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"The Twins stole my Chocolate Ice Cream's Spoon. Just because I didn't share with them the Ice Cream.. I wonder where did they hide it?"
Have a Great Weekend, everybody :)
This Shot Taken By Canon 60D with Canon 15mm fisheye lens.
-Focal Length: 15mm
-Exposure time: 0.2"
-Aperture: f/2.8
-Exposures: 1 exposure.
-ISO Speed: 400
-Location: My friend's Apartment, Chicago.
-Edited by using: PS-CS5.
** I Hope You Like It, Comments are really apprecited to improve my skills and to see your opinions to encourage me.
A boy walks past one of the games on the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey as Trump's Taj Mahal casino resort towers over them.
Explored on June 17, 2011.
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In terms of total area, the Raurisertal is one of the largest expanses of valley in the Hohe Tauern range. Together with the National Park Region which surrounds the Rauris Valley, we encounter special features and natural treasures that are so rich in variety, we are often said to be a separate world within the Hohe Tauern National Park. The Krumltal is one of the side valleys of the Rauristal and can be reached by a steep path in the beginning. A beautiful scenery with a lot of wildlife. Between water falls, rocks and alpine pastures the Kruml brook brings you directly to the Birds of Prey of the alps. The Krumltal accommodates the most important traditional sleeping places and the best observation possibilities for griffon vultures which come annually during the Hohe Tauern. At the same time it is the only area in the national park where all three kings can be observed regularly. It is one of the most closest settled valley by the golden eagle. In summer times there are between 60- 80 griffon vultures, which spend their summer vacation in the valley of vultures. The kings of the air in the wild nature are very far, but in the valley of Rauris, however, very close. In 1986, the Rauris valley was selected as the site in which to reintroduce the bearded vulture to the Alps this year will see the final release of bearded vultures into the wild, along with smaller animals which have lived in the Hohe Tauern for centuries. Look out for imposing Bearded Vultures or once the snow melts, free-roaming marmots. The Raurisertal is also one of the few Tauern valleys to be a site of continuous settlement.
Feel nature's power here in the Krumltal valley of the National park Hohe Tauern - Austria. Here you'll also walk alongside the roosts of the recently reintroduced Bearded Vultures nestled amid the magnificent Alpine mountains. Here at the top of the Goldberggruppe you can find the beautiful Krumtal waterfall. The melted snow water is tumbling down from the 3000 meter high peaks like Hohe Sonnblick Schareck and Herzog Ernst. Eventually down into the Salzbach river. It is a right tributary of the Inn and is 225 kilometres in length. The Inn is a right tributary of the Danube and is approximately 500km long. The source is located in the Alps.
Het Nationalpark Hohe Tauern biedt vandaag nog veel diersoorten een thuis. Diersoorten die bijna zijn uitgestorven. Zo moest men jaren gelden ook in het Raurisertal besluiten voor massa toerisme of zachte toerisme ter bescherming van de natuur. Daarom voelt men zich vandaag in het Raurisertal als in het paradijs op aarde. Heerlijke alm weitjes, de indrukwekkende Baardgieren, rondlopende Marmotten in het hart van het Nationalpark zijn een teken dat de natuur nog in takt is. En idylle dat tot dromen uitnodigt. Het doet goed wanneer we in het dagelijks leven en werk eens tijd maken voor de natuur, mystiek en familie. Niets anders dan onthaasten, gezondheid, bewegen in de bergen en ontspanning in de prachtige natuur zijn de elementen die nodig zijn voor een balans tussen lijf, geest en ziel. De geest en gedachten tot rust laten komen en regenereren bij de buitengewone “Kraftplatzen” van het Raurisertal. De Krumltal is één van de zijdalen van het Raurisertal. Te bereiken via een tamelijk steil begin over een brede verder makkelijke weg, naar een romantisch dal, met veel wild zoals marmotten, gemsen en baardgieren. De baardgier is een bijna uitgestorven giersoort die men weer opnieuw in het wild is uitgezet. Aan het einde van het dal bevindt zich een mooie waterval. Hierboven ontspringt de Krumltalbeek die uiteindelijk in de Salzach eindigt. De Salzach is met een lengte van 225 kilometer de langste zijrivier van de Inn. De Inn is weer een rechter zijrivier van de Donau en één van de voornaamste waterafvoerwegen van de Alpen.
Catawba Rhododendron flowers at peak bloom under a vivid sunset sky at Craggy Gardens in the Great Craggy Mountains along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina are incredibly beautiful during this time of year with all of the flowers blooming. Hope you enjoy it, comments welcome! ;-)
Nikon D700 and the 17-35mm 2.8 lens, CP and ND Grad.
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Sorry for another self-portrait upload. I uploaded three today because of yearbook camp is tomorrow until Friday.
Oh and here is my short hair, you can kind of see it.
And if you are REALLY bored, read this really long tag.
1. What was the last big change that you did to your hair? Are you often experimental when it comes to those kind of things? Or do you usually just stick to what you know suits you best?
Most often I just stick to the same thing. Up until a couple weeks ago I had the same haircut for years in a row. But then I went a little crazy and cut a lot of it off, as you can see above. I still can't decide if I like it or not, but it is easier. And I don't even remember what I used to look like.
2. Is there anything you are looking forward to doing this summer? If so, what are your plans? Well I just got back from choir tour which was exciting. And tomorrow I have to get up at five to get ready for yearbook camp. (which probably means I should get to bed). Then of course my sister is getting married the same day Harry Potter Part 2 comes out. Regardless of that, I am still seeing it at midnight. Then in August my other sister moves out to college.
3. What type of people do you usually NOT get along with?
I would lie to you and say I get along with all people and I am easy-going, but I will be honest. I don't get along with that many people. Some of the kids at my school were constantly calling me a hater, sigh. I can't help it that I am opinionated and sometimes have difficulty accepting others opinions, trust me it is a constant struggle to keep myself from slapping the people I disagree wit. I guess you could say I don't get along with shallow people, sexists, people who aren't accepting of other people religious views, people who always want a pity party, people who are overly happy, people who compliment you too much, people who say really mean things and don't even realize, and other people (like me) who have really strong opinions and always share theirs. I need calm people to balance me out.
4. Do you have an interest that is uncommon to most people? How many people, if any, do you share this same interest with?
Well as you all know I LOVE music, which itself is very common. But I like music most don't. The only people I know who share that are here on flickr. :D
5. Use this question to talk about something you like. Or anything that is on your mind at the moment. Or vent. Whatever.
I just realized another type of person I could add to my people I don't get along with list ^ up there. People who can't form their own opinions. I mean sure I don't like people who disagree with me, but I also hate people who agree with EVERYTHING I say. People who don't have their opinion on something until you share yours and then it become theirs. I know I say I hate people who are opinionated and disagree with me, but in the end all though I will usually start arguments with those people I really respect people who can fight for their own opinion even if it is different than mine. Hey, at least they believe what they say. (gosh I make no sense. And I just made myself sound like a jerk. Oh well, I guess I kind of am.)
6. Do you have any motto in life? Or any quote/sayings that you believe in or follow?
Not really. My sister and I always joke about the motto "Life sucks, and then you die." but we are just messing around.
7. What is your nationality? Are you proud of your nationality? Do you believe in national or ethnic pride?
I am a bit of everything I think I might be Irish or Scottish. My dads names is Patrick. And I am also part Czech. My moms maiden name is Havlicak. Pronounced Have-ill-check. Haha!
8. What's one stereotype about where you came from that actually applies to you?
I'm American and I spend way to much time inside on the computer or watching tv. :(
9. What do you think is the biggest misconception about the place that you're from?
Utah. I am Mormon/LDS. For some reason the media always jokes about us being polygamist. But we aren't. Back in the 1800's some of the Mormons were but so were people who weren't Mormon. It is against our church to take part in plural marriage and you can't me excommunicated for it. Seriously-- it isn't even a funny joke. And if the media is going to kid around about our religion then they should at least get their facts straight! They don't even know the first part of what we believe!
10. Why do you think people stay in abusive relationships? Have you ever been in one?
Random question. I think because at one point they were in love with the person before they were abusive and the always secretly hope that that person is still there, when sometime they aren't. No I have never been in a relationship, I haven't even been in a relationship.
11. What do you think is your biggest personality flaw? How does this affect your relationship with other people?
Wow personal now. I am really shy, but once I know a person I don't hold back my opinions. And that often makes people think I am mean. But I am also terribly gifted with knowing how to perfectly hurt a person and sometimes when I am angry I can't hold back and use that to say mean things I don't mean. I have may personality flaws, as do all. I hurt my friends feelings a lot, I hope I can get better at that though.
12. What's one movie you're looking forward to seeing right now? If you do not have one, what's the last movie you saw and how did you find it?
The Art of Getting By, One Day, and of course Harry Potter.
13. Do you think you're funny? How would you describe your humor?
Depends on who you ask, and of I would say yes I think I am funny to myself but not to other people. I often makes jokes no one else gets but me so I just amuse myself. Hahaha, I am very sarcastic too. Too sarcastic-- I don't even mean to be anymore.
14. Do you tend to hoard things?
Not that I am aware of. However I am kind of like that little girl in Signs. I leave half-empty cups all over the house and in my bedroom.
15. How good are you at handling money? Do you find it harder to save or spend? How often do you find yourself broke?
I am terrible with money. I spend every bit of money I get on film and candy with my friends. I am broke right now. Let's leave it at that.
Those were random questions and I already know no one read that.
minneapolis minnesota
Looking up the International Market Square building stairwell in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is the largest commercial double helix staircase in the US - built with straight runs and flat landings it intertwines two separate sets of stairs, one for going up and one for going down.
More than you probably want to know:
Although it looks like artwork by M. C. Escher, these unique stairs have a more utilitarian reason for existence - that's what I was told: International Market Square used to be the old Munsingwear underwear factory. George Munsing invented non-scratchy underwear in 1891 which was a miracle for the textile industry but sewing the stuff all day was not a fun job and employee morale became a problem. When George designed his new state-of-the-art factory in 1904 he spared no expense by putting in one set of stairs to accommodate happy people coming to work, and one set of stairs for the exhausted people leaving. With two sets of stairs, different shifts of employees would never run into each other - morale problem solved.
The Munsingwear company was extremely successful and became the largest manufacture and distributor of underwear in the world. Eventually competition caught up and market declines forced Munsingwear to close down the Minneapolis building in 1981. In 1985, the old factory was renovated and the complex was renamed International Market Square, which currently holds offices, shops, showrooms and this cool set of stairs.
"A heart that's full up like a landfill,
a job that slowly kills you,
bruises that won't heal
You were so tired, happy,
bring down the government,
they don't, they don't speak for her
I'll take the quiet life,
a handshake of carbon monoxide
No alarms and no surprises"
Theme for a week is "Hearts" at Competition Corner.
With Valentine's Day this week, hearts should feature quite a bit.
If you didn't know it was Valentine's Day on Thursday, you're welcome.
You can add new or old pics to the competition discussion thread.
www.flickr.com/groups/competition_corner/discuss/72157632...
The winning pic will be featured on the front page of the group.
Good Luck everyone.
Jackie and Karen
Comp Corner Team.
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06 • 14 • 2011
Are you white? Are you Caucasian? Are you a god damn cracker? However you want to phrase it, I’m asking if are you of European dissent? I am. This fact alone gives me a huge advantage living in the country I live in. Which also happens to be arguably the most powerful country in the world at the moment. Both in terms of economics, political pull and military agendas.
Why do I bring this up? Well I have found that when I go into poor areas that are primary black, you know the city dwellings where are the white people ran away from years ago, the fight or flight activity in my brain goes wild. I automatically feel out of place and rather fearful. Do I want to feel this way? Of course not.
And yes let me just get this stupid spiel out of the way because you knew it was coming: I don’t consider myself to be “racist” or a bigot or any of those labels that we associate with someone who is a close minded ignorant asshole. I’m not going to tell you how many “black” friends I have because I’m not trying to prove something to you (can you get any more lame by the way? I just want to punch white people in the face when they say that trying to prove their un-racist worth). But here I am admitting that my brain tells me to get scared when I go in to what people commonly refer to as the “ghetto”.
But I’m here to also tell you that I have a happy little moral to this story. I have found that when I am actually able to push these negative thoughts to the side, I wind up much happier.
Case in point? This picture. When I see the people in these areas while I take these pictures (at night) without acting like a scared little white boy, they tend to warm up to me. The more I unquestionably treat everyone there with the kind of respect of a human being that I would expect to be treated, the more accepted I seem to be in return.
But most prominently, the less fearful I genuinely am, the less hostile they are to me. The key word here being “genuinely”. Because you can’t fake this shit. You have to actually mean it. This isn’t a fucking Hollywood movie, it’s the real deal. The opposite of love is fear, not hate. No truer words have ever been said.
And if you think about this whole concept, it makes perfect sense. Think about you pimp photo viewer whoever you are. Think about if someone came to you and was a scared little pussy coming with all kinds of preconceived notions of who you are and completely judging you right off the bat before they even spoke a word to you. Would you dislike them? Would you automatically want to fuck with them? Possibly to just get them the fuck out of your face? Who wants to be around someone like that anyhow? Not me.
The shot at hand? One of the most notoriously “bad” locations of the entire bay area, West Oakland. There were parties, music blaring, people hanging out, and there you had Mr. Photo Man taking pictures because I LOVED this street corner. Something about that old restored car under that street lamp with that mural made for an awesome shot. Fedora included.
Veneza é uma cidade excepcional, seja na Idade Média seja nos nossos dias, pelas características singulares de seu ambiente geográfico e de seu desenvolvimento histórico.
Esta magnifica igreja ao fundo (na foto) é sem dúvida uma referência em Veneza. Quando estamos no sul do Grande Canal de Veneza a Igreja de Santa Maria della Salute domina a paisagem. É um dos locais mais fotografados da cidade. Projectada por Longhena em 1630 tem um interior amplo e espaçoso. Destaca-se no interior o altar com um ícone bizantino e as obras de Ticiano e de Tintoretto. Veneza foi atacado muitas vezes e com resultados desastrosos por um inimigo terrível: a assustadora "Black Death". A praga chegou pela primeira vez a Veneza em 1347, num navio vindo de Caffa. Foi uma catástrofe de proporções assustadoras: mais do que 3 / 5 da população morreu nos 18 meses sucessivos. Mais tarde, foi atingida por a Peste Negra, incluindo a terrível epidemia de 1630, que matou um terço da população. Foi nessa ocasião que os venezianos se viraram para a Virgem, prometendo construir uma igreja em sua honra, em troca da salvação. E em 1631, derrotaram a praga, a Basílica de Santa Maria della Salute foi erigida em agradecimento à Virgem, sob a supervisão de Baldassarre Longhena. A Basílica, ao lado da Dogana (alfândega), destaca-se no horizonte de Veneza por a sua cor branca e por as formas arquitectónicas, mais próximo do estilo da Renascença clássica do que o típico estilo veneziano. Em memória da salvação dada aos venezianos, a escultura da Virgem com o Menino feita pelo famoso artista flamengo Le Corte foi colocado no lugar do altar, de um lado, Veneza é representado por uma mulher nobre, ajoelhada numa pose suplicante, enquanto do outro lado, o Plauge é retratado com uma velha mulher em fuga, perseguida por um anjo.
Veneza – Cidade Excepcional.
Os habitantes da planície veneziana, para fugir das incursões dos bárbaros que entravam na Itália pelos Alpes, refugiavam-se nas lagunas entre a foz do Pó e a do Tagliamento, que ofereciam um ambiente protegido tanto por terra, quanto por mar. Nasceram, assim, as ilhas intermediárias e alguns centros habitados. Veneza, encontra-se no meio da lagoa maior (entre a foz do Brenta e do Piave) e comunica facilmente com o mar através de um canal natural. Veneza pôde evitar as dominações dos reinos de terra firme, e permaneceu formalmente sujeita a Constantinopla; pode pois, tornar-se o centro comercial intermediário entre o Oriente e o Ocidente e organizou-se livremente desde o princípio, sem enfrentar, como as outras cidades, as lutas com os príncipes e os nobres feudais. A forma da cidade já estava definida no fim do século XI e permaneceu praticamente inalterada em todos os mapas sucessivos, desde o mais antigo de 1346, até aos mapas modernos.
Veneza é um bocado de laguna urbanizado, localizada onde vários canais convergem entre si e desembocam no mar aberto, através de uma interrupção da nesga de terra dos Lidos. Um destes canais – o Canal Grande – entra na cidade e percorre-a por inteiro com o seu S muito pronunciado. Na foz do Canal Grande fica São Marcos (o centro político da cidade) e no meio está Rialto (o centro comercial), com a única ponte sobre o Canal: os dois centros estão próximos um do outro em linha recta, e aqui encontra-se de fato o núcleo mais antigo e mais denso: o Sexteiro de São Marcos.
A rede dos canais secundários – sobre a qual se desenvolve o tráfego das pessoas e das mercadorias penetra em toda a cidade, que é uma única massa compacta, como as cidades orientais; nela se distinguem os centros secundários: as igrejas paroquiais e os espaços abertos que se chamam campos, onde se encontram as cisternas para juntar água, acessíveis pelos poços. Na zona mais próxima do mar sobressai o grande recinto do Arsenal, o estaleiro estadual onde se constroem os navios. A cidade emerge do espelho de água da laguna com o seu contorno inconfundível, em forma de golfinho, mas a sua estrutura permanece ligada antes à conformação invisível dos fundões, como se vê no mapa do século XIV. Também os edifícios mais importantes da cidade já estão traçados entre o fim do século XI e o início do século XII. O Palácio Ducal foi reconstruído em pedra depois do incêndio de 1105; a divisão administrativa foi ali fixada em 1083. No século XII, cresce a prosperidade em Veneza; e no início do século XIII, o organismo político e o ambiente físico da cidade estão definitivamente estabelecidos. O Doge Sebastiano Ziani (1172-78) desmantela o recinto fortificado em redor do Palácio Ducal e abre a praça em L entre o palácio e a basílica, em cuja direcção se abrem as lojas dos novos edifícios (aqui se desenrola o solene encontro entre o Barba-Roxa e o Papa Alexandre III, em 1177); por sua ordem, o matemático Nicoló Barattieri levanta, no limite entre a praça e a laguna, as duas colunas de São Marcos e de São Teodoro, e projecta a segunda Ponte de Rialto, de madeira, com a parte central móvel para poder deixar passar os navios. O Doge Enrico Dandolo (1192-1205) dirige a IV Cruzada para a conquista de Constantinopla e traz para Veneza um grande número de troféus, entre os quais os quatro cavalos de bronze colocados na fachada de São Marcos. As ordens constitucionais da República são fixadas em 1207 a 1220, e definitivamente estabilizadas em 1297, com as leis conhecidas como a Serrata Del Maggior Consiglio (a Barreira do Conselho Maior). Toda a cidade enriquece e reforça-se por volta de meados do século. As ordens religiosas mendicantes instalam-se nas zonas periféricas onde mais tarde, por volta de 1330, dominicanos e franciscanos irão construir as grandes Igrejas de São João e São Paulo e dos Frades. A partir de 1294 cunha-se o ducado de ouro, que mantém o seu curso legal até 1797. Neste ponto está completa a ‘magnifica máquina funcional’ de que fala Le Corbusier, baseada no rigoroso equilíbrio entre a água e a terra. Mais tarde “chegaram os ‘artistas’; mas tudo já estava regulado, inserido no ambiente, feito pela colaboração de todos”.
A Basílica de São Marcos, inaugurada em 1094, é concluída nos três séculos seguintes com uma espectacular decoração de mosaicos, de esculturas e de ourivesarias. O Palácio Ducal é refeito em formas góticas de 1340 até ao final do século XV. A Praça de São Marcos é ordenada na primeira metade do século XVI por Mauro Codussi, pelo Sansovino e por Sanmicheli. A terceira Ponte de Rialto, de pedra, é construída por Antonio da Ponte em 1592. Palladio (que de 1570 a 1580 é nomeado “proto da basílica”, isto é, director das obras públicas venezianas) realiza as duas grandes igrejas periféricas a de São Jorge e do Redentor, que olham para a cidade da outra margem da Bacia de São Marcos. Longhena constrói a Igreja da Saúde na embocadura do Canal Grande, para celebrar o fim de uma epidemia de peste em 1631. Nesse meio tempo os engenheiros da República intervêm para manter a integridade do ambiente da lagoa, do qual depende a vida da cidade: desviam a foz dos rios que desembocam na lagoa, para evitar o aterro; escavam novos canais, para facilitar a passagem dos navios e para manter em movimento as águas nas zonas insulares; reforçam as nesgas arenosas dos Lidi entre a laguna e o mar com os murazzi (diques), para resistir às marés e as vagas.
Este organismo especial, frágil e duradouro, baseado num compacto desenho de origem oriental (e semelhante mais às cidades antigas, bizantinas, árabes, que às europeias) mas modificado pelas obras-primas da arquitectura gótica e da Renascença, é representado e enriquecido pelas imagens dos pintores. Na segunda metade do século XV, é este o ponto de encontro das correntes mais vivas da pintura mundial. Em 1475, Antonello da Messina encontra-se com Giovanni Bellini, em 1495 chega da Alemanha Albrecht Dürer. Veneza torna-se o laboratório das experiências e das técnicas mais avançadas: a pintura a óleo, os teleri de grandes dimensões, a tipografia, a gravura em cobre. Os Bellini e Carpaccio pintam os ambientes da cidade, Jacopo dei Barbari grava, em 1500, a grande planta em perspectiva em seis folhas, que representa Veneza pelo sul. Depois no século XVI, a pintura de Giorgione, de Ticiano e de Veronese dão origem a uma tradição que influencia a arte europeia por mais de três séculos. A ‘máquina’ é posta em crise somente pelas transformações tecnológicas do século XIX e do século XX, quando Veneza deixa de ser uma cidade soberana (em 1797) e cai sob o domínio dos franceses, dos austríacos e dos italianos. Sob os franceses é completada a Praça de São Marcos, construindo-se os novos edifícios no lado meridional e no ocidental; em San Michele é construído o cemitério, em S. Helena o jardim público. Sob os austríacos introduz-se a iluminação a gás, o aqueduto, e o trem é trazido para Veneza; para este fim constrói-se uma ponte de três quilómetros e meio entre a terra firme e a cidade, e edifica-se a Estação de S. Lúcia, no início do Canal Grande. Depois da ocupação italiana (em 1866), constrói-se um porto moderno – com as bacias para os navios de grande tonelagem, e os trilhos ferroviários sobre os diques – na zona entre S. Lúcia e S. Niccolò, finalmente é trazido para Veneza também o automóvel, construindo-se uma segunda ponte paralela à primeira, e uma estação de chegada com duas grandes garagens de vários andares (1932). O Canal Grande – que tem duas novas pontes na Academia e na estação ferroviária – é percorrido por pequenos barcos a vapor, que fazem as vezes dos autocarros das cidades de terra firme; para encurtar os seus percursos, abre-se um novo canal – o Rio Novo – que corta a asa superior do Canal. A população da cidade antiga, que alcançara 180.000 habitantes na década de 0, diminuiu rapidamente e ficou reduzida quase à metade. Hoje tenta-se restaurar a cidade e ajudar a sua economia, para salvar um património cultural que interessa ao mundo inteiro: mas trata-se sobretudo de conservar uma cidade viva, com os monumentos, as casas e os habitantes, isto é, fazer funcionar a ‘máquina’ antiga em conformidade com as técnicas e as exigências modernas." Que enorme privilégio foi poder visitar esta bela cidade…
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Crazy architectural abstract.
Houston, TX
Downtown.
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Istanbul holds it's annual Tulip Festival during April/May with over 3 million tulips in bloom. The flower beds around the city are awash with colour with tulips of all diferent varities & colour. One is called the Istanbul Tulip but I'm not sure which one that is. Here are a few with some pansies thrown in for good measure.
Have a fun filled, festive weekend everyone!
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The Woodlands is a census-designated place (CDP) and large master-planned community of Montgomery County in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 55,649 at the 2000 census, 90.5% increase over 1990 population. As of 2006, the estimated population had reached approximately 84,418. Much of the development is located in the city of Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), but small portions of The Woodlands extends into the ETJ of Shenandoah and Conroe. Plans for annexation of both the Houston and Conroe portions were once in discussion, but regional agreements have been set in place to allow The Woodlands to incorporate itself.
The Woodlands is located 28 miles north of Downtown Houston along Interstate 45. Though it began as a suburban development and a bedroom community, it also has attracted corporations to the area. As a result, the area features several corporate campuses, most notably Chevron Phillips, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Baker Hughes, CB&I, and Hewitt Associates. The development won a Special Award for Excellence in 1994 from the Urban Land Institute.
In addition to residential and corporate housing, The Woodlands features a shopping mall, seven golf courses and The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, a regional concert venue, and the 4 star rated The Woodlands Resort. Over the past decade, The Woodlands has seen tremendous growth in terms of commercial/office space in Town Center. Many high-rise office and residential buildings have recently been built. Just completed is 24 Waterway Avenue, a 13 story class A office/retail building.
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Spent 7 years in The Woodlands.
Sold our property in 2006 and build new one several miles away from
Houston downtown. Tired of suburban life.
Thunder and Lightning
Toronto, June 8, 2011
It was spectacular :-)
Animated version ie timelapse of this spectacular action is here www.flickr.com/photos/katrins/5815062103/
Peterhof,ubicado a orillas del Golfo de Finlandia,abarca una serie de palacios y parques,incluye el Parque inferior con el complejo de fuentes más grande del mundo, sobre un total de 105 hectáreas. Las fuentes están abastecidas de agua proveniente de manantiales naturales que llegan a través de un canal de 22 kilómetros de longitud, llamado Morskoi Kanal, que es a su vez, una de las obras hidráulicas más amplias concretadas en el período barroco.
Se destaca la gran cascada y fuente de Sansón, como uno de los conjuntos más imponentes y señoriales del parque. Mientras, el Gran Palacio de Peterhof luce imponente por detrás, engalanado por los jardines altos.
Situado en la ciudad de Peterhof, el Palacio Grande de Peterhorf es el epicentro del conjunto, construído sobre una terraza que se apropia del terreno para utilizarlo con elegancia. Residencia de los zares hasta la Revolución de 1917.
El Palacio Peterhof es llamado, no por casualidad, el Versalles Ruso, por la magnificencia y dimensiones de una joya arquitectónica reconocida como Patrimonio de la Humanidad junto al área del centro histórico de San Petersburgo
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Ultra Music Festival 2011
Hello Everyone,
Here's another one from Ultra Music Festival 2011. This photo was taken on stage during David Guetta's performance. You can actually see the turntables behind them.
David Guetta also performed with Will I Am, Flo Rida, and AfroJack. To see Guetta wind a room into frenzy is something special. Technically David is one of the most impressive DJs in the house scene. Almost remixing records live, he makes loops, slams tracks together that you’d never think would go and uses vocals over other instrumentals. His sets are so dynamic that at times it’s difficult to see how he can keep the energy up. To put it simply, Guetta creates moments.
“Everything I’m trying to do – in my DJing, my production – is about sharing emotion. When I’m making music in the studio that’s all I’m looking for. It’s what matters the most.!” - David Guetta
Camera Data for this shot:
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm vrii
F Stop: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/80 Seconds
ISO: 1000
合歡山主峰星軌+車軌。
在山頂上拍日落拍到發冷，只好往下走一點拍星軌。眼看農曆初五的彎彎新月隨著時間愈發西沈，正在發愁前景怎麼補光時，正巧三輛車不知怎麼突破登山口的柵欄就這樣開上來，於是成了車軌帶星軌。
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD.
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand: one belonging to him, and the other to the LORD.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him,he looked back at the footprints in the sand.He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints.He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life. This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it:
"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me."
The LORD replied:
"My son, my precious child, I love you and I would never leave you.During your times of trial and suffering,when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."
Well, you know how much I love cold and rainy days ;D
And I loooooove this blouse so much (:
I was thinking about put this photo on my (365) Days of Honey's project! Witch one do you prefer? That one or this one?
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Bom, vocês sabem o quanto eu amo dias frios e chuvosos ;)
Eu aaaaaaaaaaaamo esse moletom tanto x)
Hum...ainda estou na dúvida de qual será a minha foto do dia. Qual vocês preferem? Essa (do moletom na árvore) ou a anterior?
Lago Maggiore
Una bellissima giornata passata in compagnia dell'amico Bigmike.it e della sua famiglia.
Regno Unito, Londra, Tower Bridge, Primavera 2011
Il Tower Bridge, il ponte simbolo di Londra fu costruito in stile gotico vittoriano nel 1886 su di un progetto di Horace Jones e Wolfe Barry, e fu terminato nel 1894.
Tower Bridge è costituito da due parti mobili che, in meno di un minuto, si sollevano completamente durante il passaggio di grandi navi grazie a un sistema elettronico che nel 1976 ha sostituito il vecchio impianto idraulico.
Un tempo le parti mobili si aprivano fino a 5 volte al giorno, ma oggi non vengono quasi più aperte perché le navi ormai attraccano in tutt’altra zona, più a valle, e non hanno più necessità di passare dal ponte per raggiungere le banchine.
Sul Tower Bridge sorgono le due famose torri, alte 25 m, che lo caratterizzano su foto e cartoline, e al loro interno ospitano alcune mostre e un museo: The Tower Bridge Exhibition che, attraverso percorsi interattivi, espone gli ingranaggi idraulici che hanno sollevato il ponte fino al 1976.
The Tower Bridge, symbol of London, was built in Gothic Victorian style in 1886 on a project of Wolfe Barry and Horace Jones, and was completed in 1894.
Tower Bridge is composed of two moving parts. During the passage of large ships, in less than a minute, these parts are raised completely with an electronic system that in 1976 replaced the old hydraulic system.
Once the moving parts were opened up to 5 times a day, but today are hardly opened because the ships dock is in a completely different area, further downstream
Two famous towers, 25 m tall, stand on the Tower Bridge. These towers characterize the bridge in photos and postcards and inside host some exhibits and a museum: The Tower Bridge Exhibition.
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Desde el aire, Mar de Mármara, entrada de barcos en el Bósforo. Nos dirijimos de Estambul a Capadocia.
ESTAMBUL, TURQUÍA - EUROPA
This was the day when I understood the real meaning of the words "calm before storm". Storm clouds in the sky add drama to the calm and serene beach atmosphere. Later in the day, it created havoc by raining all day, all night.
This is a picture from the very popular "Boracay Islands" of Philippines. If you are looking for a beach destination, look no further than Philippines, which according to me has the most spectacular beaches, really beautiful & friendly people and at the end of the trip you won't find a hole in your pocket as well.
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About Boracay, Philippines
Boracay is an island of the Philippines located approximately 315 km (200 miles) south of Manila and 2 km off the northwest tip of Panay Island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. In 1990, it was voted by the BMW Tropical Beach Handbook as one of the best beaches in the world and again in 1996 by British publication TV Quick as the world's number one tropical beach.
About Philippines
The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas), is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea to the southwest lies between the country and the island of Borneo, and to the south the Celebes Sea separates it from other islands of Indonesia. It is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea. Its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and its tropical climate make the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons but have also endowed the country with natural resources and made it one of the richest areas of biodiversity in the world. An archipelago comprising 7,107 islands, the Philippines is categorized broadly into three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Its capital city is Manila.
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端午連續假期最後一天，最美好地 Ending [ 攝於虎山峰 from Tiger Peak, Taipei City, Taiwan ]
Canon EOS 5D + Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L II USM │ View On Black
No.5805223850
June 6, 2011
Photo by Yueh-Hua © All rights reserved
Still in a nautical mood!! Having so much fun with family! Sorry I haven't been around but I'll be popping back in from time to time later this afternoon to catch up a bit! I hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday ... we are in the midst of a heat wave. Last time Rachel was here was in the midst of one of the worst snow storms ever! What luck, huh?
Happy Monday!!
Creator of the photographs in our Wynne Album, advertising his photographic studio on Main Street in Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
You know how we love to hear from relatives! Well, we were delighted when some of Thomas’ descendants got in touch. Read the comments below to see how they're like an informal Wynne family postbox.
Mike Hannon is Thomas Wynne’s great-great-grandson. Mike very kindly shared information and early photos of the Wynne family with us. He told us how Thomas’ daughter Mary (Mike’s great-grandmother), set up her own studio in Loughrea, Galway in the 1890s. Thomas Wynne’s other sons did likewise in Limerick, Tipperary, and Portarlington.
We were sorry to hear that Wynne’s of Castlebar closed in 2011.
Photographer: Thomas J. Wynne
Collection: Wynne Album
Date: Thursday, 26 October 1871 (and Thomas died on 26 October 1893)
NLI Ref.: WYN1
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Mungo fever is on again...
Just over 4000 years ago the building of the great pyramids of Egypt began. The last time Willandra Creek water ran this channel into Lake Mungo was not twice as long ago as that, but probably 4 times as long ago!
Aboriginals were fishing and camping here 12 times as long ago as when the pyramids were being built.
The last 50000 years have been a period of many changes.
The oldes recorded cremation in the world has been found here, at Lake Mungo. It’s still called lake Mungo but these lakes dried 18000 years ago. This site was added to the World Heritage list in 1981 in recognition of its Aboriginal heritage and the evidence of past climates preserved in its landscape.
Rain and wind has uncovered ancient fireplaces and hearths, as well as calcified plant matter, artefacts, stone tools and animal bones. At the 33 kilometre long crescent of the Walls of China, erosion has sculpted the sand and clay into dramatic formations.
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(Fake moon...it's obvious I think)
What do you think? Want to see it without moon, smaller moon, bigger moon? I know that some will like it and some not....can't please evryone. Thanks anyway
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Memorial Hall is an imposing brick building in High Victorian Gothic style, located on the Harvard University campus. It is now a National Historic Landmark.
In The Bostonians, Henry James described it thus: "The Memorial Hall of Harvard consists of three main divisions: one of them a theater, for academic ceremonies; another a vast refectory, covered with a timbered roof, hung about with portraits and lighted by stained windows, like the halls of the colleges of Oxford; and the third, the most interesting, a chamber high, dim and severe, consecrated to the sons of the university who fell in the long Civil War." - wiki
What else can I say, I LOVE BOSTON. :) Happy Week Everyone! :)
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The clerk at Wal-Mart looked at me funny as I checked out with nail polish and a mirror. She said "aren't you the guy who usually buys all those Tic Tacs and Dots?" I told her I was but that I was going in a different direction with today's photo. Toni wouldn't let me use her nail polish so I had to buy my own. My daughter liked the colors so much I gave them to her after the photo shoot. Besides, these colors don't look good on me.
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Looking out from the Guthrie Theater's 'Yellow Room' in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
On the 9th floor of the Guthrie Theater is this very cool cantilevered observation box made of amber/yellow colored glass windows and floor - it looks north over the Mississippi and has awesome views of the the riverfront district: Stone Arch Bridge, St. Anthony Falls, Mill City Museum, Gold Medal & Pillsbury Parks, Nicollet Island and the St. Anthony Main area.
I know this kind of looks like a manipulation but it's a real yellow room, a real view and a real model - thanks Telly! Check out the Guthrie 'Yellow Room' space on YouTube.
"Jade must be carved and polished before it becomes an ornament, man must be educated before he can achieve great things."
~Chinese proverb
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Preface _ Three Hundred Sixty Five Project :
BANGLADESH, a Land of Fertility and Dhaka is the capital city a Country of Land, boat /river , hills and sea, The Longest sea beach Cox Bazar and Famous Mangrove Sundorban is the tourist attraction with heritage of Old days makes One Nostalgic. BANGLADESH is born out of series of political movements ,Those Started with Language movement in 1952 , followed by Non cooperation Movement in 1969 and finally ended up with Liberation war in 1971,
Jute , The Golden Fiber of Bangladesh is world wide famous while now Garmentsbecame the economical backbone of the country, Bangladesh has a Long rich cultural and Literatures heritage, with our noble Laurent Poet Nobel Laurent Rabindranath Tagore., Followed by Kazi Nazrul Islam and Jibanananda Das.
The country BANGLASDESH is a land of fertility for Agriculture, while Livestock’s are the main driving force for the rural life, Education had been the prime concerned for people of these days . Bangladesh has the glory to Inaugurate ICC World cup Cricket in 2011 at Mirpur stadium,
Season has Lot of credit in photography , along with the landscape. Heritage. Rivers cape, and Life style, People here enjoy festival in Bangladesh almost every month, Sometimes they are religious an most of the time seasonal, thus allow good subjects for Image capturing,
Let’s we EXPLORE Our Beautiful BANGLADESH.
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This is another Sunrise which I shoot form Vhorob Bazar, This sunrise has a shadow from sky[a cloud patch) Which is very rear on the river unless the the water body of such a dynamic river s quite for while, and such surreal moments exist for a few second, and this depends of the wind blowing and the wave of the water body, unless the wind support and the cloud patch is resting for a while such surrealistic image is impossible, I was Lucky to enjoy such a view over the mighty river Meghna at Vhoirob Bazar Point, and I was Little composed to upload this, If you have Noticed form my Stream , all my Land scape , sunset, sunrises are presented with a Surreal Background, I normally do not shoot Land scape, sunset or a sunrise if there is no beautiful Back ground,
Here in this Image, I was very much interested for the foreground, b coz of the sunrise and its effect on the human nature and Birds around with the rear moment of sky with it cloud patch giving up a shadow on the water body has greatly motivated me to click , but unfortunately my lens did not allow me to capture both the back ground and foreground for this shot ,
while the Voirob bazar railway bridge was a standing back ground for all my shot for this spot which is missing from this shot, But those elements form Foreground and shadow form the cloud patch has made some impact on my mind and sacrifice my routine practices of shooting a sunrise with a surrealistic background . May be for this this is one of my exceptional shot . And my Last Upload form my Collection of Vhoirob Bazar Sudden Photo walk with Frame BANGLADESH .
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This Exceptional shot I like to dedicate an exceptional Personality in flickr is My great Flickr Friend SAJAN164
Today is Friday and He is Off from flcikr , m sure this will be a surprise waiting for him tomorrow 04th Jun 2011 . when he visit my upload,
Sjan vai , Wish you a Good Health,
NB: If you have some time in hand plz enjoy this music Chosen and attached in the comment box by Sajan Islam, A Great flute y Prasad Bhandarkar - Raha Shivranjani
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