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On a very morning two fish sellers were going to their destination. Maybe their directions were opposite but destination was same.
I've also posted pictures of this barn before, which is along the same road as the church about 10 miles west of Owensboro, KY. The Audubon Parkway is just visible on the barn's opposite side.
"Say, Clint," you might exclaim. "You said you were going to go on a trip to Colorado, and yet here you are outside Owensboro. That's not even the right direction! What gives?"
Well, as it turns out, this is a different sort of trip than usual. Robin wasn't along for this one. Her spot in the passenger seat would be taken by an Owensboro person.
To explain how this happens, I have to share certain aspects of my life about which I've been purposely vague: I have kids. I've said as much before, but that's about all I've said, because I don't like to discuss my kids on the internet. For one thing, the internet is full of creepy people with nefarious motives. For another thing, the internet is permanent, and I don't want to be one of those parents who creates permanent records of children that might give them problems later on. I've likely been over cautious about that, but that's fine. I'm happy to mention the existence of offspring. I'm just reluctant to get specific.
But these days, almost all my offspring have reached an age where I'm not as concerned about discussing their presence, so here's the summary. Half my offspring grew up with me and Robin in Chicago, while the other half grew up in Owensboro with the ex-wife. For one reason or another, I never had much opportunity to take any of these kids on a trip. And to be honest, most of them felt just fine about this, as my travel gene seems to have been recessive. The kids tend to be homebodies, and most of them are happy with whatever slice of planet they've been able to see in a digital format. Kids today, you know?
But there is the one. I've mentioned that there's a kid who has gone off to college at the University of Louisville. This has afforded the child a certain freedom to travel she did not have before, so when her very first Spring Break came along, she asked me (at the last possible minute) if I'd take her someplace she hadn't seen. She'd never been west of the Mississippi, and she wanted to see mountains. I am fortunate enough to have been able to work that out quickly (mostly because I married well), so I took the college girl on a father-child trip to Colorado.
Next year, I'm hoping she'll embrace the college experience and do some absurd trip with friends, but I'm glad she thought of me on this one.
Today's weather is much the same as yesterday's weather ~ no change there!!
No. 6 365 ~ 2018 .... Same Old Same Old!! ....
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That wasn't me being sarcastic. I really had a crush on our driver on one field trip! Also amusing. The boy in front of me writing the actual words "Naughty Words" on my notebook to flirt with me rather than writing actual naughty words.
Making the Logo for SAME DIFFERENCE by Derek Kirk Kim. Used notebook paper from 1994 to make the logo...taken from a half used notebook from Mr. Mueller's 8th grade English class.
Same overall shape and construction, but back legs have changed orientation, and now have a trendy slope not unlike the front legs. This makes it less dependent on material thickness.
My kids were totally in synch, back in "the day." I like to walk this same beach almost daily--and I always remember these two, learning to love the river at the east tip of the island.
Now they're both out in the world, living on their own--finding jobs, making choices, still obeying their mutual "prime directive"--("don't involve Dad unless it's absolutely necessary")
Flickrfriend RitaGB recently posted a baby photo of her now 8-year-old son, with a caption remarking "they grow up so fast!" Ain't it the truth.
My kids have taken different paths, and aren't in tandem anymore. I watch from the sidelines, invested most assuredly, but aware that my parenting is a spectator sport now. Whatever lessons I had to pass along, by now it's either in their bones or as forgotten as those Father's Day Coupon Books they'd give, "good for one day of working on the boat, Dad."
The age of emancipation--18--was a discussion topic between us the other day. Their Freedom, they think. But the emancipation is the parents'--we are freed of many of the legal responsibilities, while these youngsters hopefully take charge of their own lives.
They still phone, asking for particular favors--to borrow the truck, to get some cash, questions about health insurance and income taxes. Or sometimes, to give me help on navigating the TV remote protocols. It happens fast, like they say. I will buy a new life!
Ah! Now we have two Rajdhani Express Trains - RJPB Rajdhani with MGS WAP-4 22587, Howrah Rajdhani with GMO WAP-7 30204, Jan Sadharan Express with HWH WAP-4 22242, and a Jhansi WAG-7 27519
In World War II, both the carrier forces of the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy employed the same tactical mix of aircraft, using both torpedo-carrying aircraft and bomb-carrying dive bombers. By using both at once, the defenders would have to split their fire between the high altitude dive bombers and the low altitude torpedo bombers—either weapon would be deadly to enemy ships. Dive bombers had to be more rugged and maneuverable than torpedo aircraft, to survive the ninety-degree dives required of their mission.
At the beginning of World War II in 1939, the principal US Navy dive bomber was the Northrop BT-1, designed by two legendary aircraft designers—Jack Northrop and Edward Heinemann. The BT-1 was reliable, but underpowered, with a tendency to stall on approach to its carrier. Heinemann, now working for Douglas Aircraft, proposed a replacement, broadly similar to the BT-1 but with the more powerful Wright Cyclone. The proposed aircraft would also be more streamlined, have a larger tail, and be equipped with perforated dive brakes that would slow the aircraft in a dive and give the pilot more control. Since the propeller on the Cyclone was larger, a bomb carried on the centerline hardpoint was attached to a crutch that would swing forward and release the bomb clear of the propeller arc. The Navy liked what it saw and ordered Heinemann’s design as the SBD-1 Dauntless, which first flew in May 1940.
By the Pearl Harbor attack in December 1941, most US Navy and Marine Corps units were equipped with SBD-3 variants, which included crew armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, as well as .50 caliber machine guns in the wings for strafing purposes. SBDs were involved in the war from the start, and several were lost at Pearl Harbor—but as the carriers of the US Pacific Fleet escaped the Japanese attack, it meant that the Dauntless would soon be on the attack.
Over the next four years, the SBD became one of the most effective aircraft of World War II. Operating from both carriers and land bases, the Dauntless would account for more Japanese ships than any other aircraft, and flew fully 25 percent of all sorties of the US Navy in World War II. It would see action in every major battle of the Pacific Theater, including the battles of Coral Sea, Midway, the Guadalcanal campaign, Philippine Sea, and Leyte Gulf; the aircraft that had started the war in Pearl Harbor would end it attacking the Japanese home islands.
The basic design of the SBD did not change for the duration of the war: although the SBD-3 was supplanted by the SBD-5, the latter only had an uprated engine. Despite being given somewhat unflattering nicknames such as “Barge,” “Clunk,” and “Slow But Deadly,” referring to its indifferent speed, the Dauntless defied attempts to replace it; its intended replacement, the SB2C Helldiver, was never as popular or as capable. The SBD gained a reputation for being simple to fly and maintain, as well as surprisingly manueverable: a skilled Dauntless pilot could use the type’s lack of speed to his advantage, forcing attacking Japanese fighters into overshooting. If this happened, the Japanese pilot would find himself in front of the SBD’s wing-mounted .50 caliber machine guns, which could tear the lightly-built A6M Zero apart. Attacking from the rear was not an easy matter either, as the twin .30 caliber machine guns manned by the rear gunner were often loaded with incendiary bullets that could set the Japanese fighters afire. Even if the SBD was hit, it was found to be remarkably resilient to damage.
The end of World War II also meant the end of the Dauntless: tactics had changed, and the SBD would prove to be the last dive bomber produced for the US Navy. The SBD was withdrawn in favor of the AD-1 Skyraider. Other examples were flown by the Mexican Air Force until 1959. A total of 5936 Dauntlesses were built; 24 currently survive, with four aircraft airworthy.
This is SBD-5 BuNo 36176, delivered to the US Navy in 1944. With the Dauntless being replaced by the SB2C Helldiver, 36176 became a trainer, flying off the training carrier USS Sable (IX-81). On 12 March 1944, 36176 stalled on launch and crashed into Lake Michigan, though the pilot survived. It would remain on the bottom until 1995, when the Navy recovered the aircraft (among many others); the cold, fresh water of the lake had preserved the aircraft. It was donated to Planes of Fame East in Eden Prairie, Minnesota and was restored to static condition; the restoration would not be complete until 2002, by which time 36176 was now part of the Palm Springs Air Museum.
Today, 36176 carries the markings it would have as a trainer aboard the Sable, and is displayed with two 250-pound bombs under the wings and a single 1000-pound bomb on the underfuselage cradle; it is painted in 1944-era US Navy tricolor camouflage. We saw it in May 2021.
We're The Same no.68, by Matthew Sweet from the album 100% Fun
I don't have to speak and you know what I'm thinking
you don't need to hear what I say
I don't have to ask coz you'll guess what I'm seeking
you don't need to hide what you know
baby, baby we're the same
when we fail in each other's eyes
baby, baby we're the same
so you should not be surprised when I swear to you
I never told you what to do
maybe it's me, maybe it's you
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My 365 art journal, where I create a year’s worth [yep, 365] of indie songs as my subject.
The Palitana temples of Jainism are located on Shatrunjaya by the city of Palitana in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. The city of the same name, known previously as Padliptapur, has been nicknamed "City of Temples". Along with Shikharji in the state of Jharkhand, the two sites are considered the holiest of all pilgrimage places by the Jain community. As the temple-city was built to be an abode for the divine, no one is allowed to stay overnight, including the priests. Every Jain believes that a visit to this group of temples is essential as a once in a life time chance to achieve nirvana or salvation.
This site on Shatrunjaya hill is considered sacred by Jains and have hundreds of temples. There are approximately 863 marble-carved temples on the hills. It is said that 23 tirthankaras (a human being who helps in achieving liberation and enlightenment), except Neminatha (a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma), sanctified the hill by their visits. The main temple is dedicated to Rishabha, the first tirthankara; it is the holiest shrine for the Svetambara Murtipujaka sect. Digambara Jain have only one temple here.
ETYMOLOGY
Jain temples are called as derasaras. Shatrunjaya means a "place of victory" or "which conquers enemies". There are 108 names of Shatrunjaya but only some of them are in common use.
GEOGRAPHY
The Gulf of Cambay is to the south of the Shatrunjaya Hills, and Bhavanagar town is to the north of the hills with the Shetrunji River flowing in between. Palitana, a city in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat, is 2 kilometres away. The Palitana Temples are situated at the twin summits and the saddle linking them. The temple complex is located 56 kilometres southwest of Bhavnagar, a major pilgrimage centre for Jains. The summit is situated at an elevation of 2,221 m. Reaching it involves climbing over 3,750 stone steps. However, during the monsoon season the temples are closed for devotees.
PATHS
It takes approximately two hours to make the 3.5 kilometres climb. There are multiple routes. The shortest one goes around the outer walls of the temples on the hilltop and passes Angar Pir, the shrine of a Muslim saint who is reported to have protected the temples during Muslim invasions. A second route goes around the foot of the mountain. A large number of pilgrims take part in a third route in the month of Phalguna (February/March), which passes five sacred temple sites over a distance of 45 kilometres. Elderly pilgrims who cannot climb the stairs are carried on a doli (swing chair) carried by porters and charged based on the pilgrim's weight.
GROUNDS
From the top of Shatrunjaya are views of the Gulf of Cambay and the rugged, drought-affected landscape. The narrow streets or lanes in the temple complex are similar to the ones found in the medieval cities of Europe. The high walls surrounding the temples give the appearance of a fort. Important features include the Ashok tree, the Chaitra tree, Jaytaleti, four-mouthed idol of Bhagawan Mahavir, Hingraj Ambikadevi (known as Hinglaj Mata, the presiding deity of the hill), Kumarpal, Vimalshah and Samprati.
HISTORY
Palitana was a princely state of India till it merged with India after independence in August 1947. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Rajpipla and Gohil Rajput clan.
Rishabha sanctified the hill where he delivered his first sermon. It was his grandson Pundarik, grandson of Rishabha who received salvation at Shatrunjay, hence the hill was originally known as "Pundarikgiri". Bharata, the father of Pundarik and half-brother of Bahubali, also came to Shatrunjaya many times. He is also credited with building a temple here.
The Palitana temples were built over a period of 900 years starting in the 11th century. They were destroyed by Turkish Muslims invaders in 1311 AD, when the saint Jinaprabhasuri, who was then 50 years old, presided over the temples. Two years later, the rebuilding began. While some temple building activity took place under Samara Shah, it was only two centuries later that it picked up momentum, when in 1593, Hiravijayasuri (Chief of Tapa Gaccha) organized a major pilgrimage to this location to attend the consecration ceremony of the temple built for Rishabha by Tej Pal Soni, a merchant. Following this, there was proliferation of temples here.
The most important temples are those of Adinath, Kumarpal, Sampratiraja, Vimal Shah, Sahasrakuta, Ashtapada and Chaumukh. Some of them are named after the wealthy patrons who paid for the construction. Most of them which are now present date to the 16th century. In 1656, Shah Jahan's son Murad Baksh (the then Governor of Gujarat) granted Palitana villages to the prominent Jain merchant Shantidas Jhaveri, a Svetambara Jain, in 1656, and subsequently when all taxes were also exempted that the temple town further prospered. It was brought under the control of the Anandji Kalyanji Trust in 1730 to manage not only Palitana temples but also many other temples of Svetambara Jains, since the Mughal period.
It is said that sculptors' skills and capacity to carve with abrasive cords (not tools) the intricate designs was paid on the basis of the marble dust that they had collected every evening after their hard labour. Kumarpal Solanki, a great Jain patron, probably built the earliest temples.
History also makes a mention that Lunia Seth Tilokchand, a merchant from Ajmer led a very large contingent of pilgrims to the Shatrunjaya temples when he heard that there were some disturbances at the Angarshah Pir on the hills. But he continued his pilgrimage and pleased the Pir by his offerings. This tradition is followed to this day by his descendents by offering an expensive cloth to cover the dome of the shrine.
Many of these temples are kept in “mint” condition with large donations provided by the rich Jain merchant community.
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
It is inferred that the temples are built in clusters known as tunks, as Jains undertake pilgrimage mostly on foot and hence they would like to reduce the distance of travel on foot to the minimum. As a religious practice they cover their mouth while offering puja to the tirthankaras at the temples so that they don't hurt any insects by swallowing them with an open mouth. Also, for this reason they do not offer open lighted lamps but offer aarti with covered lanterns. The religious practice also involves pilgrimage by fasting throughout the journey to and from the shrines. They also build their temples in white marble to demonstrate purity. Silence and prayers are the order of the day when one is climbing up the hills on pilgrimage. Fasting continues until they have returned to the auditorium of Anandji Kalyanji Trust at the foothill. Only the elderly and children can take the curd which can be purchased at the top of the hill.
RENOVATIONS
There have been frequent renovations and many of them are dated to the 16th century. New temples continue to be built here. Renovations occurred at least 16 times during the avasarpinikala (the descending half of the wheel of time)
ARCHITECTURE & FITTINGS
The Palitana temples are considered to be the most sacred tirtha (pilgrimage place) by the Jain community. There are hundreds of temples, with estimates ranging between 863 and 1,008. They are arranged in systematic groupings with variation in height and space. The buildings are carved in marble and are considered to be prayers in stone. They are grouped in nine separate wings or tuks, each wing having a separate central shrine or temple with minor shrines surrounding it. They have the unique features of the Chaumukh temple which is stated to be their creative preoccupation for large halls for holding discourses. This was prompted by their first tirthanakara’s discourse. It is an ensemble involving four sided buildings with doors so that images would be visible from all four sides or directions. The four sides are called the caturbimba (four sided views), which is considered auspicious from all directions. Their religious texts also are oriented towards building "cities of temples" like Palitana and Ranakpur, a particular feature in Jainism.
The larger temples have considerable marble halls with columns and towers, and plenty of openings, unlike Hindu temples. They are situated in separate enclosures, surrounded by high fortified walls. Many of the temples are very small buildings only about 0.28 m2, with Jain emblems, and sacred to Mahavira. The marble floors have tesselated patterns. The interiors are intricately carved, with carved ceilings with geometrical lace designs, clustered together to form a canopy.
The Adinath temple, which venerates Rishabha, is the main temple (in the apex of the northern ridge of the complex) in the complex and is the grandest. It has ornate architectural motifs, though in its overall plan, it is simpler than the Chaumukh temple. The jewellery collection of this temple is large, which can be seen with special permission from the Anandji Kalyanji Trust. The prayer halls of this temple (renovated in 1157 by Vagabhatta) is decorated with ornamental friezes of dragons. There are stairs from the quadrangle surrounding the temple which lead to a balcony from where one gets a scenic view of the temple complex. There are a series of domes with high spires, 1245 pitchers, 21 images of brightly coloured lions, four yoginis, ten digpals (guards), 72 devkulikas, 32 dolls and 32 toranas. There are three pradakshina routes, followed in a clockwise direction, which are associated with this temple. The first is circular and includes the Sahasrakuta temple, the foot-idols under the Rayan tree, the temple of idols of feet of Ganadhar, and the temple of Simandhar Swami. The second passage passes the new Bhagawan Adishwar temple, Mt. Meru, the temple of Samavasaran temple, and Sammet Shikhar temple. The third passage passes the Ashtapada temple, the Chaumukh temple.
The Adishvara Temple, dated to the 16th century, has an ornamented spire; its main image is that of Rishabha. The Chaumukh temple, built in 1616, has a four-faced Adinatha image deified on a white pedestal, each face turned towards the cardinal directions. Vimal Shah temple is a square structure with towers. Saraswatidevi temple, Narsinh Kesharji temple, and the Samavasaran temple, with 108 life-sketches in sculpture, are also notable. A modern temple, Samvatsarana, was built at the base of the hills of the main temple complex.
In the shrines, on a pedestal, are large figures of Mahavira, sitting with feet crossed in front, like those of Buddha, often decorated with gems, gold plates, and silver. The Adinath temple has an image 2.16 metres in height of a white-colored idol in the Padmasana posture. The main iconic image of Adinath, carved in fine piece of marble, has crystal eyes. Devotees offer flowers and sandal paste to the deity as they approach the statue for worship. The quadrangle opposite in front of the temples is elaborately designed. There is another shrine opposite to Adishwara temple where the Hindu saint Pundrick Swamy lived in the 5th century. After visiting Adishwara, a temple similar in design, Dilwara temple, is located to the right of the steps used for descending from the main shrine, which is also very elegantly designed with architectural piece in marble. In this temple, Suparswanatha is carved in the centre of a cube-shaped column; Adinatha and Parswanatha adorn the top and bottom of the column. Carvings on the ceiling, floor and the column are very elegantly sculpted. Parswanatha Temple is located in front of this temple.
CULTURE
BELIEFS
Every devout Jain aspires to climb to the top of the mountain at least once in his lifetime because of its sanctity to attain nirvana. The code for the climbers is stringent, in keeping with the rigours of the Jain faith. Food must neither be eaten nor carried on the way. The descent must begin before it is evening, for no soul can remain atop the sacred mountain during the night. The Shatrunjaya hills are considered by many Jains to be more important than the temple-covered hills of Jharkhand, Mount Abu and Girnar.
FESTIVALS
On one special day (Fagun Sud 13), which commonly falls in February/March, thousands of Jain followers visit the temple complex to attain salvation. Three times as many pilgrims come at this time, which is also called "6 Gaon".
The special festival day is the "Chha Gau Teerth Yatra" at the temple complex held on Purnima day (Full Moon Day) of Kartika month according to the Jain calendar, Vira Nirvana Samvat (October–November as per the Gregorian Calendar). Jains, in very large numbers assemble on this day at the temple complex on the hills as it opens after 4 months of closure during the monsoon season. During this pilgrimage, considered a great event in the life time of devout Jain, pilgrims circumambulate the Shatunitjaya Hills covering a distance of 21.6 km on foot to offer prayers to Lord Adinatha on the Kartik Poornima Day at the top of the hill.
Mahavir Jayanti, the birthday of Mahāvīra, is a notable festival celebrated at the temple complex. A procession carrying images of the tirthankara is made in huge decorated chariots, concurrently accompanied by religious ceremonies in the temples. Rituals include fasting and giving alms to the poor.
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Testing same lighting, no edit, shot RAW if available then exported from LR with no edits, else shot JPEG and exported no edits from LR.
Same guys, same lake, different bikes, 20 years later. We'll be touring into our 80's unless the wives put the skids on us. Then we'll just tell them we're going to play Bingo...for a week.
Installation views, Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative: Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 13–October 1, 2014.
Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
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Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK
This dry cleaning shop has been in Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury since 1959. I don’t know if the sign is the original but is certainly looks the part.
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same afternoon and same plants, different picture now with some treatment.
you should seriously see it on black.
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David Coleman and Sameer Patel join JP Finnell on stage at Network 2010 in San Francisco.
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Colonel Ed Chamberlayne, Baltimore District commander, provides opening remarks at the Dec. 2015 Society of American Military Engineers Baltimore Post breakfast meeting on Dec. 16, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. District program managers presented briefings for fiscal year 2016 projects for military construction, the secure environment, civil works and environmental projects. (U.S. Army photo by Cynthia Mitchell)
Same Bench. Different Days.
Subway Series.
Eh had less than a minute to take this because I had to catch my train. :/
NATIONAL SAME SEX KISS DAY at Chick-fil-A at 825 Ellsworth Drive in Silver Spring, Maryland on Friday afternoon, 3 August 2012 by Elvert Barnes Protest Photography
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