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Chicks and an unhatched egg in a grassy nest on the shore of the Ashley Estuary.
Other common names: — Southern black–backed gull, dominican gull, kelp gull, laughing gull. 60 cm., males, 1050g., females 850g., wingspan, 120cm. In the adult, the head, neck, underparts, rump and tail are white, the back and upper wings are black with a narrow white trailing edge; the bill is yellow with a red spot at the tip of the lower bill; the eye is pale yellow and the legs greenish yellow; juveniles are brown; in the second year the back is brown and the breast and neck are white flecked with brown; voice of young is a shrill whistle.
Robust, intelligent, opportunistic and aggressive, the black-backed gull is the only large gull in New Zealand. One of the most common and conspicuous birds of our coasts.
The black-backed gull is a circumpolar navigator, living in and around the coasts of South America, South Africa, south–east Australia and New Zealand. Being a scavenger by nature, it lives and breeds in a multitude of places, from rocky ledges to open areas of pasture. vetula breeds in South Africa and dominicanus breeds widely in the subantarctic and temperate southern hemisphere.
Unlike most of our native bird life, the black–backed gull has adapted well to European settlement, from taking advantage of an abundant supply of insects and small animals off pasturelands to scavenging off refuse tips in the urban environment and foraging along the coastal front.
Every kind of animal matter cast up by the waves is greedily devoured, whether fresh or putrified, including the carcasses of whales and seals, dead fish and birds. It feeds largely on bivalve molluscs, breaking the shell by carrying it to some height and dropping it on hard sand or on rock. It also feeds on the eggs and young of birds, especially the terns near which it breeds; and on adult birds it is able to catch; and on grubs and worms which it finds on its inland excursions. Small fishes are caught, sometimes from the surface of the sea and sometimes from tidal pools.”
On farms they invariably turn up at lambing and at calving time to take advantage of dropped afterbirth and any weak or dead animals. Oliver also records the destruction of large numbers of tuatara on Stephen's Island; "a gull waits at a burrow for hours until a tuatara emerges, grabs it and then flies to sea and back to its nest, dropping the lizard every now and then to kill it."
Occasionally, the Karoro sea gull was tamed by Maori and employed as a pest–destroyer, released among the kumara (sweet potato) crops that they might consume the the big caterpillars that infested the plants.
Weathervane Playhouse in Akron, Ohio, presents Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" -- live on stage from Jan. 29 to Feb. 15.
ABOUT THE SHOW
Set during the early 1950s, "A Raisin in the Sun" tells the timeless story of one family’s grasp for a piece of the American Dream — and the explosive backlash that erupts when they seek to become the first black family to move into an all-white neighborhood.
The play revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Youngers, a black family living in a cramped apartment in Chicago’s racially segregated Southside neighborhood. The family’s struggle for dignity and their quest for a better life shape the powerful drama in this ground-breaking masterpiece of the American theater
Younger family matriarch Lena (whom everyone calls “Mama”) is the strong, moral heart of her clan, but she clashes frequently with her extended family. The family’s “man of the house” is her son Walter Lee, who works as a chauffeur but remains frustrated by his dead-end position in both life and the workplace. Walter’s wife is Ruth, who masks her discontent by directing all her energies toward her husband and their young son, Travis. Walter’s sister, Beneatha, is a young dreamer who dabbles in various hobbies and activities but embraces a strong desire to become a doctor.
When the insurance money from her deceased husband’s insurance policy comes through, Mama dreams of moving to a new home and a better neighborhood. But Walter Lee, who describes himself as a volcano full of internalized regrets and pipe dreams, has other plans: he wants to buy a liquor store and be “his own man.” Meanwhile, Beneatha wants to spend the money on her medical schooling. The tensions within the family and the blatant prejudice they receive from outside their home combine to shape the rich dramatic texture in this seminal American play.
THE CAST
TAMICKA SCRUGGS
Ruth Younger
BRIAN KENNETH ARMOUR
Walter Lee Younger
JOHNTAE LIPSCOMB
Travis Younger
TAYLOR ADAMS
Beneatha Younger
KEEYA CHAPMAN-LANGFORD
Lena Younger
MICHAEL SWAIN
Joseph Asagai
BRIAN STEELE
George Murchison
CHACE COULTER
Karl Lindner
KYM WILLIAMS
Bobo
THE CREATIVE TEAM
JIMMIE WOODY
Director
TABA ALEEM
Stage Manager
SCOTT CRIM
Lighting Designer
AUDREY FLIEGEL
Sound Designer
JOE HUNTER
Properties Designer
JASEN J. SMITH
Costume Designer
TODD DIERINGER
Scenic Co-Designer
KATHY KOHL
Scenic Co-Designer and Assistant Technical Director
The photos in this Flickr set were shot for Weathervane Playhouse by Scott Diese at the show's final dress rehearsal on Jan. 28, 2015.
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The End Hunger Dragon Boat Festival 2013 in North Beach MD was the inaugural year of event to raise money to support End Hunger in Calvert County. All photos in this set were taken by Your Calvert.
Below are the team names, shirt colors, and race pairings.
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RACE 1
PINK/LIGHT PINK -- Bay Business Group -- At beach getting ready, in boat, racing in race 1
GREEN/LIME GREEN -- Sieze The Bay -- At beach getting ready, in boat, racing in race 1
RACE 2
PURPLE/DARK PURPLE with Blue Hawaain Shirt Drummer -- Drag’n Tail -- Racing shots in race two
GREY/LIGHT GREY with Pirate Drummer who fell -- Plan B Ship Faced -- -- Racing shots from race two
RACE 3
BLUE/ROYAL BLUE with Pirate Drummer and Bandana heads in red and blue -- Team North Beach -- Racing shots from race three
GREY/DARK GREY with Bald Drummer -- Thai Paddlers -- Racing shots from race three
RACE 4 -- NO RACING PHOTOS
BLUE TEAL -- Civil Oar’s
BLUE/BRIGHT BLUE -- Blue Dragons in Nuclear Paradise
RACE 5
GREEN/BRIGHT GREEN with Hula Drummer with big sunglasses and a purple hat -- Team SMECO - Racing shots in race 5
YELLOW/BRIGHT YELLOW -- Team Toucan -- Group shots at booth, Racing shots in race 5
RACE 6
ORANGE/YELLOW -- The Titanic -- Racing shots race 6
RED/Drummer with a Red Boa -- Town of Chesapeake Beach -- Group Photo on the beach, Racing shots race 6
RACE 7
PURPLE/LIGHT PURPLE all girls -- Missfits 1 -- Racing Shots race 7
GREEN/LIGHT GREEN -- Kiss My Wake/Smurf Drummer - Smurf, Racing Shots race 7
RACE 8
GREEN/BRIGHT GREEN with tie dye bandanas -- Team Puff - one of race 8,
RED -- Chesapeake Pharmacy Paddlers/Drug Dragons - tent, one of race 8
RACE 9 - no racing shots
ORANGE/BRIGHT ORANGE -- Wednesday Wildcats -- group shots on the beach
PURPLE/LIGHT PURPLE -- Missfits 2 -- group shot on beach
RACE 10
BLUE/TEAL/BRIGHT with a VIKING drummer -- Psyc Vikes -- In the boat,
GREY/LIGHT GREY -- The Law Dawggs -- in the boat
RACE 11 - no racing shots
Plan B Ship Faced -- Group Shot
Seize the Bay
RACE 12 -- Racing shots
Bay Business Group --group shots, into boat, race
Civil Oars
RACE 13 -- NO PHOTOS
Thai Paddlers
Drag’n Tail
RACE 14 -- Racing shots
Blue Dragons in Nuclear Paradise
Team SMECO
RACE 15 - Racing Shots
Town of Chesapeake Beach
Town of North Beach
RACE 16 -- Racing Shots
Team Toucan
The Titanic
RACE 17 -- Racing Shots
The Law Dawggs
Team Puff
RACE 18 -- A few shots
Missfits 2
Psych Vikes
RACE 19 -- Racing Shots
Chesapeake Pharmacy
Missfits 1
RACE 20 -- Racing Shots
Kiss Our Wake
Wednesday Wildcats
RACE 21 -- Racing Shots
Drag’n Tail
Team North Beach
RACE 22 -- Racing Shots
Law Dawggs
Seize the Bay
RACE 23 -- Racing Shots
Kiss Our Wake
Team Puff
Konzert von Span in der Mühli Hunziken in Rubigen bei Bern in der Schweiz
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Span ist eine schweizerische Band, die 1972 als Grünspan gegründet wurde.
Gründungsmitglieder waren C.hristoph K.ohli ( Bass, Gesang ), M.atthias K.ohli ( Schlagzeug, Gesang ), der Sänger D.aniel S.töckli sowie Gitarrist G.ualtiero B.onaconza. 1.9.7.4 wurde die S.ingle Bärner Rock aufgenommen, die Grünspan den ersten Erfolg einbrachte.
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1975 benannte sich die Band in Span um. Bald darauf verliessen der G.itarrist G.ualtiero B.onaconza - welchen es musikalisch in Richtung J.azz - Rock zog - und der L.eadsänger D.aniel S.töckli die Band.
In die Fussstapfen von Gualtiero Bonaconza tritt D.aniel S.iegrist welcher von P.eter M.ac T.aggart auf der M.ünsterplattform entdeckt wurde, als er auf einer A.kustikgitarre seine Mundartsongs vorspielte.
1.9.7.6 bezog der G.itarrist, S.änger und S.ongwriter H.ousi W.ittlin die K.ommune H.ämlismatt, welche die Mitglieder der Band bis 1.9.9.1 gemeinsam bewohnten.
In dieser Formation produzierten sie auf Wunsch von L.aico B.urkhalter ( damals A.rtist and R.epertoire M.anager bei E.M.I R.ecords) vier Singles in E.nglisch.
Der Erfolg blieb jedoch aus und Span verlor ihre Identität als Mundartrockband.
H.ousi W.ittlin blieb wie von Anfang an geplant für drei Jahre bei Span.
1.9.7.8 produzierte Span mit M.arianna P.olistena und P.olo H.ofer unter dem Namen Polos Schmetterding 4 LPs.
1.9.8.2 wurde das erste und vermeintlich letzte Album - Tschou Zämä - aufgenommen.
Für den Vertrieb der Platte wurde die Plattenfirma A.riola in Z.ürich gewonnen. Die P.latte wurde innerhalb kurzer Zeit 8000 mal verkauft und sorgte für neue Motivation.
1.9.8.5 verliess schliesslich D.aniel S.iegrist die Band.
Neu stiessen G.eorges M.üller ( G.itarre und Gesang ) und Stefan W. Müller ( K.eyboard ) dazu.
In dieser Formation spielt Span bis am 2.9 D.ezember 2.0.0.8
Schlagzeuger M.atthias K.ohli verlässt nach einer Abschiedstourne die Band und wird durch M.ätthu N.ydegger ersetzt
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C.hristoph K.ohli setzte sich 2.0.0.6 noch ins B.oot von B.ubi R.ufener (u.a. A.llschwil P.osse und S.ugarbabies), welcher sein altes Bandprojekt Boob reaktivierte und zusammen mit S.am M.umenthaler und P.eter von S.iebenthal ( beide E.x Z.üri W.est ) 2.0.0.7 die CD - The Ono Sessions - veröffentlichten und zusammen das ganze Jahr durch die Schweiz touren.
Die vier Musiker spielten bereits bei der Party-Band B.ackbeat zusammen.
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Die Mühli Hunziken ist eine ehemalige Mühle in Rubigen bei Bern in der Schweiz, die
seit 1974 zu einem Konzertlokal umgebaut worden ist.
Aufgebaut und geführt wurde sie bis am 2.3. J.uni 2.0.1.1 durch P.eter B.urkhart oder fast
besser bekannt als " M.üli - P.esche ". Für die G.eschicke der Mühli und die Ansagen
"... no churz zum hütige Abe ... " und "Isch öper mit em Zug cho?" sind neu die Gebrüder
F.ankhauser und S.ohn T.homas B.urkhart zuständig.
P.eter B.urkhart starb am 2.5. D.ezember 2.0.1.4
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Ab dem S.B.B - B.ahnhof Rubigen an der S.trecke Bern - T.hun sind es etwa 1.0 - 1.5
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Das Ambiente der Mühli ist sehr speziell, im Innern wie auch draussen hat es zahlreiche
Kunst- und Altagsgegenstände ausgestellt. Die U.hr zeigt immer fünf vor zwölf, über der
B.ühne schwebt ein S.chwein mit einer K.rone und ein F.uchs serviert eine G.ans. Von
ganz oben schaut auch E.T. den Konzerten zu und vor der Mühli sitzt J.ohn B.elushi auf
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Die Bühne ist eher klein und man ist so sehr nahe bei den Musikern , man kann die
Konzerte aber auch von den drei oberen Stockwerken mitverfolgen wo man einen sehr
speziellen Blickwinkel auf die M.usiker hat.
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Wer noch nie an einem Konzert in der Mühli war sollte dies bei Gelegenheit mal nachholen.
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President Manuel Pinto Da Costa of Democratic Republic of Săo Tomé and Príncipe during the state visit at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. (Photo: GCIS)
We managed to get to the Lake District for the Easter weekend. We were open at work on Good Friday so I had to be in at work for a couple of hours and didn’t set off until 9.00am. We had a quick café stop and then jumped on the M62. It took us until 2.00pm to get to Langdale. We crawled up the M61 and M6, reminding me why we used to avoid Bank Holiday traffic. Although staying in Ambleside we drove to Langdale to get a couple of hours walking in. Langdale was packed but we found a place to park at the foot of the pass up to Blea Tarn. We headed up Pike of Blisco – against a steady stream of walkers descending at this time in the afternoon. I didn’t bother taking photos to any great extent, it wasn’t great light, windy and the appalling weekend forecast had depressed me – this was supposed to be the best day and it was nearly over. After a nice settled spell, possibly the first in the north of England this winter (now officially British Summertime) heavy rain and gales were coming our way apparently.
Each morning I studied the maps trying to second guess the light, wind and crowds. On Saturday it was initially dry, much to our surprise, we parked in Coniston and set off up Walna Scar Road. It’s a long steep drag to the top of the pass, the cloud was down and thick, the wind was getting extreme as we got higher – and we didn’t see a soul! We were heading over Brown Pike onto Dow Crag, we weren’t likely to get lost on a ridge. By now it was raining hard and the wind was making staying upright difficult. We slid off the rocky summit of Dow Crag on our backsides, the safest way. We dropped on to Goats Hause, the wind was screaming through and but I guessed there would be some shelter if we headed for the Old Man of Coniston. We met the first person of the day here, arriving at the summit just before him. There was still winter snow on north facing slopes but the wind wasn’t as bad as Dow Crag. It was grim, 30 metre visibility and there was very little point in staying on the tops as originally planned. Jayne was up for heading straight down the tourist track through the quarries. We have only ever ascended it before but we set off down at a trot, passing some fell runners along the way. There was a steady stream of Easter trippers heading up and judging by the questions we were asked on the way down they had little idea of what they were heading in to or how far they were from the summit, and all in appalling conditions. Lower down it was quite calm and many had little idea of the severity of the conditions on the tops. The countryside was rapidly waterlogging again after the belated dry spell.
Sunday brought more very heavy rain and gales on the tops. What looked like snow had accumulated on high ground overnight. It was actually several inches of hail and was horrible underfoot, like small wet marbles but trapping a lot of water on the lower slopes below the freezing line. We parked at Patterdale and walked across slopes that the recent floods had wreaked havoc on, with a lot of remedial work to be done this summer. The plan was to get to Boardale Hause and decide whether to go high – over Place Fell – or head in to Boardale and stay low by doing a circuit of Place Fell. It was raining hard and there was a howling gale but it was behind us, the cloud had lifted a bit so we went high. The summit plateau was a nightmare, covered in slippy, wet, slushy hail with the wind nearly blowing us over. We went north straight over the top and down the other side, the top was in thick cloud but the lower slopes were clear and we legged it off the fell, descending by Scalehow Force waterfall, which was in fine form with the heavy rain. We followed the path above the shores of Ullswater back to Patterdale. Another wet walk.
Monday saw us parked a mile or so south of yesterday’s parking place in Patterdale at Bridgend. With the weather being bad people weren’t out early, even on a bank holiday, so we didn’t have a problem parking. There wasn’t a plan, we were just making it up. Today looked promising, Storm Katie was battering the rest of the country but missed the north for a change. The tops were wintry, again it was hail accumulations not snow, on the high ground it was on very old lying snow and very difficult on steep descents. We decided to take the steady slopes of Hartsop above How to Hart Crag, on to Fairfield and then hopefully over Cofa Pike on to St Sunday Crag, Birks and finally Arnison Crag. This was just less than ten miles and it turned out to be a very tough five hours, exhausting, particularly after the three previous days. A large coastguard helicopter circled us repeatedly and finally landed on the path we were following to Hart Crag, we assumed it was on an exercise. The ground was frozen above 2500 feet and walking was easier as the snow/hail was load bearing and we could yomp on a bit. It was like midwinter with frequent squally whiteouts blasting in. The wind would pick up first lifting the frozen hail in a frozen spindrift that bounced along several feet high blasting our faces, this was followed by, what was more like frozen drizzle than snow, fine, but hard, we could feel it through our clothes it came at us that hard. I decided that we would head straight over Cofa Pike to St Sunday. A mistake with hindsight. The lake of footprints was the first bad sign but we were committed. We lived to tell the tale but Jayne had a bit of a near miss. The crag down to Cofa is steep and it was covered in hail on old snow, the layer of hail was shearing away from the underlying snow and we had to go down on out backsides, keeping a tight grip as we went. At one point Jayne failed to arrest a slide that was above a steep and deep drop. I had hold of her from a position in front of her and to her left and I was fairly well anchored so I felt in control and was sure of the outcome. From her point of view it was frightening and it subdued her for the rest of the walk. She had also ripped the outer lining of her Paramo waterproof trousers as well. Considering that we were going downhill it was hard going, every step a slip or a slide, with the underlying grass saturated and a thin layer of hail it was an unpleasant walk off the fell. At the end of Arnison Crag we took a pathless shortcut – that we swore we would never use again years ago – to save around twenty minutes of walking. This was the only day I had the camera out all day and had to cover it with a dryliner bag whenever a heavy shower came in. I also broke the lens hood. We drove to Keswick for afternoon coffee and toast at Brysons. The new Paramo store across the square was the next stop for new trousers. These Paramos had cost £85 14 years ago and they have just brought a new model out. We had two choices, The old model was reduced to…..£85 – after 14 years we could pay the same price or we could return the old trousers - cleaned – and get a £50 voucher towards the new model, which are £135, or £85 with the voucher. The old ones were ¾ of a mile away in the car – unwashed – so we bought the old model. Needless to say we had a couple of drinks in the Golden Rule in Ambleside every night before our tea.
Leah Garchik in the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Monday, July 7, 2014
Postcard from Paris:
Strolling through the Garden Villemin, Adda Dada overheard an American father tell his children, "It's just like San Francisco. But they speak French."
Actually, it's not just like San Francisco. Dada was witness to the American family toting pink boxes for Pink Flamingo pizza, making use of a culinary innovation that hasn't quite arrived yet around here.
A nature lover enjoying an afternoon in the park but in need of a snack hails a Pink Flamingo pizza bike messenger who rides along the sides of the Canal St. Martin or the Seine, ready to take orders. He calls in the order and ties a pink helium balloon to the customer's wrist, "so the pizza delivery person can spot you easily in a sea of sun worshipers." The pizza gets delivered directly to the customer, who's not had to get up off the grass or bench.
"This is truly a Parisian tradition," says Dada. (The family, to whom he spoke, turned out to be from Davis.)
Car 972 in traffic, Carondelet Street at Gravier Street.
The St. Charles line has a very long history. It opened with steam traction on 1835 September 26. Electric traction was placed in service on 1893 February 1.
The cars were built in 1923 and 1924 by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works, High Point, North Carolina (this company is now named "Thomas Built Buses"). Thomas built 73 of the 900-series cars, of which 35 remain in service.
The 900-series cars have two motors, one in each bogie ("truck"). One thing I noticed back in 1972 was that these cars accelerated slowly - very slowly. Late at night, the trip from Canal Street to S. Claiborne St. could be completed is significantly less time, because of fewer stops.
UPDATE: Rescanned image uploaded 2024 October 13. Click to enlarge.
1972 June.
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Visitors enjoy the Innovations in Flight Outdoor Aviation Display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA, August 21, 2021. (Smithsonian photo by Mark Avino).
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Photo walk, early evening in this charming town
Soriano nel Cimino is a town in the province of Viterbo, set amidst the chestnut woods of the Cimini Mountains and surrounded by two rivers, both tributaries of the Tiber. From the urban point of view, it features the characteristics of medieval center, dominated by the predominant Orsini Castle, around which developed the civilian homes, that follow the slope of the hill.
Mentioned for the first time by the Roman historian Titus Livius in his work "Ab Urbe Condita", which narrates how the Roman troops defeated those Etruscans who lived in the area, in the IV century A.D. A population that were evangelized by Sant'Eutizio, martyred by Diocletian and was buried in the catacombs of Soriano.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the town was the subject of raids of Barbarian invaders, until the territory was donated to the Pope by the Lombard king Liutprando. After being under the control of the Benedictine monks, it was ceded to the Orsini Family, who stated the construction of the castle, still visible. In 1420 the Breton troops, called by the Pope to quell some riots, established a period of calm and La Rocca and Soriano were assigned to the Colonna Family. This domination was followed by those of other local lords, often with a degree of kinship with the Pope on turn.
Sites of Interest:
- the Orsini Castle, the most representative building of the town, surrounded by high walls and battlements. It features a palace built by Pope Nicholas III Orsini, from an older tower and a series of smaller buildings that connected between each other. Around the castle spread the medieval village, with its narrow and winding streets;
- Palazzo Chigi, built in the second half of the XVI century by Cardinal Madruzzo, which is also responsible for the construction of the Fountain Papacqua, that adorns the terrace, accessible through the main front door. It consists of bas-reliefs carved into the rock with a series of representations, such as: Moses strikes the rock with a stick from which flows the water to quench a crowd of Jews pleading, a gigantic female figure that holds close three children away from a satyr; a shepherd with his flock that plays the flute while god Pan rips the ground waving a wand;
- the XVIII century Church of San Nicola di Bari, designed by Giulio Camporese in Neoclassical style. The interior features a Greek cross plan with rosettes in stucco, a fine wooden choir, a triptych and the Gothic statue of St. Anthony Abbot. The exterior features Doric columns on the first floor, and Ionic on the second, divided by a ledge in the middle of which opens a window;
- the Church of Sant'Eutizio, built in medieval times but rebuilt in the XVIII century, with a XIV century marble oil pix attributed to Andrea Bregno;
- the Church of San Giorgio, built in the XI century in Romanesque style, with elegant ornaments in the portal, in the apse and the tympanum;
- the Holy Trinity Church, built in the XVIII century, and within which is preserved an image of the Madonna and Child by the Art school of Siena;
- the Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Baroque style;
- the Church of the Madonna del Poggio, with its connecting Convent;
- Porta Romana, built by Prince Charles Albani in the XVIII century in order to set a limit to the boundaries of the town's center.
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, is a Catholic church on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, also serving as the mother church of the Congregation of Holy Cross in the United States. The neo-gothic church has 44 large stained glass windows and murals completed over a 17 year period by the Vatican painter Luigi Gregori. The basilica bell tower is 218 feet (66 m) high.
The current edifice was preceded by a smaller structure erected in 1848 by Father Edward Sorin, CSC, the founder of the University of Notre Dame. The current neo-gothic church was begun in 1870 and consecrated by Bishop Joseph Gregory Dwenger on August 15, 1888. In 1968, the church was renovated with the intention of bringing it in line with the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council, although some claim that renovations of this type were not mandated by the Council. The church again received a renovation 20 years later executed by Conrad Schmitt Studios. The conservation and restoration of the historic stained glass windows, created in Le Mans, France, was one of the studio’s largest single projects, with 116 windows and over 1,200 panels of glass. On January 17, 1992, Pope John Paul II raised the Church of the Sacred Heart to the status of basilica. This status helps make it a popular destination for pilgrims and tourists to the site, who number around 50,000 per year. At one time, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky CSC of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, was rector of the basilica, before he became head of the religious community there and later auxiliary bishop and vicar general of the diocese. Under his tenure, many strides and revisions were made and the church was elevated to a basilica.
The basilica is the main liturgical center for the university community. Mass is held twice daily while the university is in session and once daily during breaks. Each weekend there are three Sunday masses celebrated for students, faculty, staff and community members. The basilica is a popular place for weddings of Notre Dame alumni, hosting several weddings each Saturday that the Fighting Irish do not have a home football game. The basilica has also been the site of final professions and ordination masses for the Congregation of Holy Cross, as well as funerals for the religious community and for alumni.
Each Sunday evening the basilica holds Solemn Vespers and a special service during Advent known as Lessons and Carols. Stations of the Cross is celebrated each Friday during the season of Lent. At other times throughout the year the basilica hosts special liturgies of all kinds.
Since 2002, Sunday masses from the basilica have been broadcast nationwide.
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Fresh spring growth of tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera).
Photgrapher: Sam Sheline, courtesy of NatureServe
Bei der Notre-Dame de Valère in Sion / Sitten im Rhônetal des Kanton Wallis in der Schweiz :
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Das Château de Valère steht im Rhônetal in Sion - Sitten im Kanton Wallis - Valais in
der Schweiz.
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Unter den mittelalterlichen Bischofsresidenzen der Schweiz nimmt Sitten - Sion gewiss
eine Sonderstellung ein, den keine andere Stadt mit einem Bischofssitz ist heute noch
so reich an Burgen und sonstigen mittelalterlichen Wehrbauten wie Sitten.
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Als eigentliche Wahrzeichen des Ortes erheben sich auf steilen Felsrücken hoch über
der Stadt die festen Valeria und T.ourbillon. Auf dem schmalen Grat, der sich von
T.ourbillon gegen die U.nterstadt hin erstreckt, ragen die B.urgen des bischöflichen
Meiers ( Majoria ) und des V.iztums, und auf einer F.elsterrasse am Aufstieg gegen
Valeria standen einst die Bauten der ursprünglichen Bischofsresidenz, nämlich ein
Palast mit angebautem Turm neben der St.-P.eters - K.irche und die Kurie, ein Wohn-
turm an der Stelle der heutigen D.reifaltigkeitskirche.
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Diese Kurie muss schon im Frühmittelalter bestanden haben, auch wenn der nachmalige
Turm erst dem 12. oder 13. Jahrhundert angehört. Denn Sitten war Bischofsresidenz seit
dem ausgehenden 6. Jahrhundert, als der Bischof sein ursprüngliches Domizil von O.cto-
durus - M.artigny weiter talaufwärts in das sicherer gelegene Sitte verlegte.
Vom hochmittelalterlichen Bischofspalast haben sich noch ansehnliche Mauerteile im
Gebäude des heutigen T.heaters erhalten.
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Die ursprüngliche Siedlung von Sitten lag vermutlich im gut geschützten Sattel zwischen
Valeria und T.ourbillon, hinter der bischöflichen Residenz.
Inwieweit die heutige Stadt, die als Siedlung im 11. Jahrhundert bereits bestanden haben
muss und sich westlich des Felsmassivs von Valeria und T.ourbillon in die Ebene er-
streckte, auf eine r.ömische Niederlassung zurückgeht, wäre noch abzuklären.
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Eine erste Stadtbefestigung, welche eine kleine überbaute Fläche direkt unterhalb der
bischöflichen Residenz umgab, dürfte schon im späten 11. Jahrhundert existiert haben,
während die Ummauerung der ausgedehnten Siedlung rechts der S.itter mit der
K.athedrale und den Stadtteilen M.alacuria, G.laviney und P.ratifori im ausgehenden
12. Jahrhundert angelegt wurde.
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Von diesem äusseren Mauerring haben sich nur noch wenige Reste erhalten. Den
spektakulärsten teil bildet der so genannte H.exenturm, ein W.ehrturm mit Pfeffer-
büchsendach an der Nordwestecke des ehemaligen M.auerrings. Ganz verschwunden
sind die fünf S.tadttore.
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Über den frühsten Befestigungsanlagen von Sitten im ersten Jahrtausend fehlen uns
zuverlässige Angaben. Die Möglichkeit, dass die beiden Felshügel von T.ourbillon und
Valeria schon im Frühmittelalter Wehrbauten getragen haben, darf einstweilen nicht
ausgeschlossen werden, auch wenn archäologische Belege bis jetzt fehlen. Eine alte
bischöfliche „Curia“ wird urkundlich bereits im Jahre 9.9.9 erwähnt. Über ihr Aussehen
ist allerdings nichts bekannt.
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In jenem Jahr erhielt der Bischof von Sitten durch die Übertragung der Grafschaftsrechte
im Wallis von König Rudolf III von B.urgund formell das Recht, Befestigungen zu errichten.
Wie rasch und wie intensiv er von diesem Recht Gebrauch gemacht hat, wissen wir freilich
nicht.
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In den Befestigungsanlage von Sitten spiegelt sich die wildbewegte Geschichte des
Walliser Bistums im Mittelalter. Wiederholt ist der Ort angegriffen, erobert, geplündert
und verwüstet worden.
Bis in nachmittelalterliche Zeit hinein stand Sitten im Brennpunkt kriegerischer Ereignisse.
Der permanente politische und kriegerische Druck, der auf der Stadt lastete und der eine
Folge der Verstrickung des Bischofs in alle möglichen Konflikte bildete, sollte denn auch
eine Emanzipation der Stadtgemeinde auf lange Sicht verhindern.
Im Unterschied zu anderen Bischofsstädten, die sich im verlaufe des Spätmittelalters aus
der Oberherrschaft des geistlichen Stadtherrn zu lösen vermochten, blieb für Sitten das
Untertanenverhältnis bis ins 17. Jahrhundert bestehen, und der Bischof übte mit Hilfe
seiner in den Burgen über der Stadt hausenden Beamten ohne nennenswerten Widerstand
seine Herrschaft aus.
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Die Machtstellung des Bischof und die Präsenz seines aus weltlichen und geistlichen
Herren bestehenden Hofstaates blieb nicht ohne Auswirkung auf das Stadtbild. Anstelle
von städtischen Repräsentationsbauten, wie wir sie in anderen Orten als Ausdruck
bürgerlichen Selbstbewusstseins antreffen, finden wir in Sitten als dominierende Bau-
werke Burgen des Bischofs und seines adligen Hofstaates.
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Als berühmteste Burganlage von Sitten darf wohl Valeria gelte, die gewaltige Kirchenburg
auf ihrem schroffen Felsen hoch über der Stadt. Über ihren Ursprung ist nichts Sicheres
bekannt.
Vielleicht stand auf dem Platz der nachmaligen Kathedrale Unserer Lieben Frau von
Valeria schon im frühmittelalterlicher Zeit eine Kirche, und wenn man an die Bedeutung
des Platzes Sitten in frühmittelalterlicher Zeit denkt, kann selbst mit der Möglichkeit eines
vorchristlichen Höhenheiligtums gerechnet werden.
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Gewiss reichen die Anfänge der Befestigungsanlagen auf Valeria bis in die Jahrtausenden-
wende zurück, denn bereits um 1.0.5.0 wird der Wohnsitz der Sittener Domherren auf dem
Burgfelsen erwähnt.
Die heutige Kirchenburg besteht aus einem ausgedehnten Gebäudekomplex, der aus
Ringmauern, Zwinger- und Toranlagen, aus Wohnbauten und Wehrtürmen zusammen-
gesetzt ist und sich in unregelmässiger, den natürlichen Felsformen angepasster An-
ordnung um die auf höchster Felszinne thronende Kathedrale herum gruppiert.
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Diese majestätische Kirche, der Jungfrau Maria geweiht, ist in verschiedenen Bauetappen
zwischen dem frühen 12. und dem ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert entstanden und stellt
eine eindrückliche Mischung von romanischen und gotischen, von sakralen und fort-
ifikatorischen Bauelementen dar.
Bietet sich das Innere als reiner S.akralraum dar, ist der gedrungene G.lockenturm als
wehrhafter Donjon gestaltet, und den oberen Chorabschluss bildet ein Wehrgang mit
Zinnenkranz.
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Der äussere Burgbezirk, der die Wohn- und Repräsentationsräume enthält und von einer
langen, der unregelmässigen Felskante folgenden Ringmauer umgeben wird, zerfällt in
einen Vorburg- und einen Kernburgbereich.
Der vom Sattel zwischen Valeria und T.ourbillon aus steil aufsteigende Zugangsweg
führt zunächst zu einem äusseren Tor, durch das man in die Vorburg gelangt. An deren
Ringmauer sind innen verschiedene Gebäude angelehnt. Im einen ist die „Caminata“
untergebracht, ein repräsentativer Empfangssaal aus dem 13. Jahrhundert.
In einem etwas zurückgestaffelten, kleineren Gebäude befand sich die Wachstube, von
der aus die Burghut betreut wurde. Ein inneres T.or, die „P.orta f.errate“, bei der sich
früher ein Wehrturm erhob, führte von der Vorbug in die Kernburg.
Diese umfasste ausser der Kathedrale einen ausgedehnten Gebäudekomplex, in dem
sich die Wohnräume des Dekans und der Domherren sowie der Sitzungssaal des Dom-
kapitels ( „Kalendenhaus“ ) befand.
Letzterer ist durch F.resken mit der Darstellung der Neuen Guten Helden geschmückt.
Der weitläufige, aus Wohn-, Wehr- und Repräsentationsbauten zusammengesetzte Ge-
bäudekomplex ist in zahlreichen Bauetappen entstanden.
Die ältesten Partien mögen noch bis ins 11. Jahrhundert zurückreichen ( Teile der Ring-
mauer) , während die Wohngebäude mehrheitlich aus dem 13. und 14. Jahrhundert
stammen. Um- und Ausbauten sind bis in nachmittelalterliche Zeit hinein vorgenommen
worden. Die Wasserversorgung der Wehranlage ist durch eine grosse T.ankzisterne in
der Nähe des Kircheneinganges sichergestellt worden.
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Als sakraler Mittelpunkt und als Wohnsitz der Domherren ist die Kirchenburg Valeria von
den kriegerischen Verheerungen, die im Laufe der Jahrhunderte Sitten heimsuchten,
weitgehend verschont geblieben. Ein um so bewegteres Schicksal hat dafür die benach-
barte, auf noch höherem Felsmassiv gelegene Feste T.ourbillon erlebt.
Ab 1.8.8.3 erneuert, ist die Kirchenburg heute eines der ältesten historischen M.useen in
der Schweiz.
Wichtige, religiöse Kunstobjekte des Mittelalters ( S.kulpturen, A.ltaraufsätze, Gold-
schmiedekunst, E.lfenbein und M.öbel ) bilden die Zeugen der Walliser Geschichte
( R.üstungen und alte W.affen, U.niformen des Walliser Regiments in F.remdenlegionen).
Eine interessante Kollektion an ethnologischen Objekten dokumentiert das wirtschaftliche
Leben, die Bräuche und die K.ostüme der verschiedenen Täler des Kantons.
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In der Kirche befindet sich die älteste spielbare O.rgel der Welt, die etwa 1.4.3.0 erbaut
wurde.
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B.urgent.our + S.chlössert.our durch`s R.hônet.al am 18. November 2009
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Mit dem Z.ug von B.ern über T.hun - V.isp nach M.artigny , wegen starkem R.egen direkt umgekehrt nach S.ion - S.itten
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Mit dem F.ahrr.ad durch die A.lts.tadt zum R.ath.aus , R.uine T.ourbillon , N.otre - D.ame de V.alère
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Weiter mit dem R.egionalz.ug nach S.axon
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Mit dem F.ahrr.ad zur R.uine S.axon - S.aillon mit R.uine - C.hamson - A.rdon ( V.S - 503m )
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Mit dem Z.ug über S.ion - S.itten - V.isp zurück nach B.ern
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Fu fondata nel V secolo da san Lorenzo Siro, giunto in Italia dalla Siria con la sorella Susanna ed altri monaci.
La prima abbazia fu costruita nei pressi di un tempio pagano, dedicato alla dea Vacuna, e di una villa romana in rovina. Appena costruita, distrutta dai Longobardi verso la fine del VI secolo, secondo la leggenda fu ricostruita nel 705 da Tommaso di Moriana, proveniente da Gerusalemme. Da quel momento iniziò lo sviluppo dell'abbazia che si ingrandì con nuovi fabbricati e diventò sempre più ricca per le rinnovate piantagioni di olivi e la bonifica di molte terre circostanti. Alla morte di Tommaso, divennero abati altri due monaci francesi, Auneperto di Tolosa e Lucerio di Maurienne.
L'abbazia crebbe in importanza e considerazione e ricevette elargizioni, privilegi, esenzioni, da parte di imperatori e papi e diventa così una vera potenza interposta fra il patrimonio di Pietro ed il Ducato di Spoleto.
Farfa era un'abbazia imperiale, svincolata dal controllo pontificio ma vicinissima alla Santa Sede, tant'è vero che il suo abate era a capo di una diocesi suburbicaria (quella attualmente confluita nella diocesi Sabina-Poggio Mirteto ne è solo una parte, visto che in origine essa seguiva l'orografia appenninica fino a lambire i territori del primo nucleo territoriale pontificio, quello che Liutprando ricavò dal "corridoio bizantino" con la donazione di Sutri). Nel momento più alto della sua potenza l'abbazia controllava 600 tra chiese e conventi, 132 castelli o piazzeforti e 6 città fortificate, per un totale di più di 300 villaggi: si diceva che l'abate facesse ombra alla potenza del papa, ma in realtà il suo potere era quello di un vero e proprio legatario imperiale incaricato della difesa del Lazio e della rappresentanza degli interessi imperiali presso la Santa Sede.
Uomini colti, degni e devoti, si succedettero alla direzione dell'abbazia, come ad esempio l'abate Sicardo, parente di Carlo Magno. Durante il regno di Carlo Magno, l'abbazia ebbe il massimo sviluppo edilizio, che ne modificò così tanto la struttura originale che solo di recente è stato possibile ricostruirla. In pochi decenni divenne uno dei centri più conosciuti e prestigiosi dell'Europa medievale; Carlo Magno stesso, poche settimane prima di essere incoronato in Campidoglio il 25 dicembre 800, visitò l'abbazia e vi sostò. Per comprendere l'importanza economica di Farfa basti pensare che nel terzo decennio del IX secolo, sotto l'abate Ingoaldo, essa possedeva una nave commerciale esentata dai dazi dei porti dell'impero carolingio.
La penetrazione dei Saraceni - dopo sette anni di resistenza delle milizie agli ordini del capitolo del monastero - indusse l'Abate Pietro I ad abbandonare Farfa; l'Abbazia fu presa e incendiata. Uno dei tre gruppi di monaci fuggiaschi, trovò riparo a Roma. Restò traccia della presenza dei monaci nell'insula francese di Roma: nei pressi della chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi e nei luoghi che avevano ospitato le Terme di Nerone furono ritrovate - durante i lavori di restauro dei sotterranei di palazzo Madama, ad opera dell'amministrazione del Senato alla fine degli anni Ottanta del XX secolo - tracce di un cimitero appartenente al capitolo degli abati di Farfa.
Passato il pericolo il capitolo tornò a Farfa sotto la guida di Ratfredo che, divenuto Abate, nel 913 completò la chiesa. Con la decadenza dell'Impero carolingio, nel periodo degli Ottoni la fedeltà imperiale del capitolo abbaziale - che intanto aveva abbracciato la riforma cluniacense - si tradusse in filo-germanesimo, che proseguì lungo tutto il periodo della lotta per le investiture.
da wikipedia
In November 2013 the first survey after more than 30 years was executed by the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen.
Myanmar is probably among the countries in Southeast Asia with the most intact marine environment, but our findings in 2013 indicate that fish stocks have been reduced and fish communities changed structure since the surveys in 1980. This has serious consequences for the availability of fish for food, jobs and income for coastal population in Myanmar.
Based on the findings the Department of Fisheries in Myanmar asked FAO and CDCF to conduct a follow-up study to confirm the results and also to identify any seasonality in the ecosystem. This survey will be conducted from April 28 to June 2 this year. We will repeat the survey made in 2013 and try to verify results. In addition, we will map the biodiversity and the marine environment. Among the participants there is Merete Kvalsund that will provide a glimpse of work and life on board. The work is part of the EAF-Nansen Project.
Photo credits IMR, Bergen, Norway
A mad dash through the back streets of Woodley and Twyford had got us from Duffield Road to Ruscombe while Bittern filled up with water... A third shot of Bittern for the day! LNER Gresley A4 Pacific 4-6-2 4464 "Bittern" pulls away from its scheduled stop at Twyford, leading the return Oxford to Lewes "Cathedrals Express" charter . The A4 took over the train at Willesden and was a late replacement for A1 "Tornado", which failed its fitness to run examination the day before.
Bult in 1943 to USAAF marked 42-18814. In Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ, USA 18. October 2017
St Cuthbert's parish church in Wells, Somerset, is one of those churches which would invite uneviable comparison with the huge cathedral which dominates the other end of the city of Wells. But, despite the presence of its bigger neighbour, St Cuthbert's manages to establish itself as a splendid building in its own right.
While the cathedral plays with architecture as a massive concept, the builders of St Cuthberts achieved a delicacy - both inside and out - which the cathedral does not. If the cathedral is shouting the Christian message then St Cuthbert's is a quiet yet authoritative whisper. The church's crowning glory is a superb painted ceiling in the nave which would put some cathedrals I have visited to shame.
www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/sets/72157629185113870/ to view the full set.
Wearing my film geek hat for a moment, St Cuthbert's appears extensively in the 2007 British action comedy 'Hot Fuzz' as the parish church of the mythical town of Sandford. The film's director Edgar Wright came from Wells and chose his home town for many scenes in Hot Fuzz including the 'Hollywood style' epic shoot-out in the town square. Wright said of Wells: "I love it but I also want to trash it".
In the film Britain's most effective police officer (Simon Pegg) is exiled from London to Sandford for having a 400% arrest record in the belief that a quiet country town will crimp his style. Instead he discovers the town is under the thumb of a murderous neighbourhood watch scheme run by actors Edward Woodward, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, Kenneth Cranham and Billie Whitelaw.
St Cuthbert's churchyard is used as the setting for the church fair while the church tower is used for the murder of the town's local newspaper reporter - his crime was too many misprints and factual errors. Timothy Dalton even comes to grief on a scale model of St Cuthbert's in the film's finale. Actor Paul Freeman portrayed the vicar of 'Sandford parish church'.
See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Fuzz
The church is believed to have Saxon origins but the Saxon church may have been located further up the hill than the present site. The only traces of the Norman church are a damaged piscina and all later major developments are 13th to 16th century. Until 1561 the church had a central tower but, as encountered in other British churches, this was unstable and either collapsed or was removed around that date.
Site of the former South Tyneside College In Hebburn.
These pictures were taken looking towards the college from the Gateshead side.
I think these pictures are of the canteen block and an entrance to the theatre hall at the back of the building.
Bound to be yet another below par housing estate sometime soon.
Since the college closed in 2011 it has been used for Police terrorist training (apparently) and a part of it was turned into a morgue for ITV's Vera police/detective program.
Feel free to use these pictures but (if possible) please drop me an email so I can see how they are being used.
Lee
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