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European Praying Mantis | Mantis religiosa | 08-2022 | Ticino | Switzerland
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ABOUT THE PHOTO:
I originally titled the image above 'Pray, Love, Eat (Your Husband)' as a joking reference to a bestselling novel and to the name of the insect depicted in the photo as well as to the species' well-documented gruesome mating behavior. I changed it now, because I wanted to be sure nobody would take the title as a recommendation (let me be very clear: if you are in fact NOT a female praying mantis, please refrain from eating your husband - regardless how tempted you may be - I'm sure he will thank you later 😉).
To provide a bit of context how I got the shot, as most of you will be well aware, this past summer was rather hot in many parts of the world, and Ticino in Switzerland (where I take all my photos), was no exception. It was in fact exceptionally hot for a long period without any rain in sight, and so I found myself getting up every morning before sunrise to water the garden.
On one such occasion in late August I noticed the frantic movement of a rather large insect that was trying to get away from the splashing water drops. I immediately put the hose down and went to investigate. I could hardly believe my luck: it was a (in Switzerland very rare) European mantis, a species I hadn't seen in a long time in my garden (certainly not since my dear mother's ill-fated attempt to transform part of the garden into a "flowery meadow" - a sad anecdote you can read all about here IF you have the stomach for it: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/52177556047/in/datepo... )
The mantis had sought shelter from the water between the blooming phlox and was now resting completely motionless among the flower petals, and so I dropped everything and ran for my camera. Once I was back at the scene I realized to my horror that it was still far too dark to get a usable photo; I was sure my "rare prize" would fly away at any instant, but all I could do now was anxiously wait for the sun to come up.
Minute after agonizing minute went by (and Mrs Mantis made suspicious "I-think-I'm-going-to-leave-now" movements several times that had me hold my breath in utter terror), but finally my camera was satisfied with the available light, and once I had shot about 800 photos, I started to relax a little.
In the end, I couldn't have been happier; it had long been my hope that my little oasis of botanic chaos would attract this rare species, and that I even got to photograph it was a dream come true. And apparently I needn't have worried about it flying away; it was a female, and as I later read mantis ladies are in most cases too heavy to fly.
And they seem to be territorial (or at least this one was); to my delight, I would find Mrs Mantis either in the phlox plants or on the nearby hibiscus every day for the remainder of my holiday (here's a photo on the hibiscus: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/western-green-lizard-lacerta-bi... ), and so I got to photograph her plenty (suspiciouly there was never any sign of a Mr Mantis though...).
Anyway, many greetings and have a lovely weekend ahead everyone - and as always, let me know what you think in the comments 😊
Jonathan and Olivia Livingston-Seagull partake in one of the their favorite pastimes, 'People Watching'. lol
(Opposed to bird watching)
:-)
White Rock
BC Canada
Fun, trivia information:
The caption is a spin off from the book..........
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a fable in novella form about a seagull learning about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection. It was first published in 1970 as "Jonathan Livingston Seagull — a story." By the end of 1972, over a million copies were in print, Reader's Digest had published a condensed version, and the book had reached the top of the New York Times Best Seller list, where it remained for 38 weeks. In 1972 and 1973, the book topped the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States. In 2014 the book was reissued as Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition, which added a 17-page fourth part to the story. Wikipedia
smile on saturday #portray a book title
A novel by Alice Feeney
The New York Times bestselling Queen of Twists returns…
with a family reunion that leads to murder.
Metal bridge over the Rio Pardo, designed by Euclides da Cunha.
Eight ways to conserve the Rio Pardo
Promote more green areas
Use water rationally
Garbage place is in the trash
Share this idea
Avoid indoor pollution
Protect animals from the river
Preserve the forest
Recognize its importance
The quality is not that good but unfortunatelly it is the only photo that can be posted. It was taken from village Rennes-Le-Chateau, that you may know about from Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code. I know about this village from computer game Gabriel Knight 3: Blood Of The Sacred, Blood Of The Damned - anyone? :-)
...You see the jumble of wants and frustrations, hates and I-wish-it-were-differents inside you; and that thing where you feel if you could only find a mystical key or button to press, everything would change – and you think it means you’re an eternity away from who you want to be. But that isn’t who you are. It’s the stuff that helps you get there. Each part, even the annoying, what-was-I-thinking bits you wish would just disappear, is a building block you will one day use to become awesome. That person you want to be is already inside you. It might just take bravery, tears and a considerable amount of bribery to coax them out.”
― Joanna Cannon, Three Things I’d Tell My Younger Self
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Sunday Times bestselling author of The Trouble With Goats and Sheep and Three Things About Elsie,
A Tidy Ending.
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AI/DIGITAL manipulation
The writer of 'Os Sertões' wrote the book in 1898-1901, along with the construction of the Ponte de São José do Rio Pardo. The so-called Casa de Zinco, made of zinc leaves, in which Euclid wrote and designed his works is located on the banks of the Pardo River and next to its bridge, protected by a glass house.
Due to the conception of the Sertões in this municipality, the Casa de Cultura Euclides da Cunha promotes the Euclidian Week and the Euclidean Marathon from 9 to 15 August; these are events intended for students of the municipal schools and others.
Colonial Revival hotel in Estes Park, Colorado.
Opened on July 4, 1909. Inspired the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's 1977 bestselling novel The Shining.
u.a. ein Sachbuch und Bestseller des Jahres 1985 des deutschen Wissenschaftsjournalisten Hoimar von Ditfurth über die globalen Bedrohungen der Menschheit.
The 7-story Big Basket building in Newark, Ohio, on Rt 16, opened in 1997 as the headquarters of the Longaberger Company, an American basket manufacturer. One of the most famous example of mimetic architecture, designed to replicate the company's bestselling product, the Medium Market Basket, but 160 times larger.
The founder of the company, Dave Longaberger, son and grandson of basket-weavers, employed more than 8,200 employees in 2000. With declining business, the Longaberger Company vacated the basket in 2016 with fewer than 75 full-time employees. In 2018, the company became non-operational and ceased all the operation. $30M building when it opened in 1997 was sold for $1.2M in 2018. Currently in 2022, the building is vacant.
Rosslyn Chapel, formally known as the Collegiate Chapel of St Matthew, is a 15th-century chapel located at the village of Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland.
Rosslyn Chapel was founded on a small hill above Roslin Glen as a Catholic collegiate church (with between four and six ordained canons and two boy choristers) in the mid-15th century. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness of the Scoto-Norman Sinclair family. Rosslyn Chapel is the third Sinclair place of worship at Roslin, the first being in Roslin Castle and the second (whose crumbling buttresses can still be seen today) in what is now Roslin Cemetery.
The purpose of the college was to celebrate the Divine Office throughout the day and night and also to celebrate Mass for all the faithful departed, including the deceased members of the Sinclair family. During this period the rich heritage of plainsong (a single melodic line) or polyphony (vocal harmony) would be used to enrich the singing of the liturgy. An endowment was made that would pay for the upkeep of the priests and choristers in perpetuity and they also had parochial responsibilities.
After the Scottish Reformation (1560), Roman Catholic worship in the chapel was brought to an end, although the Sinclair family continued to be Roman Catholics until the early 18th century. From that time the chapel was closed to public worship until 1861, when it was opened again as a place of worship according to the rites of the Scottish Episcopal Church, a member church of the Anglican Communion.
It was reported in The Argus of Melbourne Australia that Rosslyn Chapel came under an alleged bombing attempt by a suffragette.
Since the late 1980s, the chapel has also featured in speculative theories concerning a connection of Freemasonry, the Knights Templar and the Holy Grail. It was prominently featured in the 2003 bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code and its 2006 film adaptation.
Rosslyn Chapel remains privately owned. The current owner is Peter St Clair-Erskine, 7th Earl of Rosslyn.
Julius agregó el detalle del mapa , muchas gracias amigo!!
esta es una vista espectacular a los 55 ° S en
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_Channel#/media/File:Canalbea...
Nuestros clásicos pintores de siempre dedicaron gran parte de su obra a los cielos sus pinturas reflejaron el amor por las nubes y su fascinación eterna….La ciencia de las nubes apareció recién a fines del sigloXIX de la mano del británico Howard quien según su forma las agrupó en : cúmulos (parecidas a montones), los estratos (finas como capas), los cirros (cual mechón de pelo) y los nimbos (cargadas de lluvia). Y, de ellos, sus mutaciones o hijos: los cumulonimbos, los nimboestratos, se sumaron los prefijos de alto, medio y bajo, y las bautizaron con la lengua de los romanos: cirrus uncimus, un cirro, de por sí deshilachado, en forma de gancho; o el altocumulus castellanus, con cuerpo de castillo y que presagia tormenta; o los cumulus humilis, las nubes de algodón o del buen tiempo.Le faltó al padre de la nomeclatura… la sorprendente nube sónica que generan los cazas al cruzar la barrera del sonido .Actualmente otro británico Gavin Pretor-Pinney –autor del bestseller Guía del Observador de Nubes– ha reclamado a la Organización Mundial Meteorológica que incluya una nueva especie natural. Se trata de la asperatus, la nube rugosa que recuerdan al oleaje de un océano golpeado por el viento del norte…bueno esto es complicadísimo aquí me quedo dejando estas nubes para identificación de los expertos!
Gracias Israel ! son nubes lenticulares entonces!!!
!Agrego !!!!! " formación de Altocúmlos lenticulares, Así llamados porque parecen lentejas o lentes!!"Gracias Miguel
Os Sertões.
1898-1901
Influenced by theories like positivism and social Darwinism from the end of the 19th century, Cunha discussed the forming of a new Brazilian republican nation and also its racial composition and its promising future of progress and civilization.
The book is originally divided into three parts: 1) "A Terra" (the land), which portrays the northeastern backland and the physical setting of the war. 2) "O Homem" (the man), exposes the land’s inhabitants and their race composition, explaining the individual by its phenotype and emphasizing the opposition between the coast and the backlands men. Here da Cunha utilizes much of the racial and psychiatric theories then in vogue to explain the backwardness and "objectified insanity" of the sertanejos. 3) "A Luta" (the fight), which narrates the conflict between the republican army and the sertanejos who, despite being considered "racially degenerate", succeed in winning many battles, even though they lost the war.
Throughout the book, da Cunha seems to have sympathy for the oppressed sertanejos and to doubt the progress and modernity of republican ideals. Through their conflict with the Canudos commune, the forces of modernity and progress are revealed to be just as irrational as their supposedly "uncivilized" opponents and the legitimacy of the republic is shaken at its foundations. Os Sertões is considered one of the most important Brazilian works from this historical period, an effort to represent the nation as a totality. Despite its outdated scientific and historical ideas, da Cunha's book is a cornerstone of Brazilian literary and political culture.
Blue Hour Love Locks - Lake Chiemsee, Bavaria
Love Locks
The exact origin of the custom is unclear. The starting point in Europe is very likely Italy (Italian lucchetti dell’amore). It is believed that graduates of the San Giorgio Sanitary Academy in Florence are the originators of this custom. At the end of their apprenticeship, they fastened the padlocks on their lockers to a gate on the Ponte Vecchio. This was probably taken over by the lovers of Rome at the Milvian Bridge. Through the bestselling novel Drei Meter über dem Himmel (2005; Original: Tre metri sopra il cielo, 1992) and the sequel I stand on you (2007; Italian Ho voglia di te, 2006) by Federico Moccia as well as its film adaptation was the Popular topic. In this story, the two protagonists swear "eternal love", attach the lock to the central bridge lantern and throw the key into the Tiber.
The locks often contain inscriptions or engravings of the first names or initials of the lovers, sometimes with the date. After fastening the lock, the key is usually thrown into the bridged flowing water. At the Milvian Bridge this is done with the saying per semper ("forever").
And somehow this sight reminds me of the movie Titanic - you don't think so :-)
Where is Rose?
Wo ist Rose?
Blaue Stunde Liebesschlösser - Chiemsee, Bayern
Liebesschlösser
Die genaue Herkunft des Brauchs ist unklar. Ausgangspunkt in Europa ist sehr wahrscheinlich Italien (italienisch lucchetti dell’amore). Es wird vermutet, dass Absolventen der Sanitätsakademie San Giorgio in Florenz die Urheber dieser Sitte sind. Mit dem Ende ihrer Ausbildungszeit befestigten sie die Vorhängeschlösser ihrer Spinde an einem Gitter des Ponte Vecchio. Dies wurde wohl von den Verliebten Roms an der Milvischen Brücke übernommen. Durch den Bestseller-Roman Drei Meter über dem Himmel (2005; Original: Tre metri sopra il cielo, 1992) und die Fortsetzung Ich steh auf dich (2007; ital. Ho voglia di te, 2006) von Federico Moccia sowie deren Verfilmung wurde die Thematik populär. In dieser Geschichte schwören sich die beiden Protagonisten „ewige Liebe“, befestigen das Schloss an der zentralen Brückenlaterne und werfen den Schlüssel in den Tiber.
Die Schlösser enthalten oft eine Beschriftung oder Gravur der Vornamen oder Initialen der Verliebten, teilweise mit Datum. Nach dem Befestigen des Schlosses wird üblicherweise der Schlüssel in das überbrückte fließende Gewässer geworfen. An der Milvischen Brücke erfolgt dies mit dem Ausspruch per sempre („für immer“).
Und irgendwie erinnert mich dieser Anblick an den Kinofilm Titanic - findet Ihr nicht auch :-)
Wo ist Rose?
"I miss my office of zinc and slats on the bank of the Rio Pardo! I believe that if I persist in this barren agitation, I will not produce anything more lasting."
Euclides da Cunha
(Excerpt from the letter of Euclides to Francisco Escobar in 1908).
Euclides da Cunha
20 jan 1866
15 agu 1909
Euclides da Cunha Filho
18 jul 1894
4 jul 1915
Os Sertões, ("the backlands"; 1902), translated as Rebellion in the Backlands, is a book written by the Brazilian author Euclides da Cunha. Mixing science and literature, the author narrates the story of a war that happened in the end of the 19th century, in Canudos, a settlement of Bahia's Sertão ("backland"), an extremely arid region where, even now, struggles against poverty, drought and political corruption continue. During the war (1893–1897) against the republican army, the sertanejos (inhabitants of the backlands) were commanded by a messianic leader called Antonio Conselheiro.
Rosslyn Chapel
Rosslyn Chapel, also known as the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Matthew, is a 15th-century Episcopal chapel located in the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness with a ground-breaking ceremony in 1456. After the Scottish Reformation in 1560, it was largely abandoned but, following a visit by Queen Victoria, it was rededicated in 1862. It was the target of a bombing in 1914 during the suffragette bombing and arson campaign. The interior contains some fine carvings which many historians have sought to interpret.
Since the late 1980s, the chapel has been the subject of speculative theories concerning a connection with the Knights Templar and the Holy Grail, and Freemasonry. It was prominently featured in this role in Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code (2003) and its 2006 film adaptation. Medieval historians say these accounts have no basis in fact. Rosslyn Chapel remains privately owned.
The chapel is dedicated to Saint Matthew the Evangelist and was founded on a small hill above Roslin Glen as a collegiate church (with between four and six ordained canons and two boy choristers) in the mid-15th century. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness of the Scoto-Norman Sinclair family. Rosslyn Chapel is the third Sinclair place of worship at Roslin, the first being in Roslin Castle and the second (whose crumbling buttresses can still be seen today) in what is now Roslin Cemetery.[2]
Sinclair founded the college to celebrate the Liturgy of the Hours throughout the day and night, and also to celebrate Catholic Masses for all the faithful departed, including the deceased members of the Sinclair family. During this period, the rich heritage of plainsong (a single melodic line) or polyphony (vocal harmony) were used to enrich the singing of the liturgy. Sinclair provided an endowment to pay for the support of the priests and choristers in perpetuity.[3]
After the Scottish Reformation in 1560, Catholic worship in the chapel was brought to an end. The chapel's altars were destroyed in 1592.[a]
In 1842 the chapel, then in a ruined and overgrown state, was visited by Queen Victoria, who expressed a desire that it should be preserved. Restoration work was carried out in 1862 by David Bryce on behalf of James Alexander, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn.[5] The chapel was rededicated on 22 April 1862, and from this time, Sunday services were once again held, now under the jurisdiction of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Rosslyn Chapel is a 15th-century chapel located in the village of Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness.
This shot is a view of the restorations in 2008.
Since the late 1980s, the chapel has been the subject of speculative theories concerning a connection with the Knights Templar and the Holy Grail, and Freemasonry.
It was prominently featured in this role in Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code (2003) and its 2006 film adaptation. Medieval historians say these accounts have no basis in fact.
They used to say "there is one law for the rich and one for the poor". -- In the USA it seems "there is one law for the rich and no law for the poor"
US prosecutors may drop a criminal charge against the aerospace giant Boeing, linked to two crashes involving its bestselling aircraft, the 737 Max.
In an online meeting with relatives of those who died in the two accidents, officials for the Department of Justice (DOJ) said they were considering allowing the company to sign a non-prosecution agreement to settle the case.
The move would avoid a trial over the criminal fraud charge that is due to begin in June, after a judge rejected an earlier settlement in which Boeing had agreed to plead guilty.
Lawyers representing families of the crash victims said they were "deeply disappointed" by the new plan.
"While DOJ claims no final decision has been made, their scripted presentation made it clear that the outcome has already been decided," said Erin Applebaum, a partner at Kreindler and Kreindler, which represents 34 families of those killed in the Ethiopian crash.
"Boeing has never stood trial for the 346 lives lost due to its admitted crimes. Now, DOJ is prepared to let the company walk away, again, with no more than a financial penalty," she added.
People in the street Matlock Bath Derbyshire UK.
I thought folk either loved bananas or hated them.
When I saw this large advert in the local Sainsburys Local, I felt puzzled that it was necessary to publicise bananas. I set out to find a few facts about bananas and discovered that:
During the war, the import of bananas was banned as they needed refrigerated transport which in turn was needed for the war effort.
Mothers used to make mock bananas with boiled roasted parsnips, sweetened and flavoured with banana essence.
It was December 30th 1945 when bananas first returned to Britain.
One website declared that the banana is still the third bestselling item in British supermarkets.........
The Copper King Mansion, also known as the W. A. Clark Mansion, is a 34-room residence of Romanesque Revival Victorian architecture that was built from 1884 to 1888 as the Butte, Montana, residence of William Andrews Clark, one of Montana's three famous Copper Kings. The home features fresco painted ceilings, elegant parquets of rare imported wood, gas and electric chandeliers, ornate hand-carved fireplaces and stairways, and stained-glass windows. The mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. (70000366)
The Copper King Mansion has been privately owned, operated, and occupied by the Cote family since 1953. The home is operated as a bed and breakfast. Guided tours are available during the summer tourist season, or by appointment during the winter months. The home underwent restoration in 2012.
The building of the Copper King Mansion is described in the bestselling biography of Clark's daughter, Huguette, Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr. (Wikipedia)
*Working Towards a Better World
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a fable in novella form about a seagull learning about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection. It was first published in 1970 as "Jonathan Livingston Seagull — a story." By the end of 1972, over a million copies were in print, Reader's Digest had published a condensed version, and the book had reached the top of the New York Times Best Seller list, where it remained for 38 weeks. In 1972 and 1973, the book topped the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States. In 2014 the book was reissued as Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition, which added a 17-page fourth part to the story.
Plot
The book tells the story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a seagull who is bored with daily squabbles over food. Seized by a passion for flight, he pushes himself, learning everything he can about flying, until finally his unwillingness to conform results in his expulsion. An outcast, he continues to learn, becoming increasingly pleased with his abilities as he leads a peaceful and happy life.
One day, Jonathan is met by two gulls who take him to a "higher plane of existence" in which there is no heaven but a better world found through perfection of knowledge. There he meets other gulls who love to fly. He discovers that his sheer tenacity and desire to learn make him "pretty well a one-in-a-million bird." In this new place, Jonathan befriends the wisest gull, Chiang, who takes him beyond his previous learning, teaching him how to move instantaneously to anywhere else in the Universe. The secret, Chiang says, is to "begin by knowing that you have already arrived." Not satisfied with his new life, Jonathan returns to Earth to find others like him, to bring them his learning and to spread his love for flight. His mission is successful, gathering around him others who have been outlawed for not conforming. Ultimately, the very first of his students, Fletcher Lynd Seagull, becomes a teacher in his own right, and Jonathan leaves to teach other flocks.
Part one
Part One of the book finds young Jonathan Livingston frustrated with the meaningless materialism, conformity, and limitation of the seagull life. He is seized with a passion for flight of all kinds, and his soul soars as he experiments with exhilarating challenges of daring aerial feats. Eventually, his lack of conformity to the limited seagull life leads him into conflict with his flock, and they turn their backs on him, casting him out of their society and exiling him. Not deterred by this, Jonathan continues his efforts to reach higher and higher flight goals, finding he is often successful but eventually he can fly no higher. He is then met by two radiant, loving seagulls who explain to him that he has learned much, and that they are there now to teach him more.
Part two
Jonathan transcends into a society where all the gulls enjoy flying. He is only capable of this after practicing hard alone for a long time and the first learning process of linking the highly experienced teacher and the diligent student is raised into almost sacred levels. They, regardless of the all immense difference, are sharing something of great importance that can bind them together: "You've got to understand that a seagull is an unlimited idea of freedom, an image of the Great Gull." He realizes that you have to be true to yourself: "You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way."
Part three
In the third part of the book are the last words of Jonathan's teacher: "Keep working on love." Through his teachings, Jonathan understands that the spirit cannot be really free without the ability to forgive, and that the way to progress leads—for him, at least—through becoming a teacher, not just through working hard as a student. Jonathan returns to the Breakfast Flock to share his newly discovered ideals and the recent tremendous experience, ready for the difficult fight against the current rules of that society. The ability to forgive seems to be a mandatory "passing condition."
"Do you want to fly so much that you will forgive the Flock, and learn, and go back to them one day and work to help them know?" Jonathan asks his first student, Fletcher Lynd Seagull, before getting into any further talks. The idea that the stronger can reach more by leaving the weaker friends behind seems totally rejected.
Hence, love, deserved respect, and forgiveness all seem to be equally important to the freedom from the pressure to obey the rules just because they are commonly accepted.
Part four
In 2013 Richard Bach took up a non-published fourth part of the book which he had written contemporaneously with the original. He edited and polished it and then sent the result to a publisher. Bach reported that it was a near-death experience which had occurred in relation to a nearly fatal plane crash in August 2012, that had inspired him to finish the fourth part of his novella.[1] In February 2014, the 138-page Bach work Illusions II was published as a booklet by Kindle Direct Publishing. It also contains allusions to and insights regarding the same near-death experience. In October 2014, Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition, was reissued and includes part four of the story.
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Rosslyn Chapel, formerly known as the Collegiate Chapel of St Matthew, is a 15th century chapel located in the village of Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland.
Rosslyn Chapel was founded on a small hill above Roslin Glen as a Catholic collegiate church (with between four and six ordained canons and two boy choristers) in the mid-15th century. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness of the Scoto-Norman Sinclair family. Rosslyn Chapel is the third Sinclair place of worship at Roslin, the first being in Roslin Castle and the second (whose crumbling buttresses can still be seen today) in what is now Roslin Cemetery.
Since the late 1980s, the chapel has been the subject of speculative theories concerning a connection with the Knights Templar and the Holy Grail, and Freemasonry. It was prominently featured in this role in Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code (2003) and its 2006 film adaptation. Medieval historians say these accounts have no basis in fact.
Two-seater runabouts like this 1906 Ford Model N were favored by middle-class Americans who could afford one. They were fast and rugged. Most runabouts featured one- or two-cylinder engines and bicycle-style chain drives. But this Ford Model N offered four cylinders and a shaft drive, plus it cost less. At $500, it became the bestselling car in America.
# 105 / 2010
The island of Spinalonga is located at the eastern section of Crete, in Lasithi prefecture, near the town of Elounda. The island was subsequently used as a leper colony, from 1903 to 1957. It is notable for being one of the last active leper colonies in Europe.
The bestselling novel "The Island" by Victoria Hislop is set in Spinalonga and shares the fictional story of a family's ties to the leper colony. This location is also the setting for Werner Herzog's experimental short film "Last Words". Today, the unoccupied island is one of the main tourist attractions in Crete. In addition to the abandoned leper colony and the fortress, Spinalonga is known for its small pebble beaches. The island can easily be accessed from Elounda and Plaka. Tourist boats depart from both towns on a daily basis.
(Wikipedia)
Σπιναλόγκα, είναι "Το Νησί", πρώην αποικία λεπρών, ένα θέμα που θα συζητηθεί αρκετά τον χειμώνα που μας έρχεται, εξ αιτίας της τηλεοπτικής σειράς βασισμένης στο μυθιστόρημα "The Island" της Victoria Hislop
"A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder."
-- Susan Orlean (American journalist, television writer, and bestselling author)
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
The best way to view my photostream is through Flickriver with the following link: www.flickriver.com/photos/photojourney57/
Elif Shafak is an award-winning novelist and the most widely read female writer in Turkey. She is also a political commentator and an inspirational public speaker.
She writes in both Turkish and English, and has published 15 books, 10 of which are novels, including the bestselling The Bastard of Istanbul and The Forty Rules of Love. Her books have been translated into 47 languages. She is published by Penguin in the UK and represented by Curtis Brown globally.
The Austin Ten was produced from 1932 to 1947 and was Austin's bestselling car in the 1930s.
An archive image for ANSH 109 (14) something classic
"The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides."
-- Jules Verne {French novelist, poet, and playwright whose collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872)}
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Rosslyn Chapel, also known as the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Matthew, is a 15th-century Episcopal chapel located in the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness with a ground-breaking ceremony in 1456. After the Scottish Reformation in 1560, it was largely abandoned but, following a visit by Queen Victoria, it was rededicated in 1862. It was the target of a bombing in 1914 during the suffragette bombing and arson campaign. The interior contains some fine carvings which many historians have sought to interpret.
Since the late 1980s, the chapel has been the subject of speculative theories concerning a connection with the Knights Templar and the Holy Grail, and Freemasonry. It was prominently featured in this role in Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code (2003) and its 2006 film adaptation. Medieval historians say these accounts have no basis in fact. Rosslyn Chapel remains privately owned.
Anatomy of a Murder ~ Paris ~ MjYj
Anatomy of a Murder ~ Autopsie d'un meurtre ~ Paris ~ MjYj
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'Die wüste Gabi hatte mal wieder Herrenbesuch. Allerdings musste der Safaripark wegen Rebläusen noch vor dem Halali blasen wieder geschlossen werden', wird Pulitzerpreisträger Erich Wuttke später in seinem Bestseller 'Notizen aus dem Kleinstadtdschungel' berichten.
Olympus AF-10 twin, Fomapan 200, D76 1+1
"It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon."
– Sarah Addison Allen (a North Carolina novelist and New York Times bestselling author who blends magical realism and small-town sensibility in her fiction)
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
The best way to view my photostream is through Flickriver with the following link: www.flickriver.com/photos/photojourney57/
Rosslyn Chapel, also known as the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Matthew, is a 15th-century Episcopal chapel located in the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness with a ground-breaking ceremony in 1456. After the Scottish Reformation in 1560, it was largely abandoned but, following a visit by Queen Victoria, it was rededicated in 1862. It was the target of a bombing in 1914 during the suffragette bombing and arson campaign. The interior contains some fine carvings which many historians have sought to interpret. Since the late 1980s, the chapel has been the subject of speculative theories concerning a connection with the Knights Templar and the Holy Grail, and Freemasonry. It was prominently featured in this role in Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code (2003) and its 2006 film adaptation.
'Im griechischen Wein liegt die Wahrheit', resümiert der bekannte Eheberater und Lebemann Erich Wuttke in seinem neuesten Bestseller.
Holly Black, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Holly Black is an American writer and editor best known for her children's and young adult fiction. Her most recent work is the New York Times bestselling young adult Folk of the Air series
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fyi
Dreaming of vampires can represent a fear of being drained or taken advantage of by others. It may also symbolize a fear of your own desires or a sense of powerlessness. Alternatively, it could represent a fascination with the unknown or a desire for immortality.
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...it is the little creatures that make the world go round. We should celebrate and appreciated them in all their wonderful diversity." Dave Goulson, Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex and bestselling author
Ant in The Regent's Park.
A novel by Nina George
From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop, an extraordinary novel about self-discovery and new beginnings.
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gimp/pixlr
Divergent Quote by Veronica Roth-
Veronica Anne Roth is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her bestselling Divergent trilogy which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.
Bestselling crime novelist Donna Leon, signing the big bookshelf ladder in the Edinburgh Bookshop - something of a tradition, visiting authors leave their signature on the ladder. Quite a lot have heard about this and are often quite excited to add their name to it! It's getting very full now!
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Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.
Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg is a New York Times bestselling author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practices in the West. In 1974, she co-founded the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.
Leonora Veterano on Glenn Losack ( once known as the furious physician )
this was written atleast 5 years ago:
Dr. Glenn Losack is a very busy man telling the stories of the world, our world and you’re bound to listen. The seeker of truth is no way content in “just being a Doctor.” This physician, psychiatrist, photojournalist, musician, lecturer and charity worker just to name a few is on a mission and will not be stopped! A man who has many varied interests and expertise in several areas he is “The Renaissance Man.” This Brooklyn born native of a low middle class family and one of three children all born on the same day, May 7th, but different years is mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore! “I am an extreme pessimist, I am furious; I think countries like India will survive because they have religion, morals, ethics and culture. The USA has none of this, we read the Ten Commandments like a comic book,” he says.
Why the “Furious Physician”? Dr. Losack is furious at the injustices in the world and sees life from a pessimistic perspective, a lot if not most of the time.
He is a man who practices what he preaches. Dr. Losack who is semi-retired from his medical practice in order to follow his passions lives a part of the year taking photographs in third world countries. Earthquakes in India, civil war in Sri Lanka, typhoons in Bangladesh, political unrest in the Dominican Republic and the 2004 Tsunami. Here in his native country, the United States he has photographed our own tragedy 9/11. In December of 2009, he heads to India to shoot festivals. He has won several awards for his photographic work, and has been published in many magazines, including National Geographic. One of his prouder moments includes one of his photos owned by Yoko Ono, the wife of Beatle John Lennon. One of his life aspirations before becoming a Doctor, he wanted to be in the Beatles. By the age of fourteen he could play every Beatles song on guitar or piano. Dr. Robi Ludwig (national commentator, bestselling author and psychotherapist) is also the proud owner of several pieces of Dr. Losack’s work. He contributes Dr. Ludwig as helping him take himself and his artistic talents seriously and encouraged him to do something legitimate about it as an artist and musical tune writer. “She has helped me immensely.”
But what makes this Doctor so unusual, extraordinary; exceptional is he allows himself to be exposed to danger in order to photograph the dark side of humanity. These countries are no country clubs where a steak and potatoes meal only requires one to place an order from a menu. His journey includes countries susceptible to nature’s wrath, man’s shortcomings and many disappointments to its native people. Dr. Losack is the advocate for all these causes. The underdog, the downtrodden, the scapegoated and the disenfranchised, he is a champion for them all in his artistry. “I shoot pain, agony, human suffering, I shoot those who have no advocates, you can see this in my work.” The pleasures, the pain, the underdog with no voice are all expressed in his work, if only you have the courage to look. He photographs as if he could touch anything without hurting the subject and leaving them with their courage and dignity intact. The Doctor shows how much he loves these people; they are clearly a part of his life. He is a man who not only seeks for knowledge and truth, but interacts it in his art. Dr. Losack depicts the human drama in parts of the world, where some are quick to be beaten but have a faith in life and love, no easy task to pursue. “People do not have a clue, not a clue what real suffering is, I find it fascinating.”
Although Dr. Losack’s art explores the dark side of humanity, they still reflect his humble love of life. He is a man who has a heart or why else would he do what he does with his subjects. “I seem to want to take care of them or let them know they are not forgotten. I want to make it palatable to look at people who are so deformed and forgotten and self hating. If people don’t run from Lepers they can help them.” Perhaps this all started with his own beginnings. His father was a truck driver and his mother was a housewife. He feels his father gave him the artistic gene which his dad was not allowed to pursue. “My father got a scholarship to Cooper Union but his pop said, No Way! I think my father’s life was rough, he couldn’t be what he wanted to be or was good at; his father took it away from him.”
Dr. Losack shows in his work that we all can be heroes, admired for our own achievements and qualities. He shows the world the people who struggle with their lives every single moment are heroes. “Every beggar, every deformed, every leper, every man and woman who walks on their hands and are blinded by their parents so they are profitable beggars are heroes. They are all worthy of that, these are my heroes.” Some have called him the “conscience of photography,” but what Dr. Losack wants is to make people see what they are afraid of. He wants them to understand that a leper is a human being and not the monster many may view them as. In these turbulent times of today the message is clear: “I want them to see that beauty can be ugly and the reverse true also!” Ladies and Gentlemen “the Doctor is in!”
As if photography isnt enough the doctor is avidly composing tunes, jingles and taking his musical chops more seriously. He has written and performed “THE THEME for Dr ROBI” which will appear on various of her venues.
hear it all evolving at
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=losackmd&aq=f
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Dr. Losack’s present exhibit, presented by Salon Ciel, “His Photography, His Music” . A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit “Doctors without borders”. He will also have a photographic gallery show in India in January 2010. Details soon to come.
Asheville, North Carolina
Symmetry
Photography’s new conscience
The Last Olympian -- "All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos's army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan's power only grows. While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now it's up to Percy Jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the Lord of Time...the long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy's sixteenth birthday unfolds. And as the battle for Western civilization rages on the streets of Manhattan, Percy faces a terrifying suspicion that he may be fighting against his own fate." -- from www.amazon.com
This is very good so far (I'm about halfway through). I really liked the rest of the books in the series, and I'm anxious to find out what happens in the end of this one.
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My Life in France -- "Julia Child single handedly awakened America to the pleasures of good cooking with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in this bestselling memoir, she didn't know the first thing about cooking when she landed in France.
Indeed, when she first arrived in 1948 with her husband, Paul, she spoke no French and knew nothing about the country itself. But as she dove into French culture, buying food at local markets and taking classes at the Cordon Bleu, her life changed forever. Julia's unforgettable story unfolds with the spirit so key to her success as a cook and teacher and writer, brilliantly capturing one of the most endearing American personalities of the last fifty years." -- from www.amazon.com
This is a very funny and articulate book. I'm really enjoying reading about her life and work. It's not just about her love of cooking but also about her travels, her relationships with family and friends, and the general world climate in the post-World War II years. The only problem is, even though I'm not a big fan of French food, I find myself feeling hungry every time I pick up the book to read :)
Last Olympian -- Started: Mar. 27, 2010 Finished: Mar. 31, 2010
Life in France -- Started: Mar. 27, 2010 Finished: Mar. 31, 2010
25 Book Challenge 2010 Books #28 & #29
I am with Mrs. Shoshana Ben-Zur, a designer & a dressmaker of Mrs. Gila Katzav ( Israeli president Mosche Katzav"s spouse) and of Mrs. Reuma Weizman (spouse of Ezer Weizman, ex-president of Israel). Shoshana Ben-Zur - a top Israeli fashion-designer N1.
Photo: Fashion-show in Hotel "Accadia", Tel-Aviv.
THE VW BEETLE, symbol of the economic miracle of Germany after the 2nd World War. The car was the bestselling car in the world at the beginning of the 21st century.
The artist Georg Seibert created this work of art as a 3D-dimensional house construction made of galvanized steel. It can be seen on the market square in Karlsruhe (Germany)
Hey, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, .... written by Richard Bach, is a fable in novella form about a seagull learning about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection. It was first published in 1970 as "Jonathan Livingston Seagull — a story." By the end of 1972, over a million copies were in print, Reader's Digest had published a condensed version, and the book had reached the top of the New York Times Best Seller list, where it remained for 38 weeks. In 1972 and 1973, the book topped the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States. In 2014 the book was reissued as Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition, which added a 17-page fourth part to the story....... Wiki
hey, Fernão Capelo Gaivota
Praia da Ilha do Pessegueiro
Porto Covo
Sines
Portugal
Marvão (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐɾˈvɐ̃w]) is a municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,512, in an area of 154.90 km². The present Mayor is Vitor Martins Frutuoso, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is September 8.
Perched on a granite crag of the Serra de São Mamede, Marvão's name is derived from an 8th-century Muladi duke, named Ibn Marwan. Ibn Marwan used the fortress as a power base when establishing an independent statelet ("emirate", duchy) - covering much of modern-day Portugal - during the Emirate of Cordoba (884-931 CE). The castle and walled village were further fortified through the centuries, notably under Sancho II of Portugal (13th century) andDenis of Portugal.
The village has generated significant tourist interest in recent years. It was included in the #1 New York Times bestselling book, '1000 Places to see Before you Die'. Nobel prize-winning author José Saramago wrote of the village ‘‘From Marvão one can see the entire land... It is understandable that from this place, high up in the keep at Marvão Castle, visitors may respectfully murmur, ‘How great is the world.’’. In the 1950s, author Huldine V. Beamish wrote of Marvão 'There is an atmosphere about the district (of Marvão) that is very ancient. At times you have the same peculiar feelings as those evoked by Stonehenge and that amazing druid monument at Callernish in the Isle of Lewis. Picking your way along the steep stony pathways, you would not be at all surprised to meet a Phoenician trader or Roman Soldier. It would be the most natural thing in the world.'. An annual international classical music festival, under the artistic direction of German conductor Christoph Poppen, was launched in Marvão in July 2014.
More Portugal here :
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more candids here :
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