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In walking the spiral

moving 'I inwardly

and can feel 'with all your senses

The center of my being

what will emerge anew

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Both the single spiral and the double helix are among the most sacred symbols of Neolithic Europe. They appear on megalithic monuments such as stone circles, temples, burial mounds, loose stones, menhirs - across the continent and the British Isles.

Spiral "oculi" - these are double coils, which have a similarity with the eyes, come mainly from places like the threshold stones from New Grange in Ireland and the temple of al Tarxien, Malta. Similar double coils also feature the Ionic columns of classical Greece.

The "spiral maze" is a commonly used symbol that occurs in all of Europe, from Finland to Cornwall and from Crete to Chartres. Also in northern South America it is present. Spirals placed the snake keeper of the Sumerian temple dar.

The spiral is connected with the idea of death and rebirth, with entry into the mysterious depths of the earth, the encroachment until his heart and leaving the womb in the same way. Sacred dances have imitated this movement, and therefore so use many folk dances, dating from pagan times, the spiral line, move on to the dancers.

"Spiral labyrinth" pattern in churches were taken over by older cult places about which they were built. Labyrinths are not mazes spiral - there is only one way into it, to the center and out again. Not just a cycle, but a journey inward and a return to the outside.

Today we think of the maze only we get lost. In reality it is a InitiationWay - and on the inward journey, it is easier to run than in a maze - even if it seems to be only one way.

Spirals have to do with snakes, with the blood flow, are ecdysis and symbol for instauration. Humans have always been fascinated by the moulting of snakes, it was said that the snake never die, they renew themselves constantly.

In our world we are talking about levels, increase of stairs, up, up ... The spiral stands for cycles, but not as "plain-repeat", but the circle and the development is along the spiral.

Everything is cyclical, but nothing is as it was.

Source: www.spiritvoices.de/knistern/spirale.html

She Weeps Without Tears.

She Weeps Without Tears.(Linoleum Cut).

She Sits there hours.

Without uttering a word.

She has a hard time processing what happened.

No Tears are left.

Alone with her thoughts.

Almost in a trance like state.

Not conscious of her surroundings.

The time freezes in her mind.

Hopefully she shall come out of this tragic experience,

Not only stronger,

but in a position to help others,

that need help.

Steve.D.Hammond.

Without any digital camera.

Sans appareil photo numérique.

Ohne Digitalkamera.

Marble, on the wall of a church, (outside), in Chiavari, ( Genova).

It was under a glass . so the photo is not very clear

Whoever you are......

No matter how lonely

The world offers itself to your imagination

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZOW8ZuLG2o&hl=en-GB&gl=SG

Everybody's looking for a something

One thing that makes it all complete

When you've found that special thing....

You're flying without wings

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Without a GE engine anywhere in sight, CSX marches the ethanol cans across the Hoosier State, ironically, through the cut cornfields.

Seen here, train B841 (Decatur, IL, DREI run-through to Sewaren, NJ, ethanol loads) does the honors near Cromwell, Indiana on CSX's former B&O Garrett Sub.

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.

He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). In 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Original black and white photo by Marcel Sternberger. Shaw was reluctant at first to even sit for Sternberger and said he wouldn't "buy a single picture". After seeing samples of the photos, he changed his mind and order 50 copies of one. Sternberger was reluctant to produce so many portraits without payment, but eventually complied.

Shaw sent the photographer an envelope filled with numerous small checks. Shaw said, “[It’s] very simple: My autograph is worth more [than each check]; you can sell the checks to autograph collectors and get yourself some more money [than the portraits cost] which you deserve; they won’t cash the checks, so the whole transaction won’t cost me a penny.”

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Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta A, catalog number 531. Prewar, with uncoated 75/3.5 Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar. Coupoled rangefinder, Albada finder. Note the Zeiss-Ikon nameplate, some have this, some have the more usual impression in the leather. Note also the polished aluminum edges; this was done after the camera left the factory, probably because the black enamel became chipped (very common problem). In this case, and a few others I have seen, the removal of enamel and polishing were done so nicely that it looks almost like it was meant to be that way.

Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 531

Made from 1937 to 1956, the Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 531 is the smallest of the Super Ikonta series. It is very light and fits easily in a pocket. The model shown on the picture has a Compur Rapid shutter with speeds up to 1/500 s but without flash sync. The lens is a coated 75 mm f/3.5 Tessar. The shutter release is on top of the body. The film advance knob has a double exposure prevention system. A coupled rangefinder and albada viewfinder are located on top of the body.

This camera is splendid and very pleasant to use. One can wonder what prevents today's camera makers to bring this concept up to modern standards.

Characteristics

Format

4.5 x 6 cm (120 rollfilm)

Lens

Zeiss Tessar 75 mm f/3.5, coated

Shutter

central, Compur Rapid, from 1/500 s to 1 s, B pose, self-timer

Carl Zeiss AG is a German manufacturer of optical systems, industrial measurements and medical devices, founded in Jena, Germany in 1846 by Carl Zeiss, Ernst Abbe, and Otto Schott. There are currently two parts of the company, Carl Zeiss AG located in Oberkochen with important subsidiaries in Aalen, Göttingen and Munich, and Carl Zeiss GmbH located in Jena.

The organisation is named after a founder, the German optician Carl Zeiss (1816–1888).

Carl Zeiss is the premier company of the Zeiss Gruppe, one of the two large divisions of the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung. The Zeiss Gruppe is located in Heidenheim and Jena.

The other division of the Carl Zeiss Foundation, the glass manufacturer Schott AG and Jenaer Glaswerk, is located in Mainz and Jena.

Carl Zeiss is one of the oldest existing optics manufacturers in the world.

Zeiss corporate history

The manufacturer Zeiss in Göttingen

Carl Zeiss opened an optics workshop in Jena in 1846. By 1847 he was making microscopes full-time. By 1861 Zeiss was considered to be among the best scientific instruments in Germany with about 20 people working under him with his business still growing. By 1866 the Zeiss workshop sold their 1,000th microscope. In 1872 physicist Ernst Abbe joined Zeiss and along with Otto Schott designed greatly improve lenses for the optical instruments they were producing. After Carl Zeiss's death in 1888, the business was incorporated as the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung in 1889.

By World War I, Zeiss was the world's largest location of camera production. Zeiss Ikon represented a significant part of the production along with dozens of other brands and factories, and also had major works at Dresden.

In 1928 Hensoldt AG was acquired by Carl Zeiss and has produced the Zeiss binoculars and riflescopes since 1964., occasionally resulting in twin products being offered under both the Hensoldt and Zeiss brand names. The Hensoldt System Technology division (resulting from a merger of the military optics operations of Leica and Hensoldt) was continued by Zeiss under the Hensoldt name until 2006.

As part of Nazi Germany Zwangsarbeiter program, Zeiss used forced labour during the Second World War. The destruction of the war caused many companies to divide into smaller subcompanies and others to merge. There was great respect for the engineering innovation that came out of Dresden—before the war the world's first 35 mm single-lens reflex camera, the Kine Exakta, and the first miniature camera with good picture quality were developed there.

At the end of the war Jena was occupied by the US Army. When Jena and Dresden were incorporated into the Soviet occupation zone, later East Germany, Zeiss Jena was assisted by the US army to relocate to the Contessa manufacturing facility in Stuttgart, West Germany, while the remainder of Zeiss Jena was taken over by the (Eastern) German Democratic Republic as Kombinat VEB Zeiss Jena. As part of the World War II reparations, the Soviet army took most of the existing Zeiss factories and tooling back to the Soviet Union as the Kiev camera works.

The western business was restarted in Oberkochen (in southwestern Germany) as Opton Optische Werke Oberkochen GmbH in 1946, which became Zeiss-Opton Optische Werke Oberkochen GmbH in 1947, but was soon renamed to Carl Zeiss. West German Zeiss products were labelled Opton for sale in the Eastern bloc, while East German Zeiss products were labelled "Zeiss Jena" for sale in Western countries.

In 1973, the Western Carl Zeiss AG entered into a licensing agreement with the Japanese camera company Yashica to produce a series of high-quality 35 mm film cameras and lenses bearing the Contax and Zeiss brand names. This collaboration continued under Yashica's successor, Kyocera, until the latter ceased all camera production in 2005. Zeiss later produced lenses for the space industry and, more recently, has again produced high-quality 35 mm camera lenses. The eastern Zeiss Jena was also well known for producing high-quality products

Following German reunification, VEB Zeiss Jena—reckoned as one of the few East German firms that was even potentially able to compete on a global basis—became Zeiss Jena GmbH, which became Jenoptik Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH in 1990. In 1991, Jenoptik Carl Zeiss Jena was split in two, with Carl Zeiss AG (Oberkochen) taking over the company's divisions for microscopy and other precision optics (effectively reuniting the pre-war Carl Zeiss enterprise) and moving its microscopy and planetarium divisions back to Jena. Jenoptik GmbH was split off as a specialty company in the areas of photonics, optoelectronics, and mechatronics.

The Hensoldt AG was renamed Carl Zeiss Sports Optics GmbH on 1 October 2006.

The companies of the Zeiss Gruppe in and around Dresden have branched into new technologies: screens and products for the automotive industry, for example. Zeiss nonetheless still continues to be a camera manufacturer, and still produces the Pentacon, Praktica, and special-use lenses (e.g., Exakta).

Today, there are arguably three companies with primarily Zeiss Ikon heritage: Zeiss Germany, the Finnish/Swedish Ikon (which bought the West German Zeiss Ikon AG), and the independent eastern Zeiss Ikon.

Innovations

The Zeiss company was responsible for many innovations in optical design and engineering. Early on, Carl Zeiss realised that he needed a competent scientist so as to take the firm beyond just being another optical workshop. In 1866, the service of Dr Ernst Abbe was enlisted. From then on novel products appeared in rapid succession which brought the Zeiss company to the forefront of optical technology.

Abbe was instrumental in the development of the famous Jena optical glass. When he was trying to eliminate astigmatism from microscopes, he realised that the range of optical glasses available was insufficient. After some calculations, he realised that performance of optical instruments would dramatically improve, if optical glasses of appropriate properties were available. His challenge to glass manufacturers was finally answered by Dr Otto Schott, who established the famous glassworks at Jena from which new types of optical glass began to appear from 1888 to be employed by Zeiss and other makers.

The new Jena optical glass also opened up the possibility of increased performance of photographic lenses. The first use of Jena glass in a photographic lens was by Voigtländer, but as the lens was an old design its performance was not greatly improved. Subsequently the new glasses would demonstrate their value in correcting astigmatism, and in the production of apochromatic lenses. Abbe started the design of a photographic lens of symmetrical design with five elements, but went no further.

Zeiss' domination of photographic lens innovation was due to Dr Paul Rudolph. In 1890, Rudolph designed an asymmetrical lens with a cemented group at each side of the diaphragm, and appropriately named "Anastigmat". This lens was made in three series: Series III, IV and V, with maximum apertures of f/7.2, f/12.5, and f/18 respectively. In 1891, Series I, II and IIIa appeared with respective maximum apertures of f/4.5, f/6.3, and f/9 and in 1893 came Series IIa of f/8 maximum aperture. These lenses are now better known by the trademark "Protar" which was first used in 1900.

At the time, single combination lenses, which occupy one side of the diaphragm only, were still popular. Rudolph designed one with three cemented elements in 1893, with the option of fitting two of them together in a lens barrel as a compound lens, but it was found to be the same as the Dagor by C.P. Goerz, designed by Emil von Hoegh. Rudolph then came up with a single combination with four cemented elements, which can be considered as having all the elements of the Protar stuck together in one piece. Marketed in 1894, it was called the Protarlinse Series VII, the most highly corrected single combination lens with maximum apertures between f/11 and f/12.5, depending on its focal length.

But the important thing about this Protarlinse is that two of these lens units can be mounted in the same lens barrel to form a compound lens of even greater performance and larger aperture, between f/6.3 and f/7.7. In this configuration it was called the Double Protar Series VIIa. An immense range of focal lengths can thus be obtained by the various combination of Protarlinse units.

Rudolph also investigated the Double-Gauss concept of a symmetrical design with thin positive meniscii enclosing negative elements. The result was the Planar Series Ia of 1896, with maximum apertures up to f/3.5, one of the fastest lenses of its time. Whilst it was very sharp, it suffered from coma which limited its popularity. However, further developments of this configuration made it the design of choice for high-speed lenses of standard coverage.

Probably inspired by the Stigmatic lenses designed by Hugh Aldis for Dallmeyer of London, Rudolph designed a new asymmetrical lens with four thin elements, the Unar Series Ib, with apertures up to f/4.5. Due to its high speed it was used extensively on hand cameras.

The most important Zeiss lens by Rudolph was the Tessar, first sold in 1902 in its Series IIb f/6.3 form. It can be said as a combination of the front half of the Unar with the rear half of the Protar. This proved to be a most valuable and flexible design, with tremendous development potential. Its maximum aperture was increased to f/4.7 in 1917, and reached f/2.7 in 1930. It is probable that every lens manufacturer has produced lenses of the Tessar configuration.

Rudolph left Zeiss after the First World War, but many other competent designers such as Merté, Wandersleb, etc. kept the firm at the leading edge of photographic lens innovations. One of the most significant designer was the ex-Ernemann man Dr Ludwig Bertele, famed for his Ernostar high-speed lens.

With the advent of the Contax by Zeiss-Ikon, the first serious challenge to the Leica in the field of professional 35 mm cameras, both Zeiss-Ikon and Carl Zeiss decided to beat the Leica in every possible way. Bertele's Sonnar series of lenses designed for the Contax were the match in every respect for the Leica for at least two decades. Other lenses for the Contax included the Biotar, Biogon, Orthometar, and various Tessars and Triotars.

The last important Zeiss innovation before the Second World War was the technique of applying anti-reflective coating to lens surfaces. A lens so treated was marked with a red "T", short for "Transparent". The technique of applying multiple layers of coating was developed from this basis after the war, and known as "T✻" (T-star).

After the partitioning of Germany, a new Carl Zeiss optical company was established in Oberkochen, while the original Zeiss firm in Jena continued to operate. At first both firms produced very similar lines of products, and extensively cooperated in product-sharing, but they drifted apart as time progressed. Jena's new direction was to concentrate on developing lenses for the 35 mm single-lens reflex camera, and many achievements were made, especially in ultra-wide angle designs. In addition to that, Oberkochen also worked on designing lenses for large format cameras, interchangeable front element lenses such as for the 35 mm single-lens reflex Contaflex, and other types of cameras.

Since the beginning of Zeiss as a photographic lens manufacturer, it has had a licensing programme which allows other manufacturers to produce its lenses. Over the years its licensees included Voigtländer, Bausch & Lomb, Ross, Koristka, Krauss, Kodak. etc. In the 1970s, the western operation of Zeiss-Ikon got together with Yashica to produce the new Contax cameras, and many of the Zeiss lenses for this camera, among others, were produced by Yashica's optical arm, Tomioka. As Yashica's owner Kyocera ended camera production in 2006, and Yashica lenses were then made by Cosina, who also manufactured most of the new Zeiss designs for the new Zeiss Ikon coupled rangefinder camera. Another licensee active today is Sony who uses the Zeiss name on lenses on its video and digital still cameras.

Reputation

Now over 150 years old, Zeiss continues to be associated with expensive and high-quality optical lenses. Zeiss lenses are generally thought to be elegant and well-constructed, yielding high-quality images. Even old lens designs such as the Tessar demonstrate engineering elegance and in the modern age of plastic parts, many Zeiss lenses are still made with predominantly metal components.

Zeiss licenses its technology to be manufactured by third-party companies and indeed, many have done so. Notable names include Hasselblad, a famous name in medium format professional cameras. Rollei, Yashica, Sony, Logitech and Alpa amongst others, have used or manufactured lenses under Zeiss license. The Contax line of 35 mm cameras, first produced by Yashica and subsequently Kyocera until 2005 are perhaps the most well known to fit Zeiss lenses. Notably absent from this list are Canon, Nikon, and Pentax, who by and large produce their own lenses.

On 27 April 2005 the company announced a collaboration with Nokia in the camera phone market. The first product to emerge out of this collaboration is the Nokia N90.

Outside the world of cameras and imaging, Zeiss also produces spectacle lenses, particularly lenses made from high refractive index glass, allowing people whose prescriptions require stronger spectacles to use thinner lenses. These are sold in many countries. As of 2010 Carl Zeiss eyeglass lenses are sold in the United States through Carl Zeiss Vision Inc.

The Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology subsidiary is a respected source of coordinate measurement machines and mutidimensional metrology systems. Zeiss is a recognized partner to the automotive industry.

A unique triplet of ultra-fast 50 mm f/0.7 lenses originally created by Zeiss for NASA's lunar program had the distinction of being reused by Stanley Kubrick in the filming of his historical drama, "Barry Lyndon". The period atmosphere of the film demanded that several indoor scenes be filmed by candlelight. To facilitate this, Kubrick had, with great difficulty, the lenses modified to mount onto a cinema camera and two of them subsequently further modified in separate ways to give wider angles of view.

Zeiss is currently in the process of designing the optical components for the James Webb Space Telescope set to replace the Hubble Space Telescope sometime in 2018.

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Another pic of the High speed line-up but without the Deltic this time. From left is Eurostar (class 373) No.3999, HST 43004, Pendolino 390119 & 91105 renumbered as 91150. Seen at the Greatest Gathering, Derby Litchurch lane 2/8/25.

'House Without Roof' On Black

HDR - Abandoned country house without roof in the beautiful landscape.

"Generally, i spend my day with my mother at our quiet room;

without too much noise or people around.

(father leaves early in the morning, and returns late;

i hardly know him.)

Today, already from the morning i sensed something was very different--

mother was very excited.

I could not understand why.

Then she tied me on her back, and we got out.

It was night; we wandered along narrow dark lanes,

with many people around us.

They also seemed excited.

It was very crowded, strange and a bit frightening.

Then we reached a square, where many, many people sang and danced.

My mother was even more excited, laughed very often, talked to many people,

and was much less attuned to me than when we are at home.

Then we entered some big building, and suddenly, mom laid down,

cried, and seemed even more moved.

It's really difficult for me to understand all this.

I am a bit worried"

Without words (1)

... is like a day without alcohol!

Ahoi, captain obvious...

Oi mate, that's Captain Hook for you!

I mean, you need to compare it to something else, be it good or bad or funny.

Say what?

Like... is a lost day.

Ha, I don't remember how many days I've lost to alcohol.

Don't you ever drink anything else?

Like what?

What about water?

But that's unhygienic! There's sharks and ships in it!

Yeah, right.

Skål, ye landlubbers!

Cheers!

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A rare occasion of having unaltered collectable minifigures from three series (22,14,8) in one picture. This is the same background I used on the red King's Guard. Didn't bother yet to make it a real build, because it's easier to take pictures on an open stage.

Toy Project Day 3249

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It's so hard to forget pain.....

But it's even harder to remember sweetness.

We have no scar to show for happiness.....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzFZAHiaDJM

We all die.

The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will....

― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

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The Douglas C-47 Dakota is without doubt one of the most successful aircraft designs in history. It became one of the world's most famous military transport aircraft and saw widespread use by the Allies during World War Two and subsequently by Air Forces and civilian operators worldwide.

DAKOTA ZA947

The aircraft was adopted by Strike Command and issued to the BBMF in March 1993. In 2004, an original and authentic floor and interior was re-fitted to the Dakota, returning the cabin to the original, wartime specification. As there are now no other multi-engine tail wheel aircraft in RAF service outside the BBMF, the Dakota is an important training asset used for initial training of aircrew for the BBMF multi-engine aircraft and for renewing the currency of the Flight’s Lancaster pilots each year. In addition to this role though, the Dakota is a sought-after display aircraft in her own right and, as such, she appears regularly on the air show circuit either on her own or as part of a BBMF formation. She continues to be capable of para-dropping and is used in that role for special commemorative events.

ZA947 is now painted to represent Dakota FZ692 of No 233 Squadron, around the D-Day period in 1944. This aircraft, which was named ‘Kwicherbichen’ by her crews, was involved in Para-dropping operations on the eve of D-Day and subsequently in re-supply and casualty evacuation missions into and out of forward airfields in the combat areas.

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Latin name: Falco cherrug - Saker Falcon

Back in August we met up with family at Herrings Green Activity Farm & Bird Of Prey Centre in Bedfordshire, which is a super place to visit.

The saker falcon (Falco cherrug) is a large species of falcon. This species breeds from eastern Europe eastwards across Asia to Manchuria. It is mainly migratory except in the southernmost parts of its range, wintering in Ethiopia, the Arabian peninsula, northern Pakistan and western China.

The saker falcon is a raptor of open grasslands preferably with some trees or cliffs. It often hunts by horizontal pursuit, rather than the peregrine's stoop from a height, and feeds mainly on rodents and birds. In Europe, ground squirrels and feral pigeons are the most common prey items. This species usually builds no nest of its own, but lays its 3–6 eggs in an old stick nest in a tree which was previously used by other birds such as storks, ravens or buzzards. It also often nests on cliffs.

BirdLife International categorises this bird as endangered, due to a rapid population decline, particularly on the central Asian breeding grounds. Ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United Arab Emirates have been the main destination for thousands of falcons caught and sold illegally for hefty sums at the black market. Kazakhstan is estimated to lose up to 1,000 saker falcons per year.

The species also faces pressure from habitat loss and destruction. The population was estimated to be between 7,200 and 8,800 mature individuals in 2004. In the United States there are several captive breeding projects. There are currently several successful breeding projects by falconers in Canada. The most dramatic decline of the saker falcon in Asia has been in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In contrast, a strongly protected and relatively abundant population persists in Hungary.

Saker nests support a species-rich assemblage of commensal insects.

Saker falcons are known to be very susceptible to avian influenza, individuals having been found infected with highly pathogenic H5N1 (in Saudi Arabia) and H7N7 (in Italy) strains. Therefore, an experiment was done with hybrid gyr-saker falcons, which found that 5 falcons vaccinated with a commercial H5N2 influenza vaccine survived infection with a highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, whereas 5 unvaccinated falcons died. This means that sakers could be protected from bird flu by vaccination, at least in captivity.

The saker falcon has been used in falconry for thousands of years, and like its very close relative the gyrfalcon is a highly regarded falconry bird. Swift and powerful, it is effective against medium and large game bird species. In recent years hybrids of saker falcons and peregrine falcons have been developed in order to provide falconers a bird with greater size and horizontal speed than the peregrine, with greater propensity for diving stoops on game than the saker.

Saker falcon is the national bird of Hungary, known as Turul in the Hungarian mythology.[citation needed] In 2012, the saker falcon was selected as the national bird of Mongolia.

In Disney's Mulan, the Hun Leader Shan Yu owns a saker falcon called Hayabusa.

In the children's book Tiger Wars by Steve Backshall one of the main characters is called Saker after the Falcon.

Taken with my Canon Telephoto Zoom 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM EF Lens and framed in Photoshop.

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Lanjaron, Andalusia, Spain

This was the best I could do without tresspassing and was taken from outside the open depot gates on zoom.

And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw this week!!

Yes I'm back again.

However due to my main computer on which I edit my work being struck down with a big bad virus, this picture and all the others I am uploading, were Unedited but have now been replaced with Edited versions. So enjoy and Thanks for your patience and understanding.

I do still hate everything about this shit that is new Flickr and always will, but an inability to find another outlet for my work that is as easy for me to use as the Old BETTER Flickr was, has forced me back to Flickr, even though it goes against everything I believe in.

I don't generally have an opinion on my own work, I prefer to leave that to other people and so based on the positive responses to my work from the various friends I had made on Flickr prior to the changes I have decided to upload some more of my work as an experiment and to see what happens.

So make the most of me before they delete my acount: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/?details=1, to stop me complaining!!

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A Igreja de Nosso Senhor Bom Jesus dos Martírios era originalmente uma capela coberta de telhas, com alvenaria de tijolos, bom alicerce de pedras unidas com cimento e azeite de baleia, como de costume da época, cuja madeira foi tirada do morro do Jacutinga, por trás da mesma. No dia 30 de outubro de 1881 foi procedida a benção solene do templo, quando por volta das 16 horas as irmandades e o povo conduziam as imagens da Matriz para os Martírios.

Situada na Praça Floriano Peixoto, a Igreja passou por longas reformas e as obras conferiram à construção um estilo eclético, misto de barroco, neoclássico e neogótico, onde destaca sua bela fachada principal, recoberta de azulejos portugueses do século XIX de cor azul, estampilhados e torres com coroamentos retorcidos. O interior traz ornamentos rococó, além de rodapés em azulejo colorido no melhor estilo art nouveau.

Na área interna da Igreja há também painéis portugueses do século XX (provavelmente em meados) e rodapé do final do século XIX ou início do XX no estilo art nouveau. Atualmente, é um dos pontos turísticos de nosso Estado.

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O Museu Palácio Floriano Peixoto localiza-se na cidade de Maceió, estado de Alagoas, no Brasil.

Museu Palácio Floriano Peixoto - Esboço Histórico

Ex-sede do governo do Estado de Alagoas, o prédio destacado por Craveiro Costa "como o mais belo edifício do Estado pela suntuosidade de seu estilo e proporções" (LAGES, 85), teve sua construção iniciada em 1893," cuja pedra fundamental foi lançada no dia 14 de setembro…" (SANT’ANA, 08), com o projeto arquitetônico e execução sob a responsabilidade do engenheiro militar alagoano Carlos Jorge Calheiros de Lima, na administração do Dr. Gabino Suzano de Araújo Besouro (1892/1894), autorizado pela Lei nº 30, de 26 de maio de 1893.

Com a deposição do governador Gabino Besouro em 16 de julho de 1894 e devido a escassez de recursos as obras foram paralisadas e, reiniciadas na administração de Manoel Gomes Ribeiro Júnior, Barão de Traipú (1894/1897), "período em que atuaram, entre outros, os engenheiros Morada, Adolfo Lins, Francisco Severiano Braga Torres e Luiz Gonzaga, ficando novamente interrompidas as mencionadas obras, com a saída do Barão de Traipú do governo, a 12 de junho de 1897(SANT’ANA, 08)".

No governo de Euclides Vieira Malta os trabalhos mais uma vez foram reiniciados, sob a responsabilidade do engenheiro do Estado, arquiteto Luiz Lucariny, que recebera a incumbência do governador, em 12 de junho de 1900, de prosseguir a edificação daquele prédio, cujos trabalhos só seriam reencetados em 1902 (SANT’ANA, 09) e que promoveu diversas modificações na planta original. "Segundo Craveiro Costa o edifício ficou completamente alterado, a fachada, sobretudo, sofreu radical transformação, oferecendo um belo conjunto, magnificamente tratado na sua ornamentação e elegância de estilo ´(LAGES, 85)". Essas interferências conferiram à planta do edifício, algumas modificações ao gosto eclético da época (PAIVA). Destaque-se que o arquiteto italiano Luiz Lucariny residia em Maceió e foi responsável por outras obras de grande porte e que marcam a arquitetura em nossa terra, como o Teatro Deodoro (Maceió) e o Teatro Sete de setembro (Penedo).

"Majestosa, a construção tem como ponto alto o Salão Nobre, com altos relevos e móveis estilo Luis XV. Em de suas alas, esculturas em louça portuguesa representam: a justiça, a lavoura, o comércio e a história (SECOM)."

"A fachada do edifício é de ordem toscana, modificada, com dois magníficos pórticos, um inferior e outro superior que formam o terraço. Da entrada ao vestíbulo uma escadaria de granito de cinco degraus que serve de base aos pórticos da fachada, ao lado das quais sobressaem dois corpos colaterais da mesma ordem, trabalho esmerado em pedra de talha, imitando cantaria, formando o baseamento da obra, com quatro janelas em estilo dórico (LAGES, 85)".

Coroando as festividades da Emancipação Política de Alagoas, em 16 de setembro de 1902, o Palácio é solemente inaugurado, com presença expressiva da comunidade local.

Através do Decreto Estadual nº 417, de 17 de outubro de 1947, assinado pelo governador Silvestre Péricles de Góes Monteiro, o edifício oficial, residência e palácio do governo, passa a denominar-se de "Palácio Marechal Floriano Peixoto".

"Anteriormente à construção deste edifício funcionaram como Palácio do Governo, o sobrado do abastado comerciante português, Francisco José da Graça, localizado à Rua do Comércio, esquina com a Rua da Rosa, atual Senador Mendonça, onde se instalou em 1819, o 1º Governador da Capitania, Sebastião Francisco de Mélo e Póvoas, e o sobrado do Barão de Jaraguá, situado na Rua Barão de Anadia. Este palacete foi demolido em 1940, para no local edificar-se o prédio do Instituto de Aposentadoria e Pensão dos Empregados em Transportes e Cargas [IAPETEC] (LAGES, 86)".

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La zona, posta a metà strada tra la montagna e la pianura e punto di passaggio per raggiungere il Friuli, fu da sempre un sito strategico. Attorno al X secolo fu eretta una fortezza controllata dai vescovi di Belluno, ma di probabili origini romane. Lo stesso toponimo sembra derivare dal latino cuniculus indicante i passaggi sotterranei del castello[6].

Conegliano "nacque" però nel XII secolo, quando un gruppo di famiglie nobili si organizzò creando un governo di tipo comunale attorno alla bastia, con la conseguente formazione di un borgo. Il Castello di Conegliano rimase sempre il centro del potere, sia civile (con la sede della podesteria) che religioso (con la collegiata di San Leonardo). Le attività artigianali ed agricole furono incentivate dalla fondazione di numerosi monasteri: Santa Maria in Mater Domini (1231), il convento dei Padri Umiliati di San Polo (1316), Sant'Antonio, San Francesco dei Frati Minori (1231), per non parlare degli ospizi e delle congregazioni di laici.

Con il sanguinoso assalto del 1153, Conegliano fu però subito sottomessa al comune di Treviso che ne potenziò le difese, ricostruendo il castello, vista la posizione chiave verso il Friuli con i domini del Patriarcato di Aquileia. La cittadina seguì le sorti della Marca e passò agli Ezzelini e agli Scaligeri, che la munirono di nuove fortificazioni. Anche con la Repubblica di Venezia, a cui Treviso passò nel 1337, e la breve parentesi dei Carraresi (1384-1388) l'opera fu continuata e venne innalzata una cinta muraria che racchiudesse il borgo. I lavori di fortificazione e di ampliamento si protrassero anche nei secoli successivi, nonostante il rovinoso attacco degli Ungari del 1411. Il paese si abbellì anche di palazzi signorili e istituzionali ma la decadenza si fece sentire già dopo la guerra della Lega di Cambrai.

Nel Settecento il castello, già da tempo in rovina, fu in gran parte demolito per fornire materiale di recupero utile alle nuove costruzioni, tra cui il Palazzo Comunale (1744).

Come tutto il Veneto, la città passò a Napoleone e infine agli Austriaci che ne svilupparono l'economia e le infrastrutture. Con la costruzione della Strada Maestra d'Italia e della ferrovia (1858) il centro vitale del paese si spostò più a sud, attorno alla stazione. Nel 1866 passò con tutto il Veneto al Regno d'Italia. Nel 1917, dopo la Disfatta di Caporetto, Conegliano fu occupata dagli Imperi Centrali e subì notevoli danni. La città riuscì successivamente a risollevarsi grazie alle ferventi attività economiche (prodotti caseari, vinicoli, officine meccaniche ecc.).

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