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Basic Airtours International livery without titles but with the new MyTravel.com web address.
This one's a bit complicated. A very early Boeing 757, line no:8, this aircraft was delivered to Eastern Air Lines as N507EA in Dec-82. Eastern Air Lines ceased operations in Jan-91 and the aircraft was stored at Las Vegas, NV, USA.
It was sold to the Tracinda Corporation in May-92 and leased to MGM Grand Air as N701MG in Aug-92. It was returned to the Tracinda Corporation in Jan-93 and again stored at Las Vegas.
It was sold to Bombardier Capital Inc in Jul-94 and remained stored until it was sold to Airfleet Credit Corporation in Oct-94. The aircraft was leased to Airtours International Airways as G-RJGR in Nov-94. It was sub-leased to Spanair in Oct-96 for the winter season, returning to Airtours in Apr-97.
Airtours was renamed MyTravel Airways in May-02 and the aircraft continued in service until it was returned to the lessor in Nov-05 and stored at Marana, AZ, USA. In Mar-06 it was sold to Evergreen Aircraft Sales and Leasing as N811AD and permanently retired.
The fuselage (no wings) was noted at Marana in Feb-08, on pallets in basic MyTravel livery and broken up in Apr-08. So how was it possible that it was sold to the Megalith Group in May-09 and re-registered N448TK in Jun-09 ???
Note: I also have it noted in my database that it was sold to the secretive L.3 Communications company the month after it was broken up (RZ Jetz has it noted as a 'paper transaction only'), as is the sale to the Megalith Group and subsequent re-registration to N448TK. Oddly, a look at the US FAA Register shows N448TK (B757 c/n 22197) had it's CoA renewed on 09-Mar-17 and expires on 31-Mar-20... Perhaps I should stop digging before men in dark suits, crew cuts and dark sunglasses come knocking at my door...
I should also mention that all the above info is freely available through various sources and websites online...
So, Neville's hobby is dancing. He goes to this dance without sight class, for visually impaired. They do great and have lotsa fun. Then, they got this 24hrTV gig - you know 24hrTV? It's seriously amazing charity fest that takes place every summer in japan, google it, it's so inspiring! Basically, it's all about people overcoming their disabilities and proving that dream can be archived at least at some extend even when you think it's not possible. And it's being hosted by almost every and each actor/singer/musician/artist japan has, every one helps and joins the fun in every way they can.
Anyway, Neville's class got invited to 24hrTV and Pandora Box got to supervise and help them (band playing music, obviously, Kokoro - dancing with them! :D ) and that was how Kokoro met Neville. And completely fell for him from the first sight :'D Poor thing, because Neville's heart is already elsewhere and not going back :')
but there will be more of onesided Kokoro/Neville in the future because drama!!!1
This is, without a doubt, one of my all time favorite dolls. It took me a week to save up for her. I remember seeing her forever ago, and thinking "This doll is perfect! Just PERFECT! I have to have her"
I knew nothing about FR or misaki or dolls in general actually at the time. I thought all they had were bratz or barbie.
This is the doll that really opened me up to doll collecting. I have SO many ideas for clothes for her, but I hate touching her. lol
Shes so special. I have several outfits JUST for her that no other doll has even worn before, so she needs to show them off soon.
Em không phải là nhân vật chính trong các bộ phim. Em không được đạo diễn vẽ trước cho cuộc đời mình rồi cứ im lặng mà diễn không chút phàn nàn. Em là em. Thế nên...thật sự em không biết phải làm thế nào bây giờ nữa.
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Girl from Plan-supported South Groaldiha Primary School in Northern Bangladesh standing next to a blackboard with "Learn Without Fear" written on it.
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The male peafowl, or peacock, has long been known and valued for its brilliant tail feathers. The bright spots on it are known as "eyes", and inspired the Greek myth that Hera placed the hundred eyes of her slain giant Argus on the tail of her favorite bird.
Indian Peafowl is iridescent blue-green or blue in the head, neck and breast. The back, or scapular, feathers are vermiculated in black and white, while the primaries are orange-chestnut. The so-called "tail" of the peacock, also termed the "train," is not the tail quill feathers but highly elongated upper tail feather coverts. It is mostly bronze-green, with a series of eyes that are best seen when the train is fanned. The actual tail feathers are short and grey-coloured and can be seen from behind when a peacock's train is fanned in a courtship display. During the molting season, the males shed their stunning train feathers and reveal the unassuming grey-coloured tail which is normally hidden from view beneath the train. Both species have a crest atop the head which is also present in the females.
The female peacock is duller in comparison. It is mostly brown, with pale underparts and some green iridescence in the neck, and lacks the long upper tail feather coverts of the male.
The Green Peafowl is very different in appearance to the Indian Peafowl. The male has green and gold plumage and has an erect crest. The wings are black with a sheen of blue.
Unlike the Indian Peafowl, the Green Peahen is very similar to the male, only having shorter upper tail feather coverts and slightly less iridescent in some regions. Like other peafowl, it is very difficult to distinguish a juvenile male from an adult female. Moreover, the sexes of the various Green Peafowl species are almost impossible to tell apart in the field during the months when the male has no train.
Many of the brilliant colours of the peacock plumage are due to an optical interference phenomenon (Bragg reflection) based on (nearly) periodic nanostructures found in the barbules (fiber-like components) of the feathers. Such interference-based structural colour is especially important in producing the peacock's iridescent hues (which shimmer and change with viewing angle), since interference effects depend upon the angle of light, unlike chemical pigments.
The plumage of the peacock, and the peahen's preference for its exorbitance, is a classical example of sexual selection and especially the handicap principle. However, in recent years scientific research has shown that the size and brilliance of a male's plumage does not meaningfully correlate with his mating success nor his health, and that instead the key factor for attracting females is the vocalizations made prior to mating.
Behaviour
A rear view of an Indian Blue Peacock's tail feathersThe peafowl are forest birds that nest on the ground. The Pavo peafowl are terrestrial feeders but roost in trees.
Both species of Peafowl are believed to be polygamous. However, it has been suggested that "females" entering a male Green Peafowl's territory [8] are really his own juvenile or subadult young (K. B. Woods in litt. 2000) and that Green Peafowl are really monogamous in the wild. Those who subscribe to this notion cite the similarities between the sexes. Peafowl courtships takes place in the ground; the male performs a display by fanning the train, facing the female or females in the area. This display is preceded by very loud vocalisations given by the male.
Diet
Peafowl are omnivorous and eat ticks, termites, ants, locusts, mice, plant parts, flower petals, seed heads, scorpions and other arthropods, reptiles, and amphibians.
In common with other members of the Galliformes, males and females of both species possess powerful, sharp metatarsal spurs or "kicking thorns" used primarily to protect themselves against predators and to a lesser extent during intraspecific fights.
] Habitat
Open forest, bushland, thorn forest and sometimes rainforest.
Because of human encroachment into their natural territories, peafowl and humans have come into increasing contact. Because of their natural beauty some are reluctant to classify the birds as pests but their presence can be disturbing, especially given their tendency to eat indiscriminately of garden boundaries and the male's powerful vocal crow (louder than a rooster's crow).
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Undate on Alfie: I plan to take Alfie in to the Vet tomorrow to hopefully go ahead with surgery to remove his saliva gland. His jaw is swollen pretty badly this morning even with the antibiotics and other things I've done to help relieve it. I think the Vet should be able to find the gland thats blocked now. Poor Alfie needs to get this over with because its a constant problem. Please add my little boy to your prayers.
I want to wish all the fathers out in flickr land a very Happy Father's Day. Also happy first day of summer everyone.
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In this video I show two models with different curve:
(Curved Structural Folding. Combined the straight and curved folds. Ball Cylinder Star)
1) Paper Fold with Reduced Curved
2) Paper Fold with Extended curved
Virtual 3D Model
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I found it difficult to design and fold these models. Excuse the wrinkles in the models. Working with a larger scale are obtained fewer wrinkles. But this scale is the limit of what can be folded with my hands and materials.
Me resulto difícil diseñar y doblar estos modelos, no estoy acostumbrado a los pliegues curvos. Disculpen las arrugas en los modelos. Al Trabajar con una escala mayor se obtienen menos arrugas, pero esta escala es el límite de lo que puedo doblar con mis manos y los materiales que dispongo. Ahora en base a este patrón si se incrementa las secciones de pliegue de 6 a 8 se puede obtener una forma más fluida pero no sé si sería fácil de plegar el modelo, en el futuro espero poder comprobar esto.
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La cavalcata di sant'Oronzo è la festa più attesa e importante di Ostuni. Ogni anno il 25, 26 e 27 di agosto, sono giorni dedicati al santo: un corteo di cavalli e cavalieri bardati a festa, sfila per le vie cittadine a scorta del protettore della città. Le origini della cavalcata erano incerte fino a pochi anni addietro. Si possono oggi far risalire, con buon margine di sicurezza, alla seconda metà del diciassettesimo secolo, precisamente al 1657. La peste invase il Salento risparmiando Ostuni ed altre città di Terra d'Otranto. Il miracolo venne attribuito a sant'Oronzo ed ogni 26 agosto gli ostunesi vollero recarsi in processione al santuario eretto in suo onore. Lì prelevavano la statua in cartapesta raffigurante il santo, e la portavano a spalla nella piazza del paese. Spesso gli addobbi sono tramandati di generazione in generazione così come i gesti e i piccoli indispensabili segreti. L'intero nucleo familiare si dedica alla vestizione, spesso aiutato da parenti e amici. Uno degli addobbi più importanti, è costituito dal bellissimo mantello arabescato con centinaia di paillettes applicate una ad una con certosina pazienza. La vestizione continua con finimenti e fregi di vario tipo e grandezza. Anche il cavaliere indossa l'uniforme costituita dal chepì e da una casacca che ricordano i motivi del mantello del cavallo e da pantaloni bianchi. La vestizione del cavaliere è anch'essa molto accurata e ricorda per certi aspetti, quella del torero. Gli ultimi dettagli, i guanti bianchi, il frustino ed ecco cavallo e cavaliere diventare un'unica entità. Il nostro cavaliere con la sua cavalcatura, si avvia come tutti gli altri, verso il punto di incontro, piazza Cattedrale, inerpicandosi lungo l'omonima salita. Una volta arrivati in piazza cattedrale, cavalli e cavalieri attendono che la statua di sant'Oronzo venga portata fuori dalla chiesa madre.
Fino a poco tempo addietro, si riteneva che fosse stato un ricco signore di Ostuni, don Pietro Sansone, a commissionare la costruzione della statua in argento avvenuta nel 1788 a Napoli, sua città di origine. Recenti e più approfondite ricerche condotte dallo storico locale Luigi Greco, hanno permesso di stabilire che l'iniziativa non fu presa in prima persona da Pietro Sansone, come si era da sempre creduto, ma dai vaticali, una sorta di "corrieri" dell'epoca, che trasportavano le merci su carri trainati da cavalli. I vaticali, devoti al loro protettore come tutti gli ostunesi, fecero un accordo con il loro datore di lavoro: avrebbero accantonato parte del guadagno loro dovuto, fino a raggiungere la somma di 4.000 ducati necessaria per la costruzione della statua. Venne incaricato per l'esecuzione dell'opera, Luca Baccaro, artista napoletano. A capo dei 43 ostunesi, molti dei quali erano vaticali, c'era un altro notaio, Felice Giovine. Loro intendimento era quello di costituire un'associazione di volontari che avrebbe sostenuto le spese per onorare al meglio sant'Oronzo. Quando la statua giunse a Ostuni, fu scortata a cavallo proprio dai vaticali che, grazie al loro solerte lavoro, contribuirono alla crescita economica che contraddistinse la seconda metà del settecento. Negli anni precedenti infatti, per vari motivi, la manifestazione era andata via via impoverendosi, così che rischiava addirittura di non essere più svolta. Dunque quei 43 cittadini, si impegnarono a sostenere personalmente tutte le spese necessarie, in ragione di 6 ducati l'anno a testa, per un totale di 258 ducati da spendersi in musica, fuochi d'artificio e quant'altro fosse servito alla degna riuscita della manifestazione. Gli stessi sovvenzionatori, avrebbero costituito il gruppo di cavalieri a scorta del santo.
Negli anni, dunque, questa nuova classe sociale, la borghesia, aveva preso il posto della ormai decadente aristocrazia ostunese, i cui componenti in origine partecipavano anch'essi alla processione, ma a cavallo per distinguersi dalla gente comune. La statua è preceduta dal vescovo con i prelati della diocesi, e dalle autorità. Apre il corteo un trio di suonatori che esegue un antico ritornello accompagnandosi con piffero e tamburi. In coda alla statua, la tradizionale banda precede i cavalieri che spesso eseguono piroette, così come anticamente si era soliti far avanzare i cavalli, esibendosi in suggestive coreografie. La Cavalcata di sant'Oronzo, nell'attuale configurazione, ebbe inizio nel 1803. In realtà la giusta definizione è “Cavalcata dei Devoti”. Questa intitolazione si deve ad un gruppo di cittadini che il 26 agosto di quell'anno, si recarono presso la casa del notaio Giuseppe Gaetano Tanzarella.
Il simulacro lascia la bellissima Cattedrale costruita nella seconda metà del XV° secolo, a spese e con la manodopera degli ostunesi. La statua in argento ha preso il posto nel tempo, di quella in cartapesta.
È dunque legittimo sostenere che la Cavalcata dei Devoti, ormai nota come cavalcata di sant'Oronzo, sia arrivata sino ai giorni nostri, con inevitabili modifiche ma inalterata nella sostanza, proprio a partire dall'inizio del secolo scorso.
A conclusione della Cavalcata, d'obbligo in piazza della Libertà l'esecuzione di brani operistici e sinfonici, nella cornice delle immancabili luminarie. Concludono l'intensa giornata i fuochi artificiali ai quali, ci piace pensare, stiano assistendo soddisfatti anche i 43 devoti che in quel lontano 26 agosto 1803, assicurarono a Ostuni, la continuità di questa straordinaria manifestazione.
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Well it looks like our new snow blower might be put to use tomorrow. We have 2 to 4 inches predicted the last time I listened to the news. I wish I could go to the zoo to get more wintery snow photos but I don't want to drive on slick roads. When I took this photo it was snowing but the roads were treated and clear because the temperature was a bit above freezing. It's too cold here for that to be a repeat. Right now I'm waiting to get an update on the weather though I will be staying home tomorrow no matter what. I hope everyone is keeping nice and warm. Have a nice evening!
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Presentata al Salone dell'Automobile di Francoforte del 1951, la 220 era chiamata a sostituire la 230 W153, con la quale condivideva in pratica la stessa struttura telaistica, ad X con tubi a sezione ovale, utilizzata tra l'altro anche sulle più piccole 170V e 170S. Di questi modelli, tra l'altro, la 220 riprende anche l'impostazione stilistica decisamente retrò, tipica dei modelli del periodo immediatamente antecedente la Seconda guerra mondiale. La differenza estetica principale stava nel frontale, dove trovavano posto nuovi fari dal design più moderno, inglobati nei parafanghi.
La 220 è stata prodotta in tre varianti di carrozzeria, ancora separata dal telaio: berlina, cabriolet (a 2 o a 4 posti) e coupé. La berlina è stata di gran lunga la preferita dal pubblico, con 16.066 esemplari prodotti, mentre le cabriolet hanno totalizzato 2.275 esemplari e le coupé solamente 85 esemplari, anche a causa del fatto che la coupé è stata introdotta solo nel 1954, quando già mancava poco alla cessazione della produzione e quando la berlina non era più in produzione.
Le vere novità stavano nel motore M180 da 2.2 litri, primo 6 cilindri Mercedes-Benz del dopoguerra e primo superquadro della Casa tedesca, un motore di tipo monoalbero in testa, contrariamente al 2.3 litri della sua antenata, che era ad asse a camme laterale e valvole laterali. Con una potenza massima di 80 CV, questo motore spingeva la 220 ad una velocità massima di 140 km/h.
Il cambio era a 4 marce con frizione monodisco a secco, l'impianto frenante era idraulico a 4 tamburi e le sospensioni erano a ruote indipendenti con avantreno a triangoli trasversali e retrotreno a semiassi oscillanti.
La 220 proponeva anche alcune chicche per l'epoca, come la serratura di sicurezza per evitare l'apertura accidentale delle portiere, ed l'impianto di riscaldamento ottenibile a richiesta.
I prezzi di vendita delle 200 W187 erano di 11.925 marchi per la berlina, di 15.160 e 18.860 marchi per le due varianti di cabriolet previste e di ben 20.850 marchi per la coupé.
Tra il 1952 ed il 1953 venne realizzata una serie speciale di 220 (41 esemplari) con carrozzeria torpedo, destinate alle forze di polizia.
Nel 1954, come già detto, la berlina è stata tolta di produzione, sostituita dal modello 220S Ponton. Rimase in produzione solo la coupé, equipaggiata dal 2.2 litri M180 in versione leggermente più potente (85CV), montato sulle prime 220S berlina. La 220 Coupé W187 è stata tolta di produzione l'anno seguente, a sua volta rimpiazzata dalla versione coupé della 220S.
Durante la produzione del modello, vennero realizzati anche 47 telai nudi, destinati ad altre carrozzerie.
The Mercedes-Benz W187 is a luxury car produced by Mercedes-Benz from 1951 to 1955. Introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show in April 1951, the W187 was powered by a single overhead camshaft inline six-cylinder M180 engine and available as a saloon, coupé, and cabriolet, all designated with the 220 model name. Despite its pre-World War II reputation as a manufacturer of luxury cars, in the immediate post-war years Mercedes-Benz produced only four-cylinder-engined passenger cars. The W187 Mercedes-Benz 220 and flagship W186 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer introduced together in 1951 were the first Mercedes to once again feature six-cylinder engines.
The styling was similar to that of the Mercedes-Benz 170S except that the 170's freestanding headlights were for the 220 integrated into the fenders for a slightly more modern look. Two different cabriolet models were built, conceived as exclusive sporting cars of exclusive character, but these only sold 1,278 and 997 for the "A" (2-door, 2/3-seat) and "B" (2-door, 4-seat) versions, respectively.
In December 1953, just as the saloon and cabriolet "B" models were about to be replaced, a "Cabriolet A" derived W187 Coupé was announced for 1954. The Mercedes-Benz sales department let it be known that this development was a direct response to pressing requests from leading celebrities of the time.
During 1953 the manufacturer replaced the conventionally flat windscreen on the 2/3 seater "Cabriolet A" with a slightly curved screen, which also found its way on to the new coupé: this was a way of highlighting the sporting nature of both models. Nevertheless, the coupé once fitted, as many were, with a steel sunroof, was at the end of 1953 offered for 22,000 Marks which was nearly twice the price for the standard W187 "Limousine", and only 85 of the W187 coupés were actually sold. Between August 1952 and May 1953, 41 special soft top "OTP" bodied W187 220s were produced for the police.
All 220s used newly developed M180 six cylinder 2195cc engine producing 80 hp DIN (86 SAE) (59 kW). In contrast with the rather old fashioned look of the car's body, the new engines attracted much attention in the motoring press, being the first new engine presented by Mercedes-Benz in more than ten years.
The valves were operated by short rocker arms from an overhead camshaft. The engine was unusual in Europe at this time in having oversquare cylinder dimensions with a bore of 80.0mm and a stroke of only 72.8mm, which facilitated the design of an efficient cylinder head. The manufacturer claimed a top speed of 140 km/h (87 mph) for the saloons and 145 km/h (90 mph) for the cabriolets which was faster than the 52 PS (38 kW) powered 170S Cabriolet which the cabriolet version of the W187 replaced and from which its bodywork was derived. The new six-cylinder engine would form the basis, repeatedly enlarged and upgraded as the years went on, for a long line of six-cylinder engines powering mainstream Mercedes-Benz models including the six-cylinder version of the early S-Class models in the 1970s. Because of the extra power in what was, by modern standards, a heavy car, the W187 was equipped with Duplex drum brakes.
With the sedan/saloon bodied cars about to be delisted by the manufacturer in May 1954, in April 1954 the "Cabriolet A" and its Coupé derivative were fitted with a new higher compression 85 PS (63 kW) engine that had been developed for the soon to be announced Ponton bodied Mercedes-Benz W180. These faster sporting versions of the W187 continued in production for a further year. The 220 saloon was replaced by the W105/W180 line in 1953. The coupé and cabriolet continued until August 1955.
The saloon went out of production in May, 1954; the Cabriolet models continued for another 15 months until August 1955. The body of the W187 saloon was closely modelled on the 1938 Mercedes-Benz W153, and despite the modern engine that powered it, already looked old fashioned to many observers on the day it was introduced. Two years earlier, in 1949, the Borgward Hansa had served notice that car design had moved on since the 1930s, and the manufacturer's own 1953 W120 confirmed that "modern" European cars were following the North American trend to lower wider bodied designs. This has been seen as an explanation for the W187's own unusually short production run of slightly above three years for the saloon and less than five years for the longest lived of the Cabriolet models.
The W187 was immediately replaced with the Ponton bodied six cylinder Mercedes-Benz 220a (W180). When the cabriolet was withdrawn in 1955 there was no direct successor. However, slightly more than a year later the all-new Mercedes-Benz 220S Cabriolet and Coupé appeared, respectively in July and October 1956, using, like the saloon on which they were based, a modern ponton style body.
These were taken at the Living Canvas fashion show.
The models were really in character and the designs were really interesting. Music was amazing :) Great work guys/girls.
Location: Galleface hotel, Colombo
Description from the organizers :: "Living Canvas - The Gallery without Walls" is a art project started by Sri Lankan artists Deneth and Kasthamandap. Paintings that are created by 7 Nepali artists and 7 Sri Lankan artists in a form of wear as clothes with 3D shapes, and other different shapes with different mediums exhibit on performer's bodies instead of a Wall.
They are organizing to take the show to Bhutan or India but still on process. If anyone wants to find out about Living Canvas pls visit www.livingcanvas.blogspot.com.
All of a sudden, without warning, Forest rose into the air. He didn't struggle, so Wander knew he was either not in pain, or was stunned. She tried to hold her tongue, but fear crept up on her like a ghost.
Aishling, however, seemed perfectly confident in what she was doing and never broke eye contact with Forest.
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Arraial do Cabo limita-se a norte com o município de Cabo Frio, a leste e a sul, com o Oceano Atlântico e a oeste, com o município de Araruama.
O clima de Arraial do Cabo é tropical litorâneo, com muito vento que estabiliza as temperaturas, o município praticamente desconhece temperaturas muito elevadas ou muito baixas. No ano de 2007 a máxima absoluta foi de apenas 31,7°C (a menor de todo o estado) e a mínima de 12,9°C. Historicamente, o município tem máxima absoluta de 34°C e mínima de 10°C. Também chove bem pouco, com média pluviométrica anual de cerca de 800mm. A insolação (horas de sol) é uma das maiores do estado.
O município é conhecido como a "capital do mergulho". As praias de águas transparente e areia muito branca tornam sua costa num dos locais brasileiros mais propícios para a pesca submarina e mergulho. A abundante fauna marinha é decorrente da ressurgência, um fenômeno oceanográfico que consiste na subida de águas profundas e ricas em nutrientes, para regiões menos profundas do oceano. As principais praias são: Praia dos Anjos (onde se localiza o Porto do Forno), Praia do Forno, Praia Grande, Prainha, As Prainhas do Atalaia, Praia da Ilha do Farol (eleita em 2000 a praia mais perfeita do Brasil pela Revista Veja), Praia grande, Praia do Monte Alto, entre outras.
O município também conta com uma área preservada pelo IBAMA, a restinga de Massambaba (estreito pedaço de terra, banhado a sul pelo Oceano Atlântico e a Norte pela Lagoa de Araruama) onde são encontradas as mais exóticas orquídeas do mundo. Culturalmente, Arraial do Cabo se distingue das outras cidades da Região dos Lagos. É visível o modo de vida e as práticas culturais específicas dos "cabistas". Há um modo de pronunciar algumas palavras, e, sobretudo, a construção de novas palavras, que confunde o passado e o presente. Assim, é comum nas ruas os gritos, berros e vaias, que mostram o caráter cultural interativo do povo de Arraial do Cabo, e, também o "atchesa", "rodia", entre outros verbetes.
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Arraial do Cabo is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 26,390 (2005) and its area is 152 km².
In 1960 a documentary film was made directed by Mário Carneiro and Paulo Cesar Saraceni about the local fishing industry.
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The wedding was tonight and despite last nights excitement, things went off pretty much without a hitch. Kathy and I even managed to get there on time! It was a lovely outdoor ceremony. Earlier in the week they were calling for rain, but the skies cleared up this afternoon and it was lovely. A bit hot and humid for me, but still much better than a ton of rain.
Ron and I were playing around with using the flash and exposing for the background. I had some issues with the focus (hard to focus when the camera reads the background better than the black blob that is you), but it still turned out pretty cool. It is a technique I'm going to have to play with a bit.
This is the view from where the wedding was. You can pretty much see all of Cincinnati from here and at night it is really a pretty city.
I am off to bed now. We have to get up early and drive the two hours to Louisville, KY to catch a flight back to Baltimore. It is going to be nice to get home and NOT have travel plans past getting to and from work.
I'll start posting some of the wedding shots as soon as I finish getting through the Dragon*Con shots. I think between Ron and I we managed to get quite a few nice ones. We even helped the hired photogs out with a shot they were trying to get from outside looking in on the wedding party. I introduced them to the "ebay" flash and told them about the pocket wizards. They were slaving the flash which required a line of sight and a master flash which would glare on the window. With the ebay flash we worked around that and she got some great shots.
Also part of my Photo Essay for Take A Class With Dave And Dave Week 33.
Assignment. Photo Essay. This week you may post as many as 8 images that support a coherent theme. I think a minimum of 5 will be necessary to really explore any subject. Please upload your images from start to finish in one go. Tag with cwd331 to 338 (if you go that far.)
This is the assignment I give to my photo two classes. It's going to challenge you in very different ways than the stand alone assignments. Think about the difficulty you have creating a single image around a subject, now you'll need to look at it from different approachesand really stretch. Does your essay hang together? Does the viewer understand more when it's complete? Are all the images of outstanding quality?
My advice to you is to pick a subject you love, and will be able to express well. Plan your images before, yet be open to the moment during the shooting. Effective planning and understanding will facilitate better responsiveness from you, the artist.
Your essays do not need to follow a timeline, but they should study a single theme. I'm being a bit vague on purpose, I don't want to limit your creativity.
Being that all I've done for the past two weeks is travel I chose that as the topic of my "Photo Essay."
I was on the bus getting from point A to point B. A European kid board the bus and sat beside this old Japanese uncle who was playing Pokémon Go on his phone. Although there was no common language between them, they interacted purely with smiles and pointing at the Pokémon on the screen. The game that unites us all, no matter age or language.
St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate is a Church of England church on the west side of Bishopsgate in the City of London, first mentioned in 1212.[1] It survived the Great Fire of London in 1666, and was rebuilt in 1724–29.
The church is on the west side of Bishopsgate near Liverpool Street station. In the Middle Ages the site was just outside the city walls near the "Bishop's Gate" after which the street is named.[2] St Botolph was a patron saint of travellers, so it was an appropriate dedication for a church near a city gate. There were three other churches of St Botolph in medieval London, at Billingsgate, Aldgate and Aldersgate.[3]
Adjoining the buildings is a substantial churchyard – running along the back of Wormwood Street, the former course of London Wall – and a former school.[4] The church is linked with the Worshipful Company of Bowyers.
Christian worship on this site may have Roman origins, though this is not fully proven. Stow, writing in 1598 only describes the church of his time as standing "in a fair churchyard, adjoining to the town ditch, upon the very bank thereof".[3] It narrowly escaped the Great Fire, the sexton's house having been partly demolished to stop the spread of the flames.[5] Writing in 1708, Hatton described it as "an old church built of brick and stone, and rendered over". By this time the Gothic church had been altered with the addition of Tuscan columns supporting the roof, and Ionic ones the galleries.
n 1710, the parishioners petitioned parliament for permission to rebuild the church on another site, but nothing was done. In 1723 the church was found to be irreparable [5] and the parishioners petitioned again.Having obtained an act of Parliament, they set up a temporary building in the churchyard, and began to rebuild the church. The first stone was laid in 1725, and the new building was consecrated in 1728, though not completed until the next year. The designer was James Gold.[2] or Gould.[6] During construction, the foundations of the original Anglo-Saxon church were discovered.
To provide a striking frontage towards Bishopsgate, the architect placed the tower at the east end, its ground floor, with a pediment on the exterior, forming the chancel. The east end and tower are faced with stone, while the rest of the church is brick, with stone dressings.[2]
The interior is divided into nave and aisles by Composite columns, the nave being barrel vaulted. The church was soon found to be too dark, so a large west window was created, but this was largely obscured by the organ[2] installed in front of it in 1764.[5] In 1820 a lantern was added to the centre of the roof.[2]
The church was designated a Grade II* listed building on 4 January 1950.[7]
By permission of the Rector, the Antiochian Orthodox Church worships there.
Almost without light and very strong winds, the last shot yesterday Sunset
Nikon D90 + Sigma 10-20 @ 10 mm
ISO 200 - f/6.3 - 30 s
Hitech 0.6 HE + Lee GND 0.6 SE
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Roscoff, le “coteau du forgeron” en breton, est, aujourd’hui, d’un abord facile, à deux pas de Saint-Pol de Léon, vieille cité épiscopale. En ce début de 3e millénaire, la hache de guerre est définitivement enterrée avec les Anglais. La langue de Shakespeare résonne dans les rues du vieux port, comme celles de Goethe ou de Dante Alighieri. Normal, l’île de Bretagne n’a jamais été si proche que depuis qu’Alexis Gourvennec et ses camarades paysans de la Sica de Saint-Pol créèrent la Britanny Ferry, comme un trait d’union entre trois nations séparées par les caprices de l’Histoire. Au port du Bloscon, de gros paquebots blancs attendent leur provende de touristes à destination des eldorados spirituels des Celtes.
L’ombre des contrebandiers…
Le passé, riche et prospère, est toujours là, visible, à fleur de cette peau grenue de vieux granite. La maison dite de Mary Stuart, se tient toujours debout face au nord, à l’île de Batz, à quelques encablures. Elle avait jadis les pieds dans l’eau, avant la rectification des quais et des bassins à flots. Elle n’est que l’un des multiples témoins de pierre des époques fastes, celles où Roscoff se livrait à un négoce officiel et… moins officiel, les deux participant tout autant à son insolente opulence. La contrebande. Mais la guerre de course aussi. Qui fit la fortune du petit port, chanté par Tristan Corbière, le poète maudit morlaisien, qui avait ici ses quartiers d’été et y vit un “trou de flibustiers” un “vieux nid à corsaire”! Pas étonnant qu’avec un passé si grand, les gens d’ici aient eu assez d’écus pour construire, de 1515 et 1545, l’église Notre-Dame de Kroaz-Baz, entièrement restaurée à l’identique. Roscoff, ses vieilles rues, sa maison des Johnnies et de l’oignon, son jardin exotique…
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Le Giulia Granturismo - da cui GT - (da principio denominate Giulia Sprint GT) erano la versione coupé della berlina Alfa Romeo Giulia. La produzione iniziò nel 1963, fu il primo modello coupé (la berlina, Giulia TI, era già in produzione presso tale stabilimento) costruito nell'appena terminato stabilimento Alfa ad Arese, la produzione terminerà solo nel 1976. La carrozzeria, opera di Giorgetto Giugiaro per conto della Bertone, andava a coprire il pianale, con passo accorciato da 251 a 235cm, della Giulia Berlina. Sostituendo la Giulietta Sprint,da cui derivano i due volumi e mezzo, mantenne invariata anche la classica collocazione motore e cambio anteriore, con trazione posteriore. Il design era di una filante ed elegante coupé sportiva 2+2. Il curioso scalino anteriore che caratterizzava tutte le versioni prodotte fino al 1968 e parte di quelle prodotte fino al 1971 era dovuto ad un ripensamento tra l'approvazione del disegno e la messa in produzione dell'auto. Originariamente, infatti, doveva essere una presa d'aria poi abolita per contenere i costi. Ne ha definito una importante e riconoscibile caratteristica stilistica. Divenne una delle vetture più ambite del periodo. Furono prodotte in tutto diverse versioni nelle varie serie, che si possono classificare in: Sprint GT, GT Junior, GT Veloce e GTC "(Gran Turismo Cabriolet)".
Nel 1963 venne presentata la Giulia Sprint GT (serie 105.02), mossa dal quattro cilindri in alluminio con distribuzione bi-albero di 1570cm³ (serie AR00502) derivato dalla berlina, ma potenziato (grazie all'adozione di due carburatori) a 106cv. La meccanica era la stessa della berlina, ma i freni erano a disco su tutte le ruote (le prime 22000 berline 1600 Ti avevano freni a tamburo di cui gli anteriori a tre ganasce, poi nel 1963 a disco Dunlop come la coupé). Gli interni, invece, erano specifici (plancia, sedili, pannelli porta) e la leva del cambio (a 5 rapporti) era a cloche, solo optional sulla berlina. Nel 1965 la carrozzeria Touring di Milano propose all'Alfa Romeo una (esteticamente riuscita) versione cabriolet a 4 posti, denominata Giulia Sprint GTC. I problemi di tenuta all'acqua, le difficoltà della Touring ed il lancio della spider Duetto limitarono la diffusione della GTC a un migliaio di esemplari. Nel 1966, accanto alle versioni Sprint GT con motore di 1,6 litri, entrò in listino una versione di cilindrata ridotta a 1290 cm³, motore serie 00530, dotato di 89cv, denominata Giulia GT 1300 Junior (serie 105.30). La Junior aveva un allestimento ridotto: pavimento in gomma, assenza di servofreno, plancia in plastica priva di consolle centrale, borchie copri ruota semplificate, sedili meno profilati. Riconosciuta come Prima Serie. Nel 1969 le Junior (che persero il nome Giulia per chiamarsi semplicemente GT 1300 Junior) pur mantenendo lo "scalino" vennero dotate di servofreno e di una nuova plancia (simile a quella della GT 1750 Veloce). Questa versione è conosciuta come Seconda Serie.
Nel 1971 le GT Junior adottarono il frontale re stilizzato e privo di scalino, e i parafanghi posteriori con profilo più alto, uniformandosi nella scocca alla 1750 GT Veloce e alla GT 2000 Veloce. L'uniformazione, tuttavia, non fu totale perché le Junior avevano fari singoli (anziché doppi) e una diversa mascherina.
Col restyling, comunque, la gamma "Junior" guadagnò un motore: accanto al 1300 da 89cv era infatti disponibile il 1600 da 109cv (quello 00536 che fu della 1600 Veloce), ora divenuto solo Junior. Infatti la sigla "Veloce" ha sempre caratterizzato i modelli più potenti dal 1968 fu riservato alla 1750 e successivamente anche alla 2000. Questa versione è riconosciuta come la Terza Serie. Nel 1973 tutte le GT subirono l'unificazione estetica con la versione GT 2000 Veloce introdotta nel 1971. anche le GT 1300 Junior e le GT 1600 Junior adottarono la stessa mascherina cromata a quattro fari, una plancia e interni e sedili pressoché uguali a quelli della GT 2000 Veloce, differenziandosi quasi esclusivamente per i fanali posteriori più piccoli. Questa versione è conosciuta come Quarta serie oppure Unificato.
Rattlesnake Roundup, Sweetwater, Texas, Springtime for 4 days during March
From a cultural standpoint, as a Canadian living in Texas, I've always been curious about the Texan Rattlesnake Roundup. Attending, the view was to try to be unbiased and open-minded without any preset opinions. Still, as an animal rights ally I was interested to know whether the four event-filled days were about rattlesnake-appreciation or rattlesnake-loathing. I remain mystified, because it seems to be a mishmash of both.
Driving the three and half hours it takes to get back to Dallas, I marveled how what is acceptable for some, is taboo and unconscionable for others. Since many customs the world over, and across time, are basically borne of societal needs to collectively overcome threats and various natural causes, did this event begin in a similar way?...only here the rituals include a number of large people walking around eating disgusting, deep-fried rattlesnake that was more bone and grease than meat, and corn on the cob? Were the original celebrations of rounding up rattlesnakes actually efforts toward creating a communal mindset of safety, and have they evolved to dominate, even abuse, a predator that was perhaps more of a concern to the earliest settlers than it is now?
For Sweetwater locals, the occasion is an important part of their heritage and present lifestyle that brings the community together, draws in tourists and boosts their economy annually. Scheduled each year are: a parade, carnival grounds, a Miss Rattlesnake Roundup pageant, a Gun, Knife and Coin Show (because coins are obviously in the same category as knives and guns!), a snake-hunting competition, rattlesnake meat-eating contest, and vendors who earn a living selling various rattlesnake parts, products, and bizarre crafts. Unfortunately for raccoons and turtles it was an opportunity to sell their parts as well.
The demise of the rattlesnakes is undeniably sad and seemingly senseless, but the truth of every matter has many dimensions. It is easy to get caught up in the intrigue, and fall under the spell of groups in a festive state, to the point where I did try the deep-fried snake...but after one nip, threw it in the garbage, on top of others' waste who had done the exact same thing.
I absolutely love reptiles, but admit to have considered buying one of the open-mouthed, fang-baring, stuffed intact, coiled-up snake souvenirs (not the ones sporting tiny cowboy hats and raccoon tails though). Although, upon guilty reflection, is one by-product any less vulgar than the other? I actually thought the coiled-up rattlers ready to strike were really pretty and only wanted one because I’m not likely to see a living one so up close and personal, hopefully.
Whether we agree or disagree, people earn a living doing things we can’t imagine. Practices and beliefs are incorporated over periods of time and passed down through generations. What was once relevant may have lost all sense currently, or in the future. Our consciousness evolves regardless though, and I wonder if in a distorted sort of way, most people leave the fairgrounds of cotton candy and snake pits every year with a deeper appreciation for the uniqueness of all creatures? I certainly did.
Only a human could come up with something so preposterous as little cowboy hats glued to rattler heads. Only a human would buy them! Generally, what every pro/anti-whatever-activist-religious-righteous group is seeking is respect. It’s really about respecting all creatures, including humans, who do strange and unpredictable things.
Mangrove pit viper at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve: budak.blogs.com/the_annotated_budak/2008/12/under-your-fe.... Without flash: flickr.com/photos/budak/3091965676/
After the long-awaited rain, Absolem gets a visit from an unknown beautiful girl.
Ladybug - Dress by DreamDollDress Etsy
St Sepulchre without Newgate, Holborn Viaduct, London
Also St Sepulchre Holborn, also St Sepulchre Old Bailey - these were the bells of Old Bailey that asked when can you pay me? - this is one of the biggest churches in the City. No other City church has so much the air of the most important church in a smaller, provincial town - and probably as so often in the City, an East Anglian town, as the south porch with its fan vaulting suggests, we could be in Saxmundham, or Swaffham, or Coggleshall, or March. But on stepping inside there is the reminder that this church has virtually no resident parishioners, for instead of the highly polished, flower-bedecked small town civic pride we'd find in Saxmundham, or Swaffham, or Coggleshall, or March, here is a great dusty space full of disconnected once-proud details, like a rich aunt who has gone awry. And yet it is an entirely loveable church for all that, and many people's City favourite, not least because the Gothic exterior contains an entirely Wrenish interior - or, at least, the spirit of Wren without the letter, shoehorned into a medieval space. This is a rich aunt who at first sight has stopped taking care of herself, but the person she has become is admirable for her eccentricity and intelligence. There's nothing quite like it, and it makes you smile.
How did this happen? Well, the medieval church, which had been rebuilt on a grand scale in the 15th Century, was largely destroyed in the Great Fire, but the reconstruction was something of a mish-mash, with Wren falling out with the vestry. There was a revamp in the late 18th Century when they tried to get rid of the bits that still made it look medieval, and then a big one in the 1870s to make it more medieval than it had ever been, which is pretty much how you see it today. The interior you step into is largely 19th Century, but full of colour and interest. This is one of those churches where there is always something around the next corner. The range of 20th Century glass is one of the most comprehensive in the City, and the best of it is in the north aisle, the musicians' chapel, by Brian Thomas. Other glass is by Francis Skeat, AK Nicholson and GER Smith (a memorial window to AK Nicholson, including an image of him in his workshop).
The organ is fabulous. Sir Henry Wood, who invented the Proms, was the organist here, and is remembered in the musician's chapel in post-war glass along with the likes of George Frederich Handel, William Byrd, John Ireland and Dame Nellie Melba. There is a memorial to Captain John Smith, remembered as the governor of Virginia, but more familiar to us in our Disneyfied times as the lover of Pocahontas. He's buried here. Wayland Young mentions the tradition that the bells of St Sepulchre not only tolled the curfew each night, but also tolled as condemned men passed from the Newgate prison to the scaffold at Tyburn. A church full of stories then, a bit mad, all a bit disconnected, a must-see.
(c) Simon Knott, December 2015
Gretna Green is a parish in the southern council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on the Scottish side of the border between Scotland and England, defined by the small river Sark, which flows into the nearby Solway Firth. It was historically the first village a traveller would come to in Scotland when following the old coaching route from London to Edinburgh. Gretna Green railway station serves both Gretna Green and Gretna. The Quintinshill rail disaster, the worst rail crash in British history, in which over 220 died, occurred near Gretna Green in 1915.
Gretna Green sits alongside the main town of Gretna. Both are accessed from the A74(M) motorway.
Gretna Green is most famous for weddings. The Clandestine Marriages Act 1753 prevented couples under the age of 21 marrying in England or Wales without their parents' consent. As it was still legal in Scotland to marry without such consent, couples began crossing the border into Scotland to marry.
Gretna's "runaway marriages" began in 1754 when Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act came into force in England. Under the Act, if a parent of a person under the age of 21 objected to the minor's marriage, the parent could legally veto the union. The Act tightened the requirements for marrying in England and Wales but did not apply in Scotland, where it was possible for boys to marry at 14 and girls at 12 with or without parental consent (see Marriage in Scotland). It was, however, only in the 1770s, with the construction of a toll road passing through the hitherto obscure village of Graitney, that Gretna Green became the first easily reachable village over the Scottish border.
Scottish law allowed for "irregular marriages", meaning that if a declaration was made before two witnesses, almost anybody had the authority to conduct the marriage ceremony. The blacksmiths in Gretna became known as "anvil priests", culminating with Richard Rennison, who performed 5,147 ceremonies. The local blacksmith and his anvil became lasting symbols of Gretna Green weddings.
Victorian chronicler Robert Smith Surtees described Gretna Green at length in his 1848 New Monthly Magazine serial, The Richest Commoner in England:
Few of our readers—none we should think of our fair ones—but at some period or other of their lives, have figured to themselves the features of Gretna Green. Few we should think but have pictured to themselves the chaise stained "with the variations of each soil", the galloping bustle of the hurrying postboys, urging their foaming steeds for the last stage that bears them from Carlisle to the border. It is a place whose very name is typical of brightening prospects. The poet sings of the greenest spot on memory's waste, and surely Gretna Green was the particular spot he had under consideration. Gretna Green! The mind pictures a pretty straggling, half Scotch, half English village, with clean white rails, upon a spacious green, and happy rustics in muffin caps, and high cheek bones, looking out for happier couples to congratulate. Then the legend of the blacksmith who forged the links of love, added interest to the place, and invested the whole with fairy feature.
How much better, brighter, more promising, in short, a Gretna Green marriage sounds than a Coldstream or Lamberton toll-bar one! and yet they are equally efficacious. Gretna Green indeed, is as superior in reality as it is in name. It looks as if it were the capital of the God of Love, while the others exhibit the bustling, trading, money-making pursuits of matter-of-fact life. Though we dare say Gretna Green is as unlike what most people fancy, still we question that any have gone away disappointed. It is a pretty south country-looking village, much such as used to exist in the old days of posting and coaching. A hall house converted into an hotel, and the dependents located in the neighbouring cottages. Gretna Hall stands a little apart from the village on the rise of what an Englishman would call a gentle eminence, and a Scotchman a dead flat, and is approached by an avenue of stately trees, while others are plentifully dotted about, one on the east side, bearing a board with the name of the house, the host and high-priest, "Mr. Linton". There is an air of quiet retirement about it that eminently qualifies it for its holy and hospitable purpose.
Since 1929, both parties in Scotland have had to be at least 16 years old, but they still may marry without parental consent. Since April 2022 in England and Wales, the minimum age for marriage is now 18 irrespective of parental consent. Of the three forms of irregular marriage that had existed under Scottish law, all but the last were abolished by the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1939, which came in force from 1 July 1940. Prior to this act, any citizen was able to witness a public promise.
Gretna's two blacksmiths' shops and countless inns and smallholding became the backdrops for tens of thousands of weddings. Today there are several wedding venues in and around Gretna Green, from former churches to purpose-built chapels. The services at all the venues are always performed over an iconic blacksmith's anvil.
In common law, a "Gretna Green marriage" came to mean, in general, a marriage transacted in a jurisdiction that was not the residence of the parties being married, to avoid restrictions or procedures imposed by the parties' home jurisdiction. A notable "Gretna" marriage was the second marriage in 1826 of Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the young heiress Ellen Turner, called the Shrigley abduction (his first marriage was also to an heiress, but the parents wanted to avoid a public scandal). Other towns in which quick, often surreptitious marriages could be obtained came to be known as "Gretna Greens". In the United States, these have included Elkton, Maryland, Reno and, later, Las Vegas.
In 1856 Scottish law was changed due to a measure passed in Parliament by Alexander Colquhoun-Stirling-Murray-Dunlop to require 21 days' residence for marriage, and a further law change was made in 1940. The residential requirement was lifted in 1977. Other Scottish border villages used for such marriages were Coldstream Bridge, Lamberton, Mordington and Paxton Toll, and Portpatrick for people coming from Ireland.
In Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, when Lydia Bennet elopes with George Wickham she leaves behind a note stating that their intended destination is Gretna Green, though later they are found cohabitating in London, having not in fact travelled to Scotland.
In Season 3, Episode 5 of the BBC series You Rang, M'Lord?, two of the characters elope to Gretna Green. This then prompts two other characters to elope in a similar manner. However, they are stopped before they reach Scotland.
In Season 6, Episode 20 of the BBC series Waterloo Road, student Jonah Kirby elopes with teacher and Head of Spanish, Francesca 'Cesca' Montoya, to Gretna Green in order to get married.
In Season 2, Episode 7 of the ITV series Downton Abbey, Lady Sybil Crawley tries to elope to Gretna Green with chauffeur Tom Branson.
In Episode 3 of the ITV series Doctor Thorne, adapted from the Anthony Trollope novel of the same name, the character Frank makes a joke about him and Mary running off to marry in Gretna Green.
In Season 5, Episode 6 of the BBC series Poldark, Geoffrey Charles and Cecily Hanson try to flee to Gretna Green.
In Season 1 of the Netflix series Bridgerton, Colin Bridgerton and Marina Thompson plan to run away to Gretna Green for a quick wedding, though the scheme ultimately falls through.
In Half A Sixpence the two main characters (Arthur Kipps and Ann) marry at Gretna Green.
Gretna Green is revealed to be the hometown of the character James Spooner in Season 6 Episode 1 of the podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno.
Dumfries and Galloway is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, located in the western part of the Southern Uplands. It is bordered by East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and South Lanarkshire to the north; Scottish Borders to the north-east; the English ceremonial county of Cumbria, the Solway Firth, and the Irish Sea to the south, and the North Channel to the west. The administrative centre and largest settlement is the town of Dumfries. The second largest town is Stranraer, located 76 miles (122 km) to the west of Dumfries on the North Channel coast.
Dumfries and Galloway corresponds to the historic shires of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Wigtownshire, the last two of which are collectively known as Galloway. The three counties were combined in 1975 to form a single region, with four districts within it. The districts were abolished in 1996, since when Dumfries and Galloway has been a unitary local authority. For lieutenancy purposes, the area is divided into three lieutenancy areas called Dumfries, Wigtown, and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, broadly corresponding to the three historic counties.
The Dumfries and Galloway Council region is composed of counties and their sub-areas. From east to west:
Dumfriesshire County
the sub-area of Dumfriesshire – Annandale
the sub-area of Dumfriesshire – Eskdale
the sub-area of Dumfriesshire – Nithsdale
Kirkcudbrightshire County
the sub-area of Kirkcudbrightshire – Stewartry (archaically, Desnes)
Wigtownshire County
the sub-area of Wigtownshire – Machars (archaically, Farines)--divided into census areas (civil parish areas)
the sub-area of Wigtownshire – Rhins of Galloway divided into census areas (civil parish areas)
The term Dumfries and Galloway has been used since at least the 19th century – by 1911 the three counties had a united sheriffdom under that name. Dumfries and Galloway covers the majority of the western area of the Southern Uplands,[1] it also hosts Scotland's most Southerly point, at the Mull of Galloway in the west of the region.
Water systems and transport routes
The region has a number of south running water systems which break through the Southern Uplands creating the main road, and rail, arteries north–south through the region and breaking the hills up into a number of ranges.
River Cree valley carries the A714 north-westward from Newton Stewart to Girvan and Water of Minnoch valley which lies just west of the Galloway Hills carries a minor road northward through Glentrool village into South Ayrshire. This road leaves the A714 at Bargrennan.
Water of Ken and River Dee form a corridor through the hills called the Glenkens which carries the A713 road from Castle Douglas to Ayr. The Galloway Hills lie to the west of this route through the hills and the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills lie to the east.
River Nith rises between Dalmellington and New Cumnock in Ayrshire and runs east then south down Nithsdale to Dumfries. Nithsdale carries both the A76 road and the rail line from Dumfries to Kilmarnock. It separates the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills from the Lowther Hills which lie east of the Nith.
River Annan combines with Evan Water and the River Clyde to form one of the principal routes into central Scotland from England – through Annandale and Clydesdale – carrying the M74 and the west coast railway line. This gap through the hills separates the Lowthers from the Moffat Hills.
River Esk enters the Solway Firth just south of Gretna having travelled south from Langholm and Eskdalemuir. The A7 travels up Eskdale as far as Langholm and from Langholm carries on up the valley of Ewes Water to Teviothead where it starts to follow the River Teviot to Hawick. Eskdale itself heads north west from Langholm through Bentpath and Eskdalemuir to Ettrick and Selkirk.
The A701 branches off the M74 at Beattock, goes through the town of Moffat, climbs to Annanhead above the Devil's Beef Tub (at the source of the River Annan) before passing the source of the River Tweed and carrying on to Edinburgh. Until fairly recent times the ancient route to Edinburgh travelled right up Annandale to the Beef Tub before climbing steeply to Annanhead. The present road ascends northward on a ridge parallel to Annandale but to the west of it which makes for a much easier ascent.
From Moffat the A708 heads north east along the valley of Moffat Water (Moffatdale) on its way to Selkirk. Moffatdale separates the Moffat hills (to the north) from the Ettrick hills to the south.
There are three National scenic areas within this region.
Nith Estuary: this area follows the River Nith southward from just south of Dumfries into the Solway Firth. Dumfries itself has a rich history going back over 800 years as a Royal Burgh (1186). It is particularly remembered as the place where Robert the Bruce murdered the Red Comyn in 1306 before being crowned King of Scotland – and where Robert Burns spent his last years. His mausoleum is in St Michael's graveyard. Going down the east bank is the village of Glencaple, Caerlaverock Castle, Caerlaverock Wild Fowl Trust, an ancient Roman fort on Ward Law Hill and nearby in Ruthwell is the Ruthwell Cross and the Brow Well where Robert Burns "took the waters" and bathed in the Solway just before his death. On the west bank, there are several walks and cycle routes in Mabie Forest, Kirkconnell Flow for the naturalist, the National Museum of Costume just outside New Abbey and Sweetheart Abbey within the village. Criffel (569 metres) offers the hill walker a reasonably modest walk with views across the Solway to the Lake District. The house of John Paul Jones founder of the American Navy is also open to visitors near Kirkbean.
East Stewartry Coast: this takes in the coast line from Balcary Point eastward across Auchencairn Bay and the Rough Firth past Sandyhills to Mersehead. There are several coastal villages within this area – Auchencairn, Kippford, Colvend, Rockcliffe, and Portling. There is also a round tower at Orchardton and the islands of Hestan Isle and Rough Island can be reached at low tide outside the breeding season for birds. Mersehead is a wildfowl reserve. The area has a number of coastal paths.
Fleet Valley: this area takes in Fleet Bay with its holiday destinations of Auchenlarie, Mossyard Bay, Cardoness, Sandgreen and Carrick Shore. The area also includes the town of Gatehouse of Fleet and the historic villages of Anworth and Girthon – there is a castle at Cardoness in the care of Historic Scotland.
The region is known as a stronghold for several rare and protected species of amphibian, such as the Natterjack toad and the Great crested newt. There are also RSPB Nature Reserves at the Mull of Galloway, Wood of Cree (Galloway Forest Park), Ken Dee Marshes (near Loch Ken) and Mereshead (near Dalbeattie on the Solway Firth)
There are five 7Stanes mountain biking centres in Dumfries and Galloway at Dalbeattie, Mabie, Ae, Glentrool and Kirroughtree. The Sustrans Route 7 long distance cycle route also runs through the region. There is excellent hill walking in the Moffat Hills, Lowther Hills the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills and Galloway Hills. The Southern Upland Way coast to coast walk passes through Dumfries and Galloway and the 53-mile long Annandale Way travels from the Solway Firth into the Moffat hills near the Devil's Beef Tub. There is also fresh water sailing on Castle Loch at Lochmaben and at various places on Loch Ken Loch Ken also offers waterskiing and wakeboarding. The Solway Firth coastline offers fishing, caravaning and camping, walking and sailing.
Dumfries and Galloway is well known for its arts and cultural activities as well as its natural environment.[citation needed]
The major festivals include the region-wide Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival, and Spring Fling Open Studios. Other festivals include Big Burns Supper in Dumfries and the Wigtown Book Festival in Wigtown – Scotland's national book town.
Places of interest
Galloway and List of Category A listed buildings in Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale distillery - Scotch Whisky
Bladnoch Distillery & Visitor Centre - Scotch Whisky
Caerlaverock Castle – Historic Scotland
Caerlaverock NNR (national nature reserve)
WWT Caerlaverock – a reserve of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Cardoness Castle
Castle of St John, Stranraer
Corsewall Lighthouse, privately owned
Drumlanrig Castle
HM Factory, Gretna, Eastriggs – site of a munitions factory during World War I
Galloway Forest Park, Forestry and Land Scotland
Galloway Hydro Electric Scheme, Scottish Power
Glenlair – home of 19th century physicist James Clerk Maxwell
Glenluce Abbey
Hallhill Covenanter Martyrs Memorial - near Kirkpatrick Irongray Church.
Isle of Whithorn Castle
Kenmure Castle – a seat of the Clan Gordon
Loch Ken
MacLellan's Castle, Kirkcudbright
Motte of Urr
Mull of Galloway – RSPB/ South Rhins Community Development Trust
Ruthwell Cross
Samye Ling Tibetan Monastery
Southern Upland Way – long distance footpath
Sweetheart Abbey, New Abbey
Threave Castle
Prior to 1975, the area that is now Dumfries and Galloway was administered as three separate counties: Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Wigtownshire. The counties of Scotland originated as sheriffdoms, which were established from the twelfth century, consisting of a group of parishes over which a sheriff had jurisdiction. An elected county council was established for each county in 1890 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889.
The three county councils were abolished in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. A region called Dumfries and Galloway was created covering the area of the three counties, which were abolished as administrative areas. The region contained four districts:
Annandale and Eskdale, covering the eastern part of Dumfriesshire.
Nithsdale, covering the western part of Dumfriesshire and a small part of Kirkcudbrightshire.
Stewartry, covering most of Kirkcudbrightshire.
Wigtown, covering all of Wigtownshire and a small part of Kirkcudbrightshire.
Further local government reform in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 saw the area's four districts abolished, with the Dumfries and Galloway Council taking over the functions they had previously performed. The council continues to use the areas of the four abolished districts as committee areas. The four former districts are also used to define the area's three lieutenancy areas, with Nithsdale and Annandale and Eskdale together forming the Dumfries lieutenancy, the Stewartry district corresponding to the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright lieutenancy, and the Wigtown district corresponding to the Wigtown lieutenancy.
The council headquarters is at the Council Offices at 113 English Street in Dumfries, which had been built in 1914 as the headquarters for the old Dumfriesshire County Council, previously being called "County Buildings".
The first election to the Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council was held in 1974, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new system came into force on 16 May 1975. A shadow authority was again elected in 1995 ahead of the reforms which came into force on 1 April 1996. Political control of the council since 1975 has been as follows:
Since 2007 the council has been required to designate a leader of the council. The leader may also act as the convener, chairing council meetings, or the council may choose to appoint a different councillor to be convener. Prior to 2007 the council sometimes chose to appoint a leader, and sometimes did not. The leaders since 2007 have been:
Without a doubt, the busiest train station in Hyde Park. South Shore Line and all branches of the Metra Electric stations stop here, allowing for fairly easy transfer. Intercity trains used to stop here, too, but I don't think any Amtrak trains ever did.
Most of what you see is a result of a very extensive renovation about a decade ago. The station is ADA-compliant and has elevators, not to mention some decent passenger shelters.
The station has a curious distinction of being one of the very, very few Metra Electric stations to have a ticket office (for historic reasons, most stations just have ticket vending machines). The ticket office only sell Metra tickets - South Shore Line riders have to buy the tickets on the train.
Mission: SPACE, a motion simulator ride at Epcot theme park, is as close as you can get to blasting off into space without leaving Earth. This attraction for big kids, teens and adults realistically mimics what an astronaut might experience during a space flight to Mars.
Each member of your astronaut team has a challenging role in a dynamic and daring cosmic mission dodging meteors and navigating nebulae. Mission: SPACE is available in 2 versions—select the Orange Team for exhilarating and intense training or opt for the Green Team and have a less intense galactic adventure.
Pre-Show for Mission: SPACE
You are invited to train for the very first mission to Mars aboard the X-2 Deep Space Shuttle at the International Space Training Center (ISTC) on the 75th anniversary of man's first mission into space. Make your way to the Recruiting Center where you will choose a team—comprised of 4 members—for training.
Each team member will be given an on-board position with unique assignments to perform during the mission. The positions include Navigator, Pilot, Commander and Engineer. Before beginning the training exercise, trainees will watch an introductory video about the mission starring actor Gary Sinise.
The Journey to Mars
After the mission briefing, make your way inside the space capsule—sitting side by side with the other members of your team. Feel the rush of take-off as you embark on a thrill-packed training adventure through space to Mars.
During the simulation, rocket around the moon, experience a brief period of simulated hypersleep, and land on the reddened surface of Mars, before blasting back to Earth.
The outcome of your mission varies depending on how well you and your teammates perform your assignments.
Select the Orange Team or the Green Team
Mission: SPACE utilizes a multiple-arm centrifuge that spins and tilts to simulate the illusion of speed and gravitational forces. Realistic sounds from overhead and vivid video images only add to the experience of the simulation.
As an astronaut in training, you are given the choice to be a part of the Orange Team or the Green Team.
The Orange Team is a more intense training session and is the original version of the attraction, where you will experience forces up to 2.4G—more than twice the force of the Earth's gravitational pull.
The Green Team has a less intense experience. You do not feel forces up to 2.4G when choosing this option. If you are prone to motion sickness, you should opt for the Green Team.
Mission Space
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