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Staff Sgt. Uriah Gibson of Mustang, Oklahoma looks down the sights of an AKM rifle during instructor standardization training at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center, near Yavoriv, Ukraine, on Jan. 19. Gibson is a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. His company, and another from 1st Bn. 179th Inf Regt., fired both the AKM rifle and PKM machine gun to familiarize themselves with the weapons before partnering with Ukrainian Combat Training Center staff at the IPSC to mentor Ukrainian army units rotating through the training center. (Photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)
Juan of the Dead from Zombie Burger in Des Moines, Iowa. This was the mexican themed burger with caramelized onions, a green chile and cheese croquette, monterrey jack cheese and chipotle mayo.
Zombie Burger
300 E. Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA
Commemorating the first English Civil War battle at Edgehill, fought on 23 October 1642. This reenactment took place nearKineton, a village on the original battlefield area, 375 years ago . The battle between Royalists and Parliamentarians was indecisive and led to three more years of civil war.
Another in my series of illustrations for the online fic 'Age of Unreason' which can be read by friending the following Live Journal glassdarklyuk.livejournal.com/
Neustädter Town Hall (Hanau)
The façade of the Neustädter Town Hall
(further pictures you can see by clicking on the link at the end of page!)
Elevation and section of the City Council of Christian Ludwig Hermann, about 1725
Original urbanistic arrangement of City Hall - photo before 1889
Gable from the New Town Hall
Coat of arms of Hanau Neustadt at the town hall balcony
The Neustädter Town Hall is the town hall of Hanau.
Location
The Neustädter Town Hall is located in the center of the former Hanau Neustadt, on the market square. Before the Neustädter Town Hall stands since the 18th October 1896 the National Monument to the brothers Grimm. The building is placed in one axis with the Walloon-Dutch Church, the central church in the new town of Hanau. The sight connection is made by Paradise Alley (Paradiesgasse).
Laying the foundation stone
Already in 1606 the construction of the town hall was decided, however, for reasons of cost is has been postponed over and over again. The city administration resided until then in rented buildings. It was not until more than one hundred years after the founding of the Hanau Neustadt that on 11 June 1725 under the government of Count Johann Reinhard III. the groundbreaking ceremony for a private hall of Neustadt occurred.
The in Baroque style built Neustädter Rathaus (Town Hall) with its hipped roof with mansards was designed 1723-33 by Christian Ludwig Hermann. The sovereign supported the construction with affordable building materials and by providing scaffolding wood from the construction of the castle Philippsruhe. Construction was completed in 1733. Some years later were - also by Christian Ludwig Hermann - back buildings built to the long road. They contained the archive, the prison and the home of the official servant.
The building
The facade is built of red, Franconia sandstone. The front gable on the roof shows the double coat of arms of Count Johann Reinhard III. and his wife, Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Right and left, it is decorated with two allegorical female figures as a symbol of justice and peace. To the left the justice scale with their symbols, scepter and eagle with sword at her feet. To the right the peace with golden torch, book and the crane at his feet. The crane symbolizes vigilance and security. At the cast-iron balcony the colored, gilded coat of arms of Neustadt is attached with the year 1733.
The building expresses the self-confidence of the new town (Neustadt) founders, this very prestigious building, also built a symbol of their self-government, putting in the center of town.
Glockenspiel in the town hall tower
The town hall tower of the Neustädter Town Hall is a later addition from 1755 and received a clock and a carillon with 18 bells. During the reconstruction of the building after the Second World War, a carillon was also reinstalled. It plays daily at the given time the following works:
10:00 o'clock - The golden sun - Breakfast chorale by Johann Georg Ahle
12:00 o'clock - The music erkiest (comes from kiss) Who is - canon from op 45 II by Paul Hindemith
16:00 o'clock Minuet - Historical Hanauer set 1755
18:00 o'clock Gut'n evening gut'n evening to you all here beisamm (together)' - Volksweise (folk tune) 1860
Destruction and Reconstruction
The Neustädter Town Hall was destroyed in the bombing raids of World War II up to the perimeter walls. In the 60s of the 20th Century in and around the historic building was built a new town hall. The city council was using until 1964 Philippsruhe Castle temporarily. For the new City Hall the preserved facade parts and enclosing walls of the historic building have been restored and reused. In contrast to the pre-war situation, in which the town hall a in the closed row of buildings of the north side of the market place integrated construction was, it was now surrounded with free-and U-shaped new administrative buildings at that time usual, factual exposed aggregate concrete style with flat roofs. The baroqueized roof extension of these modern office buildings followed only twenty years later.
Sujit Das has collected numerous awards, national and international. His chosen field of work in which he is enormously gifted has now taken him to the Guinness Book of World Records. In 2010, he created a one inch Durga idol on a piece of chalk in 30 minutes through which he seeks an entry into the Book to be scripted as the creator of the Smallest Durga idol. The idol has been already recognised as the ‘World’s Smallest Durga Idol’ by as many as 10 national and international record book organisations. The official representatives of the record book had visited him in Nagaon and took measurments of his master piece and are likely to present him with the certificate for making the smallest idol of the goddess ever.
Das has been carving idols in chalk pieces since 1997 and as of now, according to the artist he is quite a one-inch Durga idol sprang when he come to know that an idol of 3.5 inch tall was considered to be smallest in India. He considered making something smaller. He first thought of making Ganesh idol but finally decided on Mother Durga. He however had a firm belief that his creation on shape of a God or Goddess was the only medium through whish he would he acquire international fame. So, far his one-inch has been approved by the Official World Record- RecordSetter World Record, Record Holders Rcpublic, Assist aworld Records, Unique World Records, Elite World Records, Indian Book of Records, Georgian Records Federation, World Amazing Records, World Records India, Asia Book of Records, Everest World Records and India Book of Records. Moreover, he was also awarded with an international outstanding Achievement -Everest Award Nepal.
In 2012, he painted a Smallest 3D Painting using water colour, measuring 4cm in leangth and 3.5 cm in width. He made portrait painting of Jyoti Prasad Agrwala, Bishnu Prasad Rabha and Dr. Bhupen Hazarika on 20th May at Jyoti Art School, Nagaon and achived as a ‘World’s Smallest 3D Painting’ by World Amazing Records and World Records India.
Afterthat, he made a World’s Largest Paint Brush measured 28ft in Lenght, 4.4ft in breadth, weighs 22kg and on the19th June, 2012, he successfully painted the portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, Sahid Bhagat Singh and Bishna Prasad Rabha on canvas at Nagaon Govt Boys H.S. School, Nagaon infornt of thousand people and media personals. The World Record Attempt was organised by Jyoti Academy, Nagaon, Assam. Sujit viewed, ‘ I had already achieved some World Records in the smallest category, but it is my keen desire and dream to do a World Records by making something very..very big. and the result was the largest Paint Brush. It took me some time to control the brush of 28ft long and so I hanged it and painted successfully.” Recently his Largest Paint Brush has been approved by Limca Book of Records for 2013 edition. He breaked the record of Gurpreet Singh Komal (b. Aug. 25, 1973) of Punjab, India has made largest paint brush having size 14ft 1.5 inch in langth and 14.7 kgs in weight & also breaked the Guinness World Record of Primaria Municipiului Campina in Campina city, Romania made the largest paint brush 14ft 3 inch in larght on the 20 september, 2009.
Sujit Das was born to Kamakhya Ch. Das and Khama Das of Nagaon, Assam. He faced many hardships during his childhood due to ecomonic crisis. It almost marred his dream to establish himself in the field of art, more aptly as an artist. But he had this unwavering ability to do hard labour, amazing self confidence and unremitting belief in God which helped him to overcome those hurdles and finally he susseeded in collecting accolades and recognition. He had however been persistently bestowed with people’s blessings and affection. As a little boy, Sujit’s favourite playthings included colour, brush, needles, chalk etc. He would sit for hours making various drawings, paintings and etching sticks. He used to convert the stories he heard from his father during his childhood, into colourful paintings. From a very early age, he used to participate in the art competitions, exhibitions etc. His paintings were greatly appreciated by the viewers and sometimes they used to purchase them. Alongside, he also grwew a sharp interest in engraving on chalk sticks. People were influenced by the improved skills, techniques and new styles that he used in paintings and he was approached to design several cover pages of books ad now he is a well-known cover-page artist. He also works for the famous Assamese coloue comic for children ‘Rangmoon’and for the weekly newspaper ‘Amar Nagaon’. He opened an art school, Jyoti Art School in 1999 where at present, more than 500 students are learning art under his guidance.
Apart from the famed Durga idol Sujit has made several other idols including that of Bhupen Hazarika, Mother Teresa and Barak Obama which were appropriatly apprecited by all and sundry. Sujit, an acclaimed artist always craves for new artistic goals. He says, “Creating something extraordinary gives me immense pleasure.....so I prefer to think out-of-the box and may be for this very quailty as many as 10 organisations have recognised my creation as one of the marvels on earth.” He has held various exhibitions in many parts of the country so far and his works also have been displayed in international fine arts exhibitions. In 2002, he received the Lalit Kala Parishad Award from Lalit Kala Parishad Vishapatnam. In 2009, he was awarded with the National Award for Best Young Artist at Amritsar (Punjab) under Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt of India.
Sujit Das has a diploma in Visual Arts, SS-O-SP, Kolkata. He also has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication, Guwahati and a diploma in Electronic Engineering from Assam Institute electronics. Besides these, it is his unmatched creativity which always coerces himto creat wonderful creations. May his dream come true and Assam as well at the as all of northeast swell with pride giving birth to this gifted artist.
Patron, 1897: 'Abbas Hilmi II (ʿAbbās Ḥilmī Pāshā) 1874-1944, great-great grandson of Muhammad 'Ali & son of Tewfik Pasha, Khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt & Sudan, (r.1892-1914).
This is the last of a series of mosques built on this site around the tomb of Sayyida Nafisa, the great-granddaughter of Hasan, son of 'Ali. She was born in Mecca, raised in Medina & came to Cairo in 809 where she lived in a house on this site. After her death, 'Ubayd Allah Sari built a tomb over her grave and the Fatimid Caliph al-Mustansir turned it into a mashhad in 1089; this was repaired by al-Hafiz in 1138. Sultan Baybars also built in the precinct and a new mosque was raised by al-Nasir Muhammad. Much reconstruction was undertaken in 1760 by 'Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda. In 1892 most of the mosque was burnt in a great fire and 'Abbas Hilmi II ordered a complete rebuilding between 1893-97. Extensions were added in the late 1980s, and again in the late 1990s.
Sayyida Nafisa (As-Sayyidah Nafīsah bint Amīr al-Muʾminīn Al-Ḥasan al-Anwar ibn Zayd al-Ablaj ibn Al-Hasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-ʿAlawiyyah al-Ḥasaniyyah c.762-830), was a female descendant of the prophet Muhammad, and a scholar and teacher of Islam. Having taught Sunni Imam Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi'i, the father of the Shafi'i school of Sunni law. She is the best known female scholar of hadith in Egypt.
Hasan: al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib 625-670, the firstborn son of 'Ali and Fatima, and a grandson of the prophet Muhammad.
'Ali: ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib c.600-661, a cousin, son-in-law & companion of the Prophet Muhammad. He was the fourth rightly guided caliph (r.656-661, assassinated).
'Ubayd Allah Sari: d.820, governor of Egypt (r.816 & 817-820) for the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad
al-Mustansir Billah: Abū Tamīm Ma‘ad al-Mustanṣir bi-llāh, The Asker Of Victory From God 1029-1094, son of al-Zāhir li-iʿzāz Dīn Allāh; Fatimid Caliph (r.1036–1094).
al-Hafiz: al-Ḥāfiẓ li-Dīn Allāh (Abu'l-Maymūn ʿAbd al-Majīd ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Mustanṣir) 1074/5 or 1075/6-1149; Fatimid Caliph (r.1130–1149).
al-Nasir Muhammad: al-Malik al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Muhammad ibn Qalawun or al-Nasir Muhammad or Abu al-Ma'ali, al-Nasir Muhammad, Abu al-Ma'ali, or Ibn Qalawun) 1285-1341, Bahri Mamluk sultan of Egypt & Syria (r.1293–1294, 1299-1309 & 1310-1341).
'Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda:ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Katkhudā ibn Husayn Jawish al-Qardughli c.1715–1776, prominent Ottoman emir & a leading officer of the Cairo Janissaries.
GameTime photography of the Toms River Field of Dreams playground in Toms River, NJ.
Charlotte photographer - Patrick SchneiderPhoto.com
Stephanie Canavan of Somerville finished her exercise and health sciences coursework in December 2015. She's currently working as a teacher's aide, and she's going to pursue a master's in applied behavioral analysis, working with kids on the autism spectrum. "I loved being so close to the ocean on campus. I loved the smell of the ocean and all that, so walking across campus and being able to see the ocean and smell it -- it was always so soothing. I'm kind of at the beach, but kind of at school." Photo by: Colleen Locke
The Corps of Cadets conducted a regimental review in honor of the chief warrant officers, chief petty officers, and the Coast Guard enlisted workforce, April 14, 2017.
The reviewing officials for the Regimental Review were Master Chief Jason Griffin, command master chief of the 7th Coast Guard District, Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Huffman, president of the CPOA, retired Master Chief Dave Isherwood, Region 2 Advisor to the CPOA, and Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Lewis, President of the CGEA.
Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Brahm.
A number of ships and boats took part in a Festival Of The Sea in Glasgow whilst the city was host to the Commonwealth Games 2014. One of the ships was HMS Bangor a Sandown class Minehunter from Faslane. Slow shutter speeds and moving ships creates for the unusual light trail.
Pair of gold armlets
These objects are among the most important surviving items of ancient Persian craftsmanship. It is likely that they were intended for display rather than being worn. The lion-griffin terminals were originally inlaid with precious stones, which were later removed. This inlay is typical of high quality jewellery from this period. Similar armlets are shown on the sculptures at Persepolis, presented as royal gifts by the Lydian delegation.
5th-4th centuries BCE
Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell
St Mary, Great Blakenham, Suffolk
The town of Ipswich has thirteen surviving medieval churches within its borough boundaries, but half a dozen more are in the greater urban area, and only outwith the town on the whim of a bureaucrat's pen. And then there is the next wave out, villages like Great Blakenham. protected from urban sprawl by a nominal field or two. But if Great Blakenham has escaped being subsumed, it has paid the price for being kept at arms length. It would be tiresome to observe again that it is not Suffolk's most attractive village, for how could it be, when so much industry appears to have come adrift from the neighbouring town to wash up against it. But the cement works have now gone, and the huge new refuse incinerator at the eastern end of the parish gives the effect of mighty castle overseeing a vassal town. And in any case, warehousing and light industry have a more deleterious effect on a rural parish than industry does.
The busy A14 runs through immediately to the north. Once, the village street was the main road from Ipswich to Norwich and Cambridge. Further west, the street settles down into the quiet domesticity of 19th and 20th century houses. The church is here, opposite the pub, in a neat little churchyard beside the grand Victorian former rectory, almost as big as the church itself. The churchyard contains several headstones with WWI inscriptions. Three Cresswell brothers are remembered on one, the first killed in the War and the other two dying of injuries soon after. Another remembers the Lucas brothers, killed in 1916 and 1917.
The plain tower, with its Norman lower stages, gives no hint of what we will find within the church, but the fifteenth century wooden porch begins, perhaps, to suggest that here is something a bit out of the ordinary.
As is common to several churches in this area to the west of Ipswich it is an open wooden construction, probably 14th Century. Above the entrance, where we might expect to find a niche for a statue, is a wooden effigy of the Blessed Virgin carved directly onto the beam. It has been weathered by five hundred years of Suffolk wind and rain, and looks rather like one of those pieces of driftwood you find on the beach at Aldeburgh after a storm. Cautley thought it had been mutilated, but Mortlock and Blatchly thought not. The iconoclast William Dowsing visited on 1st February 1644, but in his account he does not mention the effigy on the porch. It was his first church of the day on a morning in late winter, so perhaps the light was not very good that day. Inside, he gave orders for the chancel steps, recently installed by orders of Archbishop Laud, to be removed, but that was all. He may have missed the Instruments of the Passion on the font, or perhaps they were plastered over - or, indeed, perhaps the font has come from elsewhere in the years since.
The nave's thick walls and splayed windows betray its Norman origins, but St Mary has one of Suffolk's few Early English chancels, and the fine set of triple lancets surmounted by a splayed round window is offset in soft pink. These windows were actually blocked off in the 17th century, but the restoration of the 1870s restored them to their original state. The church was closed for 18 months for the restoration, which was carried out by Cory and Ferguson of Carlisle, who also carried out the restoration at Earl Stonham. They had to make room for an organ, and given that this is a small church, the only place they could find to put the 1645 Swift memorial was the space beneath the tower, where it remains to this day, curiously set and seeming to serve a dual purpose as a table. The roodloft stairs were unblocked, the ceilings were removed, but the fine Stuart pulpit survived. All in all, a good restoration.
For many years this church was difficult of access, but now it is warm and welcoming, open every day, and with a sign telling you so.
Dublin Docklands is the area of the city of Dublin, Ireland, on both sides of the River Liffey, roughly from Talbot Memorial Bridge eastwards to the Point Depot. It is currently undergoing a large amount of development some of which will never be completed.
When I was student I worked part-time for B+I Shipping on the North Wall and at the time the area was well past it's peak and it was well into a terminal cycle of decline. The area may have had "character" but it was was a dirty dangerous place and there was a lot of poverty and unemployment. There were many no-go areas. Despite all the above problems I actually like working there.
Over the last twenty five years, economic restructuring and co-ordinated planning has re-shaped both the society and the space but now much of the progress could be negated by the recent financial crash here in Ireland.
To the casual visitor it may not be so obvious that there are very definite signs of decline. There are many uncompleted and unoccupied buildings, vandalism is on the increase. Restaurants, pubs and shops are going out of business.
I have spoken to a number of foreign students and workers currently living in the area and they all claim that there are constantly being harassed by locals (mainly young children) and they all claim that this has been a recent development. When I was covering the recent election I met some Labour Party workers who confirmed these reports to be true and accurate. They also claimed that because of the complexity of the buildings and infrastructure that the decline could be very rapid because the required level of maintenance is not available.
Among the highlights at the 125th anniversary celebration of the Statue of Liberty dedication, 125 recent immigrants from 46 countries swore the oath of American citizenship. Following the performances by the West Point Band and Cadet Glee Club, actress Sigourney Weaver recited the poem, “The New Colossus” written by Emma Lazarus. Webcams perched on the statue’s torch captured the countdown as its lights switched on. The celebration capped off with a fireworks display. Photo by Mike Strasser, West Point Public Affairs
Built in 1905, this Neoclassical/Byzantine building stands on the edge of St. James Park. The congregation moved in 1946 and the building was utilized for a series of functions, including a theater and child-care center. It has however been empty for decades. Recent efforts to restore the church faltered after the Great Recession, and it remains abandoned, a favorite of hobos and the druggies nearby.
Downtown, San Jose, California
The history of the forge can be traced back to 1640, and it was still working until around 1910. The industrial site was abandoned in 1929 although the workers’ cottages were occupied until the late 1960s.
Top Forge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (Grade I) and celebrates the history of iron-working in Britain and especially in South Yorkshire. The Forge is the only surviving water-powered heavy wrought iron forge with its water wheels and hammers (now restored) in situ. It is a site of national importance.
The Industrial Revolution is usually associated with steam power. Wortley Top Forge certainly made its contribution both in the technology of iron making and in supporting the early Railway Age, but only ever used the power of its three water wheels.
The Don valley was an ideal area for iron-making as it had access to ironstone from the Tankersley seam, coppiced timber for charcoal and, of course, water power. Iron has been worked in the valley since the 1300s. Top Forge was built before1640, deliberately in a loop of the river Don in order to shorten the course of the head goyt and to maximise the head of water available between the weir and the tail goyt.
The current layout of the building dates from the 1850s when the forge was turned over to the production of shafts and axles mainly for use on railway wagons. Some of the earliest metallurgical experiments in the world were conducted at the site by the engineer and metallurgist Thomas Andrews.
Railway axles of the highest quality were manufactured at the site in the nineteenth century and exported all over the world.
Axle production ceased at Top Forge by 1910 (the price of mild steel from Sheffield had undercut the cost of wrought iron).
The Top Forge workshops continued to service the works both upstream and downstream until 1929 when all activity ceased.
The older breast-shot water wheel and belly-helve hammer was probably installed in 1680s and would have been almost entirely of wood. As each generation updated this structure, we now have a cast iron wheel with a cast iron axle albeit with evidence of a previous wooden tree trunk shaft.
The larger breast-shot wheel and trip hammer was probably installed around 1840 when railway axle making was introduced. It has been calculated that the four-lobed cam running at 20 revolutions per minute would have a power output of about 8 HP and each hammer blow about half as effective as a 1 ton drop hammer.
The forge also houses a large collection of early industrial machinery
It was with a sense of surprise that I realised that I had visited Waltham Abbey's historic church many time but I had never photographed it properly. I took these shots last year but this is the first opportunity that I've had to post them.
Waltham Abbey was founded in 1030 to house a Holy Rood or Cross which became the subject of pilgrimage. Legend says that an Anglo-Danish Thegn called Tovi the Proud found a large black flint crucifix buried at the top of a hill at Montacute, near Glastonbury, following a dream. He loaded the cross onto an ox-cart, but the oxen would only go in one direction and didn't stop until it reached Waltham, a journey of some 150 miles.
Harold Godwinson (later King Harold II) rebuilt, refounded and richly endowed the church in 1060. Legend says that this was because he had been miraculously cured of paralysis by the Holy Cross as a child. He stopped to pray at Waltham on his way to fight Duke William of Normandy, and the battle-cry of the English troops at Hastings was "Holy Cross". After the battle, Harold's corpse is said to have been brought back to the abbey and buried there.
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Around 1120 Harold's work was demolished and a new church with crossing tower and transepts was built in the Norman style. In 1177 the abbey was re-founded once more, this time as an Augustinian foundation, by Henry II as part of his penance for the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury. The rebuilding, in the Early English style, made the abbey far more extensive than the original Norman establishment, as can be seen today from traces in the abbey grounds.
Those parts of the Norman church east of the crossing were demolished, and a new church, with its own nave, was constructed. The Norman nave was retained as a parish church, divided from the new work by a screen. A cloister was built to the north of the new nave. A short passage that led into the cloister still exists; this, and a fourteenth century gatehouse, are the only surviving monastic buildings.
The Augustinian abbey was a popular place for overnight stays with kings and other notables who were hunting in Waltham Forest. It was the last abbey in England to be dissolved, in 1540 as it was said to be a personal favourite of King Henry VIII. Thomas Tallis was the last organist at the Abbey prior to its dissolution. The Holy Cross disappeared without trace. Henry VIII suggested Waltham as one of the new cathedrals for the Church of England, but the proposal was never implemented.
The Abbey site was leased to Sir Edward Denny and the remnant of the nave became the town's parish church - which it still is today.
The monastic buildings and those parts of the church east of the crossing were demolished at the dissolution, and the Norman crossing tower and transepts collapsed in 1553. The present-day church consists of the nave of the Norman abbey church, the 14th-century Lady Chapel and west wall, and a 16th-century west tower. Markers on the remains of the walls in the grounds indicate the location, before demolition, of the high altar, (beneath which some believe Harold Godwinson is buried).
The interior is notable for the massive Norman piers and also for the many carvings of human faces nestling in the stonework left by the original masons. Waltham Abbey is also noted for its 15th-century Doom painting.
In 1859 the architect William Burges was appointed to undertake a restoration of the site and a refurbishment of the interior. The restoration was extensive; the removal of pews and galleries from the south and west, a new ceiling painted with signs of the zodiac, a new chancel and significant re-building. Work was completed by 1876. Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner said that Burges's remodelling was carried out "with all the robust ugliness which that architect liked".
The Abbey's stained glass is also noteworthy, including early work by Edward Burne-Jones in the rose window and lancets of the east wall, and A K Nicholson in the Lady Chapel. However much was destroyed during WW2 bombing aimed at the nearby Powder Mills.
The Theatre of Marcellus (Latin: Theatrum Marcelli, Italian: Teatro di Marcello) is an ancient open-air theatre in Rome, Italy, built in the closing years of the Roman Republic. At the theatre, locals and visitors alike were able to watch performances of drama and song. Today its ancient edifice in the rione of Sant'Angelo, Rome, once again provides one of the city's many popular spectacles or tourist sites. It was named after Marcus Marcellus, Emperor Augustus's nephew, who died five years before its completion. Space for the theatre was cleared by Julius Caesar, who was murdered before it could be begun; the theatre was so far advanced by 17 BC that part of the celebration of the ludi saeculares took place within the theatre; it was completed in 13 BC and formally inaugurated in 12 BC by Augustus.
The theatre was 111 m in diameter; it could originally hold 11,000 spectators. It was an impressive example of what was to become one of the most pervasive urban architectural forms of the Roman world. The theatre was built mainly of tuff, and concrete faced with stones in the pattern known as opus reticulatum, completely sheathed in white travertine. The network of arches, corridors, tunnels and ramps that gave access to the interiors of such Roman theaters were normally ornamented with a screen of engaged columns in Greek orders: Doric at the base, Ionic in the middle. It is believed that Corinthian columns were used for the upper level but this is uncertain as the theater was reconstructed in the Middle Ages, removing the top tier of seating and the columns.
Like other Roman theaters in suitable locations, it had openings through which the natural setting could be seen, in this case the Tiber Island to the southwest. The permanent setting, the scaena, also rose to the top of the cavea as in other Roman theaters.
2200825-N-IE405-1582 STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (Aug. 25, 2020) Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Ian Mainville, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM 48), enjoys the views of Spain and Morocco during the Strait of Gibraltar transit on the flight deck of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), Aug. 25, 2020. Philippine Sea is currently deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners and U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Indra Beaufort/Released)
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Lochlands Bowling Club hosted the Arbroath Ladies' Champion of Champions tournament in August, 1999. The winners and runners up were, from left, back - Betty McIntosh, Linda Graham and Lorraine Williams, Triples runners-up, Abbey Club; Jean Dewars, Kathleen Keillor and Janie Williamson, Triples winners, Arbroath Club: front - Barbara Park and Ina Beattie, Pairs runners-up, Newgate Club; Kathleen Gordon, Singles winner, Abbey Club; Trixie McKay, Singles runner-up, Newgate; Marion Wilson and Bet Chisholm, Pairs winners, Lochlands Club.
The centerpiece of the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, the Dalada Maluwa (the hall of the Tooth Relic), was a sacred precinct containing 12 magnificent buildings. Although there are numerous vatadage across Sri Lanka, the Vatadage at Polonnaruwa is the most famous. As with many other vatadage, it had a stupa in the centre with four Buddha images facing the cardinal directions.
The Vatadage, one of the oldest & most beautiful monuments in Polonnaruwa, is to our left as we enter the Dalada Maluwa. In spite of its modest proportions, the circular building with concentric terraces is a superbly planned & executed 12th century masterpiece. It was certainly intended to house the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha, which is now deposited at The Sacred Temple of Tooth in Kandy. Built by King Parakrambahu the great (1164-1196AD), it was later embellished by King Nissankamalla (1198-1206).
Outer structure, the first terrace
The entire outer structure with a diameter of 18m is a gorgeous riot of artistry, with almost every surface carved in a melee of decoration. The outer wall is decorated with friezes of lions & dwarfs, & topped by an abstract lotus design.
Upper structure, the second terrace
Four entrances to the upper terrace are adorned with magnificent stone carvings: moonstones flanked by nagaraja (Cobra king) figures with seven hooded cobra head guardstones.
While the Nagaraja figures were believed to prevent evil spirits entering the premises, the moonstones- elaborate semi-circular welcome step stones carved in polished granite- represent the spiritual journey from samsara, the endless cycle of death & rebirth, to Nirvana, the ultimate escape from suffering. These were unique decorative features of Sinhalese architecture. The moonstone at the northern entrance is the finest in Polonnaruwa.
Central dagoba (stupa)
From the upper terrace, steps lead through four entrances, aligned in the cardinal directions & each presided over by a seated Buddha. In the center are the ruins of the small central brick stupa in which the Tooth Relic was enshrined during the glorious days of ancient capital, Polonnaruwa. In sharp contrast to the building, this innermost sanctum, the reason for the very existence of Vatadage itself, is virtually unadorned.
Lost to the Dravidian invaders
The building has lost the conical roof of three concentric circles, most of the dagoba (stupa) and one of its guardstones at the base of the steps among many other features & surrounding buildings to the marauding Dravidian invaders from South India.
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Until the mid-19th century the majority of the area of present-day Schwarzenberg square was occupied by the Glacis located in front of Vienna city walls that was here crossed by the River Wien (Vienna). After the demolition of the city walls during the years 1858 to 1863 relatively large areas now in the range of ramparts and glacis for building development have been available. Similar to Ring Road palaces of the second half of the 19th century, some magnificent buildings were constructed here.
1861 was by Emperor Franz Joseph I decided to erect here the 1813 in the Battle of Leipzig been victorious commander Karl Philipp Schwarzenberg a monument. The equestrian statue was created by the Dresden sculptor Ernst Hähnel (1811-1891) from 1863, the militarily laid out laying of the foundation stone for the monument took place on 18 October 1863 (the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Nations), the ceremonial unveiling of the (in those days aesthetically and historically not uncontroversial) monument on October 20, 1867 (after the anniversary of the battle of nations, October 18, due to political reasons had not been kept).
Since 1865, the 1895 demolished Schwarzenberg bridge led across the river to Rennweg (route to Hungary), towards later Prinz-Eugen street (access from downtown to South Station and Staatsbahnhof (state railway station), later Ostbahnhof - eastern railway station) and the situated in between Palais Schwarzenberg.
Historic Art Nouveau Place lighting type "crosier"
During the construction of the First Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline was before the Palais Schwarzenberg (in an area that then did not yet belong to Schwarzenberg square) built the high jet fountain (Hochstrahlbrunnen) and on 23 October 1873 with a ceremony, attended by Emperor Franz Joseph I, opened. The since about 1870 from the Seilerstätte out of town until the small river Wienfluss running Schwarzenberg street was in 1880 in its southern area between the Ring Road and Lothringer street, accordingly to the importance of the ensemble with the equestrian monument, renamed in Schwarzenberg square.
The 1895-1902 vaulted Vienna River, at whose southern shore until 1899 the also vaulted Wientallinie of the Vienna Metropolitan railway was built, at this place run about in the area of the southern roadway of Lothringer street. In 1904, the square south was extented until the Schwarzenberg square. The indication that the Schwarzenberg street previously had been extended to the Palais Schwarzenberg does not harmonize with the historic city maps and address books.
Behind of (= south of) High Jet Fountain was in August 1945, immediately after the end of World War II, by the Red Army the War Memorial (popularly today: Russian monument) unveiled; until 1955 there was also a Soviet tank SU-100 placed. During the occupation time the southern part of the Schwarzenberg square on April 12, 1946, was renamed in Stalin Square and the square kept this name to 18 July 1956. In the House of Industry, then Stalin Square 4, was until 1955 the seat of the Allied Council of the four occupying powers.
In the years 2003 and 2004 the Schwarzenberg place after a concept by Spanish architect Alfredo Arribas has been redesigned and additionally equipped with sunken lighting elements that represent different lighting effects. In the course of restructuring the existing hitherto small green areas have been eliminated, which has also been criticized. Particularly strong reservations there was against the replacement of the largely still remaining slender lighting columns in 1904 by light bodies which were perceived by critics as clumsy and clunky. The previous design of the City of Vienna had the complete restoration of the historic Art Nouveau Chandeliers of type "crosier" provided. 2016, many of the 300 embedded in the ground, controlled by computer effect lamps are defective. The dismantling of outdated technology that was only in the early years serviced is being debated.
Under the Schwarzenbergplatz not only run the Vienna river and the subway line U4, here was once also the Zwingburg, a shelter for homeless and Strotter (people looking for recyclable waste products), who secluded themselves in the Vienna sewage system.
Bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde der Großteil des Areals des heutigen Schwarzenbergplatzes von dem der Wiener Stadtmauer vorgelagerten Glacis eingenommen, das hier vom Wienfluss durchflossen wurde. Nach dem Abriss der Stadtmauer in den Jahren 1858 bis 1863 standen nun verhältnismäßig große Flächen im Bereich von Stadtmauer und Glacis zur Verbauung zur Verfügung. Ähnlich den Ringstraßenpalais der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts wurden auch hier einige Prachtbauten errichtet.
1861 wurde von Kaiser Franz Joseph I. beschlossen, dem 1813 in der Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig siegreich gewesenen Feldherrn Karl Philipp Schwarzenberg hier ein Denkmal errichten zu lassen. Das Reiterstandbild wurde vom Dresdner Bildhauer Ernst Hähnel (1811–1891) ab 1863 geschaffen, die militärisch angelegte Grundsteinlegung zum Monument fand am 18. Oktober 1863 statt (dem 50. Jahrestag der Völkerschlacht), die feierliche Enthüllung des (in jenen Tagen ästhetisch wie historisch nicht unumstrittenen) Denkmals am 20. Oktober 1867 (nachdem der Jahrestag der Völkerschlacht, der 18. Oktober, aus politischer Rücksicht nicht wahrgenommen worden war).
Seit 1865 führte die 1895 abgebrochene Schwarzenbergbrücke über den Fluss zum Rennweg (Route nach Ungarn), zur späteren Prinz-Eugen-Straße (Zufahrt vom Stadtzentrum zu Südbahnhof und Staatsbahnhof, später Ostbahnhof) und zum dazwischen liegenden Palais Schwarzenberg.
Historische Jugendstil-Platzbeleuchtung vom Typ "Bischofsstab"
Anlässlich des Baus der I. Wiener Hochquellenwasserleitung wurde vor dem Palais Schwarzenberg (auf einem Areal, das damals noch nicht zum Schwarzenbergplatz zählte) der Hochstrahlbrunnen errichtet und am 23. Oktober 1873 mit einer Zeremonie, der Kaiser Franz Joseph I. beiwohnte, eröffnet. Die seit etwa 1870 von der Seilerstätte stadtauswärts bis zum Wienfluss verlaufende Schwarzenbergstraße wurde 1880 in ihrem südlichen Abschnitt zwischen Ringstraße und Lothringerstraße, der Bedeutung des Ensembles mit dem Reiterdenkmal entsprechend, in Schwarzenbergplatz umbenannt.
Der 1895 bis 1902 eingewölbte Wienfluss, an dessen südlichem Ufer bis 1899 die ebenfalls eingewölbte Wientallinie der Wiener Stadtbahn gebaut wurde, verlief an dieser Stelle etwa im Zuge der südlichen Fahrbahn der Lothringerstraße. 1904 wurde der Platz südlich bis zum Palais Schwarzenberg erweitert. Die Angabe, die Schwarzenbergstraße habe sich zuvor bereits bis zum Palais Schwarzenberg erstreckt, harmoniert nicht mit historischen Stadtplänen und Adressbüchern.
Hinter dem (= südlich vom) Hochstrahlbrunnen wurde im August 1945, unmittelbar nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs, von der Roten Armee das Heldendenkmal (im Volksmund bis heute: Russendenkmal) enthüllt; bis 1955 war dort auch ein sowjetischer Panzer SU-100 aufgestellt. Während der Besatzungszeit wurde der südliche Teil des Schwarzenbergplatzes am 12. April 1946 in Stalinplatz umbenannt und behielt diesen Namen bis 18. Juli 1956. Im Haus der Industrie, damals Stalinplatz 4, befand sich bis 1955 der Sitz des Alliierten Rates der vier Besatzungsmächte.
In den Jahren 2003 und 2004 wurde der Schwarzenbergplatz nach einem Konzept des spanischen Architekten Alfredo Arribas neu gestaltet und zusätzlich mit im Boden eingelassenen Beleuchtungselementen ausgestattet, die verschiedene Lichteffekte darstellen. Im Zuge des Umbaus wurden die bis dahin vorhandenen kleinen Grünflächen entfernt, was auch kritisiert wurde. Besonders starke Vorbehalte gab es gegen die Ersetzung der großteils noch vorhandenen schlanken Lichtmasten aus 1904 durch Beleuchtungskörper, die von Kritikern als plump und klobig empfunden wurden. Die vorherige Konzeption der Gemeinde Wien hatte die vollständige Wiederherstellung der historischen Jugendstil-Beleuchtungskörper vom Typus "Bischofsstab" vorgesehen. 2016 sind viele der 300 im Boden eingelassenen, per Computer angesteuerten Effektleuchten defekt. Der Rückbau der veralteten Technik, die nur in den ersten Jahren gewartet wurde, steht zur Diskussion.
Unter dem Schwarzenbergplatz verlaufen nicht nur der Wienfluss und die U-Bahn-Linie U4, hier befand sich einst auch die Zwingburg, ein Unterschlupf für Obdachlose und Strotter, die sich in der Wiener Kanalisation zurückzogen.
Unedited shot of people on their bikes, reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Panasonic DMC-FZ8. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
This week Saturday, October 30, will be the last time that you can meet me at the 'ABC Treehouse' in the Voetboogstraat 11 at the 'MultiCulti' exhibition, it's the final day, this time for real, hahaha :D
We wanted to have this open discussion forum about the pros and cons of having foreigners add their personal flavor to the best country in the world at the Gallery, but since the fools of the English Defence League are coming to Amsterdam that day to show us how much they love Geert Wilders, we've postponed our event by one week...the good news is that you can hang out with the lovely Miss Monyart and me, myself&I one more Saturday without having to have an opinion on this confusing topic, come and visit us, you know you want to...and if you need more motivation, there'll be delicious free coffee and cookies, yummie :-P
I've made a movie of that puddle as well, watch it on my YouTube channel, thank you :)
Primary and Intermediate School students participate in Kids of Steel, an exercise and nutrition program designed to motivate children to pursue quality nutrition and an active lifestyle by incorporating exercise and healthy eating habits into their daily routine.
On the day of the landmark UN Climate report warning we need to act quicker, activists went to the SNP conference to give out newspapers from 2040 with stories of two different climate futures for Scotland.
Photos by ian Macnicol / Friends of the Earth Scotland
As with last year, I wanted to take photos out of the plane window.
This time heading on a holiday to Provence in the South of France.
Our flight was delayed a bit.
We had to wait in a staircase going down, before walking to our plane (BMI Baby).
When we got to Nice, they couldn't fit the ramp, then they had to try and attach stairs to the door (another 10 to 20 minute delay).
I was sitting behind the wing, so mostly got the wing in the shots.
Flying over the English Channel.
I think my window was icing up.