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As you can probably guess by the amount of gleba (the dark spore mass on the cap) and the nature of stinkhorns this smelt awful. I used a stack at f/4 to throw the background out of focus. Bola Creek, Royal NP, Australia.
As I die
Stare as eyes uphold me
And wait to see right through
And curse me - The love has crippled you
Shadows haunt the night
Burning my disguise
Reaping through the truth
Life becomes untrue
Sin the last diversion
My fate will be untouched
Dismissed now, the anger of a fool
Shadows haunt the night
Forgive me as I die
Taking a chance
And take what you gain
My soul is has no price
Total release is out of harms way
Until I can decide
You punish me, can't you see, I'm not real
Tears are flowing free, passing by, as I die
As one of the showpiece main rooms of Billilla mansion when male guests came to call, the billiard room is one of the grandest rooms in the house. With an interconnecting door between it and the adjoining dining room, whilst the women retired to the feminine surrounds of the drawing room, the men could retreat to this strictly male preserve with their brandy and cigars and discuss business over a game or two of billiards.
Although part of the original 1878 house and featuring some High Victorian detailing, the billiard room did not escape the 1907 redecoration, and as a result it also features some very fine Art Nouveau detailing.
The Billilla billiards room is also one of the most intact rooms in the whole house, as it still features its original and ornate Victorian carpet and the original walnut Alcock and Company billiard table and scoreboard.
A very masculine oriented room, the walls feature Victorian era dark wood dado panelling about a third of the way up the walls. Above that the walls are simply painted, and even to this day they still feature marks where chalked cues once rested. Original ornate Victorian gasoliers that could be swiveled into position still jut from the walls above the dado panelling. With their original fluted glass shades remaining in place, the gasoliers still have functioning taps to increase or decrease the gas supply.
The room is heated by a large fireplace featuring an insert of beautiful tube lined Art Nouveau peacock feathers, once again quietly underlining the fact that this is a man's room.
The Victorian era carpet of the billiard room is still bright and in remarkably good condition for its age. It is thick and dyed in bright colours in a pattern designed to imitate ornate floor tiles.
The ceiling of the billiard room is decorated with ornate stylised foliate Art Nouveau patterns and mouldings of leaves. Whilst Art Nouveau is often referred to as a feminine style, the ceiling of the billiard room shows how when applied in a particular way it could also be very strong and masculine.
Suspended over the walnut Alcock and Company billiard table the gleaming polished brass foliate style gasolier has subsequently been electrified and features five of its six green glass shades.
One of the few more feminine touches to what is otherwise a very masculine room are the stained glass lunettes over the billiard room's three windows. In keeping with other original windows of the house, they feature a single flower, in this case a red tulip.
Alcock and Company Manufacturers was established in 1853 when Melbourne was still a very new city of less than twenty years old. they still manufacture billiard tables from their Malvern establishment today.
Built in High Victorian style in 1878 for successful gold miner Robert Wright, Billilla mansion was originally a thirteen room mansion erected on seven and a half acres of land.
When economic boom turned to bust in the 1880s, the property was purchased in 1888 by wealthy New South Wales pastoralist William Weatherly who named it Billilla after his land holdings and established a home there for his wife Jeannie and their children Violet, Gladys and Lionel.
The house was substantially altered by architect Walter Richmond Butler in 1907, extending the house beyond its original thirteen rooms and adding the Art Nouveau façade seen today.
After William Weatherly's death in 1914, his wife, who was much younger, remained living there until her own death in 1933. She bequeathed the property to her daughter, Violet, who maintained the home with reduced staff until her own death in 1972.
The property was purchased in 1973 by the Bayside Council who subsequently used Billilla as a historical house with guided tours, a wedding and events venue, a school and finally in 2009 as an artist's precinct in the property's outbuildings. Billilla is a beautiful heritage property retaining many of its original features thanks to its long private ownership still incorporating a stately formal garden and the magnificent historic house.
Billilla, at 26 Halifax Street, Brighton, is one of Melbourne’s few remaining significant homesteads, built on land which had originally been owned by Nicholas Were. The house has a mixture of architectural styles, featuring a Victorian design with Art Nouveau features and has exquisite formal gardens, which retain much of their original Nineteenth Century layout.
Billilla retains many original Victorian elements and a number of outbuildings still stand to the rear of the property including the butler’s quarters, dairy, meat house, stable garden store and coach house.
Billilla was opened to the general public as part of the Melbourne Open House weekend 2022.
Billilla was used as a backdrop in the 1980 Australian Channel 10 miniseries adaptation of Sumner Locke Elliott's "Water Under the Bridge". It was used at the Sydney harbourside home of Luigi, Honor and Carrie Mazzini.
Dedicated to my dear Flickr friend and inspired photographer Stathis Z
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a lover of Greek islands and all things Greek - including the flag!
Thank you for your friendship, Stathis!
Good morning everyone and Happy Dragonfly Thursday. As the title indicates featured today is another female Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox). The second for yours truly this season and more importantly, after comparing photos it's a different female than the one I previously posted in early August and photographed in late July. This pretty much confirms my suspicions they aren't migrants, but part of a local population at the reclaimed strip mine where both were photographed in the same area around a small pond. Unfortunately I never saw any males and with dragonfly season over here I'll have to wait until 2013 to reconfirm this area is home to this normally southern species. Albeit not extremely north of its presently described range.
As for these photos, all three are of the same female. After taking the above photo I went about my business in search of other dragonflies & butterflies. Then when returning to the car I happened by the same spot and found her perching on a dead weed stem as pictured in the comment section.
Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you have a truly great day.
Lacey
ISO400, aperture f/13, exposure .004 seconds (1/250) focal length 300mm
to me,
the resurrection is as enigmatic
as it is pivotal to the story of christianity.
according to the gospel of matthew,
toward the dawn,
mary mag’dalene goes to the sepulcher.
there is a great earthquake.
an angel descends from heaven,
rolls back the stone and sits on it.
“his appearance was like lightning,
and his raiment white as snow.”
the angel tells mary mag’dalene
that jesus is not there, “for he has risen.”
according to the gospel of mark,
mary mag’dalene goes to the tomb
very early on the first day, at sunrise.
upon arrival,
she sees that the stone has already been rolled back.
she enters the tomb
and is amazed to see “a young man sitting on the right side,
dressed in a white robe.”
he tells her that jesus is not there,
that he “has risen.”
according to the gospel of luke,
mary mag’dalene goes to the tomb
and finds the stone rolled away.
she sees “two men”
who are dressed “in dazzling apparel.”
they ask, “why do you seek the living among the dead?”
according to the gospel of john,
mary mag’dalene goes to the tomb early,
while it is still dark.
she sees that the stone has been taken away.
she leaves and tells the disciples that jesus is not there.
the disciples come
and see for themselves that jesus is not there,
and they go back to their homes.
however, mary mag’dalene remains,
weeping outside the tomb.
as she weeps,
she looks into the tomb and see “two angels in white.”
they ask her why she is weeping.
she turns around and sees jesus standing there,
but she does not know it is jesus.
he too asks her why she is weeping
and whom she is seeking.
she supposes him to be the gardener
and says to him,
“sir, if you have carried him away,
tell me where you have laid him,
and i will take him away.”
jesus calls her name and she recognizes him.
jesus tells her,
“do not hold me,
for i have not yet ascended to the father,
but go to my brethren and say to them,
i am ascending to my father and your father,
to my god and your god.”
tradition has it that mary mag’dalene
was a repentant prostitute
whom jesus saved from stoning
and from whom he cast out seven demons.
she anointed his feet with oil
and wiped his feet with her hair.
she was utterly devoted to jesus.
i know nothing about theology,
and i do not mean to offend anyone’s beliefs,
but i picture her as being completely in love with jesus,
in a human way.
she is there for the crucifixion
~ what could be worse ~
and afterwards,
she is there to care for his battered body.
what greater expression of absolute love could there be?
the disciples come and take a quick look around
and return to their homes,
but mary mag’dalene stays and weeps.
having risen from the dead,
but not yet ascended,
the first word jesus speaks is to mary mag’dalene
and the word is her name.
jesus then tells her not to hold him.
in my mind,
jesus anticipates that her first desire will be to hold him.
what more fundamental expression of humanity could there be
than the desire to hold and to be held?
the most enigmatic aspect of the account
is the fact that mary mag’dalene does not recognize jesus.
given their relationship,
why does she not know it is Jesus?
why can’t she hold him?
what form has jesus taken?
you think,
perhaps he must be some sort of heavenly apparition.
i mean, after all, by the various accounts,
you have an earthquake
and an angel with an appearance like lightning,
with raiment as white as snow.
you have a young man dressed in a white robe.
you have two men in dazzling apparel.
you have two angels in white.
yet, notwithstanding all of the supernatural occurrences,
mary mag’dalene supposes jesus to be the gardener.
what could be more humble,
more human,
more of the earth than a gardener?
what could be more un-supernatural?
for years,
i have pondered mary mag’dalene and jesus there in the tomb
~ all eternity momentarily frozen ~
gazing upon each other;
perhaps that’s the point .
ilford 100 delta
black and white film,
pushed one stop,
on a snowy day
in my backyard,
with a holga.
DSC_3931. Taken in the wild.
The fight amongst the others!
As you probably know there is only one male dominating the females and all the other male follow at some distance until they feel they should challenge for leadership!
These two are just challenging each other improving their skills and preparing for a future fight!
At least that is my understanding! :D))
It was for sure an awesome scene to watch!
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As 20305 leading with 20303 on the rear pass through with the 3S12 0649 Sheffield - Sheffield RHTT train .
25 10 18
Sloped, as if leaning on the air,
One picture meets the gaze.
'Tis there she turns; you may not see
Distinct, what form defines
The clouded mass of mystery
by Charlotte Brontë
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic ,is the second largest country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico, Colombia and Spain are more populous.
Argentina's continental area is between the Andes mountain range in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. It borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south. Argentina claims the British overseas territories of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It also claims a part of Antarctica, overlapping claims made by Chile and the United Kingdom, though all claims were suspended by the Antarctic Treaty of 1961. Argentina today is one of the G-20 major economies.
Etymology
The name is derived from the Latin argentum (silver), which comes from the Ancient Greek ἀργήντος (argēntos), gen. of ἀργήεις (argēeis), "white, shining". Αργεντινός (argentinos) was an ancient Greek adjective meaning "silvery".The first use of the name Argentina can be traced to the early 16th century voyages of the Spanish and Portuguese conquerors to the Río de la Plata ("Silver River").
History
The earliest evidence of humans in Argentina is in Patagonia (Piedra Museo, Santa Cruz) and dates from 11,000 BC (Huarpes, Diaguitas and Sanavirones, among others). The Inca Empire, under King Pachacutec, invaded and conquered present-day northwestern Argentina in 1480, integrating it into a region called Collasuyu; the Guaraní developed a culture based on yuca, sweet potato and yerba maté. The central and southern areas (Pampas and Patagonia) were dominated by nomadic cultures, the most populous among them being the Mapuches
European explorers arrived in 1516. Spain established the Viceroyalty of Peru in 1542 encompassing all its holdings in South America, and established a permanent colony at Buenos Aires in 1580 as part of the dependency of Río de la Plata. In 1776 this dependency was elevated to a viceroyalty which shifted trade from Lima to Buenos Aires.
The area was largely a country of Spanish immigrants and their descendants, known as criollos, and others of native cultures and of descendants of African slaves, present in significant numbers. A third of Colonial-era settlers gathered in Buenos Aires and other cities, others living on the pampas as gauchos, for instance. Indigenous peoples inhabited much of the rest of Argentina. The British invaded twice between 1806 and 1807, as part of the Napoleonic Wars when Spain was an ally of France, but both invasions were repelled.
On 25 May 1810, after the rumors of the Napoleonic overthrow of Ferdinand VII were confirmed, the citizens of Buenos Aires created the First Government Junta (May Revolution). Two nations emerged in the former viceroyalty: the United Provinces of South America (1810) and the Liga Federal (1815). Other provinces delayed the formation of a unified state because of differences between autonomist and centralist parties; Paraguay seceded, declaring independence in 1811.
Between 1814 and 1817, General José de San Martín led a military campaign aimed at making independence a reality. San Martín and his regiment crossed the Andes in 1817 to defeat royalist forces in Chile and Perú, thus securing independence. The Congress of Tucumán gathered on 9 July 1816 and finally issued a formal Declaration of Independence from Spain. The Liga Federal was crushed in 1820 by the combined forces of the United Provinces and Portuguese-ruled colonial Brazil, and its provinces were absorbed into the United Provinces of South America. Bolivia declared independence in 1825, and Uruguay was created in 1828 as a result of a truce following the Argentina-Brazil War. The controversial truce led to the rise of Buenos Aires provincial governor Juan Manuel de Rosas, who, as a federalist, exercised a reign of terror and kept the fragile confederation together.
The centralist Unitarios and the Federales maintained an internecine conflict until Rosas' 1852 overthrow after the Platine War, and to help prevent future struggle during the tenuous times that followed, a Constitution was promulgated in 1853. The constitution, drafted by legal scholar Juan Bautista Alberdi, was defended by Franciscan Friar Mamerto Esquiú and endured through difficult early years. National unity was reinforced when Paraguayan dictator López attacked Argentina and Brazil in 1865, resulting in the War of the Triple Alliance, which left more than 300,000 dead and devastated Paraguay.
Geography
The total surface area (excluding the Antarctic claim) is 2,766,891.2 km2 (1,068,302.7 sq mi), of which 30,200 km2 (11,700 sq mi) (1.1%) is water. Argentina is about 3,900 km (2,400 mi) long from north to south, and 1,400 km (870 mi) from east to west (maximum values). There are four major regions: the fertile central plains of the Pampas, source of Argentina's agricultural wealth; the flat to rolling, oil-rich southern plateau of Patagonia including Tierra del Fuego; the subtropical northern flats of the Gran Chaco, and the rugged Andes mountain range along the western border with Chile.
The highest point above sea level is in Mendoza province at Cerro Aconcagua (6,962 m (22,841 ft)), also the highest point in the Southern and Western Hemisphere. The lowest point is Laguna del Carbón in Santa Cruz province, -105 m (−344 ft) below sea level. This is also the lowest point in South America. The geographic center of the country is in south-central La Pampa province. The easternmost continental point is northeast of Bernardo de Irigoyen, Misiones,(26°15′S 53°38′W / 26.25°S 53.633°W / -26.25; -53.633 (Argentina's easternmost continental point)) the westernmost in the Mariano Moreno Range in Santa Cruz province.(49°33′S 73°35′W / 49.55°S 73.583°W / -49.55; -73.583 (Argentina's westernmost point)) The northernmost point is at the confluence of the Grande de San Juan and Mojinete rivers in Jujuy province,(21°46′S 66°13′W / 21.767°S 66.217°W / -21.767; -66.217 (Argentina's northernmost point)) and the southernmost is Cape San Pío in Tierra del Fuego. (55°03′S 66°31′W / 55.05°S 66.517°W / -55.05; -66.517 (Argentina's southernmost point))
The major rivers are the Paraná (the largest), the Pilcomayo, Paraguay, Bermejo, Colorado, Río Negro, Salado and the Uruguay. The Paraná and the Uruguay join to form the Río de la Plata estuary, before reaching the Atlantic. Regionally important rivers are the Atuel and Mendoza in the homonymous province, the Chubut in Patagonia, the Río Grande in Jujuy and the San Francisco River in Salta.
There are several large lakes including Argentino and Viedma in Santa Cruz, Nahuel Huapi between Río Negro and Neuquén, Fagnano in Tierra del Fuego, and Colhué Huapi and Musters in Chubut. Lake Buenos Aires and O'Higgins/San Martín Lake are shared with Chile. Mar Chiquita, Córdoba, is the largest salt water lake in the country. There are numerous reservoirs created by dams. Argentina features various hot springs, such as Termas de Río Hondo with temperatures between 65°C and 89°C.
The largest oil spill in fresh water was caused by a Shell Petroleum tanker in the Río de la Plata, off Magdalena, on January 15, 1999, polluting the environment, drinking water, and local wildlife.
The 4,665 km (2,899 mi) long Atlantic coast has been a popular local vacation area for over a century, and varies between areas of sand dunes and cliffs. The continental platform is unusually wide; this shallow area of the Atlantic is called the Argentine Sea. The waters are rich in fisheries and possibly hold important hydrocarbon energy resources. The two major ocean currents affecting the coast are the warm Brazil Current and the cold Falkland Current. Because of the unevenness of the coastal landmass, the two currents alternate in their influence on climate and do not allow temperatures to fall evenly with higher latitude. The southern coast of Tierra del Fuego forms the north shore of the Drake Passage.
Oficial name:
República Argentina
Independence:
May Revolution 25 May 1810
- Declared 9 July 1816
- Recognized 1821 (by Spain)
Area:
2.780.092 km2
Inhabitants:
40.090.000
Languages:
Aymara, Central [ayr] Classification: Aymaran
Chiripá [nhd] Alternate names: Tsiripá, Txiripá, Nhandeva, Ñandeva, Apytare. Dialects: Apapocuva. Classification: Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup I
Chorote, Iyojwa'ja [crt] 800 (1982 Drayson). Northeast Salta Province. Alternate names: Choroti, Yofuaha, Eklenjuy. Dialects: A distinct language from Iyo'wujwa Chorote (Drayson). Classification: Mataco-Guaicuru, Mataco
Chorote, Iyo'wujwa [crq] 1,500 in Argentina. 50% monolinguals. Population total all countries: 2,008. In Argentina they are mixed with the Iyojwa'ja Chorote. No more than a couple of families in Bolivia. Also spoken in Bolivia, Paraguay. Alternate names: Choroti, Manjuy, Manjui. Classification: Mataco-Guaicuru, Mataco
Guaraní, Mbyá [gun] 3,000 in Argentina (2002 Dooley). Northeast Argentina. Alternate names: Mbua, Eastern Argentina Guaraní, Mbyá. Classification: Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup I
Guaraní, Western Argentine [gui] 15,000 in Argentina. Jujuy, Salta. Alternate names: Eastern Bolivian Guaraní, "Chawuncu", "Chiriguano". Dialects: Chané, Izoceño (Izocenyo, Isocenio). Classification: Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup I
Kaiwá [kgk] 512 in Argentina. Northeast Argentina. Alternate names: Caingua, Caiwá, Kayova. Classification: Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup I
Mapudungun [arn] 100,000 in Argentina (2000). Provinces of Neuquen, Rio Negro, Chubut, Buenos Aires, La Pampa. Alternate names: Araucano, Maputongo, Mapuche, Mapudungu. Dialects: Pehuenche. Classification: Araucanian
Mocoví [moc] 4,525 (2000 WCD). South Chaco, northeast Santa Fe. Alternate names: Mocobí, Mbocobí. Classification: Mataco-Guaicuru, Guaicuruan
Nivaclé [cag] 200 in Argentina. Salta Province, northeast. Alternate names: Ashlushlay, "Chulupi", "Churupi", "Chulupie", "Chulupe". Dialects: Forest Nivaclé, River Nivaclé. Classification: Mataco-Guaicuru, Mataco
Ona [ona] 1 to 3 (1991 Adelaar). Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego. Also formerly in Chile. Alternate names: Aona, Selknam, Shelknam. Classification: Chon Nearly extinct.
Pilagá [plg] 2,000 (1991 UBS). Along the valleys of the Bermejo and Pilcomayo rivers in central and western Formosa Province, also Chaco and Salta provinces. Alternate names: Pilaca. Dialects: Toba-Pilagá (Toba del Oeste, Sombrero Negro), Chaco Pilagá (Toba Sur). Intelligibility between the dialects needs investigation. Classification: Mataco-Guaicuru, Guaicuruan
Puelche [pue] 5 or 6. Pampas. Alternate names: Gennaken, Pampa, Northern Tehuelche. Classification: Language Isolate Nearly extinct.
Quechua, South Bolivian [quh] 855,000 in Argentina. Population includes 200,000 temporary laborers, about 100,000 looking for work, 500,000 living in Buenos Aires (1971 F. Hicks). Possibly 70,000 in Salta Province. Buenos Aires, some working on docks. Some in Salta Province. Alternate names: Central Bolivian Quechua. Dialects: Northwest Jujuy (Colla). Classification: Quechuan, Quechua II, C
Quichua, Santiago del Estero [qus] 60,000 (2000 SIL). Ethnic population: 60,000. Santiago del Estero Province, north central Argentina, Departments of Figueroa, Moreno, Robles, Sarmiento, Brigadier J. F. Ibarra, San Martín, Silipica, Loreto, Atamisqui, Avellaneda, Salavina, Quebrachos, Mitre, Aguirre, some in southeast Salta Province, western Taboada Department along the Salado River, and Buenos Aires. Alternate names: Santiagueño Quichua. Dialects: Different from Bolivian (lexical similarity 81%) or other Quechua (P. Landerman SIL 1968). Classification: Quechuan, Quechua II, C
Spanish [spa] 33,000,000 in Argentina (1995). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian
Tapieté [tpj] 100 in Argentina. Northeast, Tartagal, 1 village. Alternate names: Guarayo, Guasurangue, Tirumbae, Yanaigua, Ñanagua. Classification: Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Guarani I
Tehuelche [teh] 4 (2000 W. Adelaar). Ethnic population: 200 (2000 W. Adelaar). Patagonia. Alternate names: Aoniken, Gunua-Kena, Gununa-Kena, Inaquen. Classification: Chon Nearly extinct
Toba [tob] 19,810 in Argentina (2000 WCD). Population total all countries: 20,656. Eastern Formosa Province and Chaco Province. Also spoken in Bolivia, Paraguay. Alternate names: Chaco Sur, Qom, Toba Qom, Toba Sur. Dialects: Southeast Toba, Northern Toba. Classification: Mataco-Guaicuru, Guaicuruan
Vilela [vil] 20 (1981 Buckwalter). Resistencia, east central Chaco Province near Paraguay border. Classification: Lule-Vilela Nearly extinct.
Welsh [cym] 25,000 in Argentina (1998 A. Leaver). Patagonia, Chubut Territory. Dialects: Patagonian Welsh. Classification: Indo-European, Celtic, Insular, Brythonic
Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay [mzh] 15,000 (1999). Northern, Pilcomayo River area. Alternate names: "Mataco" Güisnay, Güisnay, "Mataco" Pilcomayo, "Mataco". Classification: Mataco-Guaicuru, Mataco
Wichí Lhamtés Nocten [mtp] 100 in Argentina. Northern border down to Tartagal. Alternate names: "Mataco" Nocten, Nocten, Noctenes, Oktenai. Classification: Mataco-Guaicuru, Mataco
Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz [wlv] 25,000 in Argentina (1991 UBS). Northern area: Chaco, Formosa, Salta, Jujuy. Generally west of Toba, along upper Bermejo River Valley and Pilcomayo River. Also spoken in Bolivia. Alternate names: "Mataco" Vejoz, Vejos. Dialects: Bermejo Vejoz. Not intelligible with other Chaco languages. Classification: Mataco-Guaicuru, Mataco
Extinct languages
Abipon [axb] Extinct. Classification: Mataco-Guaicuru, Guaicuruan
Chané [caj] Extinct. Salta Province. Dialects: Some have equated this name with 'Guana' (Kaskiha) of Paraguay of Mascoian affiliation, or Terena of Brazil of Arawakan affiliation, but they are distinct. Classification: Arawakan, Unclassified
Capital city:
Buenos Aires
Meaning of the country name:
From the Latin argentum, meaning "silver". Early Spanish and Portuguese traders used the region's Rio de la Plata or "Silver River" to transport silver and other treasures from Peru to the Atlantic. The land around the terminal downstream stations became known as Argentina – "Land of Silver".
Description Flag:
The national flag of Argentina dates from 1812. It is a triband, composed of three equally wide horizontal bands coloured light blue, white and light blue. In 1818, a yellow Sun of May was added to the center.
The full flag featuring the sun is called the Official Ceremonial Flag (Spanish: Bandera Oficial de Ceremonia)
The Sun is modeled after the symbol of Inti, the Incan god of the Sun.
Coat of arms:
The Coat of Arms of Argentina was established in its current form in 1944, but has its origins in the seal of the Sovereign General Assembly of 1813, though there is no known decree or any other type of order or authorisation ordering its specific use. It is supposed, however, that this symbol was chosen quickly because of the existence of a decree signed on February 22, sealed with that seal. The first mention of it in a public document dates to March 12th of that same year, in which it is stated that this seal had to be used by the executive power, that is, the second triumvirate. On April 13th the National Assembly coined the new silver and gold coins, each with the seal of the Assembly on the reverse, in that way what started as a seal became a national coat of arms. On April 27th the Coat of Arms becomes a National Emblem. The decree states also that the Coat of Arms should not be used in flags, though Belgrano ordered to paint the Coat of Arms over the flag he gave to the city of Jujuy. Moreover, during the Argentine War of Independence, most flags had the Coat of Arms.
Motto:
"In Union and Freedom"
National Anthem: Argentine National Anthem
Oíd, mortales, el grito sagrado:
"¡Libertad, libertad, libertad!"
Oíd el ruido de rotas cadenas,
ved en trono a la noble igualdad.
Ya su trono dignísimo abrieron
las Provincias Unidas del Sud
y los libres del mundo responden:
"Al gran pueblo argentino, ¡salud!
Al gran pueblo argentino, ¡salud!"
Y los libres del mundo responden:
"Al gran pueblo argentino, ¡salud!"
Estribillo
Sean eternos los laureles
que supimos conseguir,
que supimos conseguir.
Coronados de gloria vivamos...
¡o juremos con gloria morir!,
¡o juremos con gloria morir!,
¡o juremos con gloria morir!
English
Mortals! Hear the sacred cry:
"Freedom, freedom, freedom!"
Hear the noise of broken chains,
see the noble Equality enthroned.
The United Provinces of the South
have now opened their very honorable throne.
And the free people of the world reply:
"We salute the great people of Argentina!"
"We salute the great people of Argentina!"
And the free people of the world reply:
"We salute the great people of Argentina!"
Chorus
May the laurels be eternal
that we knew how to win,
that we knew how to win.
Let us live crowned with glory...
or swear to die gloriously!
Or swear to die gloriously!
Or swear to die gloriously!
Internet Page: www.welcomeargentina.com
Argentina in diferent languages
eng | cat | ces | cos | dan | eus | fao | hau | hrv | ina | ita | jav | kin | lat | lin | lit | lld | nor | oci | por | ron | run | slv | sme | spa | srd | swe | tpi | vor: Argentina
bos | crh | kaa | tuk | uzb: Argentina / Аргентина
afr | lim | nld: Argentinië
deu | ltz | nds: Argentinien / Argentinien
hun | isl | slk: Argentína
ast | glg: Arxentina
dsb | hsb: Argentinska
est | fin: Argentiina
ind | msa: Argentina / ارڬينتينا
arg: Archentina
aze: Argentina / Арҝентина
bam: Arazantini
bre: Arc’hantina
cor: Arghantina
cym: Ariannin
epo: Argentino
fra: Argentine
frp: Argentena
fry: Argentynje
fur: Argjentine
gla: An Argantain
gle: An Airgintín / An Airgintín
glv: Yn Argenteen
hat: Ajantin
ibo: Ajentina; Ajentain
jnf: Argentinne
kmr: Arjantîn / Аржантин / ئارژانتین; Ergêntînî / Әргентини / ئەرگێنتینی
kur: Erjentîn / ئەرژەنتین; Arjantîn / ئارژانتین
lav: Argentīna
mlg: Arzantinina
mlt: Arġentina
mol: Argentina / Арӂентина
nrm: Ergentène
pol: Argentyna
que: Arhintina
rmy: Arxentina / आर्ख़ेन्तिना
roh: Argentinia
rup: Arghentina
scn: Argintina
slo: Argentinia / Аргентиниа
smg: Argentėna
smo: Atenitina
som: Arjentiina
sqi: Argjentina
swa: Ajentina
szl: Argyntyna
tet: Arjentina
tgl: Arhentina
ton: ʻAsenitina
tur: Arjantin
vie: Á Căn Đình; Ác-hen-ti-na
vol: Largäntän
wln: Årdjintene
wol: Arsantin
zza: Arcantin
abq | alt | che | chm | kir | kjh | kom | krc | kum | mkd | rus | tyv | udm: Аргентина (Argentina)
bak | srp | tat: Аргентина / Argentina
bel: Аргенціна / Arhiencina; Аргентына / Arhientyna; Аргэнтына / Arhentyna
bul: Аржентина (Aržentina)
chv: Аргентинӑ (Argentină)
kaz: Аргентина / Argentïna / ارگەنتينا
kbd: Аргентинэ (Argentină)
mon: Аргентин (Argentin)
oss: Аргентинӕ (Argentinä)
tgk: Аргентина / ارگنتینه / Argentina
ukr: Арґентина (Argentyna)
ara: الأرجنتين (al-Arǧantīn)
ckb: ئەرجەنتین / Ercentîn
fas: آرژانتین (Āržāntīn)
prs: ارجنتین (Arjantīn)
pus: ارجنټين (Arjanṫīn); ارجنتاين (Arjantāyn)
uig: ئارگېنتىنا / Argéntina / Аргентина
urd: ارجنٹینا (Arjanṫīnā); ارجینٹینا (Arjenṫīnā); ارجنٹائن (Arjanṫāʾin); آرجنٹین (Ārjanṫīn)
div: އާރްޖެންޓީނާ (Ārjenṫīnā)
heb: ארגנטינה (Argenṭînah)
lad: ארג'ינטינה / Ardjentina
yid: אַרגענטינע (Argentine)
amh: አርጀንቲና (Ărjäntina); አርጀንቲን (Ărjäntin)
ell-dhi: Αργεντινή (Argentinī́)
ell-kat: Ἀργεντινή (Argentinī́)
hye: Արգենտինա (Argentina)
kat: არგენტინა (Argentina)
hin: अर्जेंटीना (Arjeṁṭīnā); आर्जन्टिना (Ārjanṭinā); अर्जेंटाइन (Arjeṁṭāin); आर्जेन्टीना (Ārjenṭīnā)
mar: आर्जन्टिना (Ārjanṭinā)
ben: আর্জেন্টিনা (Ārjenṭinā); আর্জেণ্টাইনা (Ārjeṇṭāinā)
guj: આર્જંટિના (Ārjaṁṭinā)
pan: ਅਰਜਨਟੀਨਾ (Arjanṭīnā)
kan: ಅರ್ಜೆಂಟೀನ (Arjeṁṭīna)
mal: അര്ജന്റീന (Arjanṟīna)
tam: ஆர்ஜென்டீனா (Ārjeṉṭīṉā); அர்ஜென்டினா (Arjeṉṭiṉā)
tel: అర్జెంటీనా (Arjeṁṭīnā)
zho: 阿根廷 (Āgēntíng)
yue: 阿根廷 (Agàntìhng)
jpn: アルゼンティン (Aruzentin); アルゼンチン (Aruzenchin)
kor: 아르헨티나 (Areuhentina)
bod: ཨར་གེན་ཐིན་ (Ar.gen.tʰin.)
dzo: ཨར་ཇེན་ཊི་ན་ (Ar.jen.ṭi.na.)
mya: အာဂ္ယင္တီးနား (Ajĩtìnà)
tha: อาร์เจนตินา (Ā[r]čēntinā)
lao: ອາກຊັງຕີນ (Āksâṅtīn)
khm: អាហ្សង់ទីន (Āhsăṅtīn)
As the shadows get longer Class 37 37421 stand,s at Birmingham International Station with the 21:52 to Holyhead. 22/07/1993.
image Kevin Connolly - All rights reserved so please do no use this without my explicit permission
"Por muy larga que sea la tormenta, el sol siempre vuelve a brillar entre las nubes."
Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) Ensayista, novelista y poeta libanés.
#830: As of 1/24/19, under Flickr's popularity rankings of my 1400+ pics, this is listed as #830 in "interestingness."
I've been engaging in some short, private crossdressing opportunities at home recently, after acquiring and trying out some new clothes, shoes, and accessories. This is the 88th pic posted from this recent CD activity, and taken just last month.
As usual, I really enjoy color-coordinating attractive/sexy/cute outfits, and this one features a dark-pink patterned long-sleeve button-down blouse paired with a light pink long pleated skirt, accompanied by new pink high heel wedge sandals, and a complementary belt, purse, scarf, net tights, and jewelry.
More about this and other new 2017 pics was written up recently in a descriptive Update provided in my profile or "About" page here on Flickr. It details some choices made for these 2017 pics.
Let me know your thoughts... :-)
P.S. As far as the picture setting here, this is on the deck of our home. I'm using the glass patio door as a mirror (fuzziness related to glass not cleaned in some time), aided with a black sheet hung right inside the door, although some of the wrinkles in the sheet may be detected in the image here.
Backgrounds are tricky. They can make a subject stand out or distract from it. Make a photo with a good background today., post it then Tag it with #TP191
way off the task -but like the experiment!
Technical Background: The purpose of this topic is to think about the background and how it adds to your visual presentation. We all do it, we see something and click, job done. Then we look at what was a superb shot at the time of the button press, to find poles sticking out of people’s heads or something we didn’t realise what was there at the time. There are two different types of assignment in this topic; One to use a clear or uncluttered back ground to emphasise the main object almost in a minimalist format, but of course you can fill the frame Two to take a photograph were you have check the shot for distractions, worked out if there are distraction how you present and focus on the object without losing the background detail. Similar to creating your composition with ever thing focus but pulling out the main object without losing context or narration of the image through blur (or DoF)
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As British Railways Standard 5MT 4-6-0 73156 ran into Rothley with the 13.00 dining train Fireman Pete and Trainee Robin came into view and banter was traded.
The wooden Elizabethan headboard leans drunkenly...
The Panavia Tornado emerged as the product of a consortium of European companies from the United Kingdom, West Germany and Italy during the latter half of the Cold War years. The company was established as "Panavia Aircraft GmbH" and founded on March 29th, 1969, headquartered in Hallbergmoos, Bavaria, Germany (the group was originally to include The Netherlands). The aircraft was one of several famous ""swing wing" developments to appear during the period that included the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23/-27 "Flogger". The engines would come from the Turbo-Union consortium made up of Rolls-Royce, MTU and FiatAvio.
The Tornado was designed as a strike-oriented fighter that could operate from short and/or battle damaged runways at a time when World War 3 was a very real possibility across Europe. Indeed, the Tornado proved a very important part of the European deterrent during this time, intended to serve as a first-strike system should the Cold War ever have gone "hot". The Panavia Tornado has since seen operational service with Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom.
The initial prototype went airborne for the first time on August 14th, 1974 and production-quality forms were being delivered beginning in July of 1980. The radar was a Texas Instruments terrain following system with ground-mapping capabilities. Flight control was aided through a full fly-by-wire suite with center stick. Both crew positions held ejection seats. Navigation was by way of a digital Inertial Navigation System.
The Tornado line evolved through three major production variants during its service life, these becoming the strike-oriented Tornado IDS ("InterDictor / Strike"), the Tornado ECR (Electronic Combat / Reconnaissance) for countering enemy air defenses, and the Tornado ADV - the dedicated interceptor of the group. The IDS and ECR airframes were the two most closely related marks, sharing some 80% commonality in parts but it was the IDS mark that could be called on to deliver all manner of ordnance including guided missiles and bombs while providing its own defense through twin internal cannons and onboard countermeasures. All Tornado forms were two-seat offerings. The variable wing nature of the design allowed the aircraft to adjust its wing angle in-flight. This design decision allowed the airframe to main all of the qualities of low-speed handling as well as high-speed performance when needed. The wing assemblies could be manually (or automatically in some models) adjusted to reach angles of 25- to 67-degrees.
The Tornado IDS was given a thick fuselage with slab sides and a flat floor. The twin engine configuration (side-by-side) was aspirated through two large intake openings found at the sides of the aircraft. The crewmembers were seated in tandem with the pilot at front and systems officer at rear. The wings were swept along their leading and trailing edges - each sporting several hardpoints which also adjusted based on wing sweep (always facing forward). Additional hardpoints were found under the fuselage to broaden the aircraft's ordnance-carrying qualities considerably. The empennage consisted of a single vertical tail fin and swept horizontal tailplanes. The tricycle undercarriage was wholly retractable in the design.
The RAF took on initial stocks of IDS models as the Tornado GR.1 and these appeared in 1979 with laser-rangefinders fitted under the nose. They were also given down-rated engines and fixed intake openings. A reconnaissance-minded version then became the GR.1A outfitted with BAe Side-Looking InfraRed (SLIR) and the Vinten IR linescan system (sans internal cannons) while the GR.1B mark formed into a specialized anti-ship strike model (armed with 4 x "Sea Eagle" anti-ship missiles), these based on the preceding GR.1. Some 26 examples were modified as such and early versions lacked onboard tracking facilities (added later). An upgrade program spanning from 1996 to 2003 yielded the GR.4 (strike) and GR.4A (reconnaissance) of which 142 eventually existed. The GR.4 was born of a GR.1 modernization endeavor (mid-life upgrade) and this series arrived in 1994 while still in use today (February 2014). Introduced was an all-new HUD (Head-Up Display), improved Electronic CounterMeasures (ECMs) and improved avionics.
The GR.4 is powered by 2 x Turbo-Union RB199-34R Mk 103 afterburning turbofan engines delivering 9,850lbs thrust dry and 17,270lbs thrust with reheat. Maximum speed is 1,500 miles per hour (approximately Mach 2.2) with a range out to 2,415 miles (ferry), a service ceiling of 50,000 feet and a rate-of-climb reaching 15,100 feet per minute. Standard armament includes 2 x 27mm Mauser BK-27 internal cannons along the fuselage sides and up to eleven hardpoints for missiles, bombs, fuel tanks and mission pods.
To date, the Tornado platform has been used during the Gulf War (1991), the Bosnian War (1992-1995), the Kosovo War (1998-1999), Operation Enduring Freedom (2001-present), Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-present), the Libyan Civil War (2011) and in limited action over Yemen. Even today, the Tornado GR.4 mark remains an important portion of European strike firepower though its useful service life is approaching with stocks expected to be retired in full by the end of the decade.
In early 2015, it was announced that the service lives of RAF Tornado's would be extended due to the British commitment in Iraq against ISIS. Three squadrons will be retained until March of 2017 and the aircraft maintain many of the strike qualities and munitions support still lacking in the Typhoon aircraft. However the RAF are still committed to a 2019 retirement of its GR.4 stock. These will be succeeded by Eurofighter Typhoons fully-equipped with the Tornado's existing Air-to-Ground (AG) capabilities.
As my holiday is coming to a end i decided to upload one of the few pictures i made during my holiday....in this shot stands a limo based on a Citroën XM...the owner of it is a great guy as well as a mechanic.. He created this limo by him self, aswell as a other creation wich goes by the name Pilot Cross...wich i will give a other name...''Beyond Mad Max...so stay tuned to see what he created and how this beast of a car looks like...
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Abellio ScotRail Class 318, 318267 with Class 320, 320309 leading passing through Kirkhill working 2B92 Glasgow Central to Lanark, taken 8th July 2018
Established as a Benedictine foundation in 1020 by King Canute, the Abbey at Bury St Edmunds housed the body of the martyred King Edmund. For centuries pilgrims from throughout the world came to worship and the Abbey grew in strength and wealth. At the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII in the 16th century, the Abbey was dismantled and fell into ruin. The current day Cathedral, St Mary’s Church, the Abbeygate and Norman Tower are all that remain of the mighty complex of church buildings that once stood alongside Angel Hill
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Created for Textures for Layers Challenge #61: Plaza de Mayo
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Abellio ScotRail Class 158, 158722 passed through Burntisland working 1L05 Edinburgh Waverley to Perth, taken 9th July 2018
As the end of the working day nears a double headed train of peat sods is seen running towards the mill on Smith's Bog, Killinagh. This 2'0" gauge system belongs to Midland Irish Peat Moss Co. Ltd in 1991 it had a network of up to 4km of permanent lines and a further 2km of temporary tracks servicing the bog. Peat extraction was for horticultural use and largely exported but there was also a thriving domestic market for turfs (dried peat sods) for household heating fuel. The company had a mixed bag of locomotives but one real gem was a rare 1938 built Ransoms & Rapier 4wDM. It is seen here second in line behind a 4WDM built by Alan Keef Ltd (AK 9/1983). The Ransomes engine (wks no. 84/1938) had no cab being open top and open to the elements but uniquely was fitted with thick rubber traction tyres on its steel wheels for added traction. This heavy train passed at a low speed with both locos working hard as the single driver leapt between each loco to maintain optimum power on the indifferent track.
The Herboristeria del Rai on Carrer del Vidre in Barcelona, Spain. The shop was established in 1823 and remains much the same as it was in that time.
As the sunset paints the heaven in beautiful colours the hope of catching the big sea trout just increases
After trying several shots we really liked the effect, I and my friend Ståle who actually shot this one, decided for a background and pose. It was important to have me merge with the rocks rather seamlessly, keeping the rod high to get a good diagonal and have the islands in the background in order to create depth. Then it was just to set the camera on the rock (no tripod) and shoot. By the way, the camera was a SonyEricson K800i mobile telephone.
Schooner as a #puppy #dogs #pets #cute #pet #dogsofinstagram #ilovemydog #dogstagram #animal #animals #dogoftheday #puppies #pup #dogscorner #goldenretriever
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As viewed from Big Lots. The green would be from Ames.
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As traffic rolls by, two California Highway Patrolmen catch up on the latest goings-on and gossip.
1:64 Greenlight Collectibles:
1975 Dodge Coronet
California Highway Patrol
Hot Pursuit Series 24
1974 Dodge Monaco
California Highway Patrol
Hot Pursuit Series 21
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
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