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Segmental Retaining Walls - Residential
Contractor: Paul's Landscaping
Producer: County Materials Corporation
The Balfrin Höhenweg is a revered and epic walking route, connecting villages of Grächen and Saas Fee in Valais, Switzerland. It is seen in this photo snaking through the center of the image. Although quite comfortable, it takes a good head for heights. The stream close to the left edge freezes late in the season, as was the case this time.
The route was opened in 1954 after engineering works connected existing trails used by hunters and shepherds. It was quite a foresight in an age where mountain tourism was synonymous with building more lifts and more roads. Since then, the scars inflicted have healed and the trail now blends graciously with the landscape as it climbs and descends on a constant switchback.
"The Swan Bells Tower" houses a set of eighteen bells hanging in a specially built 82.5 metres (271 ft) high copper and glass campanile in Perth, Western Australia. Taking their name from the Swan River, which the tower overlooks, and forming a sixteen-bell peal with two extra chromatic notes, are one of the largest sets of change ringing bells in the world.
Twelve of the set are historic bells from St Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square in London; six others, cast in recent times by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. The St Martin-in-the-Fields bells were donated to the State of Western Australia as part of the 1988 Australian bicentenary celebrations; the additional bells were cast with a subsequent donation of metals mined in Western Australia. The six newer bells include five which were presented to the University of Western Australia, the City of Perth and to the people of Western Australia from the City of London, the City of Westminster and a consortium of British and Australian mining companies, and one bell commissioned by the Western Australian Government (Wikipedia).
CO (Chaffee County)
Segment 11 Dayhike
I camped at Clear Creek Reservoir CG. For a free campground it is nice. Unfortunately for me, I setup right next to a group that was rather loud. Somehow I managed to get some sleep. The trailhead for Segment 11/12 was right near here, off of County Road 390. I was hiking by 0700.
In 2017, I had hobbled to the dirt road with a bum leg. I caught a hitch back to my car and the end of my hike for that year. Now I was continuing to the spot where I turned around yesterday and the completion of Segment 11. The trail started off with a long switchback, while overlooking Clear Creek Canyon. Some nice views.
The trail then follows some dirt roads and some powerlines. There is a historical site near Cache Creek. Evidently gold has been found in the area. Digging is not allowed here though. I didn't find any gold.
For a very short distance the trail uses Forest Service Rd 398. There is a large atv/jeep camping area here.
Upon returning to the trailhead, I noticed some 'trail magic' of 2 cans of soda behind a large rock. Trail Magic is an Appalachian Trail thing. Sometimes hikers encounter caches of things left for their use. It is usally appreciated but it can create a problem because hikers don't like to carry trash. Fortunately I did not see any leftovers strewn about. I've encountered this type of trail magic a few times on the Colorado Trail. I leave it for the next hiker.
Overall it was an easy hike. 4.9 mile hike to the turnaround point. Segment 11 was finished and was great for acclimating to the elevation. Next day to Spring Creek Pass, Segment 22, to continue hiking.
The United Nations' High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane signs the Maputo +15 Declaration at the Third Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.
The High-Level segment of the Maputo Review Conference on a Mine-Free World took place during the last two days of the Conference.
Several States addressed the conference during the high-level segment, while other delegations signed or witnessed the signing of the Maputo +15 Declaration.
For more information:
www.maputoreviewconference.org/
All photos are courtesy of the Convention's Implementation Support Unit, ISU.
Arduino controlling 2 x 7-Segment LED Displays directly without the aid of an LED driver IC. It creates a rats nest of wires.
Original segment of the Berlin Wall in Cape Town, South Africa. A gift to mark Nelson Mandela's state visit to Germany in May 1996!
Kabo Neale Sechele Morwaeng, Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration of the Republic of Botswana (video statement) during High Level Segment of the 49rd regular session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. 3 March 2022. UN Photo / Jean Marc Ferré
Abriss der St,-Lorenz-Brücke, genannt "Meierbrücke" und anschließendem höheren Neubau aufgrund der Elektrifizierung der Strecke Hamburg-Lübeck - Demontage der Brücke; letze Brückenelemente vor dem Verschwinden
This is a representation of the earliest soldiers of the regiment in Swedish and French service fighting in the Thirty Years' War - for a variety of reasons. Due to the Scottish/British Crown at times being allied with its Swedish and French counterparts Scottish and/or British patriotism may have played a role.
The Scottish princess Elizabeth not long before the war became the Queen of Bohemia, but the Hapsburgs, among other things, found this state of affairs too offensive to stand and declared war on Bohemia. Due to their own King's wise move of officially keeping his country out of the war, many Scots and other subjects of the King of England, Scotland and Ireland flocked to fight in their own semi-organised bands for Bohemia, as this was the only way their monarch allowed them to help Elizabeth.
Even though Bohemia was lost very early on in the war it was always the hope of many subjects of the Stuart Royal family that through fighting for anti-Hapsburg countries such as Sweden and France, as well as the Netherlands, Bohemia could one day be regained for a member of the Stuart family.
The hope was not met in the peace accords of 1648, thirty years after the battle of White Mountain ended Elizabeth's stint as Queen of Bohemia. However, the regiment carried on and was involved in many other events over the next 358 years of its existence as an independent unit.
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MAY 23 : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) talks with participants during the Leaders Segment: Breakfast Meeting within the World Humanitarian Summit 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey on May 23, 2016. Kayhan Ozer / Anadolu Agency
This is what happens when you use a bulb too big a size & too high a wattage, the translucent plastic back plate has suffered a melting!
Mainline I-69 bridges under construction in eastern Greene County, Indiana that will carry the future interstate over Carmichael Road and Indian Creek. E & B Paving, prime contractor (Indiana I-69 Project, Section 4, Segment 6); August 13, 2015.
The neoprene pad center segment of my OP/TECH USA Fashion 3/8" camera strap. I place the two ends on my camera, and attach them to one another to form a wrist strap. I can insert the pad to form a neck strap when I need it, but generally leave it out. So I mostly don't have a use for it, and mistakenly twisted it when I connected its two ends together for storage.
Speakers:
• H.E. Mr. Marcy Lopes, Minister of Justice and Human Rights
• H.E. Mr. Paulus Noa, SADC Anti-Corruption Committee
• M. Pascoal Joaquim, Vice Chairperson, African Union Advisory Board against Corruption
• Ms. Zahira Virani, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Angola
• Jane Marie Ongolo, Regional Representative, UNODC ROSAF