Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Arabic Letter Names in Arabic



At last, all our letter names written in Arabic, thanks to: http://wiki.verbix.com/uploads/Category/Arabic01.gif and http://wiki.verbix.com/Category/ArabicScript

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Loci 000: Anchorage, AK

This becomes are third Alaska location, because the capitol comes first, and the city with the Flagship university comes 2nd (Fairbanks).


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anchorage_ak_from_space.jpg
By Terra Prints Inc. (http://www.terraprints.com) [CC-BY-SA-2.5 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons

x000.0


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UPS747_N577UP.jpg
By Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA (UPS 747 Freighter at Anchorage Airport) [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) or CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ANC-a.jpg
By Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elmendorf_AFB_F-15s.jpg
By U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons



 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anchorage_Station.jpg
By Len Turner from Lufkin, TX, USA (Alaska RR 01  Uploaded by Arsenikk) [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alaska_Railroad_yard_in_Anchorage.jpg
By njwilson23 (Train depot  Uploaded by Arsenikk) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alaska_Railroad_SD70M_and_GP40_on_bridge.jpg
By Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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x000.1 Parks in Anchorage


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anchorage_Park_Rec_-_geograph.org.uk_-_854997.jpg
Basher Eyre [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:June_2009_Anchorage_Provincial_Park_Great_Pond.jpg
By Hinto (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stitched_shot_of_the_Matanuska_River_Valley_(view_on_large).jpg
By Frank Kovalchek [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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 x000.2 Places for animals, places for healing


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alaska_Zoo,_Anchorage.jpg
By James from Boulder, USA (Alaska Zoo, Anchorage  Uploaded by Aconcagua) [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons


 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alaskazoogravestone.JPG
By self (Own work) [GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-2.5 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2005_04_27_1582_Dall_Sheep.jpg
BlindGoofy at the English language Wikipedia [GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons


 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wildlife_viewing_at_Alaska_Zoo.jpg
 By Ronald Laubenstein [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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x000.3 Anchorage Sports



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hilltop_Ski_Area.JPG
By Xnatedawgx (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karl_Eid_Ski_Jump_Complex.JPG
By Xnatedawgx (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons


Musher Aliy Zirkle at the start of the 2003 Iditarod sled dog race
From http://alaska.fws.gov/media/nwrcelebration/zirkle_photo_gallery.html
Original caption states:
    Aliy Zirkle traveling down 4th Avenue Anchorage
    USFWS Photo by Donna Dewhurst
This image or recording is the work of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee, taken or made during the course of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iditarod_Trail_Race_ceremonial_start.JPG
By Xnatedawgx (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

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 x000.4 - Houses of worship, museums, and cultural centers

 
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sts_Peter_and_Paul_Church_Saint_Paul_Island,_Alaska.jpg
By Saint_Paul_Island,_Alaska_3.jpg: Jim Greenhill from Arlington and Durango, USA derivative work: Charvex (Saint_Paul_Island,_Alaska_3.jpg) [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

 
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St.Edmund's_church,_Town_End,_Sprotbrough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_240900.jpg
Richard Croft [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anchorage_Museum.jpg
By James Brooks (Flickr: Anchorage Museum) [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Umiak_Anchorage_Museum_George_Chacon_26_May_2007.JPG
Gchacon at en.wikipedia [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/), GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-2.5 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], from Wikimedia Commons
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x000-5 Universities and schools

The seal for the University of Alaska is a picture of Mount Denali, the highest mountain in North America, reflected in Wonder Lake.


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reflection_in_Wonder_Lake.jpg
By njwilson23 (Reflection  Uploaded by Aconcagua) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

 
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denali_Reflection.jpg
By Kevin and Kelli Redington (Denali Reflection  Uploaded by Aconcagua) [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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x000-6 Anchorage Bank


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nat_West_bank_at_Anchorage_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_854921.jpg
Basher Eyre [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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Monday, July 18, 2011

Loci 1: Fairbanks, AK

1.0 - MACS Fairbanks Transit Center and Airport



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MACS_Transit_Center_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taxicabs_Lined_Up_in_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairbanks_AK_train_station.jpg
By Ron Reiring (Fairbanks, AK train station Uploaded by Aconcagua) [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairbanks,_finally.jpg
By Young Juan (Flickr: Fairbanks, finally) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

1.1 - Nature & Quartz Lake



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aurora_Borealis_(231574247).jpg
By Zheng Xu from Manalapan, Monmouth county (Aurora Borealis) [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quartzlake.JPG
By Beeblebrox (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons



Uploaded by photographer. Taken Summer 2003 on road between Delta Junction and Fairbanks, Alaska.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_fall.jpg
I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses: GNU head Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairbanks05.jpg
By JeffreyAllen1975 at en.wikipedia Later version(s) were uploaded by Noahcs at en.wikipedia. [GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons

1.2 Old Dairy turned State Bird Santuary



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Creamer's_Field_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fox_pups_raised_by_cat,_Fairbanks,_Alaska,_1915.jpg
See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairbanks_Memorial_Hospital.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

1.3 - Sports Training Center



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Growden_Park_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Big_Dipper_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Air_Force_%26_Alaska_-_Fairbanks_hockey_faceoff.JPG
This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain.



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:File-edit2008_Yukon_Quest_start.jpg
By JKBrooks85 (photographer); Anetode (modifications) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

1.4 Lutheran Church Expansion (possibly an old airport hanger)



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lutheran_Church_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morris_Thompson_Center_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doyon_Limited_Headquarters_Main_Entrance_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

1.5 - University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) & Austin Lanthrop High School



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UAF_TCC_Building_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lathrop_High_School_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northwest_Campus_Nome.jpg
By Chris Lott from Fairbanks, USA (Northwest Campus Sign, Nome) [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FairbanksUAFLightPillars.jpg
By Joe n bloe at en.wikipedia [CC-BY-2.5 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5) or GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museum_of_the_North_-_UAF.jpg
By Andrei from New York City/Juneau, U.S.A. (Museum of the North - UAF Uploaded by Aconcagua) [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:University_of_Alaska_Museum_of_the_North.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museum_of_the_North_2.jpg
By dmcdevit (Flickr: Museum of the North) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wood_Campus_Center_at_UAF.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wood_Campus_Center_Interior.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:International_Arctic_Research_Center,_Fairbanks.jpg
By Andrei from New York City, U.S.A. (International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks) [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iarc.jpg
By zh:User:凌雲 (zh:File:Iarc.jpg) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

1.6 - Key Bank & USA Credit Union



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Downtown_Key_Bank_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alaska_USA_Building_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noel_Wien_Library_Lobby_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

1.7 Shopping Centers



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Extreme_low_temperature_at_Fairbanks,_Alaska.jpg
By Sanmusa (My own original work) [CC-BY-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solstice_street_fair,_Fairbanks,_Alaska.jpg
By Doug Noon (Flickr: solstice street fair) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

1.8 Fairbanks Police Station



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairbanks_Alaska_Police_Station.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

1.9 City Hall & Courthouse



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairbanks_Alaska_City_Hall.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rabinowitz_Courthouse_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rabinowitz_Courthouse_Lobby_Fairbanks_Alaska.jpg
By RadioKAOS (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AK-Fairbanks_1933_1_Ref.jpg
By National Archives [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons