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Cháteau Peyrepertuse
El castillo de Peyrepertuse se encuentra en la región de Languedoc Roussillion y es considerado una de las estructuras cátaras más destacables de la región. Fue construido en el siglo XI en lo alto de una inmensa roca con la que se lo confunde a la distancia. No es sino hasta que uno está muy cerca del castillo que nota su presencia y es capaz de apreciar su innegable esplendor.
El lugar fue ocupado por los romanos mucho antes de la construcción del castillo. Dos siglos después de su edificación, fue entregado a los cruzados, en el año 1240 y formó parte de la Corona Catalano-Aragonesa. Desde entonces, fue una pieza clave en la defensa de la frontera con el por entonces reino de Castilla y así permaneció hasta el siglo XVII, cuando el Tratado de los Pirineos dio fin a la disputa por el territorio con los franceses, y la reubicación de la línea divisoria entre ambos países dejó al castillo lejos del límite.
The castle of Peyrepertuse is in the region of Languedoc Roussillion and is considered one of the most noteworthy cátaras structures of the region. It was built in the XI century in the top of an immense rock with the that it confuses the distance. It is not until one is very close to the castle that note its presence and is able to appreciate its undeniable splendor. The place was occupied by the Romans long before the construction of the castle.
Two centuries after its construction, was delivered to the crusaders, in the year 1240 and formed part of the Crown Catalano-Aragonesa. Since then, was a key piece in the defense of the border with the then Kingdom of Castile and remained there until the seventeenth century, when the Treaty of the Pyrenees gave end to the dispute over the territory with the French, and the relocation of the dividing line between the two countries left the castle away from limit.
I spied this heron perched in a bush as it watched for fish. Then it made its move to a lower branch closer to the water. I liked the catchlight in the shot.
This cormorant was working one part of the lake, then evidently was dissatisfied, so moved to the west end. Fortunately for me, I was well situated for the flight.
It's still "Mother's Day" in my time zone so I'm sneaking this one in under the wire. Long-tailed Weasel mom relocates her youngster, half dragging half carrying. She's probably saying something like "I TOLD you not to play in the street". I'm sure our hard-working moms of the world can relate.
It has been a good summer in Vancouver for Eastern Warblers, a Chestnut-sided, Ovenbird, Tennessee and now a Black-and-white! This bird was first found by Jacky Ip on July 5th and I was happy to relocate it early this morning.
Had to relocate some mantises that were protecting our cucumber patch so I could remove the old and plant some new. I was worried about doing so thinking it would freak out and move on. It didn't. Just after putting this one down it immediate caught a bug and proceeded to have lunch like business as usual.
The Heart Mountain War Relocation Center, named after nearby Heart Mountain and located midway between the northwest Wyoming towns of Cody and Powell, was one of ten concentration camps used for the internment of Japanese Americans evicted during World War II from their local communities (including their homes, businesses, and college residencies) in the West Coast Exclusion Zone by the executive order of President Franklin Roosevelt, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
There are only a few original buildings remain, two barracks and this, the smokestack building (see pic).
Pic: The hospital, behind, relied on the boiler house to provide steam heat during cold Wyoming weather.
There is a museum, Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, just east of this. They open daily, 10am to 5pm. I got there like 4:15pm on Friday, September 9th, not enough time to visit inside - just don't want them to see me acting hurry; just took the pictures of those abandoned buildings, and left.
On one of the roads towards the great freshwater lake named Tonle Sap, central Cambodia. Tonle Sap is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia flooding a vast area in the rainy season and retreating significantly in the dry season. Small homes are often relocated closer to the waters edge in the dry season.
Cormorants moving from one end of the pond at Delores Fenwick Nature Center to the other. About 50 birds in this mini-migration. Could have used more DoF. Pearland, Texas.
At Fernald, Lodge Pond is a sure-fire spot to observe many ducks. if one is patient, afternoon light hits the ducks flying in or simply relocating across the pond. The dry weeds on the banks provide great background.
BNSF 6643 heads down the BNSF Hannibal Sub. just north of Elsberry, MO. with 25 CitiRail Gevo's in tow. Running in a 1x2 formation to haul the units at this point of the journey under the symbol D-ALNSTL3 05T. This is 1 of 4 planned moves to relocate the units from Alliance, NE to St. Louis, MO. The units are headed for the Prairie Lines yard for storage in St. Louis, MO., I'm guessing that Citi got tired of paying BNSF for storage.
CitiRail units in this move: 1333, 1410, 1212, 1350, 1429, 1303, 1332, 1434, 1412, 1347, 1318, 1435, 1213, 1208, 1325, 1338, 1210, 1310, 1345, 1415, 1411, 1314, 1419, 1316, & 1201.
RKO_5274. A well fed lioness relocating her cubs. A very rare sighting as they really protect their cubs until they can safely join the group with male lions.
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it was so good to see them doing so well - what a change from a few years ago! There are even 5 foals now after attempts have been made to relocate the hyenas who had been killing them for years and an additional feeding programme has been established!
Praying Mantis
A species of Mantid that I don't see very often. You can see some yellow colouring. This year we have cleared the garden alongside our driveway where these appeared from time to time. This one was on our Wisteria, looks like it has found a new home.
Marsh Life 11
Spring returns to the Fobbing Marsh. A swan, sensing a presence, relocates 100 metres downstream. No panic, no drama.
Fobbing, Essex, England
For Sliders Sunday (processed to the max).
HSS Everybody!
The forest and a specially built squirrel box, were not enough to entice this little squirrel away from our out buildings. She chewed her way into our water shed, (Before we had the time to log the outer-walls) and then gave birth! Once she spotted us watching her - she relocated her tiny family to the squirrel box - where she should have been in the first place.
This birdhouse has been moved a few times under my watchful eye. I didn’t think it was being used enough. Location, location, location is that the problem. Well I did move it to its current location. I think my “Birdhouse Relocation” program was a success as I see it’s getting more use. Gratitude and Kindness are being paid by the current occupants.
The Highland is a Scottish breed of rustic cattle. It originated in the Scottish Highlands and the Outer Hebrides islands of Scotland and has long horns and a long shaggy coat. It is a hardy breed, bred to withstand the intemperate conditions in the region.
Highland cattle descend from the Hamitic Longhorn, which were brought to Britain by Neolithic farmers in the second millennium BC, as the cattle migrated northwards through Africa and Europe. Highland cattle were historically of great importance to the economy, with the cattle being raised for meat primarily and sold in England.
The 1885 herd book describes two distinct types of Highland cattle. One was the West Highland, or Kyloe, originating and living mostly in the Outer Hebrides, which had harsher conditions. These cattle tended to be smaller, to have black coats and, due to their more rugged environment, to have long hair. These cattle were named due to the practice of relocating them. The kyles are narrow straits of water, and the cattle were driven across them to get to market.
The other type was the mainland; these tended to be larger because their pastures provided richer nutrients. They came in a range of colours, most frequently dun or red. These types have now been crossbred so that there is no distinct difference.
Since the early 20th century, breeding stock has been exported to many parts of the world, especially Australia and North America.
It is estimated that there are now around 15,000 Highland cattle in the United Kingdom.
At 2359 hours the CMQ will join the ranks of Fallen Flag's being taken over by the CP. To my friends on the CMQ I offer this advise, follows the rules, do your job and ask questions if you do not understand. Boy's you have graduated to a Class 1, hang on, nothing will be as it was. I made a couple of trips to the Moosehead Sub before relocating to Virginia as this was where my career started back with the CP. Back then there was a siding at Tarrantine that went through crossing and you can see its footprint to this day. It's Christmas Eve and the boys are headed home.
Relocation of a puffin (Fratercula arctica) conference
Umzug einer Konferenz von Papageitauchern (Fratercula arctica)
It's embarrassing how many cobwebs and dog hairs the small animals find behind our furniture. Here I bring this stag beetle girl outside. Yesterday we had a cornu aspersum with cobwebs and dog hairs. We've put it outside. Fun fact is, that the giant house spiders don't collect dirt before I find them and scream (I would be good in a bad horror movie). Two days ago, I saw a giant house spider in the bathroom. I screamed, and the brave husband caught the girl (it was a girl) in a glass and threw her outside. I'm sure she comes right back inside to look for a cosy spot for to make a cocoon. She was completely clean!
It may be time to relocate the squirrel log.
For those of you that have not been following the saga of the squirrel log: flic.kr/p/2oniwhC
Today I relocated 44 chrysalis that were on top of two net cages and I added them to the chrysalis hotel which is now full... I had to add on a new addition....85 in total with many eggs and cats to follow!
To date... only the triplets eclosed... 2 girls/1 boy
If you have a garden, PLEASE PLANT MILKWEED... THEY NEED OUR HELP TO SURVIVE!!
After relocating two of its three C424m’s to the rear of the train, the remaining unit leads the westbound Delaware & Hudson Griegsville salt train out of Hornell, New York. The entire train can be seen her, including the two units on the rear of the train. The former Erie Hornell shops can be seen in the distance, sporting a huge “GENERAL ELECTRIC“ sign. On this day, several Apache Railway C420’s were in the house.
One of several cottages in this street reputed to have been relocated from the gold-mining town of Walhalla.
The Victorian Railways finally completed the railway line to Walhalla in 1910, sadly about the same time that mining in the area became unprofitable and most mines closed and the residents packed up and left. The population during the gold era peaked at around 4,000 compared with today's permanent population of approximately 20 residents.
So it was somewhat ironical that the railway line's main function became the removal of houses and other buildings from the town it was built to service. Today, they are dotted over many areas of Gippsland and beyond.
music
Pictures & video of the East German uprising of 1953 accompanied by the first few minutes of the second movement of Shostakovich's 11th Symphony.
Pictures & video of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 accompanied by the last few minutes of the second movement of Shostakovich's 11th Symphony.
Pictures & video of the "Prague Spring" uprising of 1968 accompanied by the last few minutes of the fourth movement of Shostakovich's 11th Symphony.
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Biserica Bunavestire - Schitul Maicilor, Bucuresti
"The Annunciation" - Schitul Maicilor ["Nuns Skete"] Church
finished in 1726
www.monumenteromania.ro/index.php/monumente/detalii/en/Th...
One of several Bucharest churches moved from their original location during the communist dictatorship and dumped behind new highrise buildings.
After the devastating earthquake of 1977 Nicolae Ceausescu realized that he can remodel Bucharest on a large scale. An area larger than historic Venice [250 hectares] was demolished to make way for a new administrative center. In total 27 orthodox churches, 6 synagogues and 3 protestant churches were demolished all over the town during that time. After a unique, brave and singular protest of several historians only 7 historically important churches were "saved" by relocation behind large buildings, to make them "invisible". The translation was technically done by first pouring a reenforced concrete foundation underneath the church and then slowly moving it to the new location on rails.
People used to joke back then that Bucharest was the only city in the world to have its own unique traffic sign: CAUTION, CROSSING CHURCHES [like the deer crossing sign]
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Ceauşima [Ceausescu+Hiroshima]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceau%C5%9Fima
Ceauşima ("Ceaushima") is a vernacular word construction in Romanian, sarcastically linking former communist leader Nicolae Ceauşescu to Hiroshima. This portmanteau term was sometimes coined in the 1980s to describe the huge urban areas of Bucharest that Ceauşescu ordered torn down, comparing the results with the nuclear attack on Hiroshima.
Statism [etatism]
Architecture and Power
Arhitectura și Puterea
[1993 Romanian documentary about Bucharest from 1930s to 1980s]
youtu.be/vuyoRpmPnZU [trailer]
THE SOVIET STORY [2008 documentary]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soviet_Story
Nineteen Eighty-Four [George Orwell]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
Brazil [1985 movie]
Last week, the Eagle Street Pier, a precinct of restaurants along the Brisbane River, nestled under some very tall high rise buildings closed after about 30 years of being one of the city's prime entertainment and dining areas. The whole area is being wiped away and replaced by an entirely new facility, including even more high rise blocks, restaurants, an upgraded river walk - all of which will take many years to build but should hopefully be done and bedded down well before the 2032 Olympics.
The two paddle wheelers, Kookaburra Queen and KQ II have been based here for years so no doubt these two floating restaurants will be relocating. Not too far beyond where they are tied up, Edward Street comes down from the centre of town and meets the City Botanical Gardens and it is at this point that another of what the Brisbane City Council calls its "green bridges" for pedestrians is being built across to Kangaroo Point.
Even now the city feels like a gigantic construction site and sadly is not always an attractive and easy place to walk around because of that. I guess we can't stop progress and in these difficult economic times, I doubt we should provided it is done tastefully and with recognition of the heritage places.
Tomb KV2, found in the Valley of the Kings, is the tomb of Ramesses IV, and is located low in the main valley, between KV7 and KV1. It has been open since antiquity and contains a large amount of graffiti.
A hieratic ostracon has been discovered mentioning the initiation of the tomb, its location selected by the local governor and two of the pharaoh's chief attendants in the second year of his reign. Ramesses IV ascended the throne late in life, and to ensure that he would have a sizable tomb (during what would be a relatively brief reign of about six years), he doubled the size of the existing work gangs at Deir el-Medina to a total of 120 men. Though sizable, KV2 has been described as "simplistic" in its design and decoration. The tomb was excavated at the base of a hill on the northwest side of the Valley of the Kings.
Like other tombs of the 20th Dynasty, KV2 is laid out along a straight axis. The successors of Ramesses III from this dynasty constructed tombs that follow this pattern and most were decorated in a similar manner to one other.
The tomb has a maximum length of 88.66 m and consists of three slowly descending corridors labeled B, C, and D. This is followed by an enlarged chamber (E), and then the burial chamber (J). Past the burial chamber lies a narrow corridor (K) flanked by three side chambers.
The tomb is mostly intact and is decorated with scenes from the Litany of Ra, Book of Caverns, Book of the Dead, Book of Amduat and the Book of the Heavens.
The sarcophagus is broken (probably in antiquity), and the mummy was relocated to the mummy cache in KV35.