http://tkancil.fotopages.com/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:24:50 GMT Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:24:50 GMT http://www.fotopages.com/images/rss_logo.gif http://shw.fotopages.com/ 40 60 Stratford-upon-Avon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, 22 miles (35 km) south east of Birmingham and 8 miles (13 km) south west of the county town, Warwick. It is the main town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers a much larger area than the town itself.In 2001, the town's population was 23,676. The town is a popular tourist destination owing to its status as birthplace of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare, receiving about three million visitors a year from all over the world. The administrative body for the town is the Stratford-upon-Avon Town Council, which is based at the Civic Hall in Rother Street (not to be confused with the Stratford-on-Avon District Council, which is based at Elizabeth House, Church Street). The Town Council is responsible for crime prevention, cemeteries, public conveniences, litter, river moorings, parks, and grants via the Town Trust, plus the selection of the town's mayor. Locally, the town is known simply as Stratford, and as such can be confused with the Stratford in the London Borough of Newham. Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anne Hathaway (1556 – August 6, 1623) was the wife of William Shakespeare. Very little is known about her, beyond a few references in legal documents, but her personality and relationship to Shakespeare have been the subject of much speculation by historians and creative writers. Life Anne Hathaway is believed to have grown up in Shottery, a small village just to the west of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. She is assumed to have grown up in the farmhouse that was the Hathaway family home, which is located at Shottery, and is now a major tourist attraction for the village. Her father, Richard Hathaway, was a yeoman farmer. He died in September 1581, and bequeathed Anne the sum of £6, 13s, 4d (six pounds, thirteen shillings and fourpence) to be paid "at the day of her marriage". Hathaway married William Shakespeare in November 1582 while pregnant with the couple's first child. Hathaway was 26 years of age when she married, whereas Shakespeare was only 18. This age difference, and Hathaway's pregnancy, has been used by some historians as evidence that this was a "shotgun wedding" forced on a reluctant Shakespeare by Hathaway's family. There is, however, no reliable evidence for this inference. This argument was apparently supported by documents from the Episcopal Register at Worcester, which records in Latin the issuing of wedding licence to "Wm Shaxpere" and one "Anne Whatley" of Temple Grafton. The day afterwards Fulk Sandells and John Richardson, relatives of Hathaway from Stratford, signed a surety of £40 as a financial guarantee for the wedding of "Willam Shagspere and Anne Hathwey". Frank Harris in The Man Shakespeare (1909), argued that these documents were evidence that Shakespeare was involved with two women. He had chosen to marry Whatley, but when this became known he was immediately forced by Hathaway's family to marry their pregnant relative. According to the Oxford Companion to Shakespeare most modern scholars take the view that the name Whatley was "almost certainly the result of clerical error". Germaine Greer argues that the age difference between William and Anne was typical of couples of their time. Women, such as the orphaned Anne, often stayed at home to care for younger siblings and married in their late 20s, and often to younger eligible men. Furthermore a "handfast" marriage and pregnancy were frequent precursors to legal marriage at the time. Certainly Shakespeare was bound to marry her having made her pregnant, but there is no reason to assume that had not always been his intention. It is likely the bride and groom's families had known one another. Three children were born to Anne: Susanna in 1583, and the twins Hamnet and Judith in 1585. It has often been inferred that Shakespeare came to dislike his wife, but there is no existing documentation or correspondence to support this supposition. For most of their married life, he lived in London, writing and performing his plays, while Hathaway stayed in Stratford. However, when Shakespeare retired from the theatre in 1613, he chose to live in Stratford, not London. Much has been read into the bequest Shakespeare famously made in his will, leaving Anne only the "second-best bed." A few explanations have been offered for Shakespeare's bequest. Firstly, it has been claimed that according to law Hathaway was entitled to receive one third of her husband's estate regardless of his will.[4] Second, it has been speculated that Hathaway would be supported by her children. More recently Germaine Greer has come up with a new explanation based on research into other wills and marriage settlements of the time and place. She disputes the claim that widows were automatically entitled to a third of the estate, and suggests that a condition of the marriage of Shakespeare's eldest daughter Susanna to a financially sound husband was probably that Susanna (and thus her husband) inherited the bulk of Shakespeare's estate. This would also explain other examples of Shakespeare's will being apparently ungenerous, such as the treatment of his younger daughter Judith. Greer also discusses some indications tending to support speculation that Anne may have been financially secure in her own right. The National Archives states that "beds and other pieces of household furniture were often the sole bequest to a wife," and that customarily the children would receive the best items, and the widow the second-best.In Shakespeare's time the beds of prosperous citizens were expensive affairs, sometimes to the value of a small house. The bequest was thus not as minor as it might seem to a modern person. Finally, in Elizabethan custom, the best bed in the house was reserved for guests. Therefore, the bed that Shakespeare bequeathed to Anne could have been their marital bed, and thus significant. The simple fact though is that Shakespeare, the last surviving of his brothers, was an old man for his times and Anne was eight years older than him. She may well have been feeble and dependent on her daughters. He would not have expected her to outlive him by any great length of time, and thus it made sense to leave the estate directly to her daughters. Anne Hathaway's Cottage Anne Hathaway's childhood was spent in a house near Stratford in Warwickshire, England. Although it is often called a cottage, it is, in fact, a spacious twelve-roomed farmhouse, with several bedrooms, now set in extensive gardens. It was known as Newlands Farm in Shakespeare's day and had more than ninety acres of land attached to it. As in many houses of the period, it has multiple chimneys to spread the heat evenly throughout the house during winter. The largest chimney was used for cooking. It also has visible timber framing, a trademark of vernacular Tudor style architecture. After the death of Anne's father, the cottage was owned by Anne's brother Bartholomew, and was passed down the Hathaway family until 1846, when financial problems forced them to sell it. However, it was still occupied by them as tenants when it was acquired in 1892 by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, which removed later additions and alterations. In 1969 the cottage was badly damaged in a fire, but was restored by the Trust. It is now open to public visitors as a museum. http://tkancil.fotopages.com/?entry=1633845 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT FlickrMail From: Emma J. Williams Subject: Schmap Cardiff Fifth Edition: Photo Inclusion Hi Mira, I am delighted to let you know that your submitted photo has been selected for inclusion in the newly released fifth edition of our Schmap Cardiff Guide: Millennium Stadium Tour www.schmap.com/cardiff/activities_guided/p=163762/i=163762_8.jpg If you use an iPhone or iPod touch, then this same link will take you directly to your photo in the iPhone version of our guide. On a desktop computer, you can still see exactly how your photo is displayed and credited in the iPhone version of our guide at: Millennium Stadium Tour www.schmap.com/?m=iphone#uid=cardiff&sid=activities_guided&p=163762&i=163762_8 Finally, if you have a blog, you might also like to check out the customizable widgetized version of our Schmap Cardiff Guide, complete with your published photo: www.schmap.com/guidewidgets/p=7140449N05/c=SH1081350 Thanks so much for letting us include your photo - please enjoy the guide! Best regards, Emma Williams, Managing Editor, Schmap Guides http://tkancil.fotopages.com/?entry=1633824 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Imran bersama ummi http://tkancil.fotopages.com/?entry=1566279 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://tkancil.fotopages.com/?entry=1566162 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT Seawal jam 6 pagi dah mula mencari-cari tempat yang sesuai untuk diabadikan dalam kenangan.Sebelum tu dah siap buat 'wake up call' untuk teman2 yang lain,takut2 kalau dia orang tak perasan kat luar dah snow....... Rasa sejuk yang memang amat sejuk tu dah macam tak rasa sangat sebab sibuk dok menekan camera.tapi kali ni memang puas hati sebab banyak pic dapat ambik.Kalau tahun depan balik m'sia tak dapat lah main snow lagi........ :-> :-> http://tkancil.fotopages.com/?entry=1504403 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Millennium Bridge Setelah 5 hari cuti2 christmas akhirnya sampai ke destinasi terakhir percutian "Newcastle".Masa ni dah rasa letih tapi bergambar tu memang tak dapat nak elakkan.sebab saya memang suka bergambar.Newcastle memang happening kalau nak di bandingkan dgn Oxford :-D.masa kat Newcastle banyak shopping sebab masa ditempat2 lain tak sempat nak shopping christmas sale.selain bergambar i memang suka shopping kalau tak pun window shopping :-D kalau nak ikutkan letih memang letih tapi bukan selalu dapat bercuti Newcastle memang banyak bridge,yang lama mahupun yang baru semuanya memang cantik tapi yang paling terkenal Millennium Bridge http://tkancil.fotopages.com/?entry=1470480 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Saat yang menyeronokkan bila dapat sampai ke Holly Island,tiada jambatan yang menghubungkan 'mainland' dengan Holly island.Jalan untuk menuju ke Holly island akan kelihatan apabila air laut surut.Dalam jangka waktu ini sahaja holly island di hubungkan dengan 'mainland'.Dalam pada waktu menyusuri jalan ke Holly Island terasa juga berdebar takut2 kalau air pasang.Tapi jadual pasang surut air memang di beritahu.Jika waktu air hampir pasang memang tidak dibenarkan merentasi kawasan tersebut. on the way to Holly Island we stop midway at the seabed to take some photo,the wind was strong........ http://tkancil.fotopages.com/?entry=1469670 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Cardiff Castle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cardiff Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerdydd) is a medieval castle and Victorian revival mansion, transformed from a Norman keep erected over a Roman fort in Cardiff, the capital of Wales The Roman fort There may have been at least two previous Roman forts on the site. The first was probably built about AD 55 during the conquest of the Silures tribe. From the late 2nd to the mid-3rd century, civilian timber buildings associated with iron working occupied the site. The Norman castle The Norman keep was built on a high motte on the site of a Roman castra, first uncovered during the third Marquess of Bute's building campaign. The Norman keep, of which the shell remains, was constructed about 1091, by Robert Fitzhamon, lord of Gloucester and conqueror of Glamorgan. After the failed attempt of Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, the Conqueror's eldest son, to take England from Henry I, Robert of Normandy was imprisoned here until his death in 1134.[1] The castle, rebuilt in stone, was an important stronghold of Marcher Lords, in the Clare and Despenser families and the Beauchamps earls of Warwick. In the eighteenth century the castle became the property of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, who became through his Herbert wife a major landowner in the area, and whose heirs developed the docks that transformed Cardiff from a fishing village to a major port during the nineteenth century The Victorian mansion In the early 19th century the castle was enlarged and refashioned in an early Gothic Revival style for John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute by Henry Holland. But its transformation began in 1868 when 3rd Marquess of Bute commissioned William Burges to undertake a massive rebuilding which turned the castle into a 19th century fantasy of a medieval palace, with a series of rooms that, perhaps, constitute the highest achievement of later Victorian Gothic Revival design. The coming together of the Marquess, enormously rich, early Catholic convert and steeped in a romantic vision of the mediaeval world and Burges, pre-eminent art-architect, committed Goth and hugely-talented designer forged one of the great patron/architect relationships and led to a succession of dazzling architectural triumphs of which Cardiff Castle is the greatest of all. Rebuilding began with the Clock Tower, planned 1866-1868 and begun in 1869. The towers continue westward, the Tank Tower, the Guest Tower, the Herbert Tower and the Beauchamp Tower, part Burges, part Holland, part 15th and 16th century, creating a skyline, best observed from Bute Park, that echoes Burges' unbuilt design for the Law Courts and presents a visually-stunning image of a mediaeval city. Within the Castle, the succession of sumptuous apartments; the Winter and Summer Smoking Rooms, the Chaucer Room, the Arab Room, Lord Bute's Bedroom, the Roof Garden, repeatedly illustrates Burges' supreme skill as an art-architect. Taking complete control of the designing, the building, the decoration and the furnishing of the apartments, and using his favoured team of Nicholls, Crace, Lonsdale, Burges created a suite of rooms in a unique Gothic Revival style that is unrivalled Access and events The castle was later sold to the city of Cardiff by the Bute family in 1947 for £1. It is now a popular tourist attraction, and houses a regimental museum in addition to the ruins of the old castle and the Victorian reconstruction. It sits in the expansive grounds of Bute Park. The castle has hosted a number of rock concerts and performances and has the capacity to accommodate over 10,000 people. Notable concerts include the Stereophonics Live at Cardiff Castle in June 1998 and Green Day in 2000. In 1948 a crowd of 16,000, a record for British Baseball game, watched Wales defeat England in Cardiff Castle grounds. Cardiff Castle plays host to Cardiff University's Summer Ball each year. It is also the site of Wales' largest Mardi Gras held every August. http://tkancil.fotopages.com/?entry=1443667 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT Millennium Stadium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Millennium Stadium (Welsh: Stadiwm y Mileniwm), is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital Cardiff, and is used primarily for rugby union and football home internationals. At the time of its construction it was the largest stadium in the United Kingdom with a capacity of 75,100, but has since been overtaken by Old Trafford, Twickenham Stadium and the new Wembley Stadium. The Millennium Stadium is owned by Millennium Stadium plc which is a subsidiary company owned by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). History Background Until 1969 Cardiff and Wales played their home matches on the same pitch but a sea-change came in the 1969-70 season. As a result of an agreement between Cardiff Athletic Club and the WRU, the National Stadium project established a new stadium for international matches with club rugby fixtures switched to the original cricket ground on the Cardiff Arms Park site. In 1994 a redevelopment committee was set up to consider redeveloping the National Stadium. By 1995 the WRU was chosen to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup. By 1999 the National Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park, as it was officially known, was replaced by the Millennium Stadium. Cardiff Rugby Football Club, however, continue to play at Cardiff Arms Park. National Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park, which was designed in 1962, showed that other nations stadia had overtaken it, with Twickenham Stadium (England) with a capacity of 82,000 and Murrayfield Stadium (Scotland) with a capacity of 67,000, and with France about to build the Stade de France with a capacity of over 80,000 for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Additional problems were that the National Stadium was also very well hidden by the neighbouring buildings to the south in Park Street, Wood Street and to the east in Westgate Street, and also by Cardiff Rugby Ground in the north. It was only visible fully visible from across the River Taff in the west. Access to the ground was also very restricted with the main entrance being a narrow opening in Westgate Street to the east which is shared by both vehicles and spectators alike. In order to remain on the Arms Park site additional space had to be found to allow safe access and to provide room for the increased capacity and facilities. This was achieved by the purchase of adjacent buildings to the south and east and by the construction of a new River Walk by the River Taff on the west side. The capacity of the National Stadium was 53,000, which included 11,000 standing in the East Terrace. With new safety regulations, this would mean that the capacity would be reduced further to 47,500. It was decided that the new stadium should have a sliding roof to accommodate a multi-use venue, with a grass pitch for rugby and football (soccer). The only other sliding roof in Europe at the time was at the Amsterdam Arena, with a capacity of 50,000. The options for the new stadium included adding a third tier to the existing National Stadium. Other options included moving to a new site. But this option was discounted because it would require vast car parking facilities and that would put severe short-term pressure on the local transport infrastructure, creating traffic jams and pollution. The committee eventually chose a new stadium on the same site but with considerable increase in its capacity. It would also involve moving the alignment of the stadium from west-east to north-south. This was the option supported by the Millennium Commission. It would become the fourth redevelopment of the Cardiff Arms Park site Features The all-seater stadium has the capacity for 75,100 supporters and features a retractable roof (only the second stadium in Europe, and the second biggest in the world, with this feature) to protect the playing surface from the elements. Additional seating is sometimes added for special events such as a rugby Test against the All Blacks, or formerly for the FA Cup final. The record attendance of 75,100, who saw Wales defeat Scotland by 30-15 in the 2008 Six Nations Championship on 9 February 2008. The natural grass turf is a made up of a modular system installed by GreenTech ITM. It features built in irrigation and drainage. The pitch itself is laid on top of some 7,400 pallets which can be moved so the stadium can be used for concerts, exhibitions and other events. The superstructure of the stadium is based around four 90.3 metre masts. The stadium was built from 56,000 tonnes of concrete and steel, and has 125 hospitality boxes, 22 bars, 7 restaurants, 17 first aid points, 12 escalators and 7 lifts.[9] In each of the stadium's bars, so-called "joy machines" can pour 12 pints in less than 20 seconds. During a Wales-France match, 63,000 fans drank 77,184 pints of beer, almost double the 44,000 pints drunk by a similar number of fans at a game at Twickenham. The stadium has a resident hawk named "Dad", who is employed to drive seagulls and pigeons out of the stadium Motorsports In 2001 it staged its first ever motorsport event, hosting the Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, and has done every year since, in 2007 attracting over 41,000, a record for British Speedway. In September 2005 the stadium was host to the first ever indoor stage of the World Rally Championship during the Wales Rally Great Britain. The lower tier of the stadium was removed to create a figure-of-eight course. In addition to this, the stadium has hosted stages for the British Rally and motocross events. In October 2007 The stadium will host the UK leg of the Monster Jam Monster trucks Europe tour Film The stadium has also on occasion been used as a venue for shooting film and television productions. "Dalek", an episode of the 2005 season of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, was shot primarily on location at the stadium, using its underground areas to stand in for an underground base in Utah, United States in the year 2012. The location shooting for the episode took place during October and November 2004. The underground areas of the stadium were used again in Doctor Who for the 2005 Christmas special, "The Christmas Invasion". The area was used as the headquarters for UNIT, based under the Tower of London. The episode was broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. The Hindi film Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham was also filmed there. The Wembley stadium scene in the film 28 Weeks Later was actually filmed at the Millennium Stadium. Although the outside is footage of Wembley, the inside is all filmed in Cardiff. The effects team on the film edited the footage to make it look more like Wembley Rugby Union The stadium is the home of the Welsh rugby union team, who play all of their home fixtures at the venue. These games include those during the Six Nations, as well as the November Tests against nations from the Southern Hemisphere. Apart from the national team the stadium has been used for Celtic League games, as well as Heineken Cup matches. The Cardiff Blues sometimes play larger home fixtures at the ground http://tkancil.fotopages.com/?entry=1443607 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT Seawal jam 0900am kami sampai di Cardiff Bay,terasa sejuk juga pagi tu,tapi kami tahan je lah.Dalam cuaca sejuk tu pun kami boleh berserapan bersama2,almaklumlah christmas kedai pun tutup,jadi kami membawa juadah masing2.bila dah lapar cuaca sejuk cam mana pun tak jadi masalah asalkan dapat minum coffe panas. suasana sunyi seperti kawasan yang tak berpenghuni,hanya suara riuh kami mengisi ruang.... Sekali pandang seperti besi buruk yang memang berharga :-> :-> tapi ianya adalah ukiran rupa manusia (Bronze figure)......modern art http://tkancil.fotopages.com/?entry=1418862 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT