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This is a photograph from the 10th annual Longwood Village 10KM and 5KM Road Races and Fun Runs which were held in Longwood Village, Longwood, Co. Meath, Ireland on Sunday 20th October 2019 at 11:00. This photograph was taken at the 8.5KM mark on the 10KM course and the 3.5KM mark on the 5KM course. The races are held annually to support the development of the local GAA club while also supporting local charities. The race has support from Trim AC which sees the race have full AAI premit status. These races have grown steadily over the years and this year again almost 600 participants took part in the two races. This is an impressive statistic given that a very large number of local runners will be preparing for the Dublin City marathon 7 days from now. The number of entrants in both races have grown steadily over the years. Both races provide marathon runners and all other runners, joggers and walkers with an ideal opportunity to race on a very fair course in a beautiful rural setting. Barry Clarke of Longwood GAA and Trim AC and his very large group of volunteers deserve the highest of praise for the very high standard of organisation immediately apparent to anyone taking part in the race. Overall the whole day was a great success with the hard work put in by the organising committee ensuring that participants enjoyed their race experience. Both routes were accurately measured, kilometer points clearly marked, junctions well stewarded, and electronic timing provided. The event provided many local runners, joggers, fun runners and walkers with a local event to support whilst at the same time providing runners preparing for events such as the Dublin marathon with an opportunity to race a short, fast, distance in the lead up to marathon day. The GAA club provided excellent stewarding and traffic management all around the course. The race had a professional feel to it and as before it gets better year on year given the very positive feedback from many of the participants each year. The weather was reasonably good for racing with bright, crisp, sunny Sunday morning with high temperatures for this time of year of around 11 or 12c.
We have an extensive set of photographs from all of the races today in the following Flickr Album: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157711417766687
Timing and event management was provided by PopUpRaces.ie. Results are available on their website at www.popupraces.ie/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2018: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157702660163805
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2017: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157661720601468
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2016: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157672030705623
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2015: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157660017638535
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2014: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157648845224981/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157636477484093/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157631820426332/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157627782257481/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157625058772687/
Longwood is a small village in South East Co. Meath and is close to the town of Enfield with access to the M4 Motorway.
5KM Course: The 5KM started in Longwood village. Runners then took a left turn in the Village down St. Oliver's Road. This straight section of road brings runners to a left turn onto a very well maintained boreen road for less than one kilometer. The race then emerges and joins with the 10KM at Stoneyford where the runners take a left and then another left before arriving back at the finish line in Longwood GAA club. Overall this is a very fast and flat 5KM with no hills to speak of.
10KM Course: The 10KM event begins in Longwood Village outside Dargan's Pub and proceeds westward out of the village. There are some interesting points along this part of the course. At the 2KM point the runners will run under the double bridges - an aquaduct for the Royal Canal and a bridge carrying the Dublin Sligo Railway line. The race then enters county Kildare just before the 3km and after taking a right turn at the four-cross roads known locally as Lally's Cross it returns to County Meath on top of the River Boyne Bridge (Ashfield Bridge) which forms the county boundary. The race follows a straight road for the next 2KM until runners encounter Blackshade bridge which is the toughest climb on the route. As a point of interest Blackshade bridge brings runners back over the Royal Canal and the Railway line. The race then crosses the River Boyne again at Stoneyford before taking a right which will bring runners on a testing two kilometer stretch with some short hills. The 10KM course then joins with the 5Km course for the final 1.5KM back to Longwood GAA club for the finish.
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03/17/2022
WASHINGTON – A new web-based dashboard for advancing safety in oil and gas operations on the Outer Continental Shelf is now available to industry and the public as part of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and Bureau of Transportation Statistics SafeOCS Reporting System. The new state-of-the-art dashboard increases transparency and improves the ability to follow trends, improve inspection planning, understand common factors and see meaningful relationships in process safety, personal safety and environmental stewardship on the OCS.
“BSEE’s commitment to safety is enhanced by new initiatives, like this dashboard, which proactively identifies trends that can help mitigate risks and save lives,” said Stacey Noem, Chief, BSEE Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs. “BSEE supplied data and information from our records to develop this dashboard, which is a huge accomplishment for making offshore oil and gas safety data more transparent and accessible.”
The new SafeOCS dashboard represents data collected from 2018 to 2020 and represents over 11,900 consolidated voluntarily reported events, including stop cards, incident reports, event narratives, and contractor and operator information. It also allows operators to compare their confidential submissions with aggregated data from all participants to better identify safety risks and address them before an incident occurs.
Working closely with the BTS and industry, BSEE began the SafeOCS program in August 2013 for confidential reporting of safety data, including “near misses,” occurring on the OCS. All reports are analyzed but protected from release under the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act. For more information on the SafeOCS program visit
Gambar ini ditujukan buat rakan-rakan seperjuangan di Russia yang akan mengambil peperiksaan OZZ tak lama lagi. Semoga ilmu yang kita pelajari dapat diguna pakai di Malaysia, heh! Selamat berjaya semua.View Large On Black
My photo for Suicide Prevention Week. Feedback/criticism please.
I'm just another faceless soldier
Fighting this losing battle
Against myself.
I'm just another faceless soldier,
Another statistic,
Another number on the evergrowing list.
I'm just another faceless soldier
Trying to exist.
Trying to survive this alone,
I'm just another faceless soldier
Trapped in this self war zone.
I'm just another faceless soldier
Fading back into the mist.
I'm just another faceless soldier
No one to be truly missed.
I'm just another faceless soldier
Returning to dust.
I'm just another faceless soldier
Nothing left but a name on a list.
This photo goes off the idea that man was created by God from dust, and to dust we shall return once we die. But I really wish I could have had this done by Monday, but I was working on the paper and didn't even know until...actually I don't think I even knew until Monday? But I think I thought of this concept Monday or Tuesday Night and finally got to go shoot Friday- after the sun was set and there was no more light =/
But I edited the colors and started over I think 5 different times because I just didn't like how anything was turning out. I'm surprised how well the dust came out. You could hardly see it in the photos because it was really dark. Plus I was worried I didn't have enough brown sand with me-I only had like 1/3 of a jar.
personal: Do you ever just wish so badly that you could be good enough. Or feel like you will never be good enough. Do you even understand how it feels to not be good enough at the one thing in life you love so much. Because I have to feel this way all the time. Whether it be in Photojournalism or art photography. My one passion is photos, and I'm simply average at it....and that hurts. It really truly does. No matter what I do, I simply will not be good enough. So many of these people I follow on Flickr, they are a million times better than me. So I obsess over all their work and daydream and wish I could be that good. Many of these people are just beginning their ..how do I word this? photo careers? or abilities? Not really sure. but so many are just starting out or have been doing it only as long as me or a little longer. Like they continue to improve, but I just sit here at a standstill. I never get better and I simply stay average. I could go on and on about this all day, but I'll stop there. My apologies for my ranting!
Architecture. Pittsburgh PA. May/2016
Pittsburgh (/ˈpɪtsbərɡ/ PITS-burg) is the second largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the county seat ofAllegheny County. The Combined Statistical Area (CSA) population of 2,659,937 is the largest in both the Ohio Valley andAppalachia and the 20th-largest in the U.S. Located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, which form the Ohio River, Pittsburgh is known as both "the Steel City" for its more than 300 steel-related businesses, and as "the City of Bridges for its 446 bridges. The city features 30 skyscrapers, two inclines, a pre-revolutionary fortification and the Point State Park at the confluence of the rivers. The city developed as a vital link of the Atlantic coast and Midwest. The mineral-richAllegheny Mountains made the area coveted by the French and British Empires, Virginia, Whiskey Rebels, Civil War raiders, and media networks.
Aside from steel, Pittsburgh has led in manufacturing of aluminum, glass, shipbuilding, petroleum, foods, sports, transportation,computing, autos, and electronics.For much of the 20th century, Pittsburgh was behind only New York and Chicago in corporate headquarters employment, and second to New York in bank assets; it had the most U.S. stockholders per capita.[6]America's 1980s deindustrialization laid off area blue-collar workers and thousands of downtown white-collar workers when the longtime Pittsburgh-based world headquarters of Gulf Oil, Sunbeam, Rockwell and Westinghouse moved out.This heritage left the area with renowned museums, medical centers,[8] parks, research centers, libraries, a diverse cultural district and the most bars per capita in the U.S.] In 2015, Pittsburgh was listed among the "eleven most livable cities in the world.
Google, Apple, Bosch, Disney, Uber, Intel and IBM are among 1,600 technology firms generating $20.7 billion in annual Pittsburgh payrolls. The area has served also as the long-time federal agency headquarters for cyber defense, software engineering, robotics, energy research and the nuclear navy. The area is home to 68 colleges and universities, includingresearch and development leaders Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. The nation's fifth-largest bank, eight Fortune 500 companies, and six of the top 300 US law firms make their global headquarters in the Pittsburgh area, while RAND, BNY Mellon, Nova, FedEx, Bayer and NIOSH have regional bases that helped Pittsburgh become the sixth-best area for U.S. job growth.
Pittsburgh, também por vezes escrita em português como Pitsburgo ou Pittsburgo, é a segunda cidade mais populosado estado americano da Pensilvânia, atrás apenas da cidade de Filadélfia. Pittsburgh está localizada no sudoeste do estado, sendo a sede do Condado de Allegheny.
No final do século XIX, e isto até meados da década de 1960, Pittsburgh foi o maior pólo siderúgico e o maior produtor de aço do mundo. De fato, o cognome de Pittsburgh é "Cidade do Aço". Por causa das siderúrgicas instaladas na região - altamente poluidoras - Pittsburgh também foi cognomeada por alguns como "Cidade Enfumaçada". Porém, a maior parte das siderúrgicas - que passaram a enfrentar a concorrência cada vez maior de siderúrgicas estrangeiras - fecharam ou saíram da cidade. Em seu lugar, vieram indústrias de alta tecnologia, especialmente biotecnologia e robóticas, levando Pittsburgh a ser cognomeada pela Wall Street Journal como Roboburgh. Pittsburgh é uma das maiores produtoras de equipamentos robóticos do mundo, fora do Japão.
Pittsburgh é um centro importante de fundações e organizações de caridade e filantrópicas, como a Heinz Foundation, que tem uma longa história de apoio a actividades culturais e artísticas, que fizeram de Pittsburgh um pólo artístico e cultural no país. Além disso, Pittsburgh é um importante pólo de educação superior dos Estados Unidos, especialmente na área da medicina.
Third-party testing that allows you to operate 24/7 and still meet all federal, state and local compliances. Continuous Statistical Leak Detection (CSLD) is certified leak-testing technology that continuously monitors fuel height and temperature to detect idle times in the tank. During each idle perior, data is collected for a highly accurate leak-detction database.View the original image.
Squariatrics is a subspecialty of bonk medicine that focuses on health care of the square. It aims to promote health and to prevent and treat diseases and disabilities in square adults.
There is no set limit of squareness at which patients may be under the care of a squaritrician. Rather, this is determined by a profile of the typical problems that squariatrics focuses on, as defined in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Bonk Disorders, DSM-IV code 99.99.
The term squariatrics differs from squarentology which is the study of the squaring process itself. The term comes from the Greek squaron meaning "boring man" and iatros meaning "bonker". However "Squariatrics" is considered by some as "Bonk Squarentology".
Some fun Twitter statistics such as the % of people who don't know what a # is, when the first tweet was sent from space and the most Tweets Per Second.
Photo Source:
www.bitrebels.com/social/twitterpalooza-twitter-statistic...
Goliad is a city in Goliad County, Texas, United States. It had a population of 1,975 at the 2000 census. Founded on the San Antonio River, it is the county seat of Goliad County. It is part of the Victoria, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Goliad is located on U.S. Highway 59 (Future Interstate 69W), named also for the late U.S. Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen.
In 1747, the Spanish government sent José de Escandón to inspect the northern frontier of its North American colonies, including Spanish Texas. In his final report, Escandón recommended the Presidio La Bahia be moved from its Guadalupe River location to the banks of the San Antonio River, so it could better assist settlements along the Rio Grande. Both the presidio and the mission which it protected, Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga, moved to their new location sometime around October 1749.
With the conclusion of the Seven Years' War in 1763, France ceded Louisiana and its Texas claims to Spain. With France no longer a threat to the Crown's North American interests, the Spanish monarchy commissioned the Marquis de Rubi to inspect all of the presidios on the northern frontier of New Spain and make recommendations for the future. Rubi recommended that several presidios be closed, but that La Bahia be kept and rebuilt in stone. La Bahia was soon "the only Spanish fortress for the entire Gulf Coast from the mouth of the Rio Grande to the Mississippi River". The presidio was at the crossroads of several major trade and military routes. It quickly became one of the three most important areas in Texas, alongside Béxar and Nacogdoches. A civil settlement, then known as La Bahia, soon developed near the presidio. By 1804, the settlement had one of only two schools in Texas.
In early August 1812, during the Mexican War of Independence, Mexican revolutionary Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara and his recruits, called the Republican Army of the North, invaded Texas. In November the invaders captured Presidio La Bahia. For the next four months, Texas governor Manuel María de Salcedo laid siege to the fort. Unable to win a decisive victory, Salcedo lifted the siege on February 19, 1813, and turned toward San Antonio de Bexar. The rebels controlled the presidio until July or August 1813, when José Joaquín de Arredondo led royalist troops in retaking all of Texas. Henry Perry, a member of the Republican Army of the North, led forces back to Texas in 1817 and attempted to recapture La Bahia. The Mexicans reinforced the presidio with soldiers from San Antonio, and defeated Perry's forces on June 18 near Coleto Creek.
The area was invaded again in 1821. The United States and Spain had signed the Adams-Onís Treaty in 1819, which ceded all US territorial claims on the Texas area to Spain. On October 4, the Long Expedition (with 52 members) captured La Bahia. Four days later, Colonel Ignacio Pérez arrived with troops from Bexar, and Long surrendered. By the end of 1821, Mexico had achieved its independence from Spain, and Texas became part of the newly created country.
In 1829, the name of the Mexican Texas village of La Bahía was changed to Goliad, believed to be an anagram of Hidalgo (omitting the silent initial "H"), in honor of the patriot priest Miguel Hidalgo, the father of the Mexican War of Independence.
On October 9, 1835, in the early days of the Texas Revolution, a group of Texans attacked the presidio in the Battle of Goliad. The Mexican garrison quickly surrendered, leaving the Texans in control of the fort. The first declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas was signed here on December 20, 1835. Texans held the area until March 1836, when their garrison under Colonel James Fannin was defeated at the nearby Battle of Coleto. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, then President of Mexico, ordered that all survivors were to be executed. On Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836, in what was later called the Goliad Massacre, 303 were marched out of the fort to be executed, 39 were executed inside the presidio (20 prisoners were spared because they were either physicians or medical attendants); 342 men were killed and 28 escaped.
The famous Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza was born in Goliad in 1829. He commanded the forces resisting the French Army in the battle of Puebla, now celebrated as Cinco de Mayo on May 5, 1862.
The 1902 Goliad, Texas tornado devastated the town, killing 114 people, including Sheriff Robert Shaw. It is tied for the deadliest tornado in Texas history and the 10th-deadliest in the United States.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliad,_Texas
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_...
"Sault Ste. Marie (/ˌsuː seɪnt məˈriː/ SOO-seint-ma-REE) is the only city in, and county seat of, Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. With a population of 14,144 at the 2010 census, it is the second-most populated city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette. It is the central city of the Sault Ste. Marie, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Chippewa County and had a population of 38,520 at the 2010 census.
Sault Ste. Marie was settled as early as 1668, which makes it Michigan's oldest city and among the oldest cities in the United States. Located at the northeastern edge of the Upper Peninsula, it is separated by the St. Marys River from the much-larger city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The two are connected by the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, which represents the northern terminus of Interstate 75. This portion of the river also contains the Soo Locks, as well as a swinging railroad bridge. The city is also home to Lake Superior State University.
For centuries Ojibwe (Chippewa) Native Americans had lived in the area, which they referred to as Baawitigong ("at the cascading rapids"), after the rapids of St. Marys River. French colonists renamed the region Saulteaux ("rapids" in French).
In 1668, French missionaries Claude Dablon and Jacques Marquette founded a Jesuit mission at this site. Sault Ste. Marie developed as the fourth-oldest European city in the United States west of the Appalachian Mountains, and the oldest permanent settlement in contemporary Michigan state. On June 4, 1671, Simon-François Daumont de Saint-Lusson, a colonial agent, was dispatched from Quebec to the distant tribes, proposing a congress of Indian nations at the Falls of St. Mary between Lake Huron and Lake Superior. Trader Nicolas Perrot helped attract the principal chiefs, and representatives of 14 Indigenous nations were invited for the elaborate ceremony. The French officials proclaimed France's appropriation of the immense territory surrounding Lake Superior in the name of King Louis XIV.
In the 18th century, the settlement became an important center of the fur trade, when it was a post for the British-owned North West Company, based in Montreal. The fur trader John Johnston, a Scots-Irish immigrant from Belfast, was considered the first European settler in 1790. He married a high-ranking Ojibwe woman named Ozhaguscodaywayquay, the daughter of a prominent chief, Waubojeeg. She also became known as Susan Johnston. Their marriage was one of many alliances in the northern areas between high-ranking European traders and Ojibwe. The family was prominent among Native Americans, First Nations, and Europeans from both Canada and the United States. They had eight children who learned fluent Ojibwe, English and French. The Johnstons entertained a variety of trappers, explorers, traders, and government officials, especially during the years before the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States.
For more than 140 years, the settlement was a single community under French colonial, and later, British colonial rule. After the War of 1812, a US–UK Joint Boundary Commission finally fixed the border in 1817 between the Michigan Territory of the US and the British Province of Upper Canada to follow the river in this area. Whereas traders had formerly moved freely through the whole area, the United States forbade Canadian traders from operating in the United States, which reduced their trade and disrupted the area's economy. The American and Canadian communities of Sault Ste. Marie were each incorporated as independent municipalities toward the end of the 19th century.
As a result of the fur trade, the settlement attracted Ojibwe and Ottawa, Métis, and ethnic Europeans of various nationalities. It was a two-tiered society, with fur traders (who had capital) and their families and upper-class Ojibwe in the upper echelon. In the aftermath of the War of 1812, however, the community's society changed markedly.
The U.S. built Fort Brady near the settlement, introducing new troops and settlers, mostly Anglo-American. The UK and the US settled on a new northern boundary in 1817, dividing the US and Canada along St. Mary's River. The US prohibited British fur traders from operating in the United States. After completion of the Erie Canal in New York State in 1825 (expanded in 1832), the number of settlers migrating to Ohio and Michigan increased dramatically from New York and New England, bringing with them the Yankee culture of the Northern Tier. Their numbers overwhelmed the cosmopolitan culture of the earlier settlers. They practiced more discrimination against Native Americans and Métis.
The falls proved a choke point for shipping between the Great Lakes. Early ships traveling to and from Lake Superior were portaged around the rapids in a lengthy process (much like moving a house) that could take weeks. Later, only the cargoes were unloaded, hauled around the rapids, and then loaded onto other ships waiting below the rapids. The first American lock, the State Lock, was built in 1855; it was instrumental in improving shipping. The lock has been expanded and improved over the years.
In 1900, Northwestern Leather Company opened a tannery in Sault Ste. Marie. The tannery was founded to process leather for the upper parts of shoes, which was finer than that for soles. After the factory closed in 1958, the property was sold to Filborn Limestone, a subsidiary of Algoma Steel Corporation.
In March 1938 during the Great Depression, Sophia Nolte Pullar bequeathed $70,000 for construction of the Pullar Community Building, which opened in 1939. This building held an indoor ice rink composed of artificial ice, then a revolutionary concept. The ice rink is still owned by the city." - info from Wikipedia.
Now on Instagram.
Hurricane is a city in Washington County, Utah and is part of the St. George Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 13,748 at the 2010 U.S. Census. Along with several other areas of southwestern Utah, the Hurricane area has seen a large population growth since the 1970s, and it has blended in with neighboring St. George.
Hurricane was first settled in 1896, and received its name after a whirlwind blew the top off of a buggy that Erastus Snow was riding in. Snow exclaimed, "Well, that was a Hurricane. We'll name this 'Hurricane Hill'."
Hurricane; which is pronounced 'Hur-kan" by local residents, is on the far eastern edge of Washington County, UT. The community was settled as part of LDS Church President Brigham Young's 'Cotton Mission', intended to establish the southern end of Utah for agricultural purposes. The town still operates a large peach and apricot orchard for the LDS Church, and is historically known for growing; peaches, pecans, pistachio nuts as well as small farms. The town boasts multiple parks, a new dog park, a city pool and large community center, several ranked golf courses, two reservoir lakes noted for bass fishing (Sand Hollow Recreation Area and Quail Lake State Park), as well as a small municipal airfield. There are several medical clinics in the area.
Shopping includes a single large grocer(Lin's), several national chain stores, fast food restaurants, family dining, elite sports related stores and an antiques mall.
Geographically, the town is less than 100 miles from the Grand Canyon (north rim) which makes it a popular destination for sport para-gliders.
The one main boulevard is State Street, recently renovated and designated Utah SR-9. From 100E to 400W, the shopping district is designated as a 'historical district', with ongoing preservation efforts. Many of the larger homes in town are listed on the National Registry of Historic Homes.
The Grand Canyon is accessible, via SR-59 (off of State Street and 100E). Proceeding directly through town, SR-9 also transitions (in neighboring La Verkin, UT) to the highway that leads directly to Zion National Park.
Notable annual events; the large Peach Days Street Festival (held around Labor Day), The Easter Car Show, The Hurricane Valley Christmas Tree Festival and several athletic marathons.
The area enjoys the freedoms of rural life with some of the conveniences expected in modern life. Because it is so remote, crime is low (estimated to be under 1%, with almost no violent crime, historically). Social life centers around family/church.
The polygamist communities of Hildale, UT and Colorado City, AZ are approx. 20 miles to the east, via SR-59.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane,_Utah
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_...
Nate Silver has worked his statistical wizardry (known in technical circles as regression smoothing) to produce this graph of public opinion on same-sex marriage since 1988. The upshot: America is now majority gay friendly. So that's great news.
But it's not entirely surprising. As I've said before, anyone who's a member of Generation X or younger knows firsthand that outright homophobia is increasingly regarded as socially and morally retrograde, even among many young people who are otherwise conservative.
Of course, some parts of America are still less tolerant than others - www.good.is/post/mixed-news-on-same-sex-marriage/ - but we're all headed in the right direction.
I have been accused of being a Pollyanna, sometimes. I like to think I remember most of what we are fed as news today is nothing of the sort ... it's ideologues - or people paid to act like them - shouting at each other and the camera/microphone for ratings and ad revenue. The vast majority of people are not of that mindset - thank god - and so sites like five thirty-eight are all the more valuable for knowing how Americans really think and act.
Keep on top of the five thirty-eight project here: fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
Goliad is a city in Goliad County, Texas, United States. It had a population of 1,975 at the 2000 census. Founded on the San Antonio River, it is the county seat of Goliad County. It is part of the Victoria, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Goliad is located on U.S. Highway 59 (Future Interstate 69W), named also for the late U.S. Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen.
In 1747, the Spanish government sent José de Escandón to inspect the northern frontier of its North American colonies, including Spanish Texas. In his final report, Escandón recommended the Presidio La Bahia be moved from its Guadalupe River location to the banks of the San Antonio River, so it could better assist settlements along the Rio Grande. Both the presidio and the mission which it protected, Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga, moved to their new location sometime around October 1749.
With the conclusion of the Seven Years' War in 1763, France ceded Louisiana and its Texas claims to Spain. With France no longer a threat to the Crown's North American interests, the Spanish monarchy commissioned the Marquis de Rubi to inspect all of the presidios on the northern frontier of New Spain and make recommendations for the future. Rubi recommended that several presidios be closed, but that La Bahia be kept and rebuilt in stone. La Bahia was soon "the only Spanish fortress for the entire Gulf Coast from the mouth of the Rio Grande to the Mississippi River". The presidio was at the crossroads of several major trade and military routes. It quickly became one of the three most important areas in Texas, alongside Béxar and Nacogdoches. A civil settlement, then known as La Bahia, soon developed near the presidio. By 1804, the settlement had one of only two schools in Texas.
In early August 1812, during the Mexican War of Independence, Mexican revolutionary Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara and his recruits, called the Republican Army of the North, invaded Texas. In November the invaders captured Presidio La Bahia. For the next four months, Texas governor Manuel María de Salcedo laid siege to the fort. Unable to win a decisive victory, Salcedo lifted the siege on February 19, 1813, and turned toward San Antonio de Bexar. The rebels controlled the presidio until July or August 1813, when José Joaquín de Arredondo led royalist troops in retaking all of Texas. Henry Perry, a member of the Republican Army of the North, led forces back to Texas in 1817 and attempted to recapture La Bahia. The Mexicans reinforced the presidio with soldiers from San Antonio, and defeated Perry's forces on June 18 near Coleto Creek.
The area was invaded again in 1821. The United States and Spain had signed the Adams-Onís Treaty in 1819, which ceded all US territorial claims on the Texas area to Spain. On October 4, the Long Expedition (with 52 members) captured La Bahia. Four days later, Colonel Ignacio Pérez arrived with troops from Bexar, and Long surrendered. By the end of 1821, Mexico had achieved its independence from Spain, and Texas became part of the newly created country.
In 1829, the name of the Mexican Texas village of La Bahía was changed to Goliad, believed to be an anagram of Hidalgo (omitting the silent initial "H"), in honor of the patriot priest Miguel Hidalgo, the father of the Mexican War of Independence.
On October 9, 1835, in the early days of the Texas Revolution, a group of Texans attacked the presidio in the Battle of Goliad. The Mexican garrison quickly surrendered, leaving the Texans in control of the fort. The first declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas was signed here on December 20, 1835. Texans held the area until March 1836, when their garrison under Colonel James Fannin was defeated at the nearby Battle of Coleto. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, then President of Mexico, ordered that all survivors were to be executed. On Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836, in what was later called the Goliad Massacre, 303 were marched out of the fort to be executed, 39 were executed inside the presidio (20 prisoners were spared because they were either physicians or medical attendants); 342 men were killed and 28 escaped.
The famous Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza was born in Goliad in 1829. He commanded the forces resisting the French Army in the battle of Puebla, now celebrated as Cinco de Mayo on May 5, 1862.
The 1902 Goliad, Texas tornado devastated the town, killing 114 people, including Sheriff Robert Shaw. It is tied for the deadliest tornado in Texas history and the 10th-deadliest in the United States.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliad,_Texas
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_...
De nuevo, y siguiendo con la tradición, os comunico cómo van las estadísticas.
Esta vez, las 11.111 nuevas visitas han tardado en producirse sólo tres meses y doce días.
Todo se acelera, como el mundo. Espero que no sea para peor.
Gracias sinceras a quienes voluntaria o involuntariamente os habéis pasado por aquí.
Y a quienes, además, habéis dejado comentarios, mi agradecimiento mayor.
Saint Joseph (informally St. Joe) is the county seat of Buchanan County and chief city of the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Buchanan, Andrew, and DeKalb counties in Missouri and Doniphan County, Kansas. As of the 2010 census, Saint Joseph had a total population of 76,780, making it the eighth largest city in the state, third largest in Northwest Missouri. The metropolitan area had a population of 127,329 in 2010. St. Joseph is located on the Missouri River, but is perhaps best known as the starting point of the Pony Express and the death place of Jesse James. Saint Joseph is also home to Missouri Western State University. Saint Joseph was founded on the Missouri River by Joseph Robidoux, a local fur trader, and officially incorporated in 1843. In its early days, it was a bustling outpost and rough frontier town, serving as a last supply point and jumping-off point on the Missouri River toward the "Wild West". It was the westernmost point in the United States accessible by rail until after the American Civil War.
St. Joseph, or "St. Joe", as it was called by many, was a "Jumping-Off Point" for those headed to the Oregon Territory in the mid-1800s. In these cities, including Independence, Missouri, and St. Joseph, were where pioneers would stay and purchas supplies before they would head out in wagon trains. The town was a very bustling place, and was the second city in the USA to have electric streetcars.
Between April 3, 1860, and late October 1861, Saint Joseph was one of the two endpoints of the Pony Express, which operated for a short period over the land then inaccessible by rail, to provide fast mail service. Today the Pony Express Museum host visitors in the old stables.
In 1882, on April 3, the outlaw Jesse James was killed at his home, originally located at 1318 Lafayette, now sited next to The Patee House. James was living under the alias of Mr. Howard. An excerpt from a popular poem of the time is: "...that dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard has laid poor Jesse in his grave."
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53% of Indians suffer from tooth decay problems (bleeding gums, bad breath, sensitive teeth, receding gums and decayed teeth) and ~77% have not visited the dentist in the past one year, a study revealed Saturday.
Only 23% of Indian mothers are aware about the importance of taking children to the dentist at least once every six months.
Is there a designer type? To what limit are designers individualists and how does the
most average designer look like? Design Statistics Annual is trying to figure out the
answers. The book looks upon how designers are portrayed in images, where they come
from, and what they are doing. All the facts are illustrated in diagrams, reproductions of
portraits and text.
During one year statistics was collected from magazines. The work was completed in Eindhoven, and is about designers from all the world. This edition is based on the I.D. Magazine (International Design Magazine). One year’s edition of the magazine has been carefully counted, analyzed and registrated. The book consists of 226 pages, mentions 1523 persons and shows that the most average designer likes to dress in a pale blue shirt, jeans and black sneakers.
Design Statistics Annual is a collaboration between Maria Johansson and Lina Huring.
They met at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands where they both were
exchange students.
Schweiz / Wallis - Zermatt
View back on the way to Höhbalmen
Rückblick auf dem Weg zu den Höhbalmen
Zermatt (German pronunciation: [t͡sɛʁˈmat]) is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a year-round population of about 5,800 and is classified as a town by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
It lies at the upper end of Mattertal at an elevation of 1,620 m (5,310 ft), at the foot of Switzerland's highest peaks. It lies about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the over 3,292 m (10,801 ft) high Theodul Pass bordering Italy. Zermatt is the southernmost commune of the German Sprachraum.
Zermatt is famed as a mountaineering and ski resort of the Swiss Alps. Until the mid-19th century, it was predominantly an agricultural community; the first and tragic ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 was followed by a rush on the mountains surrounding the village, leading to the construction of many tourist facilities. The year-round population (as of December 2020) is 5,820, though there may be several times as many tourists in Zermatt at any one time. Much of the local economy is based on tourism, with about half of the jobs in town in hotels or restaurants and just under half of all apartments are vacation apartments. Just over one-third of the permanent population was born in the town, while another third moved to Zermatt from outside Switzerland.
Etymology
The name of Zermatt, as well as that of the Matterhorn itself, derives from the alpine meadows, or matten (in German), in the valley. The name appeared first as Zur Matte ("at the meadow") and became later Zermatt. It does not appear until 1495 on a map or 1546 in a text, but may have been employed long before.
Praborno or Prato Borno (Prato also means meadow) are the older names of Zermatt; they appear in the ancient maps as early as the thirteenth century.The Romand-speaking people from the Aosta Valley and from the Romand-speaking part of canton Wallis (Valais) used this name until about 1860 in the form of Praborne, or Praborgne. The reason of this change from Praborno to Zermatt is attributed to the gradual replacement of the Romance-speaking people by German-speaking colony.
The town of Zermatt lies at the southern end of the Matter Valley (German: Mattertal), which is one of the lateral branches of the grand Valley of the Rhône. Zermatt is almost completely surrounded by the high mountains of the Pennine Alps including Monte Rosa (specifically its tallest peak, named Dufourspitze), Switzerland's highest peak at 4,634 metres (15,203 ft) above sea level. It is followed by the Dom (4,545 m [14,911 ft]), Liskamm (4,527 m [14,852 ft]), Weisshorn (4,505 m [14,780 ft]) and the Matterhorn (4,478 m [14,692 ft]). Most of the Alpine four-thousanders are located around Zermatt or in the neighbouring valleys.
Zermatt is traversed by the main river of the valley: the Matter Vispa, which rises at the glaciers at the feet of the highest peaks: the Gorner Glacier on the east side near Monte Rosa and the Zmutt Glacier on the west side between Dent d'Hérens and Dent Blanche.
The town of Zermatt, while dense, is geographically small. There are three main streets which run along the banks of the Matter Vispa, and numerous cross-streets, especially around the station and the church which forms the centre of Zermatt. In general anything is at most a thirty-minute walk away. There are several "suburbs" within Zermatt. Winkelmatten/Moos, which was once a separate hamlet, lies on a hill (1,670 m [5,480 ft]) on the southern side. Steinmatten is located on the eastern bank of the main river.
Many hamlets are located in the valleys above Zermatt, however they are not usually inhabited all year round. Zum See (1,766 m [5,794 ft]) lies south of Zermatt on the west bank of the Gorner gorge, near Furi where a cable car station is located (1,867 m [6,125 ft]). On the side of Zmutt valley (west of Zermatt) lies the hamlet of Zmutt (1,936 m [6,352 ft]), north of the creek Zmuttbach. Findeln (2,051 m [6,729 ft]) is located in the eastern valley above the creek Findelbach. It lies below the Sunnegga station (2,278 m [7,474 ft]). Located near a train station of the Gornergratbahn, Riffelalp (2,222 m [7,290 ft]) is one of the highest hamlets with a chapel.
Zermatt had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 242.91 km2 (93.79 sq mi). Of this area, about 9.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and 85.2% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by 54 ha (130 acres) and the agricultural land has decreased by 160 ha (400 acres).
Climate
Zermatt has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfc). Summertime is cool in Zermatt, with mild days and cool nights, while winter is cold and snowy, with highs around freezing and annual snowfall averaging 128 inches (325 cm).
Tourism
The village was "discovered" by mid-nineteenth-century British mountaineers, most notably Edward Whymper, whose summit of the Matterhorn made the village famous. The Matterhorn was one of the last alpine mountains to be summitted (in 1865), and the first expedition that reached the top ended dramatically with only 3 of the 7 climbers surviving the descent. The story is related in the Matterhorn Museum.
Zermatt is a starting point for hikes into the mountains, including the Haute Route that leads to Chamonix in France and the Patrouille des Glaciers. Cable cars and chair lifts carry skiers in the winter and hikers in the summer; the highest of them leads to the Klein Matterhorn at 3,883 m (12,740 ft), a peak on the ridge between Breithorn and Matterhorn that offers extensive views in all directions. It is possible to cross into Italy via the Cervinia cable car station. A rack railway line (the Gornergratbahn, the highest open-air railway in Europe) runs up to the summit of the Gornergrat at 3,089 m (10,135 ft). Zermatt is also the western terminus for the Glacier Express rail service connecting to St. Moritz and the MGB (Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn). Together with eleven other towns Zermatt is a member of the community Best of the Alps.
Transport
To prevent air pollution that could obscure the town's view of the Matterhorn, the entire town is a combustion-engine car-free zone. Almost all vehicles in Zermatt are battery driven and almost completely silent. Electric vehicles are allowed for local commerces. The Cantonal police can issue a permit which allows residents to drive and park at the northern outskirts and for the permission to bring combustion-engine vehicles in to the town such as construction vehicles. Emergency and municipal vehicles, (fire trucks, ambulances, police etc.) generally use combustion engines, although even some of these are non-combustion (garbage trucks, etc.).
Passenger vehicles operating within Zermatt include tiny electric shuttles provided by hotels to carry visitors from the main train station (or the taxi transfer point just outside town) to the hotel properties, "electro" taxis operated by four major Zermatt families, and "electro" buses, which serve two routes: one between the major hotel areas and the stations of the various ski-lifts, and the other following a similar route but also serving the more rural "suburb" of Winkelmatten. Horse-drawn carriages can also be found; some are operated by hotels and others are available for hire.
Most visitors reach Zermatt by the rack-assisted railway train from the nearby town of Täsch (Zermatt shuttle). Trains also depart for Zermatt from farther down the valley at Visp and Brig, which are on the main Swiss rail network. The town also has a heliport (ICAO: LSEZ) and a local helicopter operator, Air Zermatt, which also provides alpine rescue services.
In 2007, a project group was formed to evaluate options for development of the local transportation network (as the "electro" buses do not have enough capacity). The results of this study are published in the December 2007 edition of Zermatt Inside. The six options explored are a coaster, a funicular, a metro, moving sidewalks, a gondola and more "electro" buses.
In 2019 work started to improve access on the Kirchbrücke – one of the most popular places to photograph the Matterhorn. The viewing area will be widened to keep tourists off the road and away from electric vehicles. The project should be complete by autumn 2019.
Skiing in Zermatt
Zermatt is known throughout the world for its skiing, especially Triftji for its moguls. The high altitude results in consistent skiing continuously throughout the summer.
Skiing in Zermatt is split up into four areas: Sunnegga, Gornergrat, Klein Matterhorn and Schwarzsee. There is also a connection to Cervinia and Valtournenche in Italy through the Plateau Rosa glacier.
In 2008, Zermatt hosted an "Infinity Downhill Race". The race took place on 13 and 14 December and comprised a course descending from the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise (3,800 m (12,500 ft)) and finished in Zermatt itself (1,600 m (5,200 ft)). The course was 20 kilometres (12 miles) long and featured a 2,200 metres (7,218 feet) descent.
Sunnegga
The Sunnegga Paradise is accessed via the SunneggaExpress funicular railway, followed by a gondola to Blauherd and finally a cable car onwards to the Rothorn (3,103 m) above. The topography of the mountain and the valley tends to keep the Rothorn clear and sunny, even when Zermatt is submerged in cloud.
From Blauherd there is a gondola down to Gant, and from there a connecting cablecar goes to Hohtälli. This cable car and the newer 4-seat chairlift Sunnegga-Findeln-Breitboden provide connections between Sunnegga and Gornergrat. With few steep slopes, this mountain is often used to train younger skiers.
Gornergrat
The Gornergrat is served by the Gornergrat railway, a 29-minute ride to the Gornergrat peak (3,089 m), via Riffelalp, Rotenboden and Riffelberg, (with limited stops at Findelbach and Landtunnel just above Zermatt). At the summit, the hotel and restaurant have been refurbished and accommodate a shopping centre. Riffelalp station is linked to Riffelalp Resort by a short tramway line named Riffelalptram.
A cable car heads up from Hohtälli to the Rote Nase (3,247 m). This final lift serves a freeride area but can be unreliable as this mountainside requires good snow cover to be skiable. The lifts in this area generally open for the season in late February or early March – cablecar is now permanently closed, with no replacement lift planned. A new slope leading back from Hohtälli to Kellensee just under the Gornergrat replaced this lift to maintain the link from the Rothorn to Gornergrat.
Klein Matterhorn / Schwarzsee
Near the southern end of Zermatt, the Matterhorn Express gondola transports passengers up to the interchange station at Furi. From here there is access to Schwarzsee via a gondola to the right, a cable car that leads on to the Trockener Steg midstation (and then on to the Klein Matterhorn); and a new gondola, opened on 18 December 2006, links Furi to Riffelberg on the Gornergrat mountain. This lift addresses one of the most persistent criticisms of Zermatt: that it is very difficult to ski the two sides of the valley without a tiresome trek through Zermatt between the Gornergratbahn and the Matterhorn Express at opposite ends of the town.
Testa Grigia at the top of the Theodul Pass serves as a connection to the Italian ski-resorts of Cervinia and Valtournenche. From the Swiss side it is reachable by skilift only, but from the Italian side by a chairlift and by a cablecar. In March 2019 it was announced that a new lift – the 'Alpine Crossing' – will connect Testa Grigia and Klein Matterhorn from spring 2021. There are customs offices here as well as a small alpine museum.
Zermatt is marketed as an all-year skiing resort, with summer skiing limited to the Theodul Glacier behind the Klein Matterhorn. Whilst strictly true, during the off season in May and June there will tend to be only one or two runs open, and the main glacier area does not open until July.
In operation since 25 October 2003, the Furggsattel six-seater chairlift has twelve (of eighteen) masts that stand directly on the glacial ice of the Theodul Glacier – a first for Switzerland.
The new CHF52 million 3S Glacier Ride Cable Car from the resort to Klein Matterhorn was opened on 29 September 2018. It has an uplift capacity of 2000 people per hour and takes just 9 minutes to reach the top using 25 cabins, each with 28 seats.
History of the lift system
1898 Start of summer operation of Gornergratbahn.
1928 Gornergrat Bahn introduces a twice-daily winter sports service to Riffelalp.
1939 Development of Theodul area from Breuil Cervinia to Testa Grigia.
1942 Zermatt-Sunnegga skilift (summer: foot lift, replaced by chairlift in 1967).
1946 Weisti trainer skilift (moved to Riffelberg in 1969). Zermatt-Sunnegga sideways-facing chairlift (replaced by funicular in 1980).
1947 Sunnegga-Blauherd skilift (replaced by cable car in 1967).
1955 Cableway Plan Maison-Furgghorn (discontinued 1992).
1956 Suspension lift Gornergrat-Hohtälli (Discontinued in the summer of 2007). Skilift Riffelberg (replaced by chairlift in 2003). Skilift Furi (discontinued 1960). Chairlift Findeln-Sunegga (due to be replaced in the summer of 2007).
1957 Suspension lift Zermatt-Furi.
1958 Suspension lift Hohtälli-Stockhorn (due to be discontinued in the summer of 2007). Furi-Schwarzsee suspension lift (replaced by cable car lift 2002).
1960 Skilift Garten (discontinued 2003).
1962 Suspension lift Furgg-Schwarzsee (replaced by group turnaround lift in 1991).
1963 Skilift Hornli.
1964 Suspension lift Furi-Furgg (replaced by Matterhorn Express in 2002). Theodullift (replaced by extension of Gandegglift 2003). Skilift Triftji-RoteNase
1965 Furgg-Trockener Steg suspension lift. Skilift National (replaced by chairlift Patrullarve 1989).
1967 Cable car lift Sunnegga-Blauherd (replaced by combi system in 2005). Suspension lift Blauherd-Rothorn (replaced in 1996). Skilift Furggsattel (replaced by a chairlift in 2003). Skilift Eisfluh (replaced by chairlift in 2001). Passlift (replaced by extension to Gandegglift 2003).
1968 Platform skilift Kumme (replaced by chairlift 1982). Skilift Gandegg (extended and renovated in 2003).
1971 Cable Car Gant-Blauherd. Skilift Gant-Platte (discontinued 2002). Skilift Riffelberg-Gifthittli (replaced by chairlift in 2003). Skilift Testa Grigia I.
1979 Cable Car Trockener Steg-Klein Matterhorn.
1980 Funicular Zermatt-Sunnegga. Skilift Testa Grigia II (moved to Plateau Rosa III 2005). Border skilift (Gobba di Rollin/Plateau Breithorn). Skilift Plateau Rosa I.
1982 Built: Suspension lift Furi-Trockener Steg. Cable car Zermatt-Furi. Chairlift Kumme-Rothorn.
1984 Joint skipass in Zermatt.
1986 Suspension lift Hohtälli-Rote Nase.
1989 Chairlift Patrullarve-Blauherd.
1991 Chairlift Furgg-Sandiger Boden-Theodul Glacier. Skilift Plateau Rosa II. Group turnaround lift Furgg-Schwazsee.
1995 Joint skipass Zermatt-Cervinia.
1996 Suspension lift Blauherd-Rothorn.
1997 T-bar Grenzlift built at Klein Matterhorn; highest lift in Europe. (Still in service)
1998 Suspension lift Gant-Hohtälli.
1999 Electronic ticketing system introduced.
2001 Chairlift Eisfluh-Sunnegga (replacing tow lift).
2002 Merger of Zermatt Bergbahnen. Cable car lifts Matterhorn Express (Zermatt-Furi-Schwarzsee).
2003 Chairlift Furggsattel Gletscherbahn (Trockener Steg – Furggsattel). Chairlift Gifthittli (Rifelberg – Gifthittli).
2005 Combi system (gondola/chairlift) Sunnegga-Blauherd. Passenger lift funicular-Riedweg (discontinued 2007).
2006 Suspension lift Furi-Schweigmatten-Riffelberg (Riffelberg Express).
2007 End of operations of the Gornergrat – Hohtälli Cable Car.
2007 End of operations of the Hohtälli – Stockhorn cable car, replaced by a 2 t-bar lifts (Stockhorn and Triftji) in 2008.
2007 Clearing of the skitunnel at Riffelberg, next to Gifthittli lift, increasing the capacity of this slope.
2007 Four-seat chairlift Sunnegga-Findeln/Eja and Findeln/Eja-Breitboden opened after construction.
2015 Bubble-Chairlift S.B. Hirli opens. (Stafel/Joscht- Hirli)
2016 Hublot-Express service Gant-Blauherd opens.
2017-2018 Blauherd-Rothorn Cable car temporarily out of service due to unstable ground foundations around Tower 1.
2018 Kumme-Rothorn chairlift destroyed by avalanche.
2018 Avalanche destroys T-bar Triftji-Rote Nase.
2018 Stockhorn T-bar destroyed in Avalanche.
2018 The world highest 3S cableway is inaugurated
2019 Blauherd – Rothorn Cable Car back in service after summer construction work.
2020 Kumme Gondola (replacing chairlift 1982)
Developments
The Zermatt Bergbahnen's website mentions a few projects for the following years:
c. 2024 Breitboden – Rosenritz high speed chairlift (new)
Unknown ETA new Cable Car Zermatt – Furi (replacing current cable car)
c.2022 New Gondola system Hohtalli – Rote Nase – Stockhorn (putting Stockhorn in service for the first time in 8 years)
Unknown ETA High-Speed Furgg-Garten Chairlift (replacing very slow current lift Furgg-Sandiger Boden)
In March 2019 Zermatt Bergbahnen announced plans for a new 3S 'Alpine Crossing' between Cervinia and Zermatt. It is planned to open in Spring 2021.
As well as several changes to the slopes, and the placement of new snowmaking installations.
Economy
About half of the jobs in Zermatt are in the hotel and restaurant industry.
As of 2012, there were a total of 6,370 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 42 people worked in 19 businesses in the primary economic sector. The secondary sector employed 521 workers in 68 separate businesses. Finally, the tertiary sector provided 5,807 jobs in 736 businesses. In 2013 a total of 13.7% of the population received social assistance.
In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 4,261. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 20, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 538 of which 83 or (15.4%) were in manufacturing and 385 (71.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 3,703. In the tertiary sector, 531 or 14.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 477 or 12.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2,178 or 58.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 38 or 1.0% were in the information industry, 54 or 1.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 116 or 3.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 56 or 1.5% were in education and 87 or 2.3% were in health care.
In 2000, there were 744 workers who commuted into the municipality and 89 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 8.4 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.[36] Of the working population, 7.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 2.6% used a private car.
(Wikipedia)
Zermatt ([tsɛrˈmat]) ist eine politische Gemeinde und eine Burgergemeinde mit einem Burgerrat im Bezirk Visp sowie eine Pfarrgemeinde des Dekanats Visp im Schweizer Kanton Wallis. Bevölkerungsmässig ist Zermatt nach Visp zweitgrösster Ort im Bezirk Visp und liegt im Mattertal auf einer Höhe von circa 1610 m am Nordostfuss des Matterhorns. Zermatt ist ein Bergsteigerzentrum und dank dem Matterhorn und seinem Wintersport- und Wandergebiet ein bekannter Ferienort der Schweiz.
Der frühere Name Praborgne (französisch), abgeleitet vom ursprünglichen lateinischen Namen Pratobornum, wird nicht mehr verwendet.
Geographie
Lage
it einer Fläche von 243,4 km² gehört Zermatt zu den grössten Schweizer Gemeinden. Das Areal umfasst 1,3 km² Bauzone, 9,4 km² Wald, 10,0 km² Landwirtschaftszone (inkl. Alpweiden) und 183,0 km² Naturschutzzonen. Der höchste Punkt ist mit 4634 m ü. M. die Dufourspitze im Monte-Rosa-Massiv. Der tiefste Punkt auf 1524 m ü. M. liegt im Bachbett des Talflusses Mattervispa an der Grenze zur unterhalb liegenden Nachbargemeinde Täsch nahe der Flur mit dem Namen Schlangengrube. Das weite Hochtal ist im Osten von der Bergkette Rimpfischhorn – Strahlhorn – Jägerhorn – Dufourspitze – Signalkuppe begrenzt, im Süden von der Reihe Lyskamm – Castor und Pollux – Breithorn – Klein Matterhorn und westlich des Theodulpasses von Matterhorn – Dent d’Hérens – Tête Blanche. Im Westen liegen zwischen dem Tal des Zmuttbachs und dem Val d’Anniviers die Höhenzüge von Dent Blanche, Ober Gabelhorn und Zinalrothorn.
Das Zermatter Gemeindegebiet grenzt an Italien. Der Übergang über den Theodulpass nach Valtournenche ist wegen der Eisbedeckung nur für Fussgänger und Skifahrer passierbar.
Gewässer
Der Hauptfluss im Tal ist die Mattervispa, die durch den Ortskern von Zermatt fliesst. Sie entsteht durch die Vereinigung des vom Zmuttgletscher kommenden Zmuttbachs, der vom Gornergletscher kommenden Gornera, des vom Triftgletscher kommenden Triftbachs und des vom Findelgletscher durch die Findelschlucht fliessenden Findelbachs. Bei Stalden bildet die Mattervispa zusammen mit der Saaservispa die Vispa, die bei Visp in den Rotten (Rhône) mündet.
Die Gornera nimmt südlich von Furi den Furggbach auf, der am Furgggletscher unter der Ostwand des Matterhorns und unter dem Oberen Theodulgletscher entspringt. Der Bach Balmbrunnen fliesst vom Hohtälligrat über die Alp Breitboden in den Findelbach. Vom Mettelhorn rauscht der Luegelbach durch die steile Runse neben dem Wisshorn[6] zur Mattervispa hinunter.
Am Zmuttbach liegt der von 1961 bis 1964 gebaute Stausee Zmutt, der als Wasserfassung für die Stauhaltung des Grande-Dixence-Systems dient. Das Wasser wird mit Pumpstationen bei Zmutt und Stafel ins Dixence-Tal geleitet.
Berge
22 Schweizer Hauptgipfel über 4000 Meter liegen ganz oder teilweise auf Zermatter Gebiet:
Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa), 4634 m ü. M., der höchste Berg der Schweiz
Nordend (Monte Rosa), 4609 m ü. M.
Zumsteinspitze (Monte Rosa), 4563 m ü. M.
Signalkuppe (Monte Rosa), 4554 m ü. M.
Liskamm (manchmal Lyskamm), Ostgipfel, 4527 m ü. M.
Liskamm (Lyskamm), Westgipfel, 4479 m ü. M.
Matterhorn, 4478 m ü. M.
Parrotspitze (Monte Rosa), 4432 m ü. M.
Dent Blanche, 4356 m ü. M.
Ludwigshöhe (Monte Rosa), 4341 m ü. M.
Castor (Zwillinge), 4228 m ü. M.
Zinalrothorn (Weisshorngruppe), 4221 m ü. M.
Rimpfischhorn (Mischabel), 4199 m ü. M.
Strahlhorn (Mischabel), 4190 m ü. M.
Dent d’Hérens, 4171 m ü. M.
Breithorn-Westgipfel, 4164 m ü. M.
Breithorn-Mittelgipfel, 4159 m ü. M.[9]
Westlicher Breithornzwilling, 4139 m ü. M.
Gendarm (östlicher Breithornzwilling), 4106 m ü. M.
Pollux (Zwillinge), 4092 m ü. M.
Schwarzfluh (Breithorn), 4075 m ü. M.
Ober Gabelhorn (Weisshorngruppe), 4063 m ü. M.
Weitere markante Berge im Gemeindegebiet sind das Oberrothorn (3414 m ü. M.), das Stockhorn (3532 m ü. M.), das Äbihorn (3473 m ü. M.), das Untere Gabelhorn (3392 m ü. M.), das Theodulhorn (3468 m ü. M.),[10] das Riffelhorn (2928 m ü. M.) und das Mettelhorn (3406 m ü. M.).
Gletscher
In den hoch gelegenen Tälern von Zermatt liegen viele, zum Teil trotz dem andauernden Schwund noch recht grosse Gletscher. Zusammen mit allen Seitengletschern bedeckt das Gletschersystem des Gornergletschers eine Fläche von 68 km², was nach dem Aletschgletscher die zweitgrösste zusammenhängende Gletscherfläche der Alpen darstellt.
Liste der Zermatter Gletscher:
Findelgletscher
Triftjigletscher
Gornergletscher
Adlergletscher
Monte-Rosa-Gletscher
Grenzgletscher
Zwillingsgletscher
Schwärzegletscher
Breithorngletscher
Theodulgletscher mit Plateau Rosa
Furgggletscher
Tiefmattengletscher
Zmuttgletscher
Matterhorngletscher
Stockjigletscher
Schönbielgletscher
Hohwänggletscher
Arbengletscher
Gabelhorngletscher
Triftgletscher
Rothorngletscher
Bodengletscher
Klima
Durch die hohen Berge, welche in den Hauptwetterrichtungen die Niederschläge abschirmen, sowie das allgemein hohe Geländeniveau ist das Klima für die Höhe und die geographische Breite mild und niederschlagsarm. Die Waldgrenze liegt auf hohen 2'200 bis 2300 m und damit im mittel- und südeuropäischen Spitzenbereich. Die durchschnittliche Niederschlagsmenge im Dorf beträgt rund 700 mm pro Jahr. Die umgebenden Berge, insbesondere entlang der italienischen Grenze, sind – relativ zur Höhe – deutlich kälter und niederschlagsreicher. Auf der Signalkuppe des Monte Rosa beträgt der durchschnittliche Jahresniederschlag 4100 mm.
Für die Normalperiode 1991–2020 betrug die Jahresmitteltemperatur 4,7 °C, wobei im Januar mit −3,9 °C die kältesten und im Juli mit 13,7 °C die wärmsten Monatsmitteltemperaturen gemessen werden. Im Mittel sind hier rund 171 Frosttage und 42 Eistage zu erwarten. Sommertage gibt es im Jahresmittel 8 bis 9, während im Schnitt alle 10 Jahre ein Hitzetag zu verzeichnen ist. Die Messstation von MeteoSchweiz liegt auf einer Höhe von 1638 m ü. M.
Siedlungen
Auf dem Gebiet von Zermatt liegen die Weiler Findeln, Tuftern, Winkelmatten, Blatten, Zum See und Zmutt, meist mit eigenen Kapellen. Früher wurden sie als Sommersiedlungen benutzt. Heute sind sie beliebte Touristenziele.
Sprache
Zermatt ist noch vor Salurn in Südtirol der südlichste Ort des geschlossenen deutschen Sprachraumes (als deutsche Sprachinsel liegen lediglich die Lystaler Orte Gressoney und Issime weitere 20 km bis 30 km südlich).
Geschichte
Neuere archäologische Grabungen in einem Felsabri auf der Alp Hermetje förderten menschliche Spuren aus der Mittel- und Jungsteinzeit (ab 9000 v. Chr. und 5500–2200 v. Chr.) zutage. In den Hubelwäng am Fuss des Unteren Gabelhorns belegen fünf prähistorische Schalensteine am alten Handelsweg die frühe Anwesenheit von Menschen, während römische Münzfunde auf dem Theodulpass und spätmittelalterliche Münz- und Waffenfunde am Gletscherrand beim Trockenen Steg die Benützung dieses Alpenübergangs in Antike und Spätmittelalter bezeugen. In den 1880er Jahren wurde bei Fundamentarbeiten für das Hotel Monte Rosa eine latènezeitliche Topfwerkstätte entdeckt, in der Gefässe aus Chloritschiefer gehöhlt wurden. In den 1990er Jahren wurde im Furi eine ähnliche Werkstatt aus der jüngeren Eisenzeit (380–120 v. Chr.) freigelegt.
1280 wird Zermatt erstmals als Pratobornum erwähnt, was als «Matte im Quellgebiet» (von mittelhochdeutsch mat/mate «Wiese»; vgl. auch Alm (Bergweide)) oder «Matte in den Grenzmarken» übersetzt werden kann. Zermatt ist eine Tochterpfarrei von St. Niklaus. Die Pfarrgemeinde von Zermatt wird in einer Urkunde vom 25. April 1285 erwähnt. Eine Dorfkapelle wurde ca. 1290 errichtet. Zwischen dem 15. und 17. Jahrhundert kauften sich die Zermatter von verschiedenen Feudalherren frei.
Wichtige Handelswege führten im Mittelalter via Zermatt über den Theodulpass nach Italien. Münzfunde belegen, dass dieser Weg schon zu Zeiten der Römer im 1. bis 4. Jahrhundert n. Chr. benutzt wurde. Die Münzen kann man heute im Matterhorn-Museum Zermatlantis besichtigen. Als sich die Gletscher während der Wärmephase um 1000 bis 1300 weit zurückgezogen hatten, war der Theodulpass auch auf der Nordseite eisfrei. Aus dem 13. Jahrhundert stammen die teilweise gepflasterten Saumwege, deren Überreste heute noch zu sehen sind.
Erste Naturforscher kamen um 1780 nach Zermatt. Ein bescheidener Fremdenbesuch setzte nach 1820 ein, ab 1838 gab es eine Gastherberge.] Zwischen 1850 und 1860 wurde eine mit Kutschen befahrbare Strasse zwischen Zermatt und St. Niklaus erstellt. 1852 wurde das erste kleine Hotel eröffnet. Der Gommer Bauernsohn Alexander Seiler I. eröffnete 1855 das Hotel Monte Rosa und begründete sein Hotelimperium. Ein Hotel auf dem Riffelberg wurde 1854 gebaut. 1858 folgte die Gründung einer Bergführergesellschaft in Zermatt, die 1860 wieder aufgelöst wurde. Im Jahre 1873 kam es dann zur Gründung der Führergesellschaft Zermatt St. Niklaus. Ein weiterer Tourismuspionier war Joseph Anton Clemenz, der 1852 das Mont Cervin eröffnete und es 15 Jahre später an Seiler verkaufte.
1865 gelang dem Engländer Edward Whymper die Erstbesteigung des Matterhorns. Dies war der Startschuss für den Aufstieg zum weltberühmten Touristenort.
1891 wurde die Bahnstrecke von Visp nach Zermatt der Visp-Zermatt-Bahn für den Sommerbetrieb eröffnet. 1898 folgte die Bahn auf den Gornergrat.
Im Januar 1902 organisierte Hermann Seiler als Präsident der Sektion Monte Rosa des Schweizer Alpen-Clubs in und bei Zermatt den ersten Skikurs in der Schweiz.
Von Zermatt aus gelang im September 1903 Luftschiffer Eduard Spelterini und Hermann Seiler zusammen mit einer dritten Person die erste Überfliegung der Hochalpen im Ballon.
Am 31. Dezember 1927 liess Hermann Seiler 180 eingeladene englische Sommerstammgäste in St. Niklaus mit 50 Schlitten abholen und nach Zermatt fahren. Mit dem Abschluss der Schutzbauten Ende Oktober 1933 konnte die heutige Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn den ganzjährigen fahrplanmässigen Betrieb bis nach Zermatt aufnehmen, wie er bereits seit 1928 bis St. Niklaus bestand, Voraussetzung für reguläre Wintersaisons in Zermatt. Bereits 1944 besuchten erstmals mehr Gäste im Winter als im Sommer Zermatt.
Im März 1963 grassierte in Zermatt eine Typhusepidemie mit über 400 Erkrankten und drei Toten.
Die 1968 gegründete Air Zermatt errichtete am Dorfeingang einen Heliport.
Durch den Tourismus ist Zermatt im Lauf der Zeit stark gewachsen. Das typische Bild eines Walliser Bergdorfs ist nur noch im Ortskern und bei den ausserhalb gelegenen Weilern zu finden, während im Tal ausgedehnte Feriensiedlungen entstanden sind.
Zermatt ist eine autofreie Gemeinde, die Strasse darf ab Täsch nur mit entsprechender Bewilligung befahren werden. In Zermatt werden Transportaufgaben von speziell bewilligten kommerziellen Elektrofahrzeugen oder Pferdetaxen übernommen. 124 Hotels sowie zahlreiche Gästebetten in Ferienwohnungen bieten über 17'500 Gästen Platz.
81,3 % der Einwohner gehören der Römisch-katholischen Kirche an, 9,2 % der Evangelisch-reformierten Kirche, 5,4 % gehören einer anderen Konfession an, und 4,1 % sind konfessionslos.
Tourismus
Wintersportgebiete
Das Wintersportgebiet um Zermatt gliedert sich in die drei Bereiche Matterhorn glacier paradise/Schwarzsee paradise, «Gornergrat» und Sunegga paradise/Rothorn paradise. Seit dem Bau der neuen Verbindungsbahn Furi–Riffelberg im Sommer 2006 sind die drei Skigebiete (Matterhorn ski paradise) miteinander verbunden. Mit dem angegliederten Gebiet von Breuil-Cervinia (Italien) stehen dem Wintersportler 63 Bergbahnen und 257 Pistenkilometer zur Verfügung. Die längste Abfahrt vom Kleinen Matterhorn nach Zermatt ist ca. 15 km lang und hat eine Höhendifferenz von 2'279 m.
Die Fahrt mit der Seilbahn von der Mittelstation auf dem Trockenen Steg zum Matterhorn glacier paradise (Klein Matterhorn) führt auf eine Höhe von 3820 m ü. M. Die am höchsten gelegene Bergstation wurde erst Ende der 1970er Jahre erbaut, nachdem die Bergbahngesellschaft die Konzession schon Ende der 1960er Jahre erhalten hatte. Ein Aufzug führt von der Bergstation zum Gipfel des Kleinen Matterhorns. Kurze Zeit später wäre das Projekt wohl kaum mehr realisierbar gewesen, was die Gemeinde Saas-Fee mit ihrem Projekt zum Feechopf (3888 m ü. M.) erfahren musste.
Über einen Personenlift gelangt man auf den Gipfel des Klein Matterhorns (höchster Aussichtspunkt Europas) auf 3883 m ü. M. Das Panorama reicht von den Schweizer Alpen über die französischen Alpen bis in die italienische Po-Ebene. Das Gebiet Matterhorn glacier paradise ist Kern des Sommerskigebiets von Zermatt.
Das Gebiet des Gornergrats wird durch die Gornergratbahn, eine der ältesten elektrischen Gebirgs-Zahnradstrecken der Schweiz, erschlossen. Ungefähr auf halber Strecke befindet sich bei der Station Riffelalp der Ausgangspunkt des Riffelalptrams, der (nur im Sommer betriebenen) höchstgelegenen Strassenbahn Europas von der Bahnstation zum Fünf-Sterne-Hotel Riffelalp Resort 2222 m. Am Endpunkt der Bahn auf dem Gornergrat befinden sich ein Hotel, eine Sternwarte sowie ein Aussichtspunkt mit Panoramablick auf den Gornergletscher und das Monte-Rosa-Massiv.
Sommerskigebiet
Das Sommerskigebiet von Zermatt ist das grösste und höchstgelegene in Europa. Je nach Schneeverhältnissen stehen bis zu 20 km Pisten zur Verfügung. Die längste Abfahrt hat eine Länge von 7 km. Das Sommerskigebiet erstreckt sich vom Trockenen Steg über den Theodulgletscher zur Testa Grigia oberhalb des Theodulpasses, weiter über das Plateau Rosa bis zum Klein Matterhorn. Die Gobba di Rollin, welche einige hundert Meter südlich des Kleinen Matterhorns, dicht an der Grenze zu Italien, liegt, ist mit einer Höhe von 3899 m ü. M. der höchste Punkt eines europäischen Skigebiets. Sie ist nur im Sommer mit Skiliften erreichbar. Im Frühling und Herbst ist ausserdem die Gletscherbahn zum Furggsattel geöffnet. Das Sommerskigebiet wird von vielen Skinationalmannschaften für das Sommertraining genutzt. Seit einigen Jahren wird zusammen mit Saas-Fee ein Kombiticket für Sommer-Skiurlauber angeboten. Die Fahrzeit von Täsch nach Saas-Fee beträgt circa 40 Minuten.
Zermatt ist neben dem Hintertuxer Gletscher das einzige Skigebiet der Alpen, in dem 365 Tage im Jahr Skibetrieb herrscht.
Langlauf
Zermatt selbst hat keine Langlaufloipen. Die 15 km lange, wettkampferprobte Spur liegt unterhalb von Zermatt zwischen Täsch und Randa.[28] In den Jahren 1981 bis 1989 wurde achtmal der Zermatter Nachtlanglauf, ein 10-km-Skilanglaufrennen, in den Strassen von Zermatt durchgeführt.
Bergsteigen
Die touristische Entdeckung des Mattertals begann 1792 mit den Erstbesteigungen des Klein Matterhorns und des Theodulhorns durch den Genfer Gelehrten Horace-Bénédict de Saussure. Nicht weniger als 58 Erstbesteigungen und 47 Ersttraversierungen folgten in den Jahren 1855 bis 1894. 1855 erfolgte zum Beispiel die Erstbesteigung der Dufourspitze des Monte Rosa.[29] 1858 folgte die Gründung einer Bergführergesellschaft in Zermatt, die 1860 wieder aufgelöst wurde. Im Jahre 1873 kam es dann zur Gründung der Führergesellschaft Zermatt St. Niklaus.[19] 1865 erfolgte die Erstbesteigung des Matterhorns. 1931 wurde die Matterhorn-Nordwand erstmals erfolgreich durchstiegen.
Die Haute Route ist eine internationale, hochalpine, mehrtägige Wander- und Skidurchquerung über 180 Kilometer vom Mont-Blanc-Massiv bei Chamonix, Frankreich, durch die Walliser Alpen bis nach Zermatt. Sie führt über verschiedene Gletscher und hohe Bergübergänge und etappenweise zu Berghütten wie der Bertolhütte und der Schönbielhütte.
Wandern
Zermatt bietet ein Wanderwegnetz von mehr als 400 km in allen Talgebieten an. Von Saas-Fee über Grächen (Höhenweg Balfrin) und über Gasenried nach Zermatt (Europaweg) führt die regionale Wanderroute 27 «Swiss Tour Monte Rosa» von Wanderland Schweiz. Die ganze Wanderung dauert drei Tage, kann jedoch auch in einzelnen Etappen bewältigt werden. Die Tour ist nur für geübte und ausdauernde Wanderer zu empfehlen.
Berglauf
Zwischen 1982 und 2012 fand vom Bahnhof Zermatt (1605 m ü. M.) zum Zielpunkt Schwarzsee (2580 m ü. M.) der Matterhornlauf mit einer Streckenlänge von 14,34 km statt. Seit 2002 finden im Juli der Zermatt-Marathon (der von St. Niklaus über Zermatt auf den Riffelberg führt) und seit 2013 jeweils im August das Matterhorn Ultraks statt.
Skiberglauf
Seit 1943 führt die Patrouille des Glaciers (PDG) von Zermatt nach Verbier. Eine 2010 gestartete Patrouille mit dem Zermatter Skibergsteiger Martin Anthamatten hält den Streckenrekord.
Skiweltcup
Ab der Saison 2022/23 sollten im Spätherbst im Rahmen des Saisonstarts des Alpinen Skiweltcups Abfahrtsläufe auf der neuen Gran-Becca-Rennstrecke stattfinden. Der Start des Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening sollte leicht unterhalb der Gobba di Rollin in der Schweiz liegen, das Ziel liegt bei der Mittelstation Laghi Cime Bianche oberhalb von Cervinia in Italien. Präsidiert wird das lokale Organisationskomitee von Franz Julen, CEO des Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening ist Christian Ziörjen. Die Rennen mussten wegen Schneemangels abgesagt werden, an der Wahl des Austragungsorts und dem Termin wurde erhebliche Kritik geübt.
Verkehr
Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (MGB)
Wichtigster Zubringer in das von Autos mit Verbrennungsmotor befreite Zermatt ist die Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (MGB). Sie entstand 2003 durch die Fusion der Furka-Oberalp-Bahn und der Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn. Die 35 km lange Bahnstrecke von Visp nach Zermatt wurde 1891 eröffnet. Das Teilstück Brig–Visp wurde erst 1930 gebaut. Auf ihrer Linie nach Visp, Brig-Glis, Andermatt und Disentis verkehrt auch der Glacier Express. Seit der Eröffnung 2007 des Lötschberg-Basistunnels der NEAT ist der Bahnhof Zermatt von Zürich aus mit Umsteigen auf die Schmalspurbahn im Bahnhof Visp in drei Stunden erreichbar.
Gornergratbahn
Direkt neben dem Bahnhof der MGB beginnt die Zahnradstrecke der Gornergratbahn (GGB), die auf den Gornergrat führt. 1896 wurde mit dem Bau der imposanten Ausflugsbahn begonnen. Da die Endstation Gornergrat auf einer Höhenlage von 3089 m ü. M. liegt, war die Bauzeit zwischen Schneeschmelze und dem Wintereinbruch äusserst kurz. Über 1000 Arbeiter kamen zum Einsatz – die meisten von ihnen waren, wie bei allen damaligen grossen Eisenbahnbauten der Schweiz, Italiener. Insgesamt waren während der zweijährigen Bauzeit rund 2400 Arbeiter beschäftigt.
Bahnstationen
Sunnegga, Blauherd, Grünsee, Rothorn, Findeln, Gant, Gornergrat, Riffelalp/Riffelberg/Rotenboden, Hohtälli, Stockhorn, Rote Nase, Furi, Trockener Steg, Klein Matterhorn, Gobba di Rollin, Plateau Rosa, Theodulpass/Testa Grigia, Gandegg, Schwarzsee, Furggsattel.
Chronik der Bergbahnen von Zermatt
1898: Eröffnung der Gornergratbahn (nur Sommerbetrieb)
1928: Die Gornergratbahn fährt erstmals auch im Winter
1942: Bau des ersten Skiliftes von Zermatt nach Sunnegga
1947: Bau der Sesselbahn Zermatt–Sunnegga
1955: Gründung der LZS (Luftseilbahn Zermatt–Schwarzsee)
1955/56: Bau der Luftseilbahn Zermatt–Furi–Schwarzsee
1958–1958: Bau der Luftseilbahn Gornergrat–Hohtälli–Stockhorn
1962: Bau der Luftseilbahn Furgg–Schwarzsee
1963: Bau des Skiliftes Hörnli
1963–1965: Bau der Luftseilbahn Zermatt–Furi–Furgg–Trockener Steg
1964: Gründung der Rothornbahn AG
1967: Bau der Gondelbahn Sunnegga–Blauherd und der Luftseilbahn Blauherd–Rothorn
1971: Bau der Gondelbahn Gant–Blauherd
1973: 17. Dezember. Definitive Bewilligung der Luftseilbahn auf das Kleine Matterhorn
1979: Eröffnung der Luftseilbahn auf das Kleine Matterhorn
1980: Eröffnung der ersten unterirdischen Standseilbahn der Schweiz Zermatt–Sunnegga (Sunneggatunnel)
1982: Bau der Sechser-Gondelbahn Zermatt–Furi und der Luftseilbahn Furi–Trockener Steg
1984: Als Folge eine Grossbrandes bei der Bergstation Neubau des Skiliftes Triftji nach Rote Nase
1986: Eröffnung der Luftseilbahn Hohtälli–Rote Nase
1989: Ersatz der Skilifte Sunnegga–Blauherd und Patrullarve–Blauherd durch eine Vierersesselbahn
1990: Bau Sessellift Furgg–Sandiger Boden–Theodulgletscher
1991: Eröffnung der Gruppen-Gondelbahn Furgg–Schwarzsee als Ersatz der alten Luftseilbahn
1996: Eröffnung der neuen Pendelbahn Blauherd–Rothorn als Ersatz der alten Luftseilbahn
1998: Eröffnung der Seilbahn Gant–Hohtälli
2002: Fusion Sunnegga-Express AG, Rothornbahn AG und Matterhornbahnen AG zur Bergbahn Zermatt AG, der grössten Bergbahnunternehmung der Schweiz[32]
2002: Eröffnung der Achter-Gondelbahn Matterhorn-Express Zermatt–Furi–Schwarzsee
2002: Eröffnung des Sessellifts Gifthittli
2003: Eröffnung des neuen Sessellifts Furggsattel. Die Furggsattel-Gletscherbahn ist die erste Sesselbahn, welche auf einem Schweizer Gletscher gebaut wurde. Sie ist die längste Gletschersesselbahn Europas. Die Bergstation stand beim Bau auf italienischem Boden; da als Grenze die höchste Linie des Grats definiert ist, der gratbildende Gletscher inzwischen jedoch weggeschmolzen ist und die Felskante nun die höchste Linie bildet, steht auch die Bergstation (und somit die ganze Bahn) inzwischen in der Schweiz.
2005: Eröffnung der Kombibahn (Gondel- und Sesselbahn) zwischen Sunnegga und Blauherd
2006: Eröffnung der Gondelbahn Riffelberg Express zwischen Furi und Riffelberg
2007: Eröffnung des Sessellifts Sunnegga–Findeln–Breitboden
2008: Rückbau der Luftseilbahn Gornergrat–Hohtälli–Stockhorn. An ihrer Stelle wurde eine Verbindungspiste vom Hohtälli nach Gifthittli gebaut. Um das Stockhorn neu zu erschliessen, wurde ein neuer Skilift erstellt.
2008: Bau eines vollautomatischen Crossliners von Sunnegga zum Anfängerpark am Leisee
2009: Bau der Verlängerung des Matterhorn-Express von Schwarzsee via Furgg auf Trockener Steg. Diese Bahn ersetzt die alte Gondelbahn von 1965 von Furgg nach Trockener Steg sowie die Gruppen-Gondelbahn Furgg–Schwarzsee. Mit der neuen Bahn ist der Trockene Steg in 25 Minuten ohne Umsteigen zu erreichen.
2010: Rückbau der oberen Sektion des Theodul-Express (Sandiger Boden–Theodulgletscher). Als Ersatz dient die Verlängerung des Matterhorn-Express, welche 2009 realisiert wurde.
2013: Erneuerung der Standseilbahn Zermatt-Sunnegga[33]
2015: 6er-Sesselbahn Joscht–Hirli als Ersatz für den Skilift Hörnli
2016: 6er-Sesselbahn Gant–Blauherd als Ersatz für die 4er-Gondelbahn
2016: Baubeginn der 3S-Bahn Klein Matterhorn als Ergänzung zur Pendelbahn
2018: Eröffnung der neuen 3S-Bahn-Umlaufbahn aufs Klein Matterhorn. Sie verbindet die Station Trockener Steg auf 2939 Metern Höhe mit dem Matterhorn glacier paradise auf 3821 Metern Höhe.
2020: Bau und Inbetriebnahme der autonomen Zehner-Gondelbahn Kumme. Sie verbindet Tufternkehr über die Mittelstation Wyss Gufer mit dem Rothorn.
Autofreies Zermatt
Die Strassen von Zermatt sind für den privaten Autoverkehr seit 1931 gesperrt. Das bestehende Fahrverbot wurde durch die Stimmberechtigten von Zermatt in den Jahren 1972 und 1986 bestätigt. Die 5 km lange Strasse zwischen Täsch und Zermatt darf nur mit einer Spezialbewilligung befahren werden, die an Einheimische, Gäste mit einer Zweitwohnung, Taxis, Versorgungs- und Rettungsfahrzeuge vergeben wird. Handlungen gegen das bestehende Verkehrsreglement sowie gegen rechtskräftige Verfügungen des Gemeinderates werden durch den Gemeinderat mit einer Busse bis zu 5'000 CHF bestraft, sofern die kantonale oder eidgenössische Gesetzgebung nicht eine höhere Busse vorsieht. Die Verkehrskapazität der Strasse ist inzwischen überschritten. Am 6. März 2005 stimmten die Stimmbürger von Zermatt einem Ausbau der Strassenverbindung zu. Seitdem prüfen die Gemeinde Zermatt und der Kanton Wallis die Sanierung und den Ausbau der Strasse. Mit dem Ausbau der Strasse wurde bisher noch nicht begonnen. Die Feriengäste müssen für die Dauer des Aufenthaltes ihre Wagen im grossen Parkhaus in Täsch abstellen, das über 2000 kostenpflichtige Parkplätze aufweist. Ausserdem werden rund 900 Parkplätze von Privatunternehmen angeboten, die einen 24-Stunden-Taxidienst nach Zermatt anbieten. Im Matterhorn-Terminal ist eine Umsteigeplattform auf die Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn integriert. Pendelzüge mit Niederflurwagen, die auch mit Gepäckkulis befahren werden können, verkehren im 20-Minuten-Takt nach Zermatt. In den Nächten zwischen Freitag und Sonntag verkehren die Züge im Stundentakt durchgehend.
Für den Transport der Skifahrer stehen in Zermatt seit Januar 1988 Elektrobusse in Betrieb. Diese bedienen auf einem Rundkurs von circa 4,5 km Länge sämtliche Talstationen der Zermatter Bergbahnen. Im Dezember 1991 wurde für die Erschliessung des Aussenquartiers Winkelmatten zusätzlich ein Klein-Elektrobus in Betrieb genommen. Das Passagieraufkommen zu den Spitzenzeiten im Winter ist gross. Je nach Bustyp finden 27, 50 oder 80 Passagiere Platz. Die Busdienstleistungen sind im Skiabonnement enthalten. Die Maximalgeschwindigkeit beträgt, wie für alle Fahrzeuge in Zermatt, 20 km/h.
Während Privatfahrzeuge mit Verbrennungsmotoren in Zermatt verboten sind, sind Elektroautos für gewerbliche Nutzung zugelassen, dürfen aber wie die Busse nur mit einer maximalen Geschwindigkeit von 20 km/h fahren. Von diesen mit Ausnahme der Elektrobusse kleinen und schmalen Elektroautos sind viele unterwegs als Transportfahrzeuge der Handwerker, als Lieferfahrzeuge der Supermärkte, Geschäfte, Gaststätten und Hotels sowie als Taxis oder Hotelzubringer, um Gäste und deren Gepäck vom Bahnhof abzuholen. Seit 1947 ist die Zahl der bewilligten Elektrofahrzeuge auf rund 500 angewachsen. In Verbindung mit dem vorhandenen Strassensystem führt die Fahrzeugnutzung inzwischen zu Verkehrsproblemen, denen durch Verkehrsberuhigungsmassnahmen begegnet werden soll. Zudem gibt es Kutschbetriebe.
Regelmässige Veranstaltungen
Das Zermatt Festival findet seit September 2005 statt und nimmt die Tradition der Zermatter Sommerkonzerte und Meisterkurse aus den 1950er und 1960er Jahren wieder auf. Zu den Veranstaltungsorten zählt unter anderem die Riffelalp Kapelle auf 2222 m ü. M. Gäste waren unter anderem die Berliner Philharmoniker.
Beim Musikfestival Zermatt Unplugged verwenden die Künstler ausschliesslich akustische Instrumente. Es hat erstmals 2007 stattgefunden und ist das einzige Festival dieser Art in Europa.
Das Folklore-Festival findet seit 1970 am zweiten Augustwochenende statt. Der Umzug am Samstagnachmittag umfasst um die 30 Gruppen.
(Wikipedia)
More than 37% say they read the Bible or other Holy Scriptures at least once per week (not counting worship services)
I recently got to do my first Maternity shoot which I think went rather well. It also gave me a chance bust out a bunch of gear that I normally don't get to use. This shot is a bit minimalist as far as "Studio" shots go. Only two flagged flashes, camera, and a pregnant model. The two flashes are used to get the wrinkly muslin back ground to a even white and some of the bounce adds some rim light to the subject. I normally have a large shoot through umbrella on a boom to add fill for the subject but this is the result of leaving it out for a few shots.
Strobist:
Flagged Canon 540EZ @ 1/8th
White Muslin Back drop
Cactus V4's
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In 1747, the Spanish government sent José de Escandón to inspect the northern frontier of its North American colonies, including Spanish Texas. In his final report, Escandón recommended the Presidio La Bahia be moved from its Guadalupe River location to the banks of the San Antonio River, so it could better assist settlements along the Rio Grande. Both the presidio and the mission which it protected, Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga, moved to their new location sometime around October 1749.
With the conclusion of the Seven Years' War in 1763, France ceded Louisiana and its Texas claims to Spain. With France no longer a threat to the Crown's North American interests, the Spanish monarchy commissioned the Marquis de Rubi to inspect all of the presidios on the northern frontier of New Spain and make recommendations for the future. Rubi recommended that several presidios be closed, but that La Bahia be kept and rebuilt in stone. La Bahia was soon "the only Spanish fortress for the entire Gulf Coast from the mouth of the Rio Grande to the Mississippi River". The presidio was at the crossroads of several major trade and military routes. It quickly became one of the three most important areas in Texas, alongside Béxar and Nacogdoches. A civil settlement, then known as La Bahia, soon developed near the presidio. By 1804, the settlement had one of only two schools in Texas.
In early August 1812, during the Mexican War of Independence, Mexican revolutionary Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara and his recruits, called the Republican Army of the North, invaded Texas. In November the invaders captured Presidio La Bahia. For the next four months, Texas governor Manuel María de Salcedo laid siege to the fort. Unable to win a decisive victory, Salcedo lifted the siege on February 19, 1813, and turned toward San Antonio de Bexar. The rebels controlled the presidio until July or August 1813, when José Joaquín de Arredondo led royalist troops in retaking all of Texas. Henry Perry, a member of the Republican Army of the North, led forces back to Texas in 1817 and attempted to recapture La Bahia. The Mexicans reinforced the presidio with soldiers from San Antonio, and defeated Perry's forces on June 18 near Coleto Creek.
The area was invaded again in 1821. The United States and Spain had signed the Adams-Onís Treaty in 1819, which ceded all US territorial claims on the Texas area to Spain. On October 4, the Long Expedition (with 52 members) captured La Bahia. Four days later, Colonel Ignacio Pérez arrived with troops from Bexar, and Long surrendered. By the end of 1821, Mexico had achieved its independence from Spain, and Texas became part of the newly created country.
In 1829, the name of the Mexican Texas village of La Bahía was changed to Goliad, believed to be an anagram of Hidalgo (omitting the silent initial "H"), in honor of the patriot priest Miguel Hidalgo, the father of the Mexican War of Independence.
On October 9, 1835, in the early days of the Texas Revolution, a group of Texans attacked the presidio in the Battle of Goliad. The Mexican garrison quickly surrendered, leaving the Texans in control of the fort. The first declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas was signed here on December 20, 1835. Texans held the area until March 1836, when their garrison under Colonel James Fannin was defeated at the nearby Battle of Coleto. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, then President of Mexico, ordered that all survivors were to be executed. On Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836, in what was later called the Goliad Massacre, 303 were marched out of the fort to be executed, 39 were executed inside the presidio (20 prisoners were spared because they were either physicians or medical attendants); 342 men were killed and 28 escaped.
The famous Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza was born in Goliad in 1829. He commanded the forces resisting the French Army in the battle of Puebla, now celebrated as Cinco de Mayo on May 5, 1862.
The 1902 Goliad, Texas tornado devastated the town, killing 114 people, including Sheriff Robert Shaw. It is tied for the deadliest tornado in Texas history and the 10th-deadliest in the United States.
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Goliad is a city in Goliad County, Texas, United States. It had a population of 1,975 at the 2000 census. Founded on the San Antonio River, it is the county seat of Goliad County. It is part of the Victoria, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Goliad is located on U.S. Highway 59 (Future Interstate 69W), named also for the late U.S. Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen.
In 1747, the Spanish government sent José de Escandón to inspect the northern frontier of its North American colonies, including Spanish Texas. In his final report, Escandón recommended the Presidio La Bahia be moved from its Guadalupe River location to the banks of the San Antonio River, so it could better assist settlements along the Rio Grande. Both the presidio and the mission which it protected, Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga, moved to their new location sometime around October 1749.
With the conclusion of the Seven Years' War in 1763, France ceded Louisiana and its Texas claims to Spain. With France no longer a threat to the Crown's North American interests, the Spanish monarchy commissioned the Marquis de Rubi to inspect all of the presidios on the northern frontier of New Spain and make recommendations for the future. Rubi recommended that several presidios be closed, but that La Bahia be kept and rebuilt in stone. La Bahia was soon "the only Spanish fortress for the entire Gulf Coast from the mouth of the Rio Grande to the Mississippi River". The presidio was at the crossroads of several major trade and military routes. It quickly became one of the three most important areas in Texas, alongside Béxar and Nacogdoches. A civil settlement, then known as La Bahia, soon developed near the presidio. By 1804, the settlement had one of only two schools in Texas.
In early August 1812, during the Mexican War of Independence, Mexican revolutionary Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara and his recruits, called the Republican Army of the North, invaded Texas. In November the invaders captured Presidio La Bahia. For the next four months, Texas governor Manuel María de Salcedo laid siege to the fort. Unable to win a decisive victory, Salcedo lifted the siege on February 19, 1813, and turned toward San Antonio de Bexar. The rebels controlled the presidio until July or August 1813, when José Joaquín de Arredondo led royalist troops in retaking all of Texas. Henry Perry, a member of the Republican Army of the North, led forces back to Texas in 1817 and attempted to recapture La Bahia. The Mexicans reinforced the presidio with soldiers from San Antonio, and defeated Perry's forces on June 18 near Coleto Creek.
The area was invaded again in 1821. The United States and Spain had signed the Adams-Onís Treaty in 1819, which ceded all US territorial claims on the Texas area to Spain. On October 4, the Long Expedition (with 52 members) captured La Bahia. Four days later, Colonel Ignacio Pérez arrived with troops from Bexar, and Long surrendered. By the end of 1821, Mexico had achieved its independence from Spain, and Texas became part of the newly created country.
In 1829, the name of the Mexican Texas village of La Bahía was changed to Goliad, believed to be an anagram of Hidalgo (omitting the silent initial "H"), in honor of the patriot priest Miguel Hidalgo, the father of the Mexican War of Independence.
On October 9, 1835, in the early days of the Texas Revolution, a group of Texans attacked the presidio in the Battle of Goliad. The Mexican garrison quickly surrendered, leaving the Texans in control of the fort. The first declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas was signed here on December 20, 1835. Texans held the area until March 1836, when their garrison under Colonel James Fannin was defeated at the nearby Battle of Coleto. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, then President of Mexico, ordered that all survivors were to be executed. On Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836, in what was later called the Goliad Massacre, 303 were marched out of the fort to be executed, 39 were executed inside the presidio (20 prisoners were spared because they were either physicians or medical attendants); 342 men were killed and 28 escaped.
The famous Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza was born in Goliad in 1829. He commanded the forces resisting the French Army in the battle of Puebla, now celebrated as Cinco de Mayo on May 5, 1862.
The 1902 Goliad, Texas tornado devastated the town, killing 114 people, including Sheriff Robert Shaw. It is tied for the deadliest tornado in Texas history and the 10th-deadliest in the United States.
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Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the Northeastern United States. The city boundaries encompass an area of about 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to 4,941,632 people as of 2020, ranking as the eleventh-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Worcester, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the seventh-most populous in the United States.
Boston is one of the nation's oldest municipalities, founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from the English town of the same name. During the American Revolution and the nation's founding, Boston was the location of several key events, including the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the hanging of Paul Revere's lantern signal in Old North Church, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the siege of Boston. Following American independence from Great Britain, the city continued to play an important role as a port, manufacturing hub, and center for American education and culture. The city has expanded beyond the original peninsula through land reclamation and municipal annexation. Its rich history attracts many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone drawing more than 20 million visitors per year. Boston's many firsts include the United States' first public park (Boston Common, 1634), the first public school (Boston Latin School, 1635), the first subway system (Tremont Street subway, 1897), and the first large public library (Boston Public Library, 1848).
In the 21st century, Boston has emerged as a global leader in higher education and academic research. Greater Boston's many colleges and universities include Harvard University and MIT, both located in suburban Cambridge and both routinely included among the world's most highly ranked universities. The city is also a national leader in scientific research, law, medicine, engineering, and business. With nearly 5,000 startup companies, the city is considered a global pioneer in innovation and entrepreneurship. Boston's economic base also includes finance, professional and business services, biotechnology, information technology, and government activities. Households in the city claim the highest average rate of philanthropy in the United States. Boston businesses and institutions rank among the top in the country for environmental sustainability and new investment.
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Fenway Park is a ballpark located in Boston, Massachusetts, less than one mile from Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home field of Major League Baseball's (MLB) Boston Red Sox. While the stadium was built in 1912, it was substantially rebuilt in 1934, and underwent major renovations and modifications in the 21st century. It is the oldest active ballpark in MLB. Because of its age and constrained location in Boston's dense Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood, the park has many quirky features, including "The Triangle", Pesky's Pole, and the Green Monster in left field. It is the fifth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, and one of nine that cannot accommodate at least 40,000 spectators.
Fenway has hosted the World Series eleven times, with the Red Sox winning six of them and the Boston Braves winning one. Besides baseball games, it has also been the site of many other sporting and cultural events including professional football games for the Boston Redskins, Boston Yanks, and the Boston Patriots; concerts; soccer and hockey games (such as the 2010 NHL Winter Classic); and political and religious campaigns.
On March 7, 2012 (Fenway's centennial year), the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is a landmark at the end of the Boston Irish heritage trail. Former pitcher Bill Lee has called Fenway Park "a shrine". It is a pending Boston Landmark, which will regulate any further changes to the park. The ballpark is considered to be one of the most well-known sports venues in the world and a symbol of Boston.
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The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. Founded in 1901 as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the team's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912. The "Red Sox" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, c.1908, following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the "Boston Red Stockings", including the Boston Braves (now the Atlanta Braves). The team has won nine World Series championships, tied for the third-most of any MLB team, and has played in thirteen World Series. Their most recent World Series appearance and win was in 2018. In addition, they won the 1904 American League pennant, but were not able to defend their 1903 World Series championship when the New York Giants refused to participate in the 1904 World Series.
The Red Sox were a dominant team in the new league, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918. However, they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history, dubbed the "Curse of the Bambino" after its alleged inception due to the Red Sox' sale of star player Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees two years after their World Series championship in 1918. The Sox endured an 86-year wait before the team's sixth World Series championship in 2004. The team's history during that period was punctuated with some of the most memorable moments in World Series history, including Enos Slaughter's "mad dash" in 1946, the "Impossible Dream" of 1967, Carlton Fisk's home run in 1975, and Bill Buckner's error in 1986. Following their victory in the 2018 World Series, they became the first team to win four World Series trophies in the 21st century, with championships in 2004, 2007, 2013 and 2018. The team's history has also been marked by its intense rivalry with the New York Yankees, arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports.
The Red Sox are owned by Fenway Sports Group, which also owns Liverpool of the Premier League in England, the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins and partially owns RFK Racing of the NASCAR Cup Series. They are consistently one of the top MLB teams in average road attendance, while the small capacity of Fenway Park prevents them from leading in overall attendance. From May 15, 2003, to April 10, 2013, the Red Sox sold out every home game—a total of 820 games (794 regular season) for a major professional sports record. Both Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" and the Standells' "Dirty Water" have become anthems for the Red Sox.
As of the end of the 2024 season, the franchise's all-time regular-season record is 9,955–9,263–83 (.518).
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More than 1/3rd of unplanned c-sections that occur in the United States are due to women “Failing to Progress” during their labor. This statistic saddens me. As a birth educator, I truly wish women would take the time to learn about pregnancy, labor and birth. A failure to progress generally means a failure to wait, a failure to allow the woman’s body to work, and a failure to let a woman own her body. But again, most birthing women are not educated enough to understand that failing to ... ift.tt/2Gac2lO
Hurricane is a city in Washington County, Utah and is part of the St. George Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 13,748 at the 2010 U.S. Census. Along with several other areas of southwestern Utah, the Hurricane area has seen a large population growth since the 1970s, and it has blended in with neighboring St. George.
Hurricane was first settled in 1896, and received its name after a whirlwind blew the top off of a buggy that Erastus Snow was riding in. Snow exclaimed, "Well, that was a Hurricane. We'll name this 'Hurricane Hill'."
Hurricane; which is pronounced 'Hur-kan" by local residents, is on the far eastern edge of Washington County, UT. The community was settled as part of LDS Church President Brigham Young's 'Cotton Mission', intended to establish the southern end of Utah for agricultural purposes. The town still operates a large peach and apricot orchard for the LDS Church, and is historically known for growing; peaches, pecans, pistachio nuts as well as small farms. The town boasts multiple parks, a new dog park, a city pool and large community center, several ranked golf courses, two reservoir lakes noted for bass fishing (Sand Hollow Recreation Area and Quail Lake State Park), as well as a small municipal airfield. There are several medical clinics in the area.
Shopping includes a single large grocer(Lin's), several national chain stores, fast food restaurants, family dining, elite sports related stores and an antiques mall.
Geographically, the town is less than 100 miles from the Grand Canyon (north rim) which makes it a popular destination for sport para-gliders.
The one main boulevard is State Street, recently renovated and designated Utah SR-9. From 100E to 400W, the shopping district is designated as a 'historical district', with ongoing preservation efforts. Many of the larger homes in town are listed on the National Registry of Historic Homes.
The Grand Canyon is accessible, via SR-59 (off of State Street and 100E). Proceeding directly through town, SR-9 also transitions (in neighboring La Verkin, UT) to the highway that leads directly to Zion National Park.
Notable annual events; the large Peach Days Street Festival (held around Labor Day), The Easter Car Show, The Hurricane Valley Christmas Tree Festival and several athletic marathons.
The area enjoys the freedoms of rural life with some of the conveniences expected in modern life. Because it is so remote, crime is low (estimated to be under 1%, with almost no violent crime, historically). Social life centers around family/church.
The polygamist communities of Hildale, UT and Colorado City, AZ are approx. 20 miles to the east, via SR-59.
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Hurricane is a city in Washington County, Utah and is part of the St. George Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 13,748 at the 2010 U.S. Census. Along with several other areas of southwestern Utah, the Hurricane area has seen a large population growth since the 1970s, and it has blended in with neighboring St. George.
Hurricane was first settled in 1896, and received its name after a whirlwind blew the top off of a buggy that Erastus Snow was riding in. Snow exclaimed, "Well, that was a Hurricane. We'll name this 'Hurricane Hill'."
Hurricane; which is pronounced 'Hur-kan" by local residents, is on the far eastern edge of Washington County, UT. The community was settled as part of LDS Church President Brigham Young's 'Cotton Mission', intended to establish the southern end of Utah for agricultural purposes. The town still operates a large peach and apricot orchard for the LDS Church, and is historically known for growing; peaches, pecans, pistachio nuts as well as small farms. The town boasts multiple parks, a new dog park, a city pool and large community center, several ranked golf courses, two reservoir lakes noted for bass fishing (Sand Hollow Recreation Area and Quail Lake State Park), as well as a small municipal airfield. There are several medical clinics in the area.
Shopping includes a single large grocer(Lin's), several national chain stores, fast food restaurants, family dining, elite sports related stores and an antiques mall.
Geographically, the town is less than 100 miles from the Grand Canyon (north rim) which makes it a popular destination for sport para-gliders.
The one main boulevard is State Street, recently renovated and designated Utah SR-9. From 100E to 400W, the shopping district is designated as a 'historical district', with ongoing preservation efforts. Many of the larger homes in town are listed on the National Registry of Historic Homes.
The Grand Canyon is accessible, via SR-59 (off of State Street and 100E). Proceeding directly through town, SR-9 also transitions (in neighboring La Verkin, UT) to the highway that leads directly to Zion National Park.
Notable annual events; the large Peach Days Street Festival (held around Labor Day), The Easter Car Show, The Hurricane Valley Christmas Tree Festival and several athletic marathons.
The area enjoys the freedoms of rural life with some of the conveniences expected in modern life. Because it is so remote, crime is low (estimated to be under 1%, with almost no violent crime, historically). Social life centers around family/church.
The polygamist communities of Hildale, UT and Colorado City, AZ are approx. 20 miles to the east, via SR-59.
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Holladay is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,561 at the 2000 census. The city was incorporated on November 29, 1999 as Holladay-Cottonwood, and the name was shortened to Holladay on December 14 of that year.
On July 29, 1847 a group of Mormon pioneers (members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) known as the Mississippi Company, among them John Holladay of Alabama, entered the Salt Lake Valley. Within weeks after their arrival, they discovered a free-flowing, spring-fed stream, which they called Spring Creek (near what is now Kentucky Avenue). While most of the group returned to the main settlement in Great Salt Lake for the winter, two or three men built dugouts along this stream and wintered over. Thus, this became the first village established away from Great Salt Lake City itself. In the spring, a number of families hurried out to build homes and tame the land. There were numerous springs and ponds here and grasses and wild flowers were abundant, making this a most desirable area for settlement.
When John Holladay was named as the branch president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the village took upon itself the name of Holladay’s Settlement or Holladay’s Burgh.
Holladay is the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in Utah, since Salt Lake City was abandoned for a time in 1857 when Johnston's Army occupied the city.
Cottonwood, a nearby settlement, was always associated with "Holladay's Burgh," and the area was first designated "Big Cottonwood," and later, as one of Salt Lake County's unincorporated communities, as "Holladay-Cottonwood".
Another center of settlement is the area settled in the mid-19th century by Rasmus Knudsen, now known as Knudsen's Corner. This area lies in the extreme southeastern corner of the city and is split with neighboring Cottonwood Heights.
In the 1960s the Cottonwood Mall was constructed in Holladay, it being Utah's first enclosed shopping mall. The mall was closed down in 2007 after a plan to turn the mall into a European-style outdoor shopping village was announced.
The city was incorporated on November 29, 1999 as Holladay-Cottonwood, and the name was shortened to Holladay on December 14 of that year. Holladay City operated under the "strong mayor" form of government from 1999 until 2003, when the "council-manager" form was adopted. Known for its fine old homes, its heavily wooded lots and its beautiful watercourses, the controlling of commercial development and the preservation of open space have been the chief political issues in Holladay's recent history. It has also expanded its borders several times, the most significant expansion of which was in 2002.
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This image is excerpted from a U.S. GAO report:
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Electronic Cigarettes: U.S. Imports, 2016-2018
Notes: See table 3 in GAO-19-619R for a more detailed presentation of the data for these imports.
The descriptions for the two types of nicotine-containing e-cigarette liquid, corresponding to statistical reporting numbers 3824.99.2840 and 3824.99.9280, reflect recent discussions with U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials and differ from the descriptions presented in our prior related report (GAO-17-515R). In that report, the descriptions for e-cigarette liquid, developed in consultation with officials from the same agencies, distinguished between the two statistical reporting numbers on the basis of the percentage of nicotine content. The two statistical reporting numbers each cover nicotine-containing formulated liquid mixtures; are distinguished from each other by the percentage of aromatic or modified aromatic substances, including nicotine; and may also contain other substances.
Jamie Fleeman or Fleeming (1713–1778) was better known as "the Laird of Udny's Fool" or "the Laird of Udny's Fule" in the Scots language.
Although described as a fool, he had a reputation for his clever, witty repartee and many anecdotal tales of his actions are re-capped.
He was specifically mentioned in the 1845 Statistical Accounts of Scotland and characterised in novels. Fleeman is associated with the Countess of Erroll and was used by her to carry messages to Jacobite rebels. He was probably the last family jester in Scotland.
I passed through Udny on my way to Portsoy, I parked my car for twenty minutes or so to capture a few shots of this beautiful part of Scotland, bright sunshine and a warm breeze present I enjoyed my short visit.
I plan to revisit Udny sometime soon, hence a folder all to itself to archive my photos .
Udny Green is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, immediately southwest of Pitmedden.It is part of the parish of Udny along with another small settlement, Udny Station.
Udny Parish Church is located beside the village green with the old kirkyard and Udny Mort House on the opposite side.
On 22 September 1943, the Royal Engineers were called out to Udny Castle to investigate reports of an unexploded bomb. It turned out to be a "flash bomb" used by the Luftwaffe at night to illuminate the area for navigation or photographic uses.
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland (1851), Samuel Lewis
UDNY, a parish, in the district of Ellon, county of Aberdeen, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Old Meldrum; containing 1450 inhabitants. This place derived its name from the ancient family of Udny, who have held possession of the barony more than 5OO years, and whose descendant. Colonel Udny, is the present proprietor. The barony, and several portions of land in the parishes of Ellon, Tarves, Logie-Buchan, and Foveran, were erected into the present parish of Udny, by authority of an act of parliament passed for that purpose, in 1597. The parish is nearly circular in form, and comprises about 12,000 acres. Of this area, 8500 acres are arable, 400 woodland and plantations, and the remainder, of which a large portion might be reclaimed, moorland pasture and waste. The surface is gently undulated, and diversified with hills of moderate elevation: the prevailing scenery is of pleasing character. Three small streams, one of which bounds Udny on the north, and another on the south, flow in a direction from west to east, and after leaving the parish, fall into the river Ythan, about six miles distant.
The SOIL is principally a rich loam resting on a bed of granite, alternated with portions of inferior quality on a substratum of clay: the chief crops are oats, bear, barley, potatoes, and turnips, with the usual grasses; and vegetables and fruit of every kind are also raised in perfection. Husbandry has been greatly improved, and a due rotation of crops is in general observed. The lands have been drained, but from the insufficient depth of the drains, the full benefit of the process has not been yet produced. Much waste land has been brought into cultivation; and from the liberal encouragement given by the proprietors to their tenants, improvements are still being made.
The farm houses and offices are substantial and commodiously arranged. On the farms exceeding fifty acres in extent threshing mills have been erected; the inclosures are kept in good order, and all the more recent improvements in the construction of agricultural implements have been adopted. Great care is bestowed on the management of the dairy, and large quantities of butter and cheese of excellent quality are sent to the Aberdeen market. The cattle are in general the Aberdeenshire, which thrive well; but on some of the larger farms, cattle have been imported from Durham with a view of improving the breed. Few sheep are reared in the parish.
The plantations, nearly 300 acres of which are firs of various kinds, interspersed with other trees, are generally in a thriving state; and around the mansions of the principal proprietors are many fine specimens of wellgrown timber. Towards the end of the last century, the Mains of Udny was tastefully laid out in inclosures of about sixteen acres each, separated from each other by double rows of beech and elm: the inner rows were cut down about twenty years afterwards; but the outer rows, which have attained a maturity of growth, still add greatly to the beauty of the landscape. The principal substrata are granite and limestone, with alternations of grey slate; the limestone has been wrought at different times, but never to any very considerable extent, the works being discontinued from the irruption of water into the quarries.
The annual value of real property in the parish is £7431. Udny Castle, the ancient baronia residence of the Udny family, appears to have been erected about the close of the fifteenth century. It is a building of four stories, and the walls are of great thickness. The two lower stories, of which the upper contains a spacious hall comprising the whole length and breadth of the building, have groined ceilings of elegant design; and the floors are neatly paved with hexagonal slabs of granite.
The proprietor began to modernise the castle in 18Ol; but the design was not completed, and the mansion is at present uninhabited. Pittrichie, the property of Alexander Milne, Esq., is a handsome house of granite, built by the late proprietor in 1819; and another seat in the parish is Tillygreig, the property of Arthur Harvey, Esq., a small mansion lately enlarged.
At Pitmedden, the property of Sir W. C. Seton, Bart., are the ruins of two ancient mansions, and also an extensive garden, planted about the middle of the seventeenth century with the choicest fruit-trees of every kind, and tastefully laid out at a great expense. The garden is still in a flourishing condition, and the apples are said to be superior to any in the north of Scotland.
There is no village. Various handicraft trades are carried on in different parts, and the several shops for the sale of groceries and other articles for the supply of the inhabitants are distributed throughout the parish. A post-office, which has a daily delivery, has been established under that of Aberdeen; and there are several good inns. Fairs, chiefly for black-cattle, are held annually at the Green of Udny on the Tuesdays after the 25th of March and May, and the Tuesday after the 21st of November.
Facility of communication is maintained by turnpike-roads from Aberdeen and Newburgh, which intersect each other nearly in the centre of the parish; and by the turnpike-road from Aberdeen to Meldrum, which passes through the western portion.
There are parish roads kept in repair by statute labour; and good bridges over the streams. Ecclesiastically this place is within the limits of the presbytery of Ellon and synod of Aberdeen.
The minister's stipend is £217. 7. 2. with a manse, and a glebe valued at £10 per annum patron. Colonel Udny. The church, erected in 1521, is a substantial structure with a low spire, and contains 750 sittings. Udny parochial school is attended by about thirty children; the master has a salary of £32 with a house and garden, and the school-fees average £20
[From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland (1851) - copyright M
Once again bored with my camera but this time i thought i would share a little history. This Colt Commander 38 Super Auto was my Grandfathers gun. I believe it was made in the mid 50's even though he says it was mid 40's. Still fires great. I get offers from people wanting to buy it every time i take it to the range.
EX420 (with diffuser/paper) Left shot at a shallow angle for fill/main light on the gun.
EX550 (with diffuser/paper) right shot a a little less than a 90 deg angle to add back light/ rim light to the back of the gun
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The Federal Statistical Office of Germany (German: Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland) is a federal authority of Germany. It is a part of the Federal Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The Office is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and analysing statistical information concerning the topics economy, society and environment. The purpose is providing objective, independent and highly qualitative statistical information for the whole public. About 2780 staff members are employed in the departments in Wiesbaden, Bonn and Berlin.
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Das Statistische Bundesamt ist eine deutsche Bundesoberbehörde im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministerium des Innern. Es erhebt, sammelt und analysiert statistische Informationen zu Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Umwelt. Die aufbereiteten Informationen werden tagesaktuell in rund 390 Statistiken veröffentlicht.
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Fritz von Graevenitz (* 16. Mai 1892 in Stuttgart; † 6. Juni 1959 in Gerlingen) war ein in der Region Stuttgart bekannter Maler, Bildhauer und Lehrer.
Fritz von Graevenitz wurde als Sohn des Generals der Infanterie und Militärbeauftragten des württembergischen Königs in Preußen Wilhelm Friedrich von Graevenitz und der Marianne von Graevenitz geb. Klotz in Stuttgart geboren.
Goliad is a city in Goliad County, Texas, United States. It had a population of 1,975 at the 2000 census. Founded on the San Antonio River, it is the county seat of Goliad County. It is part of the Victoria, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Goliad is located on U.S. Highway 59 (Future Interstate 69W), named also for the late U.S. Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen.
In 1747, the Spanish government sent José de Escandón to inspect the northern frontier of its North American colonies, including Spanish Texas. In his final report, Escandón recommended the Presidio La Bahia be moved from its Guadalupe River location to the banks of the San Antonio River, so it could better assist settlements along the Rio Grande. Both the presidio and the mission which it protected, Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga, moved to their new location sometime around October 1749.
With the conclusion of the Seven Years' War in 1763, France ceded Louisiana and its Texas claims to Spain. With France no longer a threat to the Crown's North American interests, the Spanish monarchy commissioned the Marquis de Rubi to inspect all of the presidios on the northern frontier of New Spain and make recommendations for the future. Rubi recommended that several presidios be closed, but that La Bahia be kept and rebuilt in stone. La Bahia was soon "the only Spanish fortress for the entire Gulf Coast from the mouth of the Rio Grande to the Mississippi River". The presidio was at the crossroads of several major trade and military routes. It quickly became one of the three most important areas in Texas, alongside Béxar and Nacogdoches. A civil settlement, then known as La Bahia, soon developed near the presidio. By 1804, the settlement had one of only two schools in Texas.
In early August 1812, during the Mexican War of Independence, Mexican revolutionary Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara and his recruits, called the Republican Army of the North, invaded Texas. In November the invaders captured Presidio La Bahia. For the next four months, Texas governor Manuel María de Salcedo laid siege to the fort. Unable to win a decisive victory, Salcedo lifted the siege on February 19, 1813, and turned toward San Antonio de Bexar. The rebels controlled the presidio until July or August 1813, when José Joaquín de Arredondo led royalist troops in retaking all of Texas. Henry Perry, a member of the Republican Army of the North, led forces back to Texas in 1817 and attempted to recapture La Bahia. The Mexicans reinforced the presidio with soldiers from San Antonio, and defeated Perry's forces on June 18 near Coleto Creek.
The area was invaded again in 1821. The United States and Spain had signed the Adams-Onís Treaty in 1819, which ceded all US territorial claims on the Texas area to Spain. On October 4, the Long Expedition (with 52 members) captured La Bahia. Four days later, Colonel Ignacio Pérez arrived with troops from Bexar, and Long surrendered. By the end of 1821, Mexico had achieved its independence from Spain, and Texas became part of the newly created country.
In 1829, the name of the Mexican Texas village of La Bahía was changed to Goliad, believed to be an anagram of Hidalgo (omitting the silent initial "H"), in honor of the patriot priest Miguel Hidalgo, the father of the Mexican War of Independence.
On October 9, 1835, in the early days of the Texas Revolution, a group of Texans attacked the presidio in the Battle of Goliad. The Mexican garrison quickly surrendered, leaving the Texans in control of the fort. The first declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas was signed here on December 20, 1835. Texans held the area until March 1836, when their garrison under Colonel James Fannin was defeated at the nearby Battle of Coleto. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, then President of Mexico, ordered that all survivors were to be executed. On Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836, in what was later called the Goliad Massacre, 303 were marched out of the fort to be executed, 39 were executed inside the presidio (20 prisoners were spared because they were either physicians or medical attendants); 342 men were killed and 28 escaped.
The famous Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza was born in Goliad in 1829. He commanded the forces resisting the French Army in the battle of Puebla, now celebrated as Cinco de Mayo on May 5, 1862.
The 1902 Goliad, Texas tornado devastated the town, killing 114 people, including Sheriff Robert Shaw. It is tied for the deadliest tornado in Texas history and the 10th-deadliest in the United States.
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