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Highlights of Class Day at Memorial Chapel on 25 May, 2019, were the presentation of academic, athletic and school life awards to rising graduates, the presentation of faculty fellowships, and the valedictory address by Cheaheon Ian Lim. Photography by Glenn Minshall.
Bar Isabel’s logo is based on the name handwritten by Marx Kruis.
Despite taking the the first "sketch" to various designers to polish up, it ended up being the logo chef van Gameren told me they kept going back to. Just another detail that fell under the organic development of what eventually became Bar Isabel.
Learning to use spectral highlights (top left). Needed a subject matter for the foreground. I opened the window to let in some diffuse light to frontlight the subject. I think this looks kind of cool, like a print ad?
"By Tomorrow" David Rey, Lydia Maria pfeffer, Carrie Walsh, Bobby tucker, Dan Mian, Artem Yatsunov, Sabastian Smeureanu - director
This torch has a diffuse wide beam without hotspots, good for cycling, or as a portable accessory light for photography. At full power it's running a 7W LED at approx 4W, which in the central beam is enough light to fill in shadows in sunlight.
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From the May 2016 trip to Thailand and Cambodia:
Ayuthaya is really just a day trip from Bangkok. It’s about 1.5-2 hours by small van (and was about 60 baht/person, if I remember correctly). Ayuthaya is an interesting place in that it’s the former capital of Siam and, now, is famous for its ruins (Angkor Wat-ish, which made this day trip a pretty good preview for me, since we spent 2+ full days in Angkor a week after being here).
The ruins are quite fascinating. Ayuthaya was, in its prime, one of the largest cities in the world. It was the capital of Siam from 1350-1767 and was a major trading port, which led to a lot of international comingling. The capital finally fell in 1767 at the hands of the Burmese, who went on to destroy almost everything they could.
After 1767, the majority of temples simply began to fall into ruin. It wasn’t until 1991 when UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site that renovation/restoration truly began. The Burmese, for their part, have contributed to rebuilding.
The old city of Ayuthaya is located on an island – manmade, if I’m not mistaken – surrounded by sprawling, modern-day, urbanized and otherwise completely unmemorable buildings in a panoramic sense. The minivan drops you off at the eastern edge of the island, where you’re generally assailed upon by a horde of tuktuk drivers. For 800 baht, we had one hired for the day, who took us to six sites.
On the particular day that we visited here (Tuesday, May 10, 2016), it was fairly hot. The temperature was close to 100 degrees (38*C). We arrived at the first of six (though there are many more) temples around 11:00.
Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon (20 baht) was built by King U Thong in 1357 to house Sri Lankan monks. It’s just outside the main island on the eastern or southeastern part of town. The highlights of this temple are the somewhat large reclining Buddha and the rows of Buddhas which surround the main chedi. It’s not a large temple, though it was pretty interesting and photogenic.
The second site (through the fifth) were all located on the main island. Wat Phra Mahathat (50 baht) has the most-photographed site in Ayuthaya: a sandstone Buddha head entwined in a tree’s root system. The temple was built in 1374 during the reign of King Borom Ratchathirat I. The other points of interest at Wat Mahathat are the Khmer-style prangs (chedis) and the rows of headless Buddhas. Wat Mahathat is quite a bit bigger than Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon, and it’s easy to spend an hour here.
From Wat Mahathat, the third stop was quite near: Wat Phra Si Sanphet (50 baht). Per Lonely Planet, Wat Si Sanphet was built during the late 15th century and once contained a 16-meter high standing Buddha covered with 250 kg of gold that the Burmese melted down and ran off with. What is still remaining are three rather impressive and easily-recognizable chedi (chedi just means stupa, or pagoda) that are the highlight of a visit here. Like Wat Mahthat, the grounds here are a bit large, though there are fewer ruins here than at Mahathat. This temple was used by quite a few kings.
Next door to Wat Si Sanphet was the fourth stop: Wihaan Phra Mongkhon Bophit. This is a sanctuary hall which houses one of the largest (17-meter high) bronze Buddha statues in the country. The Buddha has undergone quite a few restorations after lightning strikes and fire. In 1955, the Burmese Prime Minister donated 200,000 baht (a little over $6,000) to restore the building. Between Wat Si Sanphet and here, one can easily spend another hour, if not longer.
Wat Lokaya Sutha was the fifth stop, and is on the western side of the main island. Of the six stops, it was the least impressive…primarily because there’s not much to see except for a reclining Buddha, which is rather large. The actual temple itself, though, is long gone. Spending more than 5-10 minutes here is probably a few minutes longer than necessary.
Our last stop of the afternoon was Wat Chai Wattanaram (50 baht/person). This is one of the more recent temples/ruins (built in 1673 by King Prasat Thong). LP says that, “Just 40 years ago, this temple and one-time garrison were immersed in thick jungle.” None of that is evident now. It’s actually a dry, dusty temple with a very distinct 35-meter high central prang surrounded by 4 medium-sized prangs (at the NE, SE, SW, and NW corners) and four smaller prangs at the cardinal directions. This temple is quite picturesque, though given the heat, we were about ready to call it a day after having spent about 30-45 minutes here.
Finally having finished, we had our tuktuk driver take us back to the bus station (a garage, really), where we immediately caught a van back to Bangkok and spent our last evening (for now) wandering around Chinatown (quickly) before going back to Th Khao San for a more relaxing dinner.
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Now you are going to watch the latest cricket highlights between Pakistan vs England 1st Test Day 4 Highlights – May 27, 2018. Here you can watch England vs Pakistan Day 4 Test Video Highlights with HD Quality Cricket Highlights.
Match Details:
Match: Eng Vs Pak, 1st Test Day 4, Pakistan tour of England, 2018
When: Sunday, May 27, 2018
Time: 10:00 AM GMT
Where: Lord’s, London
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Some Interesting Facts:
Pakistan Test Ranking: 7th Position
England Test Ranking: 5th Position
Head to Head in Test: 79
Pakistan Won: 20
Ireland Won: 24
Pakistan /Playing XI:
Sarfraz Ahmed (c & wk), Azhar Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Haris Sohail, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Abbas, Rahat Ali, Sami Aslam, Fakhar Zaman, Saad Ali, Usman Salahuddin, Hasan Ali
England Team/Playing XI:
Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Alastair Cook, Mark Stoneman, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood, James Anderson, Dominic Bess
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Dear Flickr,
It reached a freezing 28* on Campus today. LSU decided to cancel school AFTER my last class at 4:30 this evening. School is closed Friday, but I don't have classes on Fridays anyways, grrrr.
Free-zing day tomorrow. Bring it.
20221117 PSA Gold Event: Marigold Singapore Squash Open 2022. Quarter Finals match highlights - [[2] Joelle King (NZL) bt. [8] Tinne Gilis (BEL) 3-0: 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 (29m). Picture by Ben Cho
Stadium Business Summit 2018 at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture by Paul Heyes, Tuesday June 12, 2018.