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Las Bardenas Reales de Navarra (en euskera Nafarroako Errege Bardeak) son un paraje natural semidesértico de unas 42.000 ha que se extiende por el sureste de Navarra (España). Sus suelos son de arcillas, yesos y areniscas y han sido erosionados por el agua y el viento creando formas sorprendentes en las que destacan los barrancos, las mesetas de estructura tabular y los cerros solitarios, llamados cabezos. Las Bardenas carecen de núcleos urbanos, su vegetación es muy escasa y las múltiples corrientes de agua que surcan el territorio tienen un caudal marcadamente irregular, permaneciendo secos la mayor parte del año. La altitud oscila entre los 280 y los 659 msnm. Las Bardenas se sitúan en un punto equidistante entre la cordillera Pirenaica y la Ibérica. Las Bardenas Reales, antigua posesión real, no forman parte de ningún término municipal y son propiedad de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra. Veintidós municipios y entidades (los "congozantes") forman la Comunidad de Bardenas Reales, una entidad de Derecho Público encargada del aprovechamiento del paraje.
En la actualidad, la mayor parte de las Bardenas Reales se encuentran protegidas mediante la figura de un parque natural de 39.274 ha desde el año 1999. Anteriormente, en 1986, dos parajes de las Bardenas, el Rincón del Bú y la Caídas de la Negra, habían sido declaradas reservas naturales. Desde el 7 de noviembre de 2000 el conjunto fue declarado Reserva de la Biosfera.
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As I've noted in other sets of photos here on Flickr, I've been lucky enough to visit Rome dozens of times since I first celebrated a solitary birthday there back in 1972. Since then, I've often come alone (usually on business trips to lecture about various aspects of software development), and I've sometimes managed to bring various children and/or my wife. This time, like many other trips, I was alone.
On most of my trips, I make a point of visiting Piazza del Popolo at least once -- because there are always interesting scenes to photograph, with a combination of tourists, students, lovers, and amateur musicians. This time, there was a Michael Jackson impersonator -- who, at least from a distance, seemed to mimic MJ's fluid moves pretty well. And there was an electric guitarist, but it turned out that he could only play instrumentals -- and he tended to play the same songs, over and over again.
I photographed people in Piazza del Popolo on the first and last days of my visit; but I also spent a couple hours in Piazza Santa Margarita in Trastevere, where there was a wedding underway. And I strolled a block or two from my hotel to Piazza Cavour, where the entire piazza had been off-limits for years because of reconstruction work. But the reconstruction is over, the piazza is open, and I was lucky enough to be there during the "golden hour" before sunset, where I got some interesting photos of the local people enjoying a balmy early-summer evening.
On Sunday morning, I decided to visit the enormous "flea market" at Porta Portensa, where I did my best to get a few interesting shots of the shoppers, tourists, and long rows of merchant stalls filled with various forms of cheap, tacky merchandise. It was quite an experience...
As I have on past occasions, I took thousands of photos during my week-long visit, from which I select a few dozen to upload to Flickr. Hopefully they'll give you a sense of what it's like here in the Eternal City ...
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Carambola, or star fruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and throughout Malesia.[1] The fruit is commonly consumed throughout Southeast Asia, the South Pacific, Micronesia, and parts of East Asia. The tree is cultivated throughout tropical areas.
The fruit has distinctive ridges running down its sides (usually five but can occasionally vary); when cut in cross-section, it resembles a star, hence its name.[1] The entire fruit is edible and is usually eaten out of hand. They may also be used in cooking and can be made into relishes, preserves, and juice drinks.
The original range of Averrhoa carambola is believed to be from Sri Lanka or Indonesia,[1] but has been cultivated in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia for hundreds of years. They remain a local favorite in those areas but have also recently gained popularity in parts of East Asiaand Queensland, Australia; as well as in the Pacific Islands, particularly Tahiti, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, and Guam. They are cultivated commercially in India, Southeast Asia, southern China, Taiwan, and the southern United States. They are also grown in Central America, Brazil, the Southwestern United States and Florida, and parts of Africa.[1][2] In other areas they are usually grown as ornamentals, rather than for consumption.[2]
The fruit is about 5 to 15 centimetres (2 to 6 inches) in length and is an oval shape. It usually has five prominent longitudinal ridges, but in rare instances it can have as few as four or as many as eight. In cross section, it resembles a star.[1] The skin is thin, smooth, and waxy and turns a light to dark yellow when ripe. The flesh is translucent and light yellow to yellow in color. Each fruit can have 10 to 12 flat light brown seeds about 6 to 13 mm (0.25 to 0.5 in) in width and enclosed in gelatinous aril. Once removed from the fruit, they lose viability within a few days.[3][4][5]
Like the closely related bilimbi, there are two main types of carambola: the small sour (or tart) type and the larger sweet type. The sour varieties have a higher oxalic acid content than the sweet type. A number of cultivars have been developed in recent years. The most common cultivars grown commercially include the sweet types "Arkin" (Florida), "Dah Pon" (Taiwan), "Ma fueng" (Thailand), "Maha" (Malaysia), and "Demak" (Indonesia) and the sour types "Golden Star", "Newcomb", "Star King", and "Thayer" (all from Florida). Some of the sour varieties like "Golden Star" can become sweet if allowed to ripen.[2][3][4]
including the slightly waxy skin. The flesh is crunchy, firm, and extremely juicy.[1] It does not contain fibers and has a texture similar in consistency to that of grapes. Carambolas are best consumed shortly after they ripen, when they are yellow with a light shade of green or just after all traces of green have disappeared. They will also have brown ridges at the edges and feel firm. Fruits picked while still slightly green will turn yellow in storage at room temperature, but will not increase in sugar content. Overripe carambola will be yellow with brown spots and can become blander in taste and soggier in consistency.[4][6]
Ripe sweet type carambolas are sweet without being overwhelming as they rarely have more than 4% sugar content. They have a tart, sour undertone, and an oxalic acid odor. The taste is difficult to match, but it has been compared to a mix of apple, pear, grape, and citrus family fruits. Unripe star fruits are firmer and sour, and taste like green apples.[3][7]
Ripe carambolas may also be used in cooking. In Southeast Asia, they are usually stewed in cloves and sugar, sometimes with apples. In China, they are cooked with fish. In Australia, they may be cooked as a vegetable, pickled, or made into jams. In Jamaica they are sometimes dried.[2]
Unripe and sour type carambolas can be mixed with other chopped spices to make relishes in Australia.[2] In the Philippines, unripe carambolas are eaten dipped in rock salt.[8] In Thailand, they are cooked together with shrimp.[2]
The juice from carambolas is also used in iced drinks, particularly the juice of the sour varieties. In the Philippines they can be used as seasoning. In India, the juice is bottled for drinking.[2]
Carambolas contain caramboxin[9] and oxalic acid.[10] Both substances are harmful to individuals suffering from kidney failure, kidney stones, or those under kidney dialysistreatment.[10] Consumption by those with kidney failure can produce hiccups, vomiting, nausea, mental confusion, and sometimes death.[11][12][13] Caramboxin is a neurotoxin which is structurally similar to phenylalanine, and is a glutamatergic agonist.[9]
Drug interactions
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Like the grapefruit, carambola is considered to be a potent inhibitor of seven cytochrome P450 isoforms.[14][15] These enzymes are significant in the first-pass elimination of many medications, and, thus, the consumption of carambola or its juice in combination with certain prescription medications can significantly increase their effective dosage within the body.
The carambola is a tropical and subtropical fruit which can be grown at elevations up to 1,200 metres (4,000 feet). It prefers full sun exposure, but requires enough humidity and annual rainfall of at least 1,800 mm (70 in). It does not have a soil type preference, but requires good drainage.[citation needed]
Carambola trees are planted at least 6 m (20 ft) from each other and typically are fertilized three times a year. The tree grows rapidly and typically produces fruit at four or five years of age. The large amount of rain during spring actually reduces the amount of fruit, but, in ideal conditions, carambola can produce from 90 to 180 kilograms (200 to 400 pounds) of fruit a year. The carambola tree flowers throughout the year, with main fruiting seasons from April to June and October to December in Malaysia,[16]for example, but fruiting also occurs at other times in some other locales, such as South Florida.[4]
Growth and leaf responses of container-grown `Arkin' carambola (Averrhoa carambola L.) trees to long-term exposure of 25%, 50%, or 100% sunlight showed that shading increased rachis length and leaflet area, decreased leaflet thickness, and produced more horizontal branch orientation.[17]
Major pests are fruit flies, fruit moths, ants, and birds.[3][16] Crops are also susceptible to frost.[3]
Top producers of carambola in the world market include Australia, Guyana, India, Israel, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and the United States.[4] Malaysia is a global leader in star fruit production by volume and ships the product widely to Asia and Europe.[16] Due to concerns over pests and pathogens, however, whole star fruits cannot yet be imported to the US from Malaysia under current United States Department of Agriculture regulations. In the United States, carambolas are grown in tropical and semitropical areas, including Texas, South Carolina, Louisiana, California, Virginia, Florida and Hawaii.[2][18]
In the United States, commercial cultivation and broad consumer acceptance of the fruit only dates to the 1970s, attributable to Morris Arkin, a backyard horticulturalist, in Coral Gables, Florida. The 'Arkin' variety represented 98% of the acreage in South Florida in the early 21st century.[19]
The trees are also grown as ornamentals for their abundant brightly colored and unusually shaped fruits, as well as for their attractive dark green leaves and their lavender to pink flowers.[4]
Like the bilimbi, the juice of the more acidic sour types can be used to clean rusty or tarnished metal (especially brass) as well as bleach rust stains from cloth. They may also be used as a mordant in dyeing.[2]
Etymology and vernacular names
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The Portuguese word carambola, first known use 1598, was taken from Marathi karambalderived from Sanskrit karmaphala.[20] In Spanish, it is known as carambola. The carambola is called "star fruit" in English.
References
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^ a b c d e f "Averrhoa carambola (carambola)". CABI. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ a b c d e f g h i Julia F. Morton (1987). "Carambola". In Julia F. Morton. Fruits of warm climates. pp. 125–128.
^ a b c d e "Averrhoa carambola L." California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
^ a b c d e f Jonathan H. Crane (1994). The Carambola (Star Fruit) (PDF). Fact Sheet HS-12. Florida Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
^ "Star Fruit". Fruitsinfo. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
^ "How to Eat Star Fruit". Buzzle. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
^ "Carambola or Star Fruit". FloridaGardener.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
^ "Balimbing / Carambola / Star Fruit". Market Manila. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
^ a b Garcia-Cairasco, N.; Moyses-Neto, M.; Del Vecchio, F.; Oliveira, J. A. C.; Dos Santos, F. L.; Castro, O. W.; Arisi, G. M.; Dantas, M. R.; Carolino, R. O. G.; Coutinho-Netto, J.; Dagostin, A. L. A.; Rodrigues, M. C. A.; Leão, R. M.; Quintiliano, S. A. P.; Silva, L. F.; Gobbo-Neto, L.; Lopes, N. P. (2013). "Elucidating the Neurotoxicity of the Star Fruit". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52 (49): 13067–70. doi:10.1002/anie.201305382. PMID 24281890.
^ a b Muthu, N.; Lee, S. Y.; Phua, K. K.; Bhore, S. J. (2016). "Nutritional, Medicinal and Toxicological Attributes of Star-Fruits (Averrhoa carambola L.): A Review". Bioinformation. 12 (12): 420–424. doi:10.6026/97320630012420. PMC 5357571. PMID 28405126.
^ Chang CT, Chen YC, Fang JT, Huang CC (2002). "Star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) intoxication: an important cause of consciousness disturbance in patients with renal failure". Ren Fail. 24 (3): 379–82. doi:10.1081/JDI-120005373. PMID 12166706.
^ Neto MM, da Costa JA, Garcia-Cairasco N, Netto JC, Nakagawa B, Dantas M (2003). "Intoxication by star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) in 32 uraemic patients: treatment and outcome". Nephrol Dial Transplant. 18 (1): 120–5. doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.120. PMID 12480969.
^ Titchenal A & Dobbs J (2003-04-28). "Kidney patients should avoid star fruit". Nutrition ATC. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
^ "Abstracts: Metabolism and metabolic enzymes studies for the 8th National Congress on Drug and Xenobiotic Metabolism in China". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
^ Potential Drug-Food Interactions with Pomegranate Juice Archived March 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ a b c Crop Protection & Plant Quarantine Services Division (2004). Technical Document for Market Access on Star Fruit (Carambola) (PDF). The Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry, Malaysia.[permanent dead link]
^ Marler, Thomas E.; Schaffer, Bruce; Crane, Jonathan H. (1994-07-01). "Developmental Light Level Affects Growth, Morphology, and Leaf Physiology of Young Carambola Trees". Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 119 (4): 711–718. ISSN 0003-1062.
^ Hein Bijlmakers. "Star Fruit". Tropical Fruits. Archived from the original on 2012-06-26. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
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Carambola - Definition of carambola by Merriam-Webster". merriam-webster.com.
PRO84 Elliott Erwitt - Emulation Assignment October 09
Mission:
To emulate the style of Elliott Erwitt, Born Paris 1928.
This will become clearer as you read further and as you study his work. However, at this moment, your task is to find a human, tender, amusing or downright funny moment involving people or animals and to depict it in a way that we are seeing the moment - not the decisive moment - just the snapshot moment where two things came together and the result was the unexpected - a tender human moment - or funny, but always real life and making us appreciate the 'sense of the ridiculous' all around us.
He uses juxtaposition of elements not meant to be together, but when they are, we smile.
Of course his work was not always to make us smile or laugh, but I do feel that this is his most self-effacing asset. Through his work, we are part of the end product and can share the 'indecisive moment' (as he himself puts it) with him. Elliott Erwitt was not above engineering those moments – in fact, he used to carry a noisy horn to spook dogs into jumping at the moment he took the photo.
But he also saw the potential in many situations. This is where your imagination comes into play. Do you see a Billboard which would be hilarious with (say) horses underneath it? Or even the child carrying a balloon, which looks like a substitute head at different angles? Or like one of Elliott Erwitt’s classics, the woman sitting with a dog on her lap – and it is the dog we see for the top half of her body.
WIT: I took my daughter and niece to the park to play so I could look for EE situations. I had no luck so I decided to use the kids for props. We walked along a trail and I had the girls act out every sign we came to. This was one of their best interpretations. For post processing I cropped the shot square and created two b&w versions (one to work on the sky and trees, and another for the sign and girls) and overlayed them with some layer masking.
I really like Erwitt's sense of irony and humor, it fits me well. Although there were no particular EE photos that I used for inspiration, I am hoping my submission has his sense of juxtaposition and humor. It was very frustrating not to be able to find other/better examples around town. I think this is one of those things where if you look too hard you wont be able to find it. Just let it happen and hope you have your camera with you.
found in this flickr search...
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...and at HiveMind...
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qwikLoadr™ Videos...
Larry Bird | Top 10 plays of his career NBA.com • YouTube™
1986 NBA Finals | Boston Celtics Celebrate World Championship! • YouTube™
Tenuous Link: crossed-arm sketch
irisBall | Parachute [12.15-16.19] gwennie2006! • YouTube™
treeSparrow | Molecular Model [5.14.19] gwennie2006! • YouTube™
Blogger GrfxDziner | Iris She's a Rainbow...
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blogger gwennie2006 | If I were a Carpenter [Go Molly!]…
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My brother and I had a design studio in the past, and I did all of the Celtics promotional work for several years through our client SportsChannel of New England. Paul Freehauf (Eagle Rock Entertainment) was the Creative Director there and we did all the design and production. I also designed the Boston Celtics' Sixth Player trophy that was sponsored through Texaco. It was retired after Reggie Lewis was awarded it. There is more info in the first comment too if you like. My gwennie2006 account is not pro right now, but everything is still here through site searches (described below). My GrfxDziner account is pro and has full size images. Here is a link to that account at flickr...
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I also did many of the commercials for MVP sports at the time. The Johnny Most announcement in that Top 10 qwikLoadr link was used on one in particular. The Bird's Back poster in the first comment was created when Larry Bird came back early from injury, and given out at the game. The World Championship poster from 1986 was also given out at the first Boston Garden game of the 1986-1987 season. SportsChannel had no budget for the poster, so the folks who worked on it received credit on the poster, as well as 150 limited prints. The plates were destroyed once the printing was complete. Mark Burton of Boston, Massachusetts was the official printer, and that is their logo bottom left on the poster.
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Olá meninas ...
Eu adoro uma campanha .. principalmente quando essa campanha é justa e para o bem de todas nós mulheres brasileiras amantes de belas unhas e esmaltes lindos e diferentes !!!
A foto acima e o texto abaixo são da Julia ... Vamos encorpar esse coro e pedir ACORDAAA BRASILL ....
Oi =3
Antes que fiquem de 'mimimi essas unhas não são tuas, mimimi ladra as unhas é da fulana' quero deixar BEM CLARO que isso se trata de algo digno.
Uma das unhas é da Danielle, acho que todas reconhecerão =]
As outras nem sei, é de uma estrangeira acho. E os vidrinhos não lembro de onde tirei também.
Não pensem que quero mais 'popularidade' na minha página, até porque eu nem faço mais posts.
O que eu quero é que esse se torne um POST GIGANTE e que chame a atenção das EMPRESAS BRASILEIRAS DE ESMALTES !!!
Quem sabe assim, alguma empresa, seja la qual for, tenha a ideia inicial de lançar uma coleção de cores holograficas...
Deixem aqui sua vontade, desejo e o prazer que sentiriam de possuir essas coisinhas lindas, berrantes, travecas e dignas em suas unhas!
Muitas aqui, como eu (ao menos espero que não somente eu, me sentirei mais pobre) não possui dimdim pra adquirir uma belezinha dessas....
Então fico eu aqui, sofrendo ao ver essas maravilhas nas unhas das meninas que conseguem adquirir um para sí, enquanto as empresas brasileiras lançam MAIS ROSAS, MAIS VERMELHOS, MAIS NUDES E MAIS BRANCOS.
CHEGA !
Eu sei que tá saindo verdes e azuis... OTIMO que estejam acordando... Mas agora não fiquem um copiando o outro ne?
Agora toda marca tem um azul bebe/claro celeste: Marina da Impala, Clean da Passe Nati (ao menos a Passe Nati tem varios pontos a mais, além do Clean lançou o Close que tem brilinhos dourados LINDOS. +1000 pontos pra Passe Nati), Cigarrete da RISQUE (ser matte não é desculpa) da vida.
Alguem investiu num azul UNICO com brilhinhos? Nem.
Mas agradecemos de coração por estarem lançando pasteizinhos (mesmo que tarde, tenho pastel de tudo que é cor ja de misturinhas UHAuhAHUAHUhua) e os com efeito Matte!
Agradecemos até pelos azuis... Mas acho ridiculo isso de se uma empresa resolver lançar o azulzinho, todas lançam na coleção seguinte um proximo... Poxa, invistam numa outra cor! Nós queremos cores diferentes ! Mas não esperem uma marca lançar, e só depois dela lançar o proprio... O que é isso, medo de não vender?
Enfim, não quero isso agora. Outro dia eu reclamo disso.
O que eu quero é que todas deem um berro assim:
ACORDA BRASIL !!! A GENTE QUER HOLOGRAFICOS !!!
GRITEM
PEÇAM
ESCREVAM
CHOREM
SE MATEM
Não me deixem no vacuo, se não do um jeito de hackear todas. HUAuhAHUAHUa
Um exemplo recente de felicidade: www.flickr.com/photos/45529885@N08/4820898957/
COPIEM A FOTO, COPIEM O QUE ESCREVI, ACRESCENTEM, POSTEM NO PROPRIO FLICKR, COLOQUEM UM LINK LEVANDO PARA CA, SEI LA, QUALQUER COISA JÁ AJUDA !!!
VAMOS TENTAR TRAZER ESSAS MARAVILHAS PRO BRASIL !!!
Se o Brasil ainda não possui 'tecnologia' para poder fabricar um desses (que foi citado e bem lembrado pela Thaís), deem um jeito adquirir, ora bolas.
Colorama, RISQUE, Impala, La Pogee, Passe Nati, Sancion Angel, Mohda, Jubby, BIG Universo, Realce, PanVel, Hits, Ludurana, Extase, Ana Hickman, Max Beauty, Dote, Guga, 5Cinco...
Vamo lá, façam isso pra gente! Qualquer uma...
É uma grande chance, ficarão RICOS. Afinal, essa é uma cor que é impossivel conseguir com uma misturinha...
E Colorama, tu mesmo, DONA COLORAMA. 1000 PONTOS A MENOS PRA TI..
Que história é essa de lançar pra fora esmaltinhos flocados e pra nós, brasileiras, lindas e maravilhosas, mais vermelho e roxo? Heim, HEIM?
É isso aeee Julia... falou tudoo ... VAMO LÁ MULHERADA ... aliás deixa eu falar em uma lingua mais "julies" VAMO LÁ SUAS MACACAS LOUCAS POR UNHAS COM TINTA" vamos fazer essas marcas acomodadas trabalharem mais por nós consumidoras.
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Will be away from my computer for nearly a month. Have visitors from NZ, then we are heading to South Australia.
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in the Sicilian city of Randazzo, is Celebrated in mid-August day, hits principal feast of the "living vara" that evokes the mystery of the faith of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven with soul and body, for this reference She is call Mary Assumption; the feast may be originated around the sixteenth century; the "vara" (Sicilian name Refers to "float"), it's a "votive machine" about 20 meters high, made of a structure in iron and wood, decorated with gilding, mirrors, colored coatings, Whose allegorical meaning Seems To have inspirations from the figures reproduced in a painting by John Caniglia of 1548 (you can admire it inside the Crucifix chapel of the Basilica of St. Mary in Randazzo), machine consisting about several plans and rotating, with hand-operated mechanisms, and making reference to the rotation of the heavens of the medieval conception. The first low part of the "machine-float" is the Tomb of Mary, full of flowers, but as She got to the Sky also with Her Body, it's an empty tomb, a bit higher up we find St. Thomas in prayer, still more on we find St. Michael the Archangel with a sword, surrounded by singing Angels; on the highest level it finally takes place the Virgin Mary. Various "young actors", present on float are children of various age, which intone chants turned to Virgin Mary, each with its own role, each surrounded by a iron structures for own security. Up to 1960 different "human figures" were all male, included Maria Assunta; in ancient times the fast of the children was strictly Observed (even now, more for practical reasons to stay on the float, Which for devotional Reasons); in ancient times the float at the end of the procession was always assaulted from the faithful, taking with them the precious souvenirs of the event, considering That like relics; to the end of the 18th century the traditional feast He had a decline, abolished in 1795, then restored in the Second Half of 1800, again suppressed the first in 1911 for the raging cholera, then to the events linked to the First and Second World War, than the feast started again in 1952, at first once every 5 years, then every three years finally annually since 1973. During the trip the children receive from Inhabitants leaning out of windows and balconies, candies, biscuits, sweets of various genre, so this "rain of sweets" shows a more happy and picturesque manifestation, but so the children "are distracted" being from "hanging" in several meters from the soil (likeably who is finding down, he may be "bombarded" by a shower of candies and chocolates).
PS: This report, which I have Made 15 August 2016 in the town of Randazzo, to whom I gave the name of the movie "for love, only for love", I dedicate it to my friend professional nurse Guido, whose its universal love for people and animals was opposed by those who are unable to understand his greatness, has meant that he decided yesterday to get out of life scenes.
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nella città siciliana di Randazzo, si celebra nel giorno di Ferragosto 15 agosto, la sua principale festa della "vara vivente" che rievoca il mistero di fede dell'Assunzione di Maria in Cielo sia in anima che in corpo, per questo riferimento viene chiamata Maria Assunta, festa che sembra abbia avuto origine attorno al XVI secolo; la "vara" (nome siciliano riferito al fercolo), è una “macchina votiva” alta circa 20 metri, composta da una struttura in ferro e legno, abbellita da dorature, specchi, rivestimenti colorati, il cui significato allegorico sembra ricalcare i motivi ascensionali riprodotti in un quadro di Giovanni Caniglia del 1548 (dipinto che si può ammirare nella cappella del Crocifisso della basilica di Santa Maria, in Randazzo), macchina costituita da diversi piani sovrapposti ruotanti, con meccanismi azionati a mano, che fanno riferimento alla rotazione dei cieli di concezione medioevale. Alla base della “macchina-vara” c’è il sepolcro di Maria, pieno di fiori ma, poiché Ella è salita in cielo anche col suo corpo, tale sepolcro è vuoto, un po’ più in alto troviamo S.Tommaso in preghiera, ancora più su troviamo S.Michele Arcangelo con in pugno la sua spada, attorniato da Angeli, sul livello più alto infine prende posto la Vergine Maria. Le varie figure, presenti sulla vara sono bimbi di varie età, dai più piccoli ai più grandicelli, che intonano canti rivolti alla Madonna, ognuno col proprio ruolo di figurante, ognuno cinto da una struttura in ferro che lo assicura alla macchina votiva: fino agli anni ’60 i vari personaggi erano tutti di sesso maschile, inclusa Maria Assunta, il digiuno dei bimbi era rigorosamente osservato (anche adesso, più per motivi pratici di permanenza sulla vara, che per motivi devozionali); in passato la vara alla fine della processione veniva presa d’assalto dai fedeli, che letteralmente la spogliavano, portando con se un prezioso ricordo della manifestazione, considerandola al pari di una reliquia; alla fine del 18° secolo la tradizionale festa ebbe un declino, soppressa nel 1795, poi ripristinata nella seconda metà del 1800, nuovamente soppressa prima nel 1911 per l’imperversare del colera, successivamente per le vicende legate alla prima ed alla seconda Guerra Mondiale, la festa riprese vita solamente nel 1952, dapprima una volta ogni 5 anni, poi ogni tre anni, infine annualmente dal 1973. Durante il tragitto i bimbi ricevono dagli abitanti affacciati alle finestre ed ai balconi, caramelle, biscotti, dolciumi di vario genere, che ripongono a mò di bottino dentro delle sacche di tela, delle quali ognuno è fornito, questo da un lato rende ancora più gaia e pittoresca la manifestazione, dall’altro lato i bimbi “vengono distratti” dal trovarsi “appesi” a svariati metri dal suolo (simpaticamente chi si trova sotto, può venire “bombardato” da una pioggia di caramelle e cioccolatini).
P.S. questo report, che ho Realizzato il 15 Agosto 2016 nel paese di Randazzo, al quale ho dato il nome del film "per amore, solo per amore", io lo dedico all'infermiere professionale e mio amico Guido, il cui Amore Universale per le persone e per gli animali, osteggiato da chi è incapace di capirne la sua grandezza, ha fatto si che egli decidesse ieri di uscire dalle scene della vita.
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Flower Hydrangia - Munnar, Kerala, India.
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The new proposed layout of Flickr is a mess visually and honestly isn't an improvement. Photos don't look better when viewed in the new version. The page looks cluttered and displeasing to the eye. What really upsets me though is the changes to the description and commenting systems...
Tiny, tiny boxes for commenting (which at the moment don't load from oldest to newest) and unless you click a button, only one line of text is viewable on the description. I know "a picture is worth a thousand words" but to really participate and create a sense of community, there needs to be space for conversation and discussion.
Flickr has been my favourite site for the last 5 1/2 years. I've loved that sense of a community and made on-line friends on here that I've now "known" for years. That didn't happen by just uploading and dumping photos. It happened because people were talking about their photos and other members' images. Flickr's new layout is going to make that even more difficult and awkward.
This site is becoming a dumping ground - a storage site for images. That's not what I signed up for - or paid money for. I have little hope Flickr will listen to complaints but wanted to register my dislike for what is being done.
Today marks my first Flickr birthday. It was one year ago today that I joined and uploaded my first images. Photography has become a passion for me and Flickr has certainly helped fuel it. The awesome photographers and terrific people I have met here on Flickr have greatly enriched this hobby. I want to thank all of you, my Flickr friends, for making this such a terrific community.
Many things have changed in my photography and my life this past year. I married my soulmate and we recently learned she will be the mother of my second child in August. My son started at a terrific new school and has become an avid skateboarder. I had the opportunity to take some wonderful trips to places like Alaska, the Redwoods, and nearly every corner of the beautiful Pacific Northwest. I feel that my photography has grown to the point that I at least have a basic idea of how to get the image in my mind onto the sensor. I look back now at my archives and know I could do better today with the same opportunities. I love to learn, so I have hope of growing into an actual photographer in the years ahead. I've even been fortunate enough to license a handful of images for use on the web, all of them from contacts made here on flickr. I've had the pleasure of learning and sharing experiences, ideas, and techniques with some of the very talented people here on Flickr. I learned a great deal from reading, from my photo buddies Todd & Tom, from Redgum's flickr outing, and from Jim Altengarten's class at MHCC. I've also learned by doing thanks to the nearly 40,000 images I've put through my trusty Nikon in the past 15 months!
In the next year I hope to expand my photographic knowledge and enhance my experiences. I will soon attend a photo weekend put on by Rocky Mountain School of Photography, I'm really looking forward to that. I'm trying to put the brake on my itchy shutter finger and take more time to compose better images with fewer exposures. There is a time and place for holding the shutter button until the card is full, but it is also very satisfying to come home from a day of shooting with 40 or 50 images that result in 20 or 30 keepers. I want to continue to learn new techniques and work on making the operation of my equipment second nature. One of my biggest frustrations is to look at a series of images back home and realize that if I had remembered some little feature or tried some other setting while I was in the field they would have been better! I want to work on some areas that I know I can be much better like portraits, macro shots, creative lighting, and color management.
Most of all I look forward to living and documenting my family life. I have an active tweener, a newborn, a new mother, and some very excited extended family! Sounds like plenty of temptation for that shutter finger!
This image is a Mosaic made up of many of the 351 public images I've posted in this first year. Thank you for sharing and enhancing my Flickr experience, I look forward to the next year! (Flickr 1 Year Mosaic Web)
1. p i n c u s h i o n, 2. Leaves and berries papercutting (40cm x 55cm), 3. Crocheted hearts blanket, 4. Bottle Cap Pincushion #317, 5. Colorful Crafting with Jen: SnoBuddy Family from Knitting at KNoon, 6. mary jane stockings, 7. first quilted cushion, 8. petit cross stitch, 9. Detail, 10. Bracelet, 11. Buck, 12. Christmas Fairy Bunny brooch, 13. HOUSE BAG FOR A SWAP, 14. Embroidery details, 15. Itty-bitty quilt, 16. Button for the "o"
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К сожалению, Flickr потерял несколько моих фотографий на своих серверах. На соответствующих страничках было пустое место без возможности заменить фото. Мне пришлось удалить и заново загрузить эти снимки. Разумеется, все комментарии были утрачены.
Unfortunately, the Flickr have lost some of my photos on its servers. Relevant pages were just empy spaces with likes and comments but without images itselves. Furthermore, i even wasn't able to replace images with backup copies. I had to delete old entries and upload them again. Commentaries were deleted as well, of course.
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1. Hello Friend, 2. Tiara ~ Crown Swap, 3. my birdy found a home !!, 4. Vintage Love Vintage Bead Medley, 5. Easter Cupcakes, 6. forget me nots, 7. Vintage childrens story book pin, 8. spring cookies , 9. A field of flowers..., 10. Relax. I Don't Have Anything For You, 11. Spring Inspiration, 12. Vintage Postcard ~ Sweet Flower Girl, 13. Vintage Aqua Cart Wheel, 14. Vintage ribbon, 15. The Dancing Rabbits (Close-up), 16. Birdie Cupcake
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雖然黑山藥已經解釋過，因為什麼原因而選擇進入機構(詳見「漂流三部曲」)，但還是有很多擔心黑山藥無法施展抱負一展長才的朋友，每過一段時間，便會以感嘆地語氣在關心著黑山藥，你怎麼會選擇當ME(Mechanical Engineer)啊。
(我很想回”因為一時鬼迷心竅”，但我著實真的找不到那令我鬼迷心竅的原因…)
一直以來黑山藥都是這樣猜測著：對美感一向不太敏銳的機構部處長來說，在看過黑山藥濃豔色彩充斥的作品集後，還會挑選黑山藥為機構工程師的原因，應該是因為這件作品始使然吧。
(想當然爾，接下來便是進入黑山藥的回憶時間…)←真是太老梗了…
(最可怕的是，黑山藥已經有老到開始回憶過去的年紀般的心態了…)
大一基礎設計課程上，X教授(只是代號為X，不代表是具有讀心特異功能的那位X教授…)為了訓練大夥兒的幾合變化，要求同學們用珍珠板等材質，將一簡單幾合拆解後，做可以變成哪些動物的發想。
所以本堂課儼然成了「開心農場」與「快樂水族箱」的大本營，一些像七巧板拼湊而成的抽象動物，讓大家那天馬行空的欲望得以恣意發揮。
只有黑山藥相當做作地，搬出了這麼個龐然大物。
那個時候變形金剛並不如現在男女皆瘋迷地那麼流行，僅是我們這些野男孩幼時愛在那”咻~咻~咻”或”轟~哄~嚨”一個人自導自演，伴隨著童年孤單成長的玩意兒。
黑山藥小時才不管獎狀貼滿牆上可以讓爸媽如何笑不攏嘴，只在乎月考400分可以買怎樣等級的機器人，得了六百分可以換到怎樣大型的變形組合玩具。
哪怕是下大雨的一早，玩具店還半掩著鐵門尚在其內整理店面時，也要拉著老媽凌波舞般地下腰進入選購。
五獅組合(又名聖戰士)，六神合體(又名雷霆王)，或者一台車可以變成一個機器人，再組合成更大機器人等的變形金剛，一直是黑山藥百玩不膩的首選。
這份作業的呈現，黑山藥是徹底於回饋老媽過去撒給百貨公司收銀機眾多蔣公(那時還沒有”小朋友”鈔票)上有著最佳表現。
黑山藥選擇了簡單的五角形，透過一層又一層的平版堆疊特性，將方格紙上繪製的細長剖面線條實體化，轉譯在白色穩涼板(類似較厚的珍珠板或EK-Form)上；給予簡單的軌道與壓克力條固定用的卡楯後，再鋪上以酷紅為基底的卡典西德，意圖彰顯卡洛斯的帥氣。
是的，黑山藥還替他命名為「Carlos龍」。畢竟這也算是黑山藥所生的眾多兒子之一呗。
從五角形不失一點空間運用地，大方伸展成一長翅的暴龍，黑山藥在那時便理所當然地贏得了「最有閒的模型王子」稱號。
最有閒的意思是，大家都把時間拿去玩到沒空做作業，只有黑山藥成天窩在工作室做模型；可以為了一張圖，一個基礎練習作業，花上十幾個小時來完成。還不包含失敗重做的時間。
雖然享樂的時間變少了，但當時有著做模型的藉口，真可以替我們這些小男同志，擋掉不少如血氣方剛的直男老愛玩”外交聯誼”等等的不願意，也算是一大安慰。
(結果研究所時，從外系考進來的一位女同學在上課的第一天，就擋在黑山藥面前大喊：「黑山藥，我是曾抽中你的大一學伴。為什麼你一次活動也沒有出現!!」頗有王寶釧苦守寒窯十八年，受盡委屈前來索命的姿態。)
透過這件作品(瞧，黑山藥繞了那麼久，還是可以回到主題喔)，黑山藥被處長相中破例將ID背景的社會新鮮人納入機構部的團隊中，過著每天對結構強度材質應用板金耐撞性等生硬般，相當「MAN」的生活。
(話說步上黑山藥後塵的學弟卻在臨近公司的ME辦公室內，為可以看到眾多帥氣熟男而樂得天天加班咧…)
「…因此本次在請調ID一職的機會上，黑山藥是相當有意願的…」
「…日後就請各位先進前輩多多照顧了…」
附上簽名檔，然後押上日期，按上「傳送(S)」。黑山藥悄悄地將請調ID一職的信件向上呈遞。
環顧了週遭相處近三年的同事，和一旁透光度十足夏熱冬涼的大片落地窗，黑山藥多少還是有些不捨的。
(OS1: 啊能不能調職都還不確定，是在那感傷個什麼鬼啊…= = )
(OS2: 原來整篇是要說黑山藥準備離開ME部門轉戰ID了…黑山藥如老太婆裹腳布般的功力愈來愈強了…XD )
【材質/ 穩涼板‧壓克力條‧卡典西德‧錫箔紙‧PVC銀色模型用膠片‧手揉紙‧塞路珞；五邊形/ 39X18X10CM；展開/ 37X77X38CM】
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Finally a new Fickr-account, after having been away for almost 2 years.
Feels good to be back and hope to upload some nice shots soon.
just decorated the wall at my desk with my favourite photos from fellow flickrites. i look from these pics to my own on the wall to my left and it makes me want to do better.
UP TO eight residential tower blocks once owned by Wirral Council are to be closed.
New owners Wirral Partnership Homes says bringing the towers up to standard, coupled with low occupancy rates, means they are no longer viable.
The blocks earmarked for the axe over the next one to three years are Melrose, Sandbourne, Thornridge (all Moreton), Flambards (Woodchurch) and Thorsway (Rock Ferry).
Five high rise blocks are to be refurbished: Sunningdale (Moreton), Liscard House (Liscard), Brackendale (Woodchurch) and The Towers (Tranmere) with Knowsley Court (Rock Ferry) and Neston Gardens (Birkenhead) being subject to minor remedial work and further review.
Council's cabinet member for housing, Cllr GD, said that times have changed and the desire for high rise living has dwindled.
"Some of these blocks used to have long waiting lists for tenants. Now they can hardly fill them," he said.
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I lost a lot of friends with the last lot of changes, they left Flickr for other sites............I don't want to lose anymore tried the beta and changed back when it first was introduced, I hated it and changed back