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I had a garage sale today, and I know it sounds so mundane to put that into words ... but that is how my story begins. I had a serious epiphany during the course of my boring and ordinary day. When I look back on my life, I find that most epiphanies occur just like that! Don't you agree?
There was this little boy.
He was sweet, gregarious and so full of life. He translated everything we said for this mother. He ran from item to item, holding them aloft in wonder. I'm talking about toys that were selling for .10¢ or .25¢. All of these toys belonged to my girls when they were little and though they carried a lot of sentimental value, they weren't worth much physically. Looking at them brought back so many wonderful, tearful and bittersweet memories.
To see another child enjoy them as much as my children did, was eye-opening, to say the least ... and the epiphany was realizing that the joy these items gave me, wasn't so much in the physical item itself, but rather the memory of it..
So I gave this sweet little boy a heaping bag of my 'memories.' And to see the light in his eyes, the joyous bounce in his walk ... well, lets just say it made my day, my week, my month! Heck, it just made my year!!
Letting go of the physical item does not mean letting go of the memory.
His words are still echoing in my head as I write this ... what he kept saying over and over again in a singsong voice:
"This is the best day ever!'
"When the first computers were built during the early 1940s, people working on them found bugs in both the hardware of the machines and in the programs that ran them." (Source: American History)
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It's a real achievement for me to go to San Francisco and not take a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge -- usually I end up with about three memory cards worth!
Still, this seemed like an excellent opportunity for me to get a photograph of San Francisco's other major bridge, the Bay Bridge.
I've wanted to get this photo ever since I saw it on Flickr about 5 years ago, but unlike the Golden Gate Bridge, where there are multiple easily accessible viewpoints on public land, this one is a lot more tricky. The only place where you can get a shot looking along the bridge, like this, is from Treasure Island, large amounts of which (including anywhere with a good view) are owned by the US Coastguard.
As such, getting this shot involves ignoring multiple 'private property' and 'no trespassing' signs and hoping you don't meet anyone official. It's also extremely difficult to park, as all the spaces are resident parking (understandably since it's private!) The only option is a very small pull-off down the single-track road this viewpoint is on, which is only large enough for one vehicle.
Because of this, I've put off taking this shot for several trips, but I've always wanted to get it, so this time I figured I'd give it a go, despite some fog coming in from the sea. Apart from some difficulty in finding the correct road, it all went fairly well, and I parked as quietly as possible, employing my ninja skills to silently close the door.
Even when you get here, it's not particularly easy -- there's a very high fence to look over, so you need a tall tripod, and the area is quite overgrown. However, the view is most definitely worth it!
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"The Pathology of Normality" or "The Yellow Arrow" or "Freedom" or "No Game"
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● The patients that are healthy. And the healthy, which in reality are the sick. ●
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This provocative thesis of Erich Fromm formulated as a result of his decades-long exploration of the so-called normality. His findings have led to him to demand a new "science of humans " and the humanistic value judgments even realizing it.
The already legendary philosopher and psychoanalyst in clear sharp and far-sighted analysis, where the disease of modern society and the individuals are, and he has ways to heal them.
Die Kranken, das sind die Gesunden. Und die Gesunden, das sind in Wirklichkeit die Kranken.
Diese provozierende These formulierte Erich Fromm als Ergebnis seiner jahrzehntelangen Erforschung der sogenannten Normalität. Seine Erkenntnisse haben ihn dazugeführt, eine neue "Wissenschaft vom Menschen" zu fordern und der humanistischen Wertsetzungen selbst auch zu realisieren.
Der schon heute legendäre Philosoph und Psychoanalytiker verdeutlicht in scharfen, weitsichtigen Analysen, wo die Krankheit der modernen Gesellschaft und des einzelnen Menschen liegen, und er weist Wege auf, sie zu heilen.
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Source: Erich Fromm, „Die Pathologie der Normalität“, Zur Wissenschaft vom Menschen, Vier Vorlesungen aus dem Jahre 1953 - Cover
let the Sleeping Death seep through.
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first princess for my Disney Princess collab with Riley and Meg ! I love them so much. <3 check out their versions! I’ve wanted to do Disney Princess pictures since I started photography
I know it’s really cliché with the poisoned apples so I wanted to twist it
this was a nightmare to expand. thank you Riley for spending so much time trying to help me expand it! (credit for caption in beginning of description goes to Ril too)
but it didn’t work on my computer and then I had to suck it up and do it. needless to say, I’m really proud of it. thank you also to Katie Leighton for being my dead models (;
you may notice (or not) that this editing is different than my normal look BUT it’s because I just found out that I have tones and curves and adjustments on PSE..I FEEL LIKE I HAVE LIFE FIGURED OUT
the possibilities are endless with those ahhhhhhh wlaekjrlawk
*THANK YOU Sammy, Riley, Olivia ,Diego, Bethany, and Asher for your heart-felt testimonials! I've looked up to these guys since I joined flickr and to receive testimonials from them was so exciting!! check them out!
I’m going to college in Florida really soon and I’ve decided that I probably won’t be able to take as many pictures in college so I have a list of picture ideas and I’m going to try to take all of them! So expect to see more from me in these next few weeks!
I just need these simple props:
-burning house
-fog machine
-legit wooden raft like the one from Castaway
-a train
-a pack of wolves
-an attic with a gigantic window
-an abandoned factory
-a library with a book as big as a desk
-a herd of sheep
-a shot
-woods with dead trees
-woods with luscious green trees
-an ocean
City Hall - Guy´s Hospital - The Shard - London Eye - Tate Modern - London Bridge - HMS Belfast - Southwark Bridge - BT Tower - St Paul´s Cathedral - The Monument - The Gherkin - Tower of London
Venus (as "Eosphorus") , Jupiter, Aldebaran and other stars shining over korthion Bay, Aegean Sea, Greece
The first post from my recent visit to Qatar and its ravishing capital, Doha.
I had to wake up very early to be on this sweet spot at the sweetest of the times. It's about 5 am and the sun has just risen on my right.
The traditional boats, known as "Dhows" are anchored and floating on the beach.
Thank you Getty for inviting this shot!
The longest slide! I've worked with this image before and I could treat it a thousand ways and be happy with most. I started with the building and Fireworks, added a little yellow/gray image mix and then the NYC shot. That was exactly what I wanted and all it needed was a little SC. I created a B&W layer which I masked and erased most with a wide brush leaving only a little B&W around the edges, a giant SC play!
The End!! (For now!) Time for R&R but I will catch up and THank YoU!!!!
Happy Slider Sunday Complication!!! HSS
In Erinnerung an die farbenprächtigen Weinberge im Herbst 2008
In memory of the colorful vineyards at autumn 2008, Remstal near Stuttgart, Germany
Como la playa en soledad, más pura
luce su desnudez, y como el pájaro
más melodioso vuela si más solo,
así este paraíso de ternura
no pide verso para ser cantado.
Jose Luis Cano
MAR MENOR - MURCIA - ESPAÑA
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This shot has it all!!
Here they are taking a break from shooting to enjoy the sunrise. I've always found it vitally important to 'put the camera' down at some point during a sunrise or sunset ... so as to thoroughly 'be in the moment.'
I had so much fun dragging them out in the sweltering humidity at 3 AM. I thank them for indulging me. When you are in good company, you can endure anything ... and that includes the early hour, the heat ... and the vicious flies!!
Thanks for inviting me, for the good wine, the fabulous dinner but most of all for the good time, the laughter and the companionship!
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a) Hasselblad FlexBody + Magazzino 6x6/120 + Pentaprisma Esposimetrico Hasselblad PME 45;
b) Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 180mm f. 4,0 CFI + Hasselblad Tubo Prolunga 8mm;
c) Lettura Esposimetrica Angolo 3° con Sekonic DualSpot F-L-778 (effettuate 5 misurazioni con metodo del Sistema Zonale di Ansel Adams) a luce riflessa; la prima sulla superficie del muro in basso (la porzione triangolare prima dei coprimuretti di Argilla cotta) , la seconda sulla piccola porzione della montagna (quella più luminosa a destra del fotogramma, in basso), la terza sulle tegole del tetto (quelle fra il cagnolino e il bordo del fotogramma in basso), la quarta sulla schiena del bimbo. La lettura media ottenuta è stata confrontata con la quinta lettura effettuata sulla fronte del bimbo (la luminanza è stata posta sulla zona V del Grigio Medio al 18%. Per le prime quatto esposizioni (visto la differenza zonale di circa 8/9 zone) ho intenzionalmente imposto e compresso la scala di n-2 per avere una maggiore corposità dei neri (poi in fase di sviluppo ho compensato con la diluizione e i tempi di sviluppo. Il totale è stato sovraesposto di n+2/3 per evitare che l’esposizione finale impostata non penalizzasse le alte luminanze delle “zone IX” che sarebbero risultate prive di dettaglio (visto che la luce, data dal sole mentre stava sorgendo “temperatura cromatica 6800°k”) o le basse luci (le luci in ombra e quelle sul muretto basso erano troppo basse stimate in 2100°K/2200°K);
d) Esposizione Tempo 1/125s con apertura a f.4,0 su stativo Manfrotto;
e) Negativo Agfa APX 25 Asa Professional (esposta a 64 Asa);
f) Scansione del negativo con Agfa Duoscan T2500 Pro su supportoi mobile orizzontale (porta SCASI);
g) Prima Post-Produzione per effettuare un minimo intervento del bilanciamento tonale nelle varie aree scure del corpo del bimbo e nelle ampie zone dei neri (zone posteriori il capo e parte inferiore in basso “porzione del muretto a triangolo”) nonché nei grigi e/o bianchi per (luce proveniente dal sorgere del sole, sul pelo del cagnolino e sul profilo delle braccia, volto e capelli del bimbo) per compensare la temperatura cromatica della luce con Nikon Capture NX 2. (differenza di f/stop fra le zone chiare esterne e le zone scure interne di 9,5 diaframmi in forte controluce);
h) Seconda Post-Produzione con Adobe Photoshop CS3 per il bilanciamento della compensazione dell’Esposizione con le zone d’ombra;
i) Post-Produzione di completamento con Nikon Capture NX 2 per il completamento zonale delle aree...
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Questa immagine fa parte di una ricerca /reportage che ho in fase di preparazione finalizzato nella ricerca di quei antichi mestieri che stanno scomparendo, altri oramai estinti o non più esercitati, che descrivono e documentano l’attività svolta nei loro ambienti, con i loro strumenti, con i vecchi utensili spesso costruiti a mano o personalizzati. Immagini e volti che esprimono particolari sensazioni, scene di particolare enfasi ambientale, di sentimenti profondi trasmessi attraverso i gesti ed espressioni.
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Anche queste immagini verranno raccolte in un “Manuale Artistico Tecnico Fotografico” nella quale saranno descritte le particolari tecniche di ripresa, i materiali impiegati, l’attrezzatura fotografica, i luoghi di ripresa e le particolari condizioni sceniche ambientali.
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This image is part of a research/report that I have in preparation aimed in search of those ancient crafts are disappearing, some now extinct or no longer practiced, which describe and document the activity in their environments, with their instruments with the old tools are often built or customized by hand. Images and faces that express particular feelings, scenes of environmental emphasis, of deep feeling communicated through gestures and expressions.
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Although these images are collected in a "Technical Guide Artistic Photo" which will be described in the special filming techniques, materials used, the camera equipment, filming locations and the particular environmental conditions stage.
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Venice is a city in northeast Italy sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. It is located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks.The city in its entirety is listed as World Heritage Site, along with its lagoon. The gondola is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon. For centuries gondolas were the chief means of transportation and most common watercraft within Venice. In modern times the iconic boats still have a role in public transport in the city, serving as traghetti -ferries over the Grand Canal. They are also used in special regattas rowing races held amongst gondoliers. The gondola is propelled like punting, except an oar is used instead of a pole. Their primary role today, however, is to carry tourists on rides at fixed rates. There can be six people in a gondola and a ride of 40 minutes during the day according to the official rate costs € 80 euros and evening EUR 100. Additional money if the gondolier sing a song! But you can have a very short, short gondola ride to the traghetto, a public gondola that in a few places to cross the Grand Canal makes. Such a trip costs only 50 cents!
Photo of a young girl in Venice dressed already as a traditional Gondolier in red white. On the background you can see the San Giorgio on Isola do San Giorgio Maggiore. In August 2010, Giorgia Boscolo became Venice's first female gondolier. Perhaps this young girl will become a Gondolier too.
Venetië is een stad in het noordoosten van Italië. Venetië is wereldwijd bekend om het historische centrum met zijn vele wateren en heeft een belangrijke rol gespeeld in de wereldgeschiedenis. Sinds 1987 staan Venetië en zijn lagune op de Werelderfgoedlijst van de UNESCO. De Venetianen vestigden zich in de 6e eeuw na Christus op de eilanden van de lagune bij het tegenwoordige Venetië, opdat barbaren hen niet konden bereiken. De lagune bestond uit kleine eilanden met een netwerk van smalle kanalen, niet diep genoeg voor de grote zeeschepen van de barbaren. Het leven op de lagune werd mogelijk gemaakt door het gebruik van een smalle, lichte boot die mensen en goederen kon vervoeren. Deze Gondel boot werd bestuurd door een enkele roeier die op de achterkant van de boot stond, zodat hij goed zicht had. Venetië bezoeken zonder een tochtje in een gondel te maken kan natuurlijk best, want lopend en met de vaporetti kun je overal komen, maar misschien is het toch beter een bedrag te reserveren om Venetië te bekijken zoals het bekeken moet worden: langzaam voortglijdend door stille grachten tussen hoge huizen, begeleid door het geplons van de riem in het water. Houd er rekening mee dat de gondeliers een soort maffia vormen, waarvan een aantal leden er niet voor terugdeinst toeristen te bedonderen, dus maak tevoren duidelijke afspraken over de tocht en probeer flink af te dingen. Er kunnen zes personen in een gondel en een tochtje van 40 minuten kost overdag volgens het officiële tarief € 80 euro en 's avonds 100 euro; elke 20 minuten langer kost € 40 of € 50 meer. Laat je de gondelier een lied zingen, kost dat veel extra geld! Maar je kunt een heel kort, goedkoop gondeltochtje maken met de traghetto, een openbare gondel die op enkele plaatsen de oversteek over het Canal Grande maakt. Zo'n tochtje kost slechts 50 cent!
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Yes the logo is kinda spoiling the composition but I have no other choice now, a lot my images are getting stolen and appearing on various sites and blogs without my consent.
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This is a multiple exposure. Took one of the moon and another long exposure of Nanga Parbat which also intentionally blurred the clouds. I always believe in good honest photography. Cant understand why people tend to hide their exif info even. You can teach someone to shoot in manual mode etc but you cannot teach creativity.
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Nanga Parbat (main peak) has a height of 8126 meters/26,660 ft. It has three vast faces. The Rakhiot (Ra Kot) face is dominated by the north and south silver crags and silver plateau; the Diamir face is rocky in the beginning. It converts itself into ice fields around Nanga Parbat peak. The Rupal face is the highest precipice in the world. Reinhold Messner, a living legend in mountaineering from Italy, says that "every one who has ever stood at the foot of this face (4500 meters) up above the 'Tap Alpe', studied it or flown over it, could not help but have been amazed by its sheer size; it has become known as the highest rock and ice wall in the world!".
Nanga Parbat has always been associated with tragedies and tribulations until it was climbed in 1953. A lot of mountaineers have perished on Nanga Parbat since 1895. Even in recent years it has claimed a heavy toll of human lives of mountaineers, in search of adventure and thrill. Its victims, have included those in pursuit of new and absolutely un-climbed routes leading to its summit.
The Nanga Parbat peak was discovered in the nineteenth century by Europeans. The Schlagintweit brothers, who hailed from Munich (Germany) came in 1854 to Himalayas and drew a panoramic view which is the first known picture of Nanga Parbat. In 1857 one of them was murdered in Kashgar. The curse of Nanga Parbat had begun.
Source: www.k2news.com/nphistory.htm
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July 2012,
Nikon D800,
Nikkor 24-120@31mm,
f,4, 20s, 800 ISO
Location coordinates via GP-1 Module
Shibuya, Tokyo.
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Walking in the early morning and leaving the Shibuya Excel Hotel to encounter the thousands of Tokyo commuters milling around Shibuya train station, the thing that strikes you is the silence. A silence punctuated with the click clack of high heels and the public announcements over the tannoy.
Salary men and salary women on the march. Solemn. Silent. Not yet adjusted to the new day, quietly, sleepily they move in sweeping masses, herded on to trains where mobile phones are always on silent. Nobody talking.
Fast forward to the evening, and it has all changed.
In the station, loud conversation and laughter drown out the tannoy's public announcements. The clickety-clack of high heels goes unnoticed. The early morning solemn faces are now animated, more cheerful. Smiles are seen. Salary men and salary women are unwinding. Unwinding after the working day.The march has changed its beat. The sweeping masses are no longer herded along. Time has slowed a little. On the streets, small groups gather. The rush to get where they have to go to has gone.
For now.
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Humpback whale jumping with an "Air Madagascar" plane overhead passing in the sky, , sea around Sainte Marie island, Madagascar
In Southern winter - from June to the end of September - the sea around Sainte Marie island, on the Eastern shore of Madagascar, offers one of the most natural fascinating spectacles in the world. Large groups of humpback whales - Megaptera novaeangliae - make their annual migration from the Antarctic to the sheltered waters around Ste Marie island where they calve, nurse their young and engage in their spectacular courtship rituals between the end of June and September.
For months, humpback whales can be seen wondering in the ocean as they move and jump out of the sea in the narrow canal that separates the island from the mainland.
Sorry I'm late...
Because of my family situation,
so I'm late...so sorry.
我之前家裡發生一點事情，
所以這些天都沒有上來...
很抱歉。
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Was never that much of a fan of these, but recently I've really come to love 'em!
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A presidential election will be held in Iceland on 30 June 2012
There are six candidates for president, which is unusual: a president choosing to run again has previously always been unopposed:
Andrea Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir, chairwoman of Hagsmunasamtök heimilanna, a non-governmental organisation founded in the wake of the 2008–2012 Icelandic financial crisis and also vocal in criticising both government and financial institutions, announced her candidacy for the presidency of Iceland. She is Against EU membership.
Ari Trausti Guðmundsson a writer, geophysicist and formerly of the Communist Party of Iceland, but now an independent. He is EU membership Nautral
Hannes Bjarnason, a farmer who lived in Norway for 14 years. He seeks to enhance the place of "morality" in the public debate and to "safeguard" national interests. He is Against EU membership.
Herdís Þorgeirsdóttir, a solicitor and professor of law at Bifröst University.She said her campaign would be an experiment on democracy, in that she wanted to see if the people of Iceland were willing to support someone running against an incumbent president and against "financial influences". She is a member of the European Women Jurists Association and Iceland's representative at the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe. She is Against EU membership.
The incumbent president, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, initially stated he would not seek re-election, but then stated on 4 March that he would run for a fifth term, after receiving a petition of over 30,000 voters in favour of his candidacy. He is Against EU membership.
Þóra Arnórsdóttir journalist and news presenter. "As president she will make sure the people get to decide in a national referendum whether we join the EU. She is EU membership Neutral
O lendário e valoroso Castelo de Montemor-o-Velho domina, do seu alto monte, a extensa e bela planície de arrozais do Baixo Mondego. Aqui se acolheram diferentes povos e culturas, existindo sinais materiais da passagem dos Romanos, como o testemunham alguns dos cilhares de pedra integrados na base da torre de menagem desta fortaleza medieval. Vivendo os tempo conturbados das invasões bárbaras e, posteriormente, do mais calmo reinado visigótico, Montemor-o-Velho seria ocupada no século VIII pelos muçulmanos, que deixaram nesta região uma forte impressão da sua cultura. Reconquistada em 848 para as armas cristãs, através de Ramiro I de Leão e do seu tio, o abade João, este castelo do Baixo Mondego mudaria de mãos por diversas vezes até ao século XI. Numa dessas razias, a fortaleza foi particularmente afectada pela acção militar desencadeada pelo impetuoso exército árabe de Almançor.
O castelo de Montemor-o-Velho está implantado num local que apresenta vestígios de ocupação muito antiga, provavelmente pré-histórica, todavia é certa a ocupação romana, atestada pelas pedras utilizadas na base da Torre de Menagem. As primeiras referências a este castelo, dão conta da sua reconquista aos árabes por volta de 848, mas cairia de novo nas mãos dos muçulmanos em 990, com uma nova reconquista cristã por volta do ano de 1006, para voltar à posse árabe em 1026, e este alternar de conquistas e reconquistas só viria a estabilizar por volta de 1064, quando Fernando Magno reconquista toda a região, empurrando os árabes para lá do Mondego. Este castelo em conjunto com os de Miranda, Penela, Soure e Santa Eulália formava, no período da consolidação da independência do Condado Portucalense, a cintura defensiva da cidade de Coimbra. Palco de muitas lutas, não só com os árabes, mas também devido às disputas entre os príncipes e reis de Portugal, e até nas invasões francesas, foi sendo reparado, ampliado e modificado ao logo dos séculos, mas se alguma coisa marca a história desta fortaleza, é o facto nela ter sido decidida a morte de Inês de Castro.
Ao longo dos anos, a quebra progressiva do interesse militar deste tipo de estruturas, foi ditando o abandono ou a sua utilização com outros fins, neste caso chegou a existir no seu interior, um cemitério, junto à igreja da Alcáçova, que foi retirado em meados do século XX. A partir de 1936 tem vindo a ser conservado, foram reconstruídas muralhas, foi colocada instalação eléctrica e criada uma casa de chá no que resta do chamado, Paço das Infantas. Para além do que este castelo tem para ver, da sua grande estrutura defensiva, no seu interior encontram-se as ruínas do antigo paço senhorial, a Igreja de Santa Maria da Alcáçova, a Capela de Santo António, a Igreja da Madalena e as ruínas da Capela de São João. Mais recentemente em1994 fizeram-se algumas obras de recuperação e consolidação das muralhas. Foram também ajardinadas algumas partes interiores. O castelo foi classificado como Monumento Nacional pelo Decreto de 16-06-1910.
O Castelo de Montemor-o-Velho e a Lenda das Arcas
Já diziam os antigos que no castelo de Montemor-o-Velho estão enterradas duas arcas, uma cheia de ouro e a outra cheia de peste. A sua origem remonta ao tempo dos Mouros quando era alcaide naquela cidade um viúvo austero que tinha uma única filha, a qual guardava longe dos olhares de todos como se fosse o maior tesouro do mundo. Um dia, quando a jovem era já uma mulher, um dos seus fiéis cavaleiros apaixonou-se por ela, mas o alcaide nem queria ouvir falar de tal possibilidade. Quando o cavaleiro insistiu, o alcaide resolveu prendê-lo e condenou-o à morte. Assim que a jovem soube da tragédia em que involuntariamente estava envolvida, ainda tentou interceder mas o pai permaneceu insensível às suas súplicas. A jovem que até então não fazia ideia do grande amor que o cavaleiro lhe dedicava, resolveu visitá-lo em segredo nas masmorras. Este amor devia estar já talhado no livro do destino, pois a jovem logo se apaixonou pelo cavaleiro e ambos fugiram do castelo. Porem, a sua captura foi fácil e logo foram levados a presença do irascível alcaide, este ainda ficou mais furioso quando soube que a sua filha tinha casado com o cavaleiro. Então, por vingança, resolveu dar-lhes uma prenda maldita: duas arcas, uma com ouro e a outra com a peste. Os jovens que prezavam mais a sua vida e o seu amor que todo o ouro do mundo fugiram do louco alcaide, deixando para trás as duas arcas que nunca ninguém ousou abrir e que ainda hoje estão enterradas nas muralhas do velho castelo. Muitos, movidos pela audácia ou pelo desespero de tempos difíceis, aproximaram-se das arcas e em épocas de crise muitos foram os que se juntaram para abrir a arca da fortuna… Mas… logo paravam atónitos e perplexos, petrificados com o medo de abrir a arca da peste pois esta se aberta traria ainda mais desgraça e miséria… E assim, as arcas lá continuam à espera de um dia alguém ter a ousadia de as procurar e a imprudência de as abrir...
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A long stretch of U.S. Route 50 traverses Utah along a desolate portion of the Great Basin Desert. It is commonly referred to as the "Loneliest Road in America."
At the time, I was talking to the old man. He was telling me that he had made this colossal recipe of beef enchiladas. I was getting the entire recipe related to me in it's entirety. It was so lonely out there, all by myself ... that I was content to just tune in.
I finally had to 'tune out the food channel' when I saw this epic sunset unfolding over the desert swamp right before my eyes. I stopped in the middle of the road, left the car door open ... sat on the hood of my car ... and watched the sun set. Not one car passed by... the only sound I heard were the frogs.
Picking the second one to post on this comeback tour was harder than the first!! :-))
The above as seen in NYC's Central Park, they have a man made lake where they race toy boats.
Thanks again everyone for all the well wishes and the welcome back!!
Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!
El Faro de Ponta da Piedade, en Lagos, fue construido entre 1912 y 1913, entrando en servicio el 1 de julio de 1913. La lámpara original era de petróleo; en diciembre de 1923 la luz pasa a ser de ocultaciones, con una cadencia de 2,5 segundos cada 69,5 segundos.
En 1953 el faro fue electrificado con grupos electrógenos, y se sustituyó la lámpara de petróleo por una eléctrica, con un alcance original de 15 millas, que aumentó posteriormente a 18 y finalmente a 20, el alcance actual
Fue completamente automatizado en 1983.
El faro tiene como peculiaridad estar flanqueado por dos enormes palmeras, y la zona en que se ubica, a unos 2 kilómetros de Lagos, es muy visitada por sus acantilados y cuevas horadadas por la acción del mar.
Espero sea de vuestro agrado
Mejor ver en grande sobre fondo negro
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Have received a few requests to post together Orvieto's and Siena's cathedral. Here they are. You can see the many similarities between one and the other. But it is still unclear which one influenced the other. What is certain form an architectonic point of view is that Orvieto's is built all in the same style while Siena's started in Florence's style (see lower part) and ended up like Orvieto's (upper part).