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The Guards Memorial was erected in 1926 and is dedicated to the five Foot Guards Regiments of the Great War. The bronze figures were cast from guns taken from the Germans during the World War One. The Guardsmen depicted are Sergeant R Bradshaw, MM - Grenadier Guards, Guardsman J McDonald - Scots Guards, Guardsman A Comley - Welsh Guards, Guardsman S McCarthy - Irish Guards (although the legs are Lance Sergeant W J Kidd as McCarthy became impatient whilst the statue was being made and walked away, this menat that the sculptor had to get someone else so he could finish off the statue) and Lance Corporal J S Richardson - Coldstream Guards. The memorial was unveiled on 16th October 1926 by the Duke of Connaught.
The inscriptions reads.... To the Glory of God. And in the memory of the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Guardsmen of His Majesty's Regiments of Foot Guards who gave their lives for their King and Country during the Great War 1914-1918 and of the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers , Men of the Household Cavalry, Royal Regiment of Artillery Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps and other Units while serving the Guard's Division in France and Belgium 1915-1918 fell with them in the fight for the World's Freedom. This Memorial also Commemorates All Those Members of the Household Division who died in the Second World War and in the Service of their Country since 1918.
The Second Unique Jewel of the Collection Dedicated to Amy Winehouse designed and created by the Italian sculptor Emanuele Rubini is called BLACK SWALLOW. Il Secondo Gioiello Unico della collezione dedicata a Amy Winehouse disegnato e creato dallo scultore Italiano Emanuele Rubini si chiama RONDINE NERA. A marble swallow, light as a feather leans slightly like a caress on the neck of the woman who it wears. On the skin will be soft and enveloping, but especially ergonomic. The beauty and elegance of this Swallow lies in its apparent form sharp and pointed, from wings to the head, turned towards the sky as a sign of freedom. It is a true and its sculpture-jewel, designed for the woman who loves to be unique. Una Rondine di marmo leggera come una piuma, come una carezza si appoggia lieve sul collo della donna che la indosserà. Sulla pelle sarà morbida e avvolgente, ma soprattutto ergonomica. La bellezza e l’eleganza di questa Rondine sta nella sua apparente forma tagliente e acuminata dalle ali alla testa, volta verso il cielo in segno di libertà. E’una vera e propria scultura-gioiello, pensata per la donna che ama essere unica.
Dedicated to the fox, this shrine is the head of over 30000 Inari shrines across Japan. A pathway wanders 4 km up the mountain lined with hundreds of vermilion torii gates.
This recreation reserve was a part of the early Broken Hill. It was named after the nearby Duke of Cornwall Hotel, one of the earliest landmarks in town. The original wooden hotel opened in 1886 but was destroyed by fire in 1887, then rebuilt as a two-storey stone structure in 1888.
By 1900, the reserve had been fenced and planted with trees; a rotunda was erected in 1904. Attempts were made by the City Council to develop the reserve in 1915, but it gradually fell into disrepair. This led to the removal of the rotunda to Picton Reserve in 1940. A munition factory was erected on the eastern side of the reserve in 1942 and was presented to the technical college after the war.
The reserve was dedicated as Duke of Cornwall Park in 1945 and re-established by Zinc Corporation. It was fenced, lawns and trees planted, and handed back to the Council in 1949.
Cornish in Broken Hill:
Before Broken Hill's orebody was discovered in 1883, there were Cornish people in the district. The original Broken Hill lease was pegged out by Charles Rasp, together with two dam-sinkers; David James and Cornishman James Poole. These three men with four others were the founders of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP). Samual Sleep was another Cornish dam-sinker from Mount Gipps Station. He was the first Underground Manager of BHP, appointed in 1885 at the same time as the first manager of BHP, William Jamieson. By this time mining was well underway in Broken Hill. There was an increasing demand for miners and so the Cornish came in large numbers.
Mining is an ancient occupation in Cornwall; it is thought that mining began there around 4000 years ago with tin and copper. By the time of the great Cornish migration during the 1800s, the Cornish were renowned as the best hard-rock miners in the world. A downturn in mining in Cornwall during the 1850s coincided with the discovery of minerals in South Australia, so many Cornish miners migrated to South Australia.
Mines opened in Kapunda in 1842, Burra in 1845; then the copper triangle of Moonta - Wallaroo - Kadina in 1861. Later, there was a downturn in mining in the Copper Triangle at the same time Broken Hill was opening up, so there was a significant exodus of Cornish miners and their families from the Moonta district to the Broken Hill district. Some Cornish families initially went to Silverton, where mines were established before the discovery of Broken Hill's Line of Lode. The Cornish also came to Broken Hill from Burra and from the Victoria Goldfields.
The Cornish were predominantly Methodists, bringing their faith to Broken Hill. The first Wesleyan Methodist service in Broken Hill was conducted at the hut of Cornishman Captain Sleep, next to the track that led up to the "broken hill" to Rasp's Shaft.
By 1886 there were two Bible Christian churches and a Wesleyan church in Broken Hill. Leonard Curtis's 1908 publication, History of Broken Hill (p. 112) depicts seven Methodist churches, including Bible Christians, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists. The Wesley Church, which opened in December 1888, is a prominent landmark and is still in use today, having been beautifully renovated. In 2014, the South Australian Cornish Association Choir came from Adelaide to perform there.
Broken Hill had 55 hotels by 1888 and perhaps as a counter-measure, there was also a strong temperance movement. The three-storey Coffee Palace opened in December 1889. Even though there were many Cornish tea-totallers in Broken Hill, the Coffee Palace wasn't profitable. Two years later, in October 1891, the Palace applied for a license and became a hotel. The Duke of Cornwall Hotel's first female cook at the hotel was Florence Trenerry, a Cornish woman.
The intersection of Bonanza and Eyre Street marked one corner of an area of South Broken Hill known as Moonta Town. The name is an indication to the large number of Cornish families who lived in that area. Moonta Town has been described as "a collection of shanty buildings to the east of the mines". The "shanty buildings" would have been humble miner's cottage, typical of those days. Moonta Town was within walking distance of both the South and Central mine, making it easy for the miners to get to work. Near the other end of Moonta Town was Central Street Wesleyan Methodist Church, which was a focal point for Cornish families living in that area. With their love of music, many people in the church's choir also sand in the Alma Cornish Choir. "Party Suppers" were a popular social event at this church.
Hebbard Street, in Broken Hill's South, was named after James Hebbard, whose parents had emigrated from Breage in Cornwall in 1847. James was the manager of the Central mine and previously had been a Mines Inspector. He was also the conductor for the Wesley Methodist Choir and instigated "Hospital Sunday" concerts, raising money to help fund Broken Hill's hospital. At the first of those concerts, in July 1895, he conducted the orchestra and a 130-voice choir. James Hebbard had not only a street named after him, but a skimp dump. Mount Hebbard dominated the South Broken Hill skyline for many years. In the early days, people would toboggan down its slopes, as they had done on the skimp dumps of Moonta. Mount Hebbard is no longer extant, having been treated to extract minerals that had not been accessible with earlier extraction methods.
Source: City Of Broken Hill & "The Cornish in Broken Hill, then and now" by Robynne Sanderson.
St Catherine's Chapel is a small chapel situated above the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England at grid reference SY57238482. It is dedicated to Saint Catherine. It is now in the guardianship of English Heritage.
It is thought to have been built in the first half of the fifteenth century as a Pilgrim chapel for Abbotsbury Abbey. Its position on the top of a hill about 80 m (260 ft) high, overlooking the coast from Portland Bill to Bridport, meant that it was a prominent feature for seafarers. The construction is notably robust in order to withstand the elements; the walls (made of locally quarried ashlar stone) are 4 ft thick and supported by stout buttresses, and the roof is (very unusually) also made of stone. In the north-west corner is a tower.
St Catherine's Chapel has a local tradition of 'wishing'. This involves using the niches (one for the knee and two for the hands) in the east jamb of the south doorway to 'post' prayers to the saint asking for her help.
The chapel is frequently visited by women searching for a husband, St Catherine being the patron saint of spinsters. A traditional prayer used here by these women says:
"A husband, St Catherine,
A handsome one, St Catherine,
A rich one, St Catherine,
A nice one, St Catherine,
And soon, St Catherine."
The chapel appears briefly in the Powell and Pressburger film The Small Back Room.
(•) – The Lockheed Martin HC-130J Hercules The Combat King II is the U.S. Air Force's only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and Air Combat Command (ACC). This C-130J variation specializes in tactical profiles and avoiding detection and recovery operations in austere environments. The HC-130J replaces HC-130P/Ns as the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. It is an extended-range version of the C-130J Hercules transport. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to execute combatant commander directed recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory for expeditionary, all weather personnel recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions. When tasked, the aircraft also conducts humanitarian assistance operations, disaster response, security cooperation/aviation advisory, emergency aeromedical evacuation, and noncombatant evacuation operations.
Features
Modifications to the HC-130J have improved navigation, threat detection and countermeasures systems. The aircraft fleet has a fully-integrated inertial navigation and global positioning systems, and night vision goggle, or NVG, compatible interior and exterior lighting. It also has forward-looking infrared, radar and missile warning receivers, chaff and flare dispensers, satellite and data-burst communications, and the ability to receive fuel inflight via a Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation (UARRSI).
The HC-130J can fly in the day; however, crews normally fly night at low to medium altitude levels in contested or sensitive environments, both over land or overwater. Crews use NVGs for tactical flight profiles to avoid detection to accomplish covert infiltration/exfiltration and transload operations. To enhance the probability of mission success and survivability near populated areas, crews employ tactics that include incorporating no external lighting or communications, and avoiding radar and weapons detection.
Drop zone objectives are done via personnel drops and equipment drops. Rescue bundles include illumination flares, marker smokes and rescue kits. Helicopter air-to-air refueling can be conducted at night, with blacked out communication with up to two simultaneous helicopters. Additionally, forward area refueling point operations can be executed to support a variety of joint and coalition partners.
Background
The HC-130J is a result of the HC/MC-130 recapitalization program and replaces Air Combat Command's aging HC-130P/N fleet as the dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. The 71st and 79th Rescue Squadrons in Air Combat Command, the 550th Special Operations Squadron in Air Education and Training Command, the 920th Rescue Group in Air Force Reserve Command and the 106th Rescue Wing, 129th RQW and 176th Wing in the Air National Guard will operate the aircraft.
First flight was 29 July 2010, and the aircraft will serve the many roles and missions of the HC-130P/Ns. It is a modified KC-130J aircraft designed to conduct personnel recovery missions, provide a command and control platform, in-flight-refuel helicopters and carry supplemental fuel for extending range or air refueling.
In April 2006, the personnel recovery mission was transferred back to Air Combat Command at Langley AFB, Va. From 2003 to 2006, the mission was under the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Previously, HC-130s were assigned to ACC from 1992 to 2003. They were first assigned to the Air Rescue Service as part of Military Airlift Command.
General Characteristics
Primary function: Fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform
Contractor: Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Power Plant: Four Rolls Royce AE2100D3 turboprop engines
Thrust: 4,591 Propeller Shaft Horsepower, each engine
Wingspan: 132 feet, 7 inches (40.4 meters)
Length: 97 feet, 9 inches (29.57 meters)
Height: 38 feet, 9 inches (11.58 meters)
Operating Weight: 89,000 pounds (40,369 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 164,000 pounds (74,389 kilograms)
Fuel Capacity: 61,360 pounds (9,024 gallons)
Payload: 35,000 pounds (15,875 kilograms)
Speed: 316 knots indicated air speed at sea level
Range: beyond 4,000 miles (3,478 nautical miles)
Ceiling: 33,000 feet (10,000 meters)
Armament: countermeasures/flares, chaff
Basic Crew: Three officers (pilot, co-pilot, combat system officer) and two enlisted loadmasters
Unit Cost: $66 million (fiscal 2010 replacement cost)
Initial operating capability: 2013.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, during the Great Depression, it was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over 100 lives. In bills passed by Congress during its construction, it was referred to as the Hoover Dam, after President Herbert Hoover, but was named Boulder Dam by the Roosevelt administration. In 1947, the name Hoover Dam was restored by Congress.
Since about 1900, the Black Canyon and nearby Boulder Canyon had been investigated for their potential to support a dam that would control floods, provide irrigation water, and produce hydroelectric power. In 1928, Congress authorized the project. The winning bid to build the dam was submitted by a consortium named Six Companies, Inc., which began construction in early 1931. Such a large concrete structure had never been built before, and some of the techniques used were unproven. The torrid summer weather and lack of facilities near the site also presented difficulties. Nevertheless, Six Companies turned the dam over to the federal government on March 1, 1936, more than two years ahead of schedule.
Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead and is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed for workers on the construction project, about 30 mi (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Hoover Dam is a major tourist attraction, with 7 million tourists a year. The heavily traveled U.S. Route 93 (US 93) ran along the dam's crest until October 2010, when the Hoover Dam Bypass opened.
Source: hoover.archives.gov/hoovers/hoover-dam
85 years after its completion, Hoover dam is still considered an engineering marvel. It is named in honor of President Herbert Hoover, who played a crucial role in its creation.
For many years, residents of the American southwest sought to tame the unpredictable Colorado River. Disastrous floods during the early 1900’s led residents of the area to look to the federal government for aid, and experiments with irrigation on a limited scale had shown that this arid region could be transformed into fertile cropland, if only the river could be controlled. The greatest obstacle to the construction of such a dam was the allocation of water rights among the seven states comprising the Colorado River drainage basin. Meetings were held in 1918, 1919 and 1920, but the states could not reach a consensus.
Herbert Hoover had visited the Lower Colorado region in the years before World War I and was familiar with its problems and the potential for development. Upon becoming Secretary of Commerce in 1921, Hoover proposed the construction of a dam on the Colorado River. In addition to flood control and irrigation, it would provide a dependable supply of water for Los Angeles and Southern California. The project would be self-supporting, recovering its cost through the sale of hydroelectric power generated by the dam.
In 1921, the state legislatures of the Colorado River basin authorized commissioners to negotiate an interstate agreement. Congress authorized President Harding to appoint a representative for the federal government to serve as chair of the Colorado River Commission and on December 17, 1921, Harding appointed Hoover to that role.
When the commission assembled in Santa Fe in November 1922, the seven states still disagreed over the fair distribution of water. The upstream states feared that the downstream states, with their rapidly developing agricultural and power demands, would quickly preempt rights to the water by the “first in time, first in right” doctrine. Hoover suggested a compromise that the water be divided between the upper and lower basins without individual state quotas. The resulting Colorado River Compact was signed on November 24, 1922. It split the river basin into upper and lower halves with the states within each region deciding amongst themselves how the water would be allocated.
A series of bills calling for Federal funding to build the dam were introduced by Congressman Phil D. Swing and Senator Hiram W. Johnson between 1922 and 1928, all of which were rejected. The last Swing-Johnson bill, titled the Boulder Canyon Project Act, was largely written by Hoover and Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work. Congress finally agreed, and the bill was signed into law on December 21, 1928 by President Coolidge. The dream was about to become reality.
On June 25, 1929, less than four months after his inauguration, President Herbert Hoover signed a proclamation declaring the Colorado River Compact effective at last. Appropriations were approved and construction began in 1930. The dam was dedicated in 1935 and the hydroelectric generators went online in 1937. In 1947, Congress officially "restored" Hoover's name to the dam, after FDR's Secretary of the Interior tried to remove it. Hoover Dam was built for a cost of $49 million (approximately $1 billion adjusted for inflation). The power plant and generators cost an additional $71 million, more than the cost of the dam itself. The sale of electrical power generated by the dam paid back its construction cost, with interest, by 1987.
Today the Hoover Dam controls the flooding of the Colorado River, irrigates more than 1.5 million acres of land, and provides water to more than 16 million people. Lake Mead supports recreational activities and provides habitats to fish and wildlife. Power generated by the dam provides energy to power over 500,000 homes. The Hoover Compromise still governs how the water is shared.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Nevada) "نيفادا" "内华达州" "नेवादा" "ネバダ" "네바다" "Невада"
(Arizona) "أريزونا" "亚利桑那州" "एरिजोना" "アリゾナ州" "애리조나" "Аризона"
(Hoover Dam) "سد هوفر" "胡佛水坝" "हूवर बांध" "フーバーダム" "후버 댐" "Гувера" "Presa Hoover"
Dedicated to our friend and brother RB.
Our Prayers Are With You.
I really like the light in this intentionally out of focus shot of a weathered Mother Mary Statue located in Pena Adobe Park, Vacaville CA.
Mother Mary Statue #2 shot, in focus.
Strobist info: Single SB-800 in remote on left at +1ev, triggered by D200 in commander mode.
A national monument dedicated by Frederick William III of Prussia to liberation battles fought at the end of the Napoleonic wars.
Built c1876 as coach house for Waverley House, property acquired by St Andrew’s Hospital 1964, coach house converted to chapel with bequest from Edith Louise Tucker, opened 16 Feb 1989, windows created by Cedar Prest dedicated 30 Nov 1990.
ST ANDREW’S PRIVATE HOSPITAL opened 1936 by Sister Janet Hay, purchased by Presbyterian Church 1947 & renamed St Andrew’s Presbyterian Hospital, renamed St Andrew’s Hospital when Uniting Church formed 1977, original building no longer exists. Adjacent Waverley House acquired 1964 as nursing school, now rooms for specialist doctors & hospital board room. Janet Hay was nursing at Wakefield St Private Hospital when she enlisted WWI, serving in Salonika, Greece.
“Sister Hay, to whose instructions St. Andrew's has been built, was determined to provide private hospital facilities second to cone in the State, and with that end in view she has combined at St. Andrew's her own ideas, together with plans for equipment modelled on that of famous institutions in other parts of the world.” [Advertiser 15 Dec 1936]
“The Presbyterian Assembly decided at its annual meeting last week to buy St. Andrew's Private Hospital in South terrace. . . the church planned to extend the hospital to carry about 70 beds. At present it was a 19-bed hospital, and employed only fully trained sisters on the nursing staff. It was planned to convert it into a training hospital. The hospital, which had been established by Sister Janet Hay, was built as a hospital, and the present single story was particularly well planned and laid out for hospital needs.” [News 18 Mar 1947]
Pulitzer Fountain, Grand Army Plaza, Manhattan, N.Y. (Carrère & Hastings : 1916)
From the Parks Department website:
"Pulitzer Fountain
This impressive 22-foot-high ornamental fountain in Manhattan’s Grand Army Plaza was designed by sculptor Karl Bitter (1867-1915) and architect Thomas Hastings (1860-1929) of the noted New York architectural firm Carrère and Hastings. Orazio Piccirilli, of the Italian-born Bronx family of brothers known for their exceptional sculptural carving, fashioned the ornamental features that adorn the tiered granite fountain.
The fountain was donated by publisher Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), who bequeathed funds to erect a fountain. Hungarian-born Pulitzer moved to New York in 1883, after taking ownership of the New York World, the sensational and gossip-filled tabloid that, along with William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal, marked the beginning of the era of yellow journalism in the United States. He also helped institute the Pulitzer Prize, the prestigious award given each year to various journalists, writers, and composers.
For years, sculptor Bitter had a vision of transforming the Grand Army Plaza area to a public space similar to Paris’ Place de la Concorde. By working with architect Hastings, Bitter developed the fountain as a site-specific project that complimented the nearby Sherman Monument (1903), creating a well-designed composition for the plaza. The fountain is topped by the bronze allegorical figure Pomona, the goddess of abundance, who is seen holding a basket of fruit. Sculptor Bitter died in a car accident while working on the figure and it was completed by his assistant, future Parks monuments conservator Karl Gruppe and also Isidore Konti. The fountain was dedicated in 1916.
The original limestone fountain was first restored in 1948 and the 12-foot central basin was replaced with a granite basin in 1970. By the 1980s it had ceased to function properly and was rehabilitated as part of a $3.7 million project, a joint effort between the Central Park Conservancy and nearby business owners, to restore Grand Army Plaza, the fountain, and the statue of Pomona. The replacement central basin developed a crack over time, and had to be replaced with a second granite basin in 1996."
The church dedicated to "Saint Hierarch Nicolae" and the Three Holy Hierarchs in the Băneasa neighborhood is a foundation of the Văcărescu family, guarding the northern border of the Capital for more than two centuries.
The church survives as part of the mansion that was built here by Ienăchiță Văcărescu.
Saint Nicholas Church, in the Baneasa district, is an Orthodox church located on Neagoe Voda street, near the Baneasa bridge, in the northern part of Bucharest.
Under the protection of Saint Hierarch Nicolae, celebrated on December 6, and of the Three Holy Hierarchs, celebrated on January 30, this church was started before 1792, by Ecaterina Vacarescu, and finished by Enache Vacarescu.
"He who pours myrrh of great price to the whole world and to me, to the unworthy and more than all sinner, give it to me, so that I may bring you singing, Father Nicolae.
You, as the one who has courage towards God, free me from all troubles, so that I can sing to you: Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Nicholas, great worker of miracles!"
The inscription of this church testifies to the following:
"This church, in which the saint Hierarch Nicholas of Mira Lichia, the miracle worker, and the Holy Hierarchs and the great teachers of the world Basil the Great, Gregory Bogoslov and John Zlataust are celebrated, were built from the foundation of Mrs. Jupaneasa Ecaterina Vacarescu, the daughter of Mr. Donie Vacarescu - the treasurer and, remaining unfulfilled due to many scandals that have revolted our country many times, then, in the year 1792, they were committed by Mr. Enache Vacarescu and his enlightened wife , Ecaterina, daughter of Voivod Caragea, in the days of the Most Enlightened Mr. Mihai Șutu, after beautifying her with all the necessary things."
According to several documents, this church served as a prayer chapel for the Vacaresti family, with their boyar houses nearby.
In 1864, with the appropriation of the peasants, the chapel became the parish church.
The place of prayer was successively repaired in 1845 and 1888.
Later, between the years 1932-1933, the church was painted for the first time, in oil, by the painter N.I. Colnitiu, covered with tiles and floored with concrete slabs.
In the fall of 1939, when the Bucharest-Ploiesti road is being built, a protective wall is built for the church, which can be seen from the road, as well as a staircase with stone slabs.
The earthquake of 1977, the occasional repairs and the vibrations caused by the intense traffic on the road at the base of the church, severely affected its resistance structure.
Thus, starting with 1982, priest Carstoiu Virgil took care of carrying out numerous restoration and improvement works, as follows: replacement of the roof; strengthening the walls with concrete belts, which cross the church and support the roof; the organization of the church yard and its flooring with concrete tiles; removing the concrete and earth from the church, to a depth of one meter, and replacing them with river stone, and then flooring with marble; the restoration of the painting, in fresco, by the painter Banica Dumitru; furniture carved in oak wood and stained glass windows made by Gruia Rotariu.
Saint Nicholas Church was re-consecrated on May 26, 2002, the service being performed by His Holiness Vincentiu Ploiesteanul.
After this date, the interior and exterior sound system, the heating and the alarm equipment complete the series of improvements that were brought to the holy church.
The parish has a very small parish cemetery, established in 1864, located between the blocks of flats.
In 1992, in the middle of the cemetery, a chapel was built, which was consecrated in 1996.
The chapel is painted, equipped with new furniture, heating, lighting, etc.
The parish also has a parish house, bought in 1976, repaired and equipped with the necessary things, between 1983-2009.
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Dedicated to the fox, this shrine is the head of over 30000 Inari shrines across Japan. A pathway wanders 4 km up the mountain lined with hundreds of vermilion torii gates.
dedicated to Susan / Sparky2
Happy belated Birthday, dear Susan!
And Happy Pentecost to all of my flickr friends and visitors!
Euch allen noch Frohe Pfingsten!
Four dedicated young ladies from Sweetwater High were awarded an all expense trip to Washington D.C. along with four community leaders and twelve other high school girls through the mentorship program Hermanitas from MANA de San Diego.
The Montblanc Writers Edition Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Limited Edition, is dedicated to one of the most renowned crime novelists and originator of the famous consulting detective Sherlock Holmes. Made from brown precious lacquer, the color is a reference to the smoking pipe often used by Holmes – an element that is also reflected in the wooden cap and cone. The cap and barrel of this edition are decorated with a plaid pattern in reference to Holmes’ coat, as well as parts of a historic London city map. The clip is inspired by the magnifying glass used by Sherlock Holmes. Behind the clip is the silhouette of a hound made from photoluminescent pigments in reference to the Holmes story “The Hound of the Baskervilles”. The cap ring features the signature of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as well as the logo of “A Study in Scarlet” – Holmes´ first case. The Montblanc Emblem in precious Mother-of-Pearl crowns the cap of the edition. The handcrafted Au 750 solid gold nib is engraved with a portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and magnifying glass in reference to Sherlock Holmes.
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Platinum-coated metal clip
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Cap in Precious Brown Lacquer with laser-engraved City map of London
Hand-crafted Au750 / 18 K yellow Gold, Rhodium-coated with special design
Weight: 62,99g
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Dedicated to Keith Johnstone
Every day I eat a slice of floor
with a thick layer of the window
Afternoon I drink a cup of moon
and take a nap on my mirror
Before I go to sleep I pray to dog
save the spoon have mercy on my ceiling
In my dream I walk without my door
and wake up to start from the beginning
Photos taken by and appear courtesy of photographer George Fischer.
Earth Day Bear Creek Cleanup 4/22/17: Despite a chilly and very rainy day over 160 dedicated volunteers arrived at Bear Creek Park and nearly filled a 40 yard dumpster with trash and debris they removed from Bear Creek Park and the shoreline of this historic stream as well as from Bear Creek Elementary School, General John Stricker Middle School, Charlesmont Elementary School and Charlesmont Park totaling over 4 tons!!! This included 355 bags of trash, 5 broken fishing rods, 4 plastic totes, 3 traffic cones, 2 huge Styrofoam blocks (parts from a floating pier), 2 broke baseball bats, a flattened fluorescent traffic barrel, a tire, a cooler, a plastic 55 gallon drum, 2 huger and more, Thank you everyone so very much for all your hard work on such a beautiful day! Our volunteer’s dedication to working toward a cleaner, greener, healthier community and environment is wonderful sight to behold!!!! Thank you everyone so very much for all your incredible hard work under such tough conditions! Our volunteer dedication to working toward a cleaner, greener, healthier community and environment cannot be topped! Thank you so much!!!
We would also like to thank the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and American Rivers for all their assistance and support on this cleanup and to thank Chick-Fil-A Eastpoint, Pat's Pizzeria Dundalk MD, Papa John’s and Chesapeake Traders Food Warehouse for their generous donations of food to feed all our hungry and hardworking volunteers!!! Thank you so much Giant Food Pharmacy, Tradepoint Atlantic for your generous donations allowing is to purchase much needed supplies! We would also like to thank Faculty and Families of Bear Creek Elementary School, faculty and families of General John Stricker Middle School, faculty and families of Charlesmont Elementary School, CityFam, Strictly Business Auto Family, X-press Contracting, Girl Scout Troop 3802, the U.S. Air Force, Neighborspace Baltimore County, Port of Baltimore, and AmeriCorps NCC for all the incredible volunteers they supplied!
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The parish church of Southwold is dedicated to St Edmund, and is considered to be one of Suffolk's finest. It lies under one continuous roof, and was built over about 60 years from the 1430s to the 1490s; it replaced a smaller 13th-century church that was destroyed by fire. The earlier church dated from the time when Southwold was a small fishing hamlet adjacent to the larger Reydon. By the 15th century Southwold was an important town in its own right, and the church was rebuilt to match its power and wealth.
The church is renowned for its East Anglian flushwork, especially that of the tower. Knapped and unknapped flints are arranged in patterns, textures and designs and create the stone work. The curving letters over the west window are most famous: SCT. EDMUND ORA P. NOBIS (St Edmund pray for us). Each letter is crowned, and set in knapped flints. Originally roofed in lead, from 1948 to 2015 the church had a copper clad roof with an easily recognisable flèche (or spirelet), above a clerestory of eighteen windows. The flèche was purely for display, and has never contained a bell. The tower has no parapet and is a very fine piece of architecture, with its large bell openings. The roof of the nave is so high that it makes the tower seem shorter than it really is; but it is 96 feet (29 metres) high. All of the church's medieval glass was destroyed by William Dowsing in 1644; the only stained glass windows in the church are the east windows over the altar (1954, by Sir Ninian Comper) and the west window below the grand tower. In World War II the church was narrowly missed by a German bomb that destroyed houses in the nearby Hollyhock Square. The bomb did not do much damage to the building itself but blew out most of the windows - another reason why the church has very little stained glass. The church was tidied very quickly for the funerals, a short while later, of the people killed by the bomb.
In the interior, the rood screen is considered by many to be the finest in the county. It stretches all the way across the church, and is made up of three separate screens: a rood screen across the chancel arch and parclose screens across the north and south chancel aisles. A 15th century clock jack stands at the west end. He has an axe and bell which he uses to strike the time, and has a twin at Blythburgh. The Southwold jack is named "Southwold Jack", and is one of the symbols of the Adnams brewery. The font has been badly mutilated but is still very impressive with its large ornate cover. The roof in the chancel is painted and its height gives the church a very open feeling.
New Zealand-born glass artist John Hutton's 1971 engraved window depicting St Edmund at the moment of his death and martyrdom is located in the north chancel of the church.
Present-day church community life is extremely diverse and makes good use of St Edmund's Hall (also destroyed during the Second World War and rebuilt) to the rear of the church.
The roofs were restored in 1857 by Edward Lushington Blackburne and in 1866-1867 by Richard Phipson. The chancel was restored in 1885.
Following bomb damage to the lead roof during the Second World War, it was entirely replaced with copper in 1948. This covering degraded over time, partly due to the church's seaside environment, and it was decided in 2013 to reroof the entire church, including replacing the flèche, in lead.
The work began at the start of 2015, with completion later in that year.
The flagpole atop the tower was previously surmounted by a golden weathervane in the form of a sailing longshore fishing vessel, but the pole has since been replaced and the weathervane removed.
Southwold tower contains a ring of eight bells hung for change ringing. The tower held five bells in 1553. Over the years these bells have been recast and others added to create the current eight. The current fourth and fifth are probable recasts of the originals, having been cast in 1668 by John Darbie of Ipswich. The third dates from 1820 and is by William Dobson of Downham Market. In 1828 one bell was recast and a further two added. The bell that was recast is the present tenor, also by William Dobson. The sixth and seventh were added and are likely to originate from All Saints, South Elmham. Both are medieval bells, the sixth being cast around 1538 by William Barker and the seventh by Brasyers of Norwich around 1513. The two trebles date from 1881 and are by Moore, Holmes & Mackenzie of Redenhall, Norfolk. However, a peal of Oxford Treble Bob Major was rung on 26 July 1858, indicating that the tower possessed a ring of eight prior to 1881. The tenor (the largest) weighs 10¾ cwt or about 546 kg, and the treble (the lightest) about half of that. The bells hang in a timber frame installed in 1897 by George Day & Son of Eye, Suffolk. In 1990 the bells were rehung on new fittings and the frame strengthened by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. There is a large amount of space surrounding the frame, allowing ease of access and maintenance. The clock uses the seventh bell to strike the hours. There are no bells in the tower other than the ringing peal. The bells are rung from a ringing chamber some 52 steps up the tower. The chamber has many mementos of past campanological achievements. The tower is affiliated to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers. The bells are rung regularly for Sunday services, weddings and other special occasions.
The church has a three manual pipe organ, originally built by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd in 1887 and later rebuilt by the Thaxted firm Cedric Arnold, Williamson & Hyatt in 1966. The specification, drawn up by Sir Frederick Ouseley, a Professor of Music at Oxford University, may be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
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Weizberg Church
The Roman Catholic Weizberg Church is located on a hill in the east of the town of Weiz in Styria. The high altar is dedicated to "Our Lady of Sorrows " .
Architectural History (other pictures are clickable at the end of page!)
Weizberg Church, seen from Oberfladnitz
Weizberg church, high above the city
When the first church on the hill Weizberg was erected is unclear. One suspects the middle of the 11th Century. It is a three-nave Romanesque basilica with a two-storey east tower. It was mid-14th Century (1357 ?) extended by the construction of a choir .
Since there were as windows only hatches under the roof, it was very dark in the church, what was often complained. Various attempts to improve the light conditions in the church by modifications failed and so the dean and archpriest Dr. Franz Leopold Riedlegger (1726-1755) decided to erect a new church. But he died before.
His successor, Dr. Paul Hieronymus Schmutz, thus figures as the builder of the new church. Work began in 1757. The shell construction, built by architect Joseph Hueber, was finished after something more then a year, on 8 December 1758 the picture of grace (a Pietà by the Master of Neustift in the first quarter of the 15th century ) was brought to the new church and the first service has been celebrated.
For the interior design of the one-naved late-Baroque building initially lacked the money. Not until 1769, the sculptor Veit Koniger and the painter Joseph Adam Ritter von Mölk which were also employed in the Tabor Church, could begin their work. On 22 July 1776 consecrated Bishop Joseph Philipp Graf Spaur von Seckau the church.
221 days needed native of Vienna Court painter (Hofmaler) Joseph Adam Knight von Mölk and his colleagues in 1771 for his frescoes. Theme of the five ceiling paintings are the five major Marian feasts of the liturgical year .
From Veit Koniger stems the magnificent high altar, on which the earlier mentioned Pietà is placed.
The 1775 completed pulpit stems from sculptor Jacob Peyer. Of him are also the two side altars. They are dedicated to Saints Anne and Joseph. The large altar pictures are the work of Knight of Mölk .
In a fire in 1792 the church roof and the roofs of the 44 meter high towers were damaged.
Already in the 12th Century, the church on the "Mountain of Heaven" was a popular pilgrimage church. The pilgrimages found, however, during the Reformation a temporary end. Only in the middle of the 17th Century the number of pilgrims increased again. During the reign of Emperor Joseph II, the number of pilgrims fell and never recovered until the present .
Looking into the sanctuary
The organ of the Weizberg church was built in 2001 by the company Mathis Orgelbau (organ building) and it has 31 stops on three manuals and pedal.
Memorial
In May 2011, next to the Weizberg church a memorial was erected to commemorate the systematic murder of the Roma and Sinti during the time of National Socialism. It was designed by artist Walter Kratner of Graz and shows a broken wheel axle of a freight car, which is understood as a symbol of deportation and genocide. Behind there is an orange-colored plate with the words "Porajmos". In early July of the same year by unknown part of a wheel axle of the memorial was overturned. The act was heavily criticized by Kratner and reported to the police.
Weizbergkirche
Die römisch-katholische Weizbergkirche liegt auf einer Anhöhe im Osten der Stadt Weiz in der Steiermark. Der Hochaltar ist der „Schmerzhaften Muttergottes“ geweiht.
Baugeschichte
Weizbergkirche, hoch über der Stadt
Wann die erste Kirche auf dem Weizberg errichtet wurde, ist unklar. Man vermutet die Mitte des 11. Jahrhunderts. Es handelte sich dabei um eine dreischiffige romanische Basilika mit einem zweigeschossigen Ostturm. Sie wurde Mitte des 14. Jahrhunderts (1357?) durch den Zubau eines Chores erweitert.
Da es als Fenster nur Luken unter dem Dach gab, war es in der Kirche sehr dunkel, worüber oft geklagt wurde. Verschiedene Versuche, durch Umbauten die Lichtverhältnisse in der Kirche zu verbessern, scheiterten und so entschloss sich der Dechant und Erzpriester Doktor Franz Leopold Riedlegger (1726–1755), eine neue Kirche errichten zu lassen. Er starb aber vorher.
Sein Nachfolger Doktor Paul Hieronymus Schmutz scheint daher als Bauherr der neuen Kirche auf. 1757 begannen die Arbeiten. Der Rohbau, errichtet unter Baumeister Joseph Hueber, war nach etwas mehr als einem Jahr fertig, am 8. Dezember 1758 brachte man das Gnadenbild (eine Pietà vom Meister von Neustift aus dem ersten Viertel des 15. Jahrhunderts) in die neue Kirche und feierte den ersten Gottesdienst.
Für die Innengestaltung des einschiffigen, spätbarocken Baus fehlte zunächst das Geld. Erst 1769 konnten der Bildhauer Veit Königer und der Maler Joseph Adam Ritter von Mölk, die auch in der Taborkirche beschäftigt waren, diese Arbeiten beginnen. Am 22. Juli 1776 konsekrierte der Bischof Joseph Philipp Graf Spaur von Seckau die Kirche.
221 Tage brauchte der aus Wien stammende Hofmaler Joseph Adam Ritter von Mölk mit seinen Mitarbeitern im Jahr 1771 für seine Fresken. Thema der fünf Deckengemälde sind die fünf großen Marienfeste des Kirchenjahres.
Von Veit Königer stammt der prächtige Hochaltar, auf dem die schon vorher erwähnte Pietà aufgestellt ist.
Die 1775 fertiggestellte Kanzel stammt von dem Bildhauer Jakob Peyer. Von ihm sind auch die beiden Seitenaltäre. Sie sind der Heiligen Anna und dem Heiligen Josef geweiht. Die großen Altarbilder stammen von Ritter von Mölk.
Bei einem Brand im Jahr 1792 wurden das Kirchendach und die Dächer der 44 Meter hohen Türme beschädigt.
Schon im 12. Jahrhundert war die Kirche auf dem „Himmelberg“ eine beliebte Wallfahrtskirche. Die Wallfahrten fanden allerdings während der Reformationszeit ein vorübergehendes Ende. Erst in der Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts vermehrte sich die Zahl der Wallfahrer wieder. Während der Regierungszeit von Kaiser Joseph II. sank die Zahl der Pilger wieder und erholte sich bis in die Gegenwart nicht mehr.
Blick in den Altarraum
Die Orgel der Weizbergkirche wurde 2001 durch die Firma Mathis Orgelbau errichtet und verfügt über 31 Register auf drei Manualen und Pedal.
Mahnmal
Im Mai 2011 wurde neben der Weizbergkirche ein Mahnmal errichtet um der systematischen Ermordung der Roma und Sinti in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus zu gedenken. Es wurde vom Grazer Künstler Walter Kratner gestaltet und zeigt eine zerbrochene Radachse eines Güterwaggons, die als Sinnbild für Deportation und Genozid zu verstehen ist. Dahinter befindet sich eine orangefarbene Tafel mit dem Schriftzug „Porajmos“. Anfang Juli desselben Jahres wurde von Unbekannten ein Teil einer Radachse des Mahnmals umgeworfen. Die Tat wurde von Kratner heftig kritisiert und polizeilich angezeigt.