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Image taken 08.07.2023 by David Moth . At the Private Flyer Show, Leeds East/Church Fenton Airport , North Yorkshire
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I took these 11 Photographs of the Machinery used in Bottling Coca Cola at the World of Coca Museum, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invented Coca Cola in 1886. The Coca Cola Museum fronts on a small park near the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel where we stayed during our visit to Atlanta. The World of Coca Cola Museum is located at 121 Baker Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30313.
In June 2018, my wife & I attended a Family Wedding at the Hilton Garden Inn, 275 Baker Street in Atlanta, Georgia. One end the hallway on the on the 13 Floor (they call it Floor PH) gave me a Great View of the CSX Tracks, while the other end of the hallway gave me a great view of the Skyview Ferris Wheel across the street from Centennial Olympic Park.
Since we were in Atlanta for several days, I had some time to visit the Coca Cola Museum, which was a short 2 blocks away from our Hotel.
Xenia of St. Petersburg (Russian: Святая блаженная Ксения Петербургская, born as Xenia Grigoryevna Petrova (Russian: Ксения Григорьевна Петрова), c. 1719–1730 – c. 1803) is a patron saint of St. Petersburg, who according to tradition, gave all her possessions to the poor after her husband died.
Her husband had been Colonel Andrey Fyodorovich Petrov, a chanter at the Saint Andrew Cathedral. After his death, Xenia became a "fool-for-Christ" and for 45 years wandered around the streets of St. Petersburg, usually wearing her late husband's military uniform.
Xenia's grave is in the Smolensky Cemetery of St. Petersburg. It has been marked by an ornate chapel since 1902. She was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia on September 24, 1978 (O. S. September 11, 1978) in the Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign in New York, USA and by the Russian Orthodox Church on June 6, 1988, during the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. Her feast day in the Old Style Calendar is January 24, which is February 6 in the New Calendar. In July 2020, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church also resolved to include Xenia of St. Petersburg in its calendar on January 24.
As a saint, she is noted for her intercessions in helping those with employment, marriage, the homeless, for fires, for missing children, and for a spouse. She is venerated in several countries. There are about 40 churches and chapels built in her name.
Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (Russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; monastic name: Aleksiy; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) was Prince of Novgorod (1236–1240; 1241–1256; 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1249–1263), and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–1263).
Commonly regarded as a key figure in medieval Russian history, Alexander was a grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest and rose to legendary status on account of his military victories in northwestern Russia over Swedish invaders in the 1240 Battle of the Neva, as well as German crusaders in the 1242 Battle on the Ice. He preserved Eastern Orthodoxy, agreeing to pay tribute to the powerful Golden Horde. Metropolitan Macarius of Moscow canonized Alexander Nevsky as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1547.
The veneration of Alexander began almost immediately after his burial, when he reportedly extended his hand for the prayer of absolution. According to Orthodox tradition, Alexander foresaw his death and before this took strict Orthodox Christian monastic vows, called Great Schema, and took the name Alexey.[citation needed]
In 1380, Alexander's remains were uncovered in response to a vision before the Battle of Kulikovo and found to be incorrupt. The relics were then placed in a shrine in the church. Alexander was canonized as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church by Metropolitan Macarius in 1547.
In 1695, a new wooden reliquary was made in Moscow, and the relics were placed in it in 1697. By order of Peter the Great, the relics were then removed from Vladimir on 11 August 1723 and transported to Shlisselburg, arriving there on 20 September. There they were kept until 1724, when they were brought to Saint Petersburg and installed in the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra on 30 August.
In 1753, a silver shrine with sarcophagus for the relics, made from 90 pounds of silver, was donated by Empress Elizabeth of Russia. With the completion of the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in 1790, the shrine and relics were translated there at its consecration on 30 August, one of the saint's feast days.
In May 1922, during the general confiscation of Russian Orthodox Church property, the sarcophagus was opened and the relics removed;[better source needed] and the elaborate silver shrine was transferred to the Hermitage Museum. The relics were put into storage at the Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism, before being returned to Holy Trinity Cathedral in 1989. On 10 May 2023, the Hermitage Museum and Alexander Nevsky Lavra signed a contract for the transfer of the shrine to Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra for a period of 49 years. On 12 September 2023, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow placed the relics back into the silver sarcophagus.
Alexander's principal feast day is 23 November. A secondary feast day was instituted on 30 August in commemoration of his relics being placed in the Annunciation Church. He is jointly commemorated with other saints of Rostov and Yaroslavl on 23 May.
The University of Liverpool
Founded as a college in 1881, it gained its Royal Charter in 1903 with the right to confer its own degrees.
It comprises three faculties organised into 35 departments and schools.
It is one of the six 'red brick' civic universities and is often referred to as 'The Original Red Brick'.
The six universities that were the original red brick universities are: University of Birmingham, University of Bristol, University of Leeds, University of Liverpool, University of Manchester, University of Sheffield.
These universities got their ‘red brick’ label from the style of brickwork common at the time. The Victoria Building at the University of Liverpool was the inspiration behind the term,
The best known living University of Liverpool graduate is the former Director General of MI5, Stella Rimmington.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Liverpool
Graduation Day
Brownlow Hill
University Place
Pictures of the Memorial Walk "In the Footsteps of the 82nd Airborne Division". This walk ist to commemorate the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
You’re scared of room 237, ain’t ya?
A longtime and diehard fan of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining and a bona fide Yosemite junkie, I’ve always viewed the interior of the Ahwahnee Hotel with a mixture of awe and dread. One can be forgiven if—upon first entering the grand hotel—he feels as though he’s just stepped from what John Muir called “the great temple,” into the lobby and great hall of the horrible Overlook Hotel. In fact, if there is a break in the illusion, it is that the common spaces of the Ahwahnee, rather than pregnant with foreboding silence, are overflowing with visitors.
This resemblance is no accident of course. Mr. Kubrick designed his set (especially the Colorado Room and the lobby) to mimic the Ahwahnee, and indeed, I have a hard time seeing the chandeliers, rugs, tables and windows of this hotel without imagining Mr. Torrance clacking away upon his Adler upon one of the long, sturdy tables. Smiling menacingly amidst the tourists and hikers come to catch a few moments rest by the enormous fireplace. All work and no play …
The great coup of The Shining was its replacement of Stephen King’s extensive backstory with a brooding atmosphere and a churning sense of doom. Mr. King allegedly hated it, but the rest of us fell in love with the film. No other film adaptation of Mr. King’s work risen to the mark that Stanley Kubrick set.
Now, Mr. Kubrick was a hell of a still photographer in his own right, and, for my money, it is no coincidence that he possessed a preternatural capability for creating mood. The greatest trick in still photography is to create a sense of place, to render a three-dimensional, flesh and blood world in the rectangular space of an emulsion or a computer screen replete with a taste of the subject’s emotive power. Now, there can be no argument that Mr. Kubrick achieved at least that throughout the film.
For my own part, I am fascinated with the reality that serves as the foundation for imagination and dreams. I’ve spent considerable time photographing The University of Chicago both because it served as the backdrop for a decade my own adventures and because it carries with it a germ of Oxford, one of many templates for Hogwart’s.
I can be forgiven then for long planning to shoot the Ahwahnee interiors. “But,” I always asked myself, “how to capture the silence and desolation that so defined the film?” How could I turn The Ahwahnee into The Overlook?
The answer came with a winter bug that laid me low. Feeling feverish and fortunate enough to be a guest, I sneaked out of bed late one night, closed the door gently behind me, and stepped into the long, carpeted hallways of The Overlook Hotel.
My interpretation of the approved but never applied (ref www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1473535) tail representing the West Coast of the USA based on a quilt by Sherry A Byrd. G-BNLW chosen as the registration as this plane never received a World Image, going straight from Landor to Union Flag.
HRH Duchess of Cambridge leaves the National Portrait Gallery after attending a Gala Night.
Catherine Middleton grew up in Chapel Row at Bucklebury, studied in Scotland at the University of St Andrews, where she met the then Prince William of Wales in 2001. They married in Westminster Abbey in April, 2011 and she became HRH Duchess of Cambridge.
I finally photographed this series I have been wanting to do for two years!
In March of 2018, Fortune Cookie Soap (a family run bath and soap company in Oklahoma) did a sailor moon themed limited edition line, called "Soap Scouts in the Name of FCS." The blind monthly box was released March 10th, 2018, which had six products. Then at the end of the month of March, then released the huge extended collection.
This photo series showcases the extended collection.
Princess Serenity / Sailor Moon's tribute honored her in her regal glory. The smell and products were called "Moon Princess". In the monthly blind box, her product was a clarifying shampoo - shown here: flic.kr/p/GvMx5P
For the extended line, her products were extended into:
Body Wash
Lip Scrub
Whipped Cream
Whipped Soap
Bubble Scoop
Bath Bomb (The little red bow on top is made of soap!)
Fortune Cookie Soap (shown in different picture)
Moon Princess Scent Description for the clarifying shampoo:
For Love and Justice, the pretty sailor suited soldier Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon, I will punish you, untamed hair! Jelly filled donuts, bubblegum, cotton candy, and lemon drops, transform your locks to a state of complete serenity with this perfect clarifying shampoo.
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak meets young people at the launch of the Kickstart scheme at Canary Wharf in London
Original Caption: The Cherokee who did not support the New Echota Treaty, which stripped the tribe of their land and rights and eventually led to the Trail of Tears, sent this petition to the Senate in 1836.
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: SEN24B-C4
From:: Records Relating to Treaties with Indian Tribes, compiled 1789 - 1871
Created By:: U.S. Senate. (03/04/1789 - )
Production Date: 1836
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Repository: Center for Legislative Archives (NWL), National Archives Building
Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. NARA maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html
Access Restrictions: Unrestricted
Use Restrictions: Unrestricted
Hundreds of thousands of Thais pay homage to King Bhumibol Adulyadej during his birthday celebration. At sunset, everyone raises their candle and sings to their king. The chorus of voices is breathe taking. The Temple of the Emerald Buddha stands in the back ground.
Florence, capital of Italy’s Tuscany region and birthplace of the Renaissance, is home to masterpieces of art and architecture. One of its most iconic sites is the Florence Cathedral, with its terra-cotta-tiled dome engineered by Brunelleschi and bell tower designed by Giotto. The Galleria dell'Accademia displays Michelangelo’s “David,” while the Uffizi Gallery exhibits pre-eminent works such as Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” and da Vinci’s “Annunciation.”
You don't have to go into galleries, museums or churches to see beauty in Florence, though. Look up and look around you. It's there for the asking.
On January 8 1984 the Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers conference began in Wellington, New Zealand. The conference ran until January 15. The Conference brings together the Speakers and Presiding Officers of the national parliaments of the independent sovereign states of the Commonwealth. It was created in 1969 as an initiative of the Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, the Honourable Lucien Lamoureux.
The Conference is an independent group and has no formal affiliation with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the Commonwealth Secretariat or the Commonwealth Heads of Government. The conference operates on a two-year cycle, holding a conference of the full membership every two years, usually early in January, and a meeting of the Standing Committee at the same time the intervening year.
The Conference aims to:
•Maintain, foster, and encourage impartiality and fairness on the part of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Parliaments;
•Promote knowledge and understanding of parliamentary democracy in its various forms; and
•Develop parliamentary institutions.
Pictured here are the speakers of Parliament, on the steps of the Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand. The last Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers conference held in Wellington was in 2014.
Reference: ABGX 7574 W4969 2/a (R2186542)
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7 Days of Shooting/Week #42 - Beginning With The Letter G/Technique Tuesday ~ finding a dramatic angle
The castle has been the seat of the Percy family since Norman times. By 1138 the original motte and bailey castle, with wooden buildings, was replaced with stone buildings and walls. In 1309 the keep and defences were made even stronger by Henry de Percy. The castle then stayed unchanged for 400 years. By the 18th century it had fallen into ruins. The keep however was then turned into a gothic style mansion by Robert Adam. In the 19th century the Duke of Northumberland carried out more restoration of the castle.
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ALNWICK CASTLE, THE CASTLE, STABLE COURT AND COVERED RIDING SCHOOL INCLUDING WEST WALL OF RIDING SCHOOL
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1371308
National Grid Reference: NU 18685 13574
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 05/10/2011
NU 1813 NE 2/1 NU 1813 SE 1/1 20.2.52. 5330
Alnwick Castle The Castle, Stable Court and Covered Riding School including West Wall of Riding School
GV I
Alnwick Castle has work of every period on the line of the original motte and bailey plan. By 1138 a strong stone built border castle with a shell keep in place of the motte, formed the nucleus of the present castle with 2 baileys enclosing about 7 acres. The curtain walls and their square towers rest on early foundations and the inner gatehouse has round-headed arches with heavy chevron decoration. The Castle was greatly fortified after its purchase by Henry de Percy 1309 - the Barbican and Gatehouse, the semi-circular towers of the shell keep, the octagonal towers of the inner gateway and the strong towers of the curtain wall date from the early to mid C14. Ruinous by the C18, the 1st Duke had it rehabilitated and extended by James Prince and Robert Adam, the latter being mainly concerned with the interior decoration, very little of which remains except for fireplaces in the Housekeeper's and the Steward's Rooms and for inside the present Estates Office range. Capability Brown landscaped the grounds, filling in the former moat (formed by Bow Burn). The 4th Duke employed Anthony Salvin 1854-65 at the cost of £1/4 million to remove Adam's fanciful Gothic decoration, to restore a serious Gothic air to the exterior and to redesign the state rooms in an imposing grand Italian manner. The Castle is approached from Bailliff gate through the crenellated Barbican and Gatehouse (early C14): lion rampant (replica) over archway, projecting square side towers with corbelled upper parts, fortified passage over dry moat to vaulted gateway flanked by polygonal towers. Stone figures on crenellations here, on Aveners Tower, on Record Tower and on Inner Gateway were carved circa 1750-70 by Johnson of Stamfordham and probably reflect an earlier similar arrangement. In the Outer Bailey to the, north are the West Garrett (partly Norman), the Abbott's Tower (circa 1350) with a rib vaulted basement, and the Falconer's Tower (1856). To the south are the Aveners Tower [C18], the Clock Tower leading into the Stable Yard, the C18 office block, the Auditor's Tower (early Clk) and the Middle Gateway (circa 1309-15) leading to the Middle Bailey. The most prominent feature of the Castle on the west side is the very large Prudhoe Tower by Salvin and the polygonal apse of the chapel near to it. In the Middle Bailey, to the south are the Warders Tower (1856) with the lion gateway leading by a bridge to the grand stairs into the walled garden, the East Garrett and the Record Tower (C14, rebuilt 1885). In the curtain wall to the north are 2 blocked windows probably from an early C17 building now destroyed and the 'Bloody Gap', a piece of later walling possibly replacing a lost truer; next a small C14 watch tower (Hotspur's Seat); next the Constable's Tower, early C14 and unaltered with a gabled staircase turret; close by is the Postern Tower, early C14, also unaltered.'To the north-west of the Postern Tower is a large terrace made in the C18, rebuilt 1864-65, with some old cannon on it. The Keep is entered from the Octagon Towers (circa 1350) which have 13 heraldic shields below the parapet, besides the agotrop3ic figures, and a vaulted passage expanded from the Norman gateway (fragments of chevron on former outer arch are visible inside). The present arrangement of the inner ward is largely Salvin's work with a covered entrance with a projecting storey and lamp-bracket at the rear of the Prudhoe Tower and a corbelled corridor at 1st floor level on the east. Mediaeval draw well on the east wall, next to the original doorway to the keep, now a recess The keep, like the curtain walls, is largely mediaeval except for some C18 work on the interior on the west and for the Prudhoe Tower and the Chapel. The interior contrasts with the rugged mediaeval exterior with its sumptuous Renaissance decoration, largely by Italians - Montiroli, Nucci, Strazza, Mantavani and inspired from Italian sources. The chapel with its family gallery at the east end has 4 short rib vaulted bays and a shallow 3-light apse; side walls have mosaics, covered now with tapestry. The grand staircase With its groin vaulted ceiling leads to the Guard Chamber from which an ante-room leads west into the Library (in the Prudhoe Tower) and east into the Music Room (fireplace with Dacian captives by Nucci). Further on are the Red Drawing Room (caryatid fireplace by Nucci) and the Dining Room (ceiling design copied from St Lorenzo f.l.m. in Rome and fireplace with bacchante by Strazza and faun by Nucci). South of the Middle Gateway are Salvin's impressive Kitchen quarters where the oven was designed to burn a ton of coal per day. West of the Stable Courtyard, with C19 Guest Hall at the south end, is the C19 covered riding school, with stable to north of it, and with its west wall forming the east side of Narrowgate. The corner with Bailliffgate has an obtuse angled tower of 2 storeys, with a depressed ogee headed doorway from the street, and merlons.
Listing NGR: NU1863413479
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ALNWICK CASTLE
Heritage Category: Park and Garden
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1001041
National Grid Reference: NU1739315366, NU2254414560
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Extensive landscape parks and pleasure grounds developed from a series of medieval deer parks, around Alnwick Castle, the seat of the Percy family since the C14.
Between 1750 and 1786, a picturesque landscape park was developed for Hugh, first Duke of Northumberland, involving work by James Paine, Robert Adam, and the supervision of work by Lancelot Brown (1716-83) and his foremen Cornelius Griffin, Robson, and Biesley in the 1760-80s, working alongside James and Thomas Call, the Duke's gardeners. During the C19 each successive Duke contributed and elaborated on the expansive, planned estate landscape, within which the landscape park was extended. This was accompanied by extensive C19 garden works, including a walled, formal flower garden designed in the early C19 by John Hay (1758-1836), and remodelled mid C19 by William Andrews Nesfield (1793-1881).
NOTE This entry is a summary. Because of the complexity of this site, the standard Register entry format would convey neither an adequate description nor a satisfactory account of the development of the landscape. The user is advised to consult the references given below for more detailed accounts. Many Listed Buildings exist within the site, not all of which have been here referred to. Descriptions of these are to be found in the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest produced by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT
In the C13, Hulne Park, West Park, and Cawledge were imparked within the Forest of Alnwick. Hulne Park lay to the north-west of Alnwick Castle and Cawledge to the south and south-east. By the late Middle Ages, Hulne Park extended to 4000 acres (c 1620ha) enclosed by some 13 miles (c 21km) of wall. It was stocked with some 1000 fallow deer and a tower at Hulne Priory served as a hunting lodge. The parks formed the basis of Alnwick Park, landscaped by Sir Hugh Smithson (1714-86) who in 1750 became Earl of Northumberland, inheriting his father-in-law's northern estates. Prior to this, from 1748 he and his wife, Elizabeth Seymour (1716-76), had lived at Stanwick, Yorkshire (qv) and at Syon Park, London (qv), where they had already established a reputation for gardening, attested by Philip Miller's dedication, in 1751, of his Gardener's Dictionary to the Earl.
Together they embarked on an ambitious scheme to restore the Castle, develop the grounds and estate, and restore the Percy family traditions and identity at Alnwick. Those employed at Alnwick were also involved elsewhere on the Northumberland estates: James Paine, architect at Syon House, Daniel Garrett, architect at Northumberland House, the Strand (1750-3), Robert Adam, architect at Syon (1762-9), Lancelot Brown, landscape architect at Syon Park (1754-72).
In 1751, Thomas Call (1717-82), who had been the Earl's gardener at Stanwick, prepared a scheme for the parklands and pleasure grounds, including a plan for Brizlee Hill (the south part of Hulne Park). Call and his relation James, working at Alnwick by 1756, were responsible for the development of Hulne Park over twenty years. The date and extent of Lancelot Brown's involvement at Alnwick is uncertain, although his foremen Griffin, Robson, and Biesley worked at Alnwick with teams of men between 1771and 1781 and records shown that they also worked alongside Call and his men (in 1773 for example, Call had a team of sixty men and Biesley one of seventy-eight).
Hulne Park was developed as a picturesque pleasure ground with extensive rides, follies, and the enhancement of natural features. A characteristic of the Duke's scheme was his recognition of antiquarian sites within the landscape, which were embellished. Thus in 1755, Hulne Priory was purchased to become the focal point of Hulne Park. A garden was made within the cloister walls and, from c 1763, the priory became the gamekeeper's residence, with a menagerie of gold and silver pheasants. Statues of friars cut by the mason Matthew Mills were set in the landscape. In 1774, a medieval commemorative cross to Malcolm Canmore (listed grade II), situated at the northern entrance to the North Demesne, was restored.
Following the Duchess' death in 1776, the Duke decorated all her favourite locations with buildings, some being ideas she had noted in her memoranda. Work also included other notes and ideas the Duchess had had, including the ruin at Ratcheugh Crag and some ninety-eight drives and incidents.
Plans for the parklands at the North Demesne, Denwick, and Ratcheugh Crags were developed in the late 1760s, although in the case of the North Demesne some parkland planting had been undertaken by 1760, and the major work undertaken in the early 1770s is that attributed to Brown, mainly on stylistic grounds.
During the C19, under the second Duke (1742-1817) the parks were extended, this including the purchase of Alnwick Abbey and part of its estate. The complex of drives was also extended and this was accompanied by extensive plantations, including the large Bunker Hill plantation central to the north area of Hulne Park, named to commemorate the Duke's action in 1775 in the War of American Independence. Most significantly, between 1806 and 1811, building centred on construction of a perimeter wall, defining the boundary of Hulne Park, and lodges and gateways at entrances to the parks. The carriage drives were extended, necessitating the construction of bridges over the River Aln. These schemes were implemented by estate workers, local masons, and David Stephenson, the Duke's architect.
As the Castle had no formal flower gardens, John Hay was commissioned between 1808 and 1812 to design pleasure gardens to the south-east of the Castle, linking it with a new walled garden at Barneyside, furnished with a range of hothouses, glasshouses, and pine pits. These were extended in the 1860s when Anthony Salvin, employed in the restoration of the Castle, built a gateway between the inner bailey and the pleasure gardens. Nesfield designed a scheme for the walled gardens to be developed as an ornamental flower and fruit garden, with a large central pool, conservatory, and a series of broad terraces and parterres. The Alnwick scheme can be compared to Nesfield's in the precincts of Arundel Castle, West Sussex (qv), in 1845.
Alnwick Castle, parks and estate remain (2000) in private ownership, the latest significant developments being the replanting and restoration of the North Demesne (1990s) and plans to completely remodel the walled garden.
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
Alnwick Castle parks cover a tract of countryside encircling Alnwick town on its west, north, north-east, and south sides. The land is a mixture of contrasting landscape types, with high heather moorland and the rough crags of the Northumbrian Sandstone Hills sweeping down to the improved pasture lands along the wooded Aln valley. The parks exploit the boundaries of these distinctive landforms where the rugged moorland gives way to the pastoral, rolling landscape of the Aln, on its route to the sea. In the west parklands the river is confined between hills, and in places has incised deep, narrow valleys while in the east the landscape is more open.
The registered area of 1300ha is bounded on its north-east side by the Hulne Park wall, west of the Bewick to Alnwick Road (B6346). The west side of the area here registered follows field boundaries to the west of Shipley Burn, starting at Shipley Bridge, and then turns south-west at a point c 1km south of the bridge. It then runs for south-west for c 2.3km, to the west of Hulne Park, before crossing the River Aln and running parallel to Moorlaw Dean for c 1.2km, on the west side of the burn. The southern area is defined by Hulne Park wall running around the south point of Brizlee Wood then in a line due east, south of Cloudy Crags drive, to cross the Stocking Burn and reach Forest Lodge. The boundary then defines the north-western extent of Alnwick town and, crossing the Canongate Bridge, the southernmost extent of the Dairy Grounds.
To the east of the Castle the registered area takes in the entire North Demesne bounded on its north by Long Plantation, a perimeter belt which lies on the south side of Smiley Lane and then extends eastwards to meet the junction of the B1340 and A1 trunk road. The A1 has effectively cut through the North Demesne from north to south and, although physically divorcing the two areas, they are still visually conjoined. Defined on its north side within the hamlet of Denwick by tree belts, the park extends eastwards for 1km before cutting across southwards to meet the River Aln at Lough House. This latter stretch is bounded by a perimeter belt. The south boundary of the North Demesne follows the river in part, before meeting the Alnwick to Denwick road (B1340). To the south, the Castle gardens are delimited from the town by property boundaries along Bondgate. An outlying area of designed landscape at Ratcheugh is also included.
A complex series of drives is laid throughout the parks, particularly in Hulne Park. A series of thirty standing stones stand at the beginning of the drives or where they converge. These are inscribed with the names of the drives and act as signposts.
Alnwick Castle (1134 onwards, c 1750-68 by James Paine and Robert Adam, 1854-6 by Anthony Salvin, listed grade I) lies on the high ground on the south side of the Aln valley, commanding views to the north, east, and west. To the south is Alnwick town but the landscape is designed so that the town is not in view of the Castle. The principal views from the Castle lie over the North Demesne.
The North Demesne originally included Denwick Park (they have now been divided by the A1 road), and together these 265ha form the core parkland designed by Brown. Perimeter tree belts define the park, and clumps and scatters of specimen trees ornament the ground plan. The Aln has been dammed to give the appearance of an extensive, natural serpentine lake, with bridges as focal points: the Lion Bridge (John Adam 1773, listed grade I) and Denwick Bridge (1766, probably also by Adam, listed grade I). A programme of replanting and restoration of the North Demesne is under way (late 1990s).
The medieval deer park of Hulne extended to the north of the Shipley Road (outside the area here registered). Hulne Park is now 1020ha and is in agricultural and forestry use. The principal entrance from Alnwick town is Forest Lodge, the only extant part of Alnwick Abbey. Hulne Park is completely enclosed by an early C19 perimeter wall, c 3m high with shaped stone coping and buttresses every 20m. Nearly 5km of wall lies alongside roads, 5km across fields, and 5km defines perimeter woodland and moorland from the enclosed park.
The park design consists of a series of oval-shaped enclosures, defined by tree belts vital for shelter. The highest point is in the west area of the park, from where there are long-distance views east to the sea. The River Aln winds its way through the park via a series of contrasting steep valleys and flatter lands. The valleys are emphasised by planting on the upper slopes, while the lower areas are encircled with designed plantations to emphasise the river's meanders and ox-bow lakes.
Picturesque incidents survive at Nine Year Aud Hole, where the statue of a hermit (late C18, listed grade II) stands at the entrance to a natural cave along Cave Drive, and at Long Stone, a monolith standing high on the west side of Brizlee Hill, with panoramic views over Hulne Park to the north-west. The picturesque highlight is Hulne Priory (original medieval buildings, C18 alterations and enhancements, all listed grade I), which includes a summerhouse designed by Robert Adam (1778-80, listed grade I) and statues of praying friars erected in the Chapter House (late C18). The Priory's picturesque qualities are well appreciated from Brizlee Tower (Robert Adam, listed grade I), built in 1781 to commemorate the creation of the Alnwick parks by the first Duke and Duchess, a Latin inscription stating:
Circumspice! Ego omnia ista sum dimensus; Mei sunt ordines, Mea descriptio Multae etiam istarum arborum Mea manu sunt satae. [Look about you. I have measured all these things; they are my orders; it is my planning; many of these trees have been planted by my own hand.]
Brizlee is sited on a high point which can be seen in views north-west from the Castle, mirroring views north-east to the 'Observatory' on Ratcheugh Crag, a sham ruined castle sited as an eyecatcher on high ground and built by John Bell of Durham in 1784 (plans to further elaborate it were designed by Robert Adam).
Another principal feature of Hulne Park is a series of regular, walled enclosures (the walls set in ditches with banks cast up inside the compounds) which line Farm Drive, the central road through the park, north-westwards from Moor Lodge. This functioned as the third Duke's menagerie, and is still pasture.
The 15ha Dairy Ground links Hulne Park and the North Demesne. It principally consists of the Aln valley north-west of the Castle, stretching between Canongate Bridge and Lion Bridge, laid out as pleasure gardens. Barbara's Bank and the Dark Walk are plantations laid out with walks on the steep slopes with a Curling Pond to the north of the Aln.
The walled garden of 3ha lies to the south-east of the Castle, reached by the remains of C19 pleasure gardens laid out on the slopes above Barneyside. After the Second World War use of the glasshouses ceased, and until recently (late 1990s) the Estate Forestry Department used it. The earthwork terraces and remnants of specimen planting of Nesfield's scheme survive.
REFERENCES
Note: There is a wealth of material about this site. The key references are cited below.
The Garden, 5 (1874), pp 100-1, 188; 20 (1881), pp 155-6 Gardeners' Chronicle, ii (1880), pp 523-4, 587; ii (1902), pp 273-4 J Horticulture and Cottage Gardener 15, (1887), pp 296-8 P Finch, History of Burley on the Hill (1901), p 330 Country Life, 65 (22 June 1929), pp 890-8; 66 (6 July 1929), pp 16-22; 174 (4 August 1983), p 275 D Stroud, Capability Brown (1975), pp 103-4 Garden History 9, (1981), pp 174-7 Capability Brown and the Northern Landscape, (Tyne & Wear County Council Museums 1983), pp 19, 22-3, 27, 42 Restoration Management Plan, Alnwick Castle, (Land Use Consultants 1996) C Shrimpton, Alnwick Castle, guidebook, (1999)
Description written: August 2000 Resgister Inspector: KC Edited: June 2003
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The epic goddess was tall, thin, fit, tan, and in wonderful shape (as you can see).
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Epic Goddess Straight Out of Hero's Odyssey Mythology! Pretty Model! :) Tall, thin, fit and beautiful!
Welcome to your epic hero's odyssey! The beautiful 45surf goddess sisters hath called ye to adventure, beckoning ye to read deeply Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, whence ye shall learn of yer own exalted artistic path guided by Hero's Odyssey Mythology. I wouldn't be saying it if it hadn't happened to me.
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She was a beauty--a gold 45 goddess for sure! A Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess guards the beauty of dx4/dt=ic and embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic journey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour.
Modeling the Gold 45 Revolver Gold'N'Virtue swimsuit. :)
A laid-back,classic, socal lifestyle shoot!
May the 45surf goddesses inspire you along am artistic journey of your own making!
All the best on your Epic, Homeric, Heroic Odyssey into the Art of Photography from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
All 45surf Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography is shot in the honor of Dynamic Dimensions Theory's First Law and equation: The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c: dx4/dt=ic.
All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johny Ranger McCoy!
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Fine art swimsuit model, ballerina, and ballet photography!
The final shot reveal another surprise in the form of a colourful liveried GBRf which, like a few of the others in this operators 'stable', I haven't seen before. This time its a 1235tonne Civil Engineers train and in its consist are just 3 flat bed wagons and 5 Hopper Type ballast discharge wagons. This is the 6M73, 66724 hauled working from Doncaster Up decoy on down to Toton North Yard; GBRf 66724 is 'Drax Power Station' and I hope its namesake stays around for long enough for the loco to represent something tangible left of one of the traditional type heavy industries in the area. This last week an announcement was made stating that another 'heavy industry' type operation, the Redcar Steel Works on Tyneside would be mothballed, only to be up-dated a few days later with the new that it has now closed and has been put into the Receiver's hands; its all over with 1700 job losses. Passing along the up fast line and heading south towards Sheffield, slowly, as its lunchtime and the lines are busy in and out of Sheffield to the south on the Midland and Hope Valley main lines, is TPT unit class 185, 185148 on the Cleethorpes to Manchester Airport, 1B75 service. To the left of the TPT unit, new, small industrial concerns have been built on rail owned land and to the far left is the local Bus Depot on the site of what used to be the Midland Iron Works with its spooky crane jib, just the tope section swinging over the tops of the roofs of the houses in the early morning, looking for all the world like one of the Wood Imps in one of my 1950's 'Rupert Annuals'! In the lower picture, 66724, 'Drax Power Station', crosses the Sheffield & Rotherham's old line into what used to be Rotherham Westgate Station, which has been replaced by a postal sorting office, the line terminating in Booths Scrapyard and which now sees only very sporadic use.
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A famous location near the end of its life in Brussels. A lot of cleaning up has happened but it was still one for one of our crews goals on this trip while it was open.
The impromptu 2 day tour with camerashy and host to France and Belgium, with some new places, a lot of travel with minimal sleep and some goals being accomplished by getting to a certain school.
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"Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it -- namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain. If he had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and that Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. And this would help him to understand why constructing artificial flowers or performing on a tread-mill is work, while rolling ten-pins or climbing Mont Blanc is only amusement. There are wealthy gentlemen in England who drive four-horse passenger-coaches twenty or thirty miles on a daily line, in the summer, because the privilege costs them considerable money; but if they were offered wages for the service, that would turn it into work and then they would resign."
Yesterday I grabbed this book that my mom bought me about 5 years ago. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. So far I like a lot!
I'm making a list of books I read per year, to know how many books I read in my life. I started counting from 100. So far (since the first of January) my list is:
1-7 All Harry potter books ( I read them all again in summer)
8- what the dead know by Laura Lippman
9- pride and prejudice
10- el principe de la niebla by carlos ruiz zafon
11 the catcher in the rye by JD salinger
12 brave new world (don’t remember the author)
13 romeo and Juliet
14 el incendio de alejandría by jean-pierre luminet
So I'm pretty proud: D
Today I had my last math exam in this term in which I had to get a 100% which is impossible to get so I'm sure I will disprove this term (a disaster). Also had a history exam and I'm pretty sure I took more than 90% so I'm happy for that. I will not let it affect me because in the next term I’ll make my best not to fail again!
So far I have only one language exam on Wednesday!
Next Friday is the end of term so I'll be super relaxed!
I'm thinking of buying a film camera so I'll Have to Save Money. Maybe in 2 or three I’ll get it (I need $ 300 Argentines, which is a lot of money actually. My parents give me 150 per month but I spend it in cafés and everything!)
Happy weekend to all of you!
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 17: DAMWON KIA poses at the League of Legends World Championship Quarterfinals Features Day on October 17, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
Powder-coated MDF, polymer clay, chicken bones, acrylics, clear varnish. See more on www.behance.net/gallery/Evolution-of-Type-Exhibits-6-9-12...
Lt. Governor Janet Austin has bestowed the Order of British Columbia, the Province's highest form of recognition, upon fourteen exceptional civic leaders.
This year, 203 British Columbians were nominated for the order. More than half of the nominations came from the Lower Mainland, with the remaining coming from other regions throughout the province. Since its inception, 432 British Columbians have been appointed to the order from all regions of the province, and in numbers generally proportionate to a region’s population.
Learn more about the 2018 inductees: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018IGRS0011-001810
Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or birds of paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae, or bower-birds.
London :H. Sotheran & Co.,1891-98.
The First Bible of Charles the Bald (BNF Lat. 1), also known as the Vivian Bible - Folio 215 verso
Bible de Vivien, dite Première Bible de Charles le Chauve] -
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The Old Testament king and prophet David is depicted here - >>David rex et propheta<< reads the inscription - in an almond-shaped outline (mandorla) as an almost naked world musician with a harp. He is flanked by two armed bodyguards from the ranks of Kereter and Peleter (these names became the derogatory colloquial term >>Kreti and Pleti<< in German).
The names of the four musicians who surrounded him and who were themselves regarded as authors of psalms, Asaf, Etan, Heman and Jedutun, are, like those of the bodyguards, taken from the Bible (1 Chronicles 15:19 and 25:1). The allegories of the four cardinal virtues Prudentia, Iustitia, Fortitudo and Temperantia (Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance) appear in the spandrels between the mandorla and the miniature's upright rectangular frame.
The David miniature refers to the image of the >>Majestas Domini<<, the enthroned Christ amidst the four evangelists and the four great prophets, on the verso of folio 329. In both cases, the numerical symbolism of the four comes into play, pointing to overarching cosmological contexts.
This is why David also functions as a kind of anticipation of the world ruler Christ, and both in turn can be utilised in the understanding of the time for the royal ideology of an earthly ruler.
In the Irish mythology, Tír na nÓg was considered a place beyond the edges of the map, located on an island far to the west. It could be reached by either an arduous voyage or an invitation from one of its fairy residents.
Excerpt from visitstratford.ca/explore-the-artistic-side-of-culture/:
Commissioned in 2005, Tír na nÓg was installed by Mark Czajkowski. Meaning the Land of Youth, it is an ornate metal gateway leading from Downie Street into an intimate park. Tír na nÓg is a popular otherworld in Irish mythology thought to be on an island far beyond the edges of maps and reachable only by a long, challenging journey or by invitation from a resident fairy.
Canon 5D Mark II photos of Beautiful Blonde Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess!
She was tall, thin, fit, and very pretty with long, blonde hair and blue eyes! From Sweden!
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF 24-105/4L IS USM was my workhorse until I got the Nikon D800 & D800E with the 70-200 mm 2.8 VR2 zoom.
Canon, Nikon, you can't go wrong with the pretty 45surf model goddesses! (Though the D800 is my new love.)
May the goddess inspire ye along a hero's journey of yer own making, and the path of yer own taking.
Was a classic socal autumn morning with a bright, blue, sunny sky! Hope the photos make you feel like you were there! :)
ATLANTA, GA - November 23, 2014
Syrens of the South presented two shows the 7th Annual 'Tits for Toys for Tots' at 7 Stages in Little Five Points. These images are from the 11 pm show. More than 300 gifts were donated by patrons for Toys for Tots.
Cast and Crew of 7th Annual 'Tits For Toys For Tots' Show with Marine
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OPENING CALENDAR
May 9, 2013
PUBLIC SESSION
PERFORMANCES
Invocation
Pastor Jean Feder St Juiste
Haitian Bethany Baptist Church
Presentation of the Colors
Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr. Leadership Academy JROTC
Pledge of Allegiance
Breanna Seabrook, 8th grade student
George Washington School No. 1
Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key
Nicole Pepe, Music Teacher
Benjamin Franklin School 13
Haitian National Anthem
Ivana Romulus/Dwyer Academy and Hervenick Barthelus, students
Nicholas Murray Butler School No. 23
Pledge of Ethics
Sariah Foreman, 4th grade student
Quayinah Abreu, 8th grade student
George Washington School No. 1
Core Beliefs – Video
PERFORMANCES
“Mi Tierra” by Gloria Estefan
Performed by Ms. Drouet’s Bilingual Class
George Washington School No. 1
“I Believe I Can Fly”, by R. Kelly
Performed by Kwao Taylor, Physical Education Teacher
George Washington School No. 1
“Home” by Drew Pearson and Greg Holden
Benjamin Franklin School 13 Chorus
Drumline comprised of 5th through 8th grade students
George Washington School No. 1
Quayianah Abreu Emmanuel Hinton
Arleth Aguilar Shaquanah Jones
Kiara Almendarez Joshua Lebron
Taylor Brown Star Lochart-Russ
Abdul Dempsey Gabriel Nash
Jay Elliott Sung Ni Wang
Joshua Escobar David Padulla
Caleb Exum Jefferson Perez
Jae'quan Exum Naem Rogers
Bryan Gamez Briana Sanker
Jamar Gilford Zaniyah Scott
Sherlin Hernandez Brieonka Walton
Aminah Washington
Original Poem by
Quayinah Abreu, 8th grade student
George Washington School No. 1
“The Entertainer” by Scott Joplin
Performed on Piano by Jaquan Mials, 8th grade student
George Washington School No. 1
Haitian Folk Dance
Shirley Adissa Group
Nicholas Murray Butler School No. 23
Haitian Poem
Shirley Adissa Group
Nicholas Murray Butler School No. 23
Narrator: Fritzmane Davilma
Haitian Dance
Alexandra Mickens and Micheline Phareau Group
Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr. Leadership Academy
PRESENTATIONS:
Special Olympic Athletes 2013
Justin Almanzar John Marshall School No. 20
Diogo Cunha Toussaint L’Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6
Elianny Duran Madison Monroe School No. 16
Madelin Martinez Joseph Battin School No. 4
Jonathan Pereira Toussaint L’Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6
Billy Sanchez Juan Pablo Duarte-Jose Julian Marti School No. 28
David Soulouque Nicholas S. LaCorte-Peterstown School No. 3
Christopher Vallejo Toussaint L’Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6
Vanessa Vallejo Toussaint L’Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6
Edwin Velasquez Elmora School No.12
Alexis Ventura Madison-Monroe School No. 16
Dianna Vicente Nicholas S. LaCorte-Peterstown School No. 3
Shantel Wilkins Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr. Leadership Academy
Rhazeem Williams John Marshall School No. 20
Coaches
Wendy Lopez-Silva
Anthony Mendes
Giovanni Silva
Volunteers
Sylvia Muniz
Melissa Grau
Anita Negron
STUDENT EXCELLENCE
Perfect Attendance – George Washington School No. 1:
Jaslet Anai Argueta Rodriguez
Danny F Argueta
Alan Jeffrey Cajamarca
Jeriahma Lomax-McIndoe
Eduardo Martinez Hernandez
Teddy Anthony Rivero
Leeasia Shanaya Parrott
Giovanni Alexander Vasquez Martinez
Kayla Consuegra
Magdalene Ramos
Emely Torres
Franklin Javier Villalta Argueta
Leonardo Antune Antxane
Maryoris Y Castillo
Perfect Attendance – George Washington School No. 1
Stephanie Martins Mendonca
Leonardo Martinez
Jimmy Ramirez
Sierra Naomi Ramirez
Rosa D Vasquez Martinez
Genesis M Cartagena
Giovani Consuegra
Breanna E Jones
Eric D Miranda
Elijah Ramirez
Shakira Raurau
Wilber Bonilla
Rosa Lee Jones
Eva Suarez
Students Ambassadors for their Grade and Class at Benjamin Franklin School No. 13
They are called upon to assist during special events to motivate their classmates:
Geoffroy Amouzou
Ashley Aracena
Stephen Ash
Michael Atencia
John Michael Azevedo
Martinho Codo
Carlos Contreras
Cherly Contreras
Yngrid De Los Santos
Jiovanni Dos Santos
David Fonseca
Victor Guzman
Carolina Herrera
Diana Lovato
David Marston
Irene Migosi
Pamela Nieves-Smith
Sami Orozco Juarez
Michael Ortiz
Alaceyia Smith
STARS OF EXCELLENCE:
Team members nominated for county teacher of the year from
George Washington School No. 1
Tiffany Cassese
Leydis Leyva
Allison Mednick
Debra Pugh
Team members recognized for their continuous and tireless efforts that highlights their commitment to excellence and the students of George Washington School No. 1
Traci Barnes, Teacher
Karen Boone, Assistant
Oneida Braithwaite, Teacher
Sabrina Burnett-Williams, Teacher
Maria Cabrera, Guidance Counselor
Karema Cunningham, Teacher
Wayne Scott Danodio, Math Coach
Natalie Fernandez, Head Secretary
Laurein Gareis, Language Arts Coach
Tanya Gilliam, Teacher
Stephanie Gonzalez, Secretary
Cartayh Hawkins-Reid, Master Teacher
Lirida Hegge, Secretary
Kenyetta Jackson, Social Worker
Andrew Kaplan, Teacher
Jasmine Lee, Teacher
Amy Liebowitz, Teacher
Patricia Kennedy, Teacher
John Mahon, Teacher
Rosangel Martinez, Assistant
Vincenzo Mascolo, Teacher
Benedetta Mosby, Teacher
Mary O’Hea, Teacher
Letty Perry, Teacher
Patricia Pesoli, Teacher
Marilyn Portela, Assistant
Deborah Pugh, Teacher
Kate Rush, Teacher
Kathy Santor, Teacher
Ann Shpakow, Guidance Counselor
Mark Shober, Teacher
Kwao Taylor, Teacher
Tracy Thompson, Teacher
Julie Unger, Teacher
Ximena Vanegas, Teacher
Kathy Ventura, Teacher
Lindsay Walker, Teacher
George Washington School No. 1
Recognition of Beata Backiel, Cook Manager and the kitchen staff members for always treating students to home cooked meals and serving dishes with high nutritional value in keeping with standards set by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.
Recognition of Ken Sugzda, Head Custodian and the custodial staff for always keeping a safe and sanitary environment, and for diligent efforts in promoting and maintaining the School No. 1 Recycling Initiative.
Recognition of Larry Meadows, Head Security Guard and the security staff for always keeping a safe and orderly environment.
The following team members of Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 have displayed a commitment to excellence. Each member spearheads a committee, program, club or organization. They give up their time afterschool and on weekends to assist the students and school.
Alison Brennan
Sarah Brown
Dara Buchta
Nancy-Carrero Munoz
Chrissy Correia
Maryann Davies
Lara Filippello
Martha Goni
Barbara Hanley
Joseph Kwiatek
Giacomina Magliano
Vivian Martinez
Doris Matute
Lacey McConkey
Vanessa Nieves
Nicole Pepe
Michele Pridgen
Christina Rios
Kerilyn Saltarelli
Romeo Simoes
Carla Twyne
COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE:
These parents of Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 are recognized for volunteering their time, and support of events during school and afterschool.
Zoobi Afshan
Jacqueline Amaya Atencia
Elaine Cabbell
Rosania Freitas
Ileana Medina
Alyssa Montesino
Sofia Moreira Horta
Margaret Melendez
Jessica Lopez
Liliana Pacheco
Samidia Pagan
Douglas Teartt
THE EXCELLENCE PARADE AWARDS
Keys to Excellence Award - Awarded to the school that best exemplifies the district’s mission, vision, core beliefs and commitments, and Pledge of Ethics.
Winner: School 7 AND School 31
Honorable Mention:
School 12
EHS
Leap Award - Awarded to the school that best exemplifies the spirit of their school.
Winner: School 26 AND Hamilton
Honorable Mention:
School 51
School 28
Imaginer Award - Awarded to the school that demonstrates the most creativity in their design.
Winner: School 18 AND School 29
Honorable Mention School 14
School 30
Jefferson
LAP OF LUXURY
Author: JODI VIAL
Date: 12/11/2011
Publication: Newcastle Herald
Section: Weekender - extract
The owners of this stunning lakeside home did not need the raft of housing industry accolades it has collected to know that it's something special.
The owners of this tri-level lakeside home at Buttaba could probably come up with more than a million reasons why they love spending time in it - one for every dollar it cost to build.
After a two-year construction process, the 1000-square-metre site hasn't retained much of its original appearance. But the one thing that hasn't changed is the priceless view of Lake Macquarie, which is what drew the family to the area eight years ago.
"I was looking at getting a place on the water," the Sydney-based owner says.
"A friend suggested looking around Lake Macquarie, and this place came up."
"This place", at the time, was an old house that served the couple and their adult children admirably as a weekender for six years before work began on the expansive residence that now graces the site.
"There were a lot of challenges," the owner says of the building process.
As a civil contractor, he experienced one of the first challenges when excavating the site, finding tonnes of sandstone and conglomerate rock that took him six weeks to move. Most was relocated to another building site at Kilaben Bay.
All the hard work has paid off now, almost 12 months after the owners moved in, with the property named last month as the Housing Industry Association's 2011 Hunter Home of the Year, best custom-built home over $1 million and overall custom-built home of the year. The Master Builders Association also bestowed the award for contract homes between $1.5 million and $2 million on the property in its 2011 Excellence in Housing awards.
Designed by Central Coast architect Paul Zaia and built by McGowan Building Services Pty Ltd, the Buttaba property's environmentally sensitive design was commended by the Australian Institute of Architects in its 2011 awards.
Part of the home's appeal is the ability for the owners to open the indoors out through the use of bifold doors and louvres. All three levels open onto decks, with the top floor housing a kitchen and lounge area that adjoins a three-metre-wide deck. The owner says this area is probably the most utilised during the winter months, with the house's block construction and the large expanses of thermal glass trapping heat and providing a comfortable warmth even on the coldest days.
The second floor houses three bedrooms, including the luxurious master suite, while a guest room and en suite are on the ground floor, opening onto a deck and leading to a boatshed, which is home to the owners' 5.5-metre speedboat should the urge strike for a fishing trip or lunch at the yacht club.
The summer is generally spent around the barbecue or relaxing in any one of several perfect spots to enjoy the fantastic views of a secluded bay.
From U.S. Ambassador Huebner's Blog Post:
blogs.newzealand.usembassy.gov/ambassador/2011/09/commemo...
Today I had the solemn honor of participating in a memorial service to commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9-11, at St Andrew’s Church in New Plymouth. Led by my friend the Reverend Kim Francis, the memorial drew more than 500 Kiwis, Americans, Irish, and others to pray, sing, remember, and show solidarity.
Our Marine Band joined St Andrew’s choir to provide music. I was joined at the front of the congregation by the entire USA Eagles team and other special friends including Mayor Harry Duynhoven and the Mayoress, MP Jonathan Young, and my colleagues Ambassador Frankie Reed, Special Representative Reta Jo Lewis, and ANP Desk Officer Michele Petersen.
Today is a challenging day, but the juxtaposition of solemn remembrance and exuberant sport is not as discordant as it may seem at first blush. It is essential that we remember the 3,000 people murdered on 9-11, but it is equally essential that we celebrate the resilience of the human spirit and the courage and strength of communities visited by tragedy. So we carry on.
Pastor Francis asked me to speak at the service. My colleagues suggested that I share my remarks with you, so here they are:
* * *
There are rare days, maybe once every few generations, that galvanize the collective hearts and minds of humanity.
Days that dispel in a flash the billions of distractions of everyday life … that boil off, even if only temporarily, the political, religious, national, and cultural pretenses that we humans create to separate ourselves from each other.
Days that resonate deep inside us where the common core of our humanity exists, rather than on the surface where we live most of our earthly life.
9–11 was one of those days.
We watched live on television the brutal murders of 3,000 human beings from 90 different nations. They were people of all religious beliefs, all political viewpoints, young and old, men and women, gay and straight.
They were murdered by those preaching hatred, simply to instill fear.
And we reacted with near unanimous horror and sorrow.
The perpetrators of the carnage would wish us to relive that horror and feel that fear as we mark the tenth anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001. What we commemorate today, however, is not the fact that remorseless evil lives among us, something that even the most blinkered moral relativist already knows in his heart.
Instead, we commemorate the triumph of the human spirit … the common humanity, empathy, and self abnegation that set us apart from the other species on this planet.
We commemorate those police, fire, and rescue workers who raced into – rather than out of – collapsing buildings.
We commemorate those regular citizens who carried – rather than trampled – strangers as they themselves struggled down burning, smoke-filled, crumbling stairwells.
We commemorate the passengers of United Flight 93, including two American rugby players, who battled the hijackers in the aisle with coffee pots, cutlery, and shoes, broke into the cockpit, and crashed the airplane into a field in Pennsylvania, thus averting the destruction of the terrorists’ intended target, this planet’s iconic symbol of democratic self-determination, the US Capitol Building.
We commemorate those who survived the attacks, including my brother Rick, who was at the South Tower when the airplanes struck the World Trade Center.
And we remember all those we lost and their families and loved ones … not only those lost in the American Northeast on that day but all those lost on other days in Madrid, London, Bali, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Mumbai, Oklahoma City, Oslo, Jakarta, Manila, Kabul, Lahore, Baghdad, Kigali, and far too many other towns and cities.
But today, beyond sadness, we also commemorate, honor, and indeed celebrate the resilience and determination of communities around the world that have suffered attacks by violent extremists … communities that have pulled together and demonstrated that they are stronger than fear.
We commemorate, honor, and indeed celebrate the many people around the world working to prevent new attacks, to confront and overcome violent ideologies, and to address and combat the circumstances that create breeding grounds for violent extremism.
And finally, and I think most importantly, we commemorate, honor, and indeed celebrate what violent extremists themselves fear most: the great human instinct toward empathy, kindness, and solidarity.
As I find is often the case, the most trenchant commentary comes not from those who peddle words for a living. And the best example is found not among those who presume to lead from a safe, comfortable, and convenient distance.
I look somewhere quite different for inspiration and hope. In the days following September 11, 2001, our Embassy received an email from a Wellington mum sharing the following story:
“My son TK (who will be 4 years old next week) watched as the American flag outside the American Embassy was put to half mast yesterday morning. The Embassy is across the road from TK’s crèche, and after the flag was lowered, he asked why.
“His teachers explained to him that it was because lots of people had been hurt, and then the teachers suggested that the children take flowers over to the Embassy as a mark of respect.
“TK proudly carries his purple flowers forward and placed them beside the flag, then stood back and waited while his friends did the same. He waited, eyes on the flag. When his teachers told him it was time to go, he started crying. The teacher asked what the matter was. TK had thought that by putting the flowers under the flag that would make the people better and the flag would therefore rise again.
“TK was sad that the flowers didn’t help, so he also made 2 cardboard airplanes and asked me to send them to replace the ones that the bad men had broken.”
TK’s mum went on to say that she sent an email to United Airlines telling them about TK’s cardboard planes and offering her condolences. That email was circulated widely within the company, and a line manager in Chicago sent back an email saying:
“Touched does not begin to explain how I feel. During these hard times for us all, it helps to see the hope and goodness in our future generation. Your son must have a very kind heart.”
Yes, TK does have a very kind heart. And he’s not alone. There are millions of TKs out there, and they stepped up on the darkest of days when we needed them most.
It is in nurturing, protecting, and empowering those kind hearts that we find our best hope for building a positive legacy from the events we remember here today.
He aha te mea nui?
He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
Kati ake i konei. Ma te Atua koutou e manaaki.
This caption and picture appeared in the edition of the Norwich Mercury dated Saturday September 8 1917.
MORLEY, GEORGE
Rank:………………………….......Lance Serjeant
Service No:…………………….203133
Date of Death:………………..31/07/1917
Age:……………………………......33
Regiment:………………………..Suffolk Regiment, 8th Bn.
Grave Reference:……………Enclosure No.2 II. B. 17.
Cemetery:…………………….....BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Mrs. Rebecca Morley, of Lakenheath; husband of Mrs. M. A. Morley, of Cemetery Yard, Lakenheath, Suffolk
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/483429/MORLEY,%20GEORGE
Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Lance Sergeant George Morley Died of Wounds on the 31st July 1917 whilst serving with the 8th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. He had previously been 2751 Suffolk Regiment.
The Medal Index Card for Corporal 203133 George Morley, Suffolk Regiment, is held at the National Archive under reference WO 372/14/92587
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D4138926
His Service Records do not appear to have survived the incendiary attack during the Blitz on the Warehouse where all the Army service records were stored.
No match on Picture Norfolk, the County Image Archive.
The Government Probate Service holds a Soldiers Will for 203133 George Morley who died on the 31st July 1917.
probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Wills?Surname=Morley&Sur...
The Lakenheath Remembers website has a mini-biography for him and has pictures of his Medal Index Card and Headstone. His younger brother Charles was Killed in Action on the 28th April 1917.
www.undyingmemory.net/Lakenheath/Morley George.html
26th March 1884 - Birth and Baptism
The birth of a George Morley was registered with the Civil Authorities in the District of Mildenhall, Suffolk in the April to June quarter, (Q2), of 1884. Mildenhall District included Lakenheath.
The baptism of a George Morley, born 26th March 1884, took place at All Saints Lakenheath on the 4th December 1887. His parents were Edward, a Labourer, and Rebecca. The family lived in Lakenheath.
www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581865a3e93790eca305e3e...
Other family baptisms, All Saints, Lakenheath
Elizabeth May Morley, no date of birth recorded, baptised on the same day as her brother George. Parents Edward, a Labourer, and Rebecca. Family resides Lakenheath.
www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581865a3e93790eca305e3f...
William Morley, no date of birth recorded, baptised 2nd June 1878. Parents Edward, a Labourer, and Rebecca. Family resides Lakenheath.
www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818659fe93790eca305d89...
Ernest Edward Morley, no date of birth recorded, baptised 5th March 1882. Parents Edward, a Labourer, and Rebecca. Family resides Lakenheath.
www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581865a1e93790eca305ddc...
Lily Morley, no date of birth recorded, baptised 6th October 1895. Parents Edward, a Labourer, and Rebecca. Family resides Lakenheath.
www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581865a6e93790eca305e96...
Charles Morley, no date of birth recorded, baptised 6th October 1895. Parents Edward, a Labourer, and Rebecca. Family resides Lakenheath.
www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581865a6e93790eca305e96...
1891 Census of England and Wales
The 7 year old George Morley, born Lakenheath, Suffolk, was recorded living at a dwelling on Anchor Lane, Lakenheath. This was the household of his parents, Edward, (aged 39, a General Labourer, born Lakenheath) and Rebecca, (aged 38, Born Lakenheath). As well as George their other children living with them are:-
William…..aged 13….born Lakenheath….Agricultural Labourer
Ernest…….aged 9……born Lakenheath
Elizabeth…aged 4……born Lakenheath
“Voilet”….aged 2…….born Lakenheath
1901 Census of England and Wales
The Morley family were still living on Anchor Lane. Along with parents Edward, (48) and Rebecca, (46), children still single and living at home are William, (23, Ordinary Agricultural Labourer), Ernest E, (19, Ordinary Agricultural Labourer), George, (17, Ordinary Agricultural Labourer), Elizabeth, (14), Violet, (12), Lily, (9), Charles, (6) and Alice, (4) – all born Lakenheath.
His future wife, the 12 year old Mary Mole, born Croxton, Norfolk, was recorded living at a dwelling on Watton Road, Croxton, Norfolk. This was the household of her uncle and aunt, Stephen Linge (44, Gamekeeper, born Thetford) and Emily Linge, (44, born Croxton). As well as a 1 year old son of their own, also in the household is Stephens’ step-son Albert Mole, (aged 18, an Agricultural Labourer, born Croxton). Mary however is shown as a niece of the couple.
1908 – Marriage
The marriage of a George Morley to a Mary Ann Mole was recorded in the Thetford District of Norfolk in the April to June quarter, (Q2), of 1908.
1911 Census of England and Wales
The 27 year old George Morley, a Fruit Farm Labourer, was recorded as the married head of the household at Cemetey Road, Lakenheath, (the census enumerator has shown the address as Mill Road, Lakenheath, although that may be the address the form was originally sent to). He lives there with his wife of 2 years, Mary Ann, (aged 22, born Croxton, Suffolk). So far the couple have had just the one child, and as yet unnamed daughter who was then just a month old.
His widowed mother, the 57 year old Rebecca, was recorded as the head of the household at Anchor Lane. Although this was the first census in England and Wales intended to be completed by the householder, in this case someone else has completed it on her behalf as the declaration has been signed with an “X” (her mark). Rebecca supports herself by Charing. Still single and living with her are her children Charles, (16, Farm Labourer) and Alice, (14, help on farm).
Until September 1911 the quarterly index published by the General Registrars Office did not show information about the mothers maiden name. A check of the General Registrars Office Index of Birth for England and Wales 1911 – 1983 shows three possible additional children of George and Mary, all recorded in the Mildenhall District, all with mothers maiden name Mole. (Note with the daughter on the 1911 that would give the four children referenced in the original caption to the photograph.)
Reginald…………..Q2 1913
Ellen………………Q4 1914
Alfred G………….Q4 1916
On the day
31st July 1917 - Day 1
The Battle of Passchendaele
18th Division
53 Bde
53 Bde’s task was to leapfrog 30th Div once Glencorse Wood had been taken.
8th Bn, Suffolk Regt arrived in Jackdaw Trench at 8.10am to find Glencorse Wood still in enemy hands despite reports to the contrary. They dug in near Clapham Junction. Meanwhile 6th Bn, Berkshire Regt bogged down on the Menin Road also under fire from Glencorse Wood. With the help of 79 Coy, RE they destroyed some pill boxes between road and wood. Five tanks sent to assist bogged down in mud and were destroyed by shell-fire. By 10am they had dug in at the cross roads north west of Glencorse Wood.
forum.irishmilitaryonline.com/showthread.php?t=11535
Page 239 - 241 “The History of the Suffolk Regiment 1914-1927” by Lieutenant-Colonel C.C.R.Murphy
The battles of Ypres of 1917 began on the last day of July, the main blow being delivered by four Army Corps of the Vth Army, under General Sir Hubert Gough, attacking on a front of nearly eight miles. The front allotted to the IInd Corps (Lieut.-General Sir Claude Jacob) to which the 8th Battalion, belonged, extended from the Menin road to the Zillebeke-Zandvoorde road. This difficult stretch of country, especially the part when the Menin road crosses the ridge, was perhaps on the whole the scene of the most desperate fighting in the opening battle, although the depth of the British advance was greatest in the direction of Langemarck.
The intention was that as soon as the 30th Division had gained the Black Line, the 18th Division who were in support should go through them and carry on. The 53rd Brigade (Brig.-General H.W. Higginson) were then to attack the Green Line, and, if the situation developed favourably, the Red Line also. The 8th Battalion reached its assembly positions about 2 a.m. on July 31st, and by zero hour (3.50 a.m.) had established its headquarters at Wellington Crescent. During the latter stages of this move, enemy shells set fire to some dumps and a tank, lighting up the ground with remarkable effect. As “C” Company was passing through Zillebeke a shell burst amongst them, killing and wounding several of the men.
The troops of the attacking division, which the 53rd Brigade were to leapfrog when the first objective was taken, moved forward between the 8th and 24th Division. The 8th Suffolks and 6th Royal Berkshire Regiments, ready and expectant, waited for the front-line reports that would tell them the way was clear for their advance. “By a tragic mistake the 30th Divisional infantry wheeled to their left and assaulted Chateau wood instead of Glencorse wood. The misleading information that Glencorse wood was in our hands caused the 53rd Brigade to plunge into a fatal gap. One of the Suffolks’ scouts met, near the Menin road, an officer of the 17th Manchesters who reported that Glencorse wood had been captured. Contradiction came from Lieut. R.C. Bolingbroke who, before being wounded, penetrated as far as the line of the first objective. Bolingbroke reported that the enemy was still holding ground west of Glencorse wood.” (Source cited “History of the 18th Division” (Blackwood)).
Early in the morning Lieut. Bolingbroke went forward with the battalion scouts to clear Sanctuary wood and place signposts to guide the companies. They came under fire from a corner of the wood, Cpl. Fletcher being twice wounded. This was the work of a daring sniper, who did much damage before he was killed. Soon after 6 a.m. Lieut. Bolingbroke sent back a message to say 30th Division were on the north side of the Menin road, an in Chateau wood.
As the troops advanced a barrage was encountered in the splintered remains of Sanctuary wood, on the further edge of which they came under a destructive machine-gun and rifle fire. A platoon of “B” Company, under Lieut. Chibnall, was the first to get up to Lieut. Bolingbroke. These two officers decided to attack the second line (Surbiton Villa) with such troops as they could collect, and without waiting for support. The line was taken, Lieut. Chibnall and Sgt. J. Mason, M.M., being killed, and Lieut. Bolingbroke wounded, at the head of the platoon. In the course of the severe fighting in the vicinity of Surbiton Villa, Pte. F.J. Read with a small party of “A” Company (Major H.A. Angier, M.C.) rushed a German machine-gun, killing the whole team.
The battalion got on to the Menin road near Clapham Junction and advanced several hundred yards beyond it, where they were checked and forced to take up a line of shell-holes. The attack practically finished here, as by this time the enemy were in great strength round Glencorse wood. While Major Fache was crawling up the Menin road with a runner, a cock pheasant alighted about fifty yards ahead of them, though shells were dropping everywhere. The runner shot the bird, carrying it out of action at the end of his rifle with great pride. It was possibly not the first time he had killed game without a licence.
By this time all our tanks had been put out of action. The battalion having advanced altogether nearly a mile and made a hard but availing fight to get still further, now dug themselves in. Thus ended, as far as the 8th Battalion was concerned, the battle of Pilckem Ridge, in which they sustained 177 casualties including the following officers:-
Killed: Lieut. R.S. Chibnall; 2nd Lieuts J.D. Wheeler and A.C. Savage.
Wounded: Captain G.L. Crandon, M.C.; Lieut. R.C. Bolingbroke, M.C., D.C.M.; and 2nd Lieuts W. Brown and L.C. Rae, the last named remaining at duty.
lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/infantry-histories/libr...
(A check of the CWGC database reveals 59 fatalities on this day).
From the War Diary of the 6th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.
All references to Sheet ZILLEBEKE 1/20,000.
1.55AM - Head of Bn arrived in assembly area in I.17d and I.23a & c. 3.5 - Bn reported present in assembly area. Message sent to Bde HQ to this effect.
3.50 - Zero hour.
5AM Bde report Blue line captured.
5.50 - Patrols under 2/Lts HR Hooper and GH Tigar sent forward to get in touch with 17th Manchesters
6.50AM. Black line reported captured unofficially.
7.15 - Bn moved from assembly area in Artillery formation towards forming up line.
8.30 - Bn passing through SANCTUARY WOOD in I.13c. Fairly heavy MG fire & artillery barrage directed against Bn. No Manchester met up to this point and captured trenches did not appear to be garrisoned.
8.45 - JACKDAW RES TR reached. Owing to MG fire from YPRES-MENIN Rd and SURBITON VILLAS Bn deployed to extended order. Advance resumed and the line of the YPRES-MENIN road made good.
9AM - Attack on the black line determined on and commenced by rushes under cover of rifle & MG fire. Suffolks and their attd TM co-operated with fire on SP at J14a3.21/2. 9.50 - In spite of strong opposition and without assistance from our own Artillery which was unaware of the situation the line Xrds J7d91 JARGON SWITCH and SURBITON VILLAS captured. Touch gained with Lincolns at bank in J7d. 10.10 - British barrage opened behind the line of resistance holding up the Bn. Efforts to advance were stopped by rifle & MG fire from the JARGON TR LINE.
10.30 - Consolidation of the line J7d9.4 - Xrds J7d9.1 - JARGON SWITCH - J13b9.6 - junction rds at J13b9.5 - E of SURBITON VILLA where touch was gained with the SUFFOLKS. The work of consolidation was difficult owing to hostile MG fire & aeroplanes dropping bombs on troops consolidating.
3pm - Enemy seen massing for counter attack in GLENCORSE WOOD. SOS barrage called for - Artillery open fire and attack did not materialize. Remainder of day fairly quiet but enemy kept up continuous shell fire on consolidated troops & Bn HQ on YPRES MENIN Rd in the tunnel at J13b3.1.
8.30pm - Orders for relief by 17th KLR received. Details arranged direct with Bn - Relief orders attached.
12MN - Relief commenced. Completed 2.50AM Aug 1st. Bn withdrew to DICKEBUSCH.
www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/war-diaries/detail/7413
BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
Location Information
Bedford House Cemetery is located 2.5 Km south of Ieper town centre. The cemetery lies on the Rijselseweg (N336), the road connecting Ieper to Armentieres.
Historical Information
Zillebeke village and most of the commune were in the hands of Commonwealth forces for the greater part of the First World War, but the number of cemeteries in the neighbourhood bears witness to the fierce fighting in the vicinity from 1914 to 1918.
Bedford House, sometimes known as Woodcote House, were the names given by the Army to the Chateau Rosendal, a country house in a small wooded park with moats. Although it never fell into German hands, the house and the trees were gradually destroyed by shell fire. It was used by field ambulances and as the headquarters of brigades and other fighting units, and charcoal pits were dug there from October 1917.
In time, the property became largely covered by small cemeteries; five enclosures existed at the date of the Armistice, but the graves from No.1 were then removed to White House Cemetery, St. Jean, and those from No.5 to Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres.
ENCLOSURE No.2 was begun in December 1915, and used until October 1918. After the Armistice, 437 graves were added, all but four of which came from the Ecole de Bienfaisance and Asylum British Cemeteries, both at Ypres.
In all, 5,139 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War are buried or commemorated in the enclosures of Bedford House Cemetery. 3,011 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate a number of casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials name casualties buried in other cemeteries whose graves could not be found on concentration. Second World War burials number 69 (3 of which are unidentified). There are 2 Germans buried here.
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/55502/BEDFORD%20HOU...
(Mildly photoshopped to minimise the visual impact of damage that was present on the original image.)
I'm actually on top of the moon.....looking down at creation.
Thought this photo was very pretty so I went with it!
Architect: Alexander Binnie for LCC, 1902. Circular red-brick building with glazed dome, at Island Gardens. Inside there are spiral stairs and a lift shaft descending to the foot-tunnel under the Thames. Grade II listed. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Elisa - Heaven Out Of Hell
So are you turning around your mind
do you think the sun won't shine this time
are you breathing only half of the air
are you giving only half of a chance
don't you wanna shake because you love
cry because you care
feel 'cause you're alive
sleep because you're tired
make heaven, heaven out of hell now ...
are you locked up in you counting the days
oh how long until you have your freedom
just shake because you love
cry because you care
feel 'cause you're alive
sleep because you're tired
shake because you love
bleed 'cause you got hurt
die because you lived
make heaven, heaven out of hell now ...
are you still turning around the same things
are you still trying that way
are you still praying the same prayers
are you still waiting for that same day to come
climbing the same mountain
you're not getting higher
you're running after yourself
can't let go
hiding in that place you don't wanna be
you push happiness so far away
but it comes back
to give you all that you've given before
to love you the way that you do, like a mirror
look in the air 'n catch that boomerang
can't fall anywhere else but in your own
and make heaven
heaven out of hell now
make heaven
heaven out of hell now...
make heaven heaven out of hell now
make heaven
heaven out of hell now
are you still waiting
make heaven
heaven out of hell now
are you still praying
make heaven
heaven out of hell now
are you still losing
make heaven
heaven out of hell now
make heaven
heaven out of hell now
I wanna fly because
I dream
dream
dream