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The Sheepfold of the Goois Natuurreservaat - Nature Reserve in Blaricum is a permanent place for the heath sheep. The small Drenthe heath sheep belongs to the primeval races of Europe and is the oldest breed of sheep from the mainland of Western Europe. Way back from about 4000 BC lived in Drenthe in the north-east of the Netherlands. It is a rustic breed, slender, the horns, the shaggy coat and the fact that they thrive on poor soil. Meanwhile a second flock of sheep led by the shepherd Johan Griffioen. Such a special job since there are only thirty shepherds in the Netherlands. Johan gained national fame by walking hundreds of kilometers a protest trip with his flock of sheep and dog Flo. In August 2007 this would bring the fragmentation of Nature reserve to its attention. Johan the shepherd and his two border collies have full attention to the sheep. It's nice to see. These typical breed shepherd dogs and shephard at work. The Border Collie comes from the area called Border between England and Scotland, as they were used for driving and herding sheep. The shepherds and their flocks can be found here on the Bussummerheide, or on the Westerheide , the Zuiderweide, French Kampsheide and around the Laarder Wasmeer. The herd of Drenthe Heath sheep passed the Nature Bridge Zanderij Crailoo. This 800 meter long bridge connects the nature of the Vecht and the Spanderswoud. Each year, hundreds of lambs born in the flock. Meanwhile, this group consists of 268 sheep.
The Drenthe Heath Sheep is the oldest sheep breed of the Western Europe continent. Approximately 4000 BC the first Drenthe Heath sheep came to Drenthe - a province in the northeast Netherlands. They probably came with emigrants from France. Photo of the flocks on the Bussummerheide - Noord Holland.
De Schaapskooi van het Goois Natuurreservaat bij de Tafelberg in Blaricum is een vaste plek voor de heideschapen. Het kleine, sobere Drents heideschaap behoort tot de oerrassen van Europa en is het oudste schapenras van het vaste land van West-Europa. Vanaf ongeveer 4.000 voor Chr. komt het in Drenthe voor. Het is een rustiek ras, wat te zien is aan de ranke bouw, de hoorns, de ruige vacht en het feit dat ze goed gedijen op schrale grond. Inmiddels is er een tweede kudde schapen onder leiding van schaapherder Johan Griffioen. Een bijzonder beroep er zijn nog maar dertig van in Nederland. Johan kreeg nationale bekendheid door met zijn kudde schapen én hond Flo in augustus 2007 een protesttocht te lopen van honderd kilometer hiermee wilde de versnippering van de Heuvelrug onder de aandacht brengen. Johan de herder en zijn twee bordercollies hebben vol aandacht voor de schapen. Mooi om deze twee rastypische herdershonden als kuddehond aan het werk te zien. De bordercollie is afkomstig uit het gebied dat men the Border noemt, tussen Engeland en Schotland, daar werden ze gebruikt voor het drijven en hoeden van schapen. De herders en hun kudde zijn regelmatig te vinden op onder andere de Bussummerheide, de Westerheide, de Zuiderheide, de Franse Kampheide en rond het Laarder Wasmeer. Nu passeerde de kudde Drentse heideschapen de Natuurbrug Zanderij Crailoo. De 800 meter lange brug verbindt de natuurgebieden van de Vechtstreek, de 's Gravelandse buitenplaatsen en het Spanderswoud met de heidevelden van het Gooi en de natuurgebieden van de Utrechtse Heuvelrug. Elk jaar worden er in de schaapskudde weer honderden lammeren geboren. Inmiddels bestaat deze groep uit 268 schapen.
Walking down one of the small side streets that turn off the main spine of Sittwe, the birthplace of political monks in Myanmar. It was the birthplace of U Ottama, the first monk who protested against the colonial British in Myanmar. Also, in the recent 2007 riots, it was the monks in Sittwe who started the protest against the Military Government in Myanmar.
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Wadi Rum (Arabic: وادي رم) also known as The Valley of the Moon (Arabic: وادي القمر) is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in south Jordan at 60 km (37 mi) to the east of Aqaba. It is the largest wadi in Jordan. The name Rum most likely comes from an Aramaic root meaning 'high' or 'elevated'. To reflect its proper Arabic pronunciation, archaeologists transcribe it as Wadi Ramm. The highest elevation in Wadi Rum is Mount Um Dami at more than 1,800 m (5,900 ft) above sea level.
Wadi Rum has been inhabited by many human cultures since prehistoric times, with many cultures–including the Nabateans–leaving their mark in the form of rock paintings, graffiti, and temples. As of 2007, several Bedouin tribes inhabit Rum and the surrounding area.
In the West, Wadi Rum may be best known for its connection with British officer T. E. Lawrence, who based his operations here during the Arab Revolt of 1917–18. In the 1980s one of the rock formations in Wadi Rum was named "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" in memory of Lawrence's book penned in the aftermath of the war, though the 'Seven Pillars' referred to in the book actually have no connection with Rum.
The area centred on Wadi Rum (the main valley) is home to the Zalabia Bedouin who, working with climbers and trekkers, have made a success of developing eco-adventure tourism, now their main source of income. The area around Disi to the NE, home to the Zuweida Bedouin and erroneously also thought to be part of Wadi Rum by visitors, caters more for Jordanian visitors from Amman, with campsites regularly used by party-goers.
Petroglyphs
Khaz'ali Canyon in Wadi Rum is the site of petroglyphs etched into the cave walls depicting humans and antelopes dating back to the Thamudic times.
Tourism
The area is now also one of Jordan's important tourist destinations, and attracts an increasing number of foreign tourists, particularly trekkers and climbers, but also for camel and horse safari or simply day-trippers from Aqaba or Petra. In contrast, there are almost no local or Arab tourists though nearby Disi (not actually part of Rum) attracts young people from Amman at weekends. Popular activities in the desert environment include camping under the stars, riding Arab horses, hiking and rock-climbing amongst the massive rock formations.
Jabal Rum (1,734 metres (5,689 ft) above sea level) is the second highest peak in Jordan and the highest peak in the central Rum, covered with snow and rising directly above Rum valley opposite Jebel um Ishrin, which is possibly one metre lower. The highest peak in Jordan is south of Rum close to the Saudi border. Named Jebel um Adaami it is 1,840 m (6,040 ft) high and was first located by Difallah Ateeg, a Zalabia Bedouin from Rum. On a clear day, it is possible to see the Red Sea and the Saudi border from the top. It is now a very popular trek from Rum village.
The influx of tourists to this once isolated area has substantially increased the financial fortunes of the Bedouin people, and it is not uncommon to see locals using mobile phones and driving expensive four-wheel drive vehicles; many also have wi-fi and computers to run their adventure tourism businesses.
The village of Wadi Rum consists of several hundred Bedouin inhabitants with their goat-hair tents and concrete houses and also their four wheel vehicles, one school for boys and one for girls, a few shops, and the headquarters of the Desert Patrol.
Filming location
The area has been used as a background setting in a number of films:
•Lawrence of Arabia - David Lean filmed much of this 1962 film on location in Wadi Rum.[1]
•Red Planet - Wadi Rum was used as the surface of Mars in this 2000 film.
•Passion in the Desert - The area was also used for scenes in this 1998 film.
•The Face - BBC Film, Rock climbing in Rum
•Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Represented as being in Egypt
•The Frankincense Trail - scenes from train, and aerial filming too
Location: My farm in the Little Karoo
Description: When you're staying in a mountain cottage without electricity, there is a tendency to go to bed early... though this usually means that I also wake up early! I lie in bed until I can hear the birds start singing, and then I grab my camera and go for a walk. This was the scene that awaited me early on Sunday morning…
Technique: This definitely needed two photographs to capture! A correct exposure for the sky rendered the foreground pitch black, and an exposure for the foreground completely washed out the streaky effect. After stitching the two images, I messed around with the levels to brighten the shaded foreground and to emphasize the streaks in the sky, and then I used some plug-in filters to add a little bit of colour and warmth.
Equipment: Sony DSC-F717
GPS: -33.462360 (Latitude) - 21.513012 (Longitude)
Date: June 2007
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Every year, a tradition now, on the day of our return from the Continent, friends give me a huge bouquet of lilies, this year no different... except, there was an extra surprise, this very exotic lily, picked from their greenhouse, delicately and carefully wrapped for the long journey...
Gloriosa is a genus of five or six species in the plant family Colchicaceae, from tropical Africa and Asia. The most common English names are flame lily, fire lily, gloriosa lily, glory lily, superb lily, climbing lily, and creeping lily. www.flickr.com/photos/9550033@N04/4908096614/
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The approximate 195 tons trailing load of six Mark I vehicles plus the 109 tons of the locomotive is obviously on this occasion to much for the 1470 bhp available to 31421 to get it up the Lickey bank as it has picked up the two class 37 bankers to give it a shove up the hill. The class 31, 2x class 37 combination is seen here as they start to accelerate away from the standing start as they approach Bromsgrove station and the start of the bank, 14th April 1979.
Locomotive History
31421 was originally D5558 and was built in 1959. The class were built with even less powerful Mirrlees JVS12T 1250bhp engines but the engines were not successful and in 1964 a programme of works commenced to re-engine the fleet with the more powerful 1470bhp English Electric 12SVT engine. Under the 1973 TOPS renumbering scheme D5558 became 31140. During the 1970’s a number of class 31’s were fitted with electric train heating equipment for both secondary passenger duties and empty coaching stock duties between carriage depots and stations. 31140 was fitted with electric train heating and dual braking equipment during a classified repair at Doncaster works in the autumn of 1974. It was released into traffic in November 1974, renumbered 31421 and allocated to Cricklewood for empty coaching stock duties between Cricklewood and St Pancras. Despite being somewhat underpowered it would give thirty eight years service and would remain in traffic until withdrawn in March 1997. Following withdrawal it was stored in Crewe South Yard for a number of years until moved to Carnforth in January 2003. This was followed in September 2003 with a move to the Midland Railway Centre at Swanwick. However preservation passed it by and in April 2007 it was transported by road to EMR Kingsbury and broken up in August 2007.
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The iconic Sam the Record Man sign on Yonge Street is set to light up once again.
The sign was removed from its original location outside Sam’s flagship store at 347 Yonge St. after the store shuttered its doors for good in 2007. Ryerson University, which owns large swaths of land in the area, took ownership of the sign with the promise of restoring it and reinstalling it near its original location.
Workers have been installing it atop the Toronto Public Health building at 277 Victoria St. and the university has announced that it will be switched on at roughly 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8. The lights will remain on throughout the holiday season before going dark again on Jan. 3.
"Ryerson University is pleased that the iconic signs are nearing completion and that they will be lit for the next few weeks while the final work is underway," said Ryerson director of communications Michael Forbes in a statement. "We are looking forward to the lighting ceremony with the Sniderman family and the Mayor early in the new year."
A public lighting ceremony to mark the official permanent lighting of the historic sign is expected to take place the week of Jan. 8.
Source: www.insidetoronto.com/whatson-story/7987633-iconic-sam-th...
not my amo but another soldiers that would be the soldier that introduced me to the lomo lca in the first place. big up
● Le château des ducs de Bretagne est un ensemble architectural situé à Nantes, constitué d’un rempart du xve siècle et d’édifices divers bâtis du xive au xviiie siècle, classé monument historique depuis 1840.
● Après avoir été résidence ducale sous le duc François II et la duchesse Anne, le château est devenu une forteresse royale, siège du gouverneur de Nantes et prison royale, puis caserne à partir du xviiie siècle.
● Devenu propriété de la ville de Nantes en 1915, le château est affecté à un usage touristique et muséal depuis 1924, notamment sous la direction de Joseph Stany-Gautier, conservateur jusqu’en 1969. De 1990 à 2007, le château a bénéficié d’une rénovation de grande ampleur et est depuis le siège d’un nouveau musée consacré à l’histoire de Nantes.
● Conçu comme une forteresse dans le contexte de lutte pour l'indépendance du duché de Bretagne, le système défensif du château est composé de sept tours reliées par des courtines et un chemin de ronde. Sur cour, un ensemble de bâtiments résidentiels construits en pierre de tuffeau contrastent par leur blancheur et leur raffinement sculpté avec les murailles extérieures.
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● The Château des ducs de Bretagne (English: Castle of the Dukes of Brittany) is a large castle located in the city of Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique département of France; it served as the centre of the historical province of Brittany until its separation in 1941. It is located on the right bank of the Loire, which formerly fed its ditches. It was the residence of the Dukes of Brittany between the 13th and 16th centuries, subsequently becoming the Breton residence of the French Monarchy.
● The castle has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1862. Today the castle houses the Nantes History Museum.
● Starting in the 1990s, the town of Nantes undertook a massive programme of restoration and repairs to return the site to its former glory as an emblem of the history of Nantes and Brittany. Following 15 years of works and three years of closure to the public, it was reopened on 9 February 2007 and is now a popular tourist attraction.
● The restored edifice now includes the new Nantes History Museum, installed in 32 of the castle rooms. The museum presents more than 850 objects of collection with the aid of multimedia devices. The castle and the museum try to offer a modern vision of the heritage by presenting the past, the present and the future of the city. Night-time illuminations at the castle further reinforce the revival of the site.
● The 500-metre round walk on the fortified ramparts provides views not just of the castle buildings and courtyards but also of the town.
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The CN Tower is 553.3 meters high (1,815.3 ft) communications and observation tower in Toronto. It was completed in 1976, and held the record for the world's tallest free-standing structure for 32 years from 1975–2007 and was the world's tallest tower until 2009. It is now the third tallest tower in the world and remains the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere. It attracts more than two million people annually.
Its name "CN" originally referred to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. In 1995, the CN Tower was declared one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Just do it - Cadeiras do Maracanã fantasiadas de NIKE
Título na base do ócio criativo.
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O Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, mais conhecido como Maracanã, é um estádio de futebol localizado no Rio de Janeiro e inaugurado em 1950, tendo sido utilizado na Copa do Mundo de Futebol daquele ano. Desde então, o Maracanã foi palco de grandes momentos do futebol brasileiro e mundial, como o milésimo gol de Pelé, finais do Campeonato Brasileiro, Carioca de Futebol, Taça Libertadores da América e do primeiro Campeonato Mundial de Clubes da FIFA, competições internacionais e partidas da Seleção Brasileira. Foi um dos locais de competição dos Jogos Pan-Americanos de 2007, recebendo o futebol, as cerimônias de abertura e de encerramento.wikipedia.
The Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, commonly called Estádio do Maracanã ("Maracanã stadium"), is an open-air stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Owned by the Rio de Janeiro State Government, it is named after the Maracanã neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro. It was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup. Since then, it has mainly been used for football matches between the major football clubs in Rio de Janeiro, including Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama. It has also hosted a number of concerts and other sporting events. Although the paid attendance at the final game of the 1950 FIFA World Cup was 199,854, the stadium currently seats 88,992 spectators.
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Izzo's Chronicles #3 [IHI - Izzo's Heavy Industry]
- Trying to build heavy equipments into Sci-Fi form is one of my favorite line.
Aslo wish I could create a fantastic future design remained the reality.
Worked 2007-2008.
I'd like to say many thanks what I love such these mechanic designs -
Many industrial designers (as real), Junji Okubo (Izmojuki) and Ryuhei Kawai (kwi-chang the master)
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This is at the Le Musée des Pionniers Museum.
This lighthouse was built in 1912 on the Grand-Digue wharf and had a mast 8 to 9 meters (28 to 30ft) high on the top from which a kerosene lantern was hoisted up each night and lowered each morning by ropes and pulleys.
In 1950, the lighthouse was modernized and the energy was provided by battery.
After the fisherman had to move to another deeper wharf, the wharf became unsafe. The lighthouse was moved then used to shelter nets and fishing gear for almost 40 years.
In 2006, the lighthouse became a heritage object; it was renovated and placed on a new wharf to exhibit fishing materials and tell its story. In 2006 it was donated to the Le Musée des Pionniers Museum and placed on display in 2007. It is the only remains example of this style of light.
today i came home from school and my mom asked if i knew what a j-doll was. it turned out she had found one hiding at a local discount store for only $20! so, we went and picked her up ^^ i did a little resurch on her and found out she was released in late july of 2007 and she is sold out everywhere! the one person selling her on e-bay has her priced at $120!
she is a Vass. Sofias J-doll and i've renamed her Sophie! i hope you like her! hihi although she is a bit of a challenge to photograph... i will hopefully make time to learn n___n
Because it's an ongoing fight...
Because it may be a fight of someone next door to us...
Because it concerns everyone: women, children... even men...
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Originally uploaded on October 13, 2007, but, alas, it is always current... and always uploaded - October after October, again and again...
Until the happy end of this battle!..
Almost 800.000 downloads can't be so wrong...
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The White Stripes, American rock duo from Detroit, known for combining punk, folk, country, and Mississippi Delta blues. Original band members were guitarist-vocalist Jack White (original name John Anthony Gillis; b. July 9, 1975, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) and drummer Meg White (original name Megan Martha White; b. December 10, 1974, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan).
In 2001 the White Stripes released their breakthrough album, White Blood Cells. Michel Gondry’s eye-catching video for the single “Fell in Love with a Girl” received regular airplay on MTV, and the group became media darlings. The duo followed with Elephant (2003), a percussion-driven collection of songs that featured Meg’s debut as a vocalist. Elephant earned a Grammy Award for best alternative music album, and it sold over a million copies on the strength of singles such as “Seven Nation Army” and “The Hardest Button to Button.” Jack appeared in the film Cold Mountain (2003), and he contributed five songs to its Grammy-nominated soundtrack. He also produced country legend Loretta Lynn’s Van Lear Rose (2004), a collection of honky-tonk anthems that earned a pair of Grammy awards and introduced Lynn to a new generation of fans. The White Stripes earned another Grammy for their album Get Behind Me Satan (2005), and the song “Icky Thump,” from their album of the same name (2007), became the band’s first Top 40 hit on the Billboard singles chart. In addition, Icky Thump was the White Stripes’ third recording to earn the Grammy for best alternative music album, and the title song was also awarded a Grammy.
The White Stripes went on hiatus in 2007 after Meg was afflicted with performance-related anxiety. They returned to the stage for a single performance in February 2009 for the final episode of Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Continuing to expand his body of work, Jack experimented with straightforward power pop as a member of the Raconteurs. The quartet produced a pair of well-received albums (2006 and 2008) and quickly became a fixture on the summer concert circuit. Meg married guitarist Jackson Smith (son of rock legend Patti Smith) in May 2009, and Jack undertook yet another side project. Enlisting members of the Kills and Queens of the Stone Age, Jack formed the Dead Weather, a bluesy psychedelic rock combo whose debut album, Horehound, was released in July 2009.
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Die Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke in Wilhelmshaven ist eine symmetrische, zweiflügelige Straßendrehbrücke aus genietetem Stahlfachwerk. Sie ist das Wahrzeichen der Stadt Wilhelmshaven.
Die Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke hat eine Spannweite von 159 m und eine Breite von 8 m. Sie wiegt 440 Tonnen.[1] Die beiden Stützen sind etwa 20,4 m hoch. Sie überquert den Verbindungshafen und dient als Verbindungsstück zwischen der Südstadt und dem Südstrand sowie den südlichen Hafenanlagen. Die Durchfahrtshöhe beträgt 9,00 m + 1,10 m bei mittlerem Hafenwasserstand, die Durchfahrtsbreite beträgt 58,60 m. Auf der Brücke ist der Straßenverkehr jeweils nur in einer Richtung möglich. Die Regelung erfolgt durch Ampelanlagen. Fußgänger und Radfahrer sind von dieser Verkehrsregelung ausgenommen. Sie haben bei geschlossener Brücke immer eine Überquerungsmöglichkeit. Vor dem Ausschwenken wird die Brücke durch Lichtsignale und Schranken für den gesamten Verkehr gesperrt.
Die Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke in Wilhelmshaven wurde zwischen 1905 (Baubeginn) und 1907 (Fertigstellung und Inbetriebnahme) als größte Drehbrücke Deutschlands erbaut. Die Einweihung fand am 29. August 1907 statt. Der Entwurf der Brücke stammt von Oberbaurat Ernst Troschel. Gebaut wurde sie vom MAN Werk Gustavsburg.[2] Die Baukosten betrugen 1,625 Mio Mark.[3] 1975 wurde die Brücke unter Denkmalschutz gestellt.[4]
Im Jahr 1998 wurde die Drehmechanik des nördlichen Brückenteils durch einen Schlepper-Unfall beschädigt (Kollision mit einer Fregatte) und musste teilweise überholt werden. Im Jahr 2003 kam es zu einem erneuten Unfall. Ein Frachter rammte die Brücke und beschädigte diese leicht.
Im Jahr 2007 wurde das 100-jährige Bestehen der Brücke gefeiert. Aus diesem Anlass machte die Stadt Wilhelmshaven die Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke zum Motto ihres größten Hafenfestes, dem Wochenende an der Jade, und organisierte am ersten Septemberwochenende ein historisches Brückenfest. Zum Brückenfest konnte die Beleuchtung nach historischem Vorbild wiederhergestellt werden. Zudem erschien am 9. August 2007 eine 1,45-Euro-Sondermarke mit einer Abbildung der Brücke.
Ab dem 23. September 2010 erfolgte die bereits lange geplante Sanierung der Brücke. Für die Sanierung hatte der Stadtrat 7,3 Millionen Euro zur Verfügung gestellt. Rechtzeitig zum JadeWeserPort-Cup Regatta-Wochenende wurde die Brücke am 28. September 2012 für Fußgänger und Fahrradfahrer wieder freigegeben.
Am 17. September 2013 wurde die Sanierung der Brücke nach drei Jahren offiziell abgeschlossen und die Brücke wieder für den Kraftfahrzeugverkehr freigegeben. Im Zuge der Sanierung wurde die Brücke stahlbautechnisch instand gesetzt und erhielt unter anderem eine komplett neue Beschichtung sowie neue Beläge für Fahrbahnen und Gehwege.
Das Geländer der Brücke wurde nach historischen Vorbild restauriert. Außerdem wurde sie mit einem neuen Beleuchtungskonzept ausgerüstet, das sie als Wahrzeichen der Stadt hervorheben soll. Auch in das Umfeld wurde investiert. So wurden die Brückenhäuser komplett saniert und eine neue Treppenanlage als Zugang zum Nordflügel gebaut.
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Mid Dancer (10 years old) ridden by Sylvain Dehez on this very special jump...is actually the winner of the Gras Savoye Grand Steeple-Chase of Paris 2011! Mid Dancer, winner for the second time (2007), is the new star of this famous race (Auteuil, France, 29may11).
Explore: May 31, 2011 #308
I'm not sure what kind of flower this is - I took this at the hotel on Mylopotas Beach on the Greek island of Ios. If anyone knows, please let me know! (thought it was some variation of rose, but I'm not sure,,,) - Explore #394 on September 8, 2007 - Update 9/12/07 - It is a rose!
Some more of my first art smoke. This is smoke from an incense stick. I shot it with a background of black velvet and inverted the image in Photoshop to make it white. Then messed with hue/saturation and contrast to get the smoke to become pink. For more info on how to do this technique, see this link in the artsmoke group thread: www.flickr.com/groups/artsmoke/discuss/53695/
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi EOS 400D
Lens: EF-S 18-55mm standard zoom lens
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 33 mm
ISO Speed: 100
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♪...
Um bom lugar para encontrar: Copacabana
Prá passear à beira-mar: Copacabana
Depois num bar à meia-luz: Copacabana
Eu esperei por essa noite uma semana ... ♫
♪ ≡ ♫ = ♪ = ♫ ≡ ♪ = ♫
[♪] Música do Dia – Dorival Caymmi – Sábado em Copacabana
O Rio de Janeiro tem maravilhosos mirantes naturais ou não: Corcovado, Pão de Açúcar, Mirante Dona Marta, Vista Chinesa, Pedra da Gávea, Pedra Bonita, Mirante do Pasmado, vários na Floresta da Tijuca e tantos outros que é possível ver até Niterói.
Em termos de praia temos a Praia de Copacabana, praia de Ipanema e de tantas variações que vão do Flamengo a Prainha. E tudo isto sem competir ou tirar a Beleza de um Jardim Botânico, Bosque da Barra ou Aterro do Flamengo. Das praias ao carnaval, sem esquecer a parte cultural dos museus e dos ótimos restaurantes, o Rio é um show.
There is a real pleasure doing these flower canes, I call them "Backgroundless Multi-Puspose Flower Canes", they can be used both as a flower cane and as a regular round cane with background, just choose any background color, add 6 triangles, reduce in size, and you have a whole new different design!
Explore - Jul 13, 2007 #271
Check out PolyPediaOnline website for a comprehensive tutorial! :)
Rede Ecoblogs -1 Ano
No mesmo período o mundo produz 50 milhões de toneladas de lixo eletrônico.
e-Card: Lixo Eletrônico
Fonte: idgnow.uol.com.br/computacao_pessoal/2007/04/26/idgnotici...
flickriver.com/photos/javier1949/popular-interesting/
Medialab/Prado
Rehabilitación y acondicionamiento de la antigua Serrería Belga de los Pinares de El Paular para sede de Centro Medialab/Prado
Calle Alameda 15 c/v a Plaza de las Letras y c/v a Cenicero 8. Madrid
Serrería Belga de los Pinares de El Paular
Arquitecto: Manuel Álvarez Naya: 1924-1928 (Obras)
El edificio original es la nave posterior de un conjunto dedicado a talleres y venta de maderas de la Sociedad Belga de los Pinares del Paular que ocupó la totalidad de la manzana, con fachada a la calle Atocha, obra del arquitecto Manuel Álvarez Naya. La estructura, de hormigón en vigas, pilares, forjado y cerchas de cubierta, tiene un gran interés por su sencillez y por la previsión de su construcción en este material incombustible, dado el uso de la manipulación y manufactura de la madera que se dio al edificio. Su simplicidad y modernidad estructural para la época en que se construyó constituye su mayor atractivo, siendo un magnífico ejemplo de arquitectura industrial madrileña de principio del siglo XX. Su actividad se clausuró a principios de la década de los 90, pasando a propiedad del Ayuntamiento.
El Área de las Artes del Ayuntamiento de Madrid convocó, en febrero 2007, concurso internacional de ideas para adecuar el edificio a sede de Intermediae-Prado. Se recibieron 56 propuestas, resultando ganadora la presentada por los arquitectos españoles María Langarita y Víctor Navarro.
Adaptación de la Serrería Belga para sede de Centro Medialab/Prado “LA COSA”
Arquitectos: María Langarita y Víctor Navarro 2008 (proyecto) 2009-13 (obras)
Fragmentos de la memoria redactada por los autores:
Quizá la extrañeza, más que otras cosas, hace posible que las diversas voluntades que constituyen el proyecto de adaptación de la Serrería Belga para Medialab-Prado coexistan, no sin cierta ironía.
La primera de estas cáusticas convivencias es la que nace de una cierta esquizofrenia institucional. A la vez que el Paseo del Arte se convertía en el titulo del relato con el que el Ayuntamiento de Madrid pretendía atraer a un turismo global, el Área de las Artes promovía, en el mismo lugar, un concurso de arquitectura que acabaría siendo para una institución que auspiciaba debates profundamente críticos con ese modelo. Medialab autodefinida como “un espacio orientado a la producción, investigación y difusión de la cultura digital y del ámbito de confluencia entre arte, ciencia, tecnología y sociedad” promueve, frente al modelo tradicional de exhibición, la producción como proceso permeable, el desplazamiento de la figura del espectador al de actuante o la figura del mediador como facilitador de conexiones.
La Serrería versus La Cosa es otro formato de coexistencia que, a modo de combate dialéctico, ha permitido habitar más allá del concepto convencional de rehabilitación el espacio intermedio que quedaba entre ambos contrincantes. La Serrería Belga fue construida en varias fases desde los años 20 del siglo pasado por el arquitecto Manuel Álvarez Naya y es una de las primeras arquitecturas madrileñas en las que se empleaba el hormigón armado. La Cosa, por su parte, es el nombre que nos ha facilitado referirnos a ese conjunto de dispositivos, instalaciones y comunicaciones que agrupados permiten actualizar el edificio a los requerimientos actuales. Un ente ligero y articulado, con un cierto aire pretecnológico, que infiltrado en el edificio permite una amplia capacidad de transformación. En definitiva, una coexistencia de contrarios que ha permitido pensar la región intermedia entre interlocutores no como un producto consumado sino como un proceso abierto, versátil y activado por los usuarios.
Estos modos de coexistencia abren campo a algunas de las estrategias utilizadas en la adaptación: La apropiación del edificio existente no solo como narración histórica sino también como contenedor de energías latentes que se han incorporado al proyecto como material efectivo. Se ha evitado duplicar o incorporar soluciones o propiedades que ya fueran aportadas por el edificio de la Serrería. El tratamiento no específico de los espacios. Esta condición ha derivado en un tratamiento homogéneo de las soluciones materiales o la distribución uniforme de los sistemas de instalaciones.
Pensar la actuación como una estratificación con diferentes niveles de cambio en el tiempo. Se han elegido sistemas de construcción ligeros y desmontables, así como materiales que por su durabilidad y por su capacidad de ser modificados no condicionen futuras transformaciones.
Enfocar cada nueva intervención como una oportunidad para incorporar soportes para la acción e investigación de creadores. Entre ellos están la solución de dobles estores como pantallas de proyección, el aprovechamiento de huecos en la estructura existente para crear un suelo retroproyectado, la utilización de la medianera como fachada digital o el diseño de La Cosa como un dispositivo de experimentación digital.
El edificio existente se conserva en su estado actual. Se restituyen de forma puntual aquellas partes que por cuestiones técnicas o estructurales lo necesitan y se eliminan las que impiden el desarrollo del programa. Sobre ese esqueleto se enreda el segundo interlocutor La Cosa. Esta actuación dual permite superar la noción de objeto y enfatizar la atención en lo que ocurre entre los dos. Haciendo que la intervención no sé perciba como un producto consumado sino que se materialice como un proceso abierto activado por los usuarios.
Descripción constructiva.
El carácter doble y contradictorio se ha mantenido en los aspectos constructivos del proyecto. Frente a la materialización sólida de estructura de hormigón y muros de fábrica de ladrillo y revoco de la Serrería, la nueva actuación ha adoptado un sistema de estructura metálica y cerramientos ligeros de madera y textil, que minimizan el impacto sobre el edificio existente y permiten su desmantelamiento con el mínimo impacto. A su vez, el trazado de las instalaciones, que quedan vistas, permite una fácil reconfiguración de los espacios para la incorporación de diferentes actividades.
En el interior, La Cosa, se construye mediante un sencillo armazón de estructura metálica y cerramientos de contrachapado de madera, en los que se alojan, las comunicaciones, aseos y la distribución general de las instalaciones.
La Cosa en el exterior, por el contrario, adopta un sistema constructivo más sofisticado que libera el plano del suelo facilitando así la continuidad con la red de plazas cercanas y permite que el espacio urbano se prolongue hasta el interior del edificio. La estructura final sigue un esquema similar al de una marioneta, asociando la pieza con un elemento flotante, ligero y articulado. La estructura está constituida por unos marcos de acero suspendidos mediante cables tipo Macalloy de unas cruces de acero interseccionadas que atan al mismo tiempo las dos cerchas paralelas que las soportan. La unión de esos marcos, flotando a diferentes alturas en el aire, define un recorrido de sección variable que cobra volumen a través del sistema de arriostramiento metálico. El resultado final es el de una malla romboidal a modo de red que asegura la rigidez de la pieza. La necesidad de no perder la ligereza marcó la decisión en la búsqueda del cerramiento; Se opto por un sistema de doble piel textil que fuera ligero y que permitiera el paso de la luz en todo momento. Esa trama romboidal con aspecto de malla tensada se potencia mediante un sistema de iluminación formado por líneas de leds RGB que permite realizar creaciones digitales e intervenciones artísticas en toda su envolvente.
www.dezeen.com/2013/07/05/medialab-prado-by-langarita-nav...
Put the thorn in my side, the coins on my eyes
I'm not awake, I'm leaving Eden
And all her frozen charms lie cold in my arms
Panic went away and left me reeling
It's warm outside but the weather fails to hide
the stinging loss inside
For in the back of my mind I always thought I'd find my way to paradise
On I'd walk to paradise ...
But grace and lies locked the door from the other side
And now there's not much else there
Grace and lies
In all how long can you hide, how long?
The cost of innocence is the loss of innocence
Some may pass away, but some die screaming
When it came to my time, oh it took me by surprise
Was it my mistake, or am I born for giving in?
♫ º ♪ Leaving Eden [Leaving Eden - 2007] - Antimatter ♪ ♬ º ♪
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Palácio da Pena, or "Castelo da Pena" as it is more commonly known, is the most complete and notable example of Portuguese architecture in the Romantic period. It stands on one of the rocky peaks of the Serra de Sintra, and blends in a surprisingly fortunate manner with its natural background of greenery and crags, testifying to the aesthetic potentialities of the project.
The Palace dates back to 1839, when the King Consort Dom Fernando II of Saxe Coburg-Gotha (1816-1885) bought the ruins of the Hieronymite Monastery of Nossa Senhora da Pena and started to adapt it for use as a residence, according to his Romantic taste.
As his director of the works, Baron von Eschwege put into effect the King's revivalist ideas and round the restored ruins of the monastery raised a majestic pastiche inspired by the palaces and castles of Bavaria. Fanciful to an extreme, the architectural fabric of Pena finds much of its inspiration in the Moorish, Gothic and Manueline motifs of Portuguese art, as well as in the Wagnerian spirit of the Schinkel Castles of Central Europe. It is to be noted that of the former 16th Century monastery there were preserved the Manueline cloister and the chapel, the latter with a celebrated Renaissance reredos by the sculptor Nicolau Chanterene.
In the pursuit of Western Class diesel pictures our little group descended on Crofton, Bedwyn and Hungerford. This is Hungerford Common and we had dispersed from the bridge to our separate vantage points, Paul's VW Beetle is parked by the telegraph pole and another brave soul has climbed upon the concrete WW II gun emplacement and is looking with some disgust at the passing class 47, his flared trousers keeping the sun from his feet,
The loco was 47027 which was working the 14.40 Paddington to Paignton service, Westerns were scarce on this day, I only had shots of 3 members of the class D1001, D1072 and D1058.
47027 was built at Crewe as D1599, it went new to Landore 29/05/1964, it was later renumbered as 47558 (31/12/1980). The loco was withdrawn 01/03/2002 and cut at EMR Metals (Kingsbury) 01/05/2007
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A macro photograph of a small Lithops julii subsp. fullerii var. brunnea flower.
Field Number: C179
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History
Name:Ventura
Owner:Carnival Corporation house flag.svg Carnival plc
Operator:P&O-house flag.svg P&O Cruises
Port of registry:Bermuda Hamilton, Bermuda
Builder:Fincantieri, Monfalcone Italy
Yard number:6132
Laid down:29 August 2006
Launched:8 June 2007
Christened:
16 April 2008
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Acquired:31 March 2008
Maiden voyage:18 April 2008
In service:April 2008
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IMO number: 9333175
MMSI no.: 310562000
Status:Operational
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General characteristics
Class and type:Grand class cruise ship
Type:passenger
Tonnage:
116,017 GT
85,676 NT
8.400 DWT
Length:291.4 m (956 ft)
Beam:36 m (118 ft)
Draught:8 m (26 ft)
Depth:36 m (118 ft)
Decks:19 (14 passenger decks)
Deck clearance:27.55 m (90.4 ft)
Propulsion:6 × Wärtsilä diesel engines
Speed:21.7 knots
Capacity:
3,192 passengers
3,597 berths
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The second shot for my icon-less friend minggie: "i now fully expect a smiling/frowning bird picture from you".
Most bird's beaks are already frown shaped and they cannot do much about this. So that's actually a (mostly) unaltered image of the bird. The blue jay yesterday had it's beak liquified quite a lot to make him smile, maybe that tickled him?
There's actually a real smiling bird out there as documented by the National Geographic. But I didn't have the time or resolve to travel to Columbia for minggie's assignment.
This image was also taken at the Elizabeth Morton Wildlife Refuge on the south-fork of Long Island. The bird was hopping along on the walkway while I was on my (cold) belly to get the lowest possible angle.
Best View In Large
Two month ago I was contacted by Deebi Allen the editor of Digital Photographer (UK).She asked me about 3 shots from my set of Thailand for an article.So pleased !!
Here's the links of featured shots :
Patong Beach @ Phuket (Thailand)
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. Copyright © 2007-2011 Eric Rousset . All rights reserved.
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Medialab/Prado
Rehabilitación y acondicionamiento de la antigua Serrería Belga de los Pinares de El Paular para sede de Centro Medialab/Prado
Calle Alameda 15 c/v a Plaza de las Letras y c/v a Cenicero 8. Madrid
Serrería Belga de los Pinares de El Paular
Arquitecto: Manuel Álvarez Naya: 1924-1928 (Obras)
El edificio original es la nave posterior de un conjunto dedicado a talleres y venta de maderas de la Sociedad Belga de los Pinares del Paular que ocupó la totalidad de la manzana, con fachada a la calle Atocha, obra del arquitecto Manuel Álvarez Naya. La estructura, de hormigón en vigas, pilares, forjado y cerchas de cubierta, tiene un gran interés por su sencillez y por la previsión de su construcción en este material incombustible, dado el uso de la manipulación y manufactura de la madera que se dio al edificio. Su simplicidad y modernidad estructural para la época en que se construyó constituye su mayor atractivo, siendo un magnífico ejemplo de arquitectura industrial madrileña de principio del siglo XX. Su actividad se clausuró a principios de la década de los 90, pasando a propiedad del Ayuntamiento.
El Área de las Artes del Ayuntamiento de Madrid convocó, en febrero 2007, concurso internacional de ideas para adecuar el edificio a sede de Intermediae-Prado. Se recibieron 56 propuestas, resultando ganadora la presentada por los arquitectos españoles María Langarita y Víctor Navarro.
Adaptación de la Serrería Belga para sede de Centro Medialab/Prado “LA COSA”
Arquitectos: María Langarita y Víctor Navarro 2008 (proyecto) 2009-13 (obras)
Fragmentos de la memoria redactada por los autores:
Quizá la extrañeza, más que otras cosas, hace posible que las diversas voluntades que constituyen el proyecto de adaptación de la Serrería Belga para Medialab-Prado coexistan, no sin cierta ironía.
La primera de estas cáusticas convivencias es la que nace de una cierta esquizofrenia institucional. A la vez que el Paseo del Arte se convertía en el titulo del relato con el que el Ayuntamiento de Madrid pretendía atraer a un turismo global, el Área de las Artes promovía, en el mismo lugar, un concurso de arquitectura que acabaría siendo para una institución que auspiciaba debates profundamente críticos con ese modelo. Medialab autodefinida como “un espacio orientado a la producción, investigación y difusión de la cultura digital y del ámbito de confluencia entre arte, ciencia, tecnología y sociedad” promueve, frente al modelo tradicional de exhibición, la producción como proceso permeable, el desplazamiento de la figura del espectador al de actuante o la figura del mediador como facilitador de conexiones.
La Serrería versus La Cosa es otro formato de coexistencia que, a modo de combate dialéctico, ha permitido habitar más allá del concepto convencional de rehabilitación el espacio intermedio que quedaba entre ambos contrincantes. La Serrería Belga fue construida en varias fases desde los años 20 del siglo pasado por el arquitecto Manuel Álvarez Naya y es una de las primeras arquitecturas madrileñas en las que se empleaba el hormigón armado. La Cosa, por su parte, es el nombre que nos ha facilitado referirnos a ese conjunto de dispositivos, instalaciones y comunicaciones que agrupados permiten actualizar el edificio a los requerimientos actuales. Un ente ligero y articulado, con un cierto aire pretecnológico, que infiltrado en el edificio permite una amplia capacidad de transformación. En definitiva, una coexistencia de contrarios que ha permitido pensar la región intermedia entre interlocutores no como un producto consumado sino como un proceso abierto, versátil y activado por los usuarios.
Estos modos de coexistencia abren campo a algunas de las estrategias utilizadas en la adaptación: La apropiación del edificio existente no solo como narración histórica sino también como contenedor de energías latentes que se han incorporado al proyecto como material efectivo. Se ha evitado duplicar o incorporar soluciones o propiedades que ya fueran aportadas por el edificio de la Serrería. El tratamiento no específico de los espacios. Esta condición ha derivado en un tratamiento homogéneo de las soluciones materiales o la distribución uniforme de los sistemas de instalaciones.
Pensar la actuación como una estratificación con diferentes niveles de cambio en el tiempo. Se han elegido sistemas de construcción ligeros y desmontables, así como materiales que por su durabilidad y por su capacidad de ser modificados no condicionen futuras transformaciones.
Enfocar cada nueva intervención como una oportunidad para incorporar soportes para la acción e investigación de creadores. Entre ellos están la solución de dobles estores como pantallas de proyección, el aprovechamiento de huecos en la estructura existente para crear un suelo retroproyectado, la utilización de la medianera como fachada digital o el diseño de La Cosa como un dispositivo de experimentación digital.
El edificio existente se conserva en su estado actual. Se restituyen de forma puntual aquellas partes que por cuestiones técnicas o estructurales lo necesitan y se eliminan las que impiden el desarrollo del programa. Sobre ese esqueleto se enreda el segundo interlocutor La Cosa. Esta actuación dual permite superar la noción de objeto y enfatizar la atención en lo que ocurre entre los dos. Haciendo que la intervención no sé perciba como un producto consumado sino que se materialice como un proceso abierto activado por los usuarios.
Descripción constructiva.
El carácter doble y contradictorio se ha mantenido en los aspectos constructivos del proyecto. Frente a la materialización sólida de estructura de hormigón y muros de fábrica de ladrillo y revoco de la Serrería, la nueva actuación ha adoptado un sistema de estructura metálica y cerramientos ligeros de madera y textil, que minimizan el impacto sobre el edificio existente y permiten su desmantelamiento con el mínimo impacto. A su vez, el trazado de las instalaciones, que quedan vistas, permite una fácil reconfiguración de los espacios para la incorporación de diferentes actividades.
En el interior, La Cosa, se construye mediante un sencillo armazón de estructura metálica y cerramientos de contrachapado de madera, en los que se alojan, las comunicaciones, aseos y la distribución general de las instalaciones.
La Cosa en el exterior, por el contrario, adopta un sistema constructivo más sofisticado que libera el plano del suelo facilitando así la continuidad con la red de plazas cercanas y permite que el espacio urbano se prolongue hasta el interior del edificio. La estructura final sigue un esquema similar al de una marioneta, asociando la pieza con un elemento flotante, ligero y articulado. La estructura está constituida por unos marcos de acero suspendidos mediante cables tipo Macalloy de unas cruces de acero interseccionadas que atan al mismo tiempo las dos cerchas paralelas que las soportan. La unión de esos marcos, flotando a diferentes alturas en el aire, define un recorrido de sección variable que cobra volumen a través del sistema de arriostramiento metálico. El resultado final es el de una malla romboidal a modo de red que asegura la rigidez de la pieza. La necesidad de no perder la ligereza marcó la decisión en la búsqueda del cerramiento; Se opto por un sistema de doble piel textil que fuera ligero y que permitiera el paso de la luz en todo momento. Esa trama romboidal con aspecto de malla tensada se potencia mediante un sistema de iluminación formado por líneas de leds RGB que permite realizar creaciones digitales e intervenciones artísticas en toda su envolvente.
www.dezeen.com/2013/07/05/medialab-prado-by-langarita-nav...
L44 (No.1) had the honour of working the last steam-hauled LT passenger train in 1961, and survived in use until 1965; it is now preserved at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
L44 was saved from being broken up for scrap by the endeavours of a 19 years old London Transport Mechanical Engineering Apprentice (Jim Stringer),[citation needed] who started the Met Tank Appeal Fund in 1962. The objective was originally to save the only remaining 0-6-2T 'F' Class locomotive numbered L52 in the London Transport fleet. LT offered this locomotive to him for £500. The Met Tank Appeal Fund raised just over £1,000, but when Jim went to hand over the cheque he was advised that an inspection had revealed a cracked mainframe, and the locomotive could no longer be 'steamed' and was therefore no longer suitable for preservation. However he was offered L44 in its place for the sum of £450. Jim was helped by committee members of the London Railway Preservation Society, and a locomotive fitter named Gerald Fitzgerald. The LRPS had storage for the Locomotive at Bishops Stortford, and also at Luton where it was subsequently moved to, but the Quainton Railway Society offered a secure and permanent base for it at their newly established museum in Buckinghamshire, and L44 (now correctly referred to as Met Loco No. 1) moved there in the mid-1960s. No. 1 was maintained in main-line condition and made occasional forays onto its old home lines during the "Steam on the Met" events which took place between 1989 and 2000. It received a full overhaul in 2001.
In 2007 No. 1 made its first visit away from Buckinghamshire Railway Centre since the 2001 Heavy Overhaul, arriving at the Bluebell Railway on 24 July in order to take part in the "Bluebell 125" celebrations. While there it was paired with four original Metropolitan Railway carriages which have been restored by the Bluebell. During August 2008 it visited Barrow Hill and in October 2008 Llangollen, to participate in their heritage events.