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By their very nature, Raintings are already sort of artsy, but I added some auto enhance, equalize and sharp to it. This was a row of shrubs and their shadows after dark.
ABOUT RAINTINGS
Rainting is a word I coined describing a painterly effect, achieved by photographing the subject through glass that is being rained on, like a windshield or other. It achieves an oftentimes pretty or soft flowing effect, and sometimes other-worldly. It is usually creative, fun, and fluid, seldom harsh in my opinion. I have an album of them on Flickr. Rainting is already in "The Urban Dictionary" but I would like it to also be in a more sophisticated/educational type of dictionary. I started a public Flickr group of Raintings on New Year's Day 2020.
The more collegiate type of dictionaries say that the word has to actually be used by people before they're likely to publish it. So if you like the word and my idea, say it loud and say it clear and take a few Raintings and post them to my new group. Using my word and trying my new group are not inclusive of one another.
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This particular image has what I call a Faux Rainting effect. It wasn't actually raining; just a spray bottle of water on my truck window. I'll put it in my new Raintings group, but eventually I'll try to label the ones that didn't actually use *real* rain. The majority will be real rain, as that is what I used to take my beginning "Raintings" when hadn't yet thought of a name for what I described above. And that is why I rhymed my word of Rainting with Painting. My State of Oregon USA is known for lots of rain; so I shouldn't have to resort to Faux Rainting too often (grin).
Actually it was half faux rainting and half real as it started to rain while I was out.
For Dave C. and other Flickr friends, the *soul* of this one was taking some nighttime shadow pix and also enjoying the real rain, as we need it so badly with all of Oregon's fires lately. My daughter and granddaughter, as well as hundreds of others, lost their home, vehicles, everything completely.
A spokesman for the fire department said that some light/moderate rain would be extremely welcome, but that too much/or I surmise too hard of rain can pose bad problems. It seemed light to me tonight. I hope it was.
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On the BACK GROUND the ETNA and the Central Crater.
RANDAZZO
Sorge sul versante nord occidentale dell'Etna, a 765 mt. sul livello del mare, sull'ultimo ciglione lavico di una colata preistorica, erosa dalle acque dell'Alcantara, che scorre ai piedi del suddetto ciglione, il clima di montagna,ma anche per l'importante nodo strategico che con le sue strade rende facilmente raggiungibili i centri di Catania (65 km), Messina (73 km), e Enna (105 km). Randazzo si collega con la costa jonica attraverso lo sbocco sulla litoranea di Fiumefreddo di Sicilia, da cui dista 30 Km.; e con la costa tirrenica attraverso lo sbocco sulla litoranea di Capo d'Orlando, da cui dista 60 Km. Presenta due frazioni principali: Montelaguardia (a est del paese) e Murazzo Rotto (a ovest dell'abitato).
Il territorio presenta una vasta exclave sita al confine con la provincia di Enna.
Storia [modifica]
L'origine del nome e l'origine della città.
Di origine prettamente medioevale, giace però su un territorio in cui si sono incontrate le più disparate civiltà: greci, romani, bizantini, arabi, normanni, aragonesi hanno lasciato tracce di alto valore documentario ed artistico in essa. Le origini del suo nome sono tuttora un mistero legato alla sua fondazione. Le antiche mura e i resti di un bagno che ancora oggi rimangono a Randazzo, ci attestano che qui c’era un centro di abitazione sin dal tempo dei Romani in Sicilia, anzi l’Arezzo, Filoteo degli Omodei, il Riccioli ed altri vogliono che Randazzo fosse abitata prima delle colonie greche.
Diamo qui di seguito le versioni attualmente accreditate :
* Il toponimo deriverebbe, secondo l'Amari (Storia dei Musulmani di Sicilia), da un patrizio bizantino governatore di Taormina degli anni 714-745 (VIII secolo). di nome Randàches (o Randag). Esso compare per la prima volta in un diploma di Ruggero II del 1144, al quale segue, alla metà del XII secolo, un privilegio dello stesso Ruggero concernente gli abitanti di S. Lucia in territorio di Milazzo, i quali sono equiparati ai "lombardi Randacii". Esso proverebbe il precedente insediamento di una colonia di "lombardi" nel territorio randazzese, che si aggiunse ai preesistenti nuclei greco e latino. Attorno al 1154 il geografo arabo del re Ruggero II El-Edrisi descrive Randazzo come un villaggio "del tutto simile ad una cittadina con un mercato che pullula di mercanti ed artigiani", testimoniandone il particolare periodo di prosperità economica.
* Lo storico Arezzo crede invece che Randazzo sia sorta sulle rovine di quella “Trinacium” (da Tiracia, città fondata da coloni greci) che fu distrutta dagli arabi nel IX secolo, il cui nome, corrompendosi, sarebbe divenuto Rinacium, da cui Randadum.
* E’ opinione del geografo Filippo Cluverio che l’odierna Randazzo sorgesse nel luogo già occupato dall’antica "Tissa", questa ipotesi è suffragata da reperti archeologici rinvenuti nella zona e risalenti al periodo greco e attraverso Tissa si sarebbe sviluppata la civiltà ellenica lungo la Valle dell'Alcantara (l'antico Akenises).). Anche Cicerone nomina l’antica Tissa nelle sue orazioni contro Verre, come soggiorno di laboriosi agricoltori che non poterono opporsi alle vessazioni di quel rapace pretore inviato dai romani in Sicilia.
L’antico Stemma di Randazzo, quale antica città demaniale, oramai in disuso e sconosciuto dai più in quanto sostituito da un leone d'oro su campo rosso, era in realtà un cavallo rampante su campo azzurro. Il cavallo simbolo del valore e dell’intrepidità è il vero simbolo del cavaliere.
Della cittadina, che si trova a 754 m. s/m, sembra accertata, tuttavia, la presenza di insediamenti umani nel territorio dell'attuale Randazzo a partire dal VI secolo a.c., come testimoniano i numerosi reperti archeologici risalenti a quell'epoca rinvenuti nelle contrade S. Anastasia e Mischi. Gli esiti di ulteriori campagne di scavo attesterebbero la persistenza di agglomerati abitati nelle epoche successive fino all'epoca della dominazione araba dell'isola, durante la quale Randazzo pare abbia assunto un rilevante ruolo strategico, mantenuto, in seguito, durante il periodo normanno, al quale risale l'edificazione del presidio munito e della cinta muraria. E fu proprio alla sua particolare posizione strategica nell'itinerario che, dall'interno dell'isola, portava da Palermo a Nicosia per poi diramarsi nelle due direzioni di Catania o Messina che Randazzo dovette la sua configurazione di città possesso del demanio regio e sottratta, per questo, alle infeudazioni. Infatti Randazzo diviene città demaniale della Vallo di Demone e gli viene dato l’appellativo di “Plaena” da Federico II nel Parlamento di Messina dell’anno 1233, e il santo patrono della città è San Giuseppe. Ma l'attuale città è di origine bizantina e infatti a pochi chilometri da Randazzo si possono visitare i ruderi dì antiche chiese bizantine chiamate Cube.
Sino al sec. XVI vi si parlavano tre lingue: il greco nel quartiere San Nicola, il latino nel quartiere Santa Maria e il lombardo nel quartiere San Martino, essendosi la città formata dall'unione di tre differenti gruppi etnici; ad opera dei lombardi divenne una roccaforte dei re Normanni in lotta contro gli arabi. Randazzo ha conservato quasi interamente il suo aspetto medievale essendo stata sempre risparmiata dal vulcano pur essendo il comune più vicino al cratere centrale dell'Etna (15 km circa).
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RANDAZZO
It rises on the north side west of the Etna, to 765 mt. on the sea level, on the last of lava edge of a prehistoric pouring, eroded from the waters of the alcantara, that runs to the feet of the abovementioned edge, the climate of mountain, but also for the important strategic knot that with his roads gives back easily attainable the Catania center (65 km), Messina (73 km),. Randazzo is connected with the coast jonica across the outlet on the coastal one of Fiumefreddo of Sicily, from that 30 Km is at a distance.; and with the Tyrrhenian coast across the outlet on the coastal one of Head of orlando, from that 60 Km is at a distance. It presents two main fractions: Montelaguardia (to east of the country) and Murazzo Broken (to west of the inhabited).
The territory presents an immense situated esclave to the boundary with the province of N.
Story
The origin of the name and the origin of the town.
Of truly medieval origin, coats of mail however on a territory in which have met the most disparate civility: Greek, Romen, Byzantine, Arabic, Normen, Aragonese left tracks of high documentary value and artistic in be. The origins of its name I am still an awkward mystery to its foundation. The ancient wall and the restive of a bath that still today remain to Randazzo, attest us that here c' was a residence center sin from the time of the Romen in Sicily, or rather l' Arezzo, Filoteo of the Omodei, the Curls and other want that Randazzo was resident before the Greek colonies. We give here of I continue the versions at present credited:
* The place name would be derived, according to the bitter (Story of the Muslim of Sicily), from a Patrick Byzantine governor of Taormina of the years 714-745 (VIII century). of name Randàches (or Randag). It it appears for the first time in a diploma of Ruggero TWO of 1144, to which follows, to the half of the XII century, a privilege of the same Ruggero concerning the residents of S. Lucia in territory of Milazzo, which are equalized to the "Lombard Randacii". It it would experience the previous installation of a colony of "Lombard" in the territory randazzese, that added themselves to the pre-existing Greek and Latin units. Around 1154 the Arabic geographer of the king Ruggero TWO El-Edrisi describes Randazzo like a village "of like everything to a small town with a market that swarms of merchants and craftsmen", testimoniandone the special economical period of prosperity. * The historical Arezzo believes instead that Randazzo is source on the ruins of that "Trinacium" (from Tiracia, town been based on from Greek farmers) that was destroyed from the Arabic in the IX century, whose name, corrupting itself, Rinacium would be become, from whose Randadum. * AND' opinion of the geographer Filippo Cluverio than l' current Randazzo rose in the place already occupied dall' ancient "Tissa", this hypothesis is supported from you archeological recovered in the zone and risalenti to the Greek period and across Tissa the Greek civility long would be developed the Valley of the alcantara (the ancient Akenises) .). Also Guide names l' ancient Tissa in its speeches against Verre, like stay of laborious farmers that did not be able themselves to the oppressions of that grasping magistrate sent off from the Romen in Sicily.
L' ancient Coat of arms of Randazzo, as ancient State town, by now in disuse and unknown from the most as replaced from a lion of gold on red field, was in reality a horse rampante on blue field. The horse symbol of the value and dell' intrepidità is the true symbol of the knight.
Of the small town, that it is found to 754 m. s/m, seems ascertained, nevertheless, the human presence of installations in the territory of the present Randazzo to leave from the YOURSELVES century B.C., how testify the numerous you archeological risalenti to that period recovered in the districts S. Anastasia and Mischi. The results of further countries of excavation would attest the inhabited persistence of conglomerates in the successive periods until the period of the Arabic domination of the island, during that Randazzo seems have proposition a considerable strategic role, maintained, later on, during the Norman period, to which goes back the construction of the garrison equipped and of the city wall. And it was actual to its special strategic position in the itinerary that, from the inside of the island, it carried from Palermo to Nicosia for then to issue itself in two directions of Catania or Messina than Randazzo possession town of its configuration dovette of the royal State property and subtracted, for this, to the infeudazioni. In fact Randazzo becomes State town of the Rampart of Demon and comes him given l' appellation of "Plaena" from Federico TWO in the Parliament of Messina dell' year 1233, and the holy patron of the town is San Giuseppe. But the present town is of Byzantine origin and in fact to little kilometers from Randazzo visit the ruderi ancient dì churches Byzantine called Cuba.
Until the sec. XVI three tongues speak yourselves: the Greek one in the district San Nicola, the Latin one in the Holy district Maria and the Lombard one in the district San Martino, being itself the developed town from the union of three different ethnic groups; to work of the Lombard divenne a roccaforte of the Norman king in struggle against the Arabic. Randazzo preserved almost entirely its medieval appearance having been always saved from the volcano simply being the commune more near the central crater of the Etna (15 km about).
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE BAD TRANSLATION in the ENGLISH IDIOM. I HAVE USED THE TRANSLATORS ON LINE.......
A music score...
colorful and varied they way music should be.
Please do use the equalizer when you listen to your music you might find "hidden" notes on your favorite song.
"Cobra has come to deploy a number of air assets, and G.I.Joe ground forces need to be able to sweep the skies of airborne threats. Enter the Equalizer. Based on the venerable Mauler tank, the Equalizer is armed with a pair of 30 mm autocannons and six SAMs built around a search and tracking radar system. Optimized for short-to-medium range air defense, the Equalizer can track multiple targets, including helicopters, low flying planes, and even missiles, and attack them in order of threat level.
Its 30mm autocannons can also be directed in the direct fire role against ground targets. They are fearsome weapons against any light or medium armored opponent, and their high elevation makes them useful in urban combat and mountain operations. The Equalizer has a crew of three - a driver, commander, and weapons operator."
The G.I.Joe Equalizer www.yojoe.com/vehicles/89/equalizer/ was clearly inspired by Cold War era SPAAGs such as the German Flakpanzer Gepard. I loved the unusually realistic camouflage, and always thought this looked like an absolutely badass toy. The turret on the original seems a little outsize to me, so I redesigned it to be a little smaller, while still keeping the same weapons and radars. My version also has space for the weapons operator to take cover in a "hatches down" position. The hull is simply a recolored rebuild of my Mauler hull, which is a little fragile, but has a nice, low profile. Building new versions of existing vehicles saves a lot on design (R&D) time, and many Joe vehicles were recolored over the years, so I might be doing more of this, including some more personal takes on old designs.
I lightened this, gave it an equalization technique, a maximum technique and light sharpening. These trees are where I live. My neighborhood is likely the second largest Christmas Tree Capital of the World, Monroe & Alpine area of Oregon.
The larger brothers and sisters of these trees have already been heading out to other parts of the nation by huge truckloads. Seems early to me, but some people buy their tree right after Thanksgiving.
If you are tempted to criticize the size, resolution or quality of this image ~ please don't ~ I used a Sony Mavica Digital (sub-megapixel) camera, which was State of the Art in 1999 ~ Digital Cameras have since come a long way
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The *soul* for this photo is it made my soul feel good to see all these adorable baby Christmas Trees, and rather than being harmed by the winter snow, they seemed to be thriving on it.
"G.I.Joe fields several multirole armored vehicles that can be relied on to provide close-in air defense - most notably the Equalizer and the Mean Dog, both of which are also ferocious in the ground combat role. Unlike these weapons systems, the Sky Sweeper is a dedicated air defense platform, with limited uses against ground targets.
It carries a radar-guided double 25mm cannon and four short range Surface-to-Air Missiles that are transported horizontally, but typically rotated 90 degrees and launched vertically. But the Sky Sweeper's most potent contribution to air defense comes in the form of a large search radar that it can unfold and rotate in 360 degrees from its roof. This radar gives much longer range warning of air threats, including aircraft and missiles, and the information it collects is effectively used as a force multiplier, to increase the effectiveness of other anti aircraft weapons systems. The Sky sweeper carries basic short range air defense package of its own and it will enhance existing anti-aircraft capabilities of any G.I.Joe vehicles it operates in tandem with."
The Sky Sweeper was released as part of the futuristic themed BattleForce2000, back in 1987, when the 21st Century seemed like far away. BattleForce2000 had various separating and combining features that never worked very well in practice, and many Joe fans consider this subteam to be a bit of an embarrassment. But the basic vehicles had some pretty promising designs and one of the strongest IMO was the Sky Sweeper - a dedicated "anti aircraft tank."
www.yojoe.com/vehicles/87/skysweeper/
I've done away with the separating bunker that becomes part of a larger "Future Fortress" gestalt, and focused on the basic design and function. Between the role and the name of the Sky Sweeper, I wanted to give it the best possible air defense capabilities I could, so I imagined it as a long-range radar carrier. I even considered giving it no weapons at all, but in the end the side missiles and rear turret won out because it is just more fun that way.
I would love to see this fabulous old home fixed up. It is three stories, plus you can see a hint of the very high pitched roof. I would bet it has quite a basement and attic. I wanted this view for the Window Wednesday group and will probably post it there tomorrow. This Grand Old Lady is in Corvallis, Oregon, but to the best of my knowledge, is not on the Historic Register. I'm going to try to find out more about it.
BTW, the paint was much more faded and bland looking than in my photo. It was foggy today, and my photo came out kind of blah, so I used an equalizing technique, which made it look nice, but better than it really looks. This is just the top floor and roof which indicates an attic. From the imposing looks and height of the home on the exterior, I am guessing each floor has 10 foot or more ceilings, or at least the first two floors. More photos to follow. The little porch/veranda/balcony thing (I don't know what it should be called) is so cute, but doesn't' look safe to walk upon.
This is in the city of Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon USA. I purposely did not put the street address nor geo-tag it as it seems as if people are living there.
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Henry Hoke was one of South Australia's most prolific yet mainly unknown inventors.. A while ago I found some drawings of one of his inventions and made one as close as I could. The result is well balanced with little weight on the front wheels on handlebars, but as a wheelbarrow it is bloody useless!
Heroic Fantasy.
Edited by Gerald W. Page and Hank Reinhardt.
DAW Books 1979.
Cover art by Jad (a.k.a. Jose Antonio Domingo).
This is my latest machine, just finished yesterday.
I am calling it The Piano Player. It was made for my father's 75th birthday party which is tomorrow. He taught himself to play piano when I was a kid, and I remember him sitting with his earphones on playing away with no music to hear. I thought it would be fitting for me to make this for him since I am a self taught woodworker.
When the handle is turned, the keys that the fingers rest on move up and down and the corresponding equalizer bars in the back move with them. It is made from Cherry (frame), Maple (keys and mechanical parts), walnut (black keys and finishing dowels), Padauk (equalizer bars), and Yellowheart (hands). The final machine took close to 60 hours to finish, including having to make a custom box to transport it in. That does not include the concept and study models I started with. Dimensions are approx. 22"x16"x10"
I hope to have video edited and ready for upload sometime this coming week, along with a bunch more pictures
New Haven Railroad Parlor Plymouth, built in 1924 to Pullman Parlor plan 3917, is seen in the yard at South Boston, Massachusetts 10-12-1946. This car was air conditioned and rode on six wheel straight equalized trucks. The car had 32 parlor chairs and one drawing room. In 1945 the New Haven Railroad purchased this car and leased it back to Pullman, and eventually it received the newer two tone gray paint scheme. The New Haven utilized these heavyweight parlor cars long after the new lightweight parlor cars arrived on the property, but as parlor car usage demand was reduced, some parlor car were converted to coaches.
The name of the photographer that captured this image on film is Col. T.S. Martorano. This photo came from my personal collection.
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Had to equalize to check for some dust spots, but i found the rendering rather pleasant, so i kept it...
I tried to edit a couple of clips and made a sort of short movie, it's not incredible but it's a first attempt at the Rockstar Editor.
And I didn't use the Director Mode, so this was actual gameplay during a random event.
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This is a great audiophile setup focused in headphone audio. You can see:
- iMac 20"
- ultra-curve pro deq2496 digital equalizer (below iMac)
- Singlepower mpx3 tube headphone amplifier (customized)
- Marantz cd player (below the tube amplifier)
- Aqvox USB D/A MkI DAC (in silver below the cd player)
The iMac is connected to the DAC through an optical cable and amplified in the singlepower. You can see some of the headphones of my collection to the left, a Grado HF-1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grado_Labs) and (half) sennheiser HD650 with setefan audioart equinox cable. Note the cheap blue headphone stands made with plastic mineral water bottles and cd spindles :)
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"The charged regions within the atmosphere temporarily equalize themselves through a lightning flash, commonly referred to as a strike if it hits an object on the ground."
I guess these lightnings were approximately 5 to 20 kilometres away, giving me a superb view. I was very lucky being there at dusk, safe from the thundercloud, trying to catch the golden light along with this unique and outstanding phenomena. It's a panoramic photo of two images, taken with 30-second exposure time at f22, iso 400.
It's my first attempt to capture lightnings.
"Lightning occurs approximately 40–50 times a second worldwide, resulting in nearly 1.4 billion flashes per year."
"DOOM"
-8000x3333 (SRWE Hotsampling)
-Hattiwatt1`s Cinematic Tools (free camera)
-Duncan Harris' CE Table (timestop, FOV, DOF)
* The whole desktop UI was edited using the following ---
1.Samurize - equalizer
2.Rainmeter - Weather,clock and other gadgets
3.Launchy - written commands
4.Fences - to hide desktop icons
5.RocketDock - to replace start bar
6.Glass2k - to achieve transparency
7.Start Killer - to get rid of the start button
8.MiniLyrics - to display the lyrics
9.Wallbase.cc for the wallpaper
Luminance HDR 2.3.1 tonemapping parameters:
Operator: Mantiuk06
Parameters:
Contrast Equalization factor: 0.21
Saturation Factor: 0.8
Detail Factor: 5.8
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Happy Nowruz. Nowruz 2019 Festival
(Wikipedia)
Nowruz (Persian: نوروز Nowruz, [nouˈɾuːz]; literally "new day") is the Iranian New Year,[17][18] also known as the Persian New Year,[19][20] which is celebrated worldwide by various ethno-linguistic groups.
Despite its Iranian and Zoroastrian origins, Nowruz has been celebrated by diverse communities. It has been celebrated for over 3,000 years in Western Asia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Black Sea Basin, and the Balkans.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] It is a secular holiday for most celebrants that is enjoyed by people of several different faiths, but remains a holy day for Zoroastrians,[30] Bahais,[31] and some Muslim communities.[32][33]
Nowruz is the day of the vernal equinox, and marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. It marks the first day of the first month (Farvardin) of the Iranian calendar.[34] It usually occurs on March 21 or the previous or following day, depending on where it is observed. The moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator and equalizes night and day is calculated exactly every year, and families gather together to observe the rituals.
You can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish!
I never got around to adjusting the equalizer after connecting my new speakers. I finally took the time to tune everything and it’s beautiful, a night and day difference :)
Glasgow Cathedral, also called the High Kirk of Glasgow or St Kentigern's or St Mungo's Cathedral, is today a gathering of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow.
The title cathedral is honorific and historic, dating from the period before the Scottish Reformation and its former status as the Roman Catholic mother church of the Archdiocese of Glasgow and the cathedra of the Archbishop of Glasgow (which is now in St. Andrew's Cathedral, the present mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow). The current congregation is part of the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Glasgow. Glasgow Cathedral is located north of High Street and east of Cathedral Street, beside the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Glasgow Cathedral with Cathedral Square
The history of the cathedral is linked with that of the city, and is allegedly located where the patron saint of Glasgow, Saint Mungo, built his church. The tomb of the saint is in the lower crypt. Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy gives an account of the kirk.
Glasgow Cathedral, engraving by John Slezer, (1693)
Built before the Reformation from the late 12th century onwards and serving as the seat of the Bishop and later the Archbishop of Glasgow, the building is a superb example of Scottish Gothic architecture. It is also one of the few Scottish medieval churches (and the only medieval cathedral on the Scottish mainland) to have survived the Reformation not unroofed.
James IV ratified the treaty of Perpetual Peace with England at the high altar on 10 December 1502.[1] The cathedral and the nearby castle played a part in the battles of Glasgow in 1544 and 1560.[2] Twenty years after the Reformation, on 22 April 1581 James VI gifted the income from a number of lands to Glasgow town for the kirk's upkeep. He traced the ownership of these lands to money left by Archbishop Gavin Dunbar as a legacy for repairing the cathedral.[3] The town council agreed on 27 February 1583 to take responsibility for repairing the kirk, while recording they had no obligation to do so.[4] The church survives because of this resolution. Inside, the rood screen is also a very rare survivor in Scottish churches.
An old postcard view of the Cathedral (1893)
Technically, the building is no longer a cathedral, since it has not been the seat of a bishop since 1690. However, like other pre-Reformation cathedrals in Scotland, it is still a place of active Christian worship, hosting a Church of Scotland congregation. The current minister (since 15 February 2007) is the Rev Laurence A. B. Whitley, PhD, who was previously minister at Montrose Old and St Andrew's Parish Church. The previous minister was the Very Rev William Morris, who was minister from 1967 until retiring in November 2005. The building itself is in the ownership of the Crown, is maintained by Historic Scotland, and is a popular destination for tourists.
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