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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 17: Kim "Peyz" Su-hwan of Gen.G Esports is seen backstage at the League of Legends - Mid-Season Invitational Bracket Stage on May 17 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)
The Port of Tórshavn is the largest and busiest of the many harbours dotted throughout the Faroe Islands. Tórshavn enjoys success as a base for North Atlantic fishing fleets, a focus for the nation’s container and ro-ro ferry traffic and a growing summer call for cruise ships.
A day of action by students opposed to the recently announced increases to tuition fee
A number of students attempted to protect a police van from further damage after it had been attacked
This Hubble image features a massive cluster of brightly glowing galaxies, first identified as Abell 3192. Like all galaxy clusters, this one is suffused with hot gas that emits powerful X-rays, and it is enveloped in a halo of invisible dark matter. All this unseen material – not to mention the many galaxies visible in this image – comprises such a huge amount of mass that the galaxy cluster noticeably curves spacetime around it, making it into a gravitational lens. Smaller galaxies behind the cluster appear distorted into long, warped arcs around the cluster’s edges.
The galaxy cluster is in the constellation Eridanus, but the question of its distance from Earth is a more complicated one. Abell 3192 was originally documented in the 1989 update of the Abell catalog of galaxy clusters that was first published in 1958. At that time, Abell 3192 was thought to comprise a single cluster of galaxies, concentrated at a single distance. However, further research revealed something surprising: the cluster’s mass seemed to be densest at two distinct points rather than one.
It was subsequently shown that the original Abell cluster is actually comprised of two independent galaxy clusters – a foreground group around 2.3 billion light-years from Earth, and another group at the greater distance of about 5.4 billion light-years from our planet. The more distant galaxy cluster, included in the Massive Cluster Survey as MCS J0358.8-2955, is central in this image. The two galaxy groups are thought to have masses equivalent to around 30 trillion and 120 trillion times the mass of the Sun, respectively. Both of the two largest galaxies at the center of this image are part of MCS J0358.8-2955; the smaller galaxies you see here, however, are a mixture of the two groups within Abell 3192.
Text credit: European Space Agency
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, G. Smith, H. Ebeling, D. Coe
For more information: science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-views-a-double-cl...
Maxime Huscenot (St Gilles, REU) dominated proceedings throughout the finals' day, the former ASP World Junior Champion (2009) taking out the Inaugural ASP 3-Star Yop Reunion Surf Pro Junior in excellent wave conditions, while fellow islander Joanne Defay (St Leu) was clinching the women's ASP 2-Star Rexona Girls Pro Junior title
TROIS BASSINS, Reunion Island (Friday, April 15, 2011) – The inaugural Yop Reunion Surf Pro Junior, an ASP 3-Star Men’s event running along with the ASP 2-Star Rexona Girls Pro Junior, saw the crowning of local heroes Maxime Huscenot (St Gilles, REU), 19, and Joanne Defay (St Leu, REU), 17, both claiming this year’s ASP European Junior Series opening event in great fashion.
Taking valuable rankings’ points and confidence to start the year as European leaders, Huscenot and Defay were standouts throughout the final day, posting the event’s highest heat scores en route to their respective wins.
With clean four-to-five foot (1.5 meter) waves allowing some of the best levels of surfing ever witnessed on an ASP European sanctioned Pro Junior event, the final day was a mix of exceptional progressive surfing, smart heat tactics and full-on commitment for a stunning show.
“It’s the best feeling to win for my first event ever as a professional surfer in Reunion Island, at home,” Huscenot said. “Event officials couldn’t have made a better call by holding things for today as we enjoyed some of the best surf conditions I’ve ever seen in a junior event. To win in such waves, in front of my friends, is just ideal.”
Huscenot, a former ASP World Junior Champion (2009) and ASP European Junior Champion (2008), unleashed some of his best tactics and backhand surf to find his way through to victory, the event’s local favorite leaving few chance to his opponents to counter him.
“It’s been a great day and I felt good and in rhythm,” Huscenot said. “I got some solid scores earlier in the day and it helped me get confidence and relax for the final. I was young when I first won the European title and it’s definitely one thing I have on mind right now as this win may be of good help to try and chase a second crown. However, I am focused 100% on the ASP Star and Prime Series so I hope I’ll find the time to attend other junior contests.”
After a couple of lay days, the final day turned on for the remaining title hunters, runner-up Dimitri Ouvre (St Barth, BLM) coming just 0.2 poiints short of a career first win. Throwing fins)out turns and reverse airs round after round, the Caribbean native stepped-up against Huscenot but was not able to counter the unstoppable assaults of the former ASP World Junior Champion in the final.
“I was aiming at the win but that final is still my best result ever so I’ll take it for sure and hats off to Maxime for his exceptional run,” Ouvre said. “To start the year off with a runner-up in such a crucial event is of much importance and I am looking forward at capitalizing on it and definitely keep an eye on the ASP European Junior title if I can keep my game rolling.’
Ouvre, who has been rising through the ranks since a couple of years, confirmed he was definitely one of this year’s main ASP European Junior crown contenders. Mixing his custom-made progressive surfing and solid front-hand vertical attacks, Ouvre impressed the crowds heat after heat, netting the event’s second best heat result overall.
In the women’s division, former ASP European Women’s Junior champion Joanne Defay (St Leu, REU) had opened the Reunion kids’ domination roll earlier, claiming the Rexona Girls pro Junior in front of runner-up and fellow local Canelle Bulard (St Leu, REU). Defay, using her impressive powerful carves and wave pick to post a series of high coring waves and eventually take the win.
Already amongst the ASP Women’s Star Series and having performed well in the big league, Defay was at ease in the clean surf conditions staying in the lead heat after heat to naturally take her maiden ASP European Junior victory.
“I am overwhelmed with joy right now and couldn’t have thought of a better finish in front of my home crowds,” Defay said. “The waves were great and I caught quite a few lefts to build momentum through the day and it paid off all the way though to the final. Congratulations to all organisers and Canelle for her run.”
While other favorites Ramzi Boukiam (Agadir, MAR) and William Aliotti (St Martin, SXM) placed equal 3rd in the men’s division, Maud Lecar (Guadeloupe, FRA) and Garazi Sanchez (Sopelana, EUK) were able to make the Semifinals in the women’s event, all event equal 3rd finishers getting a solid start for this year’s ASP European Junior Series title.
The event is webcast LIVE via www.aspeurope.com
All photos, news, event updates and daily video highlights available at www.aspeurope.com/events2011/lareunion/index.php
REXONA GIRLS PRO JUNIOR RESULTS
Final: Joanne Defay (REU) 12.50 def. Canelle Bulard (REU) 11.10
Semi 1: Joanne Defay (REU) 16.25 def. Garazi Sanchez (EUK) 7.75
Semi 2: Canelle Bulard (REU) 16.15 def. Maud Lecar (REU) 10.50
Quarter 1: Joanne Defay (REU) 11.50 def. Joanna Giansanti (FRA) 5.60
Quarter 2: Garazi Sanchez (EUK) 12.25 def. Loiola Canales (EUK) 4.45
Quarter 3: Canelle Bulard (REU) 12.00 def. Maria Abecasis (PRT) 7.70
Quarter 4: Maud Lecar (REU) 14.40 def. Justine Dupont (FRA) 14.00
YOP REUNION SURF PRO JUNIOR RESULTS
Final: Maxime Huscenot (REU) 15.80 def. Dimitri Ouvre (BLM) 15.40
Semi 1: Dimitri Ouvre (BLM) 13.25 def. Ramzi Boukiam (MAR) 12.40
Semi 2: Maxime Huscenot (REU) def. William Aliotti (BLM)
Quarter 1: Ramzi Boukiam (MAR) 13.40 def. PV Laborde (FRA) 9.85
Quarter 2: Dimitri Ouvre (BLM) 15.15 def. Vasco Ribeiro (PRT) 14.90
Quarter 3: William Aliotti (BLM) 14.00 def.Tristan Guilbaud (FRA) 13.90
Quarter 4: Maxime Huscenot (REU) 18.00 def. Frederico Morais (PRT) 13.35
Photo © Aquashot/aspeurope.com
Most people go to Roswell to check out the UFO Museum (we did too) but on the way we stopped at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art - wow! This museum is fantastic. There are no world famous works here, but a bunch of great art created by local artists or participants in the Artist in Residence Program. The museum is free, the staff was great, and we had it to ourselves on a Sunday afternoon. This is definitely a must see if you are anywhere near Roswell.
We visited the Anderson in March 2014. My only regret is not photographing the titles and artists so if you know any of them, please let me know.
Top of The Pops 2015. Russia. [final cut]
Лучшие альбомы 2015. Россия.
01. Pinkshinyultrablast – Everything Else Matters [shoegaze, dream pop]
02. Your Friends Polymers – Chudesa EP [dream pop, shoegaze]
03. Daughters Hand – Кольцо Чистоты [garage, noise pop]
04. Kedr Livanskiy – Sgoraet EP [lo–fi]
05. Homeboy In Luv –まだ大好き [lo–fi, indie]
06. Supervitesse – Cheer EP [lo-fi, psychedelic]
07. Theodor Bastard – Vetvi [world, ethnic]
08. Noir For Rachel – Went Missing [shoegaze, drone]
09. Sonic Death – Vecherinka Dlja Lohov EP [post-punk]
10. Bright Falls – Self-Titled EP [psychedelic, rock]
11. Mercurium – Demo [darkwave]
12. Letoymiraet – Cherry Bubblegum EP [indie pop]
13. Gnoomes – Ngan! EP [psychedelic, rock]
14. Honeyfrequency – Culture And Recreation [darkwave, coldwave, lo-fi]
15. Sivyj Yar – Burial Shrouds [post-metal]
16. Bong Rips – Высшая школа кожаных курток [garage]
17. Звёзды – S/T [synth, post-punk]
18. ИЛ – Тени древних культов [doom, sludge]
19. Howye – No Suffocating EP [lo–fi, indie]
20. Below the Sun – Envoy [heavy psych, funeral doom]
21. Moa Pillar – Humanity [electronic]
22. Antethic – New Terrain EP [drone, post-rock]
23. Talking Bush – Ordinary Unusual EP [morrissey]
24. Mindquake – Origin EP [lo-fi, synth]
25. Л.Фёдоров, В.Мартынов, В.Волков, Т.Гринденко, Opus Posth – Элегия [avantgarde]
26. Kirov – Waves and Vibrations [progressive]
27. Кобыла И Трупоглазые Жабы Искали Цезию, Нашли Поздно Утром Свистящего Хна – Великое князьство Литовское, Руское, Жомойтское [avantgarde, synth]
28. Kittypants – Монашка Riot EP [riot grrrl]
29. Gena – Slow Day [doom, sludge]
30. Tikhie Kamni – Zemli [ambient, field]
31. Вхоре – Сжечь EP [post-punk, lo-fi]
32. Angelic Milk – IDK How EP [lo-fi]
33. Verona Boys – Magic Mod [indie pop]
34. Paper Wounds – Paper Wounds EP [shoegaze]
35. Панк Фракция Красных Бригад – Ракеты Красных Землянок [post-punk]
36. Смола – Бизнес по-петербургски [heavy psych]
37. FPRF – 87p chill [electronic]
38. Ruidos – Demo [reverb]
39. Grave Disgrace – The Mystery of the Dead Revive [stoner, doom]
40. Женя Куковеров – Тунеядец [lo-fi, garage]
41. Калинов Мост – Циклон [rock]
42. Wind Along The Coast – Inside Your Mind EP [indie rock]
43. Messer Chups – The Incredible Crocotiger [surf]
44. Motorama – Poverty [post-punk]
45. Kira Lao – Вода EP [indie rock]
46. The Freaks – How to Keep Nothing [indie rock]
47. Jiva – Euphoria EP [heavy psych]
48. Verticals – Grace Of Existence [post-rock]
49. Trna – Pattern of Infinity [atmospheric, black]
50. Буерак – Корни EP [punk]
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Materic – Меж Каменных Плит (2014) [noise, alternative] - вышел в декабре прошлого года и выпал из топов.
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Polska Radio One – Early Broadcasts [heavy psych, space] - компиляция ранних записей.
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Telephone Is Dead – David Dreams [noise, reverd] - сайд-проект Noir For Rachel.
Стили указаны условно, места субъективны, некоторые замечательные артисты неизбежно потерялись /amen.
#totp #totp2015 #bestof2015 #bestofrussia #лучшиеальбомы #bestofyear #russia #россия
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak signs an Economic and Financial Dialogue agreement with India via a video conference call. He was joined by John Glen, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury and other HM Treasury officials
Statue of the mother of the 'heretic' pharaoh Amenophis IV, better known by the name Akhenaten.
Akhenaten's reign is marked by a radical break with Egypt's ancient religion, the pharaoh abandoned the multitude of traditional gods in favour of a single deity, the Aten, the life giving sun-disc.
The seat of power was moved to Akhetaten (now El Amarna), a new city was built on a desert site, chosen for its proximity to a geographical feature that appeared to enfold the rising sun, and established to cement Egypt's revolution away from the priests and cult centre of Thebes. The city was named 'Akhetaten' and served as the cult centre of the pharaoh's new religion with himself as the chief intermediary of the new god. Akhenaten is often celebrated as one of history's earliest monotheistic rulers.
Akhenaten's religious revolution did not last beyond him and the old order was restored under his son and successor Tutankhamun. Most of his monuments were thoroughly destroyed to eradicate his memory under later pharaohs, believing Akhenaten had offended the gods by denying them.
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo contains the World's greatest collection of Ancient Egyptian antiquities, covering all periods of Egypt's rich history from the Pre-Dynastic, Old, Middle & New Kingdoms all the way to the Greco-Roman era.
The star exhibit has for the best part of a century been the treasure's of Tutankhamun's tomb (discovered in 1922) which occupy two whole galleries on the upper floor. However this arrangement will soon change as the entire Tutankhamun collection (along with several other important pieces) will be transferred to the new Grand Egyptian Museum currently being prepared in Giza. A few pieces (that I recalled from our previous visit in 1995) had already been moved, and by now doubtless others will have followed, with plans for a partial opening of the new museum with its purpose-designed Tutankhamun galleries scheduled for late 2018.
Happy Fourth of July, Everyone! I saved this image taken on a photo stroll in June, for the moment I got it I thought right away that this would be a photo as American as can be. Passing the young couple, I stopped to ask if they'd mind a photo because the light was so right and they said yes. Then as I got my camera up to focus, they suddenly kissed. Woohoo!
The bridge over Tempe Town Lake is featured in many previous photos of my stream, and the young man's belt buckle too, ha ha! Couldn't believe that just at that moment the flag furled out so classic, so this was a photo moment meant to be. A set for the images is in "Tempe Time".
Simplified map shows the railroads of the Tampa Bay area in 1915. The red line down the left side traces the route of the Orange Belt Railway to St. Petersburg from Pasco County via Tarpon Springs, which became part of the ACL in 1903.
In Tampa at the right, the ACL rail route is shown in red, making connections with Tampa Union Station, Port Tampa, and wharves along the harbor. The green line traces the SAL tracks that connect to Tampa Union Station and to wharves along the harbor. The purple line traces the path of the Tampa Northern railroad from wharves along the harbor north to Brooksville.
The blue lines trace the Tampa & Gulf Coast railroad routes to Clearwater and St. Petersburg, with a branch northward to Tarpon Springs. Another branch extends the Tampa & Gulf Coast railroad to Port Richey. The Tampa & Gulf Coast railroad used the line of the Tampa Northern railroad to reach Tampa, and trains of the Tampa & Gulf Coast and the Tampa Northern connected to Tampa Union Station along the SAL line. The SAL owned shares in both of these smaller railroad companies, and eventually absorbed them into the SAL system.
The Tampa & Gulf Coast railroad also built the Indian Beach spur to the Gulf Beaches, and the ACL had a spur track to Belleair's Belleview Hotel, just south of Clearwater. Adapted from Heritage Village map
The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops), Cairo, Egypt. Built as a tomb over a 10 to 20-year period concluding around 2560 BC, is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex. Initially at 146.5 metres (481 feet), the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for more than 3,800 years.
A Grande Pirâmide de Gizé (também conhecida como a Pirâmide de Khufu ou a Pirâmide de Quéops), Cairo, Egito. Construída como um túmulo durante um período de 10 a 20 anos que foi finalizada cerca de 2560 a.C., é a mais antiga e maior das três pirâmides no complexo da pirâmide de Gizé. Inicialmente com 146,5 metros, a Grande Pirâmide foi a estrutura artificial mais alta do mundo por mais de 3.800 anos.
52 Weeks of 2019
Week 10: Food Photography
Category: Edible creation
Rosemary Parmesan bread soaking up the remains of the pesto sauce.
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Rusting remains of the wreck of the 19th century Royal Naval floating dry dock (HM Floating Dock Bermuda) in Stovel Bay at Spanish Point, Pembroke Parish, Bermuda.
* "The floating dock ... was one of the industrial wonders of its day." (Harris, 2012, below)
This is one of the most historical and interesting wrecks, possibly anywhere in the world, though local people regard it as a dangerous eyesore and, understandably, want it removed. It was not a ship at all, but a nearly unique iron-built floating dry dock which was wrecked in the entrance to the bay in 1906. One might have thought these remains of a remarkable vessel had been rescued and preserved here in some way, as an important piece of naval, maritime and industrial history. But the task of doing that properly is apparently insuperable, and these remains are genuinely abandoned, with only a small plaque on the shore nearby, to explain the origin of the wreck.
HM Floating Dock Bermuda "was ... built in 1866 in North Woolwich, England ... [and] first arrived on Bermuda’s shores in 1869. It was in the process of being towed away from its post at Dockyard [= Royal Naval Dockyard Bermuda, on Ireland Island North, Sandys Parish.] after having been replaced and partially dismantled. It was caught in a gale and drifted over to Spanish Point [i.e right here], where it got lodged on the rocks and became unmovable. It has been there ever since as a rusted relic. It was first built in 1863 as a patented invention of Messrs Campbell Johnstone and Co. It weighed 8,200 tonnes and could lift any vessel afloat at the time except for the Great Eastern, which was a large iron sailing steam ship. It was the largest floating dock ever constructed and only lost that distinction to its successor in 1901, Admiralty Floating Dock #1, also made for the Bermuda Dockyard. In her prime, the ‘Bermuda’ was used to accommodate large warships. The 'Bermuda' was more than 47,000 sq ft [c 4366 sq m] and 381ft [c 116 m] long and 123ft [c 37 m] at its maximum width, and a depth of 74ft [c 23 m]. It could easily accommodate ships up to 370ft [c 113 m] long and 25ft [c 8 m] wide. (In 1950, the Bermuda Government tried to clear the bay of the remnants of the dock using dynamite, to no avail)."
----- www.bermuda-online.org/seepemb.htm
For more information and an interesting picture of the dock in its active time, giving a good idea of its sheer size, go to:
----- www.bermuda-attractions.com/bermuda2_000154.htm
For a brief, informal but authoritative account by Bermuda historian and archaeologist, Edward Harris (currently Executive Director of the Maritime Museum and National Museum at Dockyard), with superb 19th Century archive illustrations go to:
www.bermudarentals.com/wp-content/uploads/HMAFDBda.pdf
(HMS Warrior, amongst the first ironclad warships, and mentioned in these accounts as one of the four ships that towed HM FD Bermuda from England to Bermuda, is still extant, being moored as a museum ship in Portsmouth, England.)
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This small Book of Hours is especially interesting for its profusion of humorous drolleries. Humans, animals, and hybrids are featured in the margins of each page of the book. The artists rendered in small scenes a variety of actions, like cooking, playing game, climbing, fishing, making music or moving the bodies in a dance. These drolleries amuse the faithful during his prayers, while showing scenes that work as metaphors of the soul fighting the vices. The original female owner seems to have been established in the diocese of Cambrai, judging from the use of the Office of the Dead. Several provenance episodes are evidenced by the book in the signatures on the leaves at the beginning and end of the manuscript. A priest in the sixteenth century wrote a message in code on fol. 1v asking to return to him the book if lost. Members of the ducal house of Savoy owned this book of prayer in the seventeenth century, as evidenced by the gilt armorial shield of Charles Emmanuel II (1634-75), duke of Savoy, stamped on the covers.
To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.
And so we turn to some wide angle shots of the church. The Minster seems almost large enough to be a cathedral.
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Beverley Minster, in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, is a parish church in the Church of England. It is one of the largest parish churches in the UK, larger than one third of all English cathedrals and regarded as a gothic masterpiece by many.
Originally a collegiate church, it was not selected as a bishop's seat during the Dissolution of the Monasteries; nevertheless it survived as a parish church and the chapter house was the only major part of the building to be lost. It is part of the Greater Churches Group and a Grade I listed building.[1] Every year it hosts events in association with local schools. Including the Beverley Minster Primary School Nativity Performance and the Beverley Grammar School Speech Night.
The minster owes its origin and much of its subsequent importance to Saint John of Beverley, who founded a monastery locally around 700 AD and whose bones still lie beneath a plaque in the nave. The institution grew after his death and underwent several rebuildings. After a serious fire in 1188, the subsequent reconstruction was overambitious; the newly heightened central tower collapsed c. 1213 bringing down much of the surrounding church. Work on the present structure began around 1220.
It took 200 years to complete building work but, despite the time scale involved, the whole building has coherent form and detail and is regarded[who?] as one of the finest examples of Perpendicular design, the twin towers of the west front being a superlative example. These formed the inspiration for the design of the present Westminster Abbey.
Saint Thomas Becket of Canterbury, (c. 1118–29 December 1170) was named Provost of Beverley in 1154.
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (1449–1489), was buried in the church after being murdered by the citizens of York in 1489 during the Yorkshire Rebellion over high taxes imposed by King Henry VII.
As with many English churches during the wars of religion in the 16th century, Beverley Minster was not immune to dissension. Church authorities cracked down hard on those they felt were part of the "Popish" conspiracy contrary to Royal decrees. "Among those holding traditional beliefs were three of the clergy at the minster, who were charged with Popish practices in 1567; John Levet was a former member of the college and Richard Levet was presumably his brother. Both Levetts were suspended from the priesthood for keeping prohibited equipment and books and when restored were ordered not to minister in Beverley or its neighbourhood."[2]
In the 18th century the present central tower replaced an original lantern tower that was in danger of collapse. This central tower now houses the largest surviving treadwheel crane in England, which is used when raising building materials to a workshop located in the roof. A distinctive feature of both the north and south transepts is the presence of rose windows, and a White Rose of York, with ten equal parts. Daily tours to the crane and rose windows are available to the general public, subject to other church commitments.
Features of the interior include columns of Purbeck Marble, stiff-leaf carving and the tomb of Lady Eleanor Percy, dating from around 1340 and covered with a richly-decorated canopy, regarded[who?] as one of the best surviving examples of Gothic art. A total of 68 16th century misericords are located in the quire of the minster and nearby is a sanctuary or frith stool dating back to Anglo-Saxon times.
The misericords were probably carved by the Ripon school of carvers and bear a strong family resemblance to those at Manchester Cathedral and Ripon Cathedral.
The church contains one of the few remaining Frith Stools (also known as Frid Stools, meaning "peace chairs") in England. Anyone wanting to claim sanctuary from the law would sit in the chair. The chair dates from Saxon times before 1066.[3][4][5][6]
The organ is mounted above a richly carved wooden screen dating from the late 19th century. There is a staircase in the north aisle which would have been used in collegiate times to gain access from and to the chapter house.
Improvements to the choir were made during the 16th and 18th centuries and medieval glass, which was shattered by a storm in 1608, was meticulously collected and installed in the East Window in 1725. The Thornton family, great craftsmen of the early 18th century, were responsible for the font cover and the west door. Another notable feature is the series of carvings of musicians which adorn the nave.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Minster
Beverley Minster is the Parish Church of St. John and St. Martin
John, bishop of York, founded a monastery on the site where Beverley Minster stands.
John died in 721 and his body was buried in a chapel of the Saxon church.
He was canonised in 1037.
The present church was built around his tomb.
Building work began in 1220 and was completed in 1425.
Throughout the Middle Ages miracles which took place at his tomb attracted pilgrims from far and wide.
Today the church is still a place of pilgrimage for visitors. It also continues to be a place of prayer and worship at the heart of the community.
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of America.
Tennessee known as the Volunteer State, has many symbols.
The tulip poplar was designated as the official state tree of Tennessee
Tennessee has two state flowers. The Purple Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) is the state's wildflower and the iris is the state's cultivated flower.
Tennessee has played a critical role in the development of many forms of American popular music, including rock and roll, blues, country music, and rockabilly.
Tennessee has nine official state songs
1. My Homeland, Tennessee, by Nell Grayson Taylor (words) and Roy Lamont Smith (music)
2. When It's Iris Time in Tennessee, by Willa Waid Newman
3. My Tennessee, by Frances Hannah Tranum, is the state's official public school song
4. Tennessee Waltz, by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King
5. Rocky Top, by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
6. Tennessee, by Vivian Rorie
7. The Pride of Tennessee, by Fred Congdon, Thomas Vaughn and Carol Elliot
8. Smoky Mountain Rain, a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan that became a hit for Ronnie Milsap, was added to the list of state songs
9. Tennessee, written by John R. Bean of Knoxville
For more information about visiting Tennessee
Tennessee trip info:
In the morning our tour continues to Tennessee with a trip through the Great Smoky Mountains. After a stop in Gatlinburg, TN, we will continue on to Pigeon Forge, TN to see the Dixie Stampede Western show, which was created by the great Dolly Parton. During the Christma (Dec. 27th), guests will also have chance to appreciate the exclusive Christmas Special Shows and a brief but exciting "The Epiphany of Our Lord Chris" performance. We will spend the night in Chattanooga, TN.
Great Smoky Mountains, TN The Great Smoky Mountains are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. The range is sometimes called the Smoky Mountains and the name is commonly shortened to the Smokies.
Great Smoky Mountains Park This 520,000-acre park on the eastern border of Tennessee is a United States National Park and UNESCO World Heritage. It is the most-visited national park in the United States, and is renown for the beauty of its landscapes.
Ober Gatlinburg Aerial Tramway The Ober Gatlinburg amusement park and ski resort boasts many rides and attractions, but perhaps none are quite as scenic and beautiful as the Aerial Tramway. The cable car brings riders 2.1 miles up the Great Smoky Mountains.
Pigeon Forge, TN Pigeon Forge is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States. Pigeon Forge is primarily a tourist destination. The city's attractions include Dollywood, numerous outlet malls, and music theaters.
Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede In 1988, the first Dixie Stampede opened in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, just outside of Dollywood, Dolly Parton's theme park. The show is still going strong today, and has expanded to two other locations in the American South.
Chattanooga
We will spend the day exploring Chattanooga, TN and the surrounding area. Our day includes heading to Rock City and seeing the Ruby Falls.
Chattanooga, TN Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. A unique distinction for Chattanooga is the fact that the city has its own typeface, Chatype, which was launched in August 2012.
Ruby Falls The famous Ruby Falls, an underground waterfall, are a natural phenomenon, and are fed by rainwater and underground springs. The water from the falls flows out of the caverns and eventually joins up with the Tennessee River.
Rock City is as famous for its aggressive mid-19th-century marketing campaigns as for its views and gardens. Still, Rock City does offer a lot to visitors: panoramic views, botanical gardens, and amazing rock formations are all features.
Lookout Mountain Incline Railway This tram has been running almost continually since 1895, and with the exception of an engine update in 1911, it hasn't changed that much. The ride stretches about one mile up the mountain and reaches a grade of 72.7%.
4-Day Tennessee Bus Tour from New York/New JerseyTour Code: 955-2742
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Visit nine states:
New York - drive through with tour guide
New Jersey - drive through with tour guide
Pennsylvania - Welcome Center visit
Delaware - drive through with tour guide
Maryland - drive through with tour guide
West Virginia - Welcome Center visit
Virginia - USA
Tennessee - USA
Georgia - USA
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April 24th 2015
Grave of Harry “Pete” Pierpont
Holy Cross Cemetery
435 West Troy Avenue
Indianapolis, IN
Born in Muncie in 1902, Harry Pierpont was Dillinger’s right hand man for the final year of his life. In December 1933, the FBI released a “Most Wanted” list. Dillinger was #1, Pierpont was #2. After the arrest in Tucson, he and Charles Makley were transferred to Columbus, OH for the death of Sheriff Jess Sarber, and were both sentenced to death. They tried to escape on September 22nd, 1934, but the police interfered by shooting them. Makley was killed on the spot, but Pierpont survived. The electric chair finished the job on October 17th, 1934. His body was transferred back to Indianapolis, and he was buried here at Holy Cross Cemetery.
CAKE performed at The Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, NV on June 11, 2011.
CAKE, one of the most principled, enduring, self-reliant, and best-selling artists in post-alternative rock, has been cited by Rolling Stone as creators of “a modern pop that is both mechanized and organic…highly developed and virtually unique.” Founded in 1992 and reaching worldwide attention on the strength of their platinum albums Fashion Nugget and Prolonging The Magic, as well as the gold-certified discs Comfort Eagle and Pressure Chief, CAKE is still an outsider – defiantly and proudly cutting their own path. Both their music and their way of operating in the ever-evolving marketplace are fueled by the same core principles of self-reliance, democracy, and integrity that inspired their formation.
CAKE’s new album, Showroom Of Compassion, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 in January, marking their first number one album in their nearly two decades of existence. Showroom Of Compassion, CAKE's first record of new material since the release of Pressure Chief seven years ago, comes via the band's own label, Upbeat Records. The new album has been produced using 100% solar generated electricity from the rooftop of their solar electric powered studio in Sacramento, CA.
The Boulevard Pool sets the stage for Las Vegas' most unique live concerts. Perched high above The Las Vegas Strip, The Boulevard Pool is a multilevel pool experience by day and an intimate outdoor concert venue with unobstructed sightlines of both the stage and The Strip by night.
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Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury (27 July 1527 – 13 February 1608), known as Bess of Hardwick, was the third surviving daughter of John Hardwick, of Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire. She was married four times, firstly to Robert Barlow, who died in his teens; secondly to the courtier Sir William Cavendish; thirdly to Sir William St Loe; and lastly to George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, sometime keeper to the captive Mary, Queen of Scots. An accomplished needlewoman, Bess hosted Mary at Chatsworth House for extended periods in 1569, 1570, and 1571, during which time they worked together on the Oxburgh Hangings. In 1601, Bess ordered an inventory of the household furnishings including textiles at her three properties at Chatsworth and Hardwick, which survives, and in her will she bequeathed these items to her heirs to be preserved in perpetuity. The 400-year-old collection, now known as the Hardwick Hall textiles, is the largest collection of tapestry, embroidery, canvaswork, and other textiles to have been preserved by a single private family.
This is my drawer of clouds. It proves that it's possible to reach for the sky and pull one out. All you need to do is believe.
So this is REALLY crappy! But I wanted to try it out. Not perfect or the best but I might try something like this again:) It's waaay easier to do when it's bigger. I did a big cloud against a blue sky and it looks way better then this>.<
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Description: Helen Keller and Polly Thomson with group of Palestinian and Jordanian government officials walking up broad stone steps leading to the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, Israel.
This image is part of a collection of travel photos of Helen Keller and Polly Thomson on a 1952 trip to Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel. From the collection of Karl Meyer, Director of the School for the Blind, Swiss Friends of the Armenians Mission, Bourj-Hammoud, Djisr, Beirut.
Creator: Karl Meyer
Date: 1952
Format: 35mm color slide
Digital Identifier: AG62_8_24
Acquisition note: From the collection of Anita Jaccard
Rights: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
www.viennatouristguide.at/Altstadt/Brunnen/donnerbrunnen.htm
Donnerbrunnen
The Donner-Fountain in the center of New Market
Close-up view of the Providentia
Donnerbrunnen is the popular name for the by Georg Raphael Donner designed and 1737-1739 built Providentia-Fountain on the Neuer Markt in the first Viennese district Innere Stadt. The Viennese people but could not do much with the term providentia (Latin for Providence ), which is why they named it after its builder. Art historical often is also used the terminus flour market well (Mehlmarktbrunnen), as the New Market in the 18 Century still was a flour market.
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Architecture
In the middle of the fountain, Providentia, the allegory of foresight or good government, not least also refers to the good water supply of Vienna. It is surrounded by four allegorical figures representing the rivers of the Archduchy of Austria. Such a scheme is in the Mannerist and early Baroque quite popular, a well-known example is the Fountain of the Four Rivers by Bernini in Rome. The representation of flows in the form of allegorical persons was to the 19th Century an example, about the Austriabrunnen on Freyung or at the Albertina ramp.
The four flow figures represent the four ages and temperaments. The tow male figures are representing the rivers of Upper Austria, the two female ones from Lower Austria.
Traun is a youthful figure who stands with a trident for a fish at the bottom of the basin. The figure is constructed in a very dynamic manner and offers no frontal view - it looks directly into the water.
Enns is an old ferryman leaning of a rock with an oar and so symbolising the Enns as important transportation route in the Alps.
Ybbs is a standing figure of a girl with a water providing vessel.
March is a female character who is leaning against a relief (possibly the Romans against the Marcomanni) representing a battle and thus accentuating the character of the Morava River as a border.
The pedestal surrounded by four cherubs spouting water fish (pike, carp, catfish, and salmon), which serves as the actual water dispenser of the well and the Danube symbolizing. The pelvis and the base of the fountain made of Mauthausen granite.
History
New Market overlooking the Donnerbrunnen (Carl Wenzel Zajicek, 1913)
In 1737 negotiations between the City of Vienna and Donner are documented (and with Lorenzo Mattielli ). The city of Vienna appears here as the owner, which in artistic determined by the imperial family and nobility rather baroque period is exceptional.
The figures for them Georg Raphael Donner only the models created were cast by Johann Nikolaus Moll in a lead-zinc alloy and 1739, on the feast of Emperor Charles VI. positioned. Under the reign of Maria Theresa , the nudity of the figures was seen as offensive and they were in 1773 allegedly removed at the behest of chastity Commission. The sculptor Johann Martin Fischer was commissioned to melt them down but recognized their artistic value and restored it. In 1801 they were put back in their original place. 1873, the figures were replaced by bronze copies of the originals now forming the center of the baroque section of the Austrian Gallery Belvedere. During the Second World War, the Donnerbrunnen was removed and only on 30 April 1947 re-erected.
In the 1980s, the thunder fountain (Donner-Brunnen) was a popular meeting place for Viennese subculture, especially the Mod movement.
Views from the Library of Birmingham - Level 7.
Attempt to see if a view of the Arena Central demolition was visible from up here! Mostly can't see much from this side.
The Shrine of Solmoe
Birthplace of Saint Andrea Kim Dae-gun
May 13, 2014
Songsan-ri, Wookang-myeon, Dangjin-si, Chungcheongnam-do
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2014-05-13
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I intended to image C/2010 X1 Elenin just to the west of Pleiades with the lens at full open aperture, but I could not recognize a trace of the comet.
equipment: Leica Apo-Elmarit-R 180mmF2.8 at F2.8 and Canon EOS 5Dmk2-sp2 by Seo san at iso 1,600 on Takahashi EM-200 temma 2Jr, autoguided with hiro-design off-axis guider, StarlightXpress Lodestar autoguider, and PHD Guiding
exposure: 13 times x 8 minutes, 5 x 4 min, 5 x 1 min, and 5 x 15 seconds
location: 1,234m above sea level at 36 14 26.9N 138 36 35.5E in Nagano, Japan
Operation Schoolroom
On the 25th of the month the squadron commenced "Operation Schoolroom which was to engage the whole of the squadron for the next twelve days in delivering and distributing 56,000 lbs of school supplies to Laos. The supplies were NEW ZEALAND'S latest gift to an underdeveloped country, under the Colombo Plan.
Flying continuous return shuttles on the "slip-crew" system, the tinned supplies were carried the 1,000 mile journey via BUTTERWORTH and BANGKOK to VIENTIANE, the capital of LAOS. Internal delivery was carried out by S/L OWEN STAPLE with F/L IAN DUFF and F/S P HACCHE as crew and F/O IAN RITCHIE with F/O GORDON THOMPSON and Sgt RAY TURNER as crew. S/L OWEN STAPLE flew the first flight to PAKEE where the crew personally unloaded the 845 tins of supplies, as local labour was not available.
Deliveries were also made to SENO, LUANG PRABANG and XIENG KHOUANG, although a slight delay oocurred due to engine trouble prevented flying on one whole day. The ground crew, under F/L P CULLEN, soon rectified the minor engine trouble and deliveries were completed just before the monsoon weather closed the airport at VIENTIANE.
Photo: 41 Unit History May 1960.
Samosely or "self-settlers" are illegal residents of the 30 kilometer Zone of Alienation surrounding the most heavily contaminated areas near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus and Ukraine.
We visited the village of Kupuvate, 18 miles from Chernobyl Power Plant, home to Maira and Ivan Ilchenko. They have lived there for almost 80 years. Before the disaster in 1986, the population of this village was just over 300. Now it is 2. They welcomed us into their little house. They greeted us with Vodka and Pig Fat. Of course it custom to eat and drink what you are given :)
Maria showed us her crops, she is growing watermelon and potatoes. She also makes amazing fruit juice and showed us her pantry deep down in the ground. We filled several buckets of water for them from their well and listened to their stories. Maria makes vodka 60% proof and gave us a special batch she made over 30 years ago. She wouldn't let us leave until we had finished the bottle. An experience I will never ever forget.
This was one of the best days of Texas Renaissance Festival this season. A lot of stuff going on - the Benefit Betties, Spin Dancer, Gypsy Dance Theatre fire show - and much much more! Great weather and everyone seemed to be in a good mood. This was part of the Highland Fling weekend so there was plaid everywhere.
I took this photo in late November 2014 at the TRF near Todd's Mission, TX.
We were dazzled by the beauty and design of this gorgeous coat of arms–applied to a house wall in the Ehrenfeld neighborhood–so I just had to post this.
More about its history, according to KölnTourismus, the tourist promotion entity:
"The Cologne coat of arms shows three crowns on a red field and eleven black drops on a white one. Each displayed component has its own meaning, which partially refers to legends.
The crowns symbolise the Three Kings or biblical Magi, the supposed relics of whom are housed in a golden shrine, which is named after them, in the Cologne Cathedral. In 1154, Frederick I Barbarossa Holy Roman Emperor gave them as a gift to Cologne.
According to different understandings, the drops may be interpreted as flames. Locals call them “tears” which derive from ermine tails on the historic Breton heraldry. Brittany was the mother country of Cologne’s Patron Saint Holy Ursula. Together with ten virgins she is said to have been martyred by the Huns. The “tears” commemorate her fate.
Finally, red and white are the colours used by the Hanseatic League which determined the economic development of wide parts of medieval Europe. Together with Lübeck, Cologne is considered as founding city of this alliance."
The Lobkowicz Palace today
The Palais Lobkowitz (also: Palais Lobkowitz-Dietrichstein) is a Baroque palace in the first Viennese district Innere Stadt. It is located on the square that was named after it on Lobkowitzplatz and is one of the oldest palaces in Vienna. The palace is the first major Baroque city palace after the second Turkish siege, when the nobility did not have to invest its money for military purposes only.
The facade of the palace, unlike its interior, still largely preserved in its original state from the time of construction.
History
The Palais Lobkowitz (left) in 1760, painted by Canaletto
Staircase
The today Lobkowitz square was to 1716 called Pig market, since by the end of the 17th Century the Viennese "hop-picking" was held. This was at the time also a Viennese execution site.
The original house on the site of today's palace was sold by Leopold Freiherr von Felß to the imperial Oberststallmeister (Colonel Stable Master) Philipp Count Sigmund von Dietrichstein in 1685. The Count also bought the adjacent bathhouse and let both buildings demolishing. 1685-1687 it was then the present palace built by Giovanni Pietro Tencala. Stonemason Ambrose Regondi from Kaisersteinbruch supplied hard stone quarry for the steps of the main staircase.
The Family Dietrichstein later commissioned several rebuildings of the palace. 1709 Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach for the main portal found in Vienna a unique solution, it was surmounted by an ornate, three-dimensional bow tiara. These carvings were by Giovanni Battista Passerini and Elias Hügel from Kaisersteinbruch carried out. Son Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach also was awarded a contract.
After several changes of ownership (including Wenzel Count Gallas), the palace in 1745 by Ferdinand Philipp Fürst von Lobkowitz was purchased. The palace was from then on until 1980 in the possession of the Lobkowicz family.
At the turn of the 19th Century Ludwig van Beethoven was a frequent guest in the palace, as the former owner Franz Joseph Maximilian von Lobkowitz was an important patron of the composer. Beethoven dedicated his third Symphony (originally appropriated Napoleon and therefore called "Eroica"). In 1804 it was (what was later called the "Eroica Hall") in the ballroom of the palace under the direction of Beethoven performed for the first time in Vienna.
After two concerts in the Winter Riding School of the Vienna Hofburg on 29 November and 3 December 1812 established Friends of Music a Society of Friends of Music (now known worldwide as the Wiener Musikverein). At the Palais Lobkowitz was the list available in which on the foundation membership interested could inscribe. The first office of the company was in the palace.
During the Congress of Vienna many festivals and balls were held in the Palais. Around the middle of the 19th Century moved the headquarters of the Lobkowicz family to the ancestral castle Raudnitz north of Prague and gave the palace in Vienna free to hire.
1869 to 1909 the house was exploited as a French Embassy. 1919-1938 here was Czechoslovak Legation housed, 1939-1945 (after adaptation by Josef Hoffmann), the "House of Fashion". After the Second World War the house was used as the seat of the Viennese Institut français. In 1980 the palace was finally purchased by the state and founded in 1991, after extensive renovation, the Austrian Theatre Museum (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Museum of Art History In Vienna Association of the Scientific Institute) used.
Next event is September 18th at Mayfair Mall & goes from 10am - 4pm. Come down to meet a Super Hero & get your photo taken with them for a donation to the BC Children's Hospital Foundation.
Every person who donates & gets their photo taken is eligible to win the Super Hero pack filled with awesome items for the whole family AND a custom made Super Hero costume made for them by Mark Ashfield in time for Halloween! This is a one of a kind prize and the costume will be of top Hollywood grade - not a cheap costume!
Some of the organizations we'd like to help are:
- BC Children's Hospital Foundation (all funds from this year's Justice League FUNdraiser will go to this charity)
- Ending Child Abuse
- KidSport Canada
- Children's Wish Foundation
Ontario Kings Highway 401, is a 400 series expressway, that is the busiest highway in North American. Looking west, from the Progress Avenue overpass, the 401 is river of light.
The Church of St Francis of Assisi Good Friday Procession through the streets of Little Italy.
Toronto April 14, 2017
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