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The Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library are two grade II* listed buildings on William Brown Street, Liverpool, England which now form part of the Liverpool Central Library.
Chairman of the William Brown Library and Museum Sir James Picton laid the foundation stone of the Picton Reading Room in 1875. It was designed by Cornelius Sherlock, and modelled after the British Museum Reading Room, and was the first electrically lit library in the UK. It was completed in 1879. The front is semicircular with Corinthian columns, and the shape was chosen by the architect to cover the change in the axis of the row of buildings at this point. The Hornby Reading Room (named after Hugh Frederick Hornby) by Thomas Shelmerdine was added in 1906. It stands behind the older building and the interior is decorated in the Edwardian Imperial style.
This is one of the most impressive buildings I have had the pleasure of being in and highly recommend a visit.
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, taken in near-infrared light, transforms the pillars into eerie, wispy silhouettes, which are seen against a background of myriad stars.
The near-infrared light can penetrate much of the gas and dust, revealing stars behind the nebula as well as hidden away inside the pillars. Some of the gas and dust clouds are so dense that even the near-infrared light cannot penetrate them. New stars embedded in the tops of the pillars, however, are apparent as bright sources that are unseen in the visible image.
The ghostly bluish haze around the dense edges of the pillars is material getting heated up by the intense ultraviolet radiation from a cluster of young, massive stars and evaporating away into space. The stellar grouping is above the pillars and cannot be seen in the image. At the top edge of the left-hand pillar, a gaseous fragment has been heated up and is flying away from the structure, underscoring the violent nature of star-forming regions.
Astronomers used filters that isolate the light from newly formed stars, which are invisible in the visible-light image. At these wavelengths, astronomers are seeing through the pillars and even through the back wall of the nebula cavity and can see the next generations of stars just as they're starting to emerge from their formative nursery.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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"So, Joel, is this that different from a university in your time?"
"Eh, maybe a little cleaner."
Callus: *contemplates*
fr: Le chemin vers la Connaissance II, passage entre le Louvre et l'Académie francaise, Paris, France
HDR* (averaging) from 3 exposures - tripod - EXIF from 0ev - curve and levels adjustments in PS CS3
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Inside the Gould Memorial Library on the former New York University Campus now the home of Bronx Community College
This building is no longer used replaced by a new library building designed by Robert A M Stern.
I met John and his wheelbarrow as I stood admiring his bonfire across the other side of the small river that runs alongside the canal towpath. He was in the process of tidying the river bank after fallen trees from months gone by.
John is a Landscape Architect and has been in the area for 15 years... as with most "strangers", he said that given the opportunity to have his life over again, he'd still have chosen the same work! We chatted about the local environment and the Ash dieback situation, and it was obvious that John has an affinity and deep knowledge of such matters.
I explained the ethos behind the "100 strangers" flickr project and handed over details of the website before asking for a portrait.
For the shot, the light in this part of the valley was particularly atmospheric - just ½ hour before sunset and with a gentle mist descending - ideal conditions for a soft contrast portrait, although I had to open up the aperture to f/2.8 as the natural light was fading. As always, I spot-metered on the face.
Thank you John for being part of my project to photograph 100 strangers (www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers)
Le mât totémique du savoir a été sculpté par l'artiste salish du littoral, Cicero August et ses fils Darrel et Doug August.
Il est installé à l'extérieur des édifices du Parlement de la Colombie-Britannique, à Victoria.
Lovely place to visit. Have been before but this part was locked...Really worth a visit if you're in the area - extremely peaceful inside...
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/st-olaves-priory/
The following words have been taken from the English Heritage website...
This small Augustinian priory was founded by Roger FitzOsbert in about 1216. It is dedicated to Olaf, the 11th-century king and patron saint of Norway whose stark Christian message was ‘baptism or death’.
An inventory taken in 1536 records little of value and the priory was probably already in decline when it was suppressed a year later. In 1547 Sir Henry Jerningham converted the buildings to the north of the cloister into a private house, but little of this survived when the priory was dismantled in 1784.
Around 1825 the floor of the refectory undercroft was raised and the building was converted into a cottage which was occupied until 1902.
The hidden gem in this unassuming ruin is its 14th-century refectory undercroft. Its vaulted brick ceiling is an important early example of the use of brick in England. Supported on Purbeck marble columns, it is still almost complete and retains much of its original plasterwork.
The only parts of the church to survive are a stretch of the south aisle, the west wall and parts of the north wall. The foundations of some of the brick-faced piers that supported the cloister arcade are visible, but nothing remains of the west range except the flintwork cloister wall, which is pierced near the north end by a 14th-century doorway.
At the back of the refectory is a fragment of Jerningham’s 16th-century house that escaped destruction, which includes a reused 14th-century doorway.
April 11, 2010: Taken with the STUN Photography Group, at the "Totally Awesome 80s Photo Shoot" in GB West High.
North Plains, Oregon. Special thanks to Sam Larsen for sharing his deep knowledge of this area and for driving. OM26507
Camara / Camera: Nikon D750
Objetivo/Lense: Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 VC
Place: Congost de Mont-rebei (Spain)
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If you Google “How many types of bears are there?” you will get an answer back ranging from a low of 8 to a high of 13. I’m sure there is much mud in that water as you can probably get the experts arguing about sub-species and the like. As far as I am concerned there are just two…the ones who have been hunted and fear man, and those who do not see man as a threat nor meal.
I have been blessed over the years to visit several hotspots for bear activity and capture both the Black and Coastal Brown/Grizzly (based on their location) bears in the complete range of available ages. Of my hundreds of bear photographs, some shared, most not, this one is the only time I was threatened.
Of all the other shots shared, whether in Katmai National Park at Morain Creek or Brooks Falls, or Alligator River NWR in North Carolina…or Wyoming, Florida, Tennessee or Montana…for the most part, they were bears that did not see humans as a threat, nor a source of food. Thus, you are relatively safe as long as you play by the rules and don’t do anything stupid.
This guy however was spotted on the scent of something and in a ¾ gallop coming down the side of a mountain when I spotted him from my car on the Teller-Nome Highway back in July. As I sped up the gravel road to get closer to my perceived location where his angle, if maintained would intersect the road. I stopped the car some 100 yards from that spot and set up my camera, and my 600mm lens on a monopod.
All this time I could clearly see that he was so locked on that scent that the old, fat Italian guy in the silver Ford Explorer, slamming his door on departure wasn’t even noticed! I started taking my safety shots as he continued his quest, downhill at the same gate. Then without warning, he went full stop (and because of my inability to calculate angles on the fly, he was now some 40-45 yards away) and started snorting, huffing and puffing! If I were a little closer and the wind down a bit, I’m pretty sure I would have heard a growl or two mixed in. I could see the confusion, the frustration in his eyes. He was torn with continuing on his quest or kicking my behind for interfering. For the record…I never meant to get this close, nor interfere in the hunt…either for prey or the ladies!
For a few seconds, maybe 10, he stayed in one location, doing half circles and expressing his displeasure. I took a few shots, comfortable in the knowledge that I had bear spray on my hip, a pistol in my hoodie pocket and a vehicle 25 feet away. When he decided to lunge in my direction as if coming out of an Olympic starting block…I snapped this shot and ran like hell for the car!
Getting into the car with my big lens attached to an extended monopod would normally be quite the trick, but with a pissed off bear danger close, all of me and it fit in there lightning fast.
I started the car and put it in gear before even looking out the open window to check his status. Once I did, I could see that he had closed the gap between us by some 10-15 yards and was doing his half circle thing again. After a second or two he made his choice and decided to continue his quest, crossing the road in front of me and disappearing in the roadside bushes of the open tundra.
I rolled up my window and detached my camera from the lens so I could review the encounter. An encounter that made me happy with getting a shot of the lunge and the whole “my survival” thing…but also feeling a bit stupid as either I really miscalculated the angle or he changed it. Either way, I was stupid close and neither of us needs to feel threatened, and it was all my fault.
Surviving another stupid human stunt before dementia!
Just a really cool tree I’d been eyeing off for sometime in New Zealand, and on this particular winters afternoon, I decided to take the shot.
Europe, The Netherlands, Overijssel, Hengelo, Tuindorp, ROC van Twente (uncut)
The city of Hengelo is often called the 'metal city' because of its industrial facilities. The former foundry (ijzergieterij) of the Stork factory is shown here. It was constructed in 1902 and later was used for the maintenance of industrial appliances.
It served this purpose until the end of the 90s and was redeveloped into a school for professional education (ROC Twente) in 2009 by Harry Abels (IAA Architecten) and restoration architect Maarten Fritz (Architectenbureau Fritz).
Like we mostly do, we asked permission to enter. After gaining it (‘OK, but please leave after 5 minutes’), we walked into the astounding redeveloped industrial space. And met a security crew that looked at us somewhat dubiously. Time for a chat: ‘You’re out in force in today’ (there were 4 of them). ‘We’re here because of Corona’, and they told that they were astonished by the number of tourists that have started to visit the facility. ‘This is no tourist attraction’. ‘But you are !” and smiling I showed them a new leaflet ('Tuindorp-route') of the municipal tourist office (VVV) in which the building, its history, and architecture are featured.
We talked some more, and one of the guards told us that she knows the building well - her father had worked there, and during a holiday she had worked there too, as a temp.
This is number 216 of Urban frontiers and 385 of Interiors.
Back on the ligne de la Côte Bleue, here the focus is less on nature and more on the infrastructure. A relatively rare example (in France, anyway) of a railway swing bridge crosses the Canal de Caronte near Martigues. With a bit of luck (or prior knowledge), one can even get a nice long freight train on this bridge, but I did not have that luck on a Saturday, and as the shadows testify, waiting any longer was not an option either. So we will make do with an unidentified class X 72500 DMU on its way from Miramas to Marseille. Martigues, 11-09-2021.
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Saint Cuthbert (c. 634 – 20 March 687) was a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in what might loosely be termed the Kingdom of Northumbria in the North East of England.[5] After his death he became one of the most important medieval saints of Northern England, with a cult centred on his tomb at Durham Cathedral. Cuthbert is regarded as the patron saint of northern England. His feast days are 20 March and 4 September (translation).
Oswald was the son of Æthelfrith of Bernicia and came to rule after spending a period in exile; after defeating the British ruler Cadwallon ap Cadfan, Oswald brought the two Northumbrian kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira once again under a single ruler, and promoted the spread of Christianity in Northumbria. He was given a strongly positive assessment by the historian Bede, writing a little less than a century after Oswald's death, who regarded Oswald as a saintly king; it is also Bede who is the main source for present-day historical knowledge of Oswald. After eight years of rule, in which he was the most powerful ruler in Britain, Oswald was killed in the Battle of Maserfield.
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SSC - Steps or stairs
This was a tough challenge this week, a few years back steps and stairs were my favourite topic, almost an obsession. Recently I have not been visiting as many National Trust Properties and stately homes and as a result was struggling to find a subject. Luckily I then remembered these stairs in Braintree Library.
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SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST - ALONE!
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
❤️❤️ IT'S ALL JESUS AND NONE OF OURSELVES! ❤️❤️
16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the SALVATION of everyone WHO BELIEVES: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS REVEALED, a righteousness that is by FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST, just as it is written: "THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH." (Romans 1:16-17)
16 KNOW that a man is NOT justified by observing the law, but by FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in CHRIST and NOT by observing the law, BECAUSE BY OBSERVING THE LAW NO ONE WILL BE JUSTIFIED. (Galatians 2:16)
1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)
7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)
1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them." 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or 'Who will descend into the deep?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:1-13)
Jesus came to bring spiritual LIFE to the spiritually dead and set the captives FREE! FREE from RELIGION, ERROR and outright LIES, so WE might serve THE LIVING GOD! In SPIRIT and in TRUTH!
So you'll KNOW, and not think you're to bad for God to love. The Christian LIFE isn't about how good WE are, because NONE of us are! It's about how GOOD JESUS IS! Because JESUS LOVES US, so much he died in our place and took the punishment for all of our sins on himself. The wages of sin is DEATH, and Jesus took the death WE so richly deserved for us and died in our place. The good news is, there's no more punishment for sin left. WE, you and I were all born forgive as a result of the crucifixion of God himself on the cross that took away the sins of the whole world. All we have to do is believe it, and put your Faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. That my friends is REAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! YOU ARE LOVED. ❤️ ✝️ ❤️
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- im Benediktinerstift Admont kann man die größte Klosterbliothek der Welt bestaunen -
- the hugest monastery library of the world in the Benedictine Abbey Admont -
"Wir waren jene, die wussten, aber nicht verstanden,
voller Informationen, aber ohne Erkenntnis,
randvoll mit Wissen, aber mager an Erfahrung.
So gingen wir, von uns selbst nicht aufgehalten."
"We were those, who knew without understanding,
filled with informations but without awarness,
full to the brim with knowledge but so little experience.
So we were going on and could not stop ourselves."
- Roger Willemsen, Zukunftsrede/speech of the future 2015 -
melted snow under the dinosaur face
Neve sciolta...sotto la faccia dell'0ca incazzata...vedi l'occhio sulla dx,
oppure potete vederci la testa di un dinosauro....
fate voi.....
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