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Choreography, Libby Nelson
Music, Sarajevo by Max Richter & Sara Leonard
Performers, Jordan Nazos, Kayla Spears, Hayley Smith, Austin Winter, Sara Wuchte
Created with fd's Flickr Toys. Don't anybody say these are pretty under penalty of.....well I don't know really probably just me throwing up my hands! Part of my volunteer job is preparing a research site and there are lots of the invasive exotic Himalyan Balsam there and today we find Japanese Beetles as well!!
Choreography, Libby Nelson
Music, Sarajevo by Max Richter & Sara Leonard
Performers, Jordan Nazos, Kayla Spears, Hayley Smith, Austin Winter, Sara Wuchte
No. 4 - 4: Exploring - the Abbey Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire .
The Tower
- this is generally considered to be one of the finest and most perfect Norman towers in existence. Its massive size (each side measuring 46 feet) takes off from its actual height. It stands well, and is impressive from its proportions and the simplicity of its ornament. It is 132 feet high from the ground to the battlements inclusive, and 148 to the top of the pinnacles. The pinnacles and battlements were added in 1660, as the inscription on the north-west pinnacle testifies. They were restored in 1825.
As to what was there before 1660 one can only conjecture, but it had been undoubtedly damaged by the fall of the wooden spire covered with lead, which event occurred on Easter Day, 1559.
From whichever point of the compass it be studied, there is ever a different charm displayed, and the charm varies according to the light that plays upon the time-honoured handiwork of the Norman builders. The tower looks equally well from the north-west end of the churchyard, seen through the trees, from the extreme west, and from the open ground to the south-east, where the eye can also take in the graceful battlementing of the choir. Perhaps the best view of the tower and the building generally is that obtainable from the Gloucester road, just as one turns the last corner coming into Tewkesbury.
The tower is supported by four piers, which, as will be seen from an inspection of the plan, are very massive. The two easternmost piers are in plan very similar to the two corresponding piers in Gloucester Cathedral.
There are two windows in each side of the lower storey or base, immediately over the roofs of the nave and transepts, and between the windows is the stone ridge or wall-plate which indicates the pitch of the earlier roof. On three sides of the tower the dripstone is almost perfect.
The next stage or storey has an arcade with two lights in each side of the tower. The third stage has a narrower intersecting arcade of great beauty and delicacy, with a curious effect produced by the warm colouring of some of the stones.
In the topmost stage there is another range of arcades and columns.
The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury ...... by H.J.L.J. Masse, M.A.
London George Bell & Sons 1906
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Actually there were two brief showers during my visit to this area of Galway.
Claddagh is an area close to the centre of Galway city, where the River Corrib meets Galway Bay. It was a fishing village, just outside the old city walls. It is just across the river from the Spanish Arch, which was the location of regular fish markets where the locals supplied the city with seafood as recently as the end of the 19th century. People have been gathering seafood and fishing from the area for millennia. It is one of the oldest former fishing villages in Ireland - its existence having been recorded since the arrival of Christianity in the 5th century.
During the 19th century the Claddagh attracted many visitors, including writers who spread its fame. The original village of thatched cottages was razed in the 1930s and replaced by a council-housing scheme.
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Bury St Edmunds Cathedral for most of its existence was simply the parish church of St James until the foundation of the new diocese of St Edmundsbury in 1914 when it was raised to cathedral status, one of the many new dioceses formed in the early 20th century that elevated existing parish churches to diocesan rank rather than purpose building a new cathedral. Many of these 'parish church cathedrals' sit slightly awkwardly with their new status, lacking in the scale and grandeur that befits such a title, but of all of them Bury St Edmunds has been adapted to its new role the most successfully, with in my opinion the most beautiful results.
The medieval church consisted of the present nave, built in 1503-51 under master mason John Wastell, with an earlier chancel that was entirely rebuilt in 1711 and again in 1870. Originally it would have seemed a fairly minor building at the entrance to the monastic precinct, overshadowed by the enormous abbey church that once stood immediately behind it. The absence of this magnificent church since the Dissolution and the scant remains of this vast edifice always sully my visits here with a sense of grievous loss, had history been kinder it would have served as the cathedral here instead and likely be celebrated as one of the grandest in the country.
The church never had a tower of its own since the adjacent Norman tower of the Abbey gateway served the role of a detached campanile perfectly. It is an impressive piece of Romanesque architecture and one of the best preserved 12th century towers in the country.
Upon being raised to cathedral status in 1914 the building underwent no immediate structural changes but plans were made to consider how best to transform a fairly ordinary church into a worthy cathedral. This task was appointed to architect Stephen Dykes Bower and work began in 1959 to extend the building dramatically. Between 1963-1970 the entire Victorian chancel was demolished and replaced with a much grander vision of a lofty new choir and shallow transepts, remarkably all executed in traditional Gothic style in order to harmonize with the medieval nave. It is incredible to think that this was done in the 1960s, a period in which church and cathedral buildings were otherwise constructed in the most self consciously modern forms ever seen, with delicate neo-medieval masonry in place of brick and concrete.
The new crossing of transepts and choir however remained crowned by the stump of a tower for the remainder of the century as funds were not available to finish Dykes Bower's complete vision of a lantern tower over the crossing: this was only realised at the beginning of the 21st century, aided by a legacy left in the architect's will and some subtle design changes under his successor as architect Hugh Matthews. The transformation from church to cathedral was finally completed in 2005 with most satisfactory results. A stunning fan-vault was installed within the new tower in 2010, an exquisite finishing touch.
Whilst it isn't a large building by cathedral standards its newer parts do much to give it the shape and dignity of one. This is especially apparent within, where the cruciform eastern limb draws the eye. The interior is enlivened by much colour, with the ceilings of Dykes Bower's choir and transepts adorned with rich displays of stencilling, whilst the nave ceiling (a Victorian replacement for the medieval one) was redecorated in similarly lively colours in the 1980s which helps to unify the old and new parts of the church.
Few fittings or features remain from the medieval period, most of the furnishings being Victorian or more recent, but one window in the south aisle retains a rich display of early 16th century stained glass, very much Renaissance in style. The remaining glass is nearly all Victorian, some of the windows in the new choir having been transferred from the previous chancel.
St Edmundsbury Cathedral is not filled with the monuments and fittings that make other great churches so rewarding to linger in but it is a real architectural delight and cannot fail to uplift the spirit.
Obscure Existence Promo Shoot.
Location: Sylmar,CA
This place looked sketch as hell but it was a fun lil shoot with the boys of OE. We didnt have much natural light so improvised.
Pima Air and Space Museum
FLEET MODEL 2 BIPLANE TRAINER
The Fleet biplane trainers came into existence in 1928 as the Consolidated Model 14, a civilian trainer loosely based on the military PT-3 and NY-1 trainers. In 1929, Consolidated turned production over to a subsidiary company named after Consolidated's president Ruben Fleet. All the Fleet models are basically identical with the only difference being the engine installed on each model. The Fleets proved to be very popular trainers throughout the 1930s and into the early 1940s. Approximately 1,250 of all versions were built.
The aircraft on display was built on September 19, 1929. This is the oldest aircraft currently in the collection of the Pima Air & Space Museum. The aircraft had four different owners before being acquired by Gilpen and Greenway Air Lines Co., Tucson, AZ. It was used by Gilpen for military pilot training beginning in 1940 as a part of the Civilian Pilot Training Program. The aircraft was donated to the Pima Air and Space Museum by Walter Douglas III in April of 1992.
Technical Specifications
Wingspan: 28 ft
Length: 20 ft 9 in
Height: 7 ft 10 in
Weight: 1575 lbs (loaded)
Maximum speed: 105 mph
Service Ceiling: under 12,200 ft
Range: 352 miles
Engine: 1 Kinner K-5 radial, 110 hp
Crew: 2
Thirteen years of existence. Back then, I only view life as blue - mysterious yet like an open book, full of anxiety and worries. For me life is a five thousand pieces jigsaw puzzles, as a teenager, I experienced restricting myself and walking away on life's hardships. Just like how I was with puzzles back in my childhood, never realizing that effort and patience will give you the lesson you are needing to find. Of course, I often question myself, 'what is beyond these walls and curtains?'. My life took a turn, or rather a massive drive, instead of running away, I buckled up. Diving to the ocean of photography, I realized that life is more than just the color blue. Life is a white canvas and I am the painter of my own masterpiece, the one who captures memories, and most importantly, the anxiety to my travel. Whenever I travel, the surge of anxiety always take over, but after my accomplishment, I realized that anxiety is there to let you feel the fear, the excitement, the worry yet it can give you satisfaction after your fulfillment. Imagine surfing at the refreshing island of Boracay, but without any waves. See? Anxiety gives you the continuous thrilling saga and the spice your life needs. Sometimes, anxiety is not bad as you thought. Just look at the positive side, anxiety and travel does go together. Don't only see life in one color, travel and capture these moments with a lens or much better, with your own eyes and save it to your mind, keep it on your heart and make it a piece of your soul. If you look at it, travelling is often about finding yourself. There are a lot of opportunities waiting for you with open hands, move those curtains and plan how you want to spend your life. Walk, run or even scream at a mountain's peak! God knew, and will always know, all the happiness you have stored inside. Anxiety may take over you, but don't let it stop you, let it be the waves and surf through it, let it be the mountains and climb on it. Take time to enjoy, don't always look at anxiety negatively. Let it surge, but be the master of your own sail. Go travel, have fun, let go, be free, and most importantly, find yourself mesmerized in God's wonderful creation. Life is short - so make the best of it. philippines-tourism.org/quezon/mauban/travelling-with-anx...
NASA image release July 15, 2010
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the existence of a baked object that could be called a "cometary planet." The gas giant planet, named HD 209458b, is orbiting so close to its star that its heated atmosphere is escaping into space.
Observations taken with Hubble's Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) suggest powerful stellar winds are sweeping the cast-off atmospheric material behind the scorched planet and shaping it into a comet-like tail.
"Since 2003 scientists have theorized the lost mass is being pushed back into a tail, and they have even calculated what it looks like," said astronomer Jeffrey Linsky of the University of Colorado in Boulder, leader of the COS study. "We think we have the best observational evidence to support that theory. We have measured gas coming off the planet at specific speeds, some coming toward Earth. The most likely interpretation is that we have measured the velocity of material in a tail."
The planet, located 153 light-years from Earth, weighs slightly less than Jupiter but orbits 100 times closer to its star than the Jovian giant. The roasted planet zips around its star in a short 3.5 days. In contrast, our solar system's fastest planet, Mercury, orbits the Sun in 88 days. The extrasolar planet is one of the most intensely scrutinized, because it is the first of the few known alien worlds that can be seen passing in front of, or transiting, its star. Linsky and his team used COS to analyze the planet's atmosphere during transiting events. During a transit, astronomers study the structure and chemical makeup of a planet's atmosphere by sampling the starlight that passes through it. The dip in starlight because of the planet's passage, excluding the atmosphere, is very small, only about 1.5 percent. When the atmosphere is added, the dip jumps to 8 percent, indicating a bloated atmosphere.
COS detected the heavy elements carbon and silicon in the planet's super-hot, 2,000-degree-Fahrenheit atmosphere. This detection revealed the parent star is heating the entire atmosphere, dredging up the heavier elements and allowing them to escape the planet.
The COS data also showed the material leaving the planet was not all traveling at the same speed. "We found gas escaping at high velocities, with a large amount of this gas flowing toward us at 22,000 miles per hour," Linsky said. "This large gas flow is likely gas swept up by the stellar wind to form the comet-like tail trailing the planet."
Hubble's newest spectrograph has the ability to probe a planet's chemistry at ultraviolet wavelengths not accessible to ground-based telescopes. COS is proving to be an important instrument for probing the atmospheres of "hot Jupiters" like HD 209458b.
Another Hubble instrument, the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), observed the planet in 2003. The STIS data showed an active, evaporating atmosphere, and a comet-tail-like structure was suggested as a possibility. But STIS wasn't able to obtain the spectroscopic detail necessary to show a tail, or an Earthward-moving component of the gas, during transits. The tail was detected for the first time because of the unique combination of very high ultraviolet sensitivity and good spectral resolution provided by COS.
Although this extreme planet is being roasted by its star, it won't be destroyed anytime soon. "It will take about a trillion years for the planet to evaporate," Linsky said.
The results appeared in the July 10 issue of The Astrophysical Journal.
The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center manages the telescope. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) conducts Hubble science operations. STScI is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. in Washington, D.C.
Illustration Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe.
For the first time in six years of existence, the P1 AquaX was hosting a World Championship event sanctioned by IJSBA and it happened in Key West, Florida December 9th and 10th 2017. Since the Thailand King's Cup was being held at the same time, only 18 of the 25 pilots that made the selection were racing this week end. Nevertheless, Key West was a beautiful destination to race, every morning brought a different colour of sunrise and the ever changing blue hues of the water made this race memorable. After marine and storm delays, day one was hard for David Chassier after experiencing mechanical problems. Day two was a little better even if the Yamaha FX SVHO was barely taking 7000 rpm, the French pilot from Blois managed to finish 12 and 13, which placed him 15 overall. A big thank you to Barefoot Billy's Jet Ski Rental that helped us train the first days in Key West as well as Redler's family that gave us assistance and support during the race. Congratulation to our friend Nicolas Rius on landing a 3rd place overall despite a bad shoulder injury and we wish him the best recovery so he can be back a the top for 2018. This was the last race of the season, see you next year :)
Rare beast , the only one left in existence of 52 built in 1921 this 6.3 Lt side valve six cylinder engined car the largest capacity engine that Alfa Romeo has ever built . The most expensive car at this show with a value of over 1 million dollars .
Motorfest . Brisbane .
Throughout photography's existence, photographers have struggled with how to portray themselves. We spend so much time looking and studying things to tell their story that it can often be hard to tell our own story and which part of us to tell.
It can be a great exercise though. Try to depict your story through a self portrait. You might realize you don't know yourself that well or that you know yourself too well that you don't know what story to tell. It can be a very introspective and spiritual process that can help you find yourself.
J. Eason Photography
Minolta Hi-Matic 7sii
Kodak BW 400CN