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The exterior of St Albans Cathedral, seen from the large green where the monastic buildings used to stand.
St Albans Cathedral, by far the biggest building in the whole city, stands on the site of a medieval monastery and dates back to the time of the Norman Conquest.
Boasting the longest nave in any medieval church in Britain – at more than 275ft long – the cathedral is part Norman, part Early English and part 19th century.
The cathedral was originally an abbey church, begun in 1077AD, and was the largest of its kind in the country when it was completed.
Following the dissolution of the monasteries under King Henry VIII in 1539, the monastic buildings were destroyed but the church was saved by the local people for use as their parish church.
English:
Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, combining a rich history with a vibrant cultural life. The city is famous for the Prague Castle, the seat of Czech kings and presidents, and the Gothic St. Vitus Cathedral, which dominates the skyline. The Charles Bridge, lined with baroque statues, connects the Old Town with the Lesser Town, offering breathtaking views of the Vltava River. In the Old Town Square, visitors admire the Astronomical Clock, one of the oldest functioning clocks in the world. Other highlights include Wenceslas Square, the Jewish Quarter with the Old-New Synagogue, and the Dancing House, a modern architectural landmark. With its narrow streets, charming cafés, and countless towers, Prague is often called “the City of a Hundred Spires.”
Deutsch:
Prag, die Hauptstadt der Tschechischen Republik, gehört zu den schönsten Städten Europas und verbindet reiche Geschichte mit einem lebendigen Kulturleben. Berühmt ist die Stadt für die Prager Burg, den Sitz der böhmischen Könige und heutigen Präsidenten, sowie für den gotischen Veitsdom, der die Silhouette der Stadt prägt. Die Karlsbrücke mit ihren barocken Statuen verbindet die Altstadt mit der Kleinseite und bietet herrliche Ausblicke auf die Moldau. Auf dem Altstädter Ring begeistert die Astronomische Uhr, eine der ältesten funktionierenden Uhren der Welt. Weitere Sehenswürdigkeiten sind der Wenzelsplatz, das Jüdische Viertel mit der Altneu-Synagoge und das moderne „Tanzende Haus“. Mit ihren engen Gassen, gemütlichen Cafés und unzähligen Türmen trägt Prag den Beinamen „Stadt der hundert Türme“.
Čeština:
Praha, hlavnĂ mÄ›sto ÄŚeskĂ© republiky, patřà mezi nejkrásnÄ›jšà mÄ›sta Evropy a spojuje bohatou historii s Ĺľivou kulturou. Dominantou mÄ›sta je PraĹľskĂ˝ hrad, sĂdlo ÄŤeskĂ˝ch králĹŻ i prezidentĹŻ, a gotická katedrála sv. VĂta, která se tyÄŤĂ nad mÄ›stem. KarlĹŻv most, lemovanĂ˝ baroknĂmi sochami, spojuje StarĂ© MÄ›sto s Malou Stranou a nabĂzĂ nádhernĂ© vĂ˝hledy na Vltavu. Na StaromÄ›stskĂ©m námÄ›stĂ obdivujĂ návštÄ›vnĂci Orloj, jednu z nejstaršĂch funkÄŤnĂch astronomickĂ˝ch hodin na svÄ›tÄ›. K dalšĂm atrakcĂm patřà VáclavskĂ© námÄ›stĂ, Ĺ˝idovská ÄŤtvrĹĄ se Staronovou synagogou a modernĂ TanÄŤĂcĂ dĹŻm. ĂšzkĂ© uliÄŤky, kavárny a nesÄŤetnĂ© věže dávajĂ Praze pĹ™ezdĂvku „mÄ›sto sta věžĂ“.
Hrvatski:
Prag, glavni grad Češke, ubraja se među najljepše europske gradove, spajajući bogatu povijest s dinamičnim kulturnim životom. Najpoznatija znamenitost je Praški dvorac, nekoć sjedište čeških kraljeva, a danas predsjednika, te gotička katedrala sv. Vida koja dominira panoramom grada. Karlov most, ukrašen baroknim kipovima, povezuje Stari grad s Malom Stranom i pruža prekrasne poglede na rijeku Vltavu. Na Starom gradskom trgu nalazi se Astronomski sat, jedan od najstarijih koji još uvijek radi. Ostale atrakcije uključuju Vaclavski trg, Židovsku četvrt sa Staronovom sinagogom i moderno zdanje Plesna kuća. Uske ulice, brojni tornjevi i šarmantni kafići daju Pragu epitet „grad stotinu tornjeva“.
MANILA, Republic of the Philippines (March 24, 2012) - The U.S. 7th Fleet Band's Far East Edition Brass Band performs at Robinsons Place Mall in midtown Manila, in front of an audience of more than 3,100 people. The 7th Fleet Band is embarked on board the flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), which is in Manila for a port visit. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth R. Hendrix)
I am not sure how it took so long, but I finally signed up for the All Access Ship Tour on our recent cruise. Wow - this was fantastic! Our tour guide was Nemo (from the Shore Excursions team) - and he did a great job. I took the tour on Thursday February 21st at 9am (our first of two days at sea on our way home). Here is the description from the cruise planner: "Get a behind-the-scenes look at what we do to create your best vacation ever. Join your friendly guide for an exclusive narrated tour onboard your ship. Start off in the dining room, where you’ll find out what our crew does to get ready for every meal, plus try to set up a table yourself. Do you know where to place the water glass or soup spoon? Walk through the main galley to see how our delicious dishes are prepared, plus take a look at the provision area to see all of the ingredients we need to have on hand — it’s a lot! Then step inside the engine control room, where we monitor the systems used throughout the ship. You’ll also visit the ship’s vast laundry facilities. See where anything from napkins, table cloths and sheets to beach towels and the laundry you request gets cleaned and folded. Plus, you’ll have a chance to stroll the “I-95,” the long corridor in the crew’s area, named after the longest highway on the U.S. east coast. Finish with a real treat – a visit to the Bridge for a tour of the ship’s command center." On board the Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas for a 9 Night Southeast Coast & Bahamas Cruise (February 14th through the 23rd, 2019). The itinerary include stops in Charleston (SC), Port Canaveral (FL), Freeport (Grand Bahama Island), Nassau (Bahamas) and Miami (FL) before heading back to Baltimore.
Pictures of modern Warsaw - new buildings, malls and streets at the center of Polish heart... Taken by Glitter (Jan Siestrzeńcewicz)
More Transformers goodness that has been sitting there for about 6 months now.
One of the more awesome things to come out of the PotP line was Abominus, the combiner formed from the Terrorcons. This combiner was, as expected, a G1 character that was released to oppose Computron, whose updated set was release during the Combiner Wars line. Unlike Computron, however, Abominus saw zero screen time during the recent animated trilogy, which is a shame because I'd like to have seen him interact with Computron.
I had cracked open Hun-Grr and Rippersnapper last year, but gotten the rest of the team by the Summer. didn't really open anything else up because I was waiting for the one thing to bring them all together - the Transform Dreamwave upgrade kit.
Transform Dreamwave (TDW) is one of the newer 3P companies to come on the scene, and effectively presents itself as better valued Perfect Effects (PE) alternative. I only have one PE upgrade kit - the one for Computron, so I can't really comment on any of their hands and feet options. But the PE stuff I did get was very well made, and Abominus needed some love so I figured why not?
Well, the set finally arrived, and I unpacked everything and did some photos, made some notes, and now present to you my findings, starting with my assessment of the rest of the Terrorcon team.
As with most combiner limbs, regardless of the era, they're generally functional in all modes with no real winner as there is reuse and remoulding of parts as much as possible to reduce production costs. To complicate matters, as it were, the Terrorcons are all monsters of sorts, so even their alt modes are kind of arbitrary. Also, as is the new norm, the accessories they came with are rather meh, though I'm trying to decide which is more boring - the weapons, or the fist/armour bits.
Having said that, some are less boring to look at than others, and my vote for best Terrorcon limb goes to Blot, the black and purple fellow. I love the colour scheme and the "not quite a block with arms and legs" look he's got going for him.
Overall, winner by a large margin.
So back to TDW. They actually came to my attention first with their Volcanicus upgrade kit (soon to be discussed) but when I preordered the Abominus kit the Volcanicus kit had not arrived yet, so I did so with blind faith.
For those who are unfamiliar with TDW and PE, as you suspect, their upgrade kits make the default combiners from Hasbro/Takara into magnificent looking bastards which sadly still have the underlying problems of really crappy loose joints.
Much like the PE set, the TDW set has their combiner fists and feet being able to separate and transform, as applicable, into weapons for the smaller bots and wield. The TDW sets try to one up PE by making EVERYTHING into a weapon or accessory for the smaller bots, thus increasing it's value as it were, but honestly I don't know of many people who would be taking advantage of I'm fairly confident that most folks would stick with the combined mode anyway because lets face it, the individual bots are above average overall.
Unlike PE, however, I've noticed that TDW has parts to increase thigh thickness of the combined mode, as well as in the case of Abominus, additional parts to expand the torso size due to the installation of the chest shield.
Installed, the set does definitely do the job of making the combined mode much more visually appealing, which as mentioned, is limited by the crap joints that are in the base product.
I know there are lots of people who complain about the QC on Hasbro products, but generally it's an issue with poor paint apps. The QC with these sets is all over the place, which I guess is not out of the realm of expectations for a smaller manufacturer, but it really does put the reality of Hasbro and Takara being better at something in perspective.
Between Volcanicus and Abominus, the biggest issues I saw were:
- poor paint apps, most prevalent on the silver guns in the feet
- poor hinge tolerance on the feet, leading them to split apart when weight is applied
- peg tolerances being too large resulting in difficulty inserting into the figures
So yeah, buyer beware, but again if you're not looking too closely you're generally good to go.
août 2018
Bismarck, ND, University Dr, University of Mary: Annunciation Priory (Marcel Breuer, 1954-63)
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
Trees in bloom....East side of Central Park, NYC
Hope all is well with everyone.....not much free time these days; sure do miss everyone. Have a great week!!!!!
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Jerusalem, Mount of Olives, Mass in Church of All Nations, Mosque of the Ascension, Church Pater Noster, Dominus Flevit, Mount Zion, Dormition Abbey, St Peter in Gallicantu
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The capital of the Republic of Cyprus is also its cultural heartbeat.
Nicosia is the capital and largest city on the island of Cyprus, as well as its main business centre.
There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.
We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us.
The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them.
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today attended a luncheon hosted by Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (ROK) to ASEAN, H.E. Lee Jang-keun, in Jakarta. Both sides took the opportunity to exchange views on ASEAN-ROK relations, including the implementation of the ASEAN-ROK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership established at the 25th ASEAN-ROK Summit to Commemorate the 35th Anniversary of ASEAN-ROK Dialogue Relations in October 2024, in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Image Credit: ASEAN Secretariat/Kusuma Pandu Wijaya
Undersecretary of the Army Patrick Murphy is visiting Joint Base Lewis-McChord and the South Puget Sound in Washington State, Aug. 31 to Sept. 1.
On Aug. 31 he presented the Silver Star to Sgt. Edward L. Dvorak, a Tacoma, Washington resident, for his heroic actions in Vietnam on Nov. 30, 1968. The Silver Star is the military’s third-highest decoration for valor. In addition, he visited the Sheet Metal Workers Union in DuPont, Washington to discuss transition program partnerships for U.S. Army Soldiers transitioning out of military service. He also met with Soldiers from I Corps on JBLM, the installation's mission command headquarters.
Tomorrow, Sept. 1, he will conduct physical training with a unit here before departing.
Inden-Design - White Angel - the complete redesign to a new amazing optic
White Angel - sounds harmless, be sure - it isn't!
We mean the complete redesign of a SL65 AMG build in 2005 to the new current
Design of 2008. Inden-Design only used Original-AMG parts fort he redesign!
After this modification the car introduce itself with impressive high-tech
components. The complete front-, rear- and bodyside lines now appear in a
new brightness - just like: the headlights, the bonnet and the front- and
rear valance, based on the design of the new SL-2008. At the rear valance
they attached a carbon rear diffusor and a sport exhaust system in the new
look of the original SL65 AMG. So now the complete redesigned car is hardly
to discern.
But this is not everything we changed.
The 3-parts aluminium rims are sized 10,5x19 inches at the front suspension
and 11,5x19 inches at the rear suspension.
The high performance tires are sized 255/30-19 and 305/25-19.
The tires are spinning curtly near the plate after a light of the wheel arch
border, also as a result of the lowering. The ABC-sports running gear became
optimized rather downcast by the Inden-Design-controller.
The exclusive and powerful engine performance emphasizes the technological
ambition which was committed to this project. If you kick down the
accelerator, a storm is brewing, which is rapidly deplated. The Inden-Design
modificated
AMG-engine is suited for full acceleration and also for relaxed cruising.
The engine, which is arranged with a re-engineered turbo charger, a
increasingly powerful intercoole, an extra gear oil cooler and an engine
improvement over a engine electronics, now proud carry out 680 HP.
For the interior of the White Angel indene design uses a sports valance from
the Black Series model in Alcantara.
Fotos: Jordi Miranda
More information about the large Inden-Design Improvement - program is
availabe under:
INDEN-Design
Dieselstr. 3
35708 Haiger
Tel. 02773-746366
Fax 02773-7461959
Studio shoot of Card Captor Sakura group. Weeknight shoots in far away places where there's work the next day are not something I recommend.
This was taken pretty much at the end of the night. Lisa has pretty much given up and taken off her epic wings when we noticed there were a few feathers that have dropped on the floor. So, with Skye pinning her down to the floor, feathers flying everywhere mixed with a top down shot we get... well, I'm not entirely sure. But it's pretty :)
FIU Office of Global Initiatives End of Year Closing Ceremony
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