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What a bunch of controversy over some sea wildlife, even if they are cute mammals. The "Children's Pool" beach near La Jolla cove has been taken over by a colony of seals. Actually, the seals have almost always been there, but some people are the ones who are trying to take over the beach and prevent people from going there. There are all these people who sort of worship the seals like a religion and they don't want anyone to go on the beach to disturb them.
But the City created this beach years ago for people and the law says it's for people, so there are a few defenders of the beach who clash with the seal-lovers asserting their right to go on the beach.
I went there to get good pix of the seals for a specific photo contest, I was so glad the 'defenders of the beach' were there because it seems that there must have been about a thousand people / tourists looking down at the seals on the beach from the distant sea walls that surround it. So It would have taken a LOT of nerve to walk down there against the wishes of the seal-lovers.
So I went on the beach and tried hard to pay no attention to the controversy and to just focus on my mission to get award-winning photos. So I got close and crawled on my stomach, elbows, and knees to get in close. One of the seal worshippers came down and politely asked me to stay away from one female in particular who is in labor (to give birth in 3-12 hours he said.) And that was fine with me, and understandable. But the beach defenders tried to get in a conflict with the guy stating the law for people to use the beach, etc, etc., I suggested that 'can't we all just get along, to avoid conflict?'. But mostly I just stuck to my business of shooting photos.
I don't see what the big deal is, the seals did NOT seem to mind my presence at all, and I gave them a respectable distance. And I was even a little surprised that some people who were looking down said they thought I was doing a great thing (to ignore the seal-lover request to stay completely off the beach.) I also was really glad the seal people said very little to me, they only moaned a little but I just left the scene as soon as I was done.
was very difficult to Identify, but finally i was able.
not sure about its status, wither it is a summer visitor of just a passage migrant, a couple is around now for about three weeks.
thanks Tom Friedel, www.flickr.com/photos/birdphotosdotcom/
It is a passage migrant from Basra, Iraq to South east Africa.
www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHT...
taken at early morning 26th of August 2010, not my first record.
Technically, this photo isn't great. Difficult angle, not a lot of light and not enough hands. So, I'll compensate with an information overload. Brace yourselves. Or just skip...
Sinterklaas
This week, on the 5th of December, us Dutch celebrate Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas (Sint, for short) is the origin of Santa Claus. The custom travelled overseas and eventually made its way back in the form of Santa Claus, meaning us Dutch now have two similar figures visiting our rooftops in December. I absolutely love it. We even have an annual, nationally televised arrival with lots of well-known actors and comedians playing Sinterklaas, his helpers and other characters. The week after the national arrival, most cities have their own arrival. Our village had a well-dressed Sint in good company. From mid-November on, there's a daily 'Sinterklaas journaal', the 'Sinterklaas news', every year with new characters (many of them also participating in the televised arrival) and elaborate backstories (Sinterklaas' horse getting lost and all kinds of mysteries, all making children doubt if all will go well on December 5th). We don't have children, but we love to watch it, because of the many puns that only adults will get, including character names like a city historian call Shortofmemory. Children can put their shoes near the chimney (or radiator, which is so funny) with a carrot in it for Sinterklaas' horse, to find a little present in it the next day. On December 5th, the bigger presents are delivered. We have special Sinterklaas candy and baked goods, there are Sinterklaas songs, there is Sinterklaas tea. Many stores only switch to Christmas decorations after Sinterklaas, sometimes in only one night. Our NEN institute, the official organisation that issues standards for just about anything, has made a Sinterklaas-related document, available for free download on their website. As you will understand by now, it's a thing. And I'm loving the OCD-ing **** out of this holiday.
Zwarte Piet
Sinterklaas has helpers called Zwarte Piet, Black Pete. He has had them for a long time, but only recently have become a highly debated - internationally (Americans that see a photo without context tend to go crazy) and since a few years also nationally. Here's my two cents.
If these helpers make black people uncomfortable or even hurt, genuinely, we probably should do something about it. However, what really irks me is the motivation. If the motivation is emotion, nothing I can say about that. But usually the motivation is based on things like 'it originates in slavery' and 'it's meant to be racist' and 'it's blackface' and 'all black people are offended'. No, it didn't originate in slavery, please do your homework about the origins of Zwarte Piet. No, it's not meant to be racist: from the very start, the tone of the story not the treatment of Sinterklaas' helpers have been racist and most of us have been taught from a very early age that Sinterklaas' helpers are black because they deliver presents through the chimney. Yes, technically it's sort of blackface (i.e. in the way that it's make-up to make white people look black) but used in a completely different context. No, not all black people are offended. Most aren't. Black actors put make-up on to achieve a better Zwarte Piet look. Many people in the Netherlands Antilles dress up as Zwarte Piet. Zwarte Piet is a fun, warm character, treated by Sinterklaas as valued helpers, not oppressed, so it's hardly an insult to most black people. Again, if many people are offended, the tradition probably should and undoubtedly will change. But please stick to the facts, people. Last year for the first time, a group rented buses to demonstrate and disrupt the national arrival celebrations. Come on. Fight it out with politicians. Don't try to ruin something that little children have been looking forward to all year. Also, if you have the time and money to spend your day like that, you have it pretty good, and as a matter of fact, as far as racism is concerned, this country IS pretty good. I'm sure there's room for improvement, but choose your battles. Lastly, "We won't stop until Sinterklaas is black". Ah. But that doesn't have anything to do with being offended about Zwarte Piet anymore. That is something entirely different. Plus - St Nicholas was a bishop of a few hundred years ago and happened to be a white man. Now you want to to just alter historical facts? That's just bullshit.
So, the photo.
I'm one of the few people that decorates for Sinterklaas. Because... well I don't know. Because I'm probably slightly off my rocker and loving it. There's Karel and Willem. We have a red sweater (confession: it's my Christmas jumper), red earrings and red ring. On the little table is my collection of Sinterklaas books, my favorite being Charlotte Dematons' Sinterklaas, which is simply stunning. Somewhat top left is a tiny washing line, next to it (not visible in the photo) is a mice hole, designed and stickered by me. In my hand are pluche Miffy versions of Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet, rare and treasured. The big S I'm resting my head on is a shop decoration of HEMA, a well-known Dutch store, that I kindly asked a store manager for. He chuckled and made it happen. It now hangs on the ceiling (except when I decide it needs to be in a face-down shot). Other things I currently have displayed in the living room but aren't visible in the photo are a Playmobil set (very much an exception as I prefer LEGO) and the cutest little Fisher-Price set, which were both surprising to me as I never expected such international brands to make something only interesting for The Netherlands and Belgium.
In the middle of the little table is a stack of SINT magazines. Yes. It's an annual glossy. A Sinterklaas magazine for adults. With interviews with Sinterklaas, bits of history, celebrities talking about their Sinterklaas experiences, etc. To the left of the table, there's a tiny stack of presents that Sinterklaas has already delivered for Jacco (Sinterklaas is a good man and rather indulgent of my OCD tendencies). I have He has yet to finish the obligatory poem though. Also, I have a scar on the back of my head that I have only now noticed. At 41.
I think that I have, for once, sufficiently embraced a monthly theme.
This is by far the longest I've spent on a photo description. I feel I should apologise. If you've made it this far (hi, Matt), I'm rather impressed and thankful.
Like autumnal trees humans regenerate by shedding memories, grief, outdated connections and painful experiences to continually evolve, change and grow anew. I created it as a reminder that change is only a decision away for those who feel stuck in difficult circumstances.
The model, Maddy Webster, was photographed in studio and composited onto a background taken at Norfolk Island. I used the dispersion effect editing technique on her dress and face using leave shaped Photoshop brushes. Each of the flying leaves was collected from my surrounding neighbourhood and photographed individually.
Created as a tutorial for my photography membership, Creative Photo Folk.
Difficult to resist uploading a shot of the NCC signals at Whitehead, this time with 71 "River Bush" approaching on what is probably a Larne Harbour - Belfast York Road service.
I had written 1982 on the slide and the only date I appear to have visited Whitehead in 1982 was 18 July. So that will do - unless somebody knows different.
All photographs are my copyright and must not be used without permission. Unauthorised use will result in my invoicing you £1,500 per photograph and, if necessary, taking legal action for recovery.
explored :-)
It was very difficult to attach the tomato (i had to use a hairpin and ducttape (it hurts, when you tear it off the eye)), and the chilli pepper burned, but I don't wanna complain...
do you like it less hot? you can get a jessyburger without chilli pepper too
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I went downtown this evening to gather some pictures for my collection and it was difficult to pick a favorite of them all but this one I just love. I live in a rural area of Texas and this is the Decatur, TX courthouse (Wise County). There is so much to see in our own back yards or down the street and sometimes we forget or dont stop long enough to see it. Today is day 16/365 and I took the time to stop and realize how beautiful it is to live in such a historic place and how much I love living in an old town.
the graylag goose is difficult to recognize from the greater white-fronted goose. That is if you are not fully into the gooses. (see next image tomorrow).
This one has a longer neck! and pink legs!
Difficult to explain, fascinating to try. Is that a cheese curl beating on an owl with a cane?
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Summer 2015: "Up was Down"
June 9th: Comb Ridge
Caspian Tern pops back above the water after an unsuccessful attempt at a meal. San Luis Creek, Avila Beach, CA.
A difficult species to see and field identification is not possible. Being a cuckoo, they do not provide nests or have a need to provide food. In general parasitic species including species of Sphecodes are most likely to be seen where large populations of the host bees are present. The host species is any one of the small bees in the genus lasioglossum. Nice, need to collect one and key it out under the microscope to go any further with ID. Here at #highcroftfarmmeadow
From deep shade to glaring sun I had more luck if I stuck to one or the other. Lightroom helped a bit.
I found this male sitting in this tree as I walked along the footpath. Managed to get a few shots, here and after he dropped down into the neighbouring rocks in the less difficult ground just above the path.
Not easy to get though. Very jittery birds.
Problem Solving Using the Why Tree by xtremelean.us
* This presentation is on problem solving using the why tree and is designed to teach a standardized approach for your people at all levels of the organization. Good problem solving skills within your company will cause your business to thrive while making everyone's life easier in the process.
* While problem solving does not have to be difficult, there are many that like to make it sound that way.
* People are not born as natural problem solvers and you don't need a college degree to learn to be a good problem solver either.
* Good problem solving skills can be taught and that is what I am going to do. My goal is to teach you a simple standardized approach that can be used in your business or personal life. You can also use this training video to teach others at your business. When completed, you will fully understand and be ready to use the concepts taught here.
* When we become good at problem solving, we start eliminating the problems that cause our head to spin once and for all. Our life becomes much easier and we suddenly have more time and less frustration. You are probably watching this video because that is exactly the direction you want to go in your life.
* Let's first discuss what a problem is or is not.
* A problem is the difference between actual conditions and the desired conditions and you don't know how to solve it.
* Let's put this in simpler terms.
* Let's change desired condition with "Want" and change actual condition with "Have"
* So the difference between what we have and what we want is the problem.
* And it's only a problem if you don't already know what the solution is.
* Let me give you a simple illustration of what a problem is. Barney here wants a female companion, but he does not have one, and he doesn't know exactly what to do about it. That is Barneys problem. That seems pretty straightforward doesn't it?
* The biggest type of problem people face is when something suddenly goes wrong.
* Captain Jack here is flying 300 passengers across the continent when all of a sudden, the plane starts to go down.
* In this case, the pilot WANTS to have full control of the plane again.
* But what he has is a plane that is going down and he doesn't know what happened or what to do about it.
* Does the pilot have a problem? 100% affirmative.
* Everyone has problems in their life at one time or another, so we all have the responsibility and opportunity to solve problems many times in our lives. It is absolutely best when we solve a problem so it never ever returns again. When you solve problems this way, your life becomes easier.
* When it comes to problem solving, some people just start shooting from the hip. This can be a very costly, time consuming, and frustrating approach. Preferable to this would be to take some aim at our target. After all, if we take the time to aim carefully at our target we increase the chance of hitting the bulls eye.
* Let's use a hypothetical problem that everyone can relate to. You arrived to work late.
* By the way, always clearly define the problem in as few words as possible, while also making sure everyone can understand what the problem is.
* And the reason we arrived to work late is because our car would not start.
* Many people put a lot of emphasis on root cause analysis, which is finding out what exactly what caused the car not to start.
* This is a fish bone diagram which is another tool that can be used for determining the root cause of a problem.
* And while sometimes finding the root cause is important, finding the best solution that will prevent the problem from reoccurring is THE most important objective.
* In this case, let's say you were at the end of your ropes with this piece of junk anyway and had decided you were going to buy a new car.
* Do you really care what exactly caused your old car not to start? Not really.
* Will the new car be a proper solution to your problem and get you to work reliably for many years to come? Absolutely
* My point is, solutions are more important than causes and in my opinion, outweigh them greatly.
* All right, let's do a reality check. You have a crap car, you were late to work because it would not start, and you have no money to buy a new car.
* You now need to know what caused your car not to start so you will not be able to fix it.
* The Why Tree method is the focus of this presentation, but it relies on knowing the 5-Why root cause analysis method. The 5-Why method for determining root cause is one of the simplest methods to learn and to complete. You start with a clear problem statement, then ask why the problem happened and write the answer down. If that answer did not identify the root cause, continue asking why until it does.
* Let's go through an example.
* For example our problem is we woke up late.
* We would then ask "why did we wake up late?"
* The alarm did not go off.
* "why did the alarm not go off?"
* Because the time reset on the alarm clock?
* Why did the time reset on the alarm clock?
* Because the power went out.
* Why did the power go out?
* Because of the severe thunderstorms.
* Why were there severe thunderstorms?
* We don't know.
* Notice that solutions are out of our control when the power went out? We do not have control over the power or the weather. So the line of questioning should stop when we do not have any control over the cause.
* One of the problems with the 5-Why root cause analysis is it only allows for one line of questioning. Based on the answers you give, you can get off the trail to solutions very quickly.
* Let's back up and change the answer to "why did the time reset on the clock?" to:
* Because the clock lost power
* Then why did the clock lose power?
* Because the alarm clock did not have the backup battery installed.
* Why was the backup battery not installed?
* Because we did not have one at the time.
* Take notice that the answers you give will dramatically change the outcome. You must also ensure the answers are accurate or once again you will be on a wild goose chase.
* We now have a root cause that we have control over and an easy solution to the problem. Having a backup battery installed in the alarm clock allows it to continue working in the event of a power outage. This solution is very simple and effective with a very low cost. It is easy to implement and has no negative consequences.
* While you now have a good solution to this problem, let's not forget that batteries do not last forever. You will need to check the batteries in the alarm clock on a regular basis if your want to eliminate this particular problem forever.
* Even though this approach is called 5-Why, 5 is just a rule of thumb for the number of times to ask why. It could be more or less though depending on the problem. When you no longer know the answer to the question that is a good place to stop. Speculation will rarely serve you well.
* While the 5-Why root cause analysis is a good and simple tool, I find the Why Tree diagram is a much better tool for brainstorming multiple possible causes of the problem. Discovering multiple causes of the problem allows you to develop multiple potential solutions to the problem. You would use the same 5-why approach but the tree diagram allows you to list multiple potential causes to each why. There is no limit to the size or shape of your Why Tree. Let me share an example of using the Why Tree.
* Let's use a real life problem I experienced recently. We put in a new lawn at our house and it wasn't very long before I noticed the grass was dying is some areas. I was upset and wanted to know why and the solution to the problem.
* It did not take long to put two and two together. The dog peeing on the lawn was causing it to die. The reason I want to share this example with you is to show you there are almost always several solutions to any given problem.
* While you may have multiple solutions for any given problem, and even though all of the solutions may solve the problem, there are costs or consequences to consider. Your job in good problem solving is to come up with:
A: The simplest
B: Most effective solution
C: At the lowest cost
D: That is the easiest to implement
E: With no negative consequences.
* The description of my problem is very simple "my grass is dying in small sections". So the 1st question why is the grass dying? Because the dog is peeing on the grass, why is the dog peeing on the grass? Because he is not trained to go elsewhere.
* I must confess, when I first saw that the dog peeing on the grass was causing it to die, I jumped to my first solution and that was a well planned hunting accident where the dog had more to worry about than the bird.
* But that solution would end up in divorce court. Although this solution would be simple, 100% effective, relatively low cost, and easy to implement, the consequences of this solution would make it a very poor choice.
* Then I thought how can I train the dog to stay off the nice new lawn?
* Someone suggested setting up an electric fence and I thought that would be a perfect solution. So off to the pet store I went only to discover these fences aren't cheap. Although this solution would be very effective and there were no negative consequences I could foresee, the cost was high and not simple to install or implement. Still the best solution I have found up to this point.
* I realized I needed to dig deeper to find more causes and therefore more solutions so I asked myself again, "why is the grass dying?"
* Because of the dog pee. I don't have any control over the natural functions of the dog so there is no solution there.
* Why is the dog pee causing the grass to die?
* I had to do some research on the internet, but quickly found my answer. Because dog pee has high levels of Nitrogen.
* Why are there high levels of Nitrogen in the dog pee?
* I also found the answers on the internet that it could be related to their diet
* Or they are not drinking enough water.
* I investigated changing the diet for my dog and found that over the lifetime of the dog, you will probably spend more than the electric fence. I also found out there are health risks for the dog with this diet. I found this solution to be simple, but the effectiveness in my mind was questionable. The cost was again high and the negative consequences of the health of the dog were not exciting. Bordering again on the divorce court thing.
* The dog not drinking enough water was another cause looking for a solution.
* I also thought I could probably teach my dog to read before I could get her to drink more water. So while this solution may be effective at a low cost with no negative consequences, I did not feel this would be simple or easy to implement at all.
* We might not be able to get the dog to drink more water which would dilute the Nitrogen, but maybe we can dilute the Nitrogen another way. What if we adjusted the sprinklers to come on more frequently in the area the dog goes potty? Here is an extremely simple and easy to implement solution that should be totally effective with no cost or negative consequences. Guess what solution I chose to solve my problem?
* There is a simple way to cross check the solution you have chosen. Just read your Why Tree in reverse order and substitute the question why with the word because. Let's try this.
* We are going to adjust the sprinklers to come on more frequently because we need to dilute the high levels of Nitrogen because of the dog pee, because the dog pee is killing the grass. Make sure when you do the cross check that your solution makes sense all the way down the line.
* Root cause analysis is definitely a team effort. After all, two heads are better than one. Choose your team members wisely and keep the team size to a manageable group however.
* Don't worry about the repeatability of this problem solving process. In my mind, problem solving is a very creative process.
* If you give the same problem to three different teams, depending on the creativity of each team, you will most likely end up with three different solutions to the problem. This is absolutely normal. Just be creative and focus on the best solution to the problem you face and implement it.
* If this process does not give you a solution that is clearly correct, you may need to use a different problem solving tool.
* In the future, I will be posting videos on all of the problem solving tools including, Pareto charts, flow charts, fishbone diagrams, brainstorming tools, mind maps, failure mode and effects analysis, and TRIZ. So stay tuned.
This is the end of the presentation, but the beginning of your journey towards realizing the benefits of good problem solving at your own company. We have many years experience in the tools of Six Sigma with problem solving skills at the forefront. Let us know how we can help you.
If you need help in training or implementing problem solving, visit us at www.xtremelean.us
Tight shot of my 10spd Chopper by Raleigh early 70s.
I taped the frame so I wouldn't scratch the heck out of it with my shoes. Kodachrome 25 / Minolta SRT 102 50mm
Difficult shot to get. The rocks in the foreground are only exposed for about an hour at low tide. The sun is low and to the left of shot putting these rocks in shade. To expose for the rocks did not leave a lot left to avoid blowing out the sky. Shot was taken in RAW and final adjustments were made with levels masks.
Cokin 3 Stop soft ND grad and cleaning cloth to dry the spray off the front.
15mm
F16
0.5 Sec
ISO 100
In these difficult times as I'm in my hometown near my family to care for my dad who's at the hospital and not very well, I discover that I may have some strengths I didn't think I have. And yet, there are times where things get sad... where I can't stop thinking of Anton and miss him and miss my home in NYC... and at those moments when I feel more vulnerable...
Anton always prove me why he's my angel of light... because a phone call, an SMS or an IM chat away, he's right there to bring some warmth into my spirit and allow me to carry on through this time here...
Thank you, baby!!! I love you!
Photo taken right before my trip to Spain,
on Greenwich Avenue,
New York
Taken with a 3Gs iPhone using Hipstamatic app (John S lens + the new BlacKeys Super Grain b&w film)
Thanks to the Nailbourne project, I now understand how the communities and landscape fots in along its length, though that a bubbling noisy stream can just vanish then appear miles away is very difficult to get your head round. The Nailbourne only fully flows in very wet years, but when it does, the beds that are dry now can be several feet deep.
But downstream of Littlebourne, where the Nailbourne becomes the Little Stour, it is wider, about six feet wide, clogged with reeds and weeds, but also was used to power to large mills. They both stand, one between Littlebourne and Wickhambreaux, and the other in Wickhambreaux itself, though is now just a house But is a large white clapboard building, with a large wheel.
These days, the village looks very prosperous, all grand houses or cottage conversions.
From here, the Little Stour makes its way over the marshes which centuries ago was the Wantsum Channel, so Wickhambreaux was almost a seaside town.
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The interior of this very pretty church is dominated by nineteenth-century work. The whole of the chancel and baptistry is lined with dark brown encaustic tiles, hiding a straightforward fourteenth-century church. The east window is an early example of American Art Nouveau in England, and dominates the entire building. It was designed by Baron Arild Rosenkrantz in 1896. Above the window are stencilled paintings of angels ascending, which can also be seen in the nave, whilst the roof there has a charming star-spangled sky. At the south-west corner is a vestry - screened off by an eighteenth-century screen which may have formed part of the refitting of the chancel paid for by Mary Young. Her monument in the chancel records that 'infirm from her youth she protracted life to the 68th year of her age'. She left £100 for wainscotting and ornamenting the chancel. The interior viewed from the east gives an unusual appearance as the aisles flank the tower (see also Sandhurst).
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Wickhambreaux
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WICKHAM BREAUS
LIES adjoining to Littleborne north-eastward, being usally called Wickham Brook. It is likewise called Wickham by Wingham, to distinguish it from the two other parishes of the same name in this county. In Domesday it is written Wicheham, a name derived from its situation near the banks of the river, which runs close to it. There is only one borough in it, viz. the borough of Wickham, which comprehends the whole parish.
Wickham is a low, flat, and unpleasant situation, and lying so near the marshes cannot but be unhealthy, the land throughout it is in general good and sertile, especially near the village, where the fields are very large and level ground. The village, in number about twenty houses, stands at the south-east boundary of the parish, built round a green, over which the road leads to Ickham, having the church and court-lodge on one side, and the parsonage, a handsome brick house, on the other. At the further end of the green, the Lesser Stour crosses the road, and turns a corn-mill belonging to the manor, beyond it is only one house, called the Stone-house, being built of squared stones and slints in chequers, and by the arched windows and door-ways seems of some antiquity. The parish stretches a good distance northward, as far as Groveferry, the house of which is within it, and the greater Stour river, over a level of about 500 acres of marsh land, which extend from the river into a sinus, with a ridge of upland on each side, to within a quarter of a mile of the village. North eastward from which is the Saperton, formerly the property of the Beakes's, who resided here as early as king Henry the VIIIth.'s reign; it was sold by them to the Furneses, whence it came by marriage, with Copthall, in this parish, to the St. John's, viscounts Bolingbroke, who have lately sold it, but one of the family of Beake, many of whom lie buried in this church, now occupies it. A little beyond this is Newnham, once accounted a manor, formerly belonging to the Ropers, lords Teynham, afterwards to the Bartholomews, then to Joseph Brooke, esq. of Rochester, and now to his devisee the Rev. John Kenward Shaw Brooke, of Town-Malling.—Hence among the marshes is the hamlet of Grove, through which the road leads across them to the right over the lesser Stour, to Wingham, Ash, and the eastern parts of Kent, and to the left by Grove-ferry over the Greater Stour, to the northern part of the country and the Isle of Thanet. There is no other wood in the parish excepting Trendley park. There is no fair.
At the time of taking the survey of Domesday, in the year 1080, this place was part of those possessions with which that king had enriched his half-brother Odo, the great bishop of Baieux. Accordingly it is thus entered in that record, under the general title of his lands:
In Donamesford hundred, the bishop himself holds in demesne Wicheham. It was taxed at four sulings. The arable land is eleven carucates. In demesne there are two carucates, and thirty-six villeins, with thirty-two cottagers having nine carucates. There is a church, and one priest who gives forty shillings per annum. There is one park, and two mills of fifty shillings, and two saltpits of thirtytwo pence, and three fisheries of four shillings, and thirtytwo acres of meadow. Pasture for three hundred sheep and for thirty-one beasts. Wood for the pannage of eighty bogs. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worth twenty-five pounds, when he received it twenty pounds, now thirty pounds. There belong to this manor in Canterbury three plats of land paying six shillings and eight pence. Alured Biga held it of king Edward. Moreover there belongs to this manor half a suling of free land, which Sired held of Alured Biga, and Goisfrid, son of Badland, now holds it of the bishop of Baieux, and it is and was worth separately sixty shillings.
Four years afterwards the bishop was disgraced, and all his possessions were consiscated to the crown, of which this manor appears afterwards to have been held by the Cliffords. Walter, son of Walter de Clifford, possessed it in the reign of king John, and with Agnes de Cundy, his wife, was a good benefactor to St. Augustine's abbey, and that of St. Radigund. (fn. 1) By the marriage of Margaret, daughter and heir of Walter Clifford, with John de Brewse, it passed into that name, and William de Brewse, or de Braiosa, as they were written in Latin, was possessed of it in the 42d year of king Henry III. His descendant William de Brewse, lord of the honour of Brembre, in Sussex, and of Gower, in Wales, as he stiled himself, whose ancestor came into England with the Conqueror, who gave him the castle of Brember, and whose descendant afterwards, by the marriage with Bertha, daughter and one of the coheirs of Milo, earl of Hereford, became possessed of the castles of Brecknock and Gower likewife, and bore for his arms, Azure, a lion rampant, between twelve cross-croslets, or; though I find by the pedigrees of this family, that his ancestors bore Azure, three bars vaire, argent, and gules. He was several times summoned to parliament in king Edward I.'s reign, as was his son of the same name, both in that and Edward II.'s reign, and died possessed of this manor in the 19th year of the latter. Very soon after which it appears, with the church appendant to it, to have come into the possession of Edmund of Woodstock, earl of Kent, half brother to king Edward II. (fn. 2) After which it descended to his brother John Plantagenet, likewife earl of Kent, it being then held of the king in sergeantry. He died anno 26 Edward III. upon which Joane his sister, commonly called the Fair Maid of Kent, wife of Sir Thomas Holand, became his heir, who in her right not only possessed this manor, but became earl of Kent likewise. She afterwards married Edward the black prince, and died in the 9th year of king Richard II. being succeeded in this manor then held in capite, by Thomas Holand, earl of Kent, her son by her first husband, whose two sons, Thomas and Edward, both earls of Kent, and the former created Duke of Surry, in turn succeeded to it, and the latter dying anno 9 Henry IV. his five sisters became his coheirs, and on a partition made between them, Edmund, earl of March, son of Eleanor, late countess of March, the eldest of them became entitled to this manor in his mother's right, being the last earl of March of this family, for he died s. p. in the 3d year of king Henry VI. being then possessed of it. The year after which, Joane, wife of Sir John Gray, appears by the escheat rolls to have been entitled to it; not long after which it became the property of the family of Tibetot, or Tiptoft, as they were usually called, in whom it continued down to John Tiptost, earl of Worcester, who was attainted and beheaded in 1471, anno 10 Edward IV. king Henry being then restored to the crown. He lest an infant son Edward, who, though he was afterwards restored in blood by king Edward IV. yet I do not find that he was ever reinstated in the possession of this manor, which remained in the crown till the reign of king Henry VIII. who granted it, with the advowson of the church, to Sir Matthew Browne, of Beechworth-castle, who in the 22d year of it, passed it away to Lucy, widow of his uncle Sir Anthony Browne, standard-bearer of England, whose grandson Anthony was, anno I and 2 of Philip and Mary, created viscount Montague, and died possessed of this manor anno 34 Elizabeth, and by his will devised it to his eldest son by his second wife, Sir George Browne, who was of Wickham Breaus, and his grandson Sir George Browne, K. B. leaving two daughters his coheirs, Winifrid, married to Basil Brooks, esq. of Salop, and Eleanor, to Henry Farmer, esq. of Oxfordshire, they joined in the sale of it, at the latter end of Charles II.'s reign, to Sir H. Palmer, bart. of Wingham, who died possessed of it in 1706, s. p. and by his will devised it to his nephew Sir Thomas Palmer, bart. who died in 1723, and by his will gave it to his natural son Herbert Palmer, esq. who married Bethia, one of the daughters of Sir Thomas D'Aeth, bart. of Knowlton, who died in 1760, s. p., having devised this manor, with the advowson of the church appendant, to his widow. She afterwards married John Cosnan, esq. who in her right became possessed of it, and died in 1778, s. p. leaving her furviving, upon which she again became entitled to the possession of it, and continued owner of it till her death in 1797, on which it came to her nephew Sir Narborough D'Aeth, bart. of Knowlton, the present owner of it. A court leet and court baron is held for this manor.
Trendley park, now accounted a manor of itself, is situated at the north-west boundary of this parish, being entirely separated from the rest of it by that of Littleborne intervening. It was part of the possessions of Odo, bishop of Baieux, and is noticed in the survey of Domesday, in the description of the manor of Wickham above recited, in which it is mentioned as being then a park; and it should seem that at least part of it was then accounted as appurtenant to that manor; though in the description of the manor of Littleborne, in the same survey, which then belonged to the abbey of St. Augustine, it appears that the bishop had lands belonging to that manor too lying within his park here. Of this manor the bishop of Baieux has in his park as much land as is worth sixty shillings, says the record. In part of the recompence for which, the bishop seems to have given the abbot the manor of Garwinton, in Littleborne, and other land within the manor of Leeds, as may be seen by the entries of both these manors in the same record. Soon after which there was another exchange of land made between the bishop and archbishop Lanfranc, for some which lay within his park of Wikeham. What is remarkable in this instrument is, that it is given in two languages, in Saxon and Latin, but neither is a translation of the other, for both are originals, as was a frequent custom of that time. Appendant to it is the bishop's seal in wax, representing him on one side on horseback, with his sword and spurs, as an earl, and on the other habited as a bishop, with his pastoral staff; being perhaps the only seal of Odo at this time extant. (fn. 3) By all which it appears, that this park is much more antient than that of Woodstock, which has been accounted the first inclosed park in England. How long it continued an inclosed park, I have no where found; but in the beginning of king Henry VI.'s reign it was not so, as appears by the escheat-rolls of the 3d year of it, after the death of Edmund, earl of March, at which time there were two hundred acres of wood in it. He was lord of the manor of Wickham, and Trendley park was chiefly at that time certainly appurtenant to it, and continued so whilst in the possession of the same owners, which it did most probably till the attainder of John Tiptost, earl of Worcester, in the 10th year of king Edward IV. when they both came into the hands of the crown, and though king Henry VIII. afterwards granted the manor of Wickham to Sir Matthew Browne, yet I do not find that Trendley park was granted with it. From which time it has had separate owners. For some time it has been the property of the family of Denne, who continue at this time the owners of it. It lies in an unpleasant, lonely part of the parish, facing Westbere, and consists of three hundred acres of woodland, and a house called the Park-house. There is a high road through the middle of it from Stodmarsh to Canterbury market, which in king Edward II.'s reign, was attempted to be shut up, but the sheriff, with the posse comitatus, was ordered to open it again, as being an antient and allowed high road.
Charities.
Andrew Holness, of Seton, in Ickham, by will in 1554, gave to the poor 2s. in money and bread, to be distributed yearly; the churchwardens to take so much yearly out of his lands in Ickham and Wickham, except his house and garden at Seton, in case his executors did not give the same yearly.
Henry Sloyden, of Wickham Breaus, by will in 1568, gave for the use of the poor and Littleborne, in equal portions, a piece of land containing six acres and a half in the latter parish, called Church-close, which is distributed twice a year by the respective minister and churchwardens, and is of the annual produce of 4l.
John Smith, rector of this parish, by deed in 1656, gave a school-room, and a house and garden for a schoolmaster, in this parish, for teaching the children of it. The master to be chosen from one of his relations in preference, if any such could be found, is vested in the rector and churchwardens of this parish.
Sir Henry Palmer, of Bekesborne, by his will in 1611, gave the sum of 10s. to each of the several parishes of Wickham, Stodmarsh, Littleborne, and five others therein mentioned, to be paid into the hands of the minister and churchwardens yearly, out of his manor and lands of Well-court, at Michaelmas, towards the relief of the poor of each of them.
Thomas Belke, D. D. rector of this parish, by will in 1712, gave 501. for the putting out of five poor children of this parish apprentices.
There are about thirty poor constantly relieved, and casually seventy.
This parish is within the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Bridge.
¶The church, which is dedicated to St. Andrew, consists of three isles and one chancel, having at the west end a square tower, in which hang six bells. The church is not large, but is handsome and neat. In the middle isle are several memorials for the Beakes, of Saperton. In the south isle for the Larkins, who lived at Grove, in this parish. In the east window are remains of good painted glass, viz. the arms of Edward the black price and of Mortimer, quartered with Burgh, and a representation of Herod's daughter beheading John the Baptist. In the chancel, on the pavement, is the figure of a priest in brass, and inscription, for Henry Welde, rector, obt. 1420. A gravestone, and monument for Alexander Young, B D. rector of this parish, who rebuilt this parsonage-house, and repaired that of Eastchurch, of which he was vicar likewife, at the expence of 2000l. obt. March 21, 1755. A memorial for John Smith, rector, obt. Oct. 28, 1658. In the church-yard are many headstones, and a tombstone for the family of Beake. In the windows of this church there were formerly many different shields of arms, long since demolished.
This church was always an appendage to the manor, and continues so at this time, Sir Narborough D' Aeth, bart. owner of the manor of Wickham, being the present patron of it.
There was antiently both a rectory and vicarage in this church, which continued till the year 1322, when on a vacancy of the latter, Richard de Newcastle, the rector, petitioned archbishop Walter Reynolds, that they might be consolidated, which was granted, and they have continued in that state to the present time. (fn. 4)
This rectory is valued in the king's books at 29l. 12s. 6d. and the yearly tenths at 2l. 19s. 3d. In 1588 it was valued at 250l. communicants one hundred and sixty-three. In 1640 the same. There are eighteen acres of glebe-land.
The marsh-lands in this parish, within Wickham and Preston valleys, pay a modus of two-pence an acre, and those within Newnham 1½d. only, in lieu of all tithes.
The narrow water-sculpted slots often make for difficult navigation. Now imagine the turmoil here during a flash flood.
This was probably the most difficult commission I've done to date, but I really love the result. He comes with a removable mask!!! Next time, I'm not sure that I would make the mask removable, because it took so long to get it right... but then again, that's one of the cool things about it. What do you think?
Sprouted: December 15th
Favorite Color: red, blue and yellow
Favorite Drink: Burstin' Lime Soda
Favorite Food: anything with tabasco sauce
Favorite Activity: wrestling of course!
Favorite Season: summer
Consider, for example, how difficult it is.
The mindset of facing an extremely common opponent who uses another language without compromise into your own territory.
It took me three years to become an old ivorytower dealer.
This is probably the longest time since forming this group.
But I was outside of Avi's thinking.
I am not interested in ivorytower dealers at all, I am here just for that reason.
"So? What's the joke today?"
＊I apologize for the poor image quality due to reposting from a very old blog.
This was a very difficult look for me to get overall, but I'm very pleased with the outcome. Going for a "Sin City" graphic novel look.
Get the full effect on black.
Strobist: 2 shoot through umbrellas behind subject, one left and one right w/ a 430 ex and 580 ex both at 1/16. Fill with a canon 420 ez in an Orbis ring flash.
Daniel Abel est né à Québec en 1950 de parents canadiens, il s'intéressa très tôt au dessin ainsi qu'à la peinture et à la photographie. Ce n'est que vers la trentaine qu'il décida d'étudier l'histoire de l'art et de la peinture à l'Académie des Beaux-Arts Sylvia Araya.
Depuis ses débuts, Daniel Abel est un artiste peintre et photographe doté d'une énorme sensibilité qui s'efforce de dépasser sa condition de grand artisan du pinceau pour se convertir en un intellectuel de la peinture. La maîtrise de son art donne une oeuvre subtile, exigeante, diversifiée et riche en matière. Il donne au dessin et aux formes une simplification personnelle pour nous livrer ses impressions.
Se situant lui-même dans la lignée des impressionnistes, Daniel Abel s'intéresse à plusieurs facettes de la création ainsi qu'à la recherche picturale et chromatique de son oeuvre. Quelles que soient ses difficultés, il veut faire ce qui lui plaît sans céder à la facilité commerciale et en aucun temps, être un peintre mondain.
Son oeuvre est caractérisée par la forte assurance avec laquelle il construit ses tableaux. Il y a en son oeuvre, un équilibre et des perspectives parfaites, produit d'une vaste expérience et d'un talent pour le dessin. Cette expérience se traduit tant dans le paysage, la nature morte et le portrait.
Sa passion pour le traitement de l'image sous toutes ses formes, l'amène aussi vers la photographie. Ce domaine lui permet de manipuler une nouvelle dimension dans le traitement de l'ombre et de la lumière. Daniel Abel a acheté son premier appareil il y a plus de 30 ans et tout de suite l’image s’est installée depuis et pour toujours.
Constamment à la recherche du sujet qui se laisse apprivoiser pour être saisi par son objectif, il explore, la nuit, les recoins les plus discrets du Vieux Québec où l'éclairage urbain donne sa sensibilité aux couleurs chaudes qui racontent son histoire en images. L'appareil actuel est un Nikon D300S accompagné d'une lentille 18-200mm / 85 / 70-200 /105 - et autres... afin de saisir tant le paysage, l’architecture que le portrait.
En 2005, Abel se convertit à la photographie numérique pour ne plus retourner à la prise de vue argentique. Cette technologie souple et moderne lui permet de prendre plus de 15 000 clichés par année.
Maintenant, Daniel Abel distribue son temps entre deux images, celles qui apparaissent sur ses toiles et celles de son écran numérique.
Quel bonheur pour lui de pouvoir s’exprimer ainsi.
L’image est, pour lui, une source de vie essentielle.
Daniel Abel
CRITIQUE:
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Isabelle Lapointe - QuébecPlus (Avril 2000)
Les paysages croqués par Daniel Abel pour Couleurs des alentours parlent, comme ce nom l'indique, le langage des couleurs et de la lumière. Mais ce sont aussi de véritables morceaux de la nature des environs qu'ils vous dévoilent au Domaine Maizerets, du 21 au 24 avril 2000.
La vingtaine de toiles présentées à l'occasion de Couleurs des alentours portent, pour la plupart, des noms très évocateurs : Le dégel au printemps, La débâcle de la Montmorency, Variations automnales, Charlevoix... En soi, ces titres portent déjà la promesse des promenades que l'on peut faire en admirant les huiles qu'ils désignent, dont la plupart ont été réalisées sur papier. Se situant lui-même dans la lignée des impressionnistes, Daniel Abel s'intéresse à plusieurs facettes de la création et s'adonne également au portrait.
RECONNAISSANCES OFFICIELLES & PRIX
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•8ème prix : Daniel Abel pour sa photo « Est-ce bien Saint-Nicolas ou ? », L'Internaute, Janvier 2008 (Photo du concours sur l'internaute.com)
•Récipiendaire d'un premier prix à un concours de photo de L'Internaute,France, Juin 2004
•Mention d’excellence du concours de photos C.H.R.G . 2003
•Lauréat du concours de photos ; Photo Sélection, 2001
•1er prix au concours de photos du Domaine de Cap Tourmente, 1999
•Prix de participation au concours de photos Jardins Van den Hende, 1998
ENTREVUES ET PARUTIONS
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• Le NIC (Nouvel Informateur Catholique), mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, décembre 2008 - juillet, septembre, octobre, décembre 2009 - février,mars 2010 -
• Québec 1608-2008 - Ma Ville mon 400 ième. (2009)
• Pastorale Québec (L'Ordination épiscopale en photos
(juillet-août 2009)
49e Congrès Eucharistique International Québec 2008 (septembre 2008)
• Revue Univers, mai 2008
• Revue Pensez-y bien - La Capitale, mars 2005
CION-FM 90,9
• Entrevue avec Isabelle Lemieux Lefebvre dans le cadre de l’émission Curriculum Vitae 2003
CION-FM 90,9
• Entrevue avec Micheline Poitras dans le cadre de l’émission Chemin Faisant, 1998
COLLECTIONS PUBLIQUES
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• Couvent des Religieuses de Jésus-Marie (Sillery)
• Monastère des Petits Frères de la Croix - Sainte-Agnès
• Centre de la petite enfance - Les P'tits Trésors de Val- Bélair
• Centre Hospitalier Robert-Giffard, Québec
• C.H.U.Q., pavillon Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, (département 12500)
• Compagnie Cascade Canada, Saint –Hubert, Montréal
EXPOSITIONS SOLO et GROUPE
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• Colloque du C.R.D.I. Québec, 2005
• Complicité, 2003
• Simplement Abel, 2002
• Atelier de l’artiste, 2001
• Domaine de Maîzerets, 2000
• Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, 1999
• Domaine de Maîzerets, 1998
• Complexe « G », 31e étage, 1992-1993 (groupe)
• Salon d’Art, C.H.R.G, 1989-1990
• Pavillon de l’enseignement, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, 1988
• Pavillon de l’enseignement, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, 1988 (groupe)
COUVERTURE D'ÉVÉNEMENTS (PHOTO)
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• Cocktail dînatoire
De Point cardinal Marc Ouellet
Sous la présidence d'honneur de Ross Gaudreault
(Vieux Port de Québec) 25 mars 2010
• Soirée culturelle vietnamienne catholique de Québec
(Fête du Têt) L’Année du tigre 21 février 2010
• Clôture du procès de Béatification de
Mère Julienne du Rosaire (Dominicaine adoratrice)
Présidé par Mgr Marc Ouellet,
En la Basilique Notre-Dame de Québec (7 février 2010)
• Soupe populaire Sr. De la Charité avec
Mgr Marc Ouellette (11-12-2009)
• Conférence de presse avec madame Ingrid Bétancourt
Château Frontenac (23-09-2009)
• Le 50 ième de la Paroisse St-Ursule - Québec
(13 sept 2009)
• Congrès charismatique de Québec (juin 2009)
• Célébration diocésaine des confirmations à la basilique de Québec (31 mai 2009)
• Ordination apostolique des Mgrs Gérald Cyprien Lacroix et Paul Lortie du Diocèse de Québec à la Basilique
Ste- Anne de Beaupré (24 mai 2009)
• Feu et Lumière (Le mensuel de la vie spirituelle)
(janvier 2009)
• Photographe de presse au Congrès Eucharistique International de Québec (11 au 22 juin 2008)
• Comédie Ô de Gamme, Estelle Blais (mai 2008)
•
Comédie musicale de Dina Bélanger (juin 2008)
SYMPOSIUMS
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• Œuvre collective pour CHRG, Québec, 2001
• Ville de Beauport (1997-1998)
Hypperliens:
Couverture d'événements diocésain (photos)
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Centre Victor Lelièvre
lieu de spiritualité et de prière.
11.2.2016 Bossenden
Whilst coal tits are regular visitors to the log I find it really difficult to get a picture I like. Most of the time they just look tatty. This is one of my better efforts. It was taking bits of peanut from the log then landing right beside me to eat them.
Difficult little fellows to capture! SHot these with a Sigma 150-500mm (at 500mm) at very high ISO (1600) due to bad light. We put out a new hummingbird feeder and it's already luring in a few different birds.
Though Difficult, it is Possible to Kill
Boxelder Bugs. If You are Interested,
You Might try This Method
Take two bricks.
Creep deliberately up
Behind the boxelder bug,
Being careful not to sing -
This will alert him.
In a graceful flowing gesture,
Something like a golf swing
Or reaching for your lover in the dark,
Gather up the boxelder bug
On the surface of the left brick
Bringing the right brick
At the same time firmly down
Together with the left brick.
There will be a loud crashing,
Like broken cymbals.
Maybe a breaking of brick, and
If you are not careful,
Your own voice rising.
When the brick dust has settled
And you have examined your own hands,
Carefully,
You will not see the boxelder bug.
There is a small hole in the brick
And he is exploring it,
Calmly, like a millionaire
In an antique shop.
-Bill Holm
difficult to find good light in the middle of the day - but there were some great shapes. And lucky to have figures for scale. Looking across the Joe valley, Mt Ian dominates the background and O'Leary pass is the low point on the tussock ridge.
See where this picture was taken. [?]
in response to simons feedback the actors have been moved back in time a few seconds. Long live PhotoShop.
It's difficult to get the whole magpie because of its long tail! But,here we go!
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The Taiwan Blue Magpie (Urocissa caerulea), also called the Taiwan Magpie or Formosan Blue Magpie (Chinese: 臺灣藍鵲; pinyin: Táiwān lán què) or the "long-tailed mountain lady" (Chinese: 長尾山娘; pinyin: Chángwěi shānniáng; Taiwanese: Tn̂g-boé soaⁿ-niû), is a member of the Crow family. It is an endemic species living in the mountains of Taiwan at elevations of 300 to 1200m.
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f/4 | ISO 200 | 1/1600 second | 75mm | 180ppi | 20.8in x 14.14in | Traditional Photography
First shot for my AP Photo Class!!
The assignment was Shapes and Space and I decided to try space for this photo. My idea came from a previous photo I have done (below) in which I used a Scooter instead of a pogo stick. This is my dad attempting to jump on a pogo stick! For this shot, I had to do some preparation. The main part was creating the backdrop. This consisted of two chairs and a black bedroom sheet laying across them with five different clamps to keep any 'wrinkles' out. I then had my dad put on my Nike shoes because I think they have an interesting design that would be captured in the Photo. Also, I just like the color of them. I think the fun theme of the shoes ironically match with the fun theme of a Pogo stick (didn't think of that until after the editing). I originally planned on having my dad wear Nike socks to match the shoes but I didn't capture the socks in this photo. It was probably better that way because now I don't have any of his gross leg hair in the photo! Eww!
Editing was done in Paint.net. I did basic adjustments but the biggest thing was making the background a consistent black so I used levels to help me on that. Then I did a slight rotation to make the ground completely horizontal and then went in for a small crop.
Let me know what your thoughts are on the photo! The point was to use space efficiently to make a photo appealing. I think this photo accomplishes that goal.
Quite difficult to pinpoint exactly when this one was made, although the Euro era plates suggest it could have been more recently than the 1980s, or that it has only recently arrived within the UK. The 126p was made all the way up until 2000, which is quite something for a car which would have been nearly three decades old by that point, but these cars were incredibly popular back in Poland, and were presumably selling strongly by the end of production, I will never grow tired of that impressive camber on the rear wheels.