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YORK, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 06: during an i2i Soccer Academy Training Session at Haxby Road on October 6th 2022 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Appleby)
9 MAN TOWN LEFT TO RUE MISSED CHANCES
“" We've got to be better than that..."” Manager Lee Ashcroft
Longridge suffered their 2nd League defeat of the season away at Coppull having missed chance after chance, and having given away 3 very poor goals in a 3-2 defeat.
The game finished 10 v 9 as both George Melling and Jordan Tucker were sent off in time added on by the Referee.
Public reenactment of a speech given by Coretta Scott King at a peace march in Central Park on April 27, 1968, three weeks after her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. In this speech, which was based on notes found in the late Dr. King's pockets, King addresses the war in Vietnam, domestic poverty, and the power of women to effect social change. Gina Brown, a New York-based actor and former welfare mother, delivered the speech on location in Central Park on September 16, 2006.
Quotes:
"It is very clear that our policy at home is to try to solve social problems through military means, just as we have done abroad. The interrelatedness of domestic and foreign affairs is no longer questioned. The bombs we drop on the people of Vietnam continue to explode at home with all of their devastating potential."
"There is no reason why a nation as rich as ours should be blighted by poverty, disease and illiteracy. It is plain that we don’t care about our poor people, except to exploit them as cheap labor and victimize them through excessive rents and consumer prices."
Pennant given to Leeds United by Gary Neville for the first leg at Old Trafford of the 1993 Youth Cup Final.
YORK, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: during the Friendly match between i2i Albion and i2i Blue at Haxby Road on September 29th 2022 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Appleby)
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During the Spanish Civil War, the term "acting lieutenant" was coined for Those officers who, given the heavy casualties that occurred in the officer corps of the rebel side as the conflict dragged on, voluntarily enlisted in the army and directly obtained by the use of ensign have a secondary or higher education. All this to meet the career officers.
The National Defense Council, installed in Burgos, published his decree number 94 in the month of September 1936, instituting the figure. Officers were created and "improvised" to supplement the shortage of middle management. The term "provisional" stemmed from the fact that its commitment to engaging the army was limited to the duration of the war.
Old monasteries, ancient palaces and several barracks were used as the first academy for provisional second lieutenants promotions Burgos, Seville, Granada, Fuencaliente, Avila, Pamplona and Dar Riffien (Tetuan, Morocco2). There, after a short training period (sometimes four weeks, in other stretched to seven), the ensigns became section chiefs, and could move up to lieutenant for acts of combat. In their ranks included many university teachers colleges, technical schools or school students. Notably the baptized as "Fifth of SEU", composed of the student volunteers who were members of the Falange party and Requete.
The hallmark of the provisional lieutenants, whose captain was General Orgaz, consisted of a six-pointed star, placed on a black cloth rectangle in the warrior, shirt or jacket. This rectangle was called patch or stamp, and hence the name "stamped" as it was known to both in the interim national and republican.
The provisional lieutenants, were by their youth or their strong ideology, distinguished by his courage, which produced a high number of casualties among them (even coined aphorisms: "Ensign complement, when body" or "acting lieutenant , effective body "). As proclaimed the first call that appeared in the Government Gazette, must serve "in preference to those that are part of the columns in operations." This resulted in bravery medals and personal accolades: it crosses come to count eleven Laureates and 236 individual military medals. Six of the rewarded with this award twice achieved it.
Most cities in Spain, once the war was won by the pro-Franco side, dedicated a street, in the singular, in recognition of all of them, the Provisional Ensign.
Português
Durante a Guerra Civil Espanhola, o termo "ação tenente" foi cunhado para aqueles policiais que, dadas as pesadas baixas que ocorreram no corpo de oficiais do lado rebelde como o conflito arrastou-se, voluntariamente, alistou-se no exército e obtidos diretamente pelo uso da insígnia tem o ensino secundário ou superior. Tudo isso para atender os oficiais de carreira.
O Conselho de Defesa Nacional, instalada em Burgos, publicou seu decreto número 94, no mês de setembro de 1936, instituindo a figura. Os oficiais foram criados e "improvisado" para complementar a falta de média gerência. O termo "provisório" deriva do fato de que seu compromisso com a envolver o exército foi limitado à duração da guerra.
Antigos mosteiros, palácios antigos e quartéis vários foram utilizados como a primeira academia para provisórias promoções segundo tenentes Burgos, Sevilha, Granada, Fuencaliente, Avila, Pamplona e Dar Riffien (Tetuan, Morocco2). Lá, depois de um período curto de treinamento (às vezes quatro semanas, em outra esticada para sete), as bandeiras tornaram-se chefes de seção, e pode mover-se ao tenente por atos de combate. Em suas fileiras muitos professores universitários incluído faculdades, escolas técnicas ou alunos de escola. Nomeadamente o batizado como "Quinta do SEU", composto pelos estudantes voluntários que eram membros do partido Falange e Requete.
A marca dos tenentes provisórias, cujo capitão era o general Orgaz, consistia de uma estrela de seis pontas, colocado em um retângulo de pano preto no guerreiro, camisa ou jaqueta. Este retângulo foi chamado patch ou carimbo, e daí o nome "carimbado", como era conhecido tanto no nacional provisório e republicano.
Os tenentes provisórias, foram por sua juventude ou sua ideologia forte, distingue-se pela sua coragem, que produziu um número elevado de vítimas entre eles (aforismos mesmo cunhou: "complemento Ensign, quando o corpo" ou "atuação tenente , corpo efetivo "). Como proclamou a primeira chamada que apareceu no Diário do Governo, deve servir "de preferência a aqueles que fazem parte das colunas em operações". Isto resultou em medalhas de bravura e elogios pessoais: ele atravessa vir a contar 11 laureados e 236 medalhas individuais militar. Seis dos recompensado com este prêmio duas vezes conseguiu.
A maioria das cidades em Espanha, uma vez que a guerra foi ganha pelo lado franquista, dedicou uma rua, no singular, em reconhecimento de todos eles, a bandeira provisória.
Whyalla. Population 21,200.
Hummock Hill was sighted and named by Matthew Flinders in 1802 and soon after given French names by Captain Baudin. The first pastoral runs were taken out here in the 1850s as it had the Middle Back ranges, coastal access and Port Augusta not too far distant. One of the early pastoralists was James Patterson who took out the Iron Knob leasehold of over 160 square miles in 1854 near Iron Knob. To the north and west of his leasehold was that of James Loudon who took out Caroona station in 1862. Other leaseholds in the region of Whyalla were Point Lowly, Pandurra and Middleback. In the early 1870s Loudon sold Caroona to Sir Samuel Davenport and Sir John Morphett and it was Davenport, with his interest in minerals and mining, who sent the first ore samples to England in 1878 for analysis. This resulted in a mining lease taken out in 1880 by Ernest Siekman. The lease lapsed as he did not pay the annual rental. BHP took out nine mining leases in 1896 and the future of iron Knob and the future Whyalla began. BHP began taking iron ore for smelting to Port Augusta in 1899 which took bullock drays two days. The Hundred of Randell which covered this area was declared in 1895 as interest in the ore deposits increased.
In 1896 the government released land fronting Spencers Gulf for lease. One of the first to take up land where Whyalla stands was Humphrey Cowled who leased 30,000 acres on the gulf which he called Nonowie. The town of Hummock Hill emerged in 1900 after BHP developed their ore leases. The ore was used for flux in the Port Pirie smelter and it was shipped across Spencers Gulf. Most of the early settler families at Hummock Hill also came by ship across the gulf from Port Pirie. These families remained the backbone of the Whyalla population until World War Two. In 1900 BHP proposed to the government of SA to enact a bill that would allow them to build a tramway from Iron Knob to Hummock Hill on the coast with a permanent leasehold of the route. Port Augusta Council opposed this as they wanted the tramway built to Port Augusta and its already existing port. There was some logic in this opposition as a tramway to Port Augusta would be 46 miles in length whereas the tramway to Hummock Hill was about 35 miles, not a significantly shorter distance. The government enacted legislation for a BHP tramway to Hummock Hill in 1901 and BHP had developed a small jetty and port by 1903. At the same time the town of Hummock Hill emerged partly on BHP leasehold land. By 1905 the settlement had its first school, a general store and a tin Institute in which the school was conducted. Church services were also held in the hall. In 1903 the community was pleased when Mr Delprat, the general manager of the Broken Hill mine visited Hummock Hill and Iron Knob. The first hotel opened in 1905 on the site that later became the Whyalla Hotel 20 or so years later. The beer was shipped to the hotel from Port Pirie. The isolation of Hummock Hill was reduced when a telephone service began in 1911. Gradually stone houses replaced early tin and timber houses and the town took shape. The government officially surveyed and changed the name of the town to Whyalla in 1914 which means “sound of the sea” in a local Aboriginal language. The new solid Institute was opened in 1920 by Mr Delprat the BHP manager in Broken Hill. At the time Whyalla had a population of around 1,000 people with sporting clubs, RSL, banks, and commercial enterprises. Water was shipped from Port Pirie when necessary. BHP established a dairy to provide milk for the residents and a small desalination plant was built to provide additional fresh water. The impressive red ironstone buildings, often in the Art Deco style were erected in the late 1930s or early 1940s as the city’s industrial base expanded to steel making and ship building. The iron stone Whyalla Hotel opened in 1933. It was enlarged in 1940. This was a company town run by BHP with the exception of the Post Office, the School and the Police Station run by the government and the commercial enterprises of the town. BHP was a paternalistic employer and during the Depression of the 1930s as work slowed BHP found other jobs for married male employees such as re grading the tramway from Iron Knob etc.
During World War One Mr Delprat had suggested a steel furnace and steel works in Whyalla but this did not happen. The steel industry in Australia began with a small furnace and plant at Lithgow in the Blue Mountains in 1901. This plant was superseded by the bigger steel works in Newcastle in 1915 and Whyalla jetty was then expanded to ship iron ore direct to Newcastle. The third steel plant in Australia was established at Port Kembla (Wollongong) in 1928 and Iron Knob ore was also shipped there. With the rise of Hitler and Third Reich in Europe in 1933 and the ominous threat of world war Australia began to be concerned about its future as it was clear we were no longer isolated from the rest of the world. In 1937 the SA government passed legislation for the Morgan to Whyalla Murray River water pipeline to ensure water reliability for Whyalla and this was an essential for the first production of steel by BHP. The 1937 act set aside 1,000 acres for BHP to establish the plant and adjacent harbour. Progress was not hasty and the furnace and harbour began in 1939. After the outbreak of World War Two work progressed quickly. The first steel was produced in 1941 and called pig iron. Port Kembla also produced pig iron or steel and its export to Japan in 1938 led to the Attorney General Robert Menzies being called Pig Iron Bob by striking wharf unionists. The union slogan at the time was “No scrap for the Jap.” At that time Japan was fighting the Sino-Japanese War and needed more steel. The industrial dispute at Port Kembla ended in January 1939 when the waterside workers loaded the ships at Port Kembla. In 1940 the Royal Australia Navy asked BHP if they could build ships in Whyalla and this became urgent with the war and work began in 1940 on the hulls of several ships before the steel blast furnace was completed. The town grew rapidly with an influx of new workers and the construction of the hospital, an abattoirs, the Spencer Hotel, and the establishment of a Whyalla newspaper in 1941/42. During the War the population rose from 1,350 in 1937 to 7,900 in 1944. During most of World War Two BHP employed around 2,500 men and women with a peak of 2,750 employees in 1941. During the War BHP also established an ammunitions annex to produce shells for war arms. In a couple of years Whyalla produced 748,000 shell cases. The Combined Unions Council negotiated with BHP for workers’ wages and conditions. The newly employed women to offset the war time labour shortage were employed in the war effort in the shell annex, the tool room and in ship building. The women received 90% of the men’s wages for the same job.
The first ship was launched in 1941 and named the HMAS Whyalla (650 tonnes) which is now part of the Information Centre and Maritime Museum. It was one of four corvettes made in Whyalla for the Royal Australia Navy and they mainly worked as minesweepers and surveillance. During and after World War Two Whyalla built 36 ships for the Australian Navy, four for Indian navy and 20 for the British Admiralty. After the War most of the ships built in Whyalla shipyards were mainly cargo and iron ore carriers. A total of 63 ships, one oil rig and two barges were built in Whyalla by 1978 when shipbuilding was closed down. Most of the corvettes manufactured in Whyalla had South Australian town names- Whyalla, Gawler and Pirie. Whyalla also built the Kalgoorlie corvette for the Royal Navy. Other SA named corvettes built interstate were the Kapunda, the Glenelg and the Wallaroo. After the war BHP built commercial ships and eventually in 1958 they decided to build an integrated steel works in Whyalla (completed 1965) to process the ore into steel. Railway lines and ships were among the steel products produced.
As a shipbuilding site and producer of ammunition shells Whyalla needed special consideration and defence during World War Two. Defence installations were erected on Hummock Hill during the Second World War (1942) as Whyalla was a potential Japanese bombing target. Four anti-aircraft guns were on the ready at Hummock Hill. Other defence installations were built south of Cowell at Port Gibbon to forewarn of a Japanese attack. Complacency about war threats was overturned when German shipping mines were discovered in Spencers Gulf in 1940 designed to impede BHP ore carriers to Newcastle and Wollongong. Across the Gulf Port Pirie produced half of Britain’s lead so it too needed special protection. A survey recommended special defences for both Iron Triangle cities but only Whyalla got special protection. As the threat of Japan increased anti-aircraft guns were sent to Hummock Hill and arrived on 4 February 1942. Ten days later (14 th February) Singapore fell to the Japanese and on 19th February 1942 Darwin was bombed and partially destroyed by the Japanese. The hummock Hill anti-aircraft guns were operational by 23rd March. One Royal Navy ship guarded the entrance to Whyalla for most of the War until 1944. Search lights were installed at Hummock Hill late in 1942. But no threat emerged during the War. Air raid practices were conducted by BHP from time to time warning people to take cover when the BHP siren sounded. Despite the practices and preparations no raid occurred but the need for precaution was not unfounded. Three of BHP’s merchant ships were sunk off the coast of NSW on their way to or from Whyalla with a total loss of 85 lives. By early 1944 Australia’s home defences were known to be out of danger but gunners at Whyalla had been withdrawn in August 1943 and their tasks taken over by civilian defence.
By 1943 Whyalla had a population of 5,000 people and people began to query the lack of local government as the city was run by BHP. Local government was instituted in 1944 with three elected and three BHP appointed councillors. 1944 was also the year the Morgan to Whyalla water pipeline was completed. In 1960 Whyalla became a city as it had around 14,000 residents. The Commission system of local government was ended in 1970 when locals could finally elect all councillors to their city. By 1976 Whyalla had 33,000 residents, the largest city outside of Adelaide but with the loss of shipbuilding in 1978 the city’s population declined to about 20,000. BHP sold their Whyalla works to OneSteel in 2000 which changed its name to Arrium. Sanjeev Gupta bought the insolvent Arrium steelworks in 2017 and has revitalised it albeit with recent difficulties. The Whyalla steel works are critical to the whole of Australia as steel is only made at Whyalla and Port Kembla. Whyalla is the only plant to make steel rail for all sorts of uses not just railways. In late 2024 Whyalla steel works employed 4,800 people directly and countless more indirectly in other firms. (Port Kembla employs around 3,000 people.) Perhaps the future of the city will be revitalised even more if the hydrogen hub proceeds. Whether that happens or not billions of dollars of investment are needed to move Whyalla steel works away from coal fired furnaces to gas or hydrogen fired furnaces. On the way to Hummock Hill lookout in Gay St. we pass the Whyalla Institute with a classical façade with the date as 1920. This was also the site of the first timber Institute opened in February 1905. The first Whyalla School opened in this Institute in April 1905.The current port of Whyalla exports iron ore and steel mainly. Port Bonython 16 kms north of Whyalla mainly exports crude oil and liquid gas from South Australia’s Cooper basin.
These were given to me by my daughter, the bar where they will sit is a bit busy at the moment, they will look much better when all the festive decor is packed away. My husband bought the candles for the christmas table but loved them so much that he wouldn't light them. Used LR to edit, don't like the white flare in the shot but wasn't successful in fixing it, need to experiment and learn.
These jewelry is made out of paper. This product has been given waterproof coating. Therefore, it is water resistant.
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Width : 0.6 cm approx
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This is a photograph from the finish of the St. Coca's AC 5KM Road Race 2015 which was held in Kilcock, Co. Kildare, Ireland at 20:00 on Friday 26th June 2015. This superb road race is now firmly established again as one of the fastest and best organised road races of it's kind in Leinster. The race follows a left handed course around a well known local walking route around Laragh and in the closing kilometer runs parallel to the Royal Canal into the finish at the railway station. The members of St. Coca's AC and the many volunteers from the local community must be given great praise for organising another fantastic night of racing for runners, joggers, and walkers. The 5KM course is very flat with the exception of short incline up a motorway overpass and makes its way along narrow country lanes sheltered on either side by hedgerows. The beautiful summer's evening made for an enjoyable night for everyone with a large crowd gathering at the finish to cheer on participants. The race also attracted one of it's largest number of participants in recent years with over 380 finishers in the race. Refreshments and prize awards were held in the primary school near the race start and close to the St. Coca's running track. This race is yet another fantastic club organised road race in the midlands/North Leinster region where an athletics club organises their annual event to the highest standard. Without doubt the St. Coca's AC 5KM Road Race will continue to grow.
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. The results are available here www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2755. A GPS Trace of the 5KM Course (the course hasn't changed in a few years) is available here connect.garmin.com/activity/194011978
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Given the density of traffic using this road these days, this could be the first of several problems encountered by these equestrians. Fortunately here, there is a place for the horses to pull in, further up, it is more difficult.
Villa e Giardino Durazzo - The Villa, a typical Alessian square based construction, was built in 1678 as the summer home for the Durazzo family and was given up to the Centurione princes in 1821. In the XIX century the house underwent various changes and the garden was made more refined with fountains and neoclassical marble statues. In 1892, for the Columbian Celebrations, the villa was temporarily transformed into Grand Hotel. Many famous people stayed there, as the Prince of Wied and The Queen of Italy. In 1919 the property was bought by Alfredo Chierichetti, to whom the final work on the garden is owed, with the addition of exotic plants, cobbled paths, statues and flower boxes. His heirs in the end sold the complex to the Town Council of Santa Margherita, in 1973. The “Apartments of the Main Floor” are open all year round. The rooms, that are furnished with period furniture, contain a collection of paintings that includes works from the Genoese Pictorial school of the XVII and XVIII centuries, with artists such as Domenico Piola, Giovanni Andrea De Ferrari, Luciano Borzone, Giovanni Enrico Vaymer, Cornelis de Wael, Giovanni Battista Paggi. The Villa Durazzo area also owes its beauty to its century-old Gardens, which stretch out over about three hectares, overlooking the Gulf / Santa Margherita Ligure is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 22 miles southeast of Genoa, in the area traditionally known as Tigullio. It has a port, used for both tourism and fishing activities. Part of comune territory is included in the Regional Natural Park of Portofino. Santa Margherita Ligure borders the following municipalities: Camogli, Portofino, Rapallo. The presence of a Roman settlement has not been definitely proven. The burgh, known as Pescino, was devastated by Rothari in 641 and by the Saracens in the 10th century. Later it was a fief of the Fieschi family until 1229, when it was acquired by the Republic of Genoa. In 1432 it was attacked by the fleet of Venice and in 1549, together with Rapallo, by that of Turgut. In 1813, under the Napoleonic domination, the two burghs of Pescino and Corte were unified as Porto Napoleone. Two years later it was annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia as the commune of Santa Margherita Ligure. In 1861 it became part of the newly unified Kingdom of Italy. Connected by rail in the 20th century, Santa Margherita became a renowned tourist resort after World War II.
I seldom use buses in London these days because I don't understand them. I mean. Can I use my All-Day Travelcard? I think I tried it once and it was OK. And what about that "Buy tickets here before boarding" sign on the right? ...well, I just can't be bothered to go into it all. Everything was easy when you just got on, sat down and paid a harrassed but cheerful conductor from Trinidad. Same as I can't be bothered with the self-service machines on the underground. I just go to the man in the booth. I used to like those free-standing self-service machines, with the angled perspex tops on which were printed the names of stations which could be reached for a particular price. You went to the 3d machine for instance, inserted your three-penny bit, the machine extruded a ticket from between two little rollers and you were free to travel to any 3d station. Simple and unimprovable.
Only in London could a street be jammed which is open only to buses and taxis. When, in 1962, I first visited London, the number of taxis in the streets was one of the things that thrilled me. I don't think I'd knowingly seen a taxi before ...and those that existed in the provinces were just ordinary saloon cars with a light on top. Here there were so many that the demand sustained the livelihood of a specialist manufacturer. "Is that some kind of PT Cruiser they have here?" asked a first-time American visitor whom I conducted around London a few years back. So here I was, one day last month, due to meet Mrs B at Liverpool Street in an hour before returning to the car, which was parked at Epping. I thought I'd stroll from Oxford Circus to Marble Arch and then get the Central Line. Oxford Street is often described as architecturally dull, but there are some half decent, quite interesting buildings here and there, about to be augmented by that bulgy, caterpillar-like structure in the distance.
des ark - 1000fryd - aalborg, 2008/01/17
Des Ark after the show given at 1000fryd last January.
Des Ark is actually Aimee Argote (yellow shirt on the right), the drummer in the middle left the band and the third girl is Tasha Trasher from Hope and Anchor. Since the last split record she’s been working with Ben Davis from Milemarker (pictures soon) and did awesome acoustic work. There are bands that are too good and that are burning, Des Ark is one of those.
On a side note, I have decided to not post anymore concert pictures in the photolog, unless they are very good. Concert pictures are always too boring, or maybe it’s me, I don’t know. So I will mostly post random stuff and portraits in the photolog. All the concerts will be on my flickr.
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Gloucester's east window has a claim to be the largest of medieval windows, a title usually given to that at York as the stained glass there fills the entire window, whereas here it comprises about two thirds of the overall space; however the window itself does fill the entire wall! It is an architectural landmark, the first great expression of the Perpendicular style and built on the foundations of the former apse, hence its unusual curved shape with the outer lights slanted towards the centre. It was glazed c1350 and features remarkably little coloured glass with red and blue backgrounds to the otherwise white figures and canopies (coloured glass was more expensive as it had to be imported, white glass was locally made and therefore cheaper to use, which was especially significant when the proportion of glazing was on such an unprecedented scale!).
The design is treated as a display of images, with figures under canopies filling the entire width of the upper three tiers of the window with a shorter row of angels as the head of the window narrows above (one is missing and has been replaced with a later Madonna & Child from elsewhere in the cathedral). The central group features the entrhoned figures of Christ & Mary at her coronation (the design now slightly confused by the patching of Christ's lower half with part of another figure). The rest features various apostles, saints and kings, some figures (particularly towards the south side) are heavily patched and confused, a few others suffer from unfortunately crude replacement faces (the 'ghost heads') and a couple of figures which appear taller than the rest may not even have originally belonged to the window but are perhaps remnants of the lost original glazing of the adjacent clerestories.
The lower half of the window is partially obscured by the adjacent Lady Chapel (which is entered through it) and mainly consists of plain glazing with a few pieces of heraldry and roundels (including the famous 'golfer').
Gloucester Cathedral is one of England's finest churches, a masterpiece of medieval architecture consisting of a uniquely beautiful fusion of Norman Romanesque and Perpendicular Gothic from the mid 14th century onwards. Until the Reformation this was merely Gloucester's Abbey of St Peter, under Henry VIII it became one of six former monastic churches to be promoted to cathedral status, thus saving the great church from the ravages of the Dissolution.
The most obviously Norman part is the nave, immediately apparent on entering the building with it's round arches and thick columns (the exterior is the result of Gothic remodelling). Much of the remainder of the building is substantially the Norman structure also, but almost entirely modified in the later Middle Ages inside and out, the result of the great revenue brought to the abbey by pilgrims to the tomb of the murdered King Edward II in the choir. It was this transformation of the Norman church that is credited with launching the late gothic Perpendicular style in England.
The gothic choir is a unique and spectacular work, the walls so heavily panelled as to suggest a huge stone cage (disguising the Norman arches behind) crowned by a glorious net-like vault adorned with numerous bosses (those over the Altar with superb figures of Christ and angels) whilst the east wall is entirely glazing in delicate stone tracery, and still preserving most of it's original 14th century stained glass. The soaring central tower, also richly panelled with delicate pinnacles, is another testament to the abbey's increasing wealth at this time.
The latest medieval additions to the church are equally glorious, the Lady Chapel is entered through the enormous east window and is itself a largely glazed structure, though the original glass has been reduced to a few fragments in the east window, the remainder now contains beautiful Arts & Crafts stained glass by Christopher and Veronica Whall.
The early 16th century cloisters to the north of the nave are some of the most beautiful anywhere, being completely covered by exquisite fan vaulting, with a seperate lavatorium (washing room) attached to the north walk as a miniature version of the main passages.
There is much more of interest, from 14th century choir stalls with misericords to the comprehensive collection of tombs and monuments of various dates, including the elaborate tomb of Edward II and that of Robert Duke of Normandy, eldest son of William the Conqueror. The stained glass also represents all ages, from the 14th century to the striking contemporary windows by Tom Denny.
Further areas of the cathedral can be accessed at certain times, such as the Norman crypt under the choir and the triforium gallery above.
Students were given the opportunity to sample a cornucopia of sports over the weekend of 5/6 September, 2020, supported by wonderful fall weather conditions and the untiring efforts of NMH athletic coaches. Photography by Glenn Minshall.
Given the date of 1189 on the wall of The Trip to Jerusalem pubs supposed existence,it doesn't seem to be there (behind the "her" in Sherwood) on this drawing of medieval Nottingham Castle though. In medieval times the then extensive Sherwood Forest started at the north side of the castle and city walls- the city was to the east of the castle only then. To the south, where this view is taken from, were the rivers Leen and Trent with the crossing further downstream at Trent Bridge. To the west was the medieval deer (hunting) park which extended nearly to Lenton Abbey. Lenton Abbey was the burial place of the Sheriff's of Nottingham in King John's time which is also by legend the time of Robin Hood. Only ruins of Lenton Abbey survive today built into a church and now across the river Leen from these, which comes down from the north here, is the campus of Nottingham University which is a lot more extensive than when I was there and to the north of the campus is the Elizabethan Wollaton Hall in it's extensive park. (www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1037)
Given the ethnic make-up of the area, I'm surprised these are in high demand when the shops on the High Street do much better "bulk" value, but then again, I do sometimes buy in an an emergency of can't be bothered or don't have time to go to the High Street.
Given the importance of the public's participation in the Afghan Presidential and Provincial Council elections next year, slated for 5 April, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is helping facilitate debate and discussion on the Afghan-managed polls through gatherings across the country's regions, starting in the provinces of Bamyan and Paktya today. As well as raising awareness of the importance of taking part in the elections, the events also provide a venue to exchange ideas and views. The gatherings feature a range of speakers from governmental institutions and civil society, amongst others, speaking on panels, as well as a wide cross-section of members of the public. “If women want to change their lives, then the time has come - participating in the upcoming elections is the quickest and efficient way to change their lives,” said Shukria Nida, a women's rights activist speaking at the Bamyan event.
Photo: Jaffar Rahim / UNAMA
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 24: Actress Robin Givens (L), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner and Maria Elena Salinas, co-anchor, Noticiero Univision, attend the "21st Annual IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards honoring women journalists at The Beverly Hills Hotel on October 24, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. The event was sponsored by The International Womens Media Foundation. (Photo by Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)
Hudson was having a good time playing with the branches he was given for behavioral enrichment. Toothpick maybe?
Hudson is almost 4 1/2 yrs old now. Cannot believe so much time has gone by so quickly. He has been a zoo favorite for many folks both staff and visitors. He is the 5th offspring for Arki (now at Louisville Zoo) and Aussie.
The polar bear is an endangered species and personally I don't think it is listed properly. It should be "critically" endangered. With the rate of speed that the polar ice caps are melting, this beautiful creature, as well as many other arctic species, are doomed sooner than you think.
Want to learn more about climate change and the peril of the Polar Bear? Click here.
I was given a bundle of sun flowers last week and they are feeling kind of droopy now but the LIGHT! That time of day when motorcycle man is home from work and we are gathering the kitties for their dinner and I'm thinking about what we will have for dinner then I walk through this room and see THIS. I stop to pick up my camera because it's worth it.
The 46th Clergy Laity Congress ended with a Grand Banquet at the Marriott Marquis in NYC. George Pataki, former NYS Governor was Honored and Presented with a Cross by H.E. Archbishop Elpidophoros for being instrumental in the decision to build St. Nicholas at Ground Zero.
H.E. Archbishop Honored Centennial Honorees John Catsimatidis, Archdiocesan Council Co-Chair, George Tsandikos, Vice Chair, Michael Jaharis, Vice Chair, Demetrios Moschos, Vice Chair, GOA Employees Marissa Costidis, Maria Andriotis, Jamil Zamara and Theo Nicolakis, Emanuel Demos, Former Legal Counsel and 46th Clergy Laity Congress Co-Chairs Chrysanthy & George Demos & Anna and Nicholas Karacostas.
The Patriarchal Representatives H.E. Elder Emanuel of Chalcedon and Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos Prodromos and Grand Ecclesiarch and Director of the Patriarchal Office Archimandrite Aetios were present and Offered Remarks.
Following the Grand Banquet a musical concert was given by famous singer Vandi.
Photos: © GOA/Dimitrios Panagos
Name given by a friend that took the photo. The three of us traveled together most of the time..
Letha had problems with her hands for a few years so we went to a side car. Back in the 50"s and 60's I had several sidecars and enjoyed them so this was real fun.. This sidecar had all the nice stuff.. Intercom, plugin for electric blanket, electric lift to keep it level with any load, full opening, so all I had to do was lower it down and Letha could walk in and set down.. It also had a top and and snap on windows but I only remember letha using them once..
This is a photograph from the 2nd annual running of the Kilcock Ladies GAA club "Santa Dash" 5KM Road Race and fun run which was held in Kilcock, Co. Kildare, Ireland on Sunday 15th December 2013 at 13:00. This is one of the final road races in this part of Leinster before Christmas. The race welcomes runners, joggers, walkers, and families. Every entrant is given a free Santa hat to wear in the race to add to the festive atmosphere. The race starts beside the Royal Canal/Railway at the end of Connaught Street. The route then takes in the wellknown local walking route around Laragh (Sli Na Slainte). This route is familiar to many runners as a reverse of the Kilcock AC 5KM held annually every summer. The race was organised to help raise funds for the many ladies teams that the girls from Branganstown continue to field year after year. The Kilcock Ladies are a vital part of the local community and provide football for all age groups in the town. Last year, the first year of this race, 2012 was a very special year for the Ladies section of Kilcock GAA club as they celebrated the 20th year since their foundation back in 1992.
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The 46th Clergy Laity Congress ended with a Grand Banquet at the Marriott Marquis in NYC. George Pataki, former NYS Governor was Honored and Presented with a Cross by H.E. Archbishop Elpidophoros for being instrumental in the decision to build St. Nicholas at Ground Zero.
H.E. Archbishop Honored Centennial Honorees John Catsimatidis, Archdiocesan Council Co-Chair, George Tsandikos, Vice Chair, Michael Jaharis, Vice Chair, Demetrios Moschos, Vice Chair, GOA Employees Marissa Costidis, Maria Andriotis, Jamil Zamara and Theo Nicolakis, Emanuel Demos, Former Legal Counsel and 46th Clergy Laity Congress Co-Chairs Chrysanthy & George Demos & Anna and Nicholas Karacostas.
The Patriarchal Representatives H.E. Elder Emanuel of Chalcedon and Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos Prodromos and Grand Ecclesiarch and Director of the Patriarchal Office Archimandrite Aetios were present and Offered Remarks.
Following the Grand Banquet a musical concert was given by famous singer Vandi.
Photos: © GOA/Dimitrios Panagos
YORK, ENGLAND - MAY 05: during an i2i Soccer Academy Training Session at Haxby Road on May 5th 2023 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Appleby)
YORK, ENGLAND - APRIL 06: during the Friendly match between i2i Albion and Grange Moor at Haxby Road on April 6th 2023 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Appleby)
Lego given ya' something back when you purchase the wonderfully designed Diagon Alley set.
It's a cute little train, very easy for the young ones to put together and could use a little Moding to improve it but overall should be fun to build a small scale track 9 3/4.
These got given to me just like the universals and for the same reason im so happy to own these classic 80s wheel trims although lots of the paint has come off they make up for that by not being broken at all and being complete on the back all holding there rings and clips :)
given to me by my aunt...this is my dad's mother's engagement ring.
the other ring in the image is one that i had made many years ago, with the small accent diamonds from my mom's mother's wedding ring...my sister, my mom and my aunts all have jewelry made from that ring as well.
.A detailed description of this structure is given by F.S. Mackenna in the Kist, vol. 22, 1981. with an Appendix in Vol. 24. According to Mackenna Its design is attributed to William Adam c 1747 and the building dates from 1749.
It is built over a large boulder in the hillside from which a natural spring issues. The stream from the rock is collected in an oval rock-cut basin at the foot. A notch in the front rock wall of the basin permits an overflow into a small shallow basin cut into the flagged floor, from which it is conducted by a narrow winding channel in the floor to the outside edge of the pavement. The overflow now falls into a small hole in the channel before it reaches the edge.
It is a beautifully built classical structure. The interior has an arched roof and the floor is paved. The blocks, apart from the keystone, surrounding the arched doorway and above it, are decorated with vermiculation. The roof has stone slabs and is curved at the rear. Carved graffiti are present on some roof blocks and on at least one side wall. The finer graffiti have been suggested by Mackenna to have been the work of the stonemasons.
Visited by David Dorren and Nina Henry on 20 February 2018.
Sony Alpha A6000 with Sigma 19mm f2.8
Given to me by my hubby & daughter long ago for Mothers day. Sadly I haven't found any buds yet, I might have lost this beauty
In November 1943 Tyneham residents were given notice to leave as the area was to be used for forces training for 28 days. The last residents left on 17th December and sadly none were allowed to return.
Looking down the Row of four terraced houses number 1 nearest the camera. The Telephone Box outside No.3 the Post Office can be clearly seen
Each visitor is given a small device which can play a sine wave, chooses its frequency, and positions it at a location on one of the 49 spiral-shaped columns of copper wire that are arranged in a grid in the exhibition space. These sine waves remain audible for the rest of the exhibition period, which means that the sound field—starting with absolute silence at the beginning of the exhibition—gets increasingly complex with every single visitor’s contribution towards the end of the exhibition. It is thus a collective performance, creating work that continues to change while revealing different sonic qualities depending on the listening point, and number and position of the device being installed.
Credit: Kazuomi Furuya