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In 1851, Light-House Board proposed construction of a 40-foot screwpile marking the southern approach to the Patapsco. The light would replace the aging Bodkin Island station. After considering and rejecting a proposed 60-foot brick tower atop a screwpile, the Board settled on a 42-foot cast iron screwpile with a fourth-order lens. Murray and Hazelhurst of Baltimore won the contract in 1854 with a bid of $30,340. The new lighthouse would be the second screwpile in the bay, and the first water station in Maryland.
As with all screwpiles, Seven Foot Knoll was battered by storms and ice. One of the supporting piles was broken by ice in 1884. To protext the lighthouse from further damage, 150 piles in clusters of ten were placed around the lighthouse. By 1894, the wooden piles had completely disappeared - casualties of the Chesapeake ice. 790 tons of stone was placed at the base to further reinforce the structure.
From 1858 to 1919, keepers lived with their families at the station. Knollie Bolling, named after the lighthouse by her father, Keeper James T. Bolling, recalled that they kept livestock on the bottom platform of the light. When bad weather washed out the animals' living area, the livestock were brought inside the lighthouse until the damage could be repaired. The family grew vegetables on the walk surrounding the lighthouse, and would trade fish for fresh produce with the local farmers.
On the night of August 20-21, 1933, a severe storm struck the Atlantic Coast. Keeper Thomas J. Steinhise and his 20-year old son Earl were riding out the storm at the lighthouse when they heard the distress signal of the tug Point Breeze. The 164-ton tug had taken on water and was foundering in the storm. Keeper Steinhise took the station's 21-foot motorboat into the storm's 90 mile per hour winds and fifteen foot waves. The motor was swamped by the waves, so Steinhise maneuvered his small craft out to the sinking tug using only an oar and rudder. The storm blew him in the direction of the vessel. Steinhise rescued five men (a sixth died in the water), and returned to the lighthouse. The return trip took an hour, as the boat was now carrying extra weight and traveling against the storm. For his bravery, Steinhise was awarded the Silver Lifesaving Medal. When Steinhise died in 1949, all surviving members of the tug came to pay their respects to the brave keeper.
In 1948 the lighthouse was automated. The interior of the lighthouse was damaged by vandals, and the weather caused severe rusting. Plans were made to move the lighthouse to the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, VA. Those plans failed to materialize, and in 1988 the lighthouse was acquired by the city of Baltimore. Over a course of two days, the lighthouse was carefully cut from its foundation, hoisted by a huge derrick, and carefully barged to Pier 5 in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The most difficult part of the move was clearing the Key Bridge, which required lowering the derrick by 30 feet - while still dangling the 220-ton lighthouse. Descendents of Keeper Steinhise organized the effort to restore the lighthouse - a project completed in approximately one year.
Today the lighthouse is part of the Baltimore Maritime Museum and is open to the public.
iss070e023971 (Nov. 13, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara uses a portable glovebag to replace components on a biological printer, the BioFabrication Facility (BFF), that is testing the printing of organ-like tissues in microgravity.
The Scot A2HD cab was built specifically for Scot, and replaced the Ford Louisvlle cab used on the older Scot conventional trucks. This truck was owned by Swift's Construction Ltd. of Dorchester, New Brunswick.
Scot trucks were built by Atlantic Truck Manufacturing Limited in Debert, Nova Scotia, Canada. The first production truck was completed on May 27, 1972, and production ceased on May 29, 1980. A total of 1,155 Scot trucks were built. It is estimated that 40 per cent were used by companies in the Irving group; 25 per cent by federal and provincial governments; 25 per cent as fire trucks; and 10 per cent by other customers.
Scots were a high quality truck. Many of its trucks were custom-designed to the wiahes of its customers. Among its products were a few huge mining trucks; airport crash-rescue trucks; and oversize airport fuel trucks.
Here is how the old bridge bridge was described: "Single-arch humpbacked limestone canal bridge, dated 1792, carrying Ratoath Road on north-south axis over Royal Canal. Elliptical arch with tooled limestone voussoirs and granite keystones rising from coursed limestone ashlar walls with curved limestone ashlar spandrels. Coursed limestone ashlar parapets with plat-band to base and flat limestone coping terminated to either end by round limestone piers with round capstones (replaced with cement to northwest). Parapet damaged and poorly rebuilt to north end of east parapet and to both ends of west parapet. Carved Portland limestone plaque set into both parapets with oval panels inscribed '1792 H.S Reilly Bridge & Lock'. Located adjacent to 8th Lock."
Up until a few years ago the Ratoath Road linked Cabra to Dunsink in north Dublin. The road crossed the Dublin to Sligo Railway Line at a level crossing and the Royal Canal at an existing masonry arch bridge [described above]. In April 2008 a feasibility study recommended the closure of the level crossing, XG002. At the time a major increase in railway and other traffic was expected for the following reasons:
Opening of the Spencer Dock Station in Dublin’s docklands
Reopening of the Clonsilla to Pace sections of the Dublin to Navan Railway Line
Reopening of the Pace to Navan sections of the Dublin to Navan Railway Line.
Improvement in Commuter and Intercity services on the Dublin to Sligo Line
Proposal for the DART Underground project between Docklands and Inchicore
Future electrification of the Maynooth Line
Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers were commissioned by Iarnród Éireann to design a scheme to eliminate the level crossing and the resulting scheme incorporated the following major elements:
Traffic, cycle and pedestrian facilities along the 500m of realigned road
Tie-in to the existing Ratoath Road at Marian School, circa 240m south of the level crossing
Landscaped embankment on the southern approach to the bridge constructed on the grassed area to the east of the existing road
A 70m long single span steel truss bridge crossing the railway and the canal
Reinforced earth walled embankment along the open land between the existing commercial units to the north of the bridge
Pedestrian ramped access to the canal from the north west side of the bridge
A revised signalised arrangement of the Ballyboggan Road junction
Closure of the existing XG002 Reilly’s level crossing
The scheme was approved in July 2011 and work commenced on site in July 2013 to be completed by 2015.
This is a photograph from the 3rd Annual Meath Spring Half Marathon and 10KM Road Races hosted by Bohermeen AC on the 2nd March 2014 at 12:00 at Bohermeen, Ardbraccan, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland. This year's event included a 10KM race which replaced the 5KM event held on the previous years. This event has grown quickly in popularity over the past few years with this year's entry of 700 beating the previous race numbers of 680. This half marathon event is perfectly placed in the Irish running calendar as it provides runners of all levels and abilities an opportunity to test the half marathon distance in preparation for a Spring Marathon or as the first serious running goal of the New Year. Bohermeen AC is steeped in Irish athletics history since 1927 and it is this experience and exceptional community spirit and volunteering which has made this event today so successful. The very heavy rain that fell on the 10KM race and the begining of the Half Marathon did nothing to dampen the spirits of the participants. In fact, despite a head wind at certain parts of the course, this was a perfect day for road racing.
Our full set of photographs from today's event are available on Flickr at the following link http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157641717197563/. This set of photographs is mostly of the Half Marathon race but there are some from the 10KM event.
Don't forget to scroll down to see more information about the race and these photographs!
Event Management was provided by Irish Company PRECISION TIMING who provided electronic timing for both events. The results from today's events can be found on Precision Timing's website at this URL [www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer?v=%252Fen%252Fra...]
The Satellite Navigation Coordinates to Bohermeen are [53.650882,-6.77989] and is accessible using the M3, N2 and N52
The routing for the 2014 event has changed slightly from previous year. In 2014 the race starts about 100m away from the Bohermeen Club Race HQ [See Google StreetView in the direction of the imagery goo.gl/maps/rtj1X] and the race proceeds down the road towards Navan. Just before the 1st mile the race takes a right turn [see Google Streetview goo.gl/maps/iGrR0] which brings runners on the route of the famous Patrick Bell 5KM Road Race route held at Bohermeen every summer. Then the route turns slightly eastwards and this brings the race along a beautiful stretch of rural countryside road. This connects runners with the main loop [see Google StreetView goo.gl/maps/gLI1l] where the race follows the N51 towards Navan. The race must now complete this loop (which passes through the start area and past the finish) and then a full loop again before finishing in the Athletics track. The only hills to speak of in this course are on the the stretch where the race route crosses the M3 motorway (see Google Streetview - as of March 2014 their imagery is a little out of date for the M3 goo.gl/maps/tcdJX). The only major climb on the course must be tackled twice as the road rises up over the M3 Motorway. This comes at about the 5M and 11.5 Mile mark in the race.
Some useful links to other web-resources related to this race
Bohermeen AC Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/bohermeen.ac?fref=ts
2014 Spring Half Marathon Route: www.runningmap.com/?id=641747
2014 Spring Half Marathon 10KM Race Option Route: www.runningmap.com/?id=641752
Google Streetview of the Race Start: goo.gl/maps/rtj1X
Google Streetview of the Race Finish and Race Headquarters: goo.gl/maps/qVttR
Internet Homepage for the Spring Half Marathon [www.meathspringhalfmarathon.com/]
Results from 2013 from Precision Timing: www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer?v=%252Fen%252Fra...
Results from 2012 from Precision Timing: www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer?v=%252Fen%252Fra...
The Boards.ie Athletics Forum Thread For 2013 Race [www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056785036&p...]
The Boards.ie Athletics Forum Thread For 2014 Race [www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057078579]
Photographs from previous events
Our Flickr Photograph set from the 2nd Spring Marathon 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157632906920970/
Our Flickr set from the 1st Spring Marathon (2012) www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157629146137284/with...
Photographs from the 2013 event from our friend Paul Reilly [pjrphotography.zenfolio.com/p670974697]
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
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The ballast went out on my aquarium light, so I replaced it with an 20+ year old magnet ballast I had lying around. Quality vintage Lampi ballast.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 23-Apr-14.
At Manchester operating a sub-charter for another Novair International.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 28-Dec-24.
'Gilgit - The Silk Route' tail livery.
This aircraft was delivered to PIA Pakistan International Airlines as AP-BID in Mar-08. It was repainted into standard livery Apr-10.
It was withdrawn from service in Feb-20 and stored at Karachi, Pakistan, presumably due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. However, it hasn't returned to service. Stored, updated 28-Dec-24.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 27-Dec-15.
In service with Southwest Airlines at Houston-Hobby (HOU) for two years between Feb-81/Apr-83, OO-TEM was leased from/operated by TEA Trans European Airways.
Leased from ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation, this aircraft was delivered to TEA Trans European Airways in Jun-79 as OO-TEM. It was sub-leased to Southwest Airlines in Feb-81, returning to TEA in Apr-83. It was returned to ILFC in Oct-81 and leased to America West Airlines later the same month as N133AW. It was bought by America West in Dec-87 and sold the same day to GPA Group Ltd (later to become GECAS), re-registered EI-BTR and leased back to America West. It was returned to GPA Group in Mar-88 and leased to BMA British Midland Airways 2 months later, in May-88 for the summer season, returning to GPA Group in Oct-88. It was transferred to Emerald Aviation Investments Ltd the same month, re-registered HA-LEA and leased to MALEV Hungarian Airlines for the winter. The aircraft returned to Emerald Investments in Mar-99 and was sold to AeroUSA Inc as N121NJ. It was leased to Vanguard Airlines in Apr-99. It was returned to AeroUSA in Mar-02 and stored at Goodyear, AZ, USA. In Jun-04 it was sold to the Alameda Corporation and made the short hop over to Tucson where it was stored again. It was permanently retired at Tucson and broken up there in 2005.
Sixteen BLM Wyoming Rock Springs Field Office staff worked hand-in-hand with 11 volunteers to replace almost a quarter-mile of net wire fencing with wildlife friendly buck-and-rail fencing during a National Public Lands Day event at the historic 40-acre Crookston Ranch.
The ranch is located in the Greater Sand Dunes Area of Critical Environmental Concern near the Killpecker Sand Dunes Open Play Area northeast of Rock Springs, Wyo. and eligible for the National Register of Historic Places as a representative example of Wyoming Basin homesteading era architecture. The BLM plans to preserve the historic nature of the ranch and provide interpretation on ranching history in the area.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 22-Mar-24.
First flown with the Boeing test registration N1787B, this aircraft was ordered for lease to Excel Airways. Excel had been renamed XL Airways UK before completion and the aircraft was delivered to GECAS and leased to XL Airways UK as G-XLAN in Feb-07. It was fitted with blended winglets before service entry.
XL Airways UK ceased operations in Sep-08, the aircraft was returned to GECAS and stored at Lasham, UK. It was leased to Neos Airlines (Italy) as I-NEOW in Nov-08.
It was wet-leased to NAS Air (Saudi Arabia) in Nov-08 and returned to Neos in Jan-09. The aircraft was fitted with 'Scimitar Winglets' in Apr-15 and it continued in service until Oct-22 when it was stored at Shanghai - Pudong. It was returned to the lessor as N288GE in Jan-23.
The aircraft was converted to a full freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door in Jul-23 and was immediately leased to Raindo United Services (Indonesia) as PK-RUS.
Raindo don't seem to have done very well as it operated its last service and was stored at Jakarta-CGK in late Jan-24. The aircraft was ferried to Kuala Lumpur - Subang in early Mar-24 for further storage. Updated 22-Mar-24.
Completely unknown to me, the searchlights at this location where replaced. BNSF Cuba Sub had a hidden gem of a siding. The siding was wire line and had a active pole line into the late 2014, this all dated back to the 1944 CTC installation. The siding known as ROOK was a gem as it was remote and low elevation that it often got very foggy which made shooting the searchlights amazing. The siding had a mix of high mast, low mast, and a dwarf attached to a mast searchlight signals. Also had the very iconic concrete signal houses that housed CTC field units and lots of relays. All gone now, all that is left is the concrete houses that are probably already empty and waiting scrapping. As of 2/1/2015 the other sidings around this location have not had any sign of soon replacements, the signals days are numbered thanks to PTC but not just yet. I would guess that since this is the only location that was wire line that it took a higher priority to be replaced. This is the location that I was able to shoot in the fog and the manufacture of the searchlight signals used my photo in their 130 year anniversary book. It was good while it lasted.
WALL TEXTURE EXAMPLE
The estimated 1.5 million dollar project will replace an existing concrete notched weir fishway for herring, reinforcing the dam and improve the fish ladder at historic Baxter Grist Mill at Mill Pond on the Mills Creek, in West Yarmouth, MA on October 19, 2019.
An approximate $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS) and a majority share from the Community Preservation Act has paid for the project.
The efforts will benefit six habitats. One of the habitats is the Mill Pond, which is the seasonal home of swan pairs. Water levels and construction activities have successfully been underway without disrupting the swans.
The construction will better stabilize the mill, a local tourist attraction. The new spillway will provide better flow through the grist mill. The dam’s earthen embankments will be made more stable with riprap rock and thick sheeting.
Since 1710, the Baxter Mill has been at this location. The dam suffered failures about 60 years ago, with subsequent rebuilds. Local funding will provide the restoration of the mill, which has been inoperative for 40 years.
NRCS has a proud history of supporting America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners. For more than 80 years, we have helped people make investments in their operations and local communities to keep working lands working, boost rural economies, increase the competitiveness of American agriculture, and improve the quality of our air, water, soil, and habitat.
As the USDA’s primary private lands conservation agency, we generate, manage, and share the data, technology, and standards that enable partners and policymakers to make decisions informed by objective, reliable science.
And through one-on-one, personalized advice, we work voluntarily with producers and communities to find the best solutions to meet their unique conservation and business goals. By doing so, we help ensure the health of our natural resources and the long-term sustainability of American agriculture.
Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) is the Department’s focal point for the nation’s farmers and ranchers and other stewards of private agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest lands. FPAC agencies implement programs designed to mitigate the significant risks of farming through crop insurance services, conservation programs, and technical assistance, and commodity, lending, and disaster programs.
The agencies and services supporting FPAC are Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and Risk Management Agency (RMA).
NRCS – NRCS - nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/
FPAC - Farm Production and Conservation - usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/mission-areas
USDA - USDA.gov
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
So a few years ago when our maple called it quits, we replaced it with a mountain ash, famous for its red berries that hang on through winter and look especially glorious when snow covers its branches. By spring the berries are desiccated but make for high quality, high sugar food for incoming migrators.
Well, it hasn't exactly worked out that way. This year-round resident European starling, along with several other bird species, will make sure there will be not a single red berry standing out against the snow this winter, or "raisins" for them to enjoy later in the "lean season."
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It cost $175 bucks to have a mobile auto glass guy come over to replace my drivers side window yesterday afternoon.. Blegh.
Balinese Hinduism, (Indonesian: Hindu Dharma), is the form of Hinduism practiced by the majority of the population of Bali. This is particularly associated with the Balinese people residing on the island and represents a distinct form of Hindu worship incorporating local animism, ancestor worship or Pitru Paksha and reverence for Buddhist saints or Bodhisattava. Although the population of Indonesia is predominantly Muslim, 83% of the people on Bali identify as Hindu. Balinese Hindus live on the island of Bali and practice Hinduism.
HISTORY
Hinduism came to Indonesia from India in the first century CE. It was gradually replaced by Buddhism, which was the main religion of Sumatra and Java, until it in turn was displaced by the coming of Islam from the 14th century CE. However, due to “cultural barriers”, Bali became the only part of Indonesia to remain predominantly Hindu. Small islands off the east coast of Bali are also overwhelmingly Hindu, and there are Hindu villages scattered near the eastern shore of Java.
KEY BELIEFS
The fundamental principle underlying Hinduism is that there is order in the cosmos, known as dharma. There is also a disordering force, adharma. Hindus seek balance and harmony between these two forces, thus freeing themselves from the never-ending cycle of reincarnation, attaining a state called moksa.
Balinese Hinduism divides the cosmos into three layers. The highest level is heaven, or suarga, the abode of the gods. Next is the world of man, buwah. Below this is hell or bhur, where the demons live and where people's spirits are punished for misdeeds on earth. This tripartite division is mirrored in the human body (head, body and feet) and the shrines found outside Balinese buildings.
GODS
Along with the traditional Hindu gods such as Brahma, Vishnu and Siva, Balinese Hindus worship a range of deities unique to their branch of the religion. Sang Hyang Widhi (also known as Acintya or Sang Hyang Tunggal) is the designation for one God in Balinese Hinduism. In the concept of Balinese tradition of Hinduism, Acintya or Sang Hyang Widhi is associated with the concept of Brahman. Balinese Hindu belief in a single God is in line with the first principle of the Indonesian state philosophy Pancasila. The empty chair at the top of the padmasana shrine found outside houses and temples is for Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa According to Balinese Hindu precepts, there are many manifestations of Sang Hyang Wasa Widhi in the form of gods such as Dewi Sri, the goddess of rice, and many other gods associated with mountains, lakes and the sea.
CLERGY
There are three levels of priest:
- High priests (pedanda): Members of the Brahmana warna (or dwijati)
- Temple priests (pemangku): Usually of the Sudra warna, waisya warna, and ksatria warna (ekajati)
- Mediums/healers (balian)
RITUALS
There are five sacrificial rituals, known as panca yudha in Balinese Hinduism:
- dewa yadnya – for gods and deities
- buta yadnya – for spirits and demons
- resi yadnya – consecration of clergy
- manusa yadnya – human life from weddings, childbirth, growing up and starting a family
- pitra yadnya – for death and reincarnation
BIRTH AND LIFE
There are a total of thirteen ceremonies concerned with life from conception until, but not including, death, each of which have four elements: placation of evil spirits, purification with holy water, wafting of essence and prayer. These ceremonies mark major events in a person's life, including birth, puberty, tooth filing and marriage. A new-born baby is believed to represent the soul of an ancestor, and is regarded as a god for the first 42 days of its life; however the mother is regarded as impure, and it not allowed to participate in any religious activities during this period. A baby must not touch the impure ground until it is 105 days old, half way to the celebration of its first birthday according to the 210-day Balinese pawukon calendar. Once the child reaches puberty, the six upper canine teeth are filed until they are even.
Marriage is seen as obligatory for Balinese Hindus, both for the establishment of a family and for the enhanced position in the village social structure accorded to the husband. Giving birth to children guarantees the patrilineal line, as well as ensuring there is somebody to perform the appropriate rituals essential for reincarnation. It marks the attainment of adulthood.
DEATH AND REINCARNATION
The most important ceremonies take place after death, and result in the soul being freed to be eventually reincarnated. Unlike the death rites of other religions, the physical body is not the focus, as it is seen as nothing more than a temporary container of the soul and fit only for expedient disposal. In fact, the body must be burned before the soul can leave it completely. The cremation ceremony to bring this about can be extremely expensive because an elaborate ceremony is a way of showing respect for a soul destined to become a god with considerable powers over those left behind. Therefore, bodies are sometimes temporarily buried until the family is able to accumulate enough funds for a cremation, although the bodies of priests or high class families are preserved above ground.
FESTIVALS
GALUNGAN AND KUNINGAN
The most important festival is Galungan, a celebration of the triumph of dharma over adharma. It is calculated according to the 210-day Balinese pawukon calendar and takes place on the Wednesday (Buda) of the eleventh week (Dunggulan). According to tradition, the spirits of the dead descend from heaven, to return ten days later on Kuningan.
NYEPI
Nyepi, or the Day of Silence, makes the start of the Balinese Saka year, and is marked on the first day of the 10th month, Kedasa. It usually falls in March.
OTHER FESTIVALS
Watugunung, the last day of the pawukon calendar, is devoted to Saraswati, goddess of learning. Although it is devoted to books, reading is not allowed. The fourth day of the year is called Pagerwesi, meaning "iron fence". It commemorates a battle between good and evil.
CASTE SYSTEM
Balinese caste structure has been described in early 20th-century European literature to be based on three categories – triwangsa (thrice born) or the nobility, dwijati (twice born) in contrast to ekajati (once born) the low folks. Four statuses were identified in these sociological studies, spelled a bit differently from the caste categories for India:
- Brahmanas – priest
- Satrias – knighthood
- Wesias – commerce
- Sudras – servitude
The Brahmana caste was further subdivided by these Dutch ethnographers into two: Siwa and Buda. The Siwa caste was subdivided into five – Kemenuh, Keniten, Mas, Manuba and Petapan. This classification was to accommodate the observed marriage between higher caste Brahmana men with lower caste women. The other castes were similarly further sub-classified by these 19th-century and early-20th-century ethnographers based on numerous criteria ranging from profession, endogamy or exogamy or polygamy, and a host of other factors in a manner similar to castas in Spanish colonies such as Mexico, and caste system studies in British colonies such as India.
PROFESSIONS AND COLORS
Bali does have a caste system similar to the Indian system in its ancient form. In ancient India, Caste (which is a western word not a Hindu word; the Indian terminology is jati which means tribe) was called varna (literally meaning coloring of the neutral or transparent soul) or the propensity of the soul to behave according to certain tendencies based on its innate nature. Based on this propensity people selected their profession. Later this process through erosion became a Family lineage/birth based system. This same system has been adopted in Bali and it is called 'Wangsa' which is related to the professions of the ancestors. However even in Bali now, irrespective of the profession of the individual, he or she claims to belong to his family wangsa. There are four basic wangsa or professions, known collectively as caturwangsa - all Balinese belong to this group. The top three wangsa are, Brahmana, Satria (or Ksatriya) and Wesia (or Wesya) represent nobility, and are known as triwangsa. The fourth and most common wangsa is Sudra.
These wangsa groups are subdivided, and each has certain names associated with it. The teachers and priests, Brahmanans, have five subdivisions, and are said to be descended from one individual. Men and women have Ida as the first name. The Ksatriya are traditionally rulers and warriors. Typical names of this wangsa are Dewa Agung, Anak Agung and I Dewa. The Wesia, most of whom are called Gusti, are considered to have been merchants of different kinds. The most common wangsa in Bali in terms of numbers, is Sudra - 90 percent of Balinese Hindus belong to it which are the common people as farmers and others. The Pandes or Blacksmiths have a special 'clan' that is not mentioned in the Catur Wangsa group but is considered especially important for its skilled works and being the smithers of fire, Dewa Agni or Dewa Brahma.
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Replaced the old worn rear shocks with fresh new shocks. The old ones were apparantly leaking.
Also replaced the bump stops and the rear top strut mounting cushion set.
Top Mounts: Magnum Technology A7V006MT
Shocks: Statim A.527
A few weeks after replacing the gearbox it was noticed there was a slight leak at the hydraulic valve block. This houses the solenoids for the gearbox which select the required gear. The opportunity was taken to also test the condition of these when the cover was removed for re-sealing.
VDOT is replacing 11 bridges on I-95 in metro Richmond
This four year project covers a seven-mile stretch of I-95 between Lombardy Street in Richmond and Upham Brook in Henrico County.This is Sherwood Ave (forground) and Robin Hood Rd.(Photo by Trevor Wrayton, VDOT)
Taken in Kew Gardens
Commissioned in 1982 to replace a group of 26 smaller buildings that were falling into disrepair. It was named after Princess Augusta, founder of Kew, and opened in 1987 by Diana, Princess of Wales. It is the most complex conservatory at Kew, containing ten computer-controlled climatic zones under one roof.
The two main climate zones are the ‘dry tropics’, representing the world’s warm, arid areas, and the ‘wet tropics’, housing moisture loving plants from ecosystems such as rainforests and mangrove swamps. The eight remaining microclimates include a seasonally dry zone containing desert and savanna plants, plus sections for carnivorous plants, ferns and orchids.
Whereas the Palm and Temperate Houses make grand statements with their designs, the low-lying, angular ‘glazed hill’ of the Princess of Wales house is less obtrusive. The conservatory was designed by architect Gordon Wilson to be energy-efficient and easy to maintain and was built partly underground.
The southern end is heated more by the sun than the northern end, so this is where visitors find towering spikes of echiums and silver agaves from dry tropical regions such as the arid Canary Islands. The central area contains an elevated aquaria, complete with waterlily pond and the dangling roots of mangroves, plus displays of orchids and carnivorous plants. At the northern end are species from the moist tropics, including banana, pineapple, pepper and ginger.
[Kew website]
Kew Gardens (formally knowkn as the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) consists of 121 hectares of gardens and glasshouses.
The gardens began as exotic gardens belonging to Lord Capel John of Tewkesbury in the latter half of the c17th. The gardens were extended and enlarged by Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales (and mother of the future George III) who employed William Chambers to design various buildings. George III had William Aiton (1731-93) and Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) as directors of the botanical garden. The gardens were formally established as a national botanical garden in 1840.
On 1 May 2011 works will begin to restore the Arch of Victoria. A $335,000 grant from the Federal Government’s Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program and $175,000 from the Federal Government’s National Sites Program has been received.
The project includes:
repair and replacement of deteriorated, cracked and otherwise damaged render; new matching mouldings to replace deteriorated mouldings or reinstate original mouldings ; removal of lichen and other organic growth to rendered surfaces; paint coating to new and existing render & new lighting
City of Ballarat
Victorian Heritage Register Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Avenue of Honour (1917 - 1919) and Arch of Victory (1920) were erected as memorials to the people of the Ballarat and the surrounding district who enlisted in World War I. The Avenue of Honour consists of 3,771 trees planted at regular intervals of approximately 12 metres along 22km of the Ballarat-Burrumbeet Road. The Arch of Victory marks the beginning of the Avenue of Honour at its eastern end. The Avenue of Honour, with the Arch of Victory, was officially opened by the Prince of Wales on 3rd June 1920.
The planting of the Avenue commenced in June 1917 on the suggestion of Mrs W. D. Thompson, a director of clothing firm E. Lucas & Co, Ballarat, that an avenue of trees be planted in honour of the men and women of the district who had enlisted for service. The planting of one tree for each enlisted person began in June 1917 with funds of £2,000 raised by the 500 women employed in the factory, known as the 'Lucas girls'.The planting, carried out in eight phases over the next two years until its completion in June 1919. The planting, done by staff of the Lucas factory with the support of local farmers included 23 species of trees, mostly exotic deciduous species planted in single lines along either side of the road at regular spacings of 10 - 12 metres.Each species was usually planted in blocks of about 25 trees on either side of the road. The trees were numbered and allocated to individuals as close as possible to their order of enlistment, beginning at the Ballarat end. Plaques were originally attached to each timber tree guards giving the individual's name, the unit in which he or she enlisted and their number in the avenue. In 1934 these were replaced by permanent bronze plaques at the base of each tree, of which more than 80% are still in place.
Following cessation of hostilities in 1919 and completion of the avenue plantings, the 'Lucas Girls' led by Mrs W. D. Thompson began planning and fund raising of £2600 for a commemorative arch to provide an entrance to the Avenue of Honour. The Arch of Victory, designed by H.H. Smith, Head of the Art School at the School of Mines Ballarat, was a grand cement rendered masonry structure of a single central arch flanked by wide piers 20metres in width, spanning the roadway, and 18metres high. The arch, erected in 1920, is crowned by the 'Rising Sun' symbol of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces beneath which the words Avenue of Honour and Victory are written prominently across the arch. In addition to the initial costs, for the Avenue of Honour and the Arch of Victory, a further £400 was donated by the public to a Maintenance Fund, with a returned soldier employed to attend to the trees.
During the First World War, the Avenue of Honour played a commemorative role and provided a stimulus for more people to enlist. Unlike other forms of memorials, avenues of honour and in particular the Ballarat Avenue required a high level of community participation in their creation which took place over a substantial period of time. Subsequently the Arch of Victory and Avenue of Honour became emblems of civic commitment to the war effort.
There have been a number of changes to the Avenue of Honour.Several of the original 23 species did not flourish and were replaced with species of Elms and Poplars which are the dominant genera of trees in the Avenue. In 1997, the Avenue consisted of 3,332 trees of forty different species and cultivars. Approximately half were found to be of fair to poor health and a management strategy developed, including the replanting of some trees.
In 1936 a memorial Cairn and Cross of Remembrance were erected at the Learmonth end of the Avenue where a tribute tree was also planted in 1959 in memory of Mrs W. D. Thompson. In 1938 a Memorial Rotunda was constructed 180m west of the Arch of Victory originally containing a 'Book of Remembrance' with the name of every person for whom a tree was planted, information now contained in a Roll of Honour on engraved metal sheets. In 1994 the avenue was cut by the Western Freeway Bypass, with the removal of sixteen trees which were replaced by trees in the freeway reserve.
The Arch of Victory remains intact but with the addition of memorial plaques in 1954 and 1987 to commemorate those who served from 1939-1945 and in the more recent conflicts in Korea, Borneo, Malaya and Vietnam. In 1993 the Arch of Victory Precinct, opened by Edward 'Weary' Dunlop, was created by the relocation of the 1938 Memorial Rotunda and Roll of Honour to the road reserve immediately south of the Arch and the construction of the adjacent Memorial Wall with 72 bronze plaques recording the names and tree numbers of service people honoured in the Avenue.
How is it significant?
The Avenue of Honour and Arch of Victory, Ballarat is of historic, architectural, aesthetic and social significance to the State of Victoria.
Why is it significant?
The Avenue of Honour is of historic significance as one of the earliest known and the longest example of this uniquely Australian form of memorial. Planting of memorial trees had been common during the Boer War but the Avenue of Honour at Ballarat was an early planting of an avenue of trees along a roadside as a memorial, setting a precedent which was soon followed by the planting of 91 other avenues in Victoria, principally in Central Victoria, between 1917 and 1920.
The Avenue of Honour is historically significant as representative of memorials that first appeared in Australia during World War I commemorating not just the dead but all those who enlisted for service in an egalitarian form where each individual, regardless of rank, was equally recognised for their service.
The Arch of Victory Precinct and Avenue of Honour, including the Memorial Cairn at the end of the Avenue, is historically significant as a collection of memorial types and structures that represent various forms of memorialisation in Victoria over the twentieth century.
The Arch of Victory is of architectural significance to State being an outstanding landscape monument, in the tradition of the Roman and Napoleonic victory arches erected across major routes or carriageways. It is the only memorial arch in Victoria constructed at such a grand scale. Other arches commemorating World War I such as at White Hills Botanic Gardens Bendigo (H1915), and in Murtoa were constructed as entrance gates to public gardens and have neither the size nor prominent location of the Arch of Victory. The association of the Arch of Victory with an Avenue of Honour is unique in Victoria.
The Avenue of Honour and Arch of Victory is aesthetically significant as an outstanding designed landscape and living memorial with the grand arch heralding the start of the roadside planting of more than 3300 trees over a length of 22 kilometres of roadway.
The Avenue of Honour and Arch of Victory is of social significance to the State of Victoria as a well recognised symbol of community endeavour and cooperation during war time. It is of social significance as being Victoria's best known war memorial with the exception of the Shrine of Remembrance. The significance of the Avenue of Honour and Arch of Victory to the Ballarat community, to the descendents of those commemorated by trees in the Avenue and to the Returned Services League is reflected in the continual use of the area for memorialisation over the course of the twentieth century culminating in the creation of the Arch of Victory precinct.
Craig Bellamy's final appearance in a Welsh jersey?
Gary Speed Memorial match, Wales 0-1 Costa Rica. Cardiff City Stadium, 29th February 2012, 7:45pm Kick Off. Attendance 23,193.
Wales team: Price, Gunter, Blake, Williams, Matthews, Robson-Kanu, Allen, Crofts, Vaughan, Bellamy, Morison.
Subs: Brown, Vokes, Taylor, Ricketts, Gabbidon, Ledley, Earnshaw, Collison.
Costa Rica: Navas, Umana, Salvatierra, Miller, Cunningham, Barrantes, Azofeifa, Wallace, Oviedo, Ruiz, Campbell.
Subs: Cambronero, Mora, Brenes, Diaz, Tejeda, Gabas, Cubero, McDonald.
Referee: Howard Webb
Replaced the sky of the original Dalden Tower image with a moon. I added some effects to create a spooky atmosphere.
Dalden Tower is found in Dalton-le-Dale near Seaham in County Durham.
It was built at least as early as 1375, when it passed from the hands of the Escolland family to the Bowes family. Prior to the switch, the Escollands had changed their name to Dalden, hence the name of the structure.
For two centuries it remained a popular and well-used residence for the Bowes family, subsequently passing through the hands of the Collingwoods, Millbankes and Londonderrys, but it has been derelict since at least the early 1700s.
Info obtained from:
northeasthistorytour.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/dalden-tower-...
Replaced the plastic OEM skid plate with the beefy one from JNS Engineering. Just handling it, you know it is quality kit. In contrast, the stocker already had a crack in one of the mount point.
Now I don't need to fear driving off curbs any more. :-)
My furnace was repaired on Tuesday but the new valve failed so the young man that came today upgraded my system for me with all new stuff and no charge.
I decided to replace the factory supplied drip tray with one of my own design that could distribute oil to various drip points below. This is that design.
It is an aluminum plate with oil distribution galleries drilled throughout, and small 1.00 and 1.75mm diameter drip orifices on the bottom of the plate that connect to the oil galleries above. Pumping oil into this plate distributes the oil to the various drip points. The three larger drip points meter out the oil disproportionately to ensure proper supply to the bearings in the gearbox below.
This is a photograph from the 3rd Annual Meath Spring Half Marathon and 10KM Road Races hosted by Bohermeen AC on the 2nd March 2014 at 12:00 at Bohermeen, Ardbraccan, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland. This year's event included a 10KM race which replaced the 5KM event held on the previous years. This event has grown quickly in popularity over the past few years with this year's entry of 700 beating the previous race numbers of 680. This half marathon event is perfectly placed in the Irish running calendar as it provides runners of all levels and abilities an opportunity to test the half marathon distance in preparation for a Spring Marathon or as the first serious running goal of the New Year. Bohermeen AC is steeped in Irish athletics history since 1927 and it is this experience and exceptional community spirit and volunteering which has made this event today so successful. The very heavy rain that fell on the 10KM race and the begining of the Half Marathon did nothing to dampen the spirits of the participants. In fact, despite a head wind at certain parts of the course, this was a perfect day for road racing.
Our full set of photographs from today's event are available on Flickr at the following link http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157641717197563/. This set of photographs is mostly of the Half Marathon race but there are some from the 10KM event.
Don't forget to scroll down to see more information about the race and these photographs!
Event Management was provided by Irish Company PRECISION TIMING who provided electronic timing for both events. The results from today's events can be found on Precision Timing's website at this URL [www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer?v=%252Fen%252Fra...]
The Satellite Navigation Coordinates to Bohermeen are [53.650882,-6.77989] and is accessible using the M3, N2 and N52
The routing for the 2014 event has changed slightly from previous year. In 2014 the race starts about 100m away from the Bohermeen Club Race HQ [See Google StreetView in the direction of the imagery goo.gl/maps/rtj1X] and the race proceeds down the road towards Navan. Just before the 1st mile the race takes a right turn [see Google Streetview goo.gl/maps/iGrR0] which brings runners on the route of the famous Patrick Bell 5KM Road Race route held at Bohermeen every summer. Then the route turns slightly eastwards and this brings the race along a beautiful stretch of rural countryside road. This connects runners with the main loop [see Google StreetView goo.gl/maps/gLI1l] where the race follows the N51 towards Navan. The race must now complete this loop (which passes through the start area and past the finish) and then a full loop again before finishing in the Athletics track. The only hills to speak of in this course are on the the stretch where the race route crosses the M3 motorway (see Google Streetview - as of March 2014 their imagery is a little out of date for the M3 goo.gl/maps/tcdJX). The only major climb on the course must be tackled twice as the road rises up over the M3 Motorway. This comes at about the 5M and 11.5 Mile mark in the race.
Some useful links to other web-resources related to this race
Bohermeen AC Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/bohermeen.ac?fref=ts
2014 Spring Half Marathon Route: www.runningmap.com/?id=641747
2014 Spring Half Marathon 10KM Race Option Route: www.runningmap.com/?id=641752
Google Streetview of the Race Start: goo.gl/maps/rtj1X
Google Streetview of the Race Finish and Race Headquarters: goo.gl/maps/qVttR
Internet Homepage for the Spring Half Marathon [www.meathspringhalfmarathon.com/]
Results from 2013 from Precision Timing: www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer?v=%252Fen%252Fra...
Results from 2012 from Precision Timing: www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer?v=%252Fen%252Fra...
The Boards.ie Athletics Forum Thread For 2013 Race [www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056785036&p...]
The Boards.ie Athletics Forum Thread For 2014 Race [www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057078579]
Photographs from previous events
Our Flickr Photograph set from the 2nd Spring Marathon 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157632906920970/
Our Flickr set from the 1st Spring Marathon (2012) www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157629146137284/with...
Photographs from the 2013 event from our friend Paul Reilly [pjrphotography.zenfolio.com/p670974697]
We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs
We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?
The explaination is very simple.
Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own.
ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.
Creative Commons aims to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account(s)?
Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share to: email, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.
We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us.
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Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.
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Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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That's OK! We understand!
If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.
I want to tell people about these great photographs!
Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably http://www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets
VDOT is replacing 11 bridges on I-95 in metro Richmond
This four year project covers a seven-mile stretch of I-95 between Lombardy Street in Richmond and Upham Brook in Henrico County.This is Sherwood Ave (forground) and Robin Hood Rd.(Photo by Trevor Wrayton, VDOT)
Replacing three bridges in Henrico County and one in Hanover County over the Chickahominy River on Mechanicsville Turnpike. (Photo by Trevor Wrayton, VDOT)
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On November 12th 2015 GETTY IMAGES unveiled plans for a new stills upload platform called ESP (Enterprise Submission Platform), to replace the existing 'Moment portal', and on November 13th I was invited to Beta test the new system prior to it being officially rolled out in December. ESP went live on Tuesday December 15th 2015 and has smoothed out the upload process considerably.
These days I take a far more leisurely approach to my photographic exploits, and having moved from professional Nikon equipment to consumer bodies and lenses, I travel light less constraints and more emphasis on the pure capture of the beauty that I see, more akin to my original persuits and goals some five decades previously when starting out. I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 20.748+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.
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This photograph of a wild Barren-ground Caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) was taken at an altitude of Eight hundred and thirty nine meteres at 13:28pm on Wednesday May 11th 2016 on the Alaska Highway 97 at Muncho Lake, in the Muncho Lake Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada.
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Nikkor AF-S 200-500mm f/5.6G ED VR. Power Up 95mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL15 batteries. Nikon DK-17M 1.2x Magnifying Eyepiece. Nikon DK-19 soft rubber eyecup. Digi-Chip 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 SDXC card. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW Photo/ 15.4" Notebook Backpack camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit.
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Built in 1906-1917, this Beaux Arts-style Capitol Building was designed by George B. Post to house the state house of representatives, state senate, and offices for the Wisconsin State Government. The fourth state capitol to house the state government since the state’s establishment in 1848, the building is the third building to sit on the present site, and replaced the previous state capitol, built in 1857-1869 and expanded in 1882, which burned down in February of 1904. The capitol houses both the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate, as well as the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor of Wisconsin. The first capitol of Wisconsin upon the formation of Wisconsin Territory in 1836 was in the village of Belmont, Wisconsin, with the legislature meeting in a hastily constructed wood-frame building, before deciding to designate the future site of Madison as the state capitol, and holding further sessions of the legislature in the much better-developed Mississippi River port town of Burlington (now in Iowa) until a capitol building could be completed in Madison. Upon Burlington becoming part of the new Iowa Territory, the state legislature moved to a log and stone building on the present site of the state capitol, a relatively humble Greek Revival-style building constructed in 1837, which looked much like older capitol buildings in the eastern United States, with doric columns and a rusticated fieldstone exterior. It was most similar to the Old State House in North Carolina, built only four years prior, and the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, built in the same year, though these two similar buildings were built almost entirely of stone blocks rather than fieldstone. The small second capitol building was the first state capitol of Wisconsin upon its ascension to statehood in 1848, but had become inadequate for the growing population and government by the 1850s. The original building was demolished and replaced with a larger, Classical Revival-style structure with Romanesque Revival elements constructed in stages between 1857 and 1869, which featured a dome inspired by the United Capitol Building, semi-circular porticoes with corinthian columns, and two short side wings with octagonal towers at the corners, which were modified and extended in 1882 with new wings that increased the Classical Revival aspects of the building and helped to downplay the Romanesque Revival elements that originally were very prominent on the structure. This building was oriented with the semi-circular original porticoes aligned with State Street and King Street, with the wings being oriented towards both sections of Hamilton Street, though the building appeared rather small within the large parklike expanse of Capitol Square. By the turn of the 20th Century, the old Capitol had become inadequate for the growing needs of Wisconsin, which had become wealthy, industrialized, and heavily populated by that point, so study of a replacement capitol building began in 1903. In February 1904, the old State Capitol burned to the ground when a gas jet ignited a newly varnished ceiling inside the building, which spread quickly despite the building featuring a then-advanced sprinkler system, as the reservoir of the nearby University of Wisconsin was empty, which allowed the fire to spread out of control. The north wing of the building, built in 1882, was the only portion that survived, with many relics, records, and important historical items being lost in the fire, though the state law library was saved thanks to efforts by University of Wisconsin students. The fire also happened just after the state legislature had voted to cancel the fire insurance policy on the building, thinking it was a costly and unnecessary folly.
The present building was built on the site of the previous building, with the construction process focusing on completing each wing one at a time to provide space to the state government with as much fiscal efficiency as possible due to financial limitations. Due to this, the north wing was built last to allow the remaining portion of the previous capitol to serve as space for the state government during the construction period, with the central rotunda and dome also being built after the other three wings had been completed, as they serve a more symbolic and less utilitarian purpose than the rest of the building. The building stands 284 feet (86 meters) tall to the top of the statue on the dome, which was sculpted in 1920 by Daniel Chester French, and is a personification of the state of Wisconsin, with the outstretched arm of the statue representing the state motto, “Forward”. The exterior of the building is clad in Bethel white granite, sourced from Vermont, with an additional 42 types of stone from a total of eight states and six countries being utilized on the interior of the building. The dome is the largest in the world to be entirely clad in granite, and is the tallest building in Madison, with a state law passed in 1990 stipulating that any building within a one-mile radius of the capitol is limited in height to the base of the columns of the dome, which stand at 187 feet, which preserves the visibility of the building from the surrounding landscape. The building has a greek cross footprint with four five-story wings that are aligned with the compass directions and radial streets following the compass directions that slice through the surrounding street grid, which is at a 45-degree angle to compass directions, instead roughly paralleling the shorelines of nearby Lake Mendota and Lake Monona, with Downtown Madison sitting on an isthmus between the two lakes. This places the building at a unique 45-degree angle orientation relative to the edges of Capitol Square and most buildings on adjacent streets. The building was one of the last works of the prolific architect George B. Post, whom died before the building was completed. The building underwent a major renovation in the 1970s that added modern features to the interior and covered up many original features, with later projects between 1988 and 2002 restoring the building while updating the building’s systems and functions for the modern needs of the state government.
The exterior of the building’s wings feature porticoes on the ends with corinthian columns, arched windows on the third floor, rusticated bases with entrance doors and decorative keystones, decorative reliefs featuring festoons over the windows on the porticoes, cornices with modillions and dentils, and pediments with sculptural reliefs, which were created by several sculptors, and have different symbolism embodied by their design. On the east wing, which is home to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the sculpture known as Law, created by Karl Bitter, is located on the portico pediment, on the west wing, which houses the chamber of the Wisconsin Assembly, is a sculpture known as Agriculture, also created by Karl Bitter, on the north wing, which is home to a hearing chamber, is the sculpture known as Virtues and Traits of Character, created by Adolph Alexander Weinman, and on the south wing, which houses the chamber of the Wisconsin Senate, is a sculpture known as Wisdom and Learning of the World, created by Attilio Piccirilli. The sides of the wings feature simpler cornices with dentils, pilasters and recessed window openings with arched openings at the ground floor, windows with decorative pedimented headers on the second floor, arched windows on the third floor, two small two-over-two windows on the fourth floor, and a recessed fifth floor features small paired windows, hidden behind a balustrade that runs around the entirety of the building minus the ends of the wings, concealing a low-slope roof at the setbacks on the sides of the wings and above the corner porticoes. The upper roofs of the wings are low-slope with front gabled portions in the middle punctured by skylights, with the roof being almost entirely enclosed by a parapet. At the center of the building in the inside corners of the greek cross are semi-circular portions of the facade with semi-circular two-story ionic porticos with large terraces and grand staircases featuring decorative copper lampposts, decorative stone balustrades, concealed entrances to the ground floor underneath the terraces, and three doorways on the upper level, with drums surrounded by buttresses featuring small windows and domed roofs above the balustrade on the fifth floor. In the center of the building is the rotunda, which is topped with a large dome that rises from a tall base that terminates in a balustrade, with a low-slope roof at the base of the drum of the dome, which features a level with small windows at the base, with projected pavilions at the corners above the semi-circular porticoes below, which were originally to support four smaller domes, but ended up supporting sculptures by Karl Bitter, symbolizing strength, faith, prosperity, and abundance and knowledge. The drum of the dome is surrounded by a corinthian colonnade with corinthian pilasters on the exterior wall of the dome behind the colonnade, arched windows, and recessed decorative panels at the top of the colonnade below the architrave. Above the architrave is a cornice with modillions and dentils, above which is another balustrade, accessed via doors from the interior space above the inner dome of the rotunda, and ringed by six-over-six windows, pilasters, and a cornice with egg and dart motif at the top. Above this last cornice is the dome, which is ribbed, with the ribs terminating in voluted upside down brackets at the base, and clad in granite, terminating at the top at a balustrade around the base of the lantern. The cylindrical landern features corinthian columns, arched windows, festoons, with a concavely sloped roof featuring rubs terminating in volutes, above which is the base of the Wisconsin statue, which is coated in gold leaf.
The interior of the building is richly decorated with Beaux Arts detailing, utilizing plaster, a diverse array of stone and woodwork, engaged columns and pilasters, murals, vaulted ceilings, decorative balustrades, grand staircases, and modern oak furniture. The interior dome features a mural by Edwin Howland Blashfield, known as Resources of Wisconsin, which sits in the middle of the dome’s coffered ceiling, above the upper balcony at the base of the drum. The rotunda features green and white marble corinthian columns with gold leaf on the capitals, vaulted alcoves on the sides with coffered ceilings, a stone floor, and features marble from Tennessee, Missouri, Vermont, Georgia, New York, and Maryland, granite from Wisconsin and Minnesota, limestone from Minnesota and Illinois, marble from France, Italy, Greece, Algeria and Germany, and syenite from Norway. A large circular opening in the floor of the center of the rotunda allows light into the lower level of the building, and is supported by a ring of square columns underneath. The light fixtures in the space are a combination of lampposts and sconces. The pendentives below the drum of the dome in the rotunda are decorated with glass mosaics by artist Kenyon Cox. The interior’s decoration denotes hierarchy of space, with the level of detail varying throughout the building’s interior from simple offices and service areas to the grand public spaces, such as the rotunda and government meeting chambers. The two-story senate chamber is circular with marble cladding, corinthian columns, and pilasters on the walls, a decorative ceiling with a central shallow domed decorative glass skylight, and coffers with rosettes, with murals above the main podium, and balconies inside the alcoves behind the columns for spectators and observers. The two-story assembly chamber features a similar shallow domed decorative glass skylight on the ceiling, but is square in shape with decorative pendentives and arches on the perimeter of the space opening into alcoves with vaulted ceilings, with wood paneling and a large mural behind the main podium, and balconies in the upper level of the alcoves. The supreme court chamber is square with a square decorative glass skylight in the room’s coffered ceiling, white marble pilasters, paneling, and murals on the walls, and arched niches housing candelabra-type lamppost light fixtures. The north wing hearing chamber features a massive cove ceiling with decorative trim and murals, with a large square decorative glass skylight in the middle, and walls lined with ionic pilasters and stone panels. The Governor’s Conference Room, located in the east wing, features a heavily decorated ceiling with multiple coffers housing murals, decorative stained woodwork, a fireplace with a decorative marble surround flanked by two corinthian columns, and gold leaf on some of the trim. The interior of the building is even more richly detailed than the exterior.
The building, which has been fully modernized and restored to some semblance of its original appearance, remains the seat of the government of Wisconsin, presently the 25th largest by land area and 20th largest by population in the United States. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, owing to its historical and architectural significance, and was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 2001. The building visually dominates the isthmus that makes up Downtown Madison, and sits in the city’s central square, one of the most visually impressive and stunning sitings of any capitol building in the United States.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 02-Jun-24.
Named: "Binghen am Rhein".
First flown with the Airbus test registration D-AZAG, this aircraft was delivered to Lufthansa as D-AISV in Sep-09. Current, updated 02-Jun-24.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 25-May-20.
This aircraft was delivered to the GPA Group (later to become GECAS) and leased to TAESA Mexico as XA-TAE in Oct-91. It was repossessed by GPA in Nov-94. Presumably TAESA paid the outstanding lease fees because it was re-leased to TAESA in Dec-94 only to be taken back again in Jan-95 and stored.
It was re-registered N400KL in Apr-95 and leased to Venus Airlines (Greece) as EI-CLP later the same month. It was returned to the lessor in Nov-96 when Venus Airlines ceased operations. Three days later the aircraft was leased to Air Transat for the winter season as C-GTSU.
It was returned to the lessor in Apr-97 and immediately leased to British Airways as G-CPEP. It was sold to DHL Holdings (UK) Ltd in Aug-00 and stored at Marana, AZ, USA. The aircraft remained in storage until it was leased to Air 2000 in Apr-02.
It was due to go on winter lease to Skyservice Canada as C-FPEP in Dec-03 but the lease was cancelled. Air 2000 was renamed First Choice Airways in May-04 and First Choice was merged with Thomsonfly to form Thomson Airways in Nov-08.
It continued in service until it was returned to the lessor in Oct-11 and sold 2 days later to FedEx Federal Express as N961FD. The aircraft was stored at Victorville, CA, USA until it was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door in Dec-12.
The aircraft was permanently retired at Victorville, CA, USA in Jun-24 after 33 years in service. Updated 22-Sep-24.
Replaced by a new Volvo a couple of weeks previously, LPG is flared off on 6th January 2010 prior to this unwanted out of contract serviceable bus being collected by the scrapper. This bus had been on the route 166 contract for the last 6 years of its career.
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The Robbins & Appleton Building at 1-5 Bond Street, an excellent example of cast-iron architecture, was designed by Stephen Decatur Hatch. Built between June 4, 1879, and April 30, 1880, it served as a factory for the manufacture of watchcases for the American Waltham Watch Company founded by Daniel F. Appleton and Henry A. Rabbins.^ This building replaced an earlier cast-iron store, also designed by Hatch and built for Robbins & Appleton in 1871, which was destroyed in a spectacular fire on the night of March 6, 1877.
Bond Street, opened in 1805, had been one of the most fashionable residential streets in the city during the second quarter of the 19th century. Many of New York's prominent families built their elegant Federal and Greek Revival town houses along its tree-shaded length between Broadway and the Bowery.
Within the span of a single generation, the quiet dignity of the street began to change, reflecting the trans formation taking place in the larger city surrounding it. By the 1850s, most of Broadway, from the Battery to Union Square, had become commercial in character, and the side streets leading from it were beginning to shift from residential to business uses.
Many of the houses on Bond Street became dentists' offices at this time, foretelling what was soon to happen to the street. In January 1860, the New York Times reported that, "...two or three business establishments have already invaded [Bond Street's] precincts," and, "No. 1 is occupied as a restaurant, and a new hardware-store is soon to be opened next to the residence of Dr. Francis." Dr. Francis sold his house six months later. Within the next few years, most of his neighbors did the same, migrating to the newer fashionable area—Fifth Avenue. An interesting reminder of the original residential character of the area is Shinbone Alley, opening onto Bond Street next to the Robbins & Appleton Building and running behind the existing buildings through the center of the block. This alley originally provided access to the stables behind the houses on Bleecker and Bond Streets.
In 1869, the sites at 1-5 Bond Street were either purchased or leased by Robbins and Appleton and the land was soon cleared for the erection of their first building. Completed in 1871, it was erected in only three months.8 Daniel Fuller Appleton (1826-1904) was bom in Marblehead, Massachusetts, the son of General James Appleton (1785-1862), an officer during the War of 1812 and a leading prohibitionist and abolitionist.
Daniel Appleton was educated in the public schools of Portland, Maine, where the family moved in 1833 and where his father was to serve as a member of the state legislature. After being trained in watchmaking by a brother, he came to New York and began working for Henry A. Robbins, a watch
importer, in 1852.10 He soon entered into partnership with his errployer, thus forming the firm of Bobbins & Appleton. In 1857, the firm purchased a small watch manufactory in Waltham, Massachusetts, which was to grow into the American Waltham Watch Company, one of the major manufacturing firms of its type in the country. Appleton was politically and socially active.
He served as a member of the first national convention of the Republican Party in 1856; he was President of the New England Society in 1878-79; he held the Vice Presidency of the Union League Club; and he was a member of the Century, the Metropolitan, and the Grolier Clubs and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. H Henry Asher Robbins (1829-1914) was born in Connecticut, the son of the Rev. Royal Robbins. He moved to New York about 1850 and entered business with, his older brother, an importer of watches.
A few years later, he and Appleton formed their company which, by 1880, was producing about $2,000,000 worth of watch cases from their new Bond Street factory.
Stephen Decatur Hatch, the architect of the Robbins & Appleton Building at 1-5 Bond Street, was bom in Swanton, Vermont, in 1839 and settled in New York where he entered the architectural office of John B. Snook. In 1864, after spending four years in Snook's office as a draftsman, he established his own practice, remaining active until his death in 1894. During his thirty-year career, Hatch designed a number of imposing domestic and commercial buildings in a wide variety of styles.
Among his most notable buildings are: No. 213-15 Water Street (1868), a handsome Italianate cast-iron warehouse in the South Street Seaport Historic District; the Gilsey House hotel (1869-71), one of the city's most impressive Second Empire cast-iron buildings at 1200 Broadway; the first Robbins & Appleton Building at No. 1-5 Bond Street (1870-71), a Second Empire cast-iron store that burned in 1877; the Dime Savings Bank (1875-77), an imposing three-sided Second Empire structure that stood on the south side of West 32nd Street at the intersection of Broadway and Sixth Avenue; the famous Murray Hill Hotel (1880) that once stood on the southwest comer of East 41st Street and Park Avenue; and two dramatic Romanesque Revival buildings along Broadway, the Manhattan Savings Institution (1889-91) at the northeast comer of Bleecker Street and the Roosevelt Building at 13th Street.
The cast-iron buildings, No. 213-15 Water Street, the Gilsey House, and the 1871 and the current 1879 structures at No. 1-5 Bond Street, all indicate the strong influence that the four years spent in Snook's office had upon him.
John B. Snook (1815-1901) was a leading architect with one of the largest practices in the city during the 19th century. It is the firm of Trench & Snook that is attributed with the design of the A.T. Stewart deparbnent store, still standing on the east side of Broadway between Chambers and Reade Streets. This building, begun in 1845, was among the most influential buildings erected in New York in the last century. The Stewart store, the first in the United States to be stylistically based on the Italian Renaissance, "created architectural repercussions up and down the Atlantic seaboard."
The date in the city's development at which the Stewart store appeared— 1845—was particularly fortuitous for the future physical appearance New York would assume. The discovery of gold in California in 1849, much of which flowed into the city's banks, the large influx of cheap labor from Ireland and Germany at the end of the decade, and the general growth of the economy, all contributed to an unprecedented expansion of the city and created a new wealthy class of citizens— the New York merchant prince. No longer satisfied with the chaste classicism of the Greek temple, the new "calico aristocracy" wanted to express their new-found wealth and prestige in monumental architectural terms. The Stewart store, to which they flocked, recalling the palace of a Renaissance merchant prince in 16th-century Italy, ideally suited their desires. Not only did the palazzo stylistically meet the new taste of the time, it also provided practical advantages over the Greek Revival commercial building.
By eliminating the characteristic columned portico the floor area and amount of light reaching the interior was increased. The new style also provided a means for expanding a building without destroying its aesthetic effect. Once the basic design was established, it could be repeated as often as the owner wished or could afford. The history of the expansion of the Stewart store provides proof of this.
By the beginning of the 1850s, the palazzo style as tine symbol of wealth and aristocracy was fixed in the popular imagination, and Broadway, in particular, metamorphosed from a street of small brick retail shops into a boulevard of marble, brownstone and cast-iron palaces. The use of cast-iron as a facade material and the new style were particularly well suited for each other. To make a cast-iron facade, the designer produced full-sized drawings of the principal parts from which patterns were made. Molds were created in wet sand and pieces cast in these molds.
The castings were then cleaned, chipped and filed and the ends of the columns cut smooth. The entire facade would be assembled in the fitting shop, given a coat of oxide of iron paint and the individual members numbered. Finally, the entire facade would be separated and shipped to the building site for reassembly. Once the original drawings and the initial casting were made, the unit could be reproduced at any time in the near or distant future. This standardized, construction technique, joined with the palace node's basic characteristic of repetition of a basic design unit, greatly enhanced the popularity of both the material and the style.
Another reason for the popularity of cast iron as a building material was its fire-resistant quality. Janes Bogardus, an early manufacturer of cast-iron fronts and one of their great advocates, asserted in his pamphlet: "Cast-iron houses are perfectly fire-proof—for, it is well known, not only a high intense heat, but One use of a blast, is required to reduce iron to a molten state; and never yet, in any conflagration, has it. been found melted, except in pieces of minute dimensions, and in such situation that the current of the flames created around them an artificial blast."The burning of the first Robbins & Appleton Building in 1877 gives evidence of the stability of iron structures. As reported in the New York Tines, after four hours of intensive burning, the upper three floors of the six-story building collapsed.
The collapse was not the result of the iron facade melting or failing, but because all interior support had been destroyed. The Assistant Fire Chief at the scene reported that, "The iron front was one of the best he had seen...The interior, however, was a forest of timber. The columns, beams, floors, and stairways inside...were chiefly of Georgia pine, and he compared the structure to a frame building encased with iron." There was also evidence of shoddy and hazardous construction of the interior which may explain why the building took only three months to erect.
Even without interior support, the lower three floors of the facade remained standing after the fire, demonstrating the basic stability of the cast-iron facade. Because they tilted precariously over the street, they were ordered pulled down. After much time and energy was spent by scores of men in a futile attenpt to accomplish this, a winch-truck—brougn to the site to salvage the safes of the tenants—was needed to pull the lower floors down. Having succeeded in toppling the facade, "...the pavement in Bond-street [was] covered with fragments of fancifully painted and gilded fragments of iron, broken columns and crushed pediments."
The burned building was designed by Hatch as an impressive commercial palazzo —a type that reflected his training with Snook. Richly decorated in keeping with its original function, it was used as a store that attracted jewelers and dealers in silverware as its tenants. At the time of the fire in 1877, the tenants, besides Robbins & Appleton, included: Gorham Silver Manufacturing Co.; Carier, Ilowkins & Sloane, jewelers; Baldwin, Sexton & Peterson, jewelers; and Taylor, Olmstead & Taylor, dealers in fancy goods, among others.
The present building, erected two years after the fire, is a stylistic variation on the palace theme. Although designed by the same architect in the same style with the same facade material for the same clients as the 1871 building and retaining such features as the mansard roof, the function of the new building was different. The new building was to serve as a factory with the exception of some floor space which was leased to D. Appleton & Co., the notable book publishing firm.
Lush and intricate architectural embellishment was unnecessary on a utilitarian structure such as a factory. With the exception of the ground floor, roof, and shallow end pavilions which give the building its Second Empire character—unusual for this date and probably retained at the insistence of the client—the facade consists of a single window bay unit reproduced twelve times across each of the upper four floors in disciplined regularity.
The bay unit is a deeply recessed one-over-one double-hung window flanked by smooth columns with simple necking and stylized capitals carrying a shouldered arch. The strength and beauty of the building lie in the strong horizontals of the cornices above each floor and the three-dimensional quality created by the deeply recessed windows.
The major difference between the ground floor and the upper stories, is that the lower part of the ground-floor columns is enhanced by an incised spiralling groove, and there is a handsome entrance portico, similar in design to the window units, crowned with a broken pediment carried on modillions.
The impressive mansard; sheathed with imbricated slates, is pierced by Palladian-like dormers in the end towers over the shallow pavilions and by a central, four-bay wide dormer. At the center of this dormer are two round-arch windows with keystones that carry a decorative plaque bolted to the surface. Below the pediment is a decorated bull's-eye that probably once held a clock manufactured by the owners.
To either side of the central section are square-headed windows with flanking columns that carry tine ends of a pediment. No. 1-5 Bond Street is a handsome commercial palazzo in the French Second Empire mode and is a fine representative of that type of 19th-century structure. It is an excellent example of cast-iron architecture and a commanding presence in the streetscape-a strong reminder of the city's rich architectural heritage.
- From the 1979 NYCLPC Landmark Designation Report