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We visited the primary school in nearby Colimilla- one teacher covers through 6th grade. We did show-n-tell with the microscope and helped with English lessons- but mostly learned from these children that kids are the same everywhere: FUN!
The title explains everything. I took fifteen versions of this photo last February 28, from nearly as many angles.
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At this point I'd been using the Panasonic 12-60 mm f3.5-5.6 lens on my camera pretty much exclusively for two months. Time to move on....
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This photograph is an outtake from my 2021 photo-a-day project, 365^4.
Number of project photos taken: 17
Title of folder: In the Basement
Other photos taken on 2/28/2021: When Joan got finished with the shelves we loaded them with paper products. (Hoarders!) I grabbed the phone and took a couple pix. Neither's worth sharing.
I did a 22 mile charity walk the other week and discovered this old Bray. Everybody had a good laugh as I explained that one of the first things I learnt to drive, as a 12 year old, was a Bray just like this, I took a quick photo with my phone and had to get going. It had been an awful wet and windy walk over the Pennines, Jaynes mum (72) had got lost and I had to go looking for her, she and her new companions had found the route so all was well and we had a laugh.
I was amazed to find this Bray, we had ours around 1970 and kept it for a long long time, it was second hand to us so I don't know the age. I did notice the first letter of the reg' plate was missing - just like ours! When I looked at the photos of ours on Flickr, www.flickr.com/photos/70373000@N04/6430596517/in/photolis... after I had resprayed it around 1980, I realized that it was our old one . It was a couple of days after when I checked it out - I couldn't believe it - what a coincidence.
The exhaust had been modified and it was yellow again, albeit faded, I could have sworn that we had scrapped it after years loading salt but obviously not.
The Ford six cylinder had to have a new topend on a regular basis and we had torque convertor problems. It was an absolute pig to drive on the road with rear wheel steer that was just a nightmare - you zig-zagged everywhere.
Lt. Kamber, Croatian Volcano Battery platoon commander, explains trajectory and targeting to U.S. Army officers of the Battle Group Poland prior to the Croatian Volcano Battery Live Fire Exercise, the first outside of Croatia and with the Battle Group Poland near Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, on November 29, 2017.
It is some years, maybe 5 or more, since we last visited the cathedral in Canterbury. In the spring, I found the entrance to St Augustine's Abbey, so the plan yesterday was to visit them both.
I arrived just after ten, soon after it opened its doors, and was shocked to find that the multi-entry you used to get after paying your entrance fee had been discontinued. When I tried to ask the young man at the ticket office, he wasn't really able to speak much English to explain this to me, repeatedly holding one finger up at me as I asked the questions. £10.50, is not bad, I guess, especially as photography is allowed everywhere, except in the crypt, so I don't mind paying.
The site has been a place of worship probably since Roman times, and in the grounds of St Augustine's, just a short distance away, remains of a 7th century church still remain. What we see now in the cathedral is largely Norman, but with many improvements over the centuries.
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Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site. It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion; the archbishop, being suitably occupied with national and international matters, delegates the most of his functions as diocesan bishop to the Bishop suffragan of Dover. Its formal title is the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury.
Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt from 1070 to 1077. The east end was greatly enlarged at the beginning of the twelfth century, and largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174, with significant eastward extensions to accommodate the flow of pilgrims visiting the shrine of Thomas Becket, the archbishop who was murdered in the cathedral in 1170. The Norman nave and transepts survived until the late fourteenth century, when they were demolished to make way for the present structures.
Christianity had started to become powerful in the Roman Empire around the third century. Following the conversion of Augustine of Hippo in the 4th century, the influence of Christianity grew steadily .[2] The cathedral's first archbishop was Augustine of Canterbury, previously abbot of St. Andrew's Benedictine Abbey in Rome. He was sent by Pope Gregory the Great in 596 as a missionary to the Anglo-Saxons. Augustine founded the cathedral in 597 and dedicated it to Jesus Christ, the Holy Saviour.[3]
Augustine also founded the Abbey of St. Peter and Paul outside the city walls. This was later rededicated to St. Augustine himself and was for many centuries the burial place of the successive archbishops. The abbey is part of the World Heritage Site of Canterbury, along with the cathedral and the ancient Church of St Martin.
Bede recorded that Augustine reused a former Roman church. The oldest remains found during excavations beneath the present nave in 1993 were, however, parts of the foundations of an Anglo-Saxon building, which had been constructed across a Roman road.[5][6] They indicate that the original church consisted of a nave, possibly with a narthex, and side-chapels to the north and south. A smaller subsidiary building was found to the south-west of these foundations.[6] During the ninth or tenth century this church was replaced by a larger structure (49 m. by 23 m.) with a squared west end. It appears to have had a square central tower.[6] The eleventh century chronicler Eadmer, who had known the Saxon cathedral as a boy, wrote that, in its arrangement, it resembled St Peter's in Rome, indicating that it was of basilican form, with an eastern apse.[7]
During the reforms of Dunstan, archbishop from 960 until his death in 988,[8] a Benedictine abbey named Christ Church Priory was added to the cathedral. But the formal establishment as a monastery seems to date only to c.997 and the community only became fully monastic from Lanfranc's time onwards (with monastic constitutions addressed by him to prior Henry). Dunstan was buried on the south side of the high altar.
The cathedral was badly damaged during Danish raids on Canterbury in 1011. The Archbishop, Alphege, was taken hostage by the raiders and eventually killed at Greenwich on 19 April 1012, the first of Canterbury's five martyred archbishops. After this a western apse was added as an oratory of St. Mary, probably during the archbishopric of Lyfing (1013–1020) or Aethelnoth (1020–1038).
The 1993 excavations revealed that the new western apse was polygonal, and flanked by hexagonal towers, forming a westwork. It housed the archbishop's throne, with the altar of St Mary just to the east. At about the same time that the westwork was built, the arcade walls were strengthened and towers added to the eastern corners of the church.
The cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1067, a year after the Norman Conquest. Rebuilding began in 1070 under the first Norman archbishop, Lanfranc (1070–77). He cleared the ruins and reconstructed the cathedral to a design based closely on that of the Abbey of St. Etienne in Caen, where he had previously been abbot, using stone brought from France.[9] The new church, its central axis about 5m south of that of its predecessor,[6] was a cruciform building, with an aisled nave of nine bays, a pair of towers at the west end, aiseless transepts with apsidal chapels, a low crossing tower, and a short choir ending in three apses. It was dedicated in 1077.[10]
The Norman cathedral, after its expansion by Ernulf and Conrad.
Under Lanfranc's successor Anselm, who was twice exiled from England, the responsibility for the rebuilding or improvement of the cathedral's fabric was largely left in the hands of the priors.[11] Following the election of Prior Ernulf in 1096, Lanfranc's inadequate east end was demolished, and replaced with an eastern arm 198 feet long, doubling the length of the cathedral. It was raised above a large and elaborately decorated crypt. Ernulf was succeeded in 1107 by Conrad, who completed the work by 1126.[12] The new choir took the form of a complete church in itself, with its own transepts; the east end was semicircular in plan, with three chapels opening off an ambulatory.[12] A free standing campanile was built on a mound in the cathedral precinct in about 1160.[13]
As with many Romanesque church buildings, the interior of the choir was richly embellished.[14] William of Malmesbury wrote: "Nothing like it could be seen in England either for the light of its glass windows, the gleaming of its marble pavements, or the many-coloured paintings which led the eyes to the panelled ceiling above."[14]
Though named after the sixth century founding archbishop, The Chair of St. Augustine, the ceremonial enthronement chair of the Archbishop of Canterbury, may date from the Norman period. Its first recorded use is in 1205.
Martyrdom of Thomas Becket
Image of Thomas Becket from a stained glass window
The 12th-century choir
A pivotal moment in the history of the cathedral was the murder of the archbishop, Thomas Becket, in the north-west transept (also known as the Martyrdom) on Tuesday, 29 December 1170, by knights of King Henry II. The king had frequent conflicts with the strong-willed Becket and is said to have exclaimed in frustration, "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?" The knights took it literally and murdered Becket in his own cathedral. Becket was the second of four Archbishops of Canterbury who were murdered (see also Alphege).
The posthumous veneration of Becket made the cathedral a place of pilgrimage. This brought both the need to expand the cathedral and the wealth that made it possible.
Rebuilding of the choir
Tomb of the Black Prince
In September 1174 the choir was severely damaged by fire, necessitating a major reconstruction,[15] the progress of which was recorded in detail by a monk named Gervase.[16] The crypt survived the fire intact,[17] and it was found possible to retain the outer walls of the choir, which were increased in height by 12 feet (3.7 m) in the course of the rebuilding, but with the round-headed form of their windows left unchanged.[18] Everything else was replaced in the new Gothic style, with pointed arches, rib vaulting and flying buttresses. The limestone used was imported from Caen in Normandy, and Purbeck marble was used for the shafting. The choir was back in use by 1180 and in that year the remains of St Dunstan and St Alphege were moved there from the crypt.[19]
The master-mason appointed to rebuild the choir was a Frenchman, William of Sens. Following his injury in a fall from the scaffolding in 1179 he was replaced by one of his former assistants, known as "William the Englishman".
The shrine in the Trinity Chapel was placed directly above Becket's original tomb in the crypt. A marble plinth, raised on columns, supported what an early visitor, Walter of Coventry, described as "a coffin wonderfully wrought of gold and silver, and marvellously adorned with precious gems".[22] Other accounts make clear that the gold was laid over a wooden chest, which in turn contained an iron-bound box holding Becket's remains.[23] Further votive treasures were added to the adornments of the chest over the years, while others were placed on pedestals or beams nearby, or attached to hanging drapery.[24] For much of the time the chest (or "ferotory") was kept concealed by a wooden cover, which would be theatrically raised by ropes once a crowd of pilgrims had gathered.[21][23] Erasmus, who visited in 1512–4, recorded that, once the cover was raised, "the Prior ... pointed out each jewel, telling its name in French, its value, and the name of its donor; for the principal of them were offerings sent by sovereign princes."[25]
The income from pilgrims (such as those portrayed in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales) who visited Becket's shrine, which was regarded as a place of healing, largely paid for the subsequent rebuilding of the cathedral and its associated buildings. This revenue included the profits from the sale of pilgrim badges depicting Becket, his martyrdom, or his shrine.
The shrine was removed in 1538. Henry VIII summoned the dead saint to court to face charges of treason. Having failed to appear, he was found guilty in his absence and the treasures of his shrine were confiscated, carried away in two coffers and twenty-six carts.
Monastic buildings
Cloisters
A bird's-eye view of the cathedral and its monastic buildings, made in about 1165[27] and known as the "waterworks plan" is preserved in the Eadwine Psalter in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge.[28] It shows that Canterbury employed the same general principles of arrangement common to all Benedictine monasteries, although, unusually, the cloister and monastic buildings were to the north, rather than the south of the church. There was a separate chapter-house.[27]
The buildings formed separate groups around the church. Adjoining it, on the north side, stood the cloister and the buildings devoted to the monastic life. To the east and west of these were those devoted to the exercise of hospitality. To the north a large open court divided the monastic buildings from menial ones, such as the stables, granaries, barn, bakehouse, brew house and laundries, inhabited by the lay servants of the establishment. At the greatest possible distance from the church, beyond the precinct of the monastery, was the eleemosynary department. The almonry for the relief of the poor, with a great hall annexed, formed the paupers' hospitium.
The group of buildings devoted to monastic life included two cloisters. The great cloister was surrounded by the buildings essentially connected with the daily life of the monks,-- the church to the south, with the refectory placed as always on the side opposite, the dormitory, raised on a vaulted undercroft, and the chapter-house adjacent, and the lodgings of the cellarer, responsible for providing both monks and guests with food, to the west. A passage under the dormitory lead eastwards to the smaller or infirmary cloister, appropriated to sick and infirm monks.[27]
The hall and chapel of the infirmary extended east of this cloister, resembling in form and arrangement the nave and chancel of an aisled church. Beneath the dormitory, overlooking the green court or herbarium, lay the "pisalis" or "calefactory," the common room of the monks. At its north-east corner access was given from the dormitory to the necessarium, a building in the form of a Norman hall, 145 ft (44 m) long by 25 broad (44.2 m × 7.6 m), containing fifty-five seats. It was constructed with careful regard to hygiene, with a stream of water running through it from end to end.[27]
A second smaller dormitory for the conventual officers ran from east to west. Close to the refectory, but outside the cloisters, were the domestic offices connected with it: to the north, the kitchen, 47 ft (14 m) square (200 m2), with a pyramidal roof, and the kitchen court; to the west, the butteries, pantries, etc. The infirmary had a small kitchen of its own. Opposite the refectory door in the cloister were two lavatories, where the monks washed before and after eating.
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Priors of Christ Church Priory included John of Sittingbourne (elected 1222, previously a monk of the priory) and William Chillenden, (elected 1264, previously monk and treasurer of the priory).[29] The monastery was granted the right to elect their own prior if the seat was vacant by the pope, and — from Gregory IX onwards — the right to a free election (though with the archbishop overseeing their choice). Monks of the priory have included Æthelric I, Æthelric II, Walter d'Eynsham, Reginald fitz Jocelin (admitted as a confrater shortly before his death), Nigel de Longchamps and Ernulf. The monks often put forward candidates for Archbishop of Canterbury, either from among their number or outside, since the archbishop was nominally their abbot, but this could lead to clashes with the king and/or pope should they put forward a different man — examples are the elections of Baldwin of Forde and Thomas Cobham.
Early in the fourteenth century, Prior Eastry erected a stone choir screen and rebuilt the chapter house, and his successor, Prior Oxenden inserted a large five-light window into St Anselm's chapel. [30]
The cathedral was seriously damaged by an earthquake of 1382, losing its bells and campanile.
From the late fourteenth century the nave and transepts were rebuilt, on the Norman foundations in the Perpendicular style under the direction of the noted master mason Henry Yevele.[31] In contrast to the contemporary rebuilding of the nave at Winchester, where much of the existing fabric was retained and remodelled, the piers were entirely removed, and replaced with less bulky Gothic ones, and the old aisle walls completely taken down except for a low "plinth" left on the south side. [32][6] More Norman fabric was retained in the transepts, especially in the east walls,[32] and the old apsidal chapels were not replaced until the mid-15th century.[30] The arches of the new nave arcade were exceptionally high in proportion to the clerestory.[30] The new transepts, aisles and nave were roofed with lierne vaults, enriched with bosses. Most of the work was done during the priorate of Thomas Chillenden (1391–1411): Chillenden also built a new choir screen at the east end of the nave, into which Eastry's existing screen was incorporated.[30] The Norman stone floor of the nave, however survived until its replacement in 1786.
From 1396 the cloisters were repaired and remodelled by Yevele's pupil Stephen Lote who added the lierne vaulting. It was during this period that the wagon-vaulting of the chapter house was created.
A shortage of money, and the priority given to the rebuilding of the cloisters and chapter-house meant that the rebuilding of the west towers was neglected. The south-west tower was not replaced until 1458, and the Norman north-west tower survived until 1834, when it was replaced by a replica of its Perpendicular companion.[30]
In about 1430 the south transept apse was removed to make way for a chapel, founded by Lady Margaret Holland and dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. The north transept apse was replaced by a Lady Chapel, built in 1448–55.[30]
The 235-foot crossing tower was begun in 1433, although preparations had already been made during Chillenden's priorate, when the piers had been reinforced. Further strengthening was found necessary around the beginning of the sixteenth century, when buttressing arches were added under the southern and western tower arches. The tower is often known as the "Angel Steeple", after a gilded angel that once stood on one of its pinnacles.
I read a tutorial on a blog explaining how to create Panographs, this inspired me to give it a whirl, i had the Liverpool Waterfront in mind so i spend an afternoon in Liverpool on a photo walkabout and headed over to the Waterfront where i shot about 70+ photos (med jpeg). During the processing i used 38 of the photos to create the image. After flattening the layers i decided to convert to Mono because i like the contrast of the shadows and highlights, the vignette was added at the final stage by erasing a black layer.
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this was a fun assignment. the baton rouge protest seemed to have a rather
impressive turnout, i'd estimate low 4 figures. anyway here are the photo
descriptions:
1817 - entering capitol park
1864 - a wide shot of the protesters from the park
1900 - a sign that seems to be mocking how often obama says "uh"
1903 - a shot of several signholders on the steps of the state capitol, with
one above all saying "vote liberals out"
1913 - this sign helpfully explains that TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already
1939 - a bunch of signs from the back still
1957 - sign reads: "bankers: go to jail. do not pass go. do not collect
$200,000,000"
1965 - sign reads "socialism is not an american value"
1969 - a moderately cryptic-looking sign that simply reads "who is john
galt". not the first or last atlas shrugged reference
1975 - liberty does not equal socialism
1979 - a four-panelled sign with various slogans
1986 - one of my favorite signs reads, "warning i'm a bitter christian
clinging to my gun"
1999 - sign reads: "if i quit my job, will i make more money?"
2004 - sign reads: "i voted for palin. i'm a right-wing extremist"
2009 - wider shot of the sign in 2004, with sign-holder
2022 - young man holds sign reading "just another right-wing extremist"
2034 - some hold-outs from mardi gras hold signs, one which says "throw me
something pelosi!"
2057 - sign reads "4 trillion debt, 9000 socialist earmarks stop!"
2058 - a Baton Rouge Tea Party sign with teabags hanging on it
2068 - sign reads "i love big oil, quit taxing it!"
2073 - dapper gentlemen holds sign reading "god save our nation!"
2089 - young man with sign: "proud member of homeland security's right wing
radicals"
2104 - sign reads "calculis [sic] is easy. Tax forms impossible"
2107 - "say no to obama's politics"
2130 - i love big oil again, and "stop pork barrel spending"
2133 - the first sign that finally indicates that maybe there are SOME
non-republicans here
2147 - sign reads: "common sense, not common cents"
2148 - sign reads "stop out of control spending" with a dollar being flushed
down a toilet
2177 - a wide shot of some signholders, this time from closer to the front
of the action
2181 - a little girl's sign reads "dont steal my future!"
2184 - a trio of signs, including one that has obama in a green felt cap and
the slogan "robbin' hood"
2204 - a single hand waving a small american flag reaching up above the
chaos
2224 - sign reads "the constitution is not an instrument of blah blah blah,"
you read it.
2225 - a lady holds a sign reading "i'm with stupid [right arrow] he paid
his mortgage" it should be noted that there is no one stage right. photo
2333 shows this irony a bit better.
2231 - an anti-acorn sign
2264 - a little girl holds a sign reading "you are not entitled to what my
daddy has earned"
2303 - a wide shot of the crowd at its peak, and from near the front
2313 - a little girl, sister of the one from 2264, holds a sign saying "my
daddy wanted to be here but he's at work!"
2324 - yet another sign from these girls reads "my daddy works hard for his
money, let him keep it!"
2333 - wide shot of the lady holding the "i'm with stupid" sign from 2225
2398 - another sign from these girls. i'm guessing daddy made them, but i
didn't ask.
2415 - the little girl holds up the flip side of the previous sign, which
has just an american flag on it.
2438 - a sign that seems to suggest that obama, like Mr. T, just wanted to
take our pocket change.
2457 - a sign asking whether you'd prefer to drink tea or kool-aid
2497 - another wide shot of the cheering crowd, just before the end of the
last speaker
2516 - a little girl with a sign reading "10 years old and already $30,000
in debt!"
2538 - the same little girl and her mother booing something the speaker said
2555 - sign reads "obamanomics: chains we can believe in"
2575 - young woman holds sign reading "Oh Crap!" with the O in the obama
style.
2583 - same woman appears to be bowing under the burden of her sign's
weighty message
2625 - sign reads "higher taxes so other can sit on their [insert democrat
donkey]"
2635 - another trio of signs, including one that reads "we the people are
now owned by the chinese"
2693 - wide shot of the crowd slowly starting to disperse
2711 - a better shot of the little girl with the "my daddy wanted to be
here" sign
2739 - a little boy holds up a sign reading "socialism is coming!"
2774 - a little girl holding two signs
2783 - the same girl, dressed as an indian, with two signs
2793 - an empty baby stroller with signs piled all over it
2811 - the same baby stroller, with the family carrying signs and loading a
little girl into the stroller
2816 - a lady holding a sign reading "barney frank is a heterophobe"
2822 - woman with sign "tax protest is patriotic"
2854 - a pair of children with signs, "keep your hands out of my piggy bank"
and "a bully took my lunch money"
2871 - a dog wearing a shirt reading "i didn't read the bill either"
2958 - same dog, face shot
3024 - a little girl in a stroller with a canopy reading "libery until
death"
3036 - a loyal huffpo reader holding a sign tossing some of the religious
right's rhetoric back at them
3067 - a little boy standing alone holding a sign reading "stop spending my
future!"
3129 - a young family poses with signs
3144 - the empty lectern after everyone left
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education:
n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their
lack of understanding.
~ambrose bierce
It is some years, maybe 5 or more, since we last visited the cathedral in Canterbury. In the spring, I found the entrance to St Augustine's Abbey, so the plan yesterday was to visit them both.
I arrived just after ten, soon after it opened its doors, and was shocked to find that the multi-entry you used to get after paying your entrance fee had been discontinued. When I tried to ask the young man at the ticket office, he wasn't really able to speak much English to explain this to me, repeatedly holding one finger up at me as I asked the questions. £10.50, is not bad, I guess, especially as photography is allowed everywhere, except in the crypt, so I don't mind paying.
The site has been a place of worship probably since Roman times, and in the grounds of St Augustine's, just a short distance away, remains of a 7th century church still remain. What we see now in the cathedral is largely Norman, but with many improvements over the centuries.
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Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site. It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion; the archbishop, being suitably occupied with national and international matters, delegates the most of his functions as diocesan bishop to the Bishop suffragan of Dover. Its formal title is the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury.
Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt from 1070 to 1077. The east end was greatly enlarged at the beginning of the twelfth century, and largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174, with significant eastward extensions to accommodate the flow of pilgrims visiting the shrine of Thomas Becket, the archbishop who was murdered in the cathedral in 1170. The Norman nave and transepts survived until the late fourteenth century, when they were demolished to make way for the present structures.
Christianity had started to become powerful in the Roman Empire around the third century. Following the conversion of Augustine of Hippo in the 4th century, the influence of Christianity grew steadily .[2] The cathedral's first archbishop was Augustine of Canterbury, previously abbot of St. Andrew's Benedictine Abbey in Rome. He was sent by Pope Gregory the Great in 596 as a missionary to the Anglo-Saxons. Augustine founded the cathedral in 597 and dedicated it to Jesus Christ, the Holy Saviour.[3]
Augustine also founded the Abbey of St. Peter and Paul outside the city walls. This was later rededicated to St. Augustine himself and was for many centuries the burial place of the successive archbishops. The abbey is part of the World Heritage Site of Canterbury, along with the cathedral and the ancient Church of St Martin.
Bede recorded that Augustine reused a former Roman church. The oldest remains found during excavations beneath the present nave in 1993 were, however, parts of the foundations of an Anglo-Saxon building, which had been constructed across a Roman road.[5][6] They indicate that the original church consisted of a nave, possibly with a narthex, and side-chapels to the north and south. A smaller subsidiary building was found to the south-west of these foundations.[6] During the ninth or tenth century this church was replaced by a larger structure (49 m. by 23 m.) with a squared west end. It appears to have had a square central tower.[6] The eleventh century chronicler Eadmer, who had known the Saxon cathedral as a boy, wrote that, in its arrangement, it resembled St Peter's in Rome, indicating that it was of basilican form, with an eastern apse.[7]
During the reforms of Dunstan, archbishop from 960 until his death in 988,[8] a Benedictine abbey named Christ Church Priory was added to the cathedral. But the formal establishment as a monastery seems to date only to c.997 and the community only became fully monastic from Lanfranc's time onwards (with monastic constitutions addressed by him to prior Henry). Dunstan was buried on the south side of the high altar.
The cathedral was badly damaged during Danish raids on Canterbury in 1011. The Archbishop, Alphege, was taken hostage by the raiders and eventually killed at Greenwich on 19 April 1012, the first of Canterbury's five martyred archbishops. After this a western apse was added as an oratory of St. Mary, probably during the archbishopric of Lyfing (1013–1020) or Aethelnoth (1020–1038).
The 1993 excavations revealed that the new western apse was polygonal, and flanked by hexagonal towers, forming a westwork. It housed the archbishop's throne, with the altar of St Mary just to the east. At about the same time that the westwork was built, the arcade walls were strengthened and towers added to the eastern corners of the church.
The cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1067, a year after the Norman Conquest. Rebuilding began in 1070 under the first Norman archbishop, Lanfranc (1070–77). He cleared the ruins and reconstructed the cathedral to a design based closely on that of the Abbey of St. Etienne in Caen, where he had previously been abbot, using stone brought from France.[9] The new church, its central axis about 5m south of that of its predecessor,[6] was a cruciform building, with an aisled nave of nine bays, a pair of towers at the west end, aiseless transepts with apsidal chapels, a low crossing tower, and a short choir ending in three apses. It was dedicated in 1077.[10]
The Norman cathedral, after its expansion by Ernulf and Conrad.
Under Lanfranc's successor Anselm, who was twice exiled from England, the responsibility for the rebuilding or improvement of the cathedral's fabric was largely left in the hands of the priors.[11] Following the election of Prior Ernulf in 1096, Lanfranc's inadequate east end was demolished, and replaced with an eastern arm 198 feet long, doubling the length of the cathedral. It was raised above a large and elaborately decorated crypt. Ernulf was succeeded in 1107 by Conrad, who completed the work by 1126.[12] The new choir took the form of a complete church in itself, with its own transepts; the east end was semicircular in plan, with three chapels opening off an ambulatory.[12] A free standing campanile was built on a mound in the cathedral precinct in about 1160.[13]
As with many Romanesque church buildings, the interior of the choir was richly embellished.[14] William of Malmesbury wrote: "Nothing like it could be seen in England either for the light of its glass windows, the gleaming of its marble pavements, or the many-coloured paintings which led the eyes to the panelled ceiling above."[14]
Though named after the sixth century founding archbishop, The Chair of St. Augustine, the ceremonial enthronement chair of the Archbishop of Canterbury, may date from the Norman period. Its first recorded use is in 1205.
Martyrdom of Thomas Becket
Image of Thomas Becket from a stained glass window
The 12th-century choir
A pivotal moment in the history of the cathedral was the murder of the archbishop, Thomas Becket, in the north-west transept (also known as the Martyrdom) on Tuesday, 29 December 1170, by knights of King Henry II. The king had frequent conflicts with the strong-willed Becket and is said to have exclaimed in frustration, "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?" The knights took it literally and murdered Becket in his own cathedral. Becket was the second of four Archbishops of Canterbury who were murdered (see also Alphege).
The posthumous veneration of Becket made the cathedral a place of pilgrimage. This brought both the need to expand the cathedral and the wealth that made it possible.
Rebuilding of the choir
Tomb of the Black Prince
In September 1174 the choir was severely damaged by fire, necessitating a major reconstruction,[15] the progress of which was recorded in detail by a monk named Gervase.[16] The crypt survived the fire intact,[17] and it was found possible to retain the outer walls of the choir, which were increased in height by 12 feet (3.7 m) in the course of the rebuilding, but with the round-headed form of their windows left unchanged.[18] Everything else was replaced in the new Gothic style, with pointed arches, rib vaulting and flying buttresses. The limestone used was imported from Caen in Normandy, and Purbeck marble was used for the shafting. The choir was back in use by 1180 and in that year the remains of St Dunstan and St Alphege were moved there from the crypt.[19]
The master-mason appointed to rebuild the choir was a Frenchman, William of Sens. Following his injury in a fall from the scaffolding in 1179 he was replaced by one of his former assistants, known as "William the Englishman".
The shrine in the Trinity Chapel was placed directly above Becket's original tomb in the crypt. A marble plinth, raised on columns, supported what an early visitor, Walter of Coventry, described as "a coffin wonderfully wrought of gold and silver, and marvellously adorned with precious gems".[22] Other accounts make clear that the gold was laid over a wooden chest, which in turn contained an iron-bound box holding Becket's remains.[23] Further votive treasures were added to the adornments of the chest over the years, while others were placed on pedestals or beams nearby, or attached to hanging drapery.[24] For much of the time the chest (or "ferotory") was kept concealed by a wooden cover, which would be theatrically raised by ropes once a crowd of pilgrims had gathered.[21][23] Erasmus, who visited in 1512–4, recorded that, once the cover was raised, "the Prior ... pointed out each jewel, telling its name in French, its value, and the name of its donor; for the principal of them were offerings sent by sovereign princes."[25]
The income from pilgrims (such as those portrayed in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales) who visited Becket's shrine, which was regarded as a place of healing, largely paid for the subsequent rebuilding of the cathedral and its associated buildings. This revenue included the profits from the sale of pilgrim badges depicting Becket, his martyrdom, or his shrine.
The shrine was removed in 1538. Henry VIII summoned the dead saint to court to face charges of treason. Having failed to appear, he was found guilty in his absence and the treasures of his shrine were confiscated, carried away in two coffers and twenty-six carts.
Monastic buildings
Cloisters
A bird's-eye view of the cathedral and its monastic buildings, made in about 1165[27] and known as the "waterworks plan" is preserved in the Eadwine Psalter in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge.[28] It shows that Canterbury employed the same general principles of arrangement common to all Benedictine monasteries, although, unusually, the cloister and monastic buildings were to the north, rather than the south of the church. There was a separate chapter-house.[27]
The buildings formed separate groups around the church. Adjoining it, on the north side, stood the cloister and the buildings devoted to the monastic life. To the east and west of these were those devoted to the exercise of hospitality. To the north a large open court divided the monastic buildings from menial ones, such as the stables, granaries, barn, bakehouse, brew house and laundries, inhabited by the lay servants of the establishment. At the greatest possible distance from the church, beyond the precinct of the monastery, was the eleemosynary department. The almonry for the relief of the poor, with a great hall annexed, formed the paupers' hospitium.
The group of buildings devoted to monastic life included two cloisters. The great cloister was surrounded by the buildings essentially connected with the daily life of the monks,-- the church to the south, with the refectory placed as always on the side opposite, the dormitory, raised on a vaulted undercroft, and the chapter-house adjacent, and the lodgings of the cellarer, responsible for providing both monks and guests with food, to the west. A passage under the dormitory lead eastwards to the smaller or infirmary cloister, appropriated to sick and infirm monks.[27]
The hall and chapel of the infirmary extended east of this cloister, resembling in form and arrangement the nave and chancel of an aisled church. Beneath the dormitory, overlooking the green court or herbarium, lay the "pisalis" or "calefactory," the common room of the monks. At its north-east corner access was given from the dormitory to the necessarium, a building in the form of a Norman hall, 145 ft (44 m) long by 25 broad (44.2 m × 7.6 m), containing fifty-five seats. It was constructed with careful regard to hygiene, with a stream of water running through it from end to end.[27]
A second smaller dormitory for the conventual officers ran from east to west. Close to the refectory, but outside the cloisters, were the domestic offices connected with it: to the north, the kitchen, 47 ft (14 m) square (200 m2), with a pyramidal roof, and the kitchen court; to the west, the butteries, pantries, etc. The infirmary had a small kitchen of its own. Opposite the refectory door in the cloister were two lavatories, where the monks washed before and after eating.
[27]
Priors of Christ Church Priory included John of Sittingbourne (elected 1222, previously a monk of the priory) and William Chillenden, (elected 1264, previously monk and treasurer of the priory).[29] The monastery was granted the right to elect their own prior if the seat was vacant by the pope, and — from Gregory IX onwards — the right to a free election (though with the archbishop overseeing their choice). Monks of the priory have included Æthelric I, Æthelric II, Walter d'Eynsham, Reginald fitz Jocelin (admitted as a confrater shortly before his death), Nigel de Longchamps and Ernulf. The monks often put forward candidates for Archbishop of Canterbury, either from among their number or outside, since the archbishop was nominally their abbot, but this could lead to clashes with the king and/or pope should they put forward a different man — examples are the elections of Baldwin of Forde and Thomas Cobham.
Early in the fourteenth century, Prior Eastry erected a stone choir screen and rebuilt the chapter house, and his successor, Prior Oxenden inserted a large five-light window into St Anselm's chapel. [30]
The cathedral was seriously damaged by an earthquake of 1382, losing its bells and campanile.
From the late fourteenth century the nave and transepts were rebuilt, on the Norman foundations in the Perpendicular style under the direction of the noted master mason Henry Yevele.[31] In contrast to the contemporary rebuilding of the nave at Winchester, where much of the existing fabric was retained and remodelled, the piers were entirely removed, and replaced with less bulky Gothic ones, and the old aisle walls completely taken down except for a low "plinth" left on the south side. [32][6] More Norman fabric was retained in the transepts, especially in the east walls,[32] and the old apsidal chapels were not replaced until the mid-15th century.[30] The arches of the new nave arcade were exceptionally high in proportion to the clerestory.[30] The new transepts, aisles and nave were roofed with lierne vaults, enriched with bosses. Most of the work was done during the priorate of Thomas Chillenden (1391–1411): Chillenden also built a new choir screen at the east end of the nave, into which Eastry's existing screen was incorporated.[30] The Norman stone floor of the nave, however survived until its replacement in 1786.
From 1396 the cloisters were repaired and remodelled by Yevele's pupil Stephen Lote who added the lierne vaulting. It was during this period that the wagon-vaulting of the chapter house was created.
A shortage of money, and the priority given to the rebuilding of the cloisters and chapter-house meant that the rebuilding of the west towers was neglected. The south-west tower was not replaced until 1458, and the Norman north-west tower survived until 1834, when it was replaced by a replica of its Perpendicular companion.[30]
In about 1430 the south transept apse was removed to make way for a chapel, founded by Lady Margaret Holland and dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. The north transept apse was replaced by a Lady Chapel, built in 1448–55.[30]
The 235-foot crossing tower was begun in 1433, although preparations had already been made during Chillenden's priorate, when the piers had been reinforced. Further strengthening was found necessary around the beginning of the sixteenth century, when buttressing arches were added under the southern and western tower arches. The tower is often known as the "Angel Steeple", after a gilded angel that once stood on one of its pinnacles.
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一張真正的照片無須說明,亦無法被文字語言所框限。
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
～Ansel Adams
Decided to post in full resolution for your enjoyment and readability purposes...
Oh and look carefully - there are three artifacts in this photo!
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Enjoy this picture of the Insitu ScanEagle UAV. This one helped rescue Captain Phillips in 2009 from Somali pirates by providing from the USS Bainbridge real-time aerial footage of the lifeboat Captain Phillips was kept hostage in.
Decided to post this drone picture on 18 February because the day before, the Washington State House passed drone regulation legislation. If my State Senate passes EHB 2789, the drone industry will dramatically expand in a safe, thoughtful way.
One might like the Insitu website on this fine UAV.
40 years in the game - Victor Hernandez Cruz at the 9th Annual Voices for the Voiceless Poetry Concert.
this was a fun assignment. the baton rouge protest seemed to have a rather
impressive turnout, i'd estimate low 4 figures. anyway here are the photo
descriptions:
1817 - entering capitol park
1864 - a wide shot of the protesters from the park
1900 - a sign that seems to be mocking how often obama says "uh"
1903 - a shot of several signholders on the steps of the state capitol, with
one above all saying "vote liberals out"
1913 - this sign helpfully explains that TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already
1939 - a bunch of signs from the back still
1957 - sign reads: "bankers: go to jail. do not pass go. do not collect
$200,000,000"
1965 - sign reads "socialism is not an american value"
1969 - a moderately cryptic-looking sign that simply reads "who is john
galt". not the first or last atlas shrugged reference
1975 - liberty does not equal socialism
1979 - a four-panelled sign with various slogans
1986 - one of my favorite signs reads, "warning i'm a bitter christian
clinging to my gun"
1999 - sign reads: "if i quit my job, will i make more money?"
2004 - sign reads: "i voted for palin. i'm a right-wing extremist"
2009 - wider shot of the sign in 2004, with sign-holder
2022 - young man holds sign reading "just another right-wing extremist"
2034 - some hold-outs from mardi gras hold signs, one which says "throw me
something pelosi!"
2057 - sign reads "4 trillion debt, 9000 socialist earmarks stop!"
2058 - a Baton Rouge Tea Party sign with teabags hanging on it
2068 - sign reads "i love big oil, quit taxing it!"
2073 - dapper gentlemen holds sign reading "god save our nation!"
2089 - young man with sign: "proud member of homeland security's right wing
radicals"
2104 - sign reads "calculis [sic] is easy. Tax forms impossible"
2107 - "say no to obama's politics"
2130 - i love big oil again, and "stop pork barrel spending"
2133 - the first sign that finally indicates that maybe there are SOME
non-republicans here
2147 - sign reads: "common sense, not common cents"
2148 - sign reads "stop out of control spending" with a dollar being flushed
down a toilet
2177 - a wide shot of some signholders, this time from closer to the front
of the action
2181 - a little girl's sign reads "dont steal my future!"
2184 - a trio of signs, including one that has obama in a green felt cap and
the slogan "robbin' hood"
2204 - a single hand waving a small american flag reaching up above the
chaos
2224 - sign reads "the constitution is not an instrument of blah blah blah,"
you read it.
2225 - a lady holds a sign reading "i'm with stupid [right arrow] he paid
his mortgage" it should be noted that there is no one stage right. photo
2333 shows this irony a bit better.
2231 - an anti-acorn sign
2264 - a little girl holds a sign reading "you are not entitled to what my
daddy has earned"
2303 - a wide shot of the crowd at its peak, and from near the front
2313 - a little girl, sister of the one from 2264, holds a sign saying "my
daddy wanted to be here but he's at work!"
2324 - yet another sign from these girls reads "my daddy works hard for his
money, let him keep it!"
2333 - wide shot of the lady holding the "i'm with stupid" sign from 2225
2398 - another sign from these girls. i'm guessing daddy made them, but i
didn't ask.
2415 - the little girl holds up the flip side of the previous sign, which
has just an american flag on it.
2438 - a sign that seems to suggest that obama, like Mr. T, just wanted to
take our pocket change.
2457 - a sign asking whether you'd prefer to drink tea or kool-aid
2497 - another wide shot of the cheering crowd, just before the end of the
last speaker
2516 - a little girl with a sign reading "10 years old and already $30,000
in debt!"
2538 - the same little girl and her mother booing something the speaker said
2555 - sign reads "obamanomics: chains we can believe in"
2575 - young woman holds sign reading "Oh Crap!" with the O in the obama
style.
2583 - same woman appears to be bowing under the burden of her sign's
weighty message
2625 - sign reads "higher taxes so other can sit on their [insert democrat
donkey]"
2635 - another trio of signs, including one that reads "we the people are
now owned by the chinese"
2693 - wide shot of the crowd slowly starting to disperse
2711 - a better shot of the little girl with the "my daddy wanted to be
here" sign
2739 - a little boy holds up a sign reading "socialism is coming!"
2774 - a little girl holding two signs
2783 - the same girl, dressed as an indian, with two signs
2793 - an empty baby stroller with signs piled all over it
2811 - the same baby stroller, with the family carrying signs and loading a
little girl into the stroller
2816 - a lady holding a sign reading "barney frank is a heterophobe"
2822 - woman with sign "tax protest is patriotic"
2854 - a pair of children with signs, "keep your hands out of my piggy bank"
and "a bully took my lunch money"
2871 - a dog wearing a shirt reading "i didn't read the bill either"
2958 - same dog, face shot
3024 - a little girl in a stroller with a canopy reading "libery until
death"
3036 - a loyal huffpo reader holding a sign tossing some of the religious
right's rhetoric back at them
3067 - a little boy standing alone holding a sign reading "stop spending my
future!"
3129 - a young family poses with signs
3144 - the empty lectern after everyone left
Difficult to explain Folsom Street Fair to people who don't live in SF. It's full of people exploring kinky sex related things, but it's also completely out in public, open air, middle of the city, and oddly cheerful and communal and friendly. Every few years I go with my camera. People are generally more than happy to pose.
I saw pics of the UCS imperial shuttle, and got mega exited over this head, because it doesn't have a twisted mouth, I was going to buy this set just for the head! I looked for the figure on Bricklink, and pictures show him with just a regular twisted mouth head. I look in the heads section, to see this head doesn't appear to exist. Is this a prototype head? I really want it! but it doesn't seem to exist. I looked for reviews of the set on youtube, but due to crap video quality, I can't tell what headpiece is on this fig. On the box, it shows him with the not twisted mouth, can someone explain this to me?
Anthony Samsel explains how Glyphosate mimics one of the most basic building blocks of life, the amino acid Glycine, and thus bypasses our defence and enters the living bloody, like a trojan horse.
This is why the chemical should not be produced, distributed or used anywhere on this planet.
1. Upload a picture of your nominated doll.
2. You just have to explain why is he/she 'special' and the story behind the mold, not for his/her character but for the doll itself ;)
3. Tag 5~6 flickr contacts! And ask them for one of their dolls~ Try not to repeat a lot XD
I first met Alyssa at Resin Angel's dollmeet. My bf and I fell in love with her at first sight. Before meeting her, I've really thought of owning a Tae/Anais mold. Alyssa just had something captivating about her, I think it's her sweet faceup. It's also very rare that my bf agrees on a doll so quickly. He likes her very much! When we heard that Resin Angels might want to sell her, we decided quickly to buy her (thank you Resin Angels!).
To be honest, I can never capture good photos of Alyssa (which makes me a little sad). So this is a rare occassion ^^; We are still looking for the'perfect' image which will complete her.
Tagging:
Akihoshi - Madren
whipbogard - Sero
bubbledreams - Chiyo
CSaw - Aysa
Hammi - Mayuki
This is my first attempt at a microscale MOC. My wife and I just got into Doctor Who and we already miss the tenth Doctor. I hope to go in later and build an environment for the scene, maybe a space ship interior.
Dad was asked a lot of questions. It was a blast sharing information with the boys who listen to every word. One of the joys of being a parent.
Well It is Fall after all!
What better then Pumpkin cookies with extra goodies added!
The note at the bottom of the recipe explains how I did these !
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Yield | 48 cookies
Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
1 ½ cups old-fashioned oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter; softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup pure pumpkin puree
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup dried cherries; roughly chopped
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line your baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
2. Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and salt in medium bowl. Beat butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in large mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
3. Add pumpkin, egg and vanilla extract; mix well. Add flour mixture; combine until all ingredients are incorporated. Fold in white chocolate chips and dried cherries.
4. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto prepared baking sheets.
5. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Storage: Cookies store well in an airtight container for up to three days.
Notes: Get creative! Add in whatever strikes your fancy, I can imagine a variety of chocolates, nuts, and dried fruits will really make the flavors and textures of this cook truly amazing.
I divided the batter in half and made half with Chocolate covered raisins..And half with White chocolate chips and Cherry Craisins.
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I wanted to explain my recent absence from Flickr for a while. I have been swamped with architecture work. Next Monday I have a deadline and tomorrow night I leave for Fall Break. I'll be out of town Thursday to Sunday night which means I had to get everything done before I leave.
Ugh! I hate it when my desk gets this messy. I am not a messy person. Sometimes, when projects deadlines hit, things get a little out of hand...
I wasn't planning on putting a description on this one but since the first comment asked for one I'll explain. This photo was meant more for the Balloon people who understand what is going on here. Part of me doesn't want to get into it for the General Public, it's all self-explanatory for the balloon people, and this shot says a lot more than would meet the eye.
Here you see 3 pilots, a chase crew chief, as well as a passenger all looking at a small helium 'test' balloon studying it's speed and direction very, very carefully as it slowly climbs up passing through different wind currents.
This is a fairly typical scene among balloonists especially in an area like ours where the go/ no-go decision and launch site selection are so critical. The pilots have a weighty decision to make in choosing the launch site and whether to cancel and return on a less risky day. There is a lot of money at stake, and a lot of people involved.
The pilot Tim (on the trailer) suggested that I take a picture of them looking up to the west because that was very unusual, normally we always are looking to the east. (The Pacific Ocean is just to the west.) Like, Tim appreciated the humor, uniqueness / craziness of our difficult job, and he appreciated that a photographer might capture this moment.
Personally I love this photo, it is so rich, so deep with meaning, so typical of our job.
All the advertising has been done. All the endless phone calls have come in. All the bookings and office work has been handled to line these people up and get them here at this place and time. The balloons have all been fueled, the trucks, trailers, fans, radios charged up, and endless equipment have been prepared for this flight.
Passengers may have been looking forward to this event for weeks, to celebrate an anniversary or B'day, the highlight of their vacation, or perhaps something they've wanted to do all their life (lately people talk about a bucket list. . . like a list of things they want to do before they 'kick the bucket'.)
Pilots and chase crew have given up the evening to work, but if we cancel no one gets paid because we don't make any money, yet we just had to leave the family picnic on the beach for at least few hours whether we fly or not.
But whether we fly or not all rests on the shoulder of the individual pilot in command for each aircraft. He is the captain of his own ship.
On this particular day a few pilots cancelled early in the day, betting that the weather was too marginal to even bother meeting passengers and going to the launch site. And a few pilots decided to go to the launch site betting that they could have a good flight. As the clock counted down to sunset time, a final decision was about to be made when this photo was taken.
End result: 2 big balloons flew, total passengers flown 27 (approx. estimate). One balloon cancelled the launch walking away as the other two were taking off. Probably the passengers who flew were all VERY happy and the pilots and crew worked very hard and earned their money. And it was disappointing for those who wasted their time and did not fly or make any money. Although everyone understands that is the nature of ballooning.
Once again, you might imagine where I'm going with the story.
A classic source of conflict between competing balloon companies in a given area. . .
. . . to be continued, stop back later. . . and if I don't get any comments from balloon people, either here, via email, via phone call, via 'in person' I won't bother continuing the story. (You know who you are, you are called "lurkers".)
The Lurkers: The Peeping Toms of flickr, facebook, YouTube, etc. These voyeurs are too cautious, or maybe too lazy, to comment. But once in a while, you'll be talking to them and they'll mention something you posted, so you know they're viewing your page, hiding in the shadows. It's almost a little creepy.
Hehehe, come on you guys (balloon people- not including Panda Tim.) I know you are not creeps but I can't understand why you don't comment, participate, interact!
Sunday, August 27, 2011.
My girlfriend and I were out shooting for some upcoming photo club competitions. One of those competitions is themed “Patterns” and I thought, what better place for that than in architecture! So we went to Downtown Norfolk VA, in the financial district, to do some shooting. Let me also explain that she has some social issues with crowds, public spaces, anxiety, etc. Photography has been a useful tool in her therapy.
We parked our vehicle in front of the Bank of America building, 1 Commercial Place, Norfolk VA, and I started working with her. As a “new” photographer, I am spending time helping her learn the basics, etc. Anyway, we are on the public sidewalk shooting some buildings across the street. We turn to get some shots of the Bank of America building. While we are shooting, this little dude from a company called XSIG SECURITY (based in Baltimore MD) comes out and says that we can’t take pictures of the building. I remind him that there is this pesky thing called “The Constitution” and that as long as I am on public property, I can take pictures of anything visible to me. I immediately snapped a shot of him. (He was NOT amused). He threatened to call the Norfolk Police and have us arrested; I told him to go ahead, as I was not breaking any laws.
When we completed our shooting, I left my camera with my girlfriend and went to the security guards to ask for their names and a contact number. That female officer followed as I left her post. They told me that their supervisor, Carlton Hall, was coming over to “handle me.” When Hall showed up, I greeted him with an outstretched hand (as any gentleman would) and we talked. He stated that we absolutely could NOT take any pictures of “his” buildings from anywhere. Even across the river! I explained that we were just working on a project for our club, he cut me off and told me "(he) didn’t care if it was for Jesus Christ; that if (I) took any more pictures, (he) would personally have (us) arrested."
However, my girlfriend (who has some anxiety issues as I previously mentioned) was getting nervous, and was afraid that if we did not leave, we would spend the rest of the weekend in jail. So, at her behest, we returned home.
But I was pissed. Especially because I THOUGHT this issue had been settled last year, back when the rent-a-cops were operated by Wackenhut/G4. (Yes, I have been through this before with the security in that part of town!)
Not just because these idiots interrupted her photography therapy and my archetectural shoot, but because they think they are above the law. Actually, they seem to think they know all the law, and that they have the power over civilians. We use photography as a “therapy” to help her work through some of her issues, involving crowds, strangers, etc.
After getting home, I decided that I was going to return, and test their willingness to make fools of themselves; so I hopped back in my Jeep, and returned to the scene of the photography. After parking my Jeep, I was walking (about a block) to the Bank of America building, when I spotted a Norfolk Police officer on a Segway, Officer Lipski (as I recall). I hailed him, and explained the situation to him. He agreed with me, and said that they had issues with the rent-a-cops in that area before. He even explained to me that if it is in the view of the public, that the public could photograph it. Nice to hear from an actual police officer.
The officer then proceeded to cruise over to the rent-a-cops and explain the facts of life to them , and then saw Mr. Hall as well. He further explained that I could have THEM arrested for harassment and assault for what they said/did to us. He then told me to proceed with whatever shooting I was going to do, and reminded me to NOT step foot on the Bank of America property, to shoot from the sidewalk or the street (but to be safe if I was in the street!)
I was pleasantly surprised by the courtesy and sensibility of the Norfolk Police in this matter, as we have often read about police being real horses asses about photography. This Norfolk Police Officer renewed my faith that there are some decent cops who understand our rights as photographers and citizens.
I contacted XSIG in Baltimore the next morning, and their supervisor agreed that my girlfriend and I were completely right (as indicated by the Norfolk Police) and was a bit shocked at our treatment, especially by the supervisor and his comment. He assured me that it would not happen again. Not that I plan to go back there, but I may at some point...
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As explained by Steve Matteson of Ascender Corp. in his Google Tech Talk: GAMEFACE : Developing Typefaces for the Xbox 360 and Other Devices.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxbzE_JAs3A
Microsoft was asked to choose where would they like to position the XBox 360 relative to this personality grid.
On the upper is the original XBox. On the lower right is XBox 360.