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This is a photograph of the 34th Airtricity sponsored Dublin City Marathon which was held in Dublin, Ireland on Bank Holiday Monday 28th October 2013 at 09:00. There was dry but very blustery conditions for the runners over the famous Dublin Marathon course which seen over 14,000 people participating in the event making it a record participation at the event. Please see the extensive set of links below for more details about the race itself.
This is part of a larger set of photographs available on our Flickr photostream which is available here [http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157637013735556/].
Photographs were taken at the start of all three waves, near the finish line from the winner to 2:43 finish time, and then some photographs at the 25.5 mile mark of approximately 3:40 finish time participants.
Athlete Tracking and Timing are provided by www.tdl.ltd.uk/race-results.php
These are completely unofficial photographs of the event: Please see the official website dublinmarathon.ie/ for details of the official authorised distributor of race-day photographs. Our photographs are taken on a completely non-commercial basis and are not for sale.
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Some Useful Links Associated with this Race Event
The Dublin Marathon Official Web Homepage: dublinmarathon.ie/
The Dublin Marathon Official Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/dublinmarathon?fref=ts (Requires Facebook Logon)
The Dublin Marathon Official Twitter Feed: twitter.com/dublinmarathon
Boards.ie Athletics Forum Discussion Pages on the Dublin Marathon 2013: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056896382
Racepix.com where you are likely to find links to many different photographers' photographs from Dublin Marathon 2013: www.racepix.com/Dublin-Marathon-2013/pictures/1024/
A PDF Document containing the Dublin Marathon 2013 Route: dublinmarathon.ie/s/AT-DM13-ROUTE-MAP.pdf
An unofficial GPS Garmin Trace of the Route from 2012 (same for 2013) connect.garmin.com/activity/243433212
For runners based in the Province of Munster the well known running blog munsterrunning.blogspot.ie/ might have some links to pictures and videos from 2013
William Murphy's Dublin Marathon 2012 Photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/sets/72157631881471894/
William Murphy's Flickr Sets: www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/sets/
Pixels Promotions on Facebook have an extensive set of Dublin Marathon 2013 Photographs: www.facebook.com/Pixelspromotions?fref=ts
Action Photography will have photographs available from the Dublin Marathon 2013: www.actionphotography.ie/
Boards.ie Athletics Forum - Dublin Marathon Novices Thread 2013: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056913937
Dublin Marathon 2013 Race Results will Appear Here: www.tdl.ltd.uk/race-results.php
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157631880879021/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157628021593264/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157625240675108/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2009: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157622543521201/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2008: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157608459477451/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2007: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157602802514024/
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Four hundred eight degrees were awarded during Jacksonville State University’s Summer 2013 Commencement exercises on Friday, August 2 at JSU Stadium.
Graduating Summa Cum Laude and leading the class were top graduates Kasey Harris Friday of Rome, Ga., who earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Erin Brooke Lasser of Heflin, who earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing; and Lori Wilkins Patten of Anniston, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Language.
The faculty led the processional and University President Dr. William A. Meehan presented the degrees.
Commencement speaker was Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and former JSU student Rick Bragg. A 1992 Harvard University Nieman Fellow and former New York Times correspondent, Bragg has authored five books: All Over But the Shoutin', Ava's Man, The Prince of Frogtown, I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story, and The Most They Ever Had.
At the ceremony, JSU awarded Bragg with the honorary doctor of letters for his accomplishments on behalf of the citizens of Alabama.
I really like Belfast City Hall but on previous visits I had difficult gaining access because of Royal Visits, Royal Weddings or similar events. This year the grounds were closed on the 26th. of May and on the following day the rain was so intense that it was likely to damage my equipment. Fortunately the was a change in the weather for a few hours so I was able to take a few photographs.
The gardens surrounding the City Hall are a popular with office workers taking their lunch in the summer months, as well as tourists and teenagers gathering in their dozens to enjoy the green.
Various statues stand in the grounds, including one of Queen Victoria by Sir Thomas Brock. There is also a granite column dedicated to the American Expeditionary Force, many of whom were based in Belfast prior to D-Day.
Brock also designed the marble figure of Thane, the Titanic Memorial, in memorial to the victims of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The ship was built in Harland and Wolff's shipyard located in the east of the city. The monument was originally located at the front gate of City Hall, at the junction of Donegall Square North and Donegall Place.
There is a memorial to Sir Edward Harland, the former head of the Harland and Wolff shipyard and Mayor of Belfast from 1885 to 1886. It too was sculpted by Thomas Brock.
The grounds also house Northern Ireland's main war memorial, The Garden of Remembrance and Cenotaph, at which wreaths are laid on Remembrance Day.
James Magennis VC, the only Northern Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II, is also commemorated in the grounds. The Leading Seaman won the medal while serving in the Far East in 1945. A 6-foot-high (1.8 m) memorial to Magennis, made from Portland stone and bronze, stands in front of the City Hall. It was erected in 1999.
Agios Ioannis | Mamma Mia Kirche
At the other end of the island from the chora but lying on the same coast, is this small church which occupies a wonderfully scenic position on the top of an outcrop of rock just off the coast, formed when part of the cliff fell into the sea. The rock is linked to the beach by a causeway, from which you climb up two hundred steep steps to the chapel of “St. John the Beheaded”, or John the Baptist. These are the steps Meryl Streep ran up after singing ‘The Winner Takes It All’ in the film Mamma Mia!
Just before reaching Glossa, take the signposted road on the right and follow it, ignoring the immediate right hand fork. Continue on the road, past the three scarecrows, whose purpose is a mystery, until you come to the church of Panagia, from where there are superb views of the coastline including Ag Ioannis. After this visit, the road winds down to the base of Ag Ioannis, perched on a precipitous rock above.
The legend says that while some fishermen were working on their boats on the beaches next to the sheer rock, they saw a bright light glowing in the sea. They went to investigate and found in the water an icon of Ag Ioannis. Leaving it on the beach, the fishermen returned next day to find it missing, only to discover it once more on top of the rock next to a lighted candle. This became the site of the small monastery that exists today. It was built using nets and pulleys reminiscent of the monasteries at Meteora.
To the west of the chapel there is a small stone wall, the other side of which is a steep and narrow path leading down to a cave. There, underneath a large stone is the entrance to the cave, where an unknown Christian led a hermit’s life. Every year on the 29 August, Mass is celebrated in the chapel to commemorate the life of St John the Baptist.
The inside of the chapel is very small and is not the one featured in the film ‘Mamma Mia!’, which was rebuilt in Pinewood Studios following the designs of the small church Panagitsa tou pirgou located on Skopelos harbour.
There are 200 steps to the church, up which Meryl Streep ran without stopping after singing “The Winner Takes It All” to Sam. Inside the chapel there is a visitors’ book which you can sign if you wish.
The road down to Aghios Yiannis winds dramatically, passing through some lovely countryside. You will need to have your own transport to get there. Take some water, a snack and your swimming costume – you might want to have a cooling swim after climbing up all those steps!
More information about Skopelos www.skopelosholidays.de
Brook lies about a quarter mile from the start of Wye Down, I can see it in the spring when I am orchid hunting, but never really thought about what the village was like, or even called.
After looking at John Vigar's book, I realised there were a few churches in east Kent I had missed out, and Brook was one. I dd not read up on it, so did not know what to expect. In fact, it seems of similar construction to Brabourne, with a stocky tower, and inside, sadly locked, the tower has a private chapel built into it.
But what is obvious is the hole in the north side facing the road. This clearly needed further inspection.
You reach the church via a bridge over a stream, presumably after which the village is named, and there is a path leading to the church door, which was unlocked.
On closer inspection, the recess in the north wall lead to a door, and inside the church, there was an oval door. This is a hagioscope (or squint), but I have never seen one in the outside wall of a church before.
Once home, I did some research, and found out about anchorites, people who decided to leave the cares of the world, lived like hermits attached to a church, with a window into the church so to witness the services.
If this wasn't remarkable enough, elsewhere inside the church had been re-ordered in the 1980s so it now resembles a 12th century Norman church, and has a remarkable collection of wall paintings on top of all that.
To call it breathtaking would be an understatement.
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An anchorite or anchoret (female: anchoress; adj. anchoritic; from Ancient Greek: ἀναχωρητής, anachōrētḗs, "one who has retired from the world",[2][3] from the verb ἀναχωρέω, anachōréō, signifying "to withdraw", "to retire"[4]) is someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society so as to be able to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic, and—circumstances permitting—Eucharist-focused life. Whilst anchorites are frequently considered to be a type of religious hermit,[5] unlike hermits they were required to take a vow of stability of place, opting instead for permanent enclosure in cells often attached to churches. Also unlike hermits, anchorites were subject to a religious rite of consecration that closely resembled the funeral rite, following which—theoretically, at least—they would be considered dead to the world, a type of living saint. Anchorites had a certain autonomy, as they did not answer to any ecclesiastical authority other than the bishop.[6]
The anchoritic life is one of the earliest forms of Christian monastic living. In the Roman Catholic Church today, it is one of the "Other Forms of Consecrated Life" and governed by the same norms as the consecrated eremitic life.[7] From the 12th to the 16th centuries, female anchorites consistently outnumbered their male equivalents, sometimes by as many as four to one (in the 13th century), dropping eventually to two to one (in the 15th century). The gender of a high number of anchorites, however, is not recorded for these periods.
The anchoritic life became widespread during the early and high Middle Ages.[9] Examples of the dwellings of anchorites and anchoresses survive. A large number of these are in England. They tended to be a simple cell (also called anchorhold), built against one of the walls of the local village church.[10] In the Germanic lands, from at least the 10th century, it was customary for the bishop to say the office of the dead as the anchorite entered his cell, to signify the anchorite's death to the world and rebirth to a spiritual life of solitary communion with God and the angels. Sometimes, if the anchorite were walled up inside the cell, the bishop would put his seal upon the wall to stamp it with his authority. Some anchorites, however, freely moved between their cell and the adjoining church.[11]
Most anchoritic strongholds were small, perhaps no more than 12 to 15 ft (3.7 to 4.6 m) square, with three windows. Viewing the altar, hearing Mass, and receiving Holy Communion was possible through one small, shuttered window in the common wall facing the sanctuary, called a "hagioscope" or "squint". Anchorites would also provide spiritual advice and counsel to visitors through this window, as the anchorites gained a reputation for wisdom.[12] Another small window would allow access to those who saw to the anchorite's physical needs, such as food and other necessities. A third window, often facing the street, but covered with translucent cloth, would allow light into the cell.[6]
Anchorites were supposed to remain in their cell in all eventualities. Some were even burned in their cells, which they refused to leave even when pirates or other attackers were looting and burning their towns.[13] They ate frugal meals, spending their days both in contemplative prayer and interceding on behalf of others. Anchorites' bodily waste was managed by means of a chamber pot.[14]
In addition to being the crucial physical location wherein the anchorite could embark on the journey towards union with God and the culmination of spiritual perfection, the anchorhold also provided a spiritual and geographic focus for many of those people from the wider society who came to ask for advice and spiritual guidance. It is clear that, although set apart from the community at large by stone walls and specific spiritual precepts, the anchorite also lay at the very centre of that same community. The anchorhold was clearly also a communal 'womb' from which would emerge an idealized sense of a community's own reborn potential, both as Christians and as human subjects.[8]
An idea of their daily routine can be gleaned from an anchoritic Rule. The most widely known today is the early 13th century text known as Ancrene Wisse.[15] Another, less widely known, example is the rule known as De Institutione Inclusarum written in the 12th century, around 1160–62, by Aelred of Rievaulx for his sister.[16] It is estimated that the daily set devotions detailed in Ancrene Wisse would take some four hours, on top of which anchoresses would listen to services in the church, and engage in their own private prayers and devotional reading.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchorite
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Since its re-ordering in 1986 Brook church has shown the visitor what a church interior might have looked like in the twelfth century. The chancel is empty except for the medieval stone altar, discovered a few years ago in the churchyard, and now set on two ragstone pillars. The church is large, for throughout the medieval period it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury. There is much Norman work to be seen, including the three-stage west tower which contains a purpose-built chapel or `westwerk`. The church has a comprehensive series of thirteenth-century wall paintings, overlain by some fourteenth- and seventeenth-century murals, although the early paintings are not as well preserved as in some other churches. In the north wall of the chancel is a small almond-shaped hagioscope to the exterior. It may have connected to an anchorite's cell, but is more likely to have been associated with the exposition of a relic on the high altar. It is certainly not a low side window as the tower bell would have been used for this purpose.
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LIES the next parish southward from Wye. It is written in antient records both Broc and Broke, and takes its name from its low situation on the stream which runs through it, baroca in Saxon signifying a rivulet. It seems once to have been accounted a hundred of itself; but at the time of taking the survey of Domesday, in the year 1080, it was reputed to be in the hundred of Wye, as it is now.
The parish is very small, and is but little known, lying out of the way of all traffic and throughfare. It is not more than a mile across each way, and has in it about twenty houses. It lies very low and wet, in a deep miry soil. There is some coppice wood in the southern part of it, about forty-three acres, of which twenty-eighty belong to the dean and chapter of Canterbury. The village is nearly in the centre of the parish, having the church at the north end of it. There is a small hamlet, called Little Bedleston, consisting of only two houses, in the eastern part of the parish, close under the high ridge of hills called Braborne-downs, to the foot of which this parish extends eastward.
BROOKE was given, long before the conquest, by Karlemann, a priest, to the church of Canterbury; but it was wrested from the church in the troublesome times which soon after followed, by reason of the Danish wars, and it continued in lay hands at the accession of the Conqueror; soon after which it appears to have been in the possession of Hugh de Montfort, from whom archbishop Lanfranc recovered Brooke again to his church in the solemn assembly of the whole county, held on this occassion by the king's command, at Pinenden-heath in 1076; and then on the division which the archbishop made of the lands of his church, this manor was allotted by him, among others, to the share of the priory of Christ-church, Canterbury; accordingly it is thus entered among the possessions of it, in the survey of Domesday, under the general title of Terra Monachorum Archiepi, i. e. lands of the monks of the archbishops;
In the hundred of Wi, the archbishop himself holds one manor, which was taxed at one suling, in the time of king Edward the Confessor, and now, for half a suling. The arable land is two carucates. In demesne there is one, and three villeins, with four borderers having two carucates and an half. There is a church, and one mill of two shillings, and two servants, and seven acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of ten hogs. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards, it was worth fifty shillings, now four pounds.
This manor was soon after this let to farm, by the monks, to Robert de Rumene, at the above rent, and was allotted de cibo eorum, that is, to the use of their refectory; and the possession of it was confirmed to them both by king Henry I. and II. (fn. 1) King Edward II. in his 10th year, granted to the prior and convent free warren in all their demesne lands in Broke, among other places which they were in possession of at the time of the charter of liberties granted to them by his grandfather Henry III. about which time this manor was valued at 22l. 1s. 10d. In which state it afterwards continued till the dissolution of the priory of Christchurch in the 31st year of Henry VIII. when it came into the king's hands, where it did not remain long, for the king settled it by his dotation-charter, in his 33d year, on his new-erected dean and chapter of Canterbury, part of whose possessions it still remains.
The demesne lands have been constantly let by the dean and chapter on a beneficial lease, at the yearly rent of 13l. 6s. 8d. in money, and four quarters of wheat. The present lessee is Mr. John Berry, of Newbery, Berkshire; but the manerial rights they retain in their own hands.
A court baron is regularly held for this manor. There are no parochial charities.
BROOKE is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Bridge. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, is but small, consisting of one isle and a chancel, with a low square tower at the west end, in which are two bells. There are no memorials of any account in it.
The church of Brooke has always been accounted an appendage to the manor, and as such passed with it from the priory of Christ-church into the hands of the crown, and from thence to the dean and chapter of Canterbury, who are the present patrons of it. The woods belonging to the dean and chapter here, claim an exemption from paying tithes.
¶This rectory is valued in the king's books at 7l. 7s. 3d. and is of the clear yearly certified value of thirty pounds. In 1588 it was valued at thirty pounds. Communicants ninety-two. In 1640 at sixty pounds. Communicants sixty. There are now only ten communicants. In 1724 it was augmented with the sum of 200l. given by the governors of queen Anne's bounty, on the gift of 100l. from the dean and chapter of Canterbury, and the like sum from Dr. Godolphin, dean of St. Paul's; with which there was purchased a piece of land, containing nine acres, called Great Chequer field, adjoining to the town of Wye.
but it wasn't intentional....just didn't feel like re-doing it. i'm sitting on our "built-in" kitchen table...it came with the house... i liked it and still do...but sometimes i wish i'd had them make it so that it was movable...it's just sooo damn big and it's so often just the 3 of us. the design of this kitchen area could've been done better..but hey, i got a good deal and didn't have to do any "construction!"
What do you do while waiting for imaginary unicorn Humpback whales, you Foto Birds, Starfish, boats, Islands, Bones, Seals, Signs, and even Prickly pear Cactus..
Like this? The waistband needs a little tweaking, but I think this is pretty good for a first try. I don't really have any shirts though that my girls can wear with them! They usually only wear dresses.
This blowing vape stock photo is of a woman blowing smoke out of her holographic vape pen. Which is like a usual vape but longer and slimmer, hence its referral to a 'pen'. These slim vapes are usually popular as they can fit into bags and into pockets etc.
The vape pen is a popular alternative to smoking cigarettes as the flavoured liquid can help curb nicotine cravings. The vape can also be used recreationally which sparks some cause for debate in the UK.
This blowing vape smoke stock photo is free to use with attribution with a clickable link to www.chemist-4-u.com/
The final of the Flintspiration churches from April. A great event and one I hope is held again.
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A church I did not know existed before Saturday, but one on the way back to The Red Lion where Jools and a pint with my name on were waiting.
From St Giles I walked down through the market place, then through the Lanes and up London Street, past the Cathedral and the Maids Head Hotel.
There were a lot of people milling around, there had been a recital and proud parents were talking to their children, I think, Anyway, I was greeted by the organiser whom I saw in St Saviours hours before, did I want to see something only recently discovered?
She showed me stones used on the east wall of the chancel, which are now thought to be Saxon and so pre-dates the church itself, probably robbed from a previous building. He said there had been at least two previous churches on the site.
Inside, the nave had been converted into a triple-decked auditorium and cafe. I think it works, and certainly it seemed those who attended the concert were happy enough.
As with a lot of the redundant churches, most of the memorials remain, and add to the atmosphere of the building.
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A small church, but everything is in place: the tower, the aisles, the clerestories. But on closer inspection the appearance of St Martin is of a substantial Victorian restoration, as a result of a partial collapse of tower and chancel, and the heavy hand of Edward Hakewill.
Despite the proximity to the cathedral (the Palace in question is that of the Bishop) the setting was rather unlovely until a couple of decades ago, because the Norwich city gasworks sat immediately to the north of it. At one time, there had been a plan for a railway that would have cut St Martin off from the Cathedral precincts, but this is an area of regeneration, and today you would not know that such a controversy had ever existed. George Plunkett's image on the left, taken on a late winter afternoon in 1934, shows the church substantially as it is today, although the western end of the graveyard is now under the road.
There is a fine courts building now on the site of the gasworks, and this has resulted in St Martin finding an excellent new use as the home of the Probation service. Internally, there is a split level steel and glass mezzanine providing working space above and below the floors; it ascends into the space beneath the tower, reaching ground floor level at both the west end and in the chancel. The aisle chapels have been glassed in and form meeting rooms. It is all crisp and airy, fully functional without detracting from the former character of the church; the inner walls are pretty much intact and unscathed. Of course, it is now very different to how George Plunkett found it in 1934.
The windows were destroyed in the Norwich blitz, and were fortunately replaced by some fine modern glass before redundancy was declared as a result of the Brooke report. The east window shows the risen Christ flanked by Mary and a Roman centurion, while to the west is St Martin flanked by two smaller figures.
A surviving piece of Victoriana is the solemn inscription How Dreadful is this Place: This is the House of God, and this is the Gate of Heaven above the south doorway, which must have concentrated the mind a bit. A good 18th century ledger stone features a skull and hourglass backed by crossed bones.
In 1934, George Plunkett also photgraphed a large tombchest, a candelabra and the 15th century font, all gone today.
I asked the kind man who let me wander around if it was a suitable building for its new use. He said that it was, and that the setting generally encouraged everybody to take each other seriously, and so when clients came for the first time they knew that this was a place that would give them a future. Amen to that.
Simon Knott, November 2005
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The church of St Martin at Palace is one of the oldest in Norwich. It stands close to a stretch of the riverbank where, on the site of the present Law Courts, traces of some of the earliest settlement have been found.
The church is referred to in Domesday Book (1086) and excavations made during the conversion of the church in the 1980s revealed foundations of a Norman church as well as evidence of one, if not two, earlier Anglo-Saxon timber churches. The Norman Bishop's Palace and the remains of a Norman house (beneath the Law Courts) are testimony to the high status of this part of the City at that time.
This church is now let to the Norfolk Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (Norfolk ACRO).
The building we see today dates in general from the 15th century, though it is much overlaid by Victorian work. Documentary evidence shows that money was left in 1490 for 'the new aisle off the south side of the choir'. Most of the windows are in the Perpendicular style, typical of the mid 14th to early 16th centuries.
In 1783 a large part of the tower fell and it was not until 1874 that the two upper stages were rebuilt and the lower part refaced. Notice the unusual appearance of the quoins to the tower: they are long and narrow and their white stone contrasts with the dark flintwork. In 1851 the North Chancel Aisle and most of the Chancel itself collapsed. They were rebuilt in 1853-4, when a thorough 'restoration' of the whole building was undertaken. As a result it is sometimes hard to tell what is Medieval and what is Victorian. The two storey South Porch appears to be a 19th century rebuild.
Now enter the churchyard and walk round to the east end of the church. Notice the corner stones (quoins) of the Chancel. They are built 'long and short', the long sides of the stones alternately vertical and horizontal. This technique is normally associated with Saxon work, so it may well be that part of the earlier building is incorporated in the present structure.
To go inside the church continue round to the modern stone doorway on the north side.
Inside you are at once aware of the modern structures which have been inserted in the building. In the late 1980s the church was converted for use as a Day Centre for the Probation Service. Because their offices are just north of the church, it was decided to form a new entrance on this side. The conversion allows for a mix of open and screened-off spaces, but the way in which these have been provided is unconventional.
The Nave and Chancel remain open, but within them have been 'suspended' three decks at different levels, connected by the stairs. The highest is level with the first floor of the tower, into which a kitchen has been slotted. Underneath, the original floor has in part been lowered to form a snug sitting area. Its excavation doubled as an archaeological dig. Cabinets, combining heating and storage partly separate Nave from Aisles, a mezzanine floor has been inserted in the North Nave Aisle and both Chancel Aisles and the Tower have been screened off. The conversion has changed the character of the building. But old and new are clearly distinct from one another: the old can still be appreciated while the new has an architectural integrity of its own.
There are some fine monuments in the church. In particular, see in the North Chancel Aisle the chest tomb of Elizabeth Calthorpe (died 1578). In the South Chancel aisle is a good 18th-century wall memorial above the small doorway. Notice the many fine slate memorial slabs in the floor dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. There are also several older paving slabs that once held brasses, including one very large one at the west end of the Nave.
Many of the windows hold good Victorian stained glass by the William Morris workshop and by Heaton, Butler and Bayne: unfortunately their ornate decorative backgrounds have been removed, leaving the figures 'floating' in large areas of clear glass. A panel of fragments of Medieval glass has been set in one of the North Aisle windows.
A tiny fragment of wall painting can be seen beside the east window. There may be more concealed behind the later plaster. In the North Aisle mezzanine there is a panel of black letter text with strap work ornament from the 17th-century, discovered when a wall memorial was removed. Only two texts remain of what must have been an ambitious scheme of Victorian wall decoration over the east window and over the south door. The latter reads 'How dreadful is this place. This is none other than the House of God and this is the Gate of Heaven'.
www.norwich-churches.org/St Martin at Palcce/home.shtm
Hi guys! My name is Wobble Pops, but mostly I just go by Wobbles. I was born July 10, 2017. I am a very sweet and very special boy who LOVES to be held and cuddled. I will kindly ask for attention to get pets, affection and love from my people. I am full of personality. You'll never meet another kitty like me. I am a fun boy who loves to play with all types of cat toys. When I was a kitten, I did not get to spend any time with other kitties my own age, so I did not learn all my manners very well. Sometimes, when I get really playful, I might nip too hard because I forget human arms are more delicate than my stuffed animal toys and other cats. So I would definitely do best in a home without little humans.
Everyone tells me that I am very special, but I don’t really think I am different from any other cat. When I was a very young kitten, I was in an accident; a little human closed a sliding door and I got caught in the way. Since the accident, I have not been able to use my rear legs, but I do not let that slow me down. My foster mom and dad did a lot of physical therapy with me and even got a wheelie cart for me. However, I'm not really a fan of the cart and am very happy being just the way I am. I get around just fine by myself, thank you very much. I tolerate baths, since I get them regularly, and I kind of enjoy the blow dryer. It’s nice and warm and gets me dry faster.
I may not be able to run and jump, but I still get around quite well and I can move fast when I want. I can move my rear legs and use them to help me get over small barriers, I just can't use them to stand longer than a few seconds, or to run and jump. I’m trying to learn how to use steps so I can get on the couch by myself (I can already get off the couch by myself). I get along very well with other cats, with cat-friendly dogs and even a chinchilla. I am just so happy to be alive and well and loved and cared for. Everyone tells me I am the happiest cat they know. I just want some yummy food and some nice people to give me lots of attention and to play with me too. As long as I have good food and get to cuddle and give you head rubs, I will keep being the happiest cat ever! Please give me a chance! I need a compassionate human to be my life companion. I promise to return your love tenfold.
Adoption fee: $60. Adopt a pair: $90. Fee includes testing, deworming, vaccinations, spay/neuter, microchip and 30 days of free pet insurance. Apply at www.pawsforliferescue.org
This paddle wheel is the last remaining part of the old sternwheeler The Henderson, which starred as the River Queen in the 1952 movie "Bend in the river" with James Stewart and Rock Hudson.
The Henderson was built back in 1901 and trafficked the Columbia river, towing log rafts and grain barges for more than half a century. During heavy weather in December 1956 she was smashed against the steel barge she was towing. Damaged beyond repair she was beached near Astoria and burned in 1964.
Just the paddle wheel was saved for posterity. Since 1977, the renovated paddle wheel has been located here, in front of the Hood River County Historical Museum, with a sign saying "Gone but not forgotten".
Capitol Reef National Park is a United States National Park, in south-central Utah. It is 100 miles (160 km) long but fairly narrow. The park, established in 1971, preserves 241,904 acres (978.95 km2; 377.98 sq mi) and is open all year, although May through September are the most popular months.
Called "Wayne Wonderland" in the 1920s by local boosters Ephraim P. Pectol and Joseph S. Hickman, Capitol Reef National Park protects colorful canyons, ridges, buttes, and monoliths. About 75 mi (121 km) of the long up-thrust called the Waterpocket Fold, a rugged spine extending from Thousand Lake Mountain to Lake Powell, is preserved within the park. "Capitol Reef" is the name of an especially rugged and spectacular segment of the Waterpocket Fold near the Fremont River. The area was named for a line of white domes and cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, each of which looks somewhat like the United States Capitol building, that run from the Fremont River to Pleasant Creek on the Waterpocket Fold. The local word reef referred to any rocky barrier to travel. Easy road access came with the construction in 1962 of State Route 24 through the Fremont River Canyon.
Capitol Reef encompasses the Waterpocket Fold, a warp in the earth's crust that is 65 million years old. It is the largest exposed monocline in North America. In this fold, newer and older layers of earth folded over each other in an S-shape. This warp, probably caused by the same colliding continental plates that created the Rocky Mountains, has weathered and eroded over millennia to expose layers of rock and fossils. The park is filled with brilliantly colored sandstone cliffs, gleaming white domes, and contrasting layers of stone and earth.
The area was named for a line of white domes and cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, each of which looks somewhat like the United States Capitol building, that run from the Fremont River to Pleasant Creek on the Waterpocket Fold.
The park is filled with canyons, cliffs, towers, domes, and arches. The Fremont River has cut canyons through parts of the Waterpocket Fold, but most of the park is arid desert country. A scenic drive shows park visitors some of the highlights, but it runs only a few miles from the main highway. Hundreds of miles of trails and unpaved roads lead the more adventurous into the equally scenic backcountry.
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Not clear but the best in the conditions. The Skellig islands consist of the larger Skellig Micheal and the smaller Little Skellig. Historically associated with monks who inhabited beehive-like cells (clochans) on the bleak remote island in an effort to filter out distractions in their devotions.
It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with Little Skellig a renowned nature reserve.
There was quite a heavy summer storm yesterday afternoon, but the cloud cover started to break down shortly after 8 PM. I thought it would bring a nice and colorful sunset so I dropped my work in the greenhouse and took the camera to test some of my less frequently used legacy lenses. This picture was taken with Super Takumar 28/3.5. For those who are in the old lenses its the model II, 7 elements in seven groups, 210 g, no multicoating. I took the shot using autobracketing and then I combined the most underxposed image with the most overxposed in photoshop.
This sign has been changed many times since I photographed it - and now it is away completely: the people operating the recycling area couldn't figure-out a better way of alerting drivers' leaving the main area (passing the bit where children would be recycling their books or shoes, etc). And that the kids would be unlikely to notice any cars..
Makes interesting reading though?
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Penang, Malaysia
16 December 2013
PENANG’S LATEST HERITAGE HOTEL ENJOYS BRISK BUSINESS
Manager feels very much at home but missing mom’s cooking back home
Hafez Yahya (riding trishaw) with two of his guest service colleagues at the Armenian Street Heritage Hotel, Penang.
This and more photos are available on www.flickr.com/armenianstheritagehotel
The latest hotel to open within Penang’s Unesco World Heritage Site, the Armenian Street Heritage Hotel, is fast gaining popularity amongst both local and foreign tourists since it opened for business in November.
Hotel Manager Hafez Yahya noted that while the steady demand was to be expected due to the current year-end school holidays but it is the hotel’s strategic location within the heritage site that gives the hotel a cutting edge.
“Business has been good and continues to improve since we opened for business on 12 November. Not many were aware of the Armenian Street Heritage Hotel initially but word soon spread around especially based on good reviews from guests. We are looking forward to even brisker business as we close the year and welcome the New Year 2014,” said the manager who hails from Sabah.
The Armenian Street Heritage Hotel is just steps away from the heritage trails of museums, temples, eateries and the world famous hand-painted murals including the "Little Children on a Bicycle" by renowned artist Ernest Zacharevic. Various tourism events and activities such as the annual Penang Festival (Pesta Pulau Pinang) as well as the Armenian Street Got Talent, an event promoting traditional culture and art, have also helped bringing in guests, noted Hafez.
“Our guests have mentioned that it was great to have a reasonably-priced hotel right in the World Heritage Site. But the most gratifying, inspiring comments are when guests express how pleased, satisfied and enjoyable it was staying with us, and that they would recommend us to their friends and family,” added Hafez.
The privately-owned Armenian Street Heritage Hotel is managed by Tune Hotels, the international value hotel brand. However it is exclusively known as a premium heritage hotel.
Hafez, who hails from Kota Kinabalu, regards his appointment as the manager of the Armenian Street Heritage Hotel as a new challenge with bigger responsibilities, and a recognition for his past services.
“I have to start afresh with a new team in a new environment here in Penang. It is a real challenge that I relish and look forward to. As they say ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’, so I believe given time the Armenian Street Heritage Hotel will be another success story,” he said.
Despite having to move from the easternmost part of the country to its western end, life hasn’t changed much for Hafez. As a new kid on the block in the hospitality industry in Penang, there were a lot of new people for him to meet and network with. He basically had to start from scratch but was fast getting a hang of things in and around George Town.
“What I like most about Penang? Well, while most people say it is the food which I don’t disagree, it is the old world charm that fascinates me the most. The old trades and ways of doing things still exist till this day despite Penang’s rapid modern growth. Working within the Unesco World Heritage Enclave, I am privileged to be able to see time, in a way, stand still,” shared Hafez.
Born and bred in Kota Kinabalu, Hafez said he missed mom’s cooking the most, aside from his 4x4 Land Cruiser back home. “And of course the company of family and loved ones. But I’m not complaining as we all understand that this is the career of my choice and having to move to Penang is just part of it. Having said that, Penang and Kota Kinabalu these days are just a direct flight away.”
Offering guests an experience of the old world charm hospitality, the Armenian Street Heritage Hotel features a viewing deck on the top floor, allowing guests to enjoy the scenery of almost the entire heritage area right up to the coast line of the island.
The hotel also serves as an extension of the George Town World Heritage Incorporated (GTWHI) office, which is located right opposite the hotel. It is also host to the largest model of the heritage area which is managed by GTWHI.
Located at 139, Lebuh Carnarvon, the Armenian Street Heritage Hotel offers 92 rooms of various sizes that cater to solo travellers, couples and families. Fitted out in heritage style, the hotel offers modern amenities to suit the needs and requirements of tourists and visitors to Penang especially those wanting to explore the heritage zone.
For reservations or more information on the Armenian Street Heritage Hotel, visit www.armenianstheritagehotel.com.
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but there was only one
these magpies are part of a family of about 5, with at least 3 young ones needing to be fed
The history of the WU
Foundation
The Vienna University of Economics was over 100 years ago, on 1 October 1898, founded in the former Palais Festetics. Today we would this training center probably call "College of exports". But even then they had a sounding name for the new institution of higher learning ready, namely "k.k. Export Academy". This should provide a comprehensive education for the commercial activity in foreign trade. Were taught in a one-year preparatory course and two following vintages, quite modern looking subjects: foreign languages, economics, some commercial subjects, economic geography, public law, private law, merchandise knowledge.
The University of World Trade
Since the building soon proved to be too small in the mountain street (Berggasse
), it was decided the construction of a new building at the edge of the park Waehringer (Währingerpark) already before the outbreak of the First World War. In 1916 could be moved to the new place to stay. Even in the monarchy, there have been efforts to grant the Export Academy legally the rank of university.
Immediately after the end of the war and the founding of the Republic, it was done: in 1919 it was transformed into the State "University of World Trade", now with sechssemestriger (six semester) study period. The first two terms were mainly devoted to commercial scientific preparation, the following four served to the thorough training for international trade and banking business - with the disciplines of economics, law and business studies. The graduate/inn/s (male and female ones!) were awarded the academic degree of Diplom businessman (businesswoman). The right to award doctorates (Doctor of Commercial Science) received the university after long efforts in 1930, which immediately impinged on an increase in the number of Inskribierenden (matriculated students).
The time from 1939
Even the World Trade University was not spared by the Nazi regime. Immediately after the connection to the German Reich, German laws and regulations were introduced. Especially the "non-Aryan listener (male and female ones)" were affected. They had to leave the university immediately. Also, all teachers who represented a different political opinion or were "non-Aryans", were not allowed to teach at the university. Instead of eliminated teachers came professors from German universities, but also scientists from Austria loyal to the regime were appointed to the faculty.
From the winter semester 1939 there was a separate German study regulation. Under the new curriculum the study lasted six semesters now, in this period, however, you had to complete only one diploma. This was composed of General and Special Business Administration, Economics, Law, and an elective. The during the war acquired academic titles were recognized even after the Nazi period.
After the end of the "German Reich" the faculty of the University of Economics was greatly reduced. Not less than 60 Professor/inn/s (m/f), Assistant/inn/s (m/f), lecturers and civil servants/officials had to resign in the course of "denazification", and the previously appointed professors from Germany/inn/s (m/f) went back.
Reintroduction of the Austrian study regulations from 1946/4
With winter semester 1946/47, they returned to the old Austrian study order with numerous test subjects. Especially had again become mandatory to attend two foreign languages, which during the war was based on a voluntary basis. By the students but the curriculum of the "German Reich" was preferred because this was easier.
From 1948 the college again obtained additional professorships and research institutes. It took until 1966 before the World Trade University as the only academic training ground for business economists got domestic competition. In the same year, as the "old-style grand coalition" came to an end, social science and economics degree programs have been established by academic reform in several Austrian universities. From then on the World Trade University oversaw four disciplines: the scientific trade, which in respect for tradition continued only at the "World Trade" to be established, and moreover, the business economical, the economical and educational economic study. The now eight-semester degree program graduated with a master's, doctoral studies with the doctor of social sciences and economics. The third change of name of the university happend in the course of the Universitätsneuorganisation (reorganization of the university) 1975. The "University of Economics" has been renamed "Vienna University of Economics".
Rapid increase in student numbers
For more than two decades, dominates the rapid increase in the number of students the fate of the Austrian Universities in general and of the reorganized Vienna University of Economics in particular. The thereby occuring space problem let tackle the plan of the construction of an additional building. Intended extensions to the old World Trade buildings had rapidly proved inadequate.
Finally, the now WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität) moved into a new building that was built above the freight station of the Vienna Franz Josef station (Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof), in the University Center Althanstraße. The new building provided the "Board of Trustees to promote the Vienna University of Economics", that club, who had built the old building on Währingerpark. The new university complex will be transferred to its ownership by the end of the lease between trustees and federation.
Since the building was designed for 9,000 students, but there were already 9,863 at the moving in, homes for academic units had to be rented after completion again. In the nineties, the number of student/inn/s (male and female ones) stabilized at more than 20,000. Does one include the teaching and administrative staff as well as the extraordinary listener (m/f), are now to count in the building of the Vienna University of Economics up to 25,000 people.
Legislative amendment and curriculum reform
In 1997, the implementation of the new University Organisation Act (UOG '93) brought to the WU a large internal reorganization. The universities were given more autonomy and thus their own statutes, the decisions were decentralized. At the WU was shifted to a new legislation on university studies and founded a separate research centre. The Rector will be chosen according to UOG'93 for four years and also has more leeway. The Rector, which at the WU is assisted by four Vice Rectors (male and female ones), is to the equal representation, by the University Assembly chosen University College responsible. This in turn acts as the supreme gremial instance of the University. All personnel decisions, including the appointment of Professor/inn/s (m/f), now fall under the competence of the University itself. Since the academic year 1996/97, the University of Economics can apply all the rules based on the upon new statutes by it decided, as in the UOG'93 are provided. Thus, the WU entered shortly before its 100th Birthday into a new phase of its history.
Mid-2005, it was unanimously decided to switch to the internationally compatible three-cycle degree system and thus become more attractive for foreign students as well. As from the winter semester 2006/ 07 the WU therefore offers instead of the previous diploma programs the two master's programs economic and social sciences (study branches with the business management, international business administration, computer science and business economics) as well as business law. In addition, in the course of the next year are specialized Master programs offered. As a complement to the existing research-intensive doctoral studies PhD programs are included in the offer of the WU.
The new challenge: autonomy for universities
Probably the most massive changes in the Austrian university system came to the WU from the winter semester 2003/04. With the so-called "autonomy", which is regulated in the Universities Act 2002, the WU received a completely new legal system with highly enlarged margins for maneuver.
The wide range of economic subjects as well as the international focus of research and teaching shall strengthen the position of the WU as one of the leading economic research universities in Europe in the future, too.
The introduction of Bachelor and Master studies at WU
The European university scenery is changing. In the framework of the Bologna process, the different study systems are unified. From 2010 within the European Union it should give a common tripartite study architecture with the degrees Bachelor - PhD - Master.
The WU changed in October 2006 the entire study offer to the Bologna system and introduced two bachelor studies - Economic and social sciences, and business law. The graduate studies (master's programs) expire with this. The introduction of the master's programs begin in the fall of 2007.
Prestigious award for the WU: the AACSB accreditation
In February 2007, the WU was awarded the prestigious EQUIS quality label (European Quality Improvement System) accredited by the Agency EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development).
The EQUIS accreditation is the highest ever international award for the WU, which as the first Austrian University penetrates in the group of EQUIS - accredited universities. A circle, in which only three German-speaking universities are included (University of Mannheim, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, University of St. Gallen).
Sorry for the delay in posting but I've had a really really busy week - and it's not over yet!
I was strolling through Carnaby Street when I came upon a magical chocolate shop called Choccy Woccy Doh Dah (fab name) and had to venture inside! Simone was at the door and encouraged me in to look at the great chocolate products - everything was made of chocolate! They had shoes, massive Easter eggs, candles, picture frames - it was amazing!
I asked Simone if I could take her portrait for my series and she kindly stepped out to the street for a shot or two but not for long as she had to get back in the store.
They also have a cafe and chocolate bar(!) but I didn't get back to it as I ran out of time later in the day :( Maybe next time!
This is the 75th portrait in my 100 Strangers Project round 2.
See Round 1 for my first 100 strangers.
Find out more and get involved at www.100Strangers.com
A candle burns and descends through time,
Giving off light, but does not take its time.
A life seems long, but years descend through time,
life seems pointless, but you only live it once,
A particular candle burns once too,
Since life is a candle, the rest is up to you.
you can stop a candle from burning, but you can't stop time,
Make your life glow, it's worth the shine.
Life is a candle burning until the end,
But it can't be controlled on how fast it descends.
Adnana Saric
I hate praising my good taste, but I must say I think this outfit from Huck is perfect for Natalia!! :)
I must say I am totally into this spiced up 60's housewive look.... such a funny and ironic fashion statement. But then again, I do know that I have a certain tendency to over-interpret stuff and see a statement for feminism everywhere ;)
Sooooo, on a side note, I did not upload Fashion Royalty Convention pictures and comments at all. My master thesis is basically due in two days and I just didn't have the time. Plus, I don't really have the funds for dolls right now, graduating and all... so, I tried to just ignore the convention. Didn't work at all ;)
I guess no one missed my humble opinion on the dolls here on my flickr stream, but, if you read this, I'd like to know YOURS! ;) Come on people, I need some gossip while trying to hang in my thesis ;)
St Mary, Higham St Mary, Suffolk
Ooh, but Higham's posh. If I can ever afford to live here, you won't find me cycling around lonely lanes visiting medieval churches. No sir. I'll have my feet up on a large settle, and I'll be eating truffles and pate de fois gras, and drinking champagne to the sound of trumpets. Until then, visiting St Mary is probably as close as I'm going to get to the high life.
St Mary is not a big church; however, its restoration has left it cavernous, and it seems big inside. A long north aisle lies on the village side, and you step down into it from the north porch, a simple affair. It contains a memorial to Robert Hoy, who died at the age of 10 in 1811. It is charged with the sentimental piety one expects of the time. The artist was Charles Regnart, and Mortlock thought it not his best, pointing out that the awkwardly posed woman clasps an urn which she seems to have caught just in time; which rather endeared it to me, actually.
The churches in this part of Suffolk were, for the most part, enthusiastically scoured by the Victorians. Sometimes, the results were good; I think particularly of Great Wenham and Layham, where low-church restorations left us with fine, bright, neat interiors. It is harder to do this with a big church, and something similar was tried on a grander scale at East Bergholt, which is now rather gloomy, I'm afraid; but to be fair, Bergholt had already been seriously distressed by the Anglicans and Puritans in the 16th and 17th centuries. The other wing of the 19th century church was brought to bear at Stratford St Mary, which is internally indistinguishable from a thousand Tractarian temples from Coventry to Calcutta. Higham also underwent a Tractarian remodelling, and it was of good quality, as you'd expect for the clientèle. The chancel is a gorgeous confection of 1880s Anglo-catholic piety. It must have cost an absolute fortune - but then, they could probably afford it. The elaborate reredos is tiled in the manner of the 19th century churches of North London that Betjeman loved so much, and the high roof allows it to be full of light, otherwise it would be overpowering.
Indeed, the high chancel arch, a Victorian replacement in wood, saves this church from aesthetic suicide. It gives scale to the east end, and allows the nave to retain something of its former barn-like quality, despite the heavy 19th century furnishings. It gives proper scale to the stained glass, much of which is good, and I particularly liked Faith and Charity by Powell and Sons. This is as good as their early 20th Century glass gets, and there are earlier survivals - note the beautiful carvings on the capitals of the arcade, and the stone corbels beneath the roof also look medieval. Well, Mortlock thinks so, anyway.
Mortlock also indicated to me what appears, at first, to be a second font, but is in fact almost certainly an ancient holy water stoup, from the lost days of Catholic England. He wondered if it had come from the now-demolished south porch. It might seem awkward to us today that the main entrance of this church was once on the other side, but it is a good reminder that, however old the villages of Suffolk look, they are never as old as their parish churches, turned as they once were towards long-vanished communities.
There is another Capel in Kent, inbetween Dover and Folkestone, to find another was a surprise, but then maybe not so, as there are few other double names in the county.
Anyway, on what should have been a fine and sunny day, the mist and fog that had dogged the trip thus far, refused to lift. But for me, that meant that photoraphing the windows should be better without the sun dazzling.
St Thomas is most well known for the wall paintings which have been uncovered, but for me the most striking thing was the darker stone used for construction than those in East Kent, and with a very different tower too.
The church was open, and well lit inside, as well has having a very large graveyard outside, which enabled me to get a shot of the whole church with the 50mm lens. If only just.
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A Norman church, much rebuilt in the seventeenth century following a storm, and again in the early twentieth century. A twelfth-century window survives in the north wall of the nave, but most of the windows are later. The altar rails are good examples of the seventeenth century whilst the Royal Arms of George II are dated 1739. Most people remember this church for its wall paintings which were rediscovered under layers of whitewash in 1927. These have been dated to the mid-thirteenth century and were painted in two tiers along the north nave wall. If the south wall had not been rebuilt in the later Middle Ages that too might have yielded further murals. Those that survive cover a variety of scenes including a good Entry into Jerusalem, Cain and Abel and the Last Supper. The paintings were restored by Professor Tristram, but luckily he concentrated on conservation of what survived and repainted very little. There are also some later murals to either side of the chancel arch. The church is now cared for by The Churches Conservation Trust.
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The Church of St Thomas à Becket is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Capel, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] Capel is located 4 miles (6 km) east of Tonbridge, off the B2017 road.[2] It is said that Thomas Becket preached either in the church,[2] or under a yew tree in the churchyard.
The church originated in the Norman era. The chancel arch dates from the 13th century, and the tower and the nave from the 14th or early 15th century. Alterations were made in the 16th century.[1] There was a fire in the tower in 1639, and it had to be partly rebuilt.[2] The chancel and the south wall were refurbished during the 19th century.[1] The church was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 8 July 1986.[5] It is open daily for visitors.
The church is constructed in sandstone, and the chancel and north wall have been rendered. The roof is tiled. The plan of the church is simple, consisting of a nave, a chancel with a north vestry, and a relatively large but short tower, through which the church is entered. The tower is in a single stage, and stands on a moulded plinth. It has diagonal buttresses, a battlemented parapet, and a pyramidal roof surmounted by a 20th-century cast iron weathervane. The bell openings are lancets and are louvred, with slit openings beneath them. On the west face of the tower is a plain round-headed doorway, with a double-lancet window above it. In the south wall of the nave are four two- or three-light windows, and in the north wall are two lancet windows. In the south wall of the chancel is a priest's door. The east window dates from the 19th century and is in Early English style.
nside the tower is a porch and a timber staircase. The walls of the interior of the church are lime-washed, and the floors are tiled. On the north wall of the nave are wall paintings probably dating from the 13th century.[1] They depict biblical scenes, including Cain and Abel and Christ's entry into Jerusalem. They were discovered in 1967 and restored by Mrs Eve Baker.[2] Towards the west end of this wall is a niche. The chancel contains a 20th-century stone altar. The communion rails are dated 1662. The oak pulpit dates from the 19th century. The stone font is probably medieval, and consists of an octagonal bowl on a cylindrical shaft. Apart from brass plaques commemorating those who died in the World Wars, the only memorial in the church is a plain marble plaque dated 1834. Above the tower arch is a board painted with the royal arms. Also on the west wall are further boards inscribed with the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments. The stained glass in the east window is dated 1905.
In the churchyard are two chest tombs and 15 headstones, each of which has been designated as a Grade II listed building. One chest tomb is anonymous and dates from the 16th or 17th century.[6] The inscription on the other tomb is illegible, but it is dated 1768.[7] The named single headstones are to Jane and Samuel Brook, dated 1781,[8] to Elizabeth Daniel, dating from the 17th century,[9] to Thomas Larkin and his wife, dated 1769,[10] to John Larkin, dated 1753,[11] to John Millesden, dated 1758,[12] to Elizabeth Relph, dated 1759,[13] to Ann Town dated 1732,[14] and to Ambrose Vineen and his wife, dated 1784.[15] There are pairs of headstones to the Hubble family, dating from the middle of the 18th century,[16] to the Kipping family dated from the 1680s,[17] and to the Mills family from the late 18th century.[18] There are also four illegible or anonymous single headstones.
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Emotional Mugging Winter Tour 2016 Setlist:
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What is emotional mugging?
Emotional mugging is a psychoanalytic subject to subject exchange formed as a response to our hyper-digital sexual landscape.
The over communication relayed in cell based technology and content driven media further detaches passengers of our modern society from deep emotional understanding. These detached residents seek meaning and physical contact which is readily available via traditional social standards often displaced thru the lens of the modern id. These individuals turn to salutation based sexual exchange and solo vice in return for a confirmation of non-emotion. This state of being that is well considered normal in our modern society is riddled with denial depravity and causes destruction on both the internal and external levels.
EM is an unfortunate but tragically essential practice in the age of digital intimacy. Essentially “mugging” is non verbal and non-physical emotional exchange, regardless of the status of the mugger and the muggee. Mugging can help to fill the holes in our ego, and the gaps in our society.
Unlike traditional mugging EM is a victimful crime wherein both the perpetrator and subject are victims of their emotional purpose whether the ego intention is subversive or provocative.
Sexual response has been common for both roles and have often led to meaningful non physical sexual relations.
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The date is unclear, but the stamp indicates by way of the overprint that it is after currency reform on 24 June 1948.JV Fahrzeugbau refers to IndustrieVerwaltung, a transition phase between the State of Saxony picking up the pieces of the Industry in the region (Sächsiches Aufbauwerk) and nationalising them , and the Russian Zone-wide Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau (IFA). The DKW factory has already been taken over by the state, and now it has just been incorporated into IFA as a subsidiary,the DKW Werk.. The chief of the former Auto Union AG left for Ingolstadt in Bavaria.
(In 1932,Horch, Audi, DKW and Wanderer had united to form Auto Union, hence the four familiar rings)
At this time the Griessbach factory was making RT125 IFA motorbikes.
www.mz-museum.de/museum/pages/1906.htm
www.zschopau.de/die-motorradstadt/geschichte
The works was only in Wilischtal 1945-50