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A música "O vento" do grupo Os Monarcas, essa composição trata-se de uma prece por dias melhores e sem duvida trata de assuntos que tocam fundo no coração. Grande abraço amigos espero que e apreciem o vídeo e esta bela composição do sul do meu país - Brasil.
O VENTO
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Os Monarcas
Num mundo com tantas doenças. O povo com pouca crença. Eu venho pedir cantando em sentimentos diversos, eu venho pedir ao vento dar uma volta no universo.
Pedi ao vento que leve lembrança pra minha terra.
Pedi ao vento que leve paz, aonde tem guerra.
Pedi ao vento que leve fartura onde tem miséria.
Pedi ao vento que leve um beijo nos lábios dela.
O Vento foi,
O Vento veio,
Será que o vento já me atendeu?
Só resta agora você me entender,
Que esse vento é o nosso Deus!
Pedi ao vento que salve os jovens perdidos nas drogas.
Pedi ao vento que espalhe no céu o perfume das rosas.
Pedi ao vento que toda a nação seja gloriosa.
Pedi ao vento proteção aos filhos da mãe amorosa.
Pedi ao vento pra acalmar as ondas dos sete mares.
Pedi ao vento que leve harmonia a todos os lares.
Pedi ao vento que leve embora a impureza dos ares.
Pedi ao vento em orações que fiz nos altares.
Pedi ao vento pra nos conduzir na estrada da vida.
Pedi ao vento que encontre a criança desaparecida.
Pedi ao vento que dê ao doente conforto e guarida.
Pedi ao vento que a minha prece seja ouvida
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The song "The Wind" group The Monarchs, this composition it is a prayer for better days and no doubt deals with issues that touch deep in the heart. Big hug friends and hopefully the video and enjoy this beautiful composition of the south of my country - Brazil.
THE WIND
the monarchs
In a world with so many diseases. The people with little belief. I've been asking for singing in different feelings, I come to ask the wind for a walk in the universe.
I asked the wind that takes memories to my land.
I asked the wind that takes peace, where war.
I asked the wind that takes plenty where there misery.
I asked the wind that takes a kiss on her lips.
The wind was
The wind came,
Will the wind ever met me?
All that remains now you understand me,
That this wind is our God!
I asked the wind to save young people lost in drugs.
I asked the wind in the sky that spreads the fragrance of roses.
I asked the wind that the whole nation be glorious.
I asked the wind protection to the children of a loving mother.
I asked the wind to calm the waves of the Seven Seas.
I asked the wind that takes harmony to every household.
I asked the wind that takes away the impurity of the air.
I asked for prayers that the wind did the altars.
I asked the wind to lead us down the road of life.
I asked the wind to find the missing child.
I asked the wind to give the patient comfort and shelter.
I asked the wind that my prayer is heard
Gee, I wonder what statement I'm trying to make here.
Shot this Sunday less than 2 miles from the fires raging in Southern California. (The smoke was at my back, but I hadn't done a shoot in a bit, so I decided to give it a shot.)
AB from left. Sun from high and right. 580 ex from the right. Triggered by PWs.
There were gusts of 80 mph wind (according to the weather station). And one of the gusts ripped the large softbox out of my (and my assistant's) hands. It shot 20 feet up in the air and took off. We managed to chase it down before it disappeared into the desert forever and we wrangled it into the car.
It was fun times and mouthfuls of sand.
On a street beneath the medieval citadel, Carcassonne, France...(iPhone5, PerspectiveCorrect, snapseed)
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A. S. Creech
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This cabinet card was scuffed pretty badly, so I gave it a little bit extra retouching. This is the retouched version.
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Got the mother of all motherboards out again tonight. After zooming in to different parts of last night's shot I decided on this composition for this evening. Tripod swap for the two elements with the non modded Helios 44-2 mounted on the tubes. Board lit from below with torch n vape. Hit it from either side with red and blue gelled torches. Tripod swap to the selective masking using my phone and come black card.
Shot during a single lens capped long exposure with a raw conversion in LR with some minor fetling.
The terra cotta figures were buried with the first Emperor of Qin (Qin Shi Huang) in 210-209 BCE. Consequently, they are also sometimes referred to as "Qin's Army."
All 8,099 soldiers are unique and distinguishable with different height and facial features. The soldiers are modeled after selected soldiers from the time period who were considered to be the finest of China. The figures are in several poses including standing infantry and kneeling archers as well as charioteers with horses. Each figure's head appears to be unique showing a variety of facial features and expressions as well as hair styles.
There are three separate pits, which represent three different sections of the army. The largest pit, and most famous, holds the infantry. The second pit contains the cavalry, and the third contains the officers. A fourth pit, which was planned but never built, is thought to be the supply unit.
Qin Shi Huang had the figures created and buried with him in the belief that they would protect him after his death. The figures were buried in battle formation in many vaults, 1.5 kilometers east of Qin Shi Huang's tomb, which is 33km east of Xi'an. The army was built facing enemy territory, and in between these enemies and the Emperor's tomb.
Destruction
Terra Cotta figure still partially embedded in the earth surrounded by other pieces
Terra Cotta figure still partially embedded in the earth surrounded by other pieces.
It is believed that the statues were destroyed only some 50 years after their original creation, due to a fire set during a peasant uprising. The original design included a wooden roof covering the rows of soldiers, and the statues were crushed when this burning roof collapsed in on them. The fire also destroyed the paint which gave the statues a more realistic look. However, the separate pit which contains the "officers" of the army escaped fire, and some paint remnants can still be seen on these figures.
Excavation and Re-construction
The statues were discovered in March 1974 during the sinking of wells for farmland irrigation construction by three local farmers, one of whom is still alive today and working at the tourist center. Professional excavation of the vaults started soon after their discovery. At the time, all of the soldiers were badly broken. A group of archaeologists are still in the process of piecing the soldiers back into their original form. It is estimated that it will be approximately 50 years before they finish the project. All the archeologists involved are native Chinese, since offers of foreign aid in the project have been refused.
Rows of figures awaiting reconstruction.The process is a giant jigsaw puzzle whose pieces may yet be removed from the earth
Rows of figures awaiting reconstruction.
The process is a giant jigsaw puzzle whose pieces may yet be removed from the earth.
Three or more vaults, measuring about 4-8 meters deep, have been excavated and a museum set up on the ruins, called Xi'an First Qin Emperor's Terracotta Army Museum (西安秦始皇兵馬俑博物館). Vault One was opened to the public in 1979, and the whole museum was completed in 1994. Currently, several vaults are open for viewing. Other vaults have been discovered but have yet to be excavated.
In 1987, UNESCO added the Terracotta Army and the Tomb of the First Qin Emperor to the list of the World Heritage Sites.
Imperial Tomb
Diagram of the Tomb site, with the Terra Cotta Army pits in detail
Diagram of the Tomb site, with the Terra Cotta Army pits in detail.
The tomb of Qin Shi Huang (located at 34°23′N 109°15′E) is near an earthen pyramid 76 meters tall and nearly 350 meters square. The tomb presently remains unopened. There are plans to seal-off the area around the tomb with a special tent-type structure to prevent corrosion from exposure to outside air. However, there is only one company in the world that makes these tents, and their largest model will not cover the site as needed.
It is thought that the tomb will contain many rooms, valuable treasures, and also the remains of the "interior designers" of the tomb, who were supposedly sealed alive inside the tomb to prevent them from telling anyone of the contents of the tomb or the location of its entrance. Also buried with Qin Shi Huang were all the women from his court who had not borne any children. Some historians believe that they were buried alive.
Magnetic scans of the land above the tomb have confirmed the legend of a great map of China, with rivers of flowing quicksilver. The scans have even shown concentrations of quicksilver where great bodies of water would be on such a map.
Bronze Chariots
Bronze chariot and horses of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, excavated in Xi'an
Bronze chariot and horses of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, excavated in Xi'an.
In 1980 two painted bronze chariots were discovered 20 meters west of Qin Shi Huang's tomb. Consisting of 3000 parts, each of the chariots is driven by an imperial charioteer and drawn by 4 horses. According to the Han Dynasty scholar Cai Yong (蔡邕 132-192), the first chariot was for clearing the road for the Emperor's entourage, and the second was his sleeping chariot. The bridles and saddles of the horses are inlaid with gold and silver designs and the body of the number 2 chariot has its sliding windows hollow cut. Both are half life size and are now displayed in the Museum.
Model Displays in the United States
Forbidden Gardens, a privately-funded outdoor museum in Katy, Texas has 6,000 1/3 scale replica terra-cotta soldiers displayed in formation as they were buried in the 3rd century BCE. Several full-size replicas are included for scale, and replicas of weapons discovered with the army are shown in a separate Weapons Room. The museum's sponsor is a Chinese businessman whose goal is to share his country's history.
In Rotation: Ye-Yo Erykah Badu
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"I say the sun's in the east and the moon reflects
Like the knowledge and wisdom, I manifest
If you want to go to heaven lay up on my breast
I'm ye yo, you're ye yo
Ye yo, ye yo"
This female Giant Wood Orb Weaver spider (Nephila maculata) has inject digestive juices into her prey, then will extract the butterfly's liquefied organs through her hallow fangs. Half life-size.
Photographed at the Spider Pavilion, Los Angeles County Natural History Museum.
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This is the largest species of orb weaving spider in the world. Although it is the size of a chocolate chip cookie, it is not in any way dangerous to humans and can be easily approached. The webs that this species constructs are equally impressive. Individual webs can measure up to 10-feet across and are strong enough to catch a small bird.
Hand-held Nikon D90 at ISO 400, Nikkor 105D macro lens, 1/160-sec at f/16; Nikon SB-600 Speedlight with O-Flash 3/4-circle Fresnel prism diffuser diffuser.
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Desined by Antonio Palacios, the architect that changed the appearance of Madrid n the early 20th Century.
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Note statue of Diana The Huntress just below the dome at the extreme right. It is a fairly new addition to the rooftops of Gran Via!
WHILE MANY OF THE SCULPTURES from Greco-Roman mythology that overlook the Gran Vía date back to the post-war period, this rendition of Diana the Huntress is a much more modern addition. Natividad Sánchez, the first woman architect and sculptor to leave her mark on Madrid’s iconic boulevard, was commissioned to retell the myth of Diana and Endymion.
In 2017, a new sculptural ensembled was unveiled on the rooftop of 32 Gran Vía, the former Madrid-Paris building that now houses a hotel. Viewers might initially spy a pair of arrows embedded into the sidewalk, then lift their gaze upward to see the goddess, her bow drawn and five hounds at her side. In her sights is Endymion, represented here by a statue of a young man with a phoenix on the rooftop of Gran Vía 32, a 1920s Art Deco gem.
Curiously, the young man depicted by the other sculpture was originally meant to represent Ganymede, Zeus’s lover, rather than Endymion. Sánchez, however, chose to put her own twist on mythology to make the statues work in tandem. In the original story, Zeus condemns Diana’s mortal love to eternal sleep. In this rendition, Diana, the mythological divine protector of women, is seen fighting for the one she loves, thereby rewriting her own ending.