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THE OLD MAN OF STORR juts out of the undulating terrain like an igneous shard of mythological proportions. A tentpole of the rugged vistas that characterize the Isle of Skye, this point of interest in the Scottish Highlands is a site of folkloric mysticism and natural grandeur.
Situated atop Trotternish Ridge—a peninsula in the northeastern region of the Isle of Skye, created as the result of a colossal landslip—the Old Man of Storr is a 160-foot pinnacle rock formation named after its likeness to, well, an old man. The Storr, which refers to the group of looming outcrops that include and surround the Old Man, is a title derived from the Norse word for “Great Man.”
Legend has it that the Old Man of Storr was a giant who resided on the Trotternish Ridge. When he was laid to rest upon his death, his thumb—the “Old Man”—remained partially above ground.
The Old Man of Storr towers over the Sound of Rasaay at an elevation of more than 2,300 feet, and a hike up the grassy mounds toward the group of curious pinnacle rocks that surround the Old Man provides magnificent, panoramic views of the water and the surrounding mainland
The Old Man of Storr:
The Old Man is a large standing formation of rock part of the Trotternish ridge.Â
The Old Man of Storr juts out of the undulating terrain like an igneous shard of mythological proportions. A tentpole of the rugged vistas that characterise the Isle of Skye, this point of interest in the Scottish Highlands is a site of folkloric mysticism and natural grandeur.
Situated atop Trotternish Ridgeâa peninsula in the northeastern region of the Isle of Skye, created as the result of a colossal landslipâthe Old Man of Storr is a 160-foot pinnacle rock formation named after its likeness to, well, an old man. The Storr, which refers to the group of looming outcrops that include and surround the Old Man, is a title derived from the Norse word for âGreat Man.â
Legend has it that the Old Man of Storr was a giant who resided on the Trotternish Ridge. When he was laid to rest upon his death, his thumbâthe âOld Manââremained partially above ground.
The Old Man of Storr towers over the Sound of Rasaay at an elevation of more than 2,300 feet, and a hike up the grassy mounds toward the group of curious pinnacle rocks that surround the Old Man provides magnificent, panoramic views of the water and the surrounding mainland.
The raw, bucolic landscape of the Storr and the encompassing hiking circuit known as the Quiraing, have landed the Old Man several movie features, including The Wicker Man (1973), Prometheus (2012), and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).
Campsite requirements: dryish, softish, flat, a little elevated, close to water. This site in Blaesedalen (Blow Valley) ticked all the boxes and we could start collecting water for a one pot dinner. I think our loads were as light as possible under the circumstances. We used Ridgerest closed cell foam mats which are light and bombproof but bulky and lack the cushy comfort of inflatable mats. We used a single down sleeping bag unzipped as a quilt with a few velcro attachments to reduce drafts. Our hiking poles served as tentpoles and for the inner tent I had used bridal veil for mosquito netting to save more weight. Our first day walking had been a bit harder than anticipated, softer would be more accurate. Walking on spongy wet tundra makes your feet sink in a bit more then expected with every step. We tried to stay high on the valley's upper slopes because lower down the flatter gound looked more boggy. With 24 hours of daylight we set up camp late and had a late dinner enjoying the warm light of the night's sun. End of day 1 of our Disko Island hike.
The Old Man of Storr:
The Storr and its Old Man are iconic landmarks, well seen on the drive north from Portree. (As pictured)
The Old Man is a large standing formation of rock part of the Trotternish ridge.
The Old Man of Storr juts out of the undulating terrain like an igneous shard of mythological proportions. A tentpole of the rugged vistas that characterize the Isle of Skye, this point of interest in the Scottish Highlands is a site of folkloric mysticism and natural grandeur.
Situated atop Trotternish Ridge—a peninsula in the northeastern region of the Isle of Skye, created as the result of a colossal landslip—the Old Man of Storr is a 160-foot pinnacle rock formation named after its likeness to, well, an old man. The Storr, which refers to the group of looming outcrops that include and surround the Old Man, is a title derived from the Norse word for “Great Man.”
Legend has it that the Old Man of Storr was a giant who resided on the Trotternish Ridge. When he was laid to rest upon his death, his thumb—the “Old Man”—remained partially above ground.
The Old Man of Storr towers over the Sound of Rasaay at an elevation of more than 2,300 feet, and a hike up the grassy mounds toward the group of curious pinnacle rocks that surround the Old Man provides magnificent, panoramic views of the water and the surrounding mainland.
The raw, bucolic landscape of the Storr and the encompassing hiking circuit known as the Quiraing, have landed the Old Man several movie features, including The Wicker Man (1973), Prometheus (2012), and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).
The Old Man (Gordon) taking The Old Man of Storr
The Storr and its Old Man are iconic landmarks, well seen on the drive north from Portree. (As pictured)
The Old Man is a large standing formation of rock part of the Trotternish ridge.
The Old Man of Storr juts out of the undulating terrain like an igneous shard of mythological proportions. A tentpole of the rugged vistas that characterize the Isle of Skye, this point of interest in the Scottish Highlands is a site of folkloric mysticism and natural grandeur.
Situated atop Trotternish Ridge—a peninsula in the northeastern region of the Isle of Skye, created as the result of a colossal landslip—the Old Man of Storr is a 160-foot pinnacle rock formation named after its likeness to, well, an old man. The Storr, which refers to the group of looming outcrops that include and surround the Old Man, is a title derived from the Norse word for “Great Man.”
Legend has it that the Old Man of Storr was a giant who resided on the Trotternish Ridge. When he was laid to rest upon his death, his thumb—the “Old Man”—remained partially above ground.
The Old Man of Storr towers over the Sound of Rasaay at an elevation of more than 2,300 feet, and a hike up the grassy mounds toward the group of curious pinnacle rocks that surround the Old Man provides magnificent, panoramic views of the water and the surrounding mainland.
The raw, bucolic landscape of the Storr and the encompassing hiking circuit known as the Quiraing, have landed the Old Man several movie features, including The Wicker Man (1973), Prometheus (2012), and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).
The Old Man of Storr:
The Old Man is a large standing formation of rock part of the Trotternish ridge.
The Old Man of Storr juts out of the undulating terrain like an igneous shard of mythological proportions. A tentpole of the rugged vistas that characterise the Isle of Skye, this point of interest in the Scottish Highlands is a site of folkloric mysticism and natural grandeur.
Situated atop Trotternish Ridge—a peninsula in the northeastern region of the Isle of Skye, created as the result of a colossal landslip—the Old Man of Storr is a 160-foot pinnacle rock formation named after its likeness to, well, an old man. The Storr, which refers to the group of looming outcrops that include and surround the Old Man, is a title derived from the Norse word for “Great Man.”
Legend has it that the Old Man of Storr was a giant who resided on the Trotternish Ridge. When he was laid to rest upon his death, his thumb—the “Old Man”—remained partially above ground.
The Old Man of Storr towers over the Sound of Rasaay at an elevation of more than 2,300 feet, and a hike up the grassy mounds toward the group of curious pinnacle rocks that surround the Old Man provides magnificent, panoramic views of the water and the surrounding mainland.
The raw, bucolic landscape of the Storr and the encompassing hiking circuit known as the Quiraing, have landed the Old Man several movie features, including The Wicker Man (1973), Prometheus (2012), and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).
The Old Man of Storr:
The Storr and its Old Man are iconic landmarks, well seen on the drive north from Portree. (As pictured)
The Old Man is a large standing formation of rock part of the Trotternish ridge.
The Old Man of Storr juts out of the undulating terrain like an igneous shard of mythological proportions. A tentpole of the rugged vistas that characterize the Isle of Skye, this point of interest in the Scottish Highlands is a site of folkloric mysticism and natural grandeur.
Situated atop Trotternish Ridge—a peninsula in the northeastern region of the Isle of Skye, created as the result of a colossal landslip—the Old Man of Storr is a 160-foot pinnacle rock formation named after its likeness to, well, an old man. The Storr, which refers to the group of looming outcrops that include and surround the Old Man, is a title derived from the Norse word for “Great Man.”
Legend has it that the Old Man of Storr was a giant who resided on the Trotternish Ridge. When he was laid to rest upon his death, his thumb—the “Old Man”—remained partially above ground.
The Old Man of Storr towers over the Sound of Rasaay at an elevation of more than 2,300 feet, and a hike up the grassy mounds toward the group of curious pinnacle rocks that surround the Old Man provides magnificent, panoramic views of the water and the surrounding mainland.
The raw, bucolic landscape of the Storr and the encompassing hiking circuit known as the Quiraing, have landed the Old Man several movie features, including The Wicker Man (1973), Prometheus (2012), and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).
The Old Man of Storr:
The Old Man is a large standing formation of rock part of the Trotternish ridge.
The Old Man of Storr juts out of the undulating terrain like an igneous shard of mythological proportions. A tentpole of the rugged vistas that characterise the Isle of Skye, this point of interest in the Scottish Highlands is a site of folkloric mysticism and natural grandeur.
Situated atop Trotternish Ridge—a peninsula in the northeastern region of the Isle of Skye, created as the result of a colossal landslip—the Old Man of Storr is a 160-foot pinnacle rock formation named after its likeness to, well, an old man. The Storr, which refers to the group of looming outcrops that include and surround the Old Man, is a title derived from the Norse word for “Great Man.”
Legend has it that the Old Man of Storr was a giant who resided on the Trotternish Ridge. When he was laid to rest upon his death, his thumb—the “Old Man”—remained partially above ground.
The Old Man of Storr towers over the Sound of Rasaay at an elevation of more than 2,300 feet, and a hike up the grassy mounds toward the group of curious pinnacle rocks that surround the Old Man provides magnificent, panoramic views of the water and the surrounding mainland.
The raw, bucolic landscape of the Storr and the encompassing hiking circuit known as the Quiraing, have landed the Old Man several movie features, including The Wicker Man (1973), Prometheus (2012), and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).
Shams of Tabriz: A Fire of Roses
by Zed
medium: graphite
1.
The extra-ordinary spiritual portrait of Shams is by artist and darvish, Zed. During the birthing process of the painting, the artists heart was open to Shams e Tabriz's spirit-guidance. It is not simply a portrait, but embodies a higher meditative quality of the boundless spirit of Shams, the mad lover of God. (for larger version of the art, click on the picture above)
My deep appreciation to Zed for sharing this beautiful art work of heart. May your path and work continue to be guided and blessed.
2.
If everyone could see what love is,
each would set up a tentpole in the ocean.
The world's population pitched and living
easily within the sea!
What if inside every lover's tear you saw the face
of the Friend: Muhammad, Jesus, Buddha,
the impossible-possible philosopher,
the glass diamond one, Shams Tabriz?
- Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
3.
Show me the way to the Ocean!
Break these half-measures,
these small containers.
Let my house be drowned in the wave
that rose last night out of the courtyard
hidden in the center of my chest.
- Selection from The Diwan of Shams e Tabriz by Rumi
4.
May God's profound peace be with you Ya Shams!
O master of the heart!
Don't forget us,
those who loves you never seeing you.
O friend of Friend!
send your guidance to our hearts
who loves you and your elect friend Rumi.
Ya Shams e Tabriz!
China Forbes, Storm Large and August von Trapp (great grandson of Captain and Maria Von Trapp from the Sound of Music) with Pink Martini during a wonderful afternoon sing along (conceived by Thomas Lauderdale) in our central square .
Bowie’s tentpole album of the 90s, Earthling, was a continuation of the industrial styles explored on Outside. The former album had high and low energy tracks and drew from a variety of styles. Earthling on the other hand, was much more of a straight-ahead industrial album, with track after track of relentless fury. Designed by Alexander McQueen, the long leather coat he wears on the cover is his most iconic looks of the 90s.
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This one needed a wider standing pose than the usual three stud width of a minilander. This required hinging the legs instead, with the lower part of the coat attached to the sides of the leg. The arms then folded around the back as they do on the album cover. This technique was adapted for “The Jean Genie”, which I had built later in the project.
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Iridessa in her garden during the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival. No drab grey tent for this little lady, as cool as the Butterfly Tent was, I'm sure no one wants to looks at tentpoles and tourists butts. . . . .
Photos from Occupy DC on 4 February 2012. I accumulated a total of 1440 photos and 2 videos, amounting to 33.0 GB.
The following is intended to be written from as neutral a perspective as I can offer. While I do not affiliate with the Occupy movement I do support their right to assemble in protest, even if I may not necessarily share many of their ideals. I have some police background and similarly try to appreciate their situation, as well.
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[cross-posted to Intentionally Lost]
I arrived to a bit of commotion as protesters smacked sticks upon the pavement and police rushed out of their lines with shields up...
The US Park Police arrived to enforce the No Camping regulation as they had been directed by a Congressional hearing to begin more stringent enforcement. After an initial check days earlier, their arrival today reportedly caught many protesters off-guard.
Police searched each tent for sleeping paraphernalia as well as equipment related to cooking (including opened food). If any such objects were found: the entire tent and all its contents were confiscated as evidence. Clean tents were left standing.
The searches commenced part-by-part in each of the segments of McPherson Square, with protesters scrambling about the open sections cleaning out things... though some proudly displayed their prohibited wears, including one tent with an admittedly comfortable bed inside.
As police closed a new section the protesters moved to an adjacent section. In general there had been little confrontation between either side, other than a few instigators calling out some more pointed remarks & a generally high degree of profanity being tossed toward the police.
Most tents were pretty typical of any encampment, but I recall one tent in particular... it had been constructed with a tarp over cardboard & plywood walls, with cardboard laid down upon pallets to form the flooring. Within those pallets, however, were dozens of rats... a sheltered home, warmed by bodies above, with plenty of food around: not exactly a surprise; but it sent both cleaning crews and nearby observers scattering as each darted about. One tweeter opted to point out highly-personal bodily truths in response to my rat-sharing.
One other tent -- one of the first ones to be cleaned out -- included a gallon jug of urine and a vomit-soaked washcloth. I was fortunate enough to be downwind... oof.
But both of those incidents were admittedly in the minority, as even tents that were cleaned out didn't appear to be any more dirtier than what I'd accrue if spending a weekend in the mountains. And considering many of these had been in place for months: I don't intend my "dirty jibes" as any insult; overall most of the encampment has been quite well-kept.
To the credit of police, there were quite a number of occasions where they returned property from across the barriers. There was a large painted plywood sign, a guitar, a briefcase, and some tentpoles- and that was only what I witnessed. From chatting with many of the officers most of this time: most were in good spirits and very pleasant to talk to. They also let in Occupy DC's livestreamer as well as the closest thing I'd say they have to a leader, both granted seemingly unrestricted (or at least greatly flexible) access behind police lines.
The big standoff came when the Park Police moved to close the last section at the northwest of the park. This is home to the previously-closed food tent, medical tent, and -- most dear to the protesters -- their main library. I am not 100% sure how it all began nor would I trust any account from either side, but somehow tensions flared, people got throw down, riot shields moved in, clubs outs, and basically all those sort of fun things...
The only thing I could hear over the pandemonium was a young girl screaming at the top of her lungs. All other sounds faded into a constant din of background noise. My hearing is not the best, so with my eyes planted into my camera lens: I hadn't taken heed of the police officers surrounding me. When I pulled my head back momentarily to look at the last photo, out of the corner of my eye I recognised the light blue of police helmets on all sides, and a split-second later the world took a dizzying tumble about me.
I had been standing on a bench, and moments later I was behind the bench... a police officer pushed me over the back of it; I'm not entirely sure in what direction I landed other than that my brain took a moment to collect itself and come to terms with my newfound respect for the force of gravity.
As I joined into the crowd being slowly pushed back: flare-ups grew all about as protesters and police clashed; the group in general being pushed ever-gradually backwards toward the exit. At the exit some protesters made their final stand, including taking down a barrier that I just happened to be standing by. I'm pretty sure I let loose a rather loud profanity in the video I was shooting at the time, as the attaching part of the fence went straight into my leg. This gave me a rather nice hobble the rest of the evening. As the battle ensued about this barrier I took an unexpected club to the chest -- yet again I suppose I hadn't heard a police order.
Things quieted down for awhile after that, and at one point I moved in closer to where three protesters were chatting with some police officers. The conversation seemed relatively cordial, but I must have missed something that was said which, I suspect, led to something being thrown, as in a split-second the relative calm erupted into shields moving on all sides of me and horses surrounding my position -- police moved in on one of those three protesters for reasons I had not been able to discern.
Once again my limited hearing got the best of me, as all the sounds merged into one and my attention fixated on my camera & getting good photos. At once I had an officer on my left come to escort me away from my position, at the same time as an officer to my right was escorting someone the exact opposite direction -- causing us both to lightly collide... I quickly stated that I'm being sent right and left simultaneously, and the officers quickly sent us both to the right... and thankfully the officer with me immediately listened when I was visibly jumping on one leg and announced "I'm slow", as he heeded this and slowed down his escort of me to the other side of the police line.
After that things quieted down right up until I left. Some time later the protesters organised into a general assembly, to which I eventually decided that things were unlikely to flare up to such a degree again; so I took my leave and went home to begin tending to photos and video. It was only after I sat that I came to find tally nice bruises on my left leg and right shoulder (I have no idea where the shoulder one came from... I guess when I went over the bench). My right leg hurts, too, but that's solely a result of putting all my weight on it for several hours. All-in-all an interesting night.
Also known as a tent killer, this storm managed to destroy two of four tent poles. the downforce was so extreme that it bent our Big Agnes tentpoles 90 deg.
Vintage card. Morgan Freeman in Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves (Kevin Reynolds, 1991).
With his authoritative voice and calm demeanour, American actor Morgan Freeman (1937) has grown into one of the most popular and respected stars of modern Hollywood. His best films include Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Glory (1989), Unforgiven (1992), and The Shawshank Redemption (1994). For Million Dollar Baby (2004), Morgan Freeman received an Oscar.
Morgan Freeman was born Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr in 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was the fourth of six children of Mayme Edna (Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber. When he was very young, his father and mother, like so many workers in the US South, moved to Chicago in search of work in the factories. Morgan went to live with his paternal grandparents in Charleston. That is where he has his earliest memories and where he still has a home. At the age of 12, he won a state-wide drama competition, and while still at Broad Street High School, he performed on a radio show in Nashville. Freeman attended Los Angeles City College before serving in the US Air Force as a mechanic between 1955 and 1959. He started his acting career onstage. In 1967, he co-starred Viveca Lindfors in 'The Nigger Lovers', about the US civil rights movement (1955-1968). He made his Broadway debut in an all-African American production of the exuberant musical 'Hello, Dolly!' (1968) with Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway. Throughout the 1970s, he continued his work on stage, winning Drama Desk and Clarence Derwent Awards and receiving a Tony Award nomination for his performance in 'The Mighty Gents' (1978). In 1980, he won two Obie Awards, for his portrayal of Shakespearean anti-hero Coriolanus at the New York Shakespeare Festival and his work in 'Mother Courage and Her Children'. Freeman won another Obie in 1984 for his performance as The Messenger in the acclaimed Brooklyn Academy of Music production of Lee Breuer's 'The Gospel at Colonus'. In 1987, Freeman created the role of Hoke Coleburn in Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Driving Miss Daisy', which brought him his fourth Obie Award. In 1990, Freeman starred as Petruchio in the New York Shakespeare Festival's 'The Taming of the Shrew', opposite Tracey Ullman. Returning to the Broadway stage in 2008, Freeman starred with Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher in Clifford Odets' drama 'The Country Girl', directed by Mike Nichols. Freeman first appeared on TV screens at PBS as several characters, including Count Dracula, in the educational children's programme The Electric Company (1971). He then moved into feature film with another children's adventure, Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (Edward Andrew Mann, 1971). Next, there was a small role in the thriller Blade (1973). He played Casca in Julius Caesar (1979) and the title role in Coriolanus (1979). Regular film work was now coming in for the talented Freeman. He appeared in the prison dramas Attica (Marvin J. Chomsky, 1980) and Brubaker (Stuart Rosenberg, 1980) opposite Robert Redford, and the thriller Eyewitness (Peter Yates, 1981) with William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver. Freeman portrayed the final 24 hours of slain Malcolm X in Death of a Prophet (1981). For most of the 1980s, Freeman continued to contribute decent enough performances in films that fluctuated in their quality. He stood out as a merciless hoodlum in Street Smart (Jerry Schatzberg, 1987), for which he scored an Oscar nomination. Then, he dazzled audiences and pulled a second Oscar nomination in the film version of Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989) opposite Jessica Tandy. The same year, Freeman teamed up with Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington in the epic Civil War drama Glory (Edward Zwick, 1989) about freed slaves being recruited to form the first all-African American fighting brigade.
Morgan Freeman's star continued to rise, and the 1990s kicked off strongly with roles in The Bonfire of the Vanities (Brian De Palma, 1990), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Kevin Reynolds, 1991), and The Power of One (1992). Freeman's next role was as gunman Ned Logan, wooed out of retirement by friend William Munny (Clint Eastwood) to avenge several prostitutes in the wild west town of Big Whiskey in the de-mythologised Western Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992). The film was a hit and scored several Oscars, including one for Best Picture. In 1993, Freeman made his directorial debut with Bopha! (1993) and soon after formed his production company, Revelations Entertainment. More strong scripts came in. Freeman was back behind bars, portraying a knowledgeable inmate who befriends falsely accused banker Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994). Freeman obtained his third Oscar nomination for his part. He was then back out hunting a religious serial killer in Seven (David Fincher, 1995), starred alongside Keanu Reeves in Chain Reaction (Andrew Davis, 1996), and was pursuing another serial murderer in Kiss the Girls (Gary Fleder, 1997) with Ashley Judd. Further praise followed for his role in the slave tale of Amistad (Steven Spielberg, 1997), he was a worried US President facing Armageddon from above in Deep Impact (Mimi Leder, 1998), appeared in Neil LaBute's black comedy Nurse Betty (2000), and reprised his role as Alex Cross in Along Came a Spider (Lee Tamahori, 2001). In 2001, he moved back to Mississippi, where he grew up, to open Ground Zero Blues Club, a blues bar and grill, and Madidi, a restaurant in Clarksdale. Madidi closed down in 2012. The highly popular Freeman was much in demand with cinema audiences, and he co-starred in the terrorist drama The Sum of All Fears (2002), was a military officer in the Stephen King-inspired Dreamcatcher (2003), gave divine guidance as God to Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty (2003), and played a minor role in the comedy The Big Bounce (2004). 2005 was a huge year for Freeman. First, he teamed up with Clint Eastwood to appear in the drama Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood, 2004). Freeman's plays ex-prize fighter Eddie 'Scrap Iron' Dupris, who works in a run-down boxing gym alongside grizzled trainer Frankie Dunn. The two work together to hone the skills of never-say-die female boxer Hilary Swank. Freeman received his fourth Oscar nomination and, finally, impressed the Academy's judges enough to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance. He also narrated Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds (2005) and appeared in Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005) as Lucius Fox, a valuable ally of Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne/Batman. Freeman would reprise his role in the two sequels of the record-breaking, genre-redefining trilogy. Roles in tentpoles and indies followed; highlights include his role as a crime boss in Lucky Number Slevin (2006), a second go-round as God in Evan Almighty (2007) with Steve Carell taking over for Jim Carrey, and a supporting role in Ben Affleck's directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone (2007). He co-starred with Jack Nicholson in the breakout hit The Bucket List (2007), and followed that up with another box-office success, Wanted (2008), then segued into the second Batman film, The Dark Knight (2008). In 2009, he reunited with Eastwood to star in the director's true-life drama Invictus (2009), on which Freeman also served as an executive producer. For his portrayal of Nelson Mandela in the film, Freeman garnered Oscar, Golden Globe and Critics' Choice Award nominations, and won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor. Freeman appeared in Red (2010), which became a surprise box-office hit. He starred in The Magic of Belle Isle (Rob Reiner, 2012) and capped the Batman trilogy with The Dark Knight Rises (2012). He acted in the thriller Now You See Me (Louis Leterrier, 2013) and the Sci-Fi actioner Oblivion (2013), in which he starred with Tom Cruise.
He also appeared in Lucy (Luc Besson, 2014) starring Scarlett Johansson. Known for his distinctive voice, he has narrated numerous documentaries including The Long Way Home (1997), March of the Penguins (2005), Through the Wormhole (2010–2017), The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2016–2019), Our Universe (2022) and Life on Our Planet (2023). Morgan Freeman was married twice. With his first wife, Jeanette Adair Bradshaw, he was married from 1967 till their divorce in 1979. They have two children. In 1984, he married Myrna Colley-Lee, with whom he also has two children. They divorced in 2010.
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Rufford Abbey at War (WW2) event.
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rachel acquired a new camping tent c/o kat & juls. sequoia is dancing barefoot to help break it in here.
copyright © 2009 sean dreilinger
view sequoia performing a rain dance inside our new tent - _MG_7013 embed on a black background.
A tent pole gives legs to my paint roller extension strobist pod.
It's one 14 foot tent pole folded into two sections. The pole's internal shock cord and a velcro cable tie help it to squeeze the swivel bracket. This took all of five minutes to build seeing as I had some extra tent poles and cable wraps laying around.
Update: Used it on a shoot, outdoors, and it worked great. Stuck the poles into the ground for stability. The wide base was more stable than a traditional lightstand would have been. Little or no wind so the umbrella stayed where I pointed it.
Thanks to Svarteld for the inspiration.
blog.svarteld.com/2010/02/homegrown-ultralight-lightstand...
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A tent pole gives legs to my paint roller extension strobist pod.
It's one 14 foot tent pole folded into two sections. The pole's internal shock cord and a velcro cable tie help it to squeeze the swivel bracket. This took all of five minutes to build seeing as I had some extra tent poles and cable wraps laying around.
Thanks to Svarteld for the inspiration.
blog.svarteld.com/2010/02/homegrown-ultralight-lightstand...
Strobist info: It's lighting itself with a Vivitar 285HV bounced into an umbrella. Handheld meter said f/8 and it was.
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Cinema Café (46,140 square feet)
12006 Bermuda Crossroad Lane, Bermuda Crossroads, Chester, VA
Opened December 18th, 2020
I've been seeing previews for Wonder Woman 1984 constantly throughout my movie theater visits throughout the last few months, and knew that such a modern, big tentpole film was best saved for a newer multiplex when it was finally released. To my luck the grand opening of the new Cinema Café in Chester was only a week prior to the film's distribution, so to me it seemed like a match made in heaven! In hindsight I probably should've picked a screening in auditorium 1, which has a 75 foot screen and Dolby Atoms setup, but went with an earlier auditorium 2 show instead, which was still quite a spacious auditorium and with stadium seating. The building itself is just about a carbon copy of the five year old Chesapeake Edinburgh location, except slightly larger and with much more illuminated purple lighting throughout. The theater is absolutely marvelous and still smelled like a fresh construction, and I really hope the movie industry recovers this year allowing this location to thrive!
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Paul Noble : TENT exhibition at Cooper Gallery, Dundee in 2011.
"There is a clearing in a wooded area on the edge of town that is a quiet place for those people who find even the unpopulated Nobson Newtown too crowded".
Internationally celebrated British artist Paul Noble breaks new ground for his Nobson Newtown with TENT at Cooper Gallery, through re-locating a pictorial space into the dynamics of a real place.
Under a stationary sun Paul Noble’s Nobson Newtown works words into literal places. This ongoing portraiture of an impossible landscape, described as ‘a cross between Robert Crumb and Hieronymus Bosch’ (The Guardian, 2008), draws in a wreckage of architecture and philosophy. The edge of this landscape of tree stumps, amorphous monuments and untenanted architectural fantasies is redrawn in Cooper Gallery through an installation of drawings, photography, ceramics and a tent.
TENT is a critical work that marks a departure in Noble’s practice. Conceptually faithful to Nobson Newtown, this new body of work is a stage set for “a play without acts”. Placing the viewer directly inside Noble’s space of language, TENT is the physical and architectural realisation of Nobfont; Noble’s own invention for a place that makes stories.
Paul Noble’s epic yet bleakly humourous works first came to prominence during his time as one of the founder members of the influential artists run venue: the City Racing gallery in London (1988–98). Since then Noble has produced an extraordinary range of works that combine meticulous craft with an ethical and political vision. Noble gained international recognition in the 1990s for his monumental ongoing project – the imaginative depiction of a fictional place called Nobson Newtown, of which his new exhibition TENT at Cooper Gallery is a part.
His synthesis of drawing, architecture, philosophy and satire has been exhibited at numerous internationally significant venues including Tate Gallery, the Whitechapel Gallery and Gagosian Gallery New York. His works are also held in the collections of Tate Modern, the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art.
This classic cover art for "The Other Side of Midnight" (1977) plays up the film/story's "love" and "tragedy" elements. The pic was reportedly part of a package deal, via 20th Century Fox, that included the release of "Star Wars." Based on a Sidney Sheldon ("Sidney Sell 'Em") novel, the epic film runs over 2 1/2 hours and includes some steamy material. Released on two cassettes in Korea, which rented individually.
AMC Hampton Towne Centre 24 (89,303 square feet)
1 Town Center Way, Hampton Towne Centre, Hampton, VA
Opened May 19th, 1998
Pictured: auditorium 13, capacity 422, IMAX installed in fall 2009
This afternoon, I finally caught an IMAX screening at Hampton's AMC. I'd been waiting for a non-tentpole release to be the IMAX film of the week here, and the dubbed version of One Piece Film: Red proved to be the perfect opportunity. This auditorium was converted to IMAX in 2009, with Where the Wild Things Are being the theater's first movie screened in the format that October (previously, the only IMAX screen on the Peninsula was the one at Hampton's Air & Space Center, which I may visit again one of these days). My IMAX experience here was very satisfactory, but I'd say that it's the auditorium's aesthetics that interested me most. As you may know, AMC renovated this theater back in 2015, replacing their auditorium's carpeting, seating, and wall padding. This IMAX auditorium, for reasons unknown, received no such alterations, and I believe that most of its' look is straight outta 1998! The auditorium features very stiff grey seats and red/yellow acoustic paneling; it's possible that these features came with the 2009 installation of the IMAX equipment, but I have no real way of knowing. Adding recliners would really make enhance the moviegoing experience here (the Dolby Cinema across the hall has them), but at least for now the visual and audio presentation of the movie itself is phenomenal.
Rating an intricate new bit of game developer hardware is really a fraught procedure, and also the greatest real question is: are you currently knowing the current or even the future?
You might have already seen review - and also the score. In Thursday's newspaper (an internet-based already), I'd 700 words to evaluate Xbox One, a piece of equipment of effective complexity, which has taken many years to create. I said much of the items it had been created to offer, for example better Kinect integration, along with a awesome customisable interface, continues to be realized perfectly. It's what you'd expect, I believe, eight years following the launch of their brilliant predecessor
And That I did that why? Because lots of what's interesting concerning the machine just is not there yet. Only Forza Motorsport 5 really shows the options from the cloud, couple of game developer do anything whatsoever fascinating using the new Kinect. All of the games might have been around on Xbox 360 Console, having a couple of compromises every now and then. As well as in the United kingdom, we do not obtain the much-vaunted live TV functionality until the coming year - which continues to be touted like a major marketing "tentpole" feature because the start.
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Are you able to score potential? I am unsure you are able to, I do not think it's fair towards the consumers who might be searching at this £429 outlay and thinking, must i do it? Must I spend that cash?
It's too simple to overlook this like a game developer author, when you are fooling about shouting at Kinect, setting it up to fulfil its mentioned needs. I am not really sure the number of customers are taken along around the biometric imagine a piece of equipment that recognises and is aware of their face and voice. When Cara Ellison and that i made our video about Xbox One, we accomplished it with enthusiasm and interest, but Cara seemed to be concerned, genuinely concerned, concerning the implications for privacy. We are not only putting our data available now, but our heart rates, our physical being. Others will worry too.
The Old Man of Storr,
Trotternish,
Isle of Skye.
TAKEN - 3.58p.m. Wed 28th Oct'20
THE OLD MAN OF STORR juts out of the undulating terrain like an igneous shard of mythological proportions. A tentpole of the rugged vistas that characterize the Isle of Skye, this point of interest in the Scottish Highlands is a site of folkloric mysticism and natural grandeur.
Situated atop Trotternish Ridge—a peninsula in the northeastern region of the Isle of Skye, created as the result of a colossal landslip—the Old Man of Storr is a 160-foot pinnacle rock formation named after its likeness to, well, an old man. The Storr, which refers to the group of looming outcrops that include and surround the Old Man, is a title derived from the Norse word for “Great Man.”
Legend has it that the Old Man of Storr was a giant who resided on the Trotternish Ridge. When he was laid to rest upon his death, his thumb—the “Old Man”—remained partially above ground.
The Old Man of Storr towers over the Sound of Rasaay at an elevation of more than 2,300 feet, and a hike up the grassy mounds toward the group of curious pinnacle rocks that surround the Old Man provides magnificent, panoramic views of the water and the surrounding mainland.
Commodore Theater (11,774 square feet)
421 High Street, Portsmouth, VA
Opened November 14th, 1945, closed in 1975, reopened December 21st, 1989
In downtown Portsmouth, the Commodore serves as the city's only movie theater. It's a place I'd been yearning to catch a film at for a good year or so, and tonight I finally decided to drive out that way to see Fiddler on the Roof. The business sorta functions as a dinner theater, with several tables and chairs situated in front of the screen and a balcony up above with traditional cinema-style seating. This distinction allowed the Commodore to reopen in June, two months earlier than any other theaters in Hampton Roads, though they unfortunately still have the balcony area closed and I wasn't able to get photos from its' perspective. That's alright regardless because, man, the theater is outright marvelous. This page on the businesses' website details their history and the restoration work that had to be done from over a decade of abandonment, and it paid off because that old timey cinema house vibe is still felt here. The artwork within the auditorium, from the two large murals to the patterns on the ceiling, looks elegant, and I loved that the screen is obscured by curtains that draw back when its' showtime, then close again after the credits roll. The atmosphere truly enhances the experience here, which is why I picked an older movie to see that would've played during the theater's original span of business instead of a newer tentpole release. It certainly was a change of pace from the multiplexes I've been visiting over the last two months. Now if only the Naro in Norfolk would reopen too!
Cinemark City Center 12 (52,122 square feet)
11810 Fountain Way, City Center at Oyster Point, Newport News, VA
Opened as Paragon City Center 12 on May 22nd, 2014, became Cinemark in June 2017
Pictured: auditorium 2, capacity 218
With just about every theater from Fredericksburg to parts of northeastern North Carolina documented by me now, the next move from me theater-wise is to go back to certain theater locations and photograph different auditoriums than I was in during the initial visits. Cinemark emailed me recently with an offer stating that I'd get a free movie ticket for February if I saw one this month, so I decided to go see Groundhog Day this afternoon in auditorium 10. Before venturing into that one though I decided to take a peek in auditorium 2 since it wouldn't be occupied until a 3pm showing of The Little Things. This is one of their bigger rooms typically reserved for tentpole releases so I was curious to see how it compared to the tiny 6 I'd been in back in September. And, uh, yeah, it's a big'un! So big that the projection booth is located between seating instead of above it as usual, and the screen is a monster. I hate that such a massive space like this currently isn't being filled to capacity with an audience eager to see the newest Marvel movie as it would usually be, but these are COVID times after all.
Colored DAC DA17 combination tent poles, 12 and 13mm diam. Poles have ball connectors to fit on Jake's foot and transparent C shaped swivel hub at location of crossing pole. See DAC tentpoles: dacfl.com/
Jaws is regarded as a watershed film in motion picture history, the father of the summer blockbuster movie and one of the first "high concept" films. Due to the film's success in advance screenings, studio executives decided to distribute it in a much wider release than ever before. The Omen followed suit a year later in the summer of 1976, and then Star Wars one year later in 1977, cementing the notion for movie studios to distribute their big-release action and adventure pictures (commonly referred to as tentpole pictures) during the summer season. The film was followed by three sequels, none of which Spielberg participated in: Jaws 2 (1978), Jaws 3-D (1983) and Jaws: The Revenge (1987).
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - whats out there in the galaxy
any intelligent life around here?
The landing of the spaceship:
Regal Kiln Creek (62,838 square feet)
100 Regal Way, Victory Center, Newport News, VA
Opened November 18th, 1994
Pictured: Auditorium 10, capacity 309
Same shit, different day! I returned to Regal Kiln Creek tonight to see A Quiet Place Part II, choosing this specific showing because it was in auditorium 10. This is the theater's largest auditorium, with 309 seats, and is front-and-center behind where the usher would typically stand leading to the hallways. Many a tentpole has been enjoyed within these green and gold-carpeted walls, and it was frequently used during those mid-late 2000s free family movie mornings I went to at the time because it could house so many families and kids coming with school/church groups.
It's just a bit of fun this week. It made me realise the other day, just how split my personality is. I spend a lot of time going very ungirly stuff, never really grew out of being a tomboy, camper or nature-mud including- enthousiast. Every once in a blue moon though, it might catch me for a day. Still, I think I prefer mud and tentpoles :)
Well, it finally happened. We're accustomed to seeing photos of shuttered dead malls online before but it's different when it's one you grew up with.
Some of my earliest memories were of roaming with my mom on weekends in the mid-to-late 90s at Metrocenter Mall in Phoenix, Ariz. Dragging her to Suncoast Video after a ritual visit to Bath and Body Works next door. Watching the bursts of water in the water fountains. Going for the photos with the mall Santa every December. Observing the skylight fill the interior of the mall around midday. They're all memories now.
So, with that in mind, I visited the mall prior to its closing on June 30th, 2020. Seemed appropriate to document the mall's architecture, while there's still some pride left — prior to the vandals and scrapers breaking in and plunging it of cooper and other precious metals, thereby further impugning its value and reputation.
Will the mall be revitalized in the future? I don't know. But, when whole sections of the mall are unpopulated, by both tentpole brands and cars in the parking lot, and when new tenants like self-storage and popup ministries arrive, a mall's eminence is more near the end than the beginning.
And with that, a chapter of my life is about closed.
206/365
(vacation set: 11/12)
We woke up at home on a Sunday morning, having driven 20 hours the day before. Our vacation was cut 2 days short. We were both saddened by this, so on a whim, I said, "Hey, let's drive to Fort Custer, camp there, then spend the next day at the Dunes." We both raced out of bed, into the shower, and grabbed breakfast. So we got one more good day of camping in another beautiful state park. This photo is of the top of our trusty little tent.