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Taken at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. It rained almost all afternoon yesterday but I got about 5 minutes of sun to capture this shot (and then the skies opened up and it poured again).
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 30 in 2011). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates men and women who died while in military service to the United States. First enacted to honor Union and Confederate soldiers following the American Civil War, it was extended after World War I to honor Americans who have died in all wars. (source: Wikipedia)
No matter where you are in the world, take a moment this weekend to say a silent "thank you" and prayer for all the men and women in service, who sacrifice so much for their country. Too many have ended up paying the ultimate price. Is it a dream to wish for peace and no more war? I would love to see that in my lifetime but I'm not sure...
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L'economia di taranto principalmente basata sulla coltivazione delle cozze è in grave difficoltà. E' di questi giorni infatti la chiusura di molte piantagioni di cozze per l'elevato tasso di inquinanti presenti nelle acque del mare. L'acciaieria Ilva è sicuramente la maggiore responsabile.
Lui è "zio Uelino", un pescivendolo del mercato dei Tamburi.
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Taranto's economy mainly based on the cultivation of mussels is in serious trouble. Latest news talks about the closure of many plantations of mussels for the high amount of pollutants in the sea. The steelmaker farm Ilva is certainly a major contributor.
He is a fisherman.
Phat Quang pagoda.
Phat Quang pagoda (cat pagoda) belongs to Hung Long ward,Phan Thiet City.It is an ancient pagoda which is built quite early in Binh THUAN.Now,it is 350 years old.According to ancient Chinese documents which have been kept up now.
Phat quang pagoda was built in the early 18 th century of Le Thuan Tong dinasty(1732-1735) which is the date Long Duc.Now,the pagoda is keeping 118 wood pieces which are carved Franch-Chinese prayer,one of the important prayer books of Mahayana Buddhism especially,passed largely in China,Japan and Vietnam.Prayer is carved on 118 wood pieces,each of them is 0,68 meters long,0,26 meters wide,0,03 meters thick,with total 60.000 Chinese words.
Besides the wood pieces carved the content of the prayer,the are 07 other wood pieces carved the images of the pteaching Buddha.French-Chinese prayer book was discovered November 1987 when the pagoda prepared of Di Da ceremony.With the value of a preayer carved on the pieces of wood and having complety content,Vietnam Record Book Center officially acknowledges it a Vietnam Record in 2006.
Freshly cleaned today (yes it was messy, believe it or not) and the addition of plush Angry Birds on the shelf.
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It's been a big year for me, taking up photography as a hobby in January. I'm proud of what I've achieved. Looking back at my early work I wonder what I was thinking with the HDR edits. My style has definitely changed now and I hope all you 'flickrers' like the direction my photography has taken. 2012 will hopefully bring me a 5D2, to be completely honest I can't wait.
Happy New Year, Bring on 2012!
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Il quartiere Tamburi di Taranto, oramai da 50 anni quartiere dormitorio a ridosso dell'acciaieria Italsider, adesso Ilva.
E' sicuramente il quartiere più inquinato d'Europa.
E' un quartiere popolare abitato principalmente da operai dell'ilva, pesionati e pescatori.
Da molti anni è alla ribalta delle cronache per i tassi di concentrazione di diossina e benzoapirene dell'aria che superano abbondantemente le soglie consentite per legge.
Anzi, il 13 agosto 2010 il governo, con un decreto legge ribattezzato "salva Ilva", ha pensato bene di eliminare vincoli legati alle soglie di emissione del benzoapirene, un potentissimo cancerogeno.
Il quartiere Tamburi ha una mortalità per cancro del 40% più alta della media nazionale.
Emilio Riva, il proprietario della più grande acciaieria Europea non ha mosso un dito (nonostante lui sostenga il contrario) per ridurre le emissioni.
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The district Tamburi in Taranto, was born as a commuter area near to the biggest steel farm in Europe: Ilva.
It's surely the most polluted area of Europe.
It's mainly inhabited by workers, retired workers of Ilva and fishermen.
For many years, the concentration of dioxins and benzoapirene into the air far exceedes the thresholds allowed by law.
Indeed, 13 August 2010 the government, with a law dubbed "save Ilva" has removed the constraints on the threshold of benzoapirene, a powerful carcinogen.
The district has a cancer mortality by 40% higher than the national average.
Emilio Riva, the owner of the largest European steelmaker farm did not lift a finger (although he claims to the contrary) to reduce emissions.
Happy New Year 2011 !
Wish you all the best !
あけましておめでとうございます！
今年もよろしくお願いします！
Eric and I went to Cypress Mountain to see the sunrise with our Vancouver Photo Club friends（バンクーバー写真倶楽部）.
It was the first time since I've been in Vancouver that it didn't rain on new year's day.
We were freezing (temparature was about -5C°), but it was worth it !
Cypress Mountain Lookout, West Vancouver.
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I shot many pics today, none of which felt inspired but I certainly learned alot. I tried different approaches to things around town and along the Williamette river. Long story short. I had decided I was done with my 365....Although, here's one more day. I did it handheld, well sorta' knee, hand, chest held. I wanted straight lines, oh well.
Note to self: clean windshield.
Cocullo is a little town in the Province of L'Aquila, located in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The village is situated in the Peligna Valley, between the towns of Avezzano and Sulmona. The origins of Cocullo are closely related to the Ancient Roman town of Koukoulon. Cocullo is known for his singular patron saint's holiday, named Festa dei Serpari, in which the patron saint's statue (Domenico Abate) is transported in procession covered with lot of snakes. The reptiles themselves are transported in procession by local serpari, a sort of "snake catchers", and released in the surrounding woods at the end of the holiday. The festival, set every first thursday in May, is a receptive event for Italian and foreigner tourists. This tradition, present also in coat of arms symbology, substituted the ancient Roman mythologic ritual of Angitia, a snake goddess worshipped by the Marsi.
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Il punto di vista della nuvola sarebbe differente,
quello del granchio diverso ancora,
quello di Enrico la Talpa sarà forse un po' approssimativo,
però non lo so.
Di una cosa son certo ed è che della propria vita ciascuno di noi è interprete e regista indiscusso, ha la facoltà di assegnarsi un ruolo drammatico oppure tragico oppure comico o forse chissà.
Qualunque vita, comunque la si voglia vedere, contiene sia gioie e sia dolori.
Quanto maggiori i dolori rispetto alle gioie è solo e soltanto un punto di vista.
[Mostratemi un eroe e vi farò vedere un imbecille col senso del drammatico]
Sparrow Blue was the very first custom I bought almost 2 years ago. I've had many dolls come & go & have even considered letting her travel but I also knew I'd regret it if I sold her. So she stays & I'm happy about that.
Chromes in the afternoon with the PR bros Defy and Pun + the MTL musketeers Senck, Scan & Zek.
Stay away from Harris Enamel. Any color. That shit is by far the absolute worst spraypaint i've smelled in my life. its not just a strong chemical smell, the stuff stinks like rotten vegetables.
More to come.
MOWANJUM Aboriginal FESTIVAL.
In the culture of the Worora, Ngarinyin, and Wunumbul tribes, which make up the Mowanjum community outside Derby, Western Australia, the Wandjina is the supreme spirit being.
The tribes came together early this century at the Kunmunya Presbyterian mission and the government settlement at Munja. Since 1950, they have endured many forced moves, first to Wotjulum, then to the old Mowanjum site and, finally, to the present day Mowanjum site about 15 kilometres outside Derby.
As with most complex cultures, opinions about creation can differ. According to David Mowaljarlai (dec), a highly respected Mowanjum elder, the Worora, Ngarinyin and Wunumbul people are the three Wandjina tribes. Only these three tribes see the Wandjinas as the true creators of the land. Many other Australian Aboriginal tribes believe that the Dreamtime snake or Rainbow Serpent was the main creative force.
According to Mowanjum artist Mabel King, during Lai Lai (the creation time), Wallungunder, the "big boss" Wandjina, came from the Milky Way to create the earth and all the people. These first people were the Gyorn Gyorn – what some gudiya (white) people call Bradshaw figures, named after the gudiya to first see them in 1891. The Gyorn Gyorn had no laws or kinship and wandered around lost.
Wallungunder saw that he could do good with these people, so he went back to the Milky Way and brought many other Wandjinas with the power of the Dreamtime snake to help him bring laws and kinship to the Gyorn Gyorn people. The Dreamtime snake represents Mother Earth and is called ungud. Each of the artists has his or her own ungud birthplace or dreaming place.
The Wandjinas created the animals and the baby spirits that reside in the rock pools or sacred ungud places throughout the Kimberley, and continue to control everything that happens on the land and in the sky and sea.
Sam Woolagoodja (dec), a distinguished and eminent Worora leader and law man, described the Wandjina image by saying 'their power is so great that they don't need to speak, so they have no mouth. Their eyes are powerful and black, like the eye of a cyclone. The lines around a Wandjina's head can mean lots of things – clouds, rain, lightning. The Wandjinas, he said, painted their own images on the cave walls before they returned to the spirit world.'
In addition to being the sole holder of many sacred laws, one of Sam's most important responsibilities (and one that now belongs to his son, Donny) was the upkeep and repainting of hundreds of Wandjina cave images along the Kimberley coast. This ensures that the Wandjinas' power remains strong.
Almost 20 years ago, David Mowaljarlai told local Derby District High School art teacher Mark Norval that the elders were very worried about the young people forgetting about the Wandjinas and their true homelands. "They should build a big place out of rocks, like a cave, at Mowanjum and we should do paintings all over those rocks to teach all the kids about our culture," he said.
Today, through the efforts of the Mowanjum elders and artists and many dedicated local people and businesses, the Wandjina culture is not being lost. Rather, as the artists continue to paint and the Mowanjum children begin to rediscover their own beliefs and heritage, the culture is evolving.
Thanks to the generosity of the Mowanjum people, the world now has the opportunity to learn about one of the oldest and most powerful images in Aboriginal art and the stories that have been passed on for more than 100 centuries.
Derby, Western Australia 2011
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"Eu conheci muitos pensadores e muitos gatos, mas a sabedoria de gatos é infinitamente superior." (Hippolyte Taine)
"O gato não nos acaricia; o que faz é acariciar-se em nós." (Antoine Rivarol)
"Observe um gato quando entra em um quarto pela primeira vez. Procura cheiros, não fica quieto um momento, não confia em nada até que examinou e travou conhecimento com tudo." (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
"A veneração dos egípcios pelos gatos não era nem tola nem infantil. Por meio do gato, o Egito definiu e refinou sua complexa estética." (Camille Paglia)
"O gato não pede amor. Nem depende dele. Mas, quando o sente, é capaz de amar muito. Um gato é um italiano educado na Inglaterra. Sente como um italiano mas se comporta como um lorde inglês." (Artur da Távola)
"O gato é uma lição diária de afeto verdadeiro e fiel. Suas manifestações são íntimas e profundas. Exigem recolhimento, entrega, atenção." (Artur da Távola)
"De todas as criaturas de Deus apenas uma não pode ser o escravo do chicote. Esta criatura é o gato. Se o homem pudesse ser cruzado com o gato, isto melhoraria o homem, mas deterioraria o gato." (Mark Twain)