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Before my flight back to the contingent US I was determined to get down to the banks of the Blue & Gold So I took off early in search of a path through the thick steep landscape of the Alaskan Rain Forest. Weaving along a skinny stream of descending water, I was eventually led to an opening which reflected the vision I had hoped to capture. After one test shot, at 6:30 am with the Alaskan summer sun around high noon, I took two more photos @ .8 s to capture both the movement and clarity of Alaska's glacial run-off, and an aperture of f22 with an exposure bias of -4 to expose a significant depth of detail without washing out the background. Minimal adjustments made in Adobe RAW editor, then cropped and stitched together in CS6, the result was a beautiful expression of a place seldom touched by man.
Acontece nesta quinta-feira, 12 de fevereiro, o primeiro Twestival Global que reunirá milhares de pessoas conectadas à rede social Twitter. O evento que arrecadará fundos para a organização não-governamental charity:water conta com a participação de 10 cidades brasileiras: São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Campinas, Bauru, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Passo Fundo, Porto Alegre, Recife e Rio de Janeiro. Somente em São Paulo, cerca de 300 twitteiros estarão reunidos no Espaço Pix Gafanhoto para comemorar a iniciativa e disseminar informações sobre o projeto.
Cada uma das cidades tem a sua página do Twestival . Essa aqui é a de São Paulo . Mesmo se você não puder ir, faça sua doação diretamente pelo site. Clique aqui
editado: Esqueci de uma coisa muito importante. Vai rolar um super som no Twestival! O encontro de São Paulo contará ainda com os DJs Leonardo Matsuda (Poperotico), Flávia Durante, Maurício Gaia, Maestrobilly e Lalai.
Os números da causa:
•1,1 bilhão de pessoas sem água potável
•1 em cada seis não tem acesso a água potável
•US$ 20 podem dar a uma pessoa em um país em desenvolvimento 20 anos de água limpa
•70% do planeta é feito de água, mas desse total 97,5% é de água salgada
•Dos 2,5% de água fresca: 30,1% é adquirida subterraneamente, 69,5% de geleiras e neve e apenas 4% da superfície como lagos, rios e umidade do ar
•Água não-segura e a falta de condições sanitárias básicas são responsáveis por 80% das doenças e matam mais do que todas as formas de violência, incluindo a guerra
•Mulheres e crianças de países em desenvolvimento andam mais de 3 horas por dia para encontrar a água que as deixará doentes
•Das 42 mil mortes semanais por uso de água inadequada, 90% são crianças abaixo de 5 anos
Na página da Charity: water é possível conhecer a lista de projetos participantes que incluem diversos países como Índia, Ruanda, Bangaladesh, Honduras e Haiti. São mais de 1240 iniciativas que beneficiam 650 mil pessoas ao redor do mundo. Em dois anos foram levantados US$ 7 milhões.
Eu participo! E você?
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On 12 February 2009, 185 cities will be hosting a Twestival to bring Twitter communities together in an effort to raise money for charity: water. Twestival is organized 100% by volunteers around the world and 100% of the money raised from these events will go directly to support charity: water projects. By rallying together globally, under short timescales, for a single aim on the same day, the Twestival hopes to bring awareness to this global crisis.
Right now 1.1 billion people on the planet don't have access to safe, clean drinking water. That's one in six of us. Many communities in developing nations often have a plentiful supply of clean drinking water just below the ground, but no way to get to it. This is where charity:water and their partner organizations come in. Drilling a well can cost from $4,000 - $12,000 USD and many living on less than $1 a day cannot afford one in their community, even if the money is combined.
Please support the Twestival efforts for charity: water by making a donation , attending an event or participating in one of our many online fundraising activities.
Ps: in two years, charity: water has raised over $7 million and funded 1,247 water projects in countries like India, Rwanda, Haiti, Bangaladesh, Honduras among others. Brasil has joined Twestival and 10 cities will participate!
So many people go looking for the 1864 location of Leechtown and never find it. It comes down to whom or from where one gets their directions.
Once arriving at Kapoor Station at the 55.5km location along the Galloping Goose Trail (GGT) some believe this is the former site of the1864 townsite. It is not.
Kapoor Station was erected by the Capital Regional District (CRD) in the 'Clearing' but only is the former site of Cameron Lumber's 1934-50 log sort operations. It did get the moniker 'Leechtown' due only to its proximity to that location. The 'Leechtown' moniker was — and still is — seemingly given to any and all locations in that general area.
The good news is the CRD also erected a kiosk which has a map showing exactly where the original, 1864 Leechtown site is located. The map shows the boundaries of the Kapoor Regional Park which are all lands lying between the Galloping Goose Trail (GGT) and the Sooke River. It shows the townsite on the western side of Sooke River at the confluence of it and the Leech River. The map shows all the township's lots which are all numbered. By the way, lot numbers 25-31 are located on the east side of Sooke River (GGT side) and have a trail leading right to them even in this day.
So what is the great mystery regarding the exact location of the original 1864 Leechtown townsite? Computer users are admonish to: "Read your screen". Outdoor enthusiast are admonished to: "Read your map". It could not be any simpler.
There's nothing to see of the old townsite. Remember, the other side of the Sooke River is not in the park and is private land. Trespass at your own risk. This is, however, where the remnants of the Gold Commissioner's Cairn is located and draws many to view it. The original cairn was destroyed by vandals and the replica cairn has not fared that much better. Our last report is dated 2008 and the replica cairn was still there.
Leechtown Gold Commissioner's Cairn
see also flic.kr/p/nycsJN
wolf crk trail flic.kr/p/oN3v1R
kapoor mill flic.kr/p/ng9j1Z
*Copyright © 2012 Lélia Valduga, all rights reserved.
With an approximate length of 6km, the Armação Beach enchants tourists for its clear waters. is one of the beaches of Penha noble and high concept in real estate.
That was a nice friendly young man working that truck.. He saw me taking pictures of his truck so I went over to tell him what I was doing and why and he said he was running a line in the sewer pipe taking pictures to make sure there were no holes or cracks in the pipe.. I think the equipment the workers have today beats what we had when I worked... Happy Truck Thursday, Everybody!!
High in the mountains we saw this waterplace for the people who live in this area .The waterplace is donated by the World Vision project . World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organisation. World Vision serves all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.
A new water supply system decreased the amount of effort people need to spend accessing
water in Houaysatep Village of Luang Prabang Province. Instead of having to hike through a dangerous forested mountainside to fetch water from a small spring, women and children only need to walk a few meters from their homes, reducing a task that used to take hours to just
a few minutes.
Lack of access to clean water contributes to keeping whole communities
in poverty and causing serious illnesses such as diarrhea, the leading cause
of child death in Lao today. Currently, only half of the population
has access to safe drinking water, and less than half to safe sanitation
facilities.
...can be excruciating.
Make sure you are left with water...Clean Water!
Conserve!
P.S:
Thank you for leaving your thoughts on my previous posts.
We were driving around in Newcastle looking for places to shoot, and I came across this lovely looking beach around Merewether Heights, with very few people on it and only a handful of residential properties near.
I wish I had taken my swimming gear up with me, was a lovely day for a swim!
*NEWS FLASH* Snelvis, a contact of mine, who takes excellent photos around Newcastle, informed me that this is called Burwood Beach, and is next to Merewether Beach
Vertical panorama of the rock formations, tidal pools and mountains surrounding Bangui Bay in Ilocos Norte, Luzon Island, Philippines.
This truck was parked in front of my house and I hadn't a clue why it was there.. I found out later they were cleaning up the trees that the Beavers had cut down behind my friends house.. I thought those beavers had been killed but guess a new family moved in... Happy Truck Thursday, Everybody!!!!!!
I arrived in the parking lot, but just couldn't resis taking these shots:) Which one do you like best?
Note: That is not a big mound of snow it is a snow covered car and a big SUV:)
A water tap in Spello in Umbria, Italy. People came and filled their water bottles at the tap or just leaned in for a drink.
High in the mountains we saw this waterplace for the people who live in this area .The waterplace is donated by the World Vision project . World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organisation. World Vision serves all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.
A new water supply system decreased the amount of effort people need to spend accessing
water in Houaysatep Village of Luang Prabang Province. Instead of having to hike through a dangerous forested mountainside to fetch water from a small spring, women and children only need to walk a few meters from their homes, reducing a task that used to take hours to just
a few minutes.
Lack of access to clean water contributes to keeping whole communities
in poverty and causing serious illnesses such as diarrhea, the leading cause
of child death in Lao today. Currently, only half of the population
has access to safe drinking water, and less than half to safe sanitation
facilities.
Can't stay away from street parades, so Saturday morning I was taking pictures of dancers for clean water! Santiago, Chile. Yesterday. Downtown core sight of huge demonstration and parade. Marcha Plurinacional por el Agua Y Los Territorios
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A little outside of my home turf. Time of day was not something I could choose so I worked my filter bag in the sharp mid-afternoon light so see what I could get. If I remember right, the Cokin 2-stop Grad ND and the Yellow Blue Varicolor Polarizer were used here.