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This past year I spent a lot of time photographing the Global Education Movement's inspiring new higher education programs. This young woman, who is just beginning the program, came to the a remote refugee camp in Northern Kenya from Somalia as a child without her parents in the care of family friends. She has not seen her family since and expressed to me her wonder and excitement about beginning the degree program.
While she is one of the lucky ones, her story is just one of the almost 200,000 in the camp and one of over 25 million refugees worldwide. My hope is that stories like hers and programs like these inspire others to open doors to refugees rather than build walls.
---- the "living float" of city of Randazzo (Sicily), that evokes the mystery of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven ----
---- la “vara vivente” della città di Randazzo (Sicilia), che rievoca il mistero dell’Assunzione di Maria in Cielo ----
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in the Sicilian city of Randazzo, is Celebrated in mid-August day, hits principal feast of the "living float" that evokes the mystery of the faith of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven with soul and body, for this reference She is call Mary Assumption; the feast may be originated around the sixteenth century; the "vara" (Sicilian name Refers to "float"), it's a "votive machine" about 20 meters high, made of a structure in iron and wood, decorated with gilding, mirrors, colored coatings, Whose allegorical meaning Seems To have inspirations from the figures reproduced in a painting by John Caniglia of 1548 (you can admire it inside the Crucifix chapel of the Basilica of St. Mary in Randazzo), machine consisting about several plans and rotating, with hand-operated mechanisms, and making reference to the rotation of the heavens of the medieval conception. The first low part of the "machine-float" is the Tomb of Mary, full of flowers, but as She got to the Sky also with Her Body, it's an empty tomb, a bit higher up we find St. Thomas in prayer, still more on we find St. Michael the Archangel with a sword, surrounded by singing Angels; on the highest level it finally takes place the Virgin Mary. Various "young actors", present on float are children of various age, which intone chants turned to Virgin Mary, each with its own role, each surrounded by a iron structures for own security. Up to 1960 different "human figures" were all male, included Maria Assunta; in ancient times the fast of the children was strictly Observed (even now, more for practical reasons to stay on the float, Which for devotional Reasons); in ancient times the float at the end of the procession was always assaulted from the faithful, taking with them the precious souvenirs of the event, considering That like relics; to the end of the 18th century the traditional feast He had a decline, abolished in 1795, then restored in the Second Half of 1800, again suppressed the first in 1911 for the raging cholera, then to the events linked to the First and Second World War, than the feast started again in 1952, at first once every 5 years, then every three years finally annually since 1973. During the trip the children receive from Inhabitants leaning out of windows and balconies, candies, biscuits, sweets of various genre, so this "rain of sweets" shows a more happy and picturesque manifestation, but so the children "are distracted" being from "hanging" in several meters from the soil (likeably who is finding down, he may be "bombarded" by a shower of candies and chocolates).
P.S. This last 2018 edition was not held on August 15th due to bad weather; the event was postponed to 25 August 2018, started regularly, was subsequently interrupted, as one of the four wheels of the vara was blocked right at the end of the path, causing a considerable effort by the devotees, to be able to bring it back. The photographs were organized and posted without taking into account the temporal chronology of what happened during the event.
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nella città siciliana di Randazzo, si celebra il 15 agosto, la sua principale festa, della "vara vivente" che rievoca il mistero di fede dell'Assunzione di Maria in Cielo sia in anima che in corpo, per questo riferimento viene chiamata Maria Assunta, festa che sembra abbia avuto origine attorno al XVI secolo; la "vara" (nome siciliano riferito al fercolo), è una “macchina votiva” alta circa 20 metri (in passato era ancora più alta) composta da una struttura in ferro e legno, abbellita da dorature, specchi, rivestimenti colorati, il cui significato allegorico sembra ricalcare i motivi ascensionali riprodotti in un quadro di Giovanni Caniglia del 1548 (dipinto che si può ammirare nella cappella del Crocifisso della basilica di Santa Maria, in Randazzo), macchina costituita da diversi piani sovrapposti ruotanti, con meccanismi azionati a mano, che fanno riferimento alla rotazione dei cieli di concezione medioevale. Alla base della “macchina-vara” c’è il sepolcro di Maria, pieno di fiori ma, poiché Ella è salita in cielo anche col suo corpo, tale sepolcro è vuoto; un po’ più in alto troviamo S.Tommaso in preghiera, ancora più su troviamo S.Michele Arcangelo con in pugno la sua spada, attorniato da Angeli, sul livello più alto infine prende posto la Vergine Maria. Le varie figure, presenti sulla vara sono bimbi di varie età, dai più piccoli ai più grandicelli, che intonano canti rivolti alla Madonna, ognuno col proprio ruolo di figurante, ognuno cinto da una struttura in ferro che lo assicura alla macchina votiva: fino agli anni ’60 i vari personaggi erano tutti di sesso maschile, inclusa Maria Assunta, il digiuno dei bimbi era rigorosamente osservato (anche adesso, più per motivi pratici di permanenza sulla vara, che per motivi devozionali); in passato la vara alla fine della processione veniva presa d’assalto dai fedeli, che letteralmente la spogliavano, portando con se un prezioso ricordo della manifestazione, considerandola al pari di una reliquia; alla fine del 18° secolo la tradizionale festa ebbe un declino, soppressa nel 1795, poi ripristinata nella seconda metà del 1800, nuovamente soppressa prima nel 1911 per l’imperversare del colera, successivamente per le vicende legate alla prima ed alla seconda Guerra Mondiale, la festa riprese vita solamente nel 1952, dapprima una volta ogni 5 anni, poi ogni tre anni, infine annualmente dal 1973. Durante il tragitto i bimbi ricevono dagli abitanti affacciati alle finestre ed ai balconi, caramelle, biscotti, dolciumi di vario genere, che ripongono a mò di bottino dentro delle sacche di tela, delle quali ognuno è fornito: questo da un lato rende ancora più gaia e pittoresca la manifestazione, dall’altro lato i bimbi “vengono distratti” dal trovarsi “appesi” a svariati metri dal suolo (simpaticamente chi si trova sotto, può venire “bombardato” da una pioggia di caramelle e cioccolatini, e parlo per esperienza personale :o)) …).
P.S. Questa ultima edizione 2018, non si è svolta il 15 di Agosto a causa del maltempo; la manifestazione è stata così rinviata al 25 Agosto 2018, iniziata regolarmente, è stata successivamente interrotta, poichè una delle quattro ruote della vara si è bloccata proprio sul finire del percorso, causando un notevole impegno da parte dei devoti, per poterla riportare-trascinare indietro. Le fotografie sono state organizzate e postate senza tenere conto della cronologia temporale di quanto avvenuto durante la manifestazione.
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I was on the Beatenberg, waiting for the perfect light to shoot the mountains when suddenly a skydiver appeared in the sky. I saw him and started to shot.
This little summit that you can see on the right bottom of the picture is the Schreckhorn. I have a picture of it on my Photostream and the name of it is of course Schreckhorn. Take a look. It is the same mountain.
From higher up, there are fantastic views over the UNESCO World Heritage area, with deep fjords and high mountains – simply breathtaking!
Mt. Dalsnibba above Geiranger is 1,476 m above sea level and offers stunning views across the World Heritage area. It lies 22 km from Geiranger, up the famous Geirangervegen road. Along the way, you’ll stop at the well-known Flydalsjuvet viewpoint. Further up is Knuten – the Knot – famous for being Norway’s first ascending loop road. The last 5 km is on a private toll road, with a tollbooth at the Djupvasshytta turn-off.
Dalsnibba: An easily accessible high-mountain experience, this is one of the highest peaks you can experience by car or bus in Norway and offers incredible views of the surrounding mountains and the Geirangerfjord in the distance. Varied flora and fauna, ice-blue lakes, fascinating geology, glaciers and the incredible peak itself await you on the 2-hour drive.
Looking east down the c1432 onwards aisled nave built with the rest of the church, past Beer stone columns - the transept on the north side was later the site of the Churston family pew
On either side are doorways to external stair turrets
The chancel has a piscina has the arms of Bishop Courtenay of Exeter (1478-87).
At either side of chancel, piercing the walls with its chapels are late-medieval stone tombs. That to north has quatrefoil-panelled base and carved ogee canopy with traces of old paint, inscribed top of grey stone, said to be for William Hille, vicar 1464-87. The tomb to the south also has panelled front; panelled interior with vaulted canopy; no inscription, but in place of effigy an early-medieval stone coffin lid.
North chancel chapel has 3 ornate 17c monuments to the Upton family of Lupton. In south chancel chapel a white marble monument of c1720 is to Anne Stucley, in the form of a cartouche with a pair of skulls at the base
- Church of St Mary , Higher Brixham Devon
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Cullompton has a history of manufacturing wool, cloth and later leather. There were three mills, Higher, Lower and Middle Mill. Sitting on the leat of the River Culm in a conservation area, the former fulling mill retains its water turbine and in 1816 the town employed 60 weavers and many spinners. Higher Mill later became a corn mill.
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It breaks my heart that "nothing is original". I like to think that I have something special.
I know the picture is blurring and what not, but I think it captures the essence of childhood.
A video of Wendy giving Wally a treat.
I shot this with my new Canon 5D Mark II. I'm still in the very early stages of playing with video, and it shows here...
The first thing that I had to get used to is that there is no sort of immediately obvious auto focusing, so I have to manually focus myself. With my 50mm f/1.4 lens on and low light, I had a very small depth of field to play with--you can see it when I focus on the treat and then Wally's eyes.
The Mark II shoots in HD (It also supports a lower resolution mode). The end result is a file that I can't even play without jerkiness on my 3 year old computer (time for an upgrade?).
I uploaded this same video to YouTube since they now support the 16x9 format and higher resolutions. Sadly (for me) YouTube seems to have compressed it too much; it looks much blockier and less clear than it does here on Flickr.
Update: YouTube just did flickr one better--HD videos now fill more of the screen. Observe.
I've also uploaded this to Vimeo.
Update again: Now flickr supports bigger views of HD. Yay! Competition is a good thing... :)
Lit by candle light, looking east past the 15c font down the nave past 15c pews - the font heraldry marks the marriage in c 1470 of Sir James Chudleigh of Ashton and 1st wife Margaret daughter of Sir William 2nd Lord Stourton 1478 & Margaret Chidiock 1503 - it still retains the bar that locked the holy water against witchcraft
(James was the son of John Chudleigh and Thomasine daughter of Nicholas Kirkham and Jane Wrey
James & Margaret were the parents of :
1. William Chudleigh 1515 m Joan daughter of Sir William Hody of Pillesdon, Dorset & Eleanor Malet.
2. Margareta Maria d1530 m (1st wife) John son of Oliver Wise & Margaret Tremayne +++ ; who m2 Dorothy daughter of John Leigh of Addington flic.kr/p/sdd4nC
Sir James went on to m2 1510 Margaret Tremayne d1520 +++ & m3 Christian Paulet widow of of Nicholas Chichester & William Martyn )
- Church of St John the Baptist, Higher Ashton Devon
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Picture with thanks - copyright Michael Garlick CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7231530
A train indicator at Waterloo underground station reveals high level intervention on the Northern line!
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The tomb to the south side of the chancel built c1432 onwards with the rest of the church, has panelled front & panelled interior with vaulted canopy; no inscription, but in place of effigy an early-medieval stone coffin lid.
The south chancel chapel beyond, now used by the British Legion, has a white marble monument of c1720 is to Anne Stucley, in the form of a cartouche with a pair of skulls at the base;
- Church of St Mary , Higher Brixham Devon
Detroit Photographic Co.
The Library of Congress, Washington
c1902.
1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
Notes:
Copyright 1902 by Detroit Photographic Co.
Title from item.
Title on inventory list: Library of Congress.
Similar image in LOT 12659 (LC-USZC4-12221).
Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53209".
Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection.
Subjects:
Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building (Washington, D.C.)
Libraries.
United States--Washington (D.C.).
Format: Photochrom prints--Color.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18016
Call Number: LOT 13923, no. 208 [item]
A metaphor about leadership is that you need to spend part of your time in the balcony and another part on the dance floor. The situation determines how much time to spend in each place.
Maybe the chickens have their own metaphor.