconfigurable, Scorpion’s interior payload bay is provisioned for sophisticated ISR systems. Plus, Scorpion is capable of being weaponized using a variety of weapon sets, including precision guided munitions (PGMs) for precision strike.
While on mission, Scorpion brings the ability to see and exploit perishable intelligence and strike fleeting targets, bringing tactical advantage to even the most demanding situations.
The Scorpion is a clean-sheet, all-composite design with a tandem cockpit, retractable sensor mounts, an internal weapons bay and wing-mounted hard points for external stores. It is powered by twin turbofans producing 8,000 pounds of thrust. Among specifications the companies list are a mtow of 21,250 pounds, maximum speed of 450 ktas and 45,000-foot service ceiling.
The two companies—AirLand Enterprises is a small development firm that includes former Department of Defense executives as investors—have formed a joint venture called Textron AirLand to promote the Scorpion as an “affordable” tactical aircraft capable of performing “lower-threat” and homeland security missions. Its design is “well matched” to Air National Guard missions, including irregular warfare, border patrol, maritime surveillance, emergency relief, and counter-narcotics operations.
Proven Technology … Pushed Further
Scorpion incorporates proven components and technologies to create an exceptional aircraft that delivers more operational and tactical capability at reduced acquisition and operating costs.
Those components and technologies include:
•Certified avionics from Genesys Aerosystems
•Ejection seats from the T-38C program
•Proven Honeywell TFE-731-40AR engines
•Dual Hydraulic Flight Control System from Citation X optimized for Scorpion mission profiles
•Wheels and brakes from the Citation Sovereign
•Electrical generation and distribution based on Citation CJ4
•Environmental Controls Systems based on Sovereign and CJ4
•Hydraulic Systems based on Sovereign and CJ4
* Suppliers and technologies listed above are for prototype only.
An Impressive Pedigree
Textron AirLand’s parent company, Textron, and its business units, Bell Helicopter, Textron Aviation (Beechcraft and Cessna) and Textron Systems, have developed some of the most capable aircraft in the defense market, including the Beechcraft AT-6 and special mission King Air, Cessna special mission Citation and Caravan, Bell V-280, V-22, Bell AH-1Z “Zulu,” Bell UH-1Y “Yankee,” and the Textron Systems Shadow and Aerosonde unmanned aircraft. Beechcraft also makes the best-selling military training turbo prop in the world, and the Cessna A-37 Dragonfly is one of the most effective light attack jets for global operators for over 50 years and still in service today. TRU Simulation + Training, Inc. a Textron Company, is also a leader in flight simulation solutions for leading defense aircraft.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Corporation employees provided some much needed holiday cheer for military families in need by donating 156 family meals at their corporate offices here today. The company, NCNG and Army Reserve volunteers braved a chilly morning to load many of the boxes full non-perishable food for a Thanksgiving feast onto North Carolina National Guard Light Medium Tactical Vehicle for distribution. “It is a great opportunity for the team,” said Vince Toscano, a Wells Fargo consumer loan underwriter. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan, North Carolina National Guard Public Affairs)
SAS Elementary hosted a winter food drive to collect canned and non-perishable food items from January 9-31, 2017. This was organized as a class competition whereby the class who donated the most food would earn a dress down day. Altogether, the school collected 895 items that were donated to a local food pantry! The top classes were Ms. Figueroa and Ms. McGrath with 108 cans, Mrs. Cusano and Mrs. Styborski with 109 cans, Mrs. Murdie and Ms. Sayles with 126 cans, and Ms. Peryea and Ms. Gielarowski with 151 cans! We are so impressed by the generosity of our SAS families!
#SASAtoms #SASCS
Ahead of the bay window caboose are refrigerated ex-Southern Pacific cars labeled "Pacific Fruit Express" and "Perishable Freight Experts" - CN9649(GP40-2Lw), CN76647(Caboose)
This is a small lane running alongside the length of the Spice Bazaar. The line of stores there are selling Turkish Delight, tea and snacks. Despite the cold, the street was being literally hosed down and was quite wet and slippery. Here is a far shot of the lane. (Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 2014)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Corporation employees provided some much needed holiday cheer for military families in need by donating 156 family meals at their corporate offices here today. The company, NCNG and Army Reserve volunteers braved a chilly morning to load many of the boxes full non-perishable food for a Thanksgiving feast onto North Carolina National Guard Light Medium Tactical Vehicle for distribution. “It is a great opportunity for the team,” said Vince Toscano, a Wells Fargo consumer loan underwriter. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan, North Carolina National Guard Public Affairs)
MAHAVATAR BABAJI CAVE
Mahāvatār Bābājī (literally; Great Avatar Dear Father) is the name given to an Indian saint and yogi by Lahiri Mahasaya and several of his disciples,[2] who reported meeting him between 1861 and 1935. Some of these meetings were described by Paramahansa Yogananda in his book Autobiography of a Yogi, including a first-hand report of Yogananda's own meeting with the yogi.[3]Another first hand account was given by Yukteswar Giri in his book The Holy Science.[4] According to Sri M's autobiography (Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master) Babaji, was Shiva. In the second last chapter of his book, he mentions Babaji changing his form to that of Shiva. All of these accounts, along with additional reported meetings, are described in various biographies.[5][6][7]According to Yogananda's autobiography, Babaji has resided for at least hundreds of years in the remote Himalayan regions of India, seen in person by only a small number of disciples and others.[3][8] The death less Master is more than 2000 years old. He belongs to a very powerful lineage of Siddha Boganthar and Rishi Agastya as his Gurus. He acquired this deathless, non perishable body through tough yogik kriyas.
Again, according to his autobiography, shortly before Yogananda left for America in 1920, Babaji came to his home in Calcutta, where the young monk sat deeply praying for divine assurance regarding the mission he was about to undertake. Babaji said to him: "Follow the behest of your guru and go to America. Fear not; you shall be protected. You are the one I have chosen to spread the message of Kriya Yoga in the West
There are very few accounts of Babaji's childhood. One source of information is the book Babaji and the 18 Siddha Kriya Yoga tradition by Marshal Govindan.[9]According to Govindan, Babaji was named Nagarajan (king of serpents) by his parents. [8] V.T. Neelakantan and S.A.A. Ramaiah founded on 17 October 1952, (they claim – at the request of Babaji) a new organization, "Kriya Babaji Sangah," dedicated to the teaching of Babaji's Kriya Yoga. They claim that in 1953 Mahavatar Babaji told them that he was born on 30 November 203 CE in a small coastal village now known as Parangipettai, Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, India.[10] Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas Trust (Kriya Babaji Sangah) and their branch organizations claim his place and date of birth.[10] He was a disciple of Bogar and his birth name is Nagarajan.[9][10]
In Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi, many references are made to Mahavatar Babaji, including from Lahirī and Sri Yukteshwar.[3] In his book The Second Coming of Christ, Yogananda states that Jesus Christ went to India and conferred with Mahavatar Babaji.[8] This would make Babaji at least 2000 years old.[11] According to Govindan's book, Babaji Nagaraj's father was the priest of the village's temple. Babaji revealed only those details which he believed to be formative as well as potentially instructive to his disciples. Govindan mentioned one incident like this: "One time Nagaraj's mother had got one rare jackfruit for a family feast and put it aside. Babaji was only 4 years old at that time. He found the jackfruit when his mother was not around and ate it all. When his mother came to know about it, she flew in blind rage and stuffed a cloth inside Babaji's mouth, nearly suffocating him, but he survived. Later on he thanked God for showing him that she was to be loved without attachment or illusion. His Love for his mother became unconditional and detached."[9]
When Nagaraj was about 5 years old, someone kidnapped him and sold him as a slave in Calcutta (now Kolkata). His new owner however was a kind man and he freed Nagaraj shortly thereafter. Nagaraj then joined a small group of wandering sannyāsin due to their radiant faces and love for God. During the next few years, he wandered from place to place, studying holy scriptures like the Vedas, Upanishad, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita.
According to Marshall Govindan's book, at the age of eleven, he made a difficult journey on foot and by boat with a group of ascetics to Kataragama, Sri Lanka. Nagaraj met Siddha Bhogarnathar and became his disciple. Nagaraj performed intensive yogic sadhana for a long time with him. Bhogarnathar inspired Nagaraj to seek his initiation into Kriya Kundalini Pranayam from Siddha Agastya. Babaji became a disciple of Siddha Agastya. Nagaraj was initiated into the secrets of Kriya Kundalini Pranayama or "Vasi Yogam". Babaji made a long pilgrimage to Badrinath and spent eighteen months practising yogic kriyataught to him by Siddha Agastya and Bhogarnathar. Babaji attained self-realization shortly thereafter.[9]
It is claimed that these revelations were made by Babaji himself to S.A.A. Ramaiah, a young graduate student in geology at the University of Madras and V.T. Neelakantan, a famous journalist, and close student of Annie Besant, President of the Theosophical Society and mentor of Krishnamurti. Babaji was said to have appeared to each of them independently and then brought them together to work for his Mission in 1942
By Kailash Mansarovar Foundation Swami Bikash Giri www.sumeruparvat.com , www.naturalitem.com
Angkor Thom (Khmer: អង្គរធំ; literally: "Great City"), located in present day Cambodia, was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by King Jayavarman VII. It covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. At the centre of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, the Bayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north.
Angkor Thom was established as the capital of Jayavarman VII's empire, and was the centre of his massive building programme. One inscription found in the city refers to Jayavarman as the groom and the city as his bride.
Angkor Thom seems not to be the first Khmer capital on the site, however. Yasodharapura, dating from three centuries earlier, was centred slightly further northwest, and Angkor Thom overlapped parts of it. The most notable earlier temples within the city are the former state temple of Baphuon, and Phimeanakas, which was incorporated into the Royal Palace. The Khmers did not draw any clear distinctions between Angkor Thom and Yashodharapura: even in the fourteenth century an inscription used the earlier name. The name of Angkor Thom - great city - was in use from the 16th century.
The last temple known to have been constructed in Angkor Thom was Mangalartha, which was dedicated in 1295. Thereafter the existing structures continued to be modified from time to time, but any new creations were in perishable materials and have not survived. In the following centuries Angkor Thom remained the capital of a kingdom in decline until it was abandoned some time prior to 1609, when an early western visitor wrote of an uninhabited city, "as fantastic as the Atlantis of Plato". It is believed to have sustained a population of 80,000–150,000 people.
STYLE
Angkor Thom is in the Bayon style. This manifests itself in the large scale of the construction, in the widespread use of laterite, in the face-towers at each of the entrances to the city and in the naga-carrying giant figures which accompany each of the towers.
THE SITE
The city lies on the west bank of the Siem Reap River, a tributary of Tonle Sap, about a quarter of a mile from the river. The south gate of Angkor Thom is 7.2 km north of Siem Reap, and 1.7 km north of the entrance to Angkor Wat. The walls, 8 m high and flanked by a moat, are each 3 km long, enclosing an area of 9 km². The walls are of laterite buttressed by earth, with a parapet on the top. There are gates at each of the cardinal points, from which roads lead to the Bayon at the centre of the city. As the Bayon itself has no wall or moat of its own, those of the city are interpreted by archaeologists as representing the mountains and oceans surrounding the Bayon's Mount Meru. Another gate - the Victory Gate - is 500 m north of the east gate; the Victory Way runs parallel to the east road to the Victory Square and the Royal Palace north of the Bayon.
The faces on the 23 m towers at the city gates, which are later additions to the main structure, take after those of the Bayon and pose the same problems of interpretation. They may represent the king himself, the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, guardians of the empire's cardinal points, or some combination of these. A causeway spans the moat in front of each tower: these have a row of devas on the left and asuras on the right, each row holding a naga in the attitude of a tug-of-war. This appears to be a reference to the myth, popular in Angkor, of the Churning of the Sea of Milk. The temple-mountain of the Bayon, or perhaps the gate itself, would then be the pivot around which the churning takes place. The nagas may also represent the transition from the world of men to the world of the gods (the Bayon), or be guardian figures. The gateways themselves are 3.5 by 7 m, and would originally have been closed with wooden doors. The south gate is now by far the most often visited, as it is the main entrance to the city for tourists.
At each corner of the city is a Prasat Chrung - corner shrine - built of sandstone and dedicated to Avalokiteshvara. These are cruciform with a central tower, and orientated towards the east.
Within the city was a system of canals, through which water flowed from the northeast to the southwest. The bulk of the land enclosed by the walls would have been occupied by the secular buildings of the city, of which nothing remains. This area is now covered by forest.
Most of the great Angkor ruins have vast displays of bas-relief depicting the various gods, goddesses, and other-worldly beings from the mythological stories and epic poems of ancient Hinduism (modified by centuries of Buddhism). Mingled with these images are actual known animals, like elephants, snakes, fish, and monkeys, in addition to dragon-like creatures that look like the stylized, elongated serpents (with feet and claws) found in Chinese art.
But among the ruins of Ta Prohm, near a huge stone entrance, one can see that the “roundels on pilasters on the south side of the west entrance are unusual in design.”
What one sees are roundels depicting various common animals - pigs, monkeys, water buffaloes, roosters and snakes. There are no mythological figures among the roundels, so one can reasonably conclude that these figures depict the animals that were commonly seen by the ancient Khmer people in the twelfth century.
ANGKOR THOM IN POPULAR CULTURE
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider features several characters visiting Angkor Thom during their trip to Cambodia to recover the first piece of the Triangle of Light.
In James Rollins' SIGMA Force Book 4: The Judas Strain (2007), the characters' journey to find a cure for a plague, which requires following in the steps of Marco Polo, leads them to the Angor Thom.
In Peter Bourne's novel The Golden Pagans (c.1956), the main characters are sent to Arabia during the Crusades, captured, and forced into servitude by the Khmers. The prisoners build a portion of what becomes known as Angkor Thom.
In Patlabor the Movie 2, the opening scene appears to be based on the Angkor Thom, as said by Hayao Miyazaki in an interview with Animage magazine (October 1993).
In Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Angkor Thom is the third city built in the Khmer Empire, after Yasodharapura and Hariharalaya.
In Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Angkor Thom is the region where a Cambodian temple is located, housing the Ancient Mantorok.
Currently, Dover Cargo Terminal has a flourishing trade in perishables freight with three reefer
container ships calling at Dover on a weekly basis.
These deep-sea services are operated by Africa
Express Line, bringing in fresh produce from West Africa and Seatrade which has Dover as a port of
call on its Costa Rica-Colombia-Europe line. This equates to the Port of Dover contributing to at least 25% of bananas imported into the UK.
The view from the counter. The room was pretty much full of non-perishables, clothing, etc. Not a bad haul for a small coffeehouse.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Departmental Management (DM) Office of Human Resource Management (OHRM) Chief Human Capital Officer Roberta (Bobbi) Jeanquart remarks about her personal experiences that emphasizes the effects of donation during the 2016 Feds Feed Families USDA Kickoff event in the Whitten Building patio, Washington, D.C. on Friday, June 17, 2016. This year’s theme is "Feds Fighting Hunger."USDA once again will lead the 2016 Feds Feed Families (FFF) campaign with the support of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council and other agency partners. The campaign will run through August 30, 2016. Launched in 2009 as part of President Obama's United We Serve campaign, Feds Feed Families was designed to help food banks and pantries stay stocked during summer months when they traditionally see a decrease in donations and an increase in need. In Washington, D.C., the Capital Area Food Bank receives collections and distributes them through its network of more than 500 partner organizations. Through the amazing generosity of federal employees, since 2009 the food drive has collected nearly 57.2 million pounds of food for those in need. Last year alone, more than 17.9 million pounds were donated and provided to food banks and pantries. All Federal agencies, including field components, are asked to participate in the campaign. The field agencies will share their collections with their local food banks with the goal of ensuring that the FFF campaign will stretch across America and be visible and active in every state. As in every year, employees are asked to bring non-perishable food items and place them into a designated collection box located in the Federal workplace or take them directly to a local food bank. Donations of fresh food (fruit, vegetables, herbs, nuts) can be made directly to a food pantry in your community - please visit www.ampleharvest.org to find one near you.
Learn more about most wanted items in area food banks from the Capital Area Food Bank . For those outside of the National Capital Area, visit www.feedingamerica.org for a list of regional food banks (non-perishable food only) or www.ampleharvest.org , for a list of local food pantries (fresh produce as well as non-perishable food) in your area to partner with and to send donations. They assist with arranging pick-up and weighing of your donations. In 2016, as part of Feds Feed Families, employees are encouraged to take advantage of gleaning (clearing fields of unused produce). Field employees can reach out to Society of St. Andrew for gleaning opportunities in their area. The Mid-Atlantic Gleaning Network (MAGNET) is another great partner at www.midatlanticgleaningnetwork.org . Volunteers can pick, sort and deliver fresh produce to food banks, churches and other partners. USDA Media by Lance Cheung.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Corporation employees provided some much needed holiday cheer for military families in need by donating 156 family meals at their corporate offices here today. The company, NCNG and Army Reserve volunteers braved a chilly morning to load many of the boxes full non-perishable food for a Thanksgiving feast onto North Carolina National Guard Light Medium Tactical Vehicle for distribution. “It is a great opportunity for the team,” said Vince Toscano, a Wells Fargo consumer loan underwriter. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan, North Carolina National Guard Public Affairs)
21st Victorian Christmas Tea - 12-2-2017. Ruth Ann Rockwell, and her friends throw two annual Victorian Teas; one on Mother’s Day and one on Christmas. These teas benefit the Soup of Success program. Ruth is a long-time friend and volunteer of CCS and along with her amazing crew has hosted teas for Soup for Success every May and December since 2002. The annual events are held at Living Faith Fellowship Church at 2601 Benham Avenue in Elkhart, IN from 1-4pm with $5 admission and a non-perishable food or person care item CCS Pantry.
The event featured dozens of fancy edibles, 100+ affordably priced gift baskets, music, silent auction & of course, lots of delicious teas. This year, on Sat. Dec. 2, 2017, many red hat ladies attended and enjoyed the refreshment. WWII Book author Wayne W. White, and Carl Mauck, author of Bonneyville Mills Then and Now (and Ruth’s cousin) offered their fascinating books to the public.
This wonderful woman (and neighbor) ran a shop 100 feet away from my apartment. I ended up buying about 30% of my groceries from their shop and sometimes even played cards behind the counter with her husband. Most of the products they sold were imported from Italy or Greece (cookies, etc), but they also carried some local products. I usually had two "disagreements" with her over time. First, whenever the power went off (which was often), I avoided buying her meat or perishable items. That annoyed her a bit. Second, she stopped carrying Coca Cola (an expensive import) in favor of local soda , presumably with a higher markup. By now, her shop is surely out of business, though the husband and wife who ran it learned a lot about how to run a small business and how to be friendly to customers. That is one of the ironies of postcommunism. Though the state shops had lousy customer service, the local vendors provided some of the best customer service I'd ever received. For this woman and her husband, we were almost like family. One hard aspect to running a shop like this in the mid1990's was that first, many shop owners didn't own the property they built their shops on, and 2)Albanian businesses had limited enterpreneurial imaginations, so there were three or four shops like this on every street that sold the exact same thing.
Members of the greek community gather non-perishables during the annual "Greeks Give Back" event of Greek Week. (Photo/Liz Chrisman)
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I got a small electric cooler I keep perishables in, but it can be hell on the batteries, especially in winter. I save a few bucks by buying my groceries at real stores instead of dealing with the extortion of truck stop prices.
Right now I got Sandwich cheese, some real butter and few hot dogs and a bottle of cranberry grape juice. And a box of Arm and Hammer, for flavor... ;)
The MQ-1 Predator is a medium-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft. The MQ-1's primary mission is interdiction and conducting armed reconnaissance against critical, perishable targets. When the MQ-1 is not actively pursuing its primary mission, it acts as the Joint Forces Air Component Commander-owned theater asset for reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition in support of the Joint Forces commander.
The Air National Guard flies the Predator out of units in CA (234th Intelligence Squadron– Beale AFB, California), ND (Fargo, ND), NY (109th Wing – Scotia, NY) and TX (147th Wing – Houston, TX).
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2018 DAF CF 480 FTG Space Cab
Perishable Movements Ltd, Feltham, London
Buckingham, 11 December 2020
Steve Lutz from The Perishables Group (US) in session 1 (Measuring the market for fresh berries) panel discussion.
Two-level Wal-Mart Canada store at Scarborough Town Centre. Has escalator and food department with large international food section, but limited perishable assortment. Building is originally Hudson Bay Company, then Sears Canada before becoming Wal-Mart. Open entrance to mall corridor.
Fort Bragg North Commissary Perishable Manager Maureen McCarthy stands in the produce department at Fort Bragg, N.C. in April 2013. McCarthy was one of two Defense Commissary Agency managers named to the Top 25 Produce Managers list by United Fresh. McCarthy managed the produce department at the Fort Bragg North Commissary until late July 2012, when she was promoted to perishable manager. (DeCA photo: Phyllis Hendricks)
The 26th annual Community Christmas program for the Riverbend community in Illinois collected 19,252 items for those in need during the holiday season. The program, sponsored by United Way's Southwest Illinois Division and The Telegraph, wrapped up on Thursday, December 10, when more than 100 boxes were picked up from local businesses, dropped off at a central location, and then were sorted for distribution to the 17 recipient agencies. Items donated included non-perishable food, clothes, winter weather necessities like gloves, hats and scarves, blankets, towels, baby care items, hygiene items, and new toys. Community Christmas helps more than 6,000 people in need every year.