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I have just published a book called "Nova Foresta". Photographs of the New Forest taken over the last 12 months. I used Lulu.com who print the book on demand i.e. they only print each copy as it is ordered - which should save a few trees. I have approved the pdf which looks good but haven't received the proof copy yet so can't comment on the printing and binding quality. However, if you just can't wait to get a copy (I know you can't) you can order it here:
I'll report on the printing quality as soon as I get the proof, but if you are interested in doing the same I can recommend the Lulu website which makes the process easy.
My photo from this Sunday, "Leaving Skyfall" was published in this week's Georgia Straight, after they saw it on Flickr! I even got paid ;-) Many thanks to The Georgia Straight for the compliment you made my week!
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Unica data italiana per i Ghost: la formazione metal svedese vincitrice di Grammy, capitanata da Tobias Forge, nei panni di Papa Emeritus IV, ritorna in tour in Europa, in concerto al Mediolanum Forum giovedì 5 maggio con uno spettacolo che si annuncia imperdibile, presenta infatti “la più grande scenografia mai portata in Italia”.
L’evento è anticipato dai successi dell’ultimo album “Impera”, che domina le classifiche mondiali del genere. Aprono il concerto gli inglesi Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats e il duo americano Twin Temple.
I Ghost, precedentemente conosciuti come Ghost B.C. negli Stati Uniti, sono un gruppo musicale heavy metal svedese, formatosi a Linköping nel 2006. Il loro primo album, Opus Eponymous, pubblicato nel 2010, è stato nominato al Grammis, contribuendo ad incrementare la loro popolarità. Il secondo album Infestissumam, che è stato pubblicato nel 2013, ha vinto il Grammis Award nel 2014 per il Miglior Album Hard Rock/Metal. Il terzo album in studio, Meliora, è stato pubblicato nel 2015 ed è subito diventato l'album più venduto in Svezia. Il singolo Cirice, tratto da Meliora, ha vinto il Grammy Award nel 2016 per la Migliore interpretazione metal. Nel 2018 pubblicano il loro quarto album, Prequelle.
L'immagine della band è totalmente incentrata su un look eccentrico e di ispirazione ecclesiastica, che prevede sei musicisti dal volto coperto di cui cinque denominati Nameless Ghouls, capeggiati dal cantate denominato Papa Emeritus (vero nome Tobias Forge), che ad ogni album abdica e viene sostituito, secondo la band, da un Papa più giovane.
Nel 2017 cinque membri del gruppo si sono rivelati al pubblico e quattro di loro hanno citato in causa Tobias Forge, il Papa Emeritus, svelando anche la sua identità.
Tobias Forge – voce
- Papa Emeritus I (2008-2012)
- Papa Emeritus II (2012-2015)
- Papa Emeritus III (2015-2017)
- Cardinal Copia/Papa Emeritus IV (2018-2020)
- Papa Emeritus IV (2020-presente)
Papa Emeritus Zero/Papa Nihil - sassofono
Nameless Ghoul Aether (Chris Catalyst) – chitarra ritmica
Nameless Ghoul Alpha (Per Eriksson) – chitarra solista
Nameless Ghoul Water (Cos Sylvan) – basso
Nameless Ghoulette Air (Laura Scarborought) – tastiera, cori
Nameless Ghoulette Cirrus (Mad Gallica) – tastiera, tamburello e cori
Nameless Ghoul Earth (Hayden Scott) – batteria
Short interview published on popular italian blog
thanks to my friend Giancarlo Rado
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This is a shot from 2011, I'm posting it because it was recently published in "Our State" magazine. That's a North Carolina magazine that focuses on all things concerning North Carolina. My thanks to Our State for publishing one of my shots.
Slimbridge War Memorial
The memorial was dedicated in May 1921. An account of the dedication was published in the Gloucester Citizen of 25 May 1921, p. 2. The version in the British Newspaper Archive has been digitised from microfilm, so is quite difficult to decipher (although the general meaning is clear).
Slimbridge.
WAR MEMORIAL DEDICATION.
In the presence of a very large gathering of parishioners and visitors, the memorial [erected?] in Slimbridge Parish Churchyard by [its?] parishioners, in memory of the 22 [?] men from the parish who fell in the war was dedicated on Sunday evening. The ex-Service men of the parish, headed by the Halmore Brass Band walked in procession to the church, where a short service was held, which was conducted by the Rev. A. S. Crawley, M.C., Diocesan Organising Secretary to the C.E.M.S. [the Church of England Men’s Society]. A procession was formed, headed by the choir, [illegible] the singing of the hymn, “O God, our help in ages past,” this proceeded to the [memorial?]. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs. [illegible] mother of one of the fallen men, and the [Rev.?] A. S. Crawley formally dedicated it. An appropriate address was given by the Rev. A. S. Crawley, and the impressive service was [illegible] with “Last Post.” A muffled peal was afterwards rung on the bells. Many [illegible] wreaths were placed on the memorial by [relatives?] of the fallen soldiers. The Rector of Slimbridge (the Rev. J. O. H. Carter) who [lost a?] son in the war was unable to attend [due to?] illness.
The Rev. Arthur Stafford Crawley (1876-1948) was the son of George Baden and Inez Crawley, and was educated at Harrow and Magdalen College, Oxford. He afterwards went to Cuddesdon and was ordained, serving in London parishes before moving to Benenden, Kent. In 1903, he married Anstice (Nancy) Gibbs, one of the children of Antony and Janet Gibbs of Tyntesfield. In 1915, Stafford Crawley volunteered to become an Army Chaplain, and served with the Guards Division on the Western Front and in Italy, being awarded the MC in 1916 for rescuing wounded soldiers while under fire. After the war he worked for the Church of England Men’s Society, then as vicar at East Meon, before taking up mainly administrative posts in York, Canterbury and St. Albans. He was appointed a canon of St George’s Chapel, Windsor in 1934, becoming a chaplain-in-ordinary to the King (George VI) in 1944. See: apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/lists/GB-0260-M.126.htm
The Panels (reading anticlockwise from front of memorial)
Panel 1:
In loving memory of the men from this parish who gave their lives for their country in the Great War, 1914-1918
Panel 2:
Albert C Brading -- Private Albert Brading (Service No: 8183), 1st Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died 16 September 1914; name recorded on the La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France; [the Cheltenham Chronicle, 31 October 1914, p. 3, under “Berkeley Vale Gleanings”: “News has reached Halmore of the death of Private Albert Brading of the 1st Gloucesters, son of Mr. George Brading, of Halmore, who was killed in action in France. He was an Army Reservist, and had been married about a year. He resided at Slimbridge, and was in the employ of Mr. John Burnett, of Old Hurst Farm. A memorial service was held in the Slimbridge Parish Church, and was largely attended.” The Cheltenham Chronicle, 29 May 1915, p. 2, also reported on the death of his brother: “Two brothers from Rendcomb, near Cirencester, have lost their lives in the war. Private Albert Brading of the 1st Gloucesters, was killed in action at the battle of the Aisne on Sept. 16, and Corporal Henry Brading, of the 2nd Gloucesters, was killed in action on May 9 while helping a wounded comrade. They were brothers of Mrs. Taylor, of 34 Rendcomb-buildings, Rendcomb.”]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/877826/BRADING,%20ALBERT
Richard Brindle -- Private R. W. C. Brindle (Service No: 34657), 2nd Bn., Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry; died 1 October 1918; buried in Anneux British Cemetery, Nord, France (III. D. 12.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/187753/BRINDLE,%20R%2...
Walter G Browning -- Serjeant Walter G. Browning (Service No: 8001), 1st/6th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died 9 October 1917, aged 33; name recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 72 to 75.); son of George and Elizabeth Browning, of Old Hurst, Slimbridge, Glos.; husband of Emma E. Browning, of Jasmine Cottage, Tilsdown, Dursley, Glos.; [Sergeant Browning was previously reported wounded in the Gloucester Journal, 24 June 1916; the Cheltenham Chronicle, 10 November 1917, p. 3, under Berkeley Vale Gleanings: “The local roll of honour is increased this week by the names of three more gallant soldiers, all killed on the Western Front. News reached Cam on Saturday of the loss of Sergeant Walter Browning. He belonged to the Regular Army, and had seen service on two battle fronts.”]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/843432/BROWNING,%20WA...
William J. Burnett -- Flight Sub-Lieutenant William Josiah Burnett, No. 1 Sqdn., Royal Naval Air Service; died 26 September 1917, aged 26; name recorded on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France; son of John Francis Burnett, of Hampton House, Hardwicke, Gloucester; [From the Cheltenham Chronicle, 20 October 1917, p. 3, under Berkley Vale Gleanings: “The sacrifices in this war are not confined to one class; all classes are sharing in the sorrow which is resulting from the fighting. So far as our local Roll of Honour is concerned, it has grown rapidly during the past six months, and it is a melancholy task recording week after week some of the bravest and best of our young manhood. I mentioned last week that Flight Sub-Lieutenant W. J. Burnett, of the R.N.A.S., son of Mr. John Burnett , of Hurst Farm, Slimbridge, one of the best known farmers in the Vale, had been reported missing, and news has since come to hand which leaves no doubt that he has laid down his life for his country. He is another of the many Wycliffe College “old boys” who have died during the war, and will be remembered by many Stroud people as a former employee at Dudbridge Iron Works. “Willy” Burnett was a nice young fellow, and he will be mourned by many friends. “; the Gloucester Journal, 22 December 1917, p. 6: “KILLED OVER GERMAN LINES. Mr J. F. Bennett [sic], of Slimbridge, has received information from a German source to the effect that his son, Lieut. W. J. Bennett [sic], was killed whilst flying over the German lines. Some months ago he was reported missing. Deceased was a Wycliffe College boy, and prior to the war was engaged at Dudbridge Iron Works.”]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/743086/BURNETT,%20WIL...
Bernard R. H. Carter -- Second Lieutenant Bernard Robert Hadow Carter, Royal Flying Corps; died 7 November 1917, aged 19; buried in Slimbridge (St John the Evangelist) Churchyard; Son of the Rev. J. H. Carter and Mrs. Beatrice Helen Carter of Knowle Rd., Boscombe, Hants.; [a bellringer at Slimbridge; the Gloucester Journal, 24 November 1917, p. 6: “THE LATE SEC.-LIEUT. B. R. H. CARTER. Second-Lieutenant Bernard Robert Hadow Carter, R.F.C., third son of the Rev. J. O. H. and Mrs. Carter, of Slimbridge Rectory, Glos., who was killed on November 7th, was educated at Magdalen College School, where he was a chorister, and at St. Edward’s School, Oxford, where he was a Prefect, Captain of the Boats, and Sergeant in the O.T.C. He was also a very good swimmer. He attested while still at school, and at the earliest opportunity entered the Inns of Court O.T.C. From this he was transferred to the R.F.C. and had just earned his “wings.” Writing of his death the Captain of his squadron says: ‘He was engaged on special duty; having been selected as one of my best pilots to go on this special mission. It is of great grief to myself and to everyone in the squadron. Personally I had a very high opinion of your son, so much so that I had asked him to be posted to my squadron as an assistant instructor, and he had just been posted in that capacity.’”]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/358543/CARTER,%20BERN...
Panel 3:
Percy C Cuff – Private Percy C. Cuff (Service No: 26302), 14th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died 22 October 1917, aged 21; name recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 72 to 75.); son of William and Fanny Cuff, of Whitney Cottages, Cambridge; [also a bellringer at Slimbridge; the Cheltenham Chronicle, 10 November 1917, p. 3, under Berkeley Vale Gleanings: “The local roll of honour is increased this week by the names of three more gallant soldiers, all killed on the Western Front. […] Private Percy Cuff, of Slimbridge, another of the fallen, had previously served in Mesopotamia. From there he was invalided home, and afterwards sent to France. His major speaks of him as “a splendid fellow, always willing and energetic.”]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/842028/CUFF,%20PERCY%20C
Charles Fryer – Private C. W. Fryer (Service No: 18922), "B" Coy., 10th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment ; died 4 April 1916, aged 26; buried in Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, Pas-de-Calais, France (I. A. 21.); son of Edwin Henry and Elizabeth Ann Fryer; husband of Margaret Hill (formerly Fryer), of Slymbridge St., Cambridge, Stonehouse, Glos.; [there is another Charles Fryer (26921 Private Charles Christopher Fryer, 12th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment), from nearby Frampton on Severn; there seems to be no report of Private Fryer’s death, but there is this curious account of a serious family dispute in the Gloucester Citizen, 11 April 1910, p. 6, under “Petty Sessions”: “Charles Fryer, a young man of Slimbridge, pleaded ‘guilty under great provocation’ to an assault upon his father-in-law, Edward Theyers. Complainant, answering the Clerk, said that he didn’t know that he was any relation to defendant, but “he married my daughter, that’s all!” (Laughter.) His account of the assault was that defendant came along on a bicycle, and, without any altercation, knocked him on the side of the head. The blow stunned him and he fell to the ground, injuring his arm. Some time ago they had “afew [sic] words” and complainant told Fryer he could leave his house – in which he lived with his wife. They left the same night. The row was over an accusation which defendant made concerning his conduct towards his (Fryer’s) wife. This complainant declared was untrue. He had not seen his daughter since she left the house two months ago – “nor don’t want to,” added Theyers. He had not spoken to Fryer since the night of the row until the assault. – Defendant questioned complainant as to his conduct towards his daughter, and Theyers denied the serious allegation made, or that his wife accused him in his (defendant’s) presence. Fryer told the magistrates that Theyers offered him a sovereign to settle the matter, but (indignantly added defendant) “if I dared I would tar and feather him for what he has done.” – P.C. White spoke to receiving a complaint from Fryer and his wife on February 14th concerning alleged indecent behaviour on the part of Theyers towards his daughter (defendant’s wife). – George Fryer also spoke on the same matter. – Defendant stated that he was married to complainant’s daughter in September of last year, and they lived comfortably at his father-in-law’s house at Cambridge until January last, when he had reason to complain of the conduct of Theyers towards his (Fryer’s) wife. Later he watched certain happenings through a window, and later his wife told him what had occurred on several occasions, and that she had been afraid to tell him before. He spoke to Theyers about it, and the latter ordered him to leave the house in a week. Witness said he would no stay there another night with him, and left at once. He promised complainant a thrashing, and considered he was justified in striking him. -- The Bench dismissed the case under the Probation of Offenders’ Act, but told defendant he must not take advantage of the lenient treatment to commit a further assault. Fryer said he would not strike him again.”]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/523057/FRYER,%20C%20W
Frederick C Hobbs – Private F. C. Hobbs (Service No: 57806), 2nd/7th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment; died 9 August 1918, aged 18; buried in Aire Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France (IV. A. 9.); additional Information:Son of Caleb and Susannah Hobbs, of Cambridge, Stonehouse, Glos.; [the Gloucester Journal , 7 September 1918, p. 6: “Private F. C. Hobbs, of Slimbridge, attached to the Warwickshire Regiment, has been killed in action in France. He was only 18 years old. He joined up last December, and formerly was employed at Cam Mills. He died in hospital following severe wounds.”]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/467090/HOBBS,%20F%20C
Frederick Medcroft – Lance Corporal Frederick Medcroft (Service No: 355878), 25th (Montgomeryshire and Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers; died 21 September 1918; name recorded on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France (Panel 6.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1746695/MEDCROFT,%20F...
Edward S Morgan – Lieutenant E. S. Morgan, Royal Air Force, 211th Sqdn.; died 7 September 1918; buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France (IV. C. 16.); [At the time of the 1911 Census, Edward Stanley Morgan was living at Churchend, Slimbridge with his widowed mother (Elizabeth Florence Morgan), three siblings, an aunt and a servant. The census describes him as an 18-year old auctioneer, and he had been born at Hambrook, Gloucestershire. Lieutenant Edward Stanley Morgan of 211 Squadron, Royal Air Force died on 7 September 1918 flying a D.H.9 with Lieut. R. Simpson as 2nd Observer on a bombing raid, being shot down and crashing into the sea north of Gravelines. Morgan’s part in a previous raid had resulted in the award of a Distinguished Flying Cross: Supplement to the London Gazette, 2nd November 1918, p. 12970; Flight, 7th November 1918, p. 1250: “Lieut. Edward Stanley Morgan. -- On August 16th this officer took part in a bomb raid on enemy docks--a well-guarded objective. The weather conditions were most unfavourable. A strong wind compelled the machines to move slowly, and high white clouds made them an easy target for anti-aircraft fire. On nearing the objective the flight leader was shot down and Lieut. Morgan assumed command. He was met by an intense barrage. A second machine was seen to fall, and the pilot of a third was severely wounded, but Lieut. Morgan, persisting in his attack, reached and successfully bombed the objective. The cool determination and gallantry displayed by this officer deserves high praise.”]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/617341/MORGAN,%20E%20S
Arthur Noad – Private A. Noad (Service No: 16052), 10th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died 13 October 1915, aged 22; buried in Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, Pas-de-Calais, France ; [a bellringer at Slimbridge; Arthur Noad’s enlistment in “Lord Kitchener’s Army” on 21st November 1914 was recorded in the Gloucester Journal, 28 November 1914, p. 6, listing his residence as Gossington, near Stonehouse.]:
Panel 4:
Samuel Redding -- Private Samuel Redding, Labour Corps
Joseph Robins – Corporal Joseph Robins (Service No: RMA/4190), R.M.H.Q. (Eastney), Royal Marine Artillery; died 31 January 1915, aged 41; buried in Slimbridge (St. John the Evangelist) Churchyard, Gloucestershire (new Ground); husband of Eliza Catherine Robins, of Cambridge, Gloucester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/358544/ROBINS,%20JOSEPH
Charles J Savage -- Lance Corporal Charles John Savage, 14th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment
Frederick Simmons -- Corporal Frederick Mahone Simmons, 2nd Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment
William Smart -- Driver William Smart, Army Service Corps
Frederick Tudor -- Private Frederick Henry Tudor, 7th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment
Panel 5:
Alfred M Underwood -- Private Alfred M. S. Underwood (Service No: 6641), 1st Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died 23 October 1914, aged 30; name recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 22 and 34.); son of the late John Underwood, of Westend, Stonehouse; husband of Mary Louisa Underwood, of Cossington, Slimbridge, Stonehouse, Glos.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1627280/UNDERWOOD,%20...
George E P Watts -- Private George Edward Watts, Army Veterinary Corps
Frederick A Wherrett – Private F. A. Wherrett (Service No: 40200), Worcestershire Regiment; died 20 June 1917, aged 22; buried in Slimbridge (St. John the Evangelist) Churchyard, Gloucestershire (new Ground); [The Cheltenham Chronicle, 30 June 1917, p. 3, under “Berkeley Vale Gleanings”: “The toll of the brave continues. Scarcely a day passes without the sad news, “Killed in action,” being recorded. Here in the Vale, as elsewhere throughout the land, there is a heavy toll being exacted of the best of our young manhood, and citizens generally will have a sympathetic thought for those who mourn husband, or son, or brother. […] Private Joseph Wherrett [sic?], son of the late Mr. Joseph Wherrett, of Hope House Farm, Slimbridge, died in a London hospital from wounds received in action in the Somme last November. In civil life he was a popular young farmer in the Vale, and a host of friends lament his death. The remains were brought to his native village on Saturday, and buried with full military honours. The family mourners included a brother who is at home receiving treatment for wounds received in action on the Somme.”]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/358545/WHERRETT,%20F%20A
Joseph Wherrett -- Private Joseph Wherrett, Royal Defence Corps; died 6 June 1920
James Williams
George Shipway -- Lance Corporal George Shipway, Labour Corps
Panel 6:
True love by life, True love by death is tried; Live thou for England, We for England died
Panel 7:
William D Porter
Henry J Granger
Ronald Brown
Arthur Wall
William J Workman
1939-1945
Panel 8: [Quotation from John 15:13]
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends
Challenge to use the meta-parts (or mega-bricks) of lego planes to make it a spacecraft : Set 60104, 60102, 60022, 3181, 7893.
Brick number 30201 (Quarter Saucer Base) : in old theme : Aquazone, Space Insectoids and Alpha team Mission Deep Sea
Brick number 30317 (Quarter Saucer Top) : in old theme : space UFO, Alpha team Mission Deep Sea
The central command post is round, as Startrek's spaceships. The central circle is in 2 floors : the officers on the 1st floor on the bridge, and the Commandos Squad/robots on the ground floor. There are 1445 Bricks.
Crew :
3 Officers on the Bridge.
2 Pilots in the cockpit.
3 Battle droids.
6 Space Commandos.
Arms :
1 Double Laser Gatling.
2 Big Missiles (or 2 big Sondes, if we want to explore).
8 small missiles
Published 1965
Souvenir of Clairol Carousel at the New York World's Fair 1964-65.
Description of the Clairol Carousel:
Ladies can see themselves in various hair colors, view a film on beauty and talk with experts.
Designed for women only, the carousel encloses a revolving turntable, divided into 38 individual booths in which the film is shown. Elsewhere, ladies may peer into a mirrored device to see themselves in several different hair colors, and beauty consultants provide formulas for the colors desired.
The Postcard
A postally unused carte postale that was published by L.L.
Although the card was not posted, someone has used a pencil to write "T. Banfield" on the divided back.
The Notre-Dame de Paris Fire
The Notre-Dame de Paris fire broke out on the 15th. April 2019, just before 18:20 CEST, beneath the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral. By the time the fire was extinguished, the building's spire had collapsed, most of its roof had been destroyed, and its upper walls were severely damaged.
Extensive damage to the interior was prevented by its stone vaulted ceiling, which largely contained the burning roof as it collapsed. Many works of art and religious relics were moved to safety early in the emergency, but others suffered smoke damage, and some of the exterior art was damaged or destroyed.
The cathedral's altar, two pipe organs, and its three 13th.-century rose windows suffered little or no damage. Three emergency workers were injured, and contamination of the site and the nearby environment resulted.
French president Emmanuel Macron said that the cathedral would be restored by 2024, and launched a fundraising campaign which brought in pledges of over €1 billion. It was estimated that a complete restoration could require twenty years or more.
On the 25th. December 2019, the cathedral did not host Christmas services for the first time since 1803.
Background to The Fire
The Catholic cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, part of the "Paris, Banks of the Seine" UNESCO World Heritage Site, was begun in the 12th. century.
Its walls and interior vaulted ceiling are of stone; its roof and flèche (spire) were of wood (much of it 13th.-century oak), sheathed in lead to exclude water. The spire was rebuilt several times, most recently in the 19th. century.
The cathedral's stonework has been severely eroded by years of weather and pollution, and the spire had extensively rotted because fissures in its lead sheathing were admitting water.
The roof timbers were dry, spongy and powdery with age. In 2014, the Ministry of Culture estimated necessary renovations would cost €150 million, and in 2016 the Archdiocese of Paris launched an appeal to raise €100 million over the following five to ten years.
At the time of the fire, the spire was undergoing restoration, and scaffolding was being erected over the transept.
Extensive attention had been given to the risk of fire at the cathedral. The Paris Fire Brigade drilled regularly to prepare for emergencies there, including on-site exercises in 2018; a firefighter was posted to the cathedral each day; and fire wardens checked conditions beneath the roof three times daily.
Fortunately the Twelve Apostle and Four Evangelist statues at the spire's base had been removed for conservation days before the fire.
The Notre-Dame Fire
Fire broke out in the attic beneath the cathedral's roof at 18:18. At 18:20 the fire alarm sounded and guards evacuated the cathedral. A guard was sent to investigate, but to the wrong location – the attic of the adjoining sacristy – where he found no fire. About fifteen minutes later the error was discovered, but by the time guards had climbed the three hundred steps to the cathedral attic the fire was well advanced.
The alarm system was not designed to automatically notify the fire brigade, which was summoned at 18:51 after the guards had returned. Firefighters arrived within ten minutes.
Fighting the Notre-Dame Fire
More than 400 firefighters were engaged. A hundred government employees along with police and municipal workers moved precious artefacts to safety via a human chain.
The fire was primarily fought from inside the structure, which was more dangerous for personnel, but reduced potential damage to the cathedral - applying water from outside risked deflecting flames and hot gases (at temperatures up to 800 °C) inwards. Deluge guns were used at lower-than-usual pressures to minimise damage to the cathedral and its contents. Water was supplied by pump-boat from the Seine.
Aerial firefighting was not used because water dropped from heights could have caused structural damage, and heated stone can crack if suddenly cooled. Helicopters were also not used because of dangerous updrafts, but drones were used for visual and thermal imaging, and robots for visual imaging and directing water streams. Molten lead falling from the roof posed a special hazard for firefighters.
By 18:52, smoke was visible from the outside; flames appeared within the next ten minutes. The spire of the cathedral collapsed at 19:50, creating a draft that slammed all the doors and sent a fireball through the attic. Firefighters then retreated from within the attic.
Shortly before the spire fell, the fire had spread to the wooden framework inside the north tower, which supported eight very large bells. Had the bells fallen, it was thought that the damage done as they fell could have collapsed the towers, and with them the entire cathedral.
At 20:30, firefighters abandoned attempts to extinguish the roof and concentrated on saving the towers, fighting from within and between the towers. By 21:45 the fire was under control.
Adjacent apartment buildings were evacuated due to concern about possible collapse, but on the 19th. April the fire brigade ruled out that risk. One firefighter and two police officers were injured.
Damage to Notre-Dame
Most of the wood/metal roof and the spire of the cathedral was destroyed, with about one third of the roof remaining. The remnants of the roof and spire fell atop the stone vault underneath, which forms the ceiling of the cathedral's interior. Some sections of this vaulting collapsed in turn, allowing debris from the burning roof to fall to the marble floor below, but most sections remained intact due to the use of rib vaulting, greatly reducing damage to the cathedral's interior and objects within.
The cathedral contained a large number of artworks, religious relics, and other irreplaceable treasures, including a crown of thorns said to be the one Jesus wore at his crucifixion. Other items were a purported piece of the cross on which Jesus was crucified, the Tunic of St. Louis, a pipe organ by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, and the 14th.-century Virgin of Paris statue.
Some artwork had been removed in preparation for the renovations, and most of the cathedral's sacred relics were held in the adjoining sacristy, which the fire did not reach; all the cathedral's relics survived. Many valuables that were not removed also survived.
Lead joints in some of the 19th.-century stained-glass windows melted, but the three major rose windows, dating back to the 13th. century, were undamaged. Several pews were destroyed, and the vaulted arches were blackened by smoke, though the cathedral's main cross and altar survived, along with the statues surrounding it.
Some paintings, apparently only smoke-damaged, are expected to be transported to the Louvre for restoration. The rooster-shaped reliquary atop the spire was found damaged but intact among the debris. The three pipe organs were not significantly damaged. The largest of the cathedral's bells, the bourdon, was also not damaged. The liturgical treasury of the cathedral and the "Grands Mays" paintings were moved to safety.
Environmental Damage
Airparif said that winds rapidly dispersed the smoke, carrying it away aloft along the Seine corridor. It did not find elevated levels of particulate air pollution at monitoring stations nearby. The Paris police stated that there was no danger from breathing the air around the fire.
The burned-down roof had been covered with over 400 metric tons of lead. Settling dust substantially raised surface lead levels in some places nearby, notably the cordoned-off area and places left open during the fire. Wet cleaning for surfaces and blood tests for children and pregnant women were recommended in the immediate area.
People working on the cathedral after the fire did not initially take the lead precautions required for their own protection; materials leaving the site were decontaminated, but some clothing was not, and some precautions were not correctly followed; as a result, the worksite failed some inspections and was temporarily shut down.
There was also more widespread contamination; testing, clean-up, and public health advisories were delayed for months, and the neighbourhood was not decontaminated for four months, prompting widespread criticism.
Reactions to the Notre-Dame Fire
President of France Emmanuel Macron, postponing a speech to address the Yellow Vests Movement planned for that evening, went to Notre-Dame and gave a brief address there. Numerous world religious and government leaders extended condolences.
Through the night of the fire and into the next day, people gathered along the Seine to hold vigils, sing and pray.
White tarpaulins over metal beams were quickly rigged to protect the interior from the elements. Nettings protect the de-stabilised exterior.
The following Sunday at Saint-Eustache Church, the Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, honoured the firefighters with the presentation of a book of scriptures saved from the fire.
Investigation Into The Notre-Dame Fire
On the 16th. April, the Paris prosecutor said that there was no evidence of a deliberate act.
The fire has been compared to the similar 1992 Windsor Castle fire and the Uppark fire, among others, and has raised old questions about the safety of similar structures and the techniques used to restore them. Renovation works increase the risk of fire, and a police source reported that they are looking into whether such work had caused this incident.
The renovations presented a fire risk from sparks, short-circuits, and heat from welding (roof repairs involved cutting, and welding lead sheets resting on timber). Normally, no electrical installations were allowed in the roof space due to the extreme fire risk.
The roof framing was of very dry timber, often powdery with age. After the fire, the architect responsible for fire safety at the cathedral acknowledged that the rate at which fire might spread had been underestimated, and experts said it was well known that a fire in the roof would be almost impossible to control.
Of the firms working on the restoration, a Europe Echafaudage team was the only one working there on the day of the fire; the company said no soldering or welding was underway before the fire. The scaffolding was receiving electrical supply for temporary elevators and lighting.
The roofers, Le Bras Frères, said it had followed procedure, and that none of its personnel were on site when the fire broke out. Time-lapse images taken by a camera installed by them showed smoke first rising from the base of the spire.
On the 25th. April, the structure was considered safe enough for investigators to enter. They unofficially stated that they were considering theories involving malfunction of electric bell-ringing apparatus, and cigarette ends discovered on the renovation scaffolding.
Le Bras Frères confirmed its workers had smoked cigarettes, contrary to regulations, but denied that a discarded cigarette end could have started the fire. The Paris prosecutor's office announced on the 26th. June that no evidence had been found to suggest a criminal motive.
The security employee monitoring the alarm system was new on the job, and was on a second eight-hour shift that day because his relief had not arrived. Additionally, the fire security system used confusing terminology in its referencing parts of the cathedral, which contributed to the initial confusion as to the location of the fire.
As of September, five months after the fire, investigators thought the cause of the fire was more likely an electrical fault than a cigarette. Determining the exact place in which the fire started was expected to take a great deal more time and work. By the 15th. April 2020, investigators stated:
"We believe the fire to have been
started by either a cigarette or a
short circuit in the electrical system".
Reconstruction of Notre-Dame Cathedral
On the night of the fire Macron said that the cathedral, which is owned by the state, would be rebuilt, and launched an international fundraising campaign. France's cathedrals have been owned by the state since 1905, and are not privately insured.
The heritage conservation organisation Fondation du Patrimoine estimated the damage in the hundreds of millions of euros, but losses from the fire are not expected to substantially impact the private insurance industry.
European art insurers stated that the cost would be similar to ongoing renovations at the Palace of Westminster in London, which currently is estimated to be around €7 billion.
This cost does not include damage to any of the artwork or artefacts within the cathedral. Any pieces on loan from other museums would have been insured, but the works owned by the cathedral would not have been insurable.
While Macron hoped the cathedral could be restored in time for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, architects expect the work could take from twenty to forty years, as any new structure would need to balance restoring the look of the original building, using wood and stone sourced from the same regions used in the original construction, with the structural reinforcement required for preventing a similar disaster in the future.
There is discussion of whether to reconstruct the cathedral in modified form. Rebuilding the roof with titanium sheets and steel trusses has been suggested; other options include rebuilding in the original lead and wood, or rebuilding with modern materials not visible from the outside (like the reinforced concrete trusses at Reims Cathedral).
Another option would be to use a combination of restored old elements and newly designed ones. Chartres Cathedral was rebuilt with wrought iron trusses and copper sheeting after an 1836 fire.
French prime minister Édouard Philippe announced an architectural design competition for a new spire that would be:
"Adapted to the techniques
and the challenges of our era."
The spire replacement project has gathered a variety of designs and some controversy, particularly its legal exemption from environmental and heritage rules. After the design competition was announced, the French senate amended the government's restoration bill to require the roof to be restored to how it was before the fire.
On the 16th. July, 95 days after the fire, the law that will govern the restoration of the cathedral was finally approved by the French parliament. It recognises its UNESCO World Heritage Site status and the need to respect existing international charters and practices, to:
"Preserve the historic, artistic and architectural
history of the monument, and to limit any
derogations to the existing heritage, planning,
environmental and construction codes to a
minimum".
On the 15th. April 2020, Germany offered to restore some of the large clerestory windows located far above eye level with three expert tradesmen who specialize in rebuilding cathedrals. Monika Grütters, Germany's Commissioner for Culture was quoted as saying that her country would shoulder the costs.
As of the 30th. November all of the tangled scaffolding was removed from the spire area, and was therefore no longer a threat to the building.
The world will now have to wait for Notre-Dame de Paris to be restored to its former magnificence.
The recipe for this delicious curry is now published on my gourmet webzine :: Richly Spiced Cambodian Chicken Curry
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Cambodian cuisine is less known than that of its neighbours, Thailand and Vietnam. It is a colourful cuisine whose style and ingredients reveals strong influences from its neighbouring countries (though less spicy in general) and China. Influences can also be seen from the period of French occupation (including the use of caramel in certain dishes and eating curries with toasted baguette) and India (many Cambodian curries contain Indian curry powder and black pepper as opposed to chilli, which is served separately).
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A rally in Washington, DC in support of the equal health and livelihood of trans people, that included basic information about trans health issues and stories of denied / inappropriate care, as well as hope for the future
Published in Washington State Bans Health Insurance Discrimination Against Transgender People - The New Civil Rights Movement
Published in Transgender? New evidence on the biology of gender identity - Myria
Published by Takeshobo in 1995, this 4.5" x 7" 28-page book is exclusive to Japan, and it features a story told through high-resolution, full-color photographs featuring action figures. The second volume of this three-volume set, the title roughly translates to "Big Turtle Race" and showcases the Mini-Mutants line of figures and vehicles.
The Turtles compete in a high-speed, wacky race against the best road vehicles the Foot Clan has to offer, with April O'Neil serving as the master of ceremonies (she actually gets to use the handgun that came with her old action figures). Leonardo makes use of his Super Mutation form via his Muta-Stone to stop Shredder from cheating his way to victory.
The cover image featured above is a composite image of the front/back covers along with the spine.
ISBN 4812400155
Volume 1 cover here:
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Volume 3 cover here:
China and India
english
Chinese folk religion (simplified Chinese: 中国民间宗教 or 中国民间信仰; traditional Chinese: 中國民間宗教 or 中國民間信仰; pinyin: Zhōngguó mínjiān zōngjiào or Zhōngguó mínjiān xìnyăng) or, controversially, Shenism (pinyin: Shénjiào, 神教) are labels used to describe the collection of ethnic religious traditions which have been a main belief system in China and among Han Chinese ethnic groups for most of the civilization's history until today. Shenism comprises Chinese mythology and includes the worship of shens (神, shén; "deities", "spirits", "awarenesses", "consciousnesses", "archetypes") which can be nature deities, Taizu or clan deities, city deities, national deities, cultural heroes and demigods, dragons and ancestors. "Shenism" is a term was first published by A.J.A Elliot in 1955, and is described as a misleading terminology among scholars.
It is sometimes considered a type of Taoism, a Folk Taoism, since over the centuries institutional Taoism has been attempting to assimilate or administrate local religions. More accurately, Taoism can be defined as a branch of Shenism, since it sprang out of folk religion and Chinese philosophy. Chinese folk religion is sometimes seen as a constituent part of Chinese traditional religion, but more often, the two are regarded as synonymous. Unlike Taoism, the religious aspects found in Confucianism (worship of Confucius and his disciples, worship of Tian, rituals and sacrifices) never became doctrinally and institutionally independent and have thus remained for centuries part of Shenism.
With around 454 million adherents, or about 6.6% of the world population, Chinese folk religion is one of the major religious traditions in the world. In China more than 30% of the population adheres to Shenism or Taoism.
Despite being heavily suppressed during the last two centuries of the history of China, from the Taiping Movement to the Cultural Revolution, it is experiencing a major revival nowadays in both Mainland China and Taiwan. Various forms have received support by the Government of the People's Republic of China, such as Mazuism in Southern China (officially about 160 million Chinese are Mazuists), Huangdi worship, Black Dragon worship in Shaanxi, and Caishen worship.
Overview
Chinese folk religion retains traces of some of ancestral primal religious belief systems such as animism and shamanism,which include the veneration of (and communication with) the Sun, the Moon, the Earth, the Heaven, and various stars, as well as communication with animals. It has been practiced by the Chinese people for thousands of years, and since the start of the Common Era alongside Buddhism, Taoism and various other religions.
Rituals, devotional worship, myths sacred reinactment, festivals and various other practices associated with different folk gods and goddesses form an important part of Chinese culture today. The veneration of secondary gods does not conflict with an individual's chosen religion, but is accepted as a complementary adjunct, particularly to Taoism. Some mythical figures in folk culture have been integrated into Chinese Buddhism, as in the case of Miao Shan. She is generally thought to have influenced the beliefs about the Buddhist bodhisattva Guanyin. This bodhisattva originally was based upon the Indian counterpart Avalokiteśvara. Androgynous in India, this bodhisattva over centuries became a female figure in China and Japan. Guanyin is one of the most popular bodishisattvas to which people pray.
There are many free folk religion texts such as Journeys to the Underworld distributed in temples, or sold in gods material shops or vegetarian shops. Temples for Shenist worship are different from Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries, being administered by local managers, associations and worship communities.
Characteristics
Gods and goddesses
There are hundreds of local gods and goddess as well as demigods. After apotheosis, historical figures noted for their bravery or virtue are also venerated and honored as ancestral "saints", xians, or heightened to the status of shens, deities. The following list represents some commonly worshipped deities.
Pangu (盘古), the creator god in certain myths. He is usually depicted as a primitive, hairy giant with horns on his head and clad in furs. Pangu set about the task of creating the world: he separated Yin from Yang with a swing of his giant axe, creating the Earth (murky Yin) and the Sky (clear Yang).
Fuxi (伏羲), also known as Paoxi, a divine patriarch reputed to have taught to humanity writing, fishing, and hunting. Cangjie is also said to have invented writing.
Nüwa (女娲), also Nügua, an ancient mother goddess, attributed for the creation of mankind. In later traditions she is described as the twin sister or/and wife of Fuxi.
Shennong (神农), also identified as Yandi (炎帝), a divine patriarch said to have taught the ancient Chinese the practices of agriculture. He is often represented as a human with bull horns.
Huangdi (黃帝), or "Yellow Emperor", the divine patriarch of the Huaxia culture lineage. He is regarded as the founder of the whole Chinese civilization.
Guan Yu (关羽), also known with the templar names of Guandi and Guan Gong, the red-faced, bearded hero of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and symbol of loyalty. He is the patron god of policemen, war, fortune, and law, as he shows forgiveness, and often also serves as Wu Sheng.
Baosheng Dadi (保生大帝), a divine physician, whose powers extend to raising the dead. Worship is especially prevalent in Fujian and Taiwan.
Caishen (财神 "God of Wealth"), who oversees the gaining and distribution of wealth through fortune. He is often the deified manifestation of certain historical personalities such as Zhao Gongming or Bi Gan. His shape is sometimes that of a giant blue whiskered cat.
Shoushen (寿神 "God of Longevity"), who stands for a healthy and long life. He is portrayed as an old balding man with a walking stick in his right hand and a peach in his left.
Fushen (福神 "God of Happiness"), he looks like a traditional Chinese feudal lord with red clothing. He symbolizes happiness and joy.
Lushen (禄神 "God of Prosperity"), a god of success in work and life. In ancient times he was the patron god of success in imperial bureaucracy.
The Baxian (八仙), the "Eight Immortals", are important literary and artistic figures who were deified after death and became objects of worship. In Taoism they're worshipped as xians.
Huye (虎爺), a guardian spirit, often found at the bottom of Taoist temple shrines. Worshipers revere the tiger spirit to curse spiritual enemies. Rituals include stomping an effigy of a spiritual enemy in front of the tiger spirit, as well as sacrificing meat offerings, paper gold, and others.
The Jiuhuang Dadi (九皇大帝) refer to spirits of nine emperors, worshiped as emanations of Mazu, patron goddess of sailors. A festival is held over the first nine days of the ninth lunar month to celebrate the return from heaven to earth of the Nine Emperor spirits. This is celebrated primarily in Malaysia.
Mazu (妈祖 "Ancient Mother"), the patroness, also considered as the goddess of sailors. Shrines can be found in coastal areas of Eastern and South-Eastern China. Today, belief in Mazu is especially popular in the South and South-East, including Fujian (福建), Guangdong (廣東), Hainan (海南), Taiwan (台灣), Hong Kong (香港), and Vietnam (越南).
Qiye (七爺) and Baye (八爺), two generals and best friends, often seen as giant puppets in street parades. 8 is black, because he drowned rather than miss his appointment to meet with 7, even though a flood was coming. 7 has his tongue sticking out, because he hanged himself in mourning for 8.
Shangdi (上帝) is originally the supreme god, synonymous with the concept of Tian. This title/name was later applied to the supreme deity of various religions, including Yu Huang Dadi and the Christian God.
Cheng Huang (城隍), commonly known as "City God" in English, a class of protective deities: each city has a Cheng Huang who looks after the fortunes of the city and judges the dead. Usually these are famous or noble persons from the city who were deified after death. The Cheng Huang Miao (城隍廟) or "City God Temple" was often the focal point of a town in ancient times.
Tudi Gong (土地公 "God of the Earth"), a genius loci who protects a local place (especially hills), and whose statue may be found in roadside shrines. He is also the god of wealth, by virtue of his connection with the earth, and therefore, minerals and buried treasure.
Wenchangdi (文昌帝), god of students, scholars, and examination. He is worshiped by students who wish to pass their examinations. Inept examiners in ancient times sometimes sought "divine guidance" from him to decide rank between students.
Xi Wangmu (西王母), the "Queen Mother of the West", also known as Yaochi Jinmu (瑤池金母 "Golden Mother of the Jade Pond"), a mother goddess who reigns over a paradisaical mountain and has the power to make others immortal. In some myths, she is the mother of the Jade Emperor (玉帝).
Yuexia Laoren (月下老人 "Old Man Under the Moon"). The matchmaker who pairs lovers together, worshiped by those seeking their partner.
Zaoshen (灶神), the "God of the Kitchen", also Zao Jun (灶君), mentioned in the title of Amy Tan's novel, The Kitchen God's Wife. He reports to heaven on the behavior of the family of the house once a year, at Chinese New Year, and is given sticky rice to render his speech less comprehensible on that occasion.
Songzi Niangniang (送子娘娘) or Zhusheng Niangniang (註生娘娘), a fertility goddess. She is worshipped by people who want children, or who want their child to be a boy.
Places of worship
Shenist temples can be distinguished into miao (庙), called "joss houses", "deity houses" or simply "temples" in English, and ci (祠), called "ancestral halls" or simply "temples" in English. Both the terms actually mean "temple" in Chinese, and they've been used interchangeably many times. However miao is the general Chinese term for "temple" understood as "place of worship", and can be used for places of worship of any religion. In Chinese folk religion it is mostly associated to temples which enshrine nature gods and patron gods. Instead ci is the specific term for temples enshrining ancestry gods, human beings apotheosized as gods.
"Joss" is a corrupted version of the Portuguese word for "god", deus. "Joss house" was in common use in English in western North America during frontier times, when joss houses were a common feature of Chinatowns. The name "joss house" describes the environment of worship. Joss sticks, a kind of incense, are burned inside and outside of the house.
Shenist temples are distinct from Taoist temples (观 guan or 道观 daoguan) and Buddhist monasteries (寺 si) in that they are established and administered by local managers, associations and worship communities; only few or none priests stay in folk temples. Shenist temples are usually small, very colourful (by contrast with Taoist temples which by tradition should be black and white in color, and Buddhist temples which are characterised by a prevalence of yellow and red tonalities), and decorated with traditional figures on their roofs (dragons and deities), although some evolve into significant structures. Other terms associated to templar structures of Shenism and other religions in China are 宫 gong ("palace"), often used for large temples (even if mostly Taoist) built by imperial officials, and 院 yuan, a general term for "sanctuary", "shrine".
português
Religião tradicional chinesa é a religião do povo chinês. É uma religião politeísta, com certos elementos do xamanismo e teve influência do budismo, do confucionismo e do taoísmo.
Seu número de seguidores é difícil de ser calculado, mas as fontes variam entre 880 milhões e 390 milhões. Sendo uma religião sincretista, sua diferenciação de outras tradições espirituais chinesas é difícil.
Deuses e deusas
Guan Yu (關羽), o Deus-Supremo
Fu Shen (福神)
Hu Ye (虎爺)
Jiu Wang Ye (九皇爺), o 9o imperador divino
Mazu (媽祖)
Qiye (七爺) e Baye (八爺)
Shangdi Shangdi (上帝) (lit. Supremo Imperador)
Cheng Huang (城隍)
Sun Wukong (孫悟空)
Tu Di Gong (土地公)
Wenchangdi (文昌帝)
Xi Wangmu (西王母)
Yuexia Laoren (月下老人)
Zao Shen (灶君|灶神)
Zhusheng Niangniang (註生娘娘)
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The Museum of the Orient (Portuguese: Museu do Oriente) in Lisbon, Portugal celebrates the history of Portuguese exploration with a collection of Asian artifacts. The museum opened in May, 2008, and is located in a refurbished industrial building on the Alcântara waterfront. The collection includes Indonesian textiles, Japanese screens, antique snuff bottles, crucifixes made in Asia for Western export, and the Kwok On Collection of masks, costumes, and accessories.
português
O Museu do Oriente está instalado no edifício Pedro Álvares Cabral, antigos armazéns da Comissão Reguladora do Comércio do Bacalhau em Alcântara, Lisboa.
O museu reúne colecções que têm o Oriente como temática principal, nas vertentes histórica, religiosa, antropológica e artística.
A exposição permanente engloba 1400 peças alusivas à presença portuguesa na Ásia e 650 peças pertencentes à colecção Kwok On.
O museu é da responsabilidade da Fundação Oriente e foi inaugurado no dia 8 de Maio de 2008.
A actual directora é Maria Manuela d'Oliveira Martins.
Foi classificado como Monumento de interesse público (MIP) pelo IGESPAR em 15 de junho de 2010.
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Sustainability in Interior Design (Portfolio Skills) [Paperback] Sian Moxon (Author)
The Postcard
A postcard published by The Coast Publishing Co. of Vancouver B.C. The card was posted in Vancouver on Thursday the 19th. February 1920 to:
Miss Waub,
63, Gore Road,
Victoria Park,
London E.,
England.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Dear G,
Thought you might like to
put this amongst your other
PCs.
Tell Mother to hurry along
and send me a line - it seems
such an age since she last
wrote.
I am comfortably settled at
last in a house of my own.
With lots of love to Wally,
Dad, Mum and Self.
A."
Flumes
A flume is a man-made channel for water in the form of an open declined gravity chute whose walls are raised above the surrounding terrain, in contrast to a trench or ditch.
Flumes are not to be confused with aqueducts, which are built to transport water, rather than transporting materials using flowing water as a flume does. Flumes route water from a diversion dam or weir to a collection location.
Many flumes took the form of wooden troughs elevated on trestles, often following the natural contours of the land. Originating as a part of a mill race, they were later used in the transportation of logs in the logging industry, known as a log flumes. They were also extensively used in hydraulic mining and working placer deposits for gold, tin and other heavy minerals.
George Rose (Actor)
So what else happened on the day the card was posted?
Well, the 19th. February 1920 marked the birth in Bicester, of George Rose.
George Walter Rose was an English actor and singer in theatre and film.
Born the son of a butcher, Rose studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. After graduation, he was briefly a farmer and secretary. After wartime service and studies at Oxford, he made his Old Vic stage debut in 1946.
George Rose's Acting Career
Rose spent four years with the Old Vic company, and made his Broadway debut in a 1946 production of Henry IV, Part I. George continued to play in New York City and London's West End for the remainder of the decade.
He spent most of the 1950's appearing in broad comedy roles in the UK, later joining the Royal Shakespeare Company.
He returned to Broadway to portray Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing in 1959. Two years later, he co-starred to much acclaim in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, first in London and then in New York. This included Variety naming him best supporting actor for his portrayal of the Common Man. From then on he appeared primarily in American plays and films.
Rose made his screen debut in Midnight Frolics in 1949 and went on to make more than 30 films. Notable film credits include The Pickwick Papers (1952), Track the Man Down (1955), A Night to Remember (1958), The Flesh and the Fiends (1959), Hawaii (1966), and A New Leaf (1971).
Rose starred in the 1975 television series Beacon Hill, an Americanised version of Upstairs, Downstairs. Other television credits include Naked City, Trials of O'Brien, the mini-series Holocaust (1978), and several appearances on the Hallmark Hall of Fame.
On Broadway, among other roles, he played the First Gravedigger in John Gielgud's 1964 production of Hamlet starring Richard Burton, a suspicious storekeeper in William Hanley's Slow Dance on the Killing Ground (1964), a bitter soldier in Peter Shaffer's Royal Hunt of the Sun (1965), and the detective in Joe Orton's Loot (1968).
His first Tony Award nomination was for his portrayal of Louis Greff, Coco Chanel's friend, in the musical Coco in 1969. In the 1974 comedy My Fat Friend, opposite Lynn Redgrave, he won a Drama Desk Award and received another Tony nomination. In 1976, he finally won a Tony as Alfred P. Doolittle in the Broadway revival of My Fair Lady.
George received further acclaim in the role of General Burgoyne in The Devil's Disciple, as Mr. Darling and Captain Hook in Peter Pan and as one of the replacements for Rex Harrison in The Kingfisher; he won a 1979 Drama Desk Award for the last.
In 1980, he appeared as Major General Stanley in the hit Joe Papp adaptation of The Pirates of Penzance, co-starring Kevin Kline and Linda Ronstadt, being nominated for another Tony award. He also starred in the film adaptation of the production, released in 1983.
Rose won his second Tony in 1986, for Rupert Holmes' musical adaptation of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Rose was appearing in a national tour of Drood at the time of his death in 1988. His last film role was Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw, in which he voiced the villain Marvin McNasty (and also sang one of the film's songs).
Personal Life and Murder of George Rose
Rose owned a pet lynx, birds and other exotic creatures. He had a music collection numbering around 17,000 records.
In 1984, he purchased a holiday home in Sosúa, Dominican Republic, where he spent much of his time between his performances. Rose was gay and had no immediate family or permanent partner. He reportedly longed to have an heir.
Shortly after moving, he took in a 14-year-old boy whom he supported financially and to whom he planned to leave his estate. He adopted the boy in January 1988.
(No good turn ever goes unpunished - below is a good example of this).
On the 5th. May 1988, during a two-week hiatus from the national tour of Drood, Rose was tortured and beaten to death by his adopted son, the boy's biological father, an uncle, and a friend of the father.
The assailants tried to make the death look like a car accident, but soon confessed to killing Rose. Though all four men were charged and spent time in prison, no trial was ever held, and eventually all were released.
Rose is buried in an unmarked grave in a cemetery near his holiday home in Sosúa.
Published!
My photo of Trafalgar Square was published as the the lead image in an article on London in the Italian magazine "Meridiani" (no. 206)
Funny thing is, this image was submitted to +Getty Images (Through "GettyWants") and was rejected by them! Their loss & my gain, in the long run! I negotiated the fee for myself :)
(Because it was across two pages, I couldn't scan it, so here is a photo!) The original can be seen here goo.gl/ZELPt
#publlished
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And now for some shots with the 50mm, of the details and fittings of the church. More to follow.
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Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist and critic, chiefly remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style; his work culminated in the interior design of the Palace of Westminster. Pugin designed many churches in England, and some in Ireland and Australia.[1] Pugin was the son of Auguste Pugin, and the father of E.W. and Edmund Peter Paul Pugin, who continued his architectural firm as Pugin & Pugin.
Pugin was the son of a French draughtsman, Auguste Pugin, who had come to England as a result of the French Revolution and had married Catherine Welby of the Denton, Lincolnshire Welby family.[3] Augustus was born at his parents' house in Bloomsbury. Between 1821 and 1838 Pugin's father had published a series of volumes of architectural drawings, the first two entitled, Specimens of Gothic Architecture, and the following three, Examples of Gothic Architecture, that were to remain both in print and the standard references for Gothic architecture for at least the next century.
As a child he was taken each Sunday by his mother to the services of the fashionable Scottish presbyterian preacher Edward Irving (later founder of the Holy Catholic Apostolic Church), at his chapel in Cross Street, Hatton Garden.[4] He soon rebelled against this version of Christianity: according to Benjamin Ferrey, Pugin "always expressed unmitigated disgust at the cold and sterile forms of the Scotch church; and the moment he broke free from the trammels imposed on him by his mother, he rushed into the arms of a church which, pompous by its ceremonies, was attractive to his imaginative mind.
Pugin learned drawing from his father, and for a while attended Christ's Hospital. After leaving school he worked in his father's office, and in 1825 and 1827 accompanied him on visits to France.[6] His first commissions independent of his father were for designs for the goldsmiths Rundell and Bridge, and for designs for furniture at Windsor Castle, from the upholsterers Morrel and Seddon. Through a contact made while working at Windsor, he became interested in the design of theatre scenery, and in 1831 obtained a commission to design the sets for the production of a new opera called Kenilworth at Covent Garden.[7] He also developed an interest in sailing, and briefly commanded a small merchant schooner trading between Britain and Holland, which allowed him to import examples of furniture and carving from Flanders,with which he later furnished his house at Ramsgate.[8] During one voyage in 1830 he was wrecked on the Scottish coast near Leith,[9] as a result of which he came into contact with Edinburgh architect James Gillespie Graham, who advised him to abandon seafaring for architecture.[10] He then set up a business supplying historically accurate carved wood and stone details for the increasing number of buildings being constructed in the Gothic style, but the enterprise soon failed.
In 1831, aged nineteen, Pugin married the first of his three wives, Anne Garnet.[11] Anne died a few months later in childbirth, leaving him with a daughter. He had a further six children, including the architect Edward Pugin, with his second wife, Louisa Burton, who died in 1844. His third wife, Jane Knill, kept a journal of their married life together, between their marriage in 1848 and his death; it was later published.[12] Their son was Peter Paul Pugin.
Following his second marriage in 1833, Pugin moved to Salisbury with his wife,[13] and in 1835 bought half an acre of land, at Alderbury, about a mile-and-a-half outside the town, On this he built a medieval-inspired house for his family, called "St Marie's Grange".[14] Charles Locke Eastlake said of it "he had not yet learned the art of combining a picturesque exterior with the ordinary comforts of an English home".
In 1834, Pugin became a Roman Catholic convert,[16] and was received into the faith in the following year.[17] His conversion resulted in the loss of some commissions,[citation needed] but also brought him into contact with new patrons and employers. In 1832 he had made the acquaintance of John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury, a Roman Catholic, sympathetic to his aesthetic views who employed him in alterations and additions to his residence Alton Towers, which subsequently led to many other commissions.[18] Shrewsbury commissioned him to build St. Giles' Catholic Church, Cheadle, completed in 1846, and Pugin was also responsible for designing the oldest Catholic church in Shropshire, St Peter and Paul at Newport,
n 1836, Pugin published Contrasts, a polemical book which argued for the revival of the medieval Gothic style, and also "a return to the faith and the social structures of the Middle Ages".[19] Each plate in the book selected a type of urban building and contrasted the 1830 example with its 15th-century equivalent. In one example, Pugin contrasted a medieval monastic foundation, where monks fed and clothed the needy, grew food in the gardens – and gave the dead a decent burial – with "a panopticon workhouse where the poor were beaten, half starved and sent off after death for dissection. Each structure was the built expression of a particular view of humanity: Christianity versus Utilitarianism."[19] Pugin's biographer, Rosemary Hill, wrote: "The drawings were all calculatedly unfair. King's College London was shown from an unflatteringly skewed angle, while Christ Church, Oxford, was edited to avoid showing its famous Tom Tower because that was by Christopher Wren and so not medieval. But the cumulative rhetorical force was tremendous."
In 1841 he left Salisbury,[20] finding it an inconvenient base for his growing architectural practice.[21] He sold St Marie's Grange at a considerable financial loss,[22] and moved temporarily to Cheyne Walk, Chelsea. He had however already purchased a piece of land at the West Cliff, Ramsgate, where he proceeded to build himself a large house and, at his own expense, a church on which he worked whenever funds allowed. His second wife died in 1844 and was buried at St. Chad's, Birmingham, a church which he had himself had designed.
Following the destruction by fire of the Palace of Westminster in 1834, Pugin was employed by Sir Charles Barry to supply interior designs for his entry to the architectural competition which would determine who would build the new Palace of Westminster. Pugin also supplied drawings for James Gillespie Graham's entry.[24] This followed a period of employment when Pugin had worked with Barry on the interior design of King Edward's School, Birmingham. Despite his conversion to Catholicism in 1834, Pugin designed and refurbished both Anglican and Catholic churches throughout the country.
Other works include St Chad's Cathedral, Erdington Abbey and Oscott College, all in Birmingham. He also designed the college buildings of St Patrick and St Mary in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth; though not the college chapel. His original plans included both a chapel and an aula maxima, neither of which were built because of financial constraints. The college chapel was designed by a follower of Pugin, the Irish architect J.J. McCarthy. Also in Ireland, Pugin designed St Mary's Cathedral in Killarney, St Aidan's Cathedral, Enniscorthy (renovated in 1996) and the Dominican church of the Holy Cross in Tralee. He revised the plans for St Michael's Church in Ballinasloe, Galway. Pugin was also invited by Bishop Wareing to design what eventually became Northampton Cathedral, a project that was completed in 1864 by Pugin's son Edward Welby Pugin.
Pugin visited Italy in 1847; his experience there confirmed his dislike of Renaissance and Baroque architecture, but he found much to admire in the medieval art of northern Italy.
In February 1852, while travelling with his son Edward by train, Pugin suffered a total breakdown and arrived in London unable to recognise anyone or speak coherently. For four months he was confined to a private asylum, Kensington House. In June, he was transferred to the Royal Bethlem Hospital, popularly known as Bedlam.[26] At that time, Bethlem Hospital was opposite St George's Cathedral, Southwark, one of Pugin's major buildings, where he had married his third wife, Jane, in 1848. Jane and a doctor removed Pugin from Bedlam and took him to a private house in Hammersmith where they attempted therapy, and he recovered sufficiently to recognise his wife.[26] In September, Jane took her husband back to The Grange in Ramsgate, where he died on 14 September 1852.[26]
On Pugin's death certificate, the cause listed was "convulsions followed by coma". Pugin's biographer, Rosemary Hill, suggests that, in the last year of his life, he was suffering from hyperthyroidism which would account for his symptoms of exaggerated appetite, perspiration, and restlessness. Hill writes that Pugin's medical history, including eye problems and recurrent illness from his early twenties, suggests that he contracted syphilis in his late teens, and this may have been the cause of his death at the age of 40.
In 1844, having won the architectural competition to design the new Palace of Westminster, Sir Charles Barry, asked Pugin to supply detailed designs for the interior of the new building, including stained glass, metalwork, wood carving, upholstery, furniture and a royal throne. Pugin's biographer, Rosemary Hill, shows that Barry designed the Palace as a whole, and only he could coordinate such a large project and deal with its difficult paymasters, but he relied entirely on Pugin for its Gothic interiors, wallpapers and furnishings.[28]
At the end of Pugin's life, in February 1852, Barry visited him in Ramsgate and Pugin supplied a detailed design for the iconic Palace clock tower, officially dubbed the Elizabeth Tower, but more popularly known as Big Ben. The design is very close to earlier designs by Pugin, including an unbuilt scheme for Scarisbrick Hall, Lancashire. The tower was Pugin's last design before descending into madness. In her biography, Hill quotes Pugin as writing of what is probably his best known building: "I never worked so hard in my life [as] for Mr Barry for tomorrow I render all the designs for finishing his bell tower & it is beautiful & I am the whole machinery of the clock."[29] Hill writes that Barry omitted to give any credit to Pugin for his huge contribution to the design of the new Houses of Parliament.[30] In 1867, after the deaths of both Pugin and Barry, Pugin's son Edward published a pamphlet, Who Was the Art Architect of the Houses of Parliament, a statement of facts, in which he asserted that his father was the "true" architect of the building, and not Barry.
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Three of my photos are in the Alaska Pocket Wildlife Guide available at ultimaterivers.com. Nice guide with viewing tips and locations for Alaska's birds and mammals.
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I have permission to publish this photo which was taken by Tess Zagorski in Melbourne, Australia at Rod Laver Arena on 29 Oct 2009
Move cursor into the photo,now RIGHT click; now select ORIGINAL; you will need to use the horizontal & vertical scroll bars to see the entire HIGH RESOLUTION photo
You will be able to count Cord's nose hairs, if you are into that sort of thing
I am told that Cord is a voracious reader & can intelligently discuss most any subject you bring up.
MUSICOGRAPHY Here is a list of all the DVD's Cord appears in, with the most recent on top....
Maastricht V aka Under the Stars
Home For Christmas
And The Waltz Goes On
Fiesta Mexicana aka The World of André Rieu
Roses From The South
Maastricht 4 aka A Midsummer night's Dream
My African Dream
Live in Australia
I lost my heart in Heidelberg
#19 Blue Danube - Violin, Cord & Agnes both stand, turn to look at each other, & flirt while playing.
Live in Sydney 2009
#18 Blue Danube - 01:32:15 Agnes & Cord stand up & play their violins while looking at & flirting with each other
Live in Maastricht 3
Live in Australia
Live in Maastricht 2
Live in Dresden aka Semperoper aka Dancing Through the Skies aka Ich tanze mit dir in den Himmel hinein aka Wedding at the Opera
#6 Cord gets his ear cut off by Figaro (He is the perfect stooge & is long overdue to have the spotlight shined on him. Everyone will always know & remember Cord, as the guy that got his ear cut off.)
#19 Adieu mein kleinner Gardeoffizier - several close ups show Cord to be a happy, happy guy.
André Rieu Live in Maastricht II DVD
Wonderland aka Eftling
Live in Vienna
André Rieu on his way to New York DVD
Romance DVD
New York Memories aka Live in New York aka Live At Radio City Music Hall
Live inVienna
Schönbrunn
Songs From My Heart aka Live in Maastricht
Christmas Around the World DVD
New Years Eve in Vienna aka Silvester in Wien
#14 Chianti Lied - Karlien & Cord look at each other & flirt while playing
New Years Eve Punsch aka Silvester Punsch
Flying Dutchman DVD
Christmas with André DVD
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Romantic Paradise aka Tuscany
Same sound track, different Album covers/photos
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Live in Dublin DVD
#19 Chianti Song - Blows a cross eyed kiss to everyone. Never seen before, or since.
100 Years of Strauss
Dreaming DVD
Gala Concert
Walzertraum(PAL only) DVD
Royal Albert Hall
La vie est belle DVD
Here is a link to a Review of Live in Dresden DVD, which includes photos & details on Cord.
andrerieufan.com/2009/11/13/do-not-publish.aspx
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Mathew Brady took this photo on March 27, 1863 and it was published as a stereoview from the Brady negative by E & H.T. Anthony around the same year. The delegation of Indians from the Southern Plains with their interpreter, John Smith, met with President Lincoln at the height of the Civil War. The purpose was to secure peaceful relations and dissuade the Indians from joining forces with the Confederacy.
Seated in the front row are, left to right – Standing in Water, War Bonnet and Lean Bear of the Cheyenne; and Yellow Wolf, Kiowa, who wears a large silver Peace Medal given to his tribe by President Thomas Jefferson. Two Indian men and two women are seated in the middle row and seven Indian men stand in the last row. In the back, obscured behind the figure of John Smith, two top hats reveal the presence of other visitors. At left, partially hidden by a potted plant is a young boy wearing a hat seen in profile regarding the Indian visitors.
Less than two years after this historic photograph, all four Indian Peace delegates seated in the front row were dead. Yellow Wolf succumbed to pneumonia days later and was buried with his Peace Medal in Congressional Cemetery. War Bonnet and Standing in Water were killed by the Colorado Territory Militia in the Sand Creek Massacre on November 29, 1864. On May 16, 1864, mistaken for a hostile, Lean Bear protested that he had “visited the home of the white Father” but fell under a volley from the same militia. [From the Journal of the White House Historical Association, Washington, D.C. November 25, 2009]
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