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The oldest documented structure surviving in the City of Petersburg, Old Blandford Church preserves an important, if difficult, history for its region. Bristol Parish was established by an Act of Assembly in 1643, separated from Martins Brandon Parish. At the time that the present brick church was built in 1735, Bristol Parish had grown to over 2,000 parishioners only to suddenly decline when two new parishes were erected within its former boundaries. Construction of the new parish church at Blandford was completed in two years, a brick church of Georgian design laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers and oriented on an east-west axis. Entrance to the church was permitted through a large door on the west end and a smaller on placed on the south side of the altar near the east end. The parish church was designed and built by Thomas Ravenswood at a cost of 485 pounds and was believed to have been modeled on Merchant's Hope Church in nearby Hopewell.
Soon after the completion of the Bristol Parish Church, the congregation witnessed a sermon by Rev. George Whitfield, an early Methodist evangelist whose tour of the English colonies in North America was the culmination of the first Great Awakening.
Given its location on the Appomattox River, Petersburg developed quickly to become a prosperous port town. Bristol Parish grew to the extent that he vestry ordered the addition of a wing to the north side of the parish church in 1752. The work was overseen by Col. Richard Bland and took several years to complete. The final payment of 400 pounds for the work was made by the vestry in 1767. In addition to the north wing of the church, a brick wall was erected around the churchyard which remains intact today.
Services continued to be held at Blandford Church through the disestablishment, but the continued growth of Petersburg led to the removal of the congregation to a new church built in the downtown. By 1806, the old parish church was abandoned and in 1818, the building was sold to John Grammer who in turn donated the church along with much of the surrounding land to the city for use as a cemetery. During the Civil War, Old Blandford Church was used as a telegraph station and was hit by at least three shells during the siege of the city in 1864/65.
In 1889, the Ladies Memorial Association began its connection with the property, purchasing pews and a podium to accommodate public speaking engagements within the church which the city had restored a few years earlier. In 1901, the building was transferred to the association which proceeded to convert the church into a memorial for Confederate soldiers. The Ladies Memorial Association solicited funds from the former Confederate states to procure Tiffany stained glass windows for the church. These windows were installed and dedicated in 1912 in a ceremony that came during the height of southern edification and "Lost Cause" mythology that increased post-Reconstruction tension between white and African American populations in the United States and a rise in hate crimes and Jim Crow discrimination.
For visitors today, Old Blandford Church should stand as a paradox. The ancient brick walls and elegant wall surrounding the aged stones of its churchyard instill a deep sense of history. This beauty stands in sharp contrast as one walks by Confederate battle flags and views windows which glorify rebellion against the United States for the sake of an abhorrent institution. This provocative juxtaposition leaves one with deep questions upon exiting the churchyard at Old Blandford.
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Winning form returns against CIYMS
by Roger Corbett
In this important fixture, it was Bangor who took the victory against CIYMS by 22-5 resulting in the two sides swapping places in the league.
Bangor got the game underway, kicking off into a stiff breeze. Within 3 minutes, Bangor conceded the first penalty of the game, which CIYMS elected to kick for goal, but failed to convert. The Bangor back line looked sharp, with Davy Charles coming in from full back to break the CIYMS line and set up a promising attack. James Henly came close but the CIYMS defence was sound.
The Bangor pack had seen a number of changes as the result of ongoing injury problems, but it performed well in both scrum and lineout set pieces. In fact it was from a lineout after just 9 minutes that the ball was cleanly won and passed quickly to Jason Morgan at out half, who produced another great line to wrong foot the CIYMS defence and ghost in to score under the posts. The conversion was successfully taken by Neil Cuthbertson, putting Bangor into the lead by 7-0.
This gave Bangor the boost they needed, and they continued to dominate play. After a further 6 minutes, from a scrum just inside the CIYMS half, scrum half Craig Harper passed to Morgan who then off-loaded to Mike Aspley in the centre. Although tackled, he managed to get the ball to Phil Whyte who had followed up from propping in the scrum. Drawing the defending tacklers, he then passed to flanker James Henly who burst through to run in unopposed for Bangor’s second try under the posts. Again, the simple kick was converted by Cuthbertson, doubling the lead to 14-0.
CIYMS responded well, using the wind advantage wisely to bring play repeatedly back into Bangor’s territory, but mistakes at crucial periods of play denied them any meaningful scoring opportunities. Bangor, on the other hand, stuck to their plan and continued to apply pressure. This soon forced CIYMS to concede a kickable penalty, which Cuthbertson converted to increase the lead to 17-0 after 23 minutes of play.
However, just 3 minutes later, the referee showed the yellow card to captain Jamie Clegg after he was judged to have deliberately knocked on the ball while defending a CIYMS attack. From the subsequent penalty, CIYMS passed the ball wide to the left and made a push for the line. What looked like a certain try was prevented by great Bangor defending, as they managed to hold the ball up and win the turnover.
Within minutes of Clegg’s return from the sin bin, the circumstances that led to his penalty were repeated, this time by Jason Morgan who similarly was shown the referee’s yellow card. From this penalty, the CIYMS players didn’t make the same mistake as before, and finally managed to touch down for a try in the left hand corner. The difficult kick was missed, but CIYMS were now on the scoreboard, reducing Bangor’s lead to 17-5 as the first half drew to a close.
As the teams turned around and CIYMS got the second half underway, hopes were high that Bangor would build on their first half tries and use the wind to keep their opponents pinned down in their own twenty two. However, it’s fair to say that CIYMS came out the stronger and frustrated Bangor’s attacks, while moving the ball through their backs with more purpose and accuracy.
It was not until 30 minutes had been played that the second half deadlock was broken. From a long CIYMS clearance kick, the ball was safely taken by Harper inside his own half. Two long and quickly made passes, saw the ball move via Jason Morgan to Davy Charles whose pace was too much for the thinly spread CIYMS defence. Running wide, he rounded the final CIYMS players to score on the right hand side. Cuthbertson’s kick was just wide of the posts, but Bangor were now 3 tries to the good, and within sight of another bonus point victory.
However, just 2 minutes later, and with CIYMS moving back into Bangor territory, the game produced another sting for the home side. In his attempt to intercept a long CIYMS pass, he knocked the ball forward and stopped the CIYMS attack. The referee deemed this to be deliberate once again and produced a second yellow card which in turn led to a red card, and Morgan was to take no further part in the game. Stung by this set-back, and with just 8 minutes remaining, Bangor re-grouped and wisely focussed on defending their lead and denying CIYMS any further scoring chances. This they did, and as the final whistle was blown, they could celebrate a return to winning ways, and a return to their previously held 3rd position in the league.
This was an encouraging team performance that should give added confidence as the players now set their sights on the first round of the Towns Cup (next weekend, at home to City of Derry 2nds), followed by a challenging journey to league leaders Clogher Valley in the league afterwards.
Bangor side: P Whyte, A Jackson, J Leary (J Harrison), A Rushe, D Kelly, J Henly, R Latimer, J Clegg (c), C Harper, J Morgan, M Widdowson, M Aspley, C Morgan (G Caughey), N Cuthbertson, D Charles
Subs: J Harrison, G Caughey
Bangor scores: J Morgan (1T), J Henly (1T), D Charles (1T), N Cuthbertson (2C, 1P)
Winning form returns against CIYMS
by Roger Corbett
In this important fixture, it was Bangor who took the victory against CIYMS by 22-5 resulting in the two sides swapping places in the league.
Bangor got the game underway, kicking off into a stiff breeze. Within 3 minutes, Bangor conceded the first penalty of the game, which CIYMS elected to kick for goal, but failed to convert. The Bangor back line looked sharp, with Davy Charles coming in from full back to break the CIYMS line and set up a promising attack. James Henly came close but the CIYMS defence was sound.
The Bangor pack had seen a number of changes as the result of ongoing injury problems, but it performed well in both scrum and lineout set pieces. In fact it was from a lineout after just 9 minutes that the ball was cleanly won and passed quickly to Jason Morgan at out half, who produced another great line to wrong foot the CIYMS defence and ghost in to score under the posts. The conversion was successfully taken by Neil Cuthbertson, putting Bangor into the lead by 7-0.
This gave Bangor the boost they needed, and they continued to dominate play. After a further 6 minutes, from a scrum just inside the CIYMS half, scrum half Craig Harper passed to Morgan who then off-loaded to Mike Aspley in the centre. Although tackled, he managed to get the ball to Phil Whyte who had followed up from propping in the scrum. Drawing the defending tacklers, he then passed to flanker James Henly who burst through to run in unopposed for Bangor’s second try under the posts. Again, the simple kick was converted by Cuthbertson, doubling the lead to 14-0.
CIYMS responded well, using the wind advantage wisely to bring play repeatedly back into Bangor’s territory, but mistakes at crucial periods of play denied them any meaningful scoring opportunities. Bangor, on the other hand, stuck to their plan and continued to apply pressure. This soon forced CIYMS to concede a kickable penalty, which Cuthbertson converted to increase the lead to 17-0 after 23 minutes of play.
However, just 3 minutes later, the referee showed the yellow card to captain Jamie Clegg after he was judged to have deliberately knocked on the ball while defending a CIYMS attack. From the subsequent penalty, CIYMS passed the ball wide to the left and made a push for the line. What looked like a certain try was prevented by great Bangor defending, as they managed to hold the ball up and win the turnover.
Within minutes of Clegg’s return from the sin bin, the circumstances that led to his penalty were repeated, this time by Jason Morgan who similarly was shown the referee’s yellow card. From this penalty, the CIYMS players didn’t make the same mistake as before, and finally managed to touch down for a try in the left hand corner. The difficult kick was missed, but CIYMS were now on the scoreboard, reducing Bangor’s lead to 17-5 as the first half drew to a close.
As the teams turned around and CIYMS got the second half underway, hopes were high that Bangor would build on their first half tries and use the wind to keep their opponents pinned down in their own twenty two. However, it’s fair to say that CIYMS came out the stronger and frustrated Bangor’s attacks, while moving the ball through their backs with more purpose and accuracy.
It was not until 30 minutes had been played that the second half deadlock was broken. From a long CIYMS clearance kick, the ball was safely taken by Harper inside his own half. Two long and quickly made passes, saw the ball move via Jason Morgan to Davy Charles whose pace was too much for the thinly spread CIYMS defence. Running wide, he rounded the final CIYMS players to score on the right hand side. Cuthbertson’s kick was just wide of the posts, but Bangor were now 3 tries to the good, and within sight of another bonus point victory.
However, just 2 minutes later, and with CIYMS moving back into Bangor territory, the game produced another sting for the home side. In his attempt to intercept a long CIYMS pass, he knocked the ball forward and stopped the CIYMS attack. The referee deemed this to be deliberate once again and produced a second yellow card which in turn led to a red card, and Morgan was to take no further part in the game. Stung by this set-back, and with just 8 minutes remaining, Bangor re-grouped and wisely focussed on defending their lead and denying CIYMS any further scoring chances. This they did, and as the final whistle was blown, they could celebrate a return to winning ways, and a return to their previously held 3rd position in the league.
This was an encouraging team performance that should give added confidence as the players now set their sights on the first round of the Towns Cup (next weekend, at home to City of Derry 2nds), followed by a challenging journey to league leaders Clogher Valley in the league afterwards.
Bangor side: P Whyte, A Jackson, J Leary (J Harrison), A Rushe, D Kelly, J Henly, R Latimer, J Clegg (c), C Harper, J Morgan, M Widdowson, M Aspley, C Morgan (G Caughey), N Cuthbertson, D Charles
Subs: J Harrison, G Caughey
Bangor scores: J Morgan (1T), J Henly (1T), D Charles (1T), N Cuthbertson (2C, 1P)
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15th April, 2016 (Ninth day of month Chaitra Shukla Paksha) is one of the most important Hindu festival RAM NAVAMI.
Ram Raja Temple is located at Orchha town belongs to Tikamgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Orchha is well connected to Delhi Agra Khajuraho and other major cities by road and rail. It is just 16 kms from Jhansi and 80 kms from the district head quarters Tikamgarh. Several trains are there between delhi and Jhansi.Tourist visiting Orchha will have to get off at Jhansi and then grab an auto rickshaw to Orchha which takes around 40 minutes. Tourist can also hire cab which takes around 20 minutes.
In India this is the only temple where Lord Ram is worshiped as a king and that too in a palace turned temple. A Guard of Honour is held every day, police personnel have been designated as Guards at the temple, much in the manner of a king. Bhagwan Shri Ram wears the turban of royalty and Devi Sita wears a crown whereas Lakshman is dressed as a prince. The food and other amenities provided to the deity at the temple are a royal repast. Armed salutation is provided to Lord Ram every day.
In the temple Raja Ram is accompanied by Sita (on the left), brother Lakshman (on the right), Maharaj Sugreev and Narsingh Bhagwan (on the right). Durga Maa is also present in Ram Darbar on the right side. Hanumanji and Jambavanji are praying just below Goddess Sita. The speciality of this temple is that Lord Ram has a sword in his right hand and a shield in the other. Bhagwan Shri Ram is sitting in Padmasan, with the left leg crossed over the right thigh.
This temple is also commonly known as Orchha Temple. It is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage and receives devotees in large numbers regularly. The annual domestic tourist number is around 6,50,000 and the foreign tourist number is around 25,000. The daily number of visitors to the temple range from 1,500 to 3,000 and on certain important Hindu festivals like Ram Navami, Vasant Panchami, Shivaratri, Kartik Purnima the number of devotees who throng to Orchha range in thousands.
Shri Ram Raja Sarkar Ki Jai
The week running up to Armistice Day is an important one for Wales’ First World War Centenary Wood, and the Woodland Trust (Coed Cadw) invited members of the public to come along and witness a one-off event at the Senedd.
The Trust is creating a Wales First World War Centenary Wood at Coed Ffos Las in Carmarthenshire, as a lasting tribute to all those involved in that terrible conflict. The project has been made possible by support from the National Lottery, through the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). In particular, HLF has allocated £30,500 to support a number of elements of the project, including interpretation of the importance of woods and trees in the First World War, the creation of an orchard and wild flower meadow, skills training for volunteers in hedge-laying and dry stone walling and much else besides. The wider project has also been supported by Sainsbury’s, the lead partner in the UK Centenary Woods Project, and also the Welsh Government’s Plant! Project and the Trust’s own members and supporters.
The centre-point of the wood will be a life-sized war horse sculpture, created out of Corten steel by the designer Steve Tomlinson. The work is nearly ready for delivery, but on its way to Coed Coed Ffos it will spend day outside the Senedd, the home of the Welsh Assembly on Cardiff Bay, to give Assembly Members and members of the public the change to see and admire it. There will also be an exhibition inside the Assembly.
The surface of the sculpture will be made up of leaves made of Corten steel that rusts and seals as it ages. The leaves chosen, oak, field maple, alder, beech, willow and holly, represent some of the different ways in which wood and timber were used in the war. And the heart of the sculpture will be a Horseshoe found on the site, probably from the former farm holding which once stood there.
Over the summer the Trust organised a competition asking members of the public to suggest a name for the horse. Nearly a hundred different suggestions were made. At a special ceremony outside the Senedd on 6 November, the winning entry was announced. The horse will be known as ‘Yr Arwr / Hero’, named after poet which won Hedd Wyn the Chair, posthumously, at the National Eisteddfod of 1917. The name had been suggested by Nicola Hancock, among others. The successful name had been chosen from a shortlist of three, which also included ‘Tommy’ and ‘Poppy’.
The Trust’s aim at Ffos Las it to create a special woodland, one that will stand tall in honour of the generation of 100 years ago, providing a lasting tribute to all those involved in the First World War. By the end of the project, volunteers will have planted over 90,000 trees at the site. The centrepiece, the commemorative feature, will be this horse sculpture. Featuring different leaf shapes, the sculpture highlights the key role played by woods and trees in the First World War. It will also commemorate the more than a million war horses and mules who served in the British Army in that terrible conflict.
Fe ddaith Ceffyl y Canmlwyddiant i’r Senedd
Roedd yr wythnos cyn Sul y Cofio yn un bwysig i Goedwig Canmlwyddiant Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf yng Nghymru, ac fe wahoddodd Coed Cadw (Woodland Trust) bawb sydd â diddordeb i ddod draw i weld digwyddiad unigryw yn y Senedd yng Nghaerdydd.
Mae Coed Cadw’n creu Coedwig Ganmlwyddiant y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf yng Nghoed Ffos Las yn Sir Gaerfyrddin fel teyrnged i bawb a gymerodd ran yn y gyflafan erchyll honno. Mae’r prosiect yn bosibl oherwydd cefnogaeth o chwaraewyr y Loteri Genedlaethol trwy Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri (HLF). Yn enwedig, mae HLF wedi dyrannu £30,500 i gefnogi nifer o elfennau o’r prosiect gan gynnwys dehongli pwysigrwydd coedwigoedd a choed yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf, creu perllan a dôl blodau gwyllt, hyfforddiant ar gyfer gwirfoddolwyr i blygu perthi a chodi waliau cerrig sych a llawer mwy. Cefnogir y prosiect ehangach gan gwmni Sainsbury’s, prif bartner Prosiect Coedydd y Canmlwyddiant a hefyd Llywodraeth Cymru trwy brosiect Plant! yn ogystal ag aelodau a chefnogwyr Coed Cadw ei hun.
Canolbwynt y goedwig fydd cerflun o geffyl rhyfel, maint llawn, a grëwyd allan o ddur Corten gan y dylunydd Steve Tomlinson. Mae'r gwaith bron yn barod i'w osod, ond ar y ffordd i Goed Coed Ffos fe fydd yn treulio diwrnod y tu allan i'r Senedd, cartref y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol ym Mae Caerdydd. Y syniad i rhoi cyfle i Aelodau'r Cynulliad ac aelodau'r cyhoedd i’w weld a’i edmygu . Fe fydd yna arddangosfa hefyd y tu mewn i'r Cynulliad.
Mae croen y ceffyl wedi’i wneud o ddail o ddur Corten sy'n rhydu wrth iddi heneiddio. Mae'r dail a ddewiswyd, derw, masarn, gwern, ffawydd, helyg a chelyn, yn cynrychioli rhai o'r gwahanol ffyrdd y defnyddiwyd coed a phren yn y rhyfel. A chalon y cerflun fydd pedol y cafwyd hyd iddi ar y safle, yn ôl pob tebyg o'r hen ffermdy a oedd unwaith yn sefyll yno.
Dros yr haf fe drefnodd Coed Cadw gystadleuaeth yn gofyn i bawb awgrymu enwau i’r ceffyl. Fe gafodd yr enw buddugol ei gyhoeddi ar y 6 Tachwedd: ‘Yr Arwr / Hero’, ar ôl y cerdd a enillodd y Gadair i Hedd Wyn, yn fuan ar ôl ei farwolaeth, yn 1917. Awgrymwyd yr enw hwnnw gan Nicola Hancock, ymysg eraill. Y ddau enw arall ar y rhestr fel oedd ‘Tommy’ and ‘Poppy’.
Nod Coed Cadw yn Ffos Las yw creu coeweig arbennig, un a fydd yn sefyll yn uchel i gofio'r genhedlaeth o 100 mlynedd yn ôl, gan ddarparu teyrnged parhaol i bawb oedd yn ymwneud â'r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Erbyn diwedd y prosiect, fe fydd gwirfoddolwyr wedi plannu dros 90,000 o goed ar y safle. Y canolbwynt, y nodwedd goffa, fydd y cerflun ceffyl hwn. Mae’r cerflun yn cynnwys siapiau gwahanol ddail, gan amlygu'r rôl allweddol a chwaraeodd coedwigoedd a choed yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Fe fydd hefyd yn coffáu’r mwy na miliwn o geffylau a mulod rhyfel a wasanaethodd yn y Fyddin Brydeinig yn y gyflafan ofnadwy honno.
A pub (public house) on a public street and, yes, public is allowed to enter! But it is good to know that also school staff and even students are welcome...
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Medicinal Rice Formulations of Asia
Septenary/Octonary Ingredients of Important Traditional Herbal Formulations from Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database
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Los secretarios generales, Jairo Flores, UNE; Roxana Baldetti, PP; Juan Gutiérrez, PAN; Luis Fernando Pérez, FRG; Héctor Nuila, URNG y Jaime Martínez, GANA, entonan el Himno Nacional de Guatemala.
This is an important professional book which has been carefully prepared by the author for many years. Electronics is arcane and abstract. But it is also an exact science of real practical importance. Whether we appreciate it or not, our lives are practically dominated by electronics, e.g., TVs, computers, smart-phones, et. al.. Applying electronic theories would bring actual, practical results which could be tested or gauged by instruments. This book on practical electronics should therefore be taken seriously. This book has been painstakingly prepared for readers who suffer from a phobia of technologies which tend to be difficult to grasp. This book is apparently the only one of its kind now which conveys important, useful electronics knowledge in a very simple, jargon-free, easily comprehended manner. In the book the author also shares some of his experiences in electronics by offering practical tips on circuit design. What are required of the reader of this book are just some patience, interest and motivation.
This title is now available at the Kindle Store.
Latimer Hinks Solicitors joined other local businesses to compete in St Teresa’s Hospice’s It’s a Knockout fun-filled fundraiser and raised an impressive £545.
Latimer Hinks’ team name is “Hel’s Angels” in honour of a much loved colleague and friend, Helen Thomas, who received support from the hospice prior to passing away from cancer in July 2016, aged 33.
The event was held at Darlington’s Blackwell Meadows on Sunday 16th July and set corporate teams from across the area against each other on a challenging assault course inspired by the famous television show.
The Darlington-based legal firm is raising the money as part of its 125th anniversary pledge to raise £10,000 for the hospice, which will culminate in a charity ball in November. So far it is more than halfway towards its total.
Natalie Palmer, Director at Latimer Hinks and member of Hel’s Angels, said of the light-hearted competition: “The day was all about having fun with other local businesses who, like us, care about the services St Teresa’s provides for the local community.
“It was gorgeous weather and we were delighted to win one game, although we did eventually finish last! All the teams competed in good spirits and for a wonderful cause; an opportunity to raise money and have fun at the same time. By continually raising money for this brilliant charity we feel we are doing something positive to remember our friend and colleague Helen.
“We are delighted to reach the halfway mark in our fundraising. It’s a Knockout was our 10thfundraising activity for St Teresa’s Hospice since January and we are eager to meet, and hopefully exceed our target to support the hospice and the remarkable work it does with those suffering from serious illnesses and their families. I know that Helen greatly appreciated the care she received and I’m sure she would be delighted to see us supporting the hospice.”
Latimer Hinks solicitors, based in Darlington, has a team of around 50 people serving private and corporate clients. Their range of expertise and services covers legal issues surrounding commercial, residential and agricultural property, wills and lasting powers of attorney, trusts, probate, long-term care, tax planning, commercial law, alternative and renewable energy, employment, and land-owning.
St Teresa’s Hospice is an independent charity that works to provide a number of hospice services to patients across South Durham and North Yorkshire. The hospice offers community hospice, day hospice and inpatient care in its new specially designed unit. Important services such as family support through to care and bereavement support for those a patient leaves behind are also on offer for those who are affected by a loved one facing terminal illness.
For the technical side (how-to):
you will need:
- doom 3 (duh!)
- irfan view (free)
- anamaker (free)
- anaglyphic glasses (very cheap, see your optician for the cheapes cardboard models)
For a phototour i recommend fiddling with your console (when fiddling with your console you can MESS THINGS UP - so do some reading on how to back up your config files!!!).
open up the console:
CTRL+ALT+^
enter:
GOD (so you cannot die)
NOCLIP (for flying and passing through walls for nice perspectives)
NOTARGET (so monsters will stay lurking in the dark instead of attacking you)
you do not want your guns and HUD in the screenshot, so what I did (alternatives are possible):
enter:
bind F11 "set ui_showGun 0; set g_showHud 0; screenshot"
(this will hide weapons and HUD from your screen and make a screenshot)
then type:
bind F12 "set g_showHud 1; set ui_showGun 1"
now you will take "clean" screenshots using F11, if you wanna proceed playing/killing, press F12.
SHOOTING PICS:
find a nice perspective. Start "left", take screenshot using F11, then slightly strafe right and take next screenshot(s). The closer the object, the less strafing you should do in between shots (just "tap" your "strafe right" key).
Take loads of shots.
When taking pics of Monsters, take even more and try to sync it with the movement (its tricky), for example the moment when the Zombie looks to its right or the monster flicks its tongue.
There is also a "freeze" command in the console but I have not tried it yet - would be cool though for action shots!
Note that Godmode and Noclip has to be reentered at the beginning of a new level.
Screenshots will be saved to (standard setting) C:\programs\base\screenshots
in .tga format.
As Anamaker can only handle .jpeg and .bmp files you will have to use irfanview to batch convert the .tga-files to .jpeg.
Now you have everything you need.
Open Anamaker.
Choose "left eye" and flip through your screenshots folder. As they are just given names shot0001 through shot9999 it is easy to find the first pic of a series.
So lets say choose "shot0013" for left eye. Now choose "shot 0014" for right eye and make an anaglyph (check the color anaglyph tab). Put on your anaglyphic glasses and enjoy.
You can fiddle a bit with the cross-shaped buttons to shift the two pictures.
Once you are satisfied, save your work.
If the effect is not as desired, choose the next pair of your set. Say, choose shot14 for left and shot 15 for right eye.
It takes only a little practise and if you are anything like me, the results will leave a big smile on your face.
Works with other 3d-games as well, but be shure you figure out a way to loose the weapon and HUD in the screenshots.
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All images are copyright and must not be re posted or water marks removed, anyone found reposting or removing water marks are liable to prosecution.
St Peter's Collegiate church is Wolverhampton's most important and historic place of worship, a grand crucifiorm edifice in the heart of the city dominated by it's slender central tower. Most of the present building (with the exception of the Victorian chancel) is late medieval in the Perpendicular style, though a church has stood here for far longer, as witnessed by the Saxon cross-shaft standing in the churchyard.
The interior is impressive, the spaces tall and narrow and crowned by fine wooden ceilings studded with bosses, that over the nave being particularly fine. The outstanding furnishing is the rare medieval stone pulpit, it's staircase guarded by an amusing carved lion. There are several noteworthy monuments and some fine stained glass throughout the building.
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The Mayan city of Uxmal is one of the most important in Mexico, its major buildings surviving in unusually good condition and distinctively designed, exhibiting the 'Puuc' style (found especially in this area of the Yucatan Penninsula) which employs large areas of semi-abstract geometric surface decoration on the facades of temples and palaces.
This decoration reaches its zenith at Uxmal, where great swathes of patterned relief adorn the major structures along with the distinctive masks of the hook-nosed rain god Chac marking the corners. The cult of Chac was very important here, with rain collected in cisterns providing the principal source of water.
The city is believed to have been founded in the mid 7th century AD but abandoned before the Spanish conquest.
The most significant buildings here are the 'Pyramid of the Magician', the 'Nunnery Quadrangle', the 'Great Pyramid' and the 'Palace of the Governor', all of which represent the highest achievements and most ornate forms of the ancient Mayan Puuc style.
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Another important building in Buffalo goes down ro make things "Shovel Ready" for developers. Over 1 million square feet of factory space. Imagine apartments surrounding a giant atrium...sound stages... so many other ways to do things other than filling the landfill with hundreds of thousands of tons of debris,
Recently this building was a suit and clothing factory (M Wile). But historically this building helped win WWI and WWII. The Curtis Jenny was built here. In WWII the P40 Warhawk and C40 (I think) were built here. In its industrial heyday Buffalo and vicinity was a center of aircraft design and building. The Bell X-1 was produced in Niagara Falls for example, but we cant find a way to re-use these old buildings and not exacerbate climate change, as well as honor the work so many people did in winning 2 world wars....besides I've never seen a developer jump on a site because it was "shovel ready". If "shovel ready" was such a lure then Buffalo would be crowded to capacity with development. This is some myth needed to justify waste such as this.
When you think you may have been exposed to Poison Ivy, the best thing to do is wash with a soap that contains no moisturizer. (The oils in the moisturizing soap will simply spread the Poison Ivy oils around on your skin.)
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Scott and Kaylan are important enough people that they needed Steve as their Secret Service agent at Look3.
I attended this year’s Look3 photography conference (a festival/conference that celebrates the work of documentary photography/photojournalism and those behind the images). To hang around a large group of people who dedicate their lives to telling visual stories is a powerful experience. To do so with deeply thoughtful image maker friends beside you is even more so. This blog is titled “The Process of Remember” for a specific reason. It is a way for me to remember my personal journey on this earth in a meaningful and methodical way with a deliberate slowness of pace that allows me time to soak in more deeply things past that I would rather soon not forget. Look3 was one of those moments in my life. So perhaps for the next month, this page will be used as a daily vehicle allowing me to patiently practice the process of remembering. These images are a collection of my vision and feelings from the past several days.
To kick off my Look3 posts, I feel it appropriate to start with a picture of my friend Kaylan (click here to see it). Her strong, pretty and complicated look/expression feels like the perfect symbol of what this festival is all about---that more often than not, thoughtful image makers have a way for expressing more than a simple set of information in a picture. The truth that images have the potential to say a great deal more to us than a simple recording of history.
The National Archaeological Museum in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity. It is considered one of the greatest museums in the world and contains the richest collection of artifacts from Greek antiquity worldwide.
Bronx Rhymes illuminates the history and significance of Hip Hop in the Bronx by tagging important locations for Hip Hop (1520 Sedgwick, for example) with posters. Each poster describes the historical significance of that location in the form of a rhyme, and invites people walking by to join in a rhyming battle by txt-ing their own rhyme from their mobile phone. The website displays the artists and locations along with all the submitted rhymes elevating the most recent submission. Eventually, visitors to the website will be able to rate existing rhymes, and add their own.
Check it out at www.bronxrhymes.org.
350 military children received backpacks filled with school supplies at our annual Back-to-School Brigade in Jacksonville, NC. Thank you to our national partners Dollar Tree, CSX, Nike and SAIC for supporting this important program, and to our volunteers for helping us achieve our mission of building strong, stable, and secure military families. #BTSB2020