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Thursday, and the final day of the audit, and even better news was that it wasn't going to be a full day.
In fact we did not have to leave the hotel until after half eight, then drive to a different site in Newport, and do our auditing there.
We were done by eleven, so a dash back to the hotel to drop off our work things and for me to grab my camera bag, and the rest of the day was ours.
As I waited for Askil to come out of the hotel I could hear the mighty throb of powerful marine engines, and a black MTB thing with no markings except X-01 made out in shiny paint among the matt finish of the rest of the boat.
All black of course.
I was going to show Askil Godshill and then maybe go to the far end of the island.
Who knew, least of all me.
Askil came out, so we climbed in the car, I programmed Godshill, which was half an hour away, and we set off for Newport and its crazy one way system, the sat nav taking us down the wrong road before we had to go round again.
The town was soon left behind, and for Askil who had not been further than Cowes of Newport, the rolling countryside, green fields and distant downlands were a delight for his eyes.
We parked on Church Hill, and as we walked to the church, the owner of two of the thatched cottages c had come out, so we chatted for ten minutes in which she explained having to deal with English Heritage and the Highways Agency.
Why they can't talk directly to each other rather than use her as a conduit is a mystery. Like some Kafkaesque tragedy.
We walked to the church. Walked back down again after I took more shots inside, then to find somewhere for lunch.
A nice thatched country pub I thought, but none were forthcoming.
One fine looking place with signposts, we discovered had closed, But on the other side of the road stood the parish church: St Michael the Archangel, Shalfleet.
It was open, so Askil walked and I hobbled, and the most obvious feature from the outside was the west tower, large and squat, and early too, I guessed.
Inside there was mostly original fittings, the floor continuous, but with Askil there, I quickly whisked round getting some shots just with the 50mm before we went back to the car and continued the age old quest for lunch.
so we drove on to Yarmouth, and on the edge there was a family pub, they had seats and a good menu.
We ate there.
I had a ploughman's. A three cheese ploughman's, which came with what felt like an 8oz block of Cheddar, 6 of Stilton and a generous wedge of Brie.
And three slices of bread, slaw, three large pickled onions.
There was more than enough, what with three different pickles too.
After eating, I set the sat nav for The Needles, some 8 miles away. Closed roads made the trip "interesting", but we reach the car park, after a climb of two miles, but a few yards further on, land ended.
My knee made the case for staying in the car, so Askil went to walk to the Needles Battery and the fine views it has. I tried to read more of Frankenstein, until my eyes got heavy.
After an hour, Askil returned, enthused by the view and experience.
Shall we go back to the hotel?
We shall.
I took a wrong turn out of Freshwater, so we went along the southern coast, where the downland dropped away steeply from left to right, to the sea, at the their base, earthen cliffs, like in Norfolk, were surrendering to the waves at an alarming rate.
Then inland, going round Newport and along the north coast to Egypt Point and the hotel.
We booked dinner for half six, so I went to my room to take drugs and strong cuppas.
And so to our last meal, again in the hotel due to my knee.
I had haddock and chips, he had beef lasagne and chips. It was all very nice, if soul-less.
We paid our bills, as we were off at five in the morning, so that done, all there was left to do was to pack.
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Amazingly, I missed the Lilly Cross, a wall painting on my previous visit, but thanks to it being pointed out, I did see it, sadly it was in a side chapel that was locked.
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At once a Sonne is promis’d her, and gone,
Gabriell gives Christ to her, He her to John;
Not fully a mother, She is in Orbitie,
At once receiver and the legacie.
All this, and all betweene, this day hath showne,
Th’ Abridgement of Christ’s story, which makes one
(As in plaine Maps, the furthest West is East)
Of the Angels’s Ave, and Consummatum est…
[John Donne, Upon the Annunciation and Passion Falling upon one day. 1608]
The Lily-Cross is unique in English wallpainting. It shows Christ crucified on a lily, flanked by painted curtains with inscriptions on scrolls. The curtains once had painted or carved figures, perhaps of Mary and John, on or in front of them, and the outline of these is still faintly visible. Above, two hovering angels hold more scrolls, that on the right showing reasonably well. As is tantalisingly common, the various inscriptions are just below the threshold of decipherability.
The lily-cross in all probability refers to the calendrical coincidence that occurs several times in any given century, when Good Friday falls on March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation. Ancient tradition holds that The Creation, The Annunciation and Good Friday all took place on this date, and in days of old it was held as New Year’s Day and was calculated to fall on the Spring Equinox. In the Middle Ages, various beliefs seem to have clustered around “this doubtful day of Feast or Fast” [Donne, ibid. ll.5-6] and one of them is encapsulated in a rhyme :
“When the Lord’s Day falls in Our Lady’s lap
England shall meet with a great mishap”.
This coincidence took place in 2005 and in 2016
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Here people have worshipped for about a millennium. Before that it was a major pagan holy site, perhaps going back further thousands of years. The island was the last part of England to be converted to Christianity (C7) and we know a stone church was built here in the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042-66). Legend tells how the builders started to erect a church at the bottom of the hill only to find the stones repeatedly miraculously transported to the top. This it seemed was where God wanted the church and so that is where they built it. After the Norman invasion in 1066 the church was rebuilt and the building you are in is the fourth on the site. It dates to the middle of the fourteenth century, around the time of the Black Death, and is in Perpendicular style. A piscina (for washing Mass vessels) from the original Saxon church is incorporated into the wall to the right of the South altar.
One of the features of this church is that, as you can see, it is a double church. The north church belonged to the parish; the southern church was for the workers at nearby Appuldurcombe Priory. In the middle arches are slots where a wooden partition separated the two. The priest’s door, usually in the south wall, is therefore in the north wall. The door through which you entered dates back to the Cl4 church. The roof beams are mostly original (and resemble overturned ships), as are the windows, but not the stained glass. The lovely C20 stained glass window in the north wall was created by William Morris’ studio.
In the chapel on the South side is a most precious wall painting of Christ crucified, not on a wooden cross, but a lily branch. Known as the Lily Cross it is unique in this country. It was painted circa 1450 by an unknown Renaissance artist, possibly Italian. At that time the whole interior of the church would have been brightly painted with religious scenes (traces have been found on other walls). In the Cl6 and C17 Puritans ensured that these works of art were scrubbed off and church interiors lime-washed white. It is probable that the Lily Cross survived because it was carefully covered over to hide it. lt was rediscovered in 1842. The rood beam across the south church, with the figures of Jesus on the cross, Mary his mother and St John, is a replica of what would have been there in the Middle Ages.
Appuldurcombe Priory was “acquired” by Henry Vlll and rented to the Leigh family. On the tomb between the altars, the figures of Sir John and his wife Agnes have their feet, not on the usual dogs, but on boars (the cause of his death). The monks on the bottom of their shoes are praying for their souls (soles get it?).T he memorial on the north wall shows their daughter Anne and her husband, Sir James Worsley, at He had been Henry Vlll’s whipping boy, taking his punishments for him. (For this reason he was given the Appuldurcombe estate on his marriage to Anne.) The helmet has been recently dated to the C14 and was worn in battle by a Leigh, perhaps in the Hundred Years War against France. The church is full of the Worsley family memorials. One by the altar commemorates two young sons killed in a gunpowder accident at Appuldurcombe. The memorial to Richard Worsley (famous for suing his wife’s lover and getting only one shilling damages) is so grandiose and ostentatious that it has been hidden behind the organ; it is known locally as the bath tub. The St George statue commemorates a Godshill nineteen year old soldier killed in 1944. The latest memorial, right of the door, is for Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord in WW ll. In the churchyard, on the left as you leave, is the CWGC maintained grave of an Irish soldier, a casualty in WW1, who died of wounds in the parish.
OK... not that I want to drag anyones night down with this, but I need some help with my homework! I do not watch the news. . . ever! And I am trying to write a paper and compare the HORRIBLE case of Sam Hose with a more recent act of racism. I know (or at least pray really hard) that there is nothing like the Sam Hose case going on in our country today, but I KNOW there is racism out there. I remember hearing a little of a story on my Sirus Radio, but I can't remember the poor guys name. I know he was tortured becasue of his race. SO... if any of my wonderful flickr friends can think of a recent act of racism... and can give me a name... me and google can do the rest!
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Loft to Work es un espacio de trabajo compartido en Madrid. Una oficina en la que profesionales con proyectos innovadores, o que comparten una misma forma de entender el trabajo, disponen de un puesto de trabajo preparado para comenzar su actividad laboral sin necesidad de grandes inversiones.
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Then on to Glen Innes to get a puncture fixed in the pouring rain. Found a pie shop that had run out of pies so put up with a crummy pastie and a coffee. Then south to get out of the rain at Guyra, had a snooze and it rained in my open window. On in the sunshine to past Armidale to Uralla for the night.
La Cappella dedicata a San Rocco fu edificata nel 1660 ma i materiali utilizzati sono tutti di reimpiego e provengono da un edificio più antico di chiara epoca paleocristiana.
La chiesetta ha inglobate nella muratura esterna molte sculture che si possono osservare girando attorno ad essa. Nella parte frontale si può notare un susseguirsi di archetti pensili che sono presenti anche sugli altri lati dell’edificio. Sul portone d’ingresso è ben visibile una fascia decorata con tre croci, due più piccole ed una più grande, che ricorda il Golgota: da ciò si può evincere che la croce più grande è quella di Gesù e che quelle più piccole si riferiscono a quelle dei due ladroni. Sotto alla lastra è inoltre visibile una figurina antropomorfa.
Scendendo con lo sguardo possiamo ammirare un’altra pietra scolpita che ritrae tre personaggi, (uno con l’aureola, forse Gesù). Appena sopra è visibile un pane (chiaro richiamo all’Eucarestia).
Sulla destra della facciata si nota una figura d’animale, probabilmente un agnello, sormontato da una lancia che a sua volta è sovrastata da due raffigurazioni che lasciano molto all’immaginazione. In basso, a destra nel muro, vi è un foro, forse un’apertura per poter accedere all’acqua Santa e farsi il segno di croce: il foro è contornato da cinque cerchi o segni circolari (poco leggibili) e in basso a sinistra è scolpito un pesce.
Sul lato destro della cappella si può osservare una finestra ad arco decorata con il giglio francese, un angelo e due pesci (che rafforzano la chiara simbologia cristiana). Sul lato sinistro è ben visibile il bassorilievo di un chiodo e nella parte centrale della parete fa bella mostra di sé un’altra finestra sovrastata da un arco di pietra con decorazioni floreali. Sui lati della finestra vi sono altri due blocchi rettangolari che hanno anch’essi delle decorazioni: il sinistro non è molto leggibile (segni floreali?), il destro raffigura una crocifissione, vista al contrario, con ai lati due chiavi, forse la crocifissione di San Pietro, a testa in giù. Questa raffigurazione è sormontata da una daga. Sul lato sinistro della parete, sono ben visibili quattro pesci. Il retro della chiesa pare essere spoglio da qual si voglia manufatto.
Trip to Rotteln, Germany- Castle- of course my wife's pictures will be denoted with PRM after the image title
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My present to dad this year was a trip to Sparkford for the Haynes Museum and Yeovil for the Fleet Air Arm Museum. Lovely day out.
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I went out on another Visual Realia photowalk this time to Hanover PA. Andy titled this one the “Sights, Sounds, and Tastes” photowalk because there were three distinct parts to the day.
The day began at the St. Matthew Lutheran Church. The church has within it a 14,000+ pipe organ that is among the largest in the country. Andy had arranged for Scott Fredericks (the church’s Minister of Music) to tell us about and demonstrate the organs capabilities followed by a “behind the scenes” tour of one of, what I’m calling, “the pipe room”. The church proper is also known for it’s stained glass windows so we had time to capture images to our heart’s content.
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There was a powercut for about 4 hours.
So my two girls lit a candle! They have tiny hearts in their eyes (in all sizes)
Photos from the Symposium to honor Lehigh University Professor Mohamed El-Aasser. The event was held on June 2-3, 2018 at Lehigh's Rauch Business Center and Iacocca Hall in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
The dinner to celebrate Dr. El-Aasser was held at Iacocca Hall on Lehigh's Mountaintop Campus.
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Mechanically, the 306 is virtually identical to the Citroën ZX, which was launched two years before the 306: both cars use the same floorpan and core structure. The 306, with its attractive Peugeot 205 derived Pininfarina styling, was a more successful car than its twin. The Citroën Berlingo and Peugeot Partner were also built on the same platform. The chassis used by the 306 and ZX was also used in the ZX's replacement, the Citroën Xsara.
The 306 was released in March 1993 as a 3- and 5-door hatchback, with saloon and cabriolet models being introduced a year later.
The familiar range of PSA powertrains drove the front wheels of a conventionally designed chassis. At the front was a standard MacPherson strut layout with anti-roll bar, while the rear used the PSA Peugeot-Citroën independent trailing arm/torsion bar set up that was first introduced on the Peugeot 305 estate. However, PSA's chassis engineers employed some unusual features, including passive rear wheel steering, though less than on the ZX.
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Empower Women to Counter Terrorism
Erbil, 03 August 2015 – “Women can be powerful poles for positive change and participate in innovative efforts to inform, shape and implement policies and programs to mitigate the effects of conflict and violent radicalization”, said Gyorgy Busztin, Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (DSRSG), at the opening of the two-day National Conference on ‘Empowering Women to Address the Impact of Terrorism’.
The Conference, which brings together key government and United Nations officials, religious leaders, civil society representatives, and representatives of the international community, is jointly organized by the UN, the State Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the Kurdistan Region’s High Council of Women’s Affairs.
The conference will focus on the impact of violent extremism and terrorism on Iraqi women and girls, particularly those from minorities’ communities; empowering women to counter radicalization and combat terrorism; participation of women in social cohesion and reconciliation; creating opportunities to enhance women’s representation and participation in power and decision-making; the role of the media and the internet in countering extremism; effective partnering in implementing frameworks on women, peace and security; and the role of women in building peace.
Moreover, the Conference builds on the regional conference “Women’s Resistance to Extremism and Terrorism and their Struggle for Rights, Peace and Security”, held in May 2015 in Erbil and on the endorsement of the Special Emergency Plan on the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 by the Council of Ministers in May as well. The Special Emergency Plan takes into consideration the impact of the current fight against ISIL on women, peace and security.
“Iraq is particularly well placed to host this conference, being the first country in the Middle East and North Africa region to have a National Action Plan to implement SCR 1325”, said DSRSG Busztin, while underscoring that “within families, women’s traditional roles allow them to shape familial and social norms and promote increased tolerance and non-violent political and civic engagement”.
“Countering terrorism policies need to take into account how terrorism impacts women and to ensure that they do not lead to negative and unintended consequences on women”, he stressed.
It is expected that the conference will adopt a set of recommendations outlining key actions to advance the women, peace and security agenda; ensure women participation in countering terrorism efforts; and prevent and respond to sexual violence in conflict.
The conference is a response to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2178 of September 2014, which called for the first time for the empowerment of women to counter violent extremism.
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MASSIVE thanks to God and to Brother Graham Neads for the gift of, "Timothy Keller - His Spiritual and Intellectural Formation," by Collin Hansen.
Proverbs 2:4 says, "...and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure..." This left we wondering how you could treat the Scriptures as if searching for hidden treasure, or mining silver. Today, I got my first taste of one approach. Tim Keller was strongly influenced by Barabara Boyd - an austere woman of God who encouraged her students to dig deeper into the Word.
A challenge she gave to her students (which I gladly accepted today) was to take a verse - in this case, Mark 1:17 - and find 50 insights from that single verse. If you cannot read my picture, that is GOOD! This is because the joy in the exercise is in doing it for yourself. The verse says:
‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will send you out to fish for people.’
Using coloured pens to break up the verse into words and phrases, I found the thoughts flowed easily and delightfully - and I would recommend you have a go.
Barbara has a whole formulaic system that I found I didn't need once I'd decided to use coloured pens. This is a great way to dive deeper into the Word.
The fuller system includes:
1) Reading through the passage twice - slowing down on the second read through. I find it helpful to read the passage out loud because then you notice other matters. Perhaps put emphasis on different words...
2) Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? - six goodly honest questions that can open the text...
3) Notice words of contract, or of 'cause and effect', or words that are repeated...
4) Paraphrase the passage (and I'd recommend having a look at a translation like 'The Message' or, for the NT, J B Phillips)...
5) What questions do you have about the passage? Are they answered in the passage? Do you need help with historical, linguistic, or cultural aspects? If so, feel free to use a reference resource.
6) What's the overall theme?
7) Outline the flow of the passage - looking for movement from one section to another - note connections or even contrasts - key words to notice are 'and' as well as 'but' and 'so' and 'therefore' which give clues to the flow and sometime cause and effect.
8) How does the flow of the passage and what you've discovered about the history, language, or culture affect your interpretation? Does this change the overall theme?
9) So what does the passage mean? How does it apply to you? Is there something you need to change like the way you think or an action you need to take? What have you learned about yourself? What have you learned about God? What are the implicatons of this new grasp of the truth?
Yes, this is digging deeper and it takes time, but the rewards are well worth it!
I have recommendations about which coloured pens and nice paper to use if you'd like some!
Lx
Daytrip from Mongar to Lhuntse and back.
Visiting the Lhuntse Dzong and the 154foot buddha statue
of Guru Rinpoche in Tangmachu
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And well things just go from bad to worse, now he's hanging under a 2000lb bull
See it seems after my trip back, everyone was having a rough week at work, so I had thought of this post, which brings me to the next photo
The fonts for the poster were designed to share a radical. The image of a door god taken from a traditional Mianzhu new-year painting was used to represent a character of the Chinese word for “creation (i.e., the chuang for chuang-zao),” as well as that of the Chinese word for “production (i.e., the zhi for zhi-zao).” Our goal is to ensure that one day, Zhi-zao will grow into chuang-zao in the fertile land f Sichuan Province
This piece was created for the “Made in Sichuan” senior high school volunteer art exhibition held at the Sichuan Museum.