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Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi de Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò, or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed il Principe della risata ("the Prince of laughter"), was an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, dramatist, poet, singer and lyricist. He was commonly referred to as one of the most popular Italian performers of all time. He is best known for his funny and sometimes cynical character as a comedian in theatre and then in many successful films shot from the 1940s to the 1960s, but he also worked with many iconic Italian film directors in dramatic/poetic roles.
While he first gained his popularity as a comic actor, his dramatic roles, poetry, and songs are all deemed to be outstanding; in 2007, writer and philosopher Umberto Eco commented on the importance of Totò in Italian culture, saying that "in this globalized world where it seems that everyone sees the same movies and eats the same food, there are still unbridgeable divisions between cultures. How can two peoples ever come to understand each other when one of them is ignorant of Totò?"
In 1946, when the Consulta Araldica—the body that advised the Kingdom of Italy on matters of nobility—ceased operations, the Tribunal of Naples recognized his numerous titles, so his complete name was changed from Antonio Clemente to Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Ducas Komnenos Gagliardi de Curtis of Byzantium, His Imperial Highness, Palatine Count, Knight of the Holy Roman Empire, Exarch of Ravenna, Duke of Macedonia and Illyria, Prince of Constantinople, Cilicia, Thessaly, Pontus, Moldavia, Dardania, Peloponnesus, Count of Cyprus and Epirus, Count and Duke of Drivasto and Durazzo. For someone born and raised in one of the poorest Neapolitan neighbourhoods, this must have been quite an achievement, but in claiming the titles (at the time they had become meaningless) the comedian also mocked them for their intrinsic worthlessness. In fact, when he was not using his stage name Totò, he mostly referred to himself simply as Antonio de Curtis.
Mario Monicelli, who directed some of the most appreciated of Totò's movies, described his artistic value, saying: "With Totò, we got it all wrong. He was a genius, not just a grandiose actor. And we constrained him, reduced him, forced him into a common human being, and thus clipped his wings."
The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the United States. It is located in the Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park. Its colors match the rainbow dispersion of white light by an optical prism: red, orange, yellow, green, and blue. The deep blue color of the water in the center of the pool results from the intrinsic blue color of water. The effect is strongest in the center of the spring, because of its sterility and depth. The multicolored layers get their hues from different species of thermophile (heat-loving) bacteria living in the progressively cooler water around the spring. The Grand Prismatic Spring is 160 feet deep with the diameter of 370 feet and the temperature in the center is 70 °C (160 °F).
If you see it in large, you can see people walking on the boardwalk around the Grand Prismatic Spring, Excelsior Geyser and Turquoise Pool.
Many thanks to all those who view, fav or comment my pictures. I very much appreciate it.
Explored 14th Oct 2017.
Going back now to the days of film. Back in 2001, I had a contract to shoot a book for the writer Candace Savage. Her book, Prairie: A Natural History, won the 2004 Saskatchewan Book Of the Year award. This image wasn't selected, nor did it make the cut for my own book, Wild Prairie, published in 2005. Admittedly, it's stronger cropped square; in those days we had to submit slides, and cropping options could easily be missed by both the photographer and a busy designer wading through hundreds or even thousands of images for a publishing project. By scanning the image and then cropping it square, I cut out some distracting detail at the top that weakened the image.
Those two book projects were an eye-opener for me, because I was required to visit areas I might never have seen, and quickly became aware of the subtle beauty of the remaining North American prairie ecosystems. Sand hill prairie, oak savannah, tall-grass, rough fescue - the many types of prairie are highly variable and exceptionally rich in flora and fauna where they haven't been plowed under and converted to monoculture (wheat, corn, soybeans, canola).
Agribusiness feeds people, undeniably, but it also reduces biodiversity. A balance has to be achieved, and for the most part this was overlooked in the last hundred years or more while the land was tilled and the open range fenced off: prairies are the most altered ecosystems in North America. In some places the transformation - you could also call it destruction - has been complete. Only 0.1% of original tall-grass prairie remains in Iowa. Other states and provinces have fared a little better, but in general the intrinsic value of wild prairie has been under-appreciated.
We need wild places. They spark the imagination; they remind us of our origins. I think the nature and wildlife photographers on Flickr know that wild nature is not something "out there", but rather, the stuff of life - primal and true - embedded in the core of our being, and something we cannot allow ourselves to lose.
Photographed in the last light of the evening at Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas; scanned from the original Fujichrome Velvia (ISO 50) slide. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2001 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
O percurso pedestre entre o Santuário da Nossa Senhora da Peneda e a Lagoa da Meadinha, no Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês, revela uma paisagem de marcante geomorfologia granítica. A erosão milenar moldou as rochas em característicos "caos de blocos", dominando a paisagem e conferindo-lhe um aspeto singular. A vegetação de altitude, composta essencialmente por urzes e tojos, demonstra uma notável adaptação aos solos ácidos e às condições climáticas adversas da serra. Este trilho, integrado num ecossistema classificado pela UNESCO, oferece uma imersão na natureza e na geologia da região, permitindo aos visitantes experienciar a transição entre diferentes pisos bioclimáticos. Além da beleza natural, o percurso testemunha a interação histórica entre o Homem e o território, visível em caminhos ancestrais e na espiritualidade intrínseca ao Santuário, proporcionando uma experiência de ligação profunda com a natureza e a cultura local.
The walking trail between the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Peneda and Lagoa da Meadinha, in the Peneda-Gerês National Park, reveals a landscape of striking granite geomorphology. Millennia of erosion have shaped the rocks into characteristic “chaos of blocks,” dominating the landscape and giving it a unique appearance. The high-altitude vegetation, consisting mainly of heather and gorse, shows remarkable adaptation to the acidic soils and adverse climatic conditions of the mountains. This trail, part of an ecosystem classified by UNESCO, offers an immersion in the nature and geology of the region, allowing visitors to experience the transition between different bioclimatic zones. In addition to its natural beauty, the route bears witness to the historical interaction between man and the land, visible in ancient paths and in the spirituality intrinsic to the Sanctuary, providing an experience of deep connection with nature and local culture.
At the start of the second Intifadah, Israel effectively divorced itself from the Palestinian Territories (although the two are, unfortunately for both parties, intrinsically linked economically).
The immediate affect was the sudden disappearance of the entire low-skilled workforce, as most builders/street-cleaners etc had been Arabs from Gaza and the West Bank. Entire portions of the economy ground to a halt.
An immediate solution was needed, which lead to hundreds of thousands of laborours from Asia, mostly Thailand, but also Laos, Cambodia, the Phillipines and China flooding into the country. Originally unsanctioned, after a series of deportations and clamp-downs, a system of quotas and visas was initiated...
But not soon enough to avoid an interesting phenomena. Many of the illegals procreated. Unofficially living in the country, they had families, meaning young children born in Israel, educated in its schools, speaking Hebrew, but in political no-man's land.
Like these children, leaving the local primary school on Friday morning - the start of the weekend.
Leica MP-3, Fuji Velvia 50, Summicron
The Herdwick sheep are such an intrinsic part of the English Lake District landscape. I think every scene needs a Herdy :-)
The Sun Voyager is a sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason located by Sæbraut along the sea in the centre of Reykjavík, Iceland. "…A dreamboat, an ode to the sun. Intrinsically, it contains within itself the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom." (Wiki)
Today, one of the greatest threats to evangelical preaching comes from the invasion of the church by Adler-Maslow, etc., self-image, self-worth dogmas. Passage after passage in the Bible has been distorted in order to conform to these teachings, with the result that you end up preaching man and his supposed worth rather than Christ. Sometimes that “worth” has been seen as intrinsic, sometimes it has been considered to be the result of salvation. - Jay Adams
I have wanted to do a window image for some time and came up with this for the holidays. Best viewed at the largest size.
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Sometimes you post a picture you really like. Sometimes you post something you think the other flickrites might like. And sometimes you post a photo you hopefully don't dislike but anyway is going to be there for some different reasons, as it is the case this time.
The main reason I am posting it verges more on a matter of giving a balance to my photostream, rather than in the intrinsic value of the photo (which anyway I like).
I have nothing to say about someone's photostream reporting always the same subject. It's their choice, and if I like the subject I am probably going to enjoy it. But this being my photostream, as I keep posting I have decided that one characteristic it must have is variety. Variety of subjects, locations, colour and non colour, urban or nature and what else can come to mind.
I don't and I won't have some sort of planogram to which to adhere. I just follow my instinct and sometimes even forget to follow my rather loose rules (it happened recently).
After all it's just a matter of having fun, and trying to achieve some sort of balance in the selection of the photos, almost adding a sublevel, a thread to the photostream, it's just an added bit of fun.
Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Petrus, Latin: Ecclesia Cathedralis Sanctorum Petri, English: High Cathedral of Saint Peter) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day, currently the tallest twin-spired church at 157 m (515 ft) tall.
Construction of Cologne Cathedral commenced in 1248 and was halted in 1473, leaving it unfinished. Work restarted in the 19th century and was completed, to the original plan, in 1880.
The cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires. The towers for its two huge spires give the cathedral the largest façade of any church in the world. The choir has the largest height to width ratio, 3.6:1, of any medieval church.
Cologne's medieval builders had planned a grand structure to house the reliquary of the Three Kings and fit its role as a place of worship for the Holy Roman Emperor. Despite having been left incomplete during the medieval period, Cologne Cathedral eventually became unified as "a masterpiece of exceptional intrinsic value" and "a powerful testimony to the strength and persistence of Christian belief in medieval and modern Europe"
人生在於感悟，生活在於領悟
One of the many elderly seen visiting the Hungry Ghosts Festival. Most of them are spending time at the grounds chatting up with old pals, telling stories about the good old days.
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The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, or Yu Lan is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh month (14th in southern China).
In Chinese tradition, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month (鬼月), in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm.
Distinct from both the Qingming Festival (in spring) and Chung Yeung Festival (in autumn) in which living descendants pay homage to their deceased ancestors, on Ghost Day, the deceased are believed to visit the living.
On the fifteenth day the realms of Heaven and Hell and the realm of the living are open and both Taoists and Buddhists would perform rituals to transmute and absolve the sufferings of the deceased. Intrinsic to the Ghost Month is ancestor worship, where traditionally the filial piety of descendants extends to their ancestors even after their deaths.
Activities during the month would include preparing ritualistic food offerings, burning incense, and burning joss paper, a papier-mâché form of material items such as clothes, gold and other fine goods for the visiting spirits of the ancestors
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Follow my rediscovery of the Hungry Ghosts "Yu Lan" Festival here:
七月盂蘭 Mid Summer Ghost Story
For my past visits to the Hungry Ghosts "Yu Lan" Festival here:
Hungry Ghosts "Yu Lan" Festival
More Chinese Temples images here:
Caves & Temples
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Bands: Slaves (not pictured), Oral Fistfuck, Amagortis
Venue: Bad Bonn
City: Düdingen
Country: Switzerland
Date: 19.06.2010
Photographer: \\\ stemutz LIVE PHOTO
Website: www.stemutz.ch
Everything has Beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Confucius
or "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder" and that is only good for those of us that are not blind. Beauty, for me, is not an intrinsic quality of an object that I find beautiful, but in my reaction to that object. With out this subjective appraisal of the object, that is in a state of nonrecognition, it remains simply matter, form and color.
What makes me feel that dewdrops on a blade of grass beautiful, I really can't really say but I am glad they do!
HMM
Taoist in origin, and fused with some indigenous elements, Dongjing Yinyue was introduced to the Naxi from the central plains during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and today it is the most well-preserved musical form in China. In addition to its intrinsic stateliness, purity, and elegance, Dongjing music incorporated the local musical elements and styles.
“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to it the sharp contour and meaning of art.” ~ Freya Stark
Gásadalur, Faroe Islands.
Colorized and painted from a black and white photo of a man dated between 1915 and 1920.
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Alle prossime Elezioni Europee io voterò Alleanza Verdi Sinistra.
"Il nostro approccio è profondamente radicato in una visione antispecista, che riconosce la dignità e il valore intrinseco di ogni forma di vita."
"Eliminare gradualmente i sussidi all’agricoltura industriale e alle monocolture, nonché agli allevamenti intensivi, partendo dalla riduzione del numero di animali allevati e dall’introduzione di una farming tax."
verdisinistra.it/programma-elezioni-europee-8-e-9-giugno-...
In the next European Elections I will vote for the Green Left Alliance.
"Our approach is deeply rooted in an anti-speciesist vision, which recognizes the dignity and intrinsic value of all forms of life."
"Gradually eliminate subsidies for industrial agriculture and monocultures, as well as intensive farming, starting from the reduction of the number of animals raised and the introduction of a farming tax."
Old black and white photo that I colorized and painted. Reminds me of my grandma working in the kitchen.
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I came across a black and white photo of Norman Rockwell the other day and since he's one of my favorite artists I thought I would pay tribute to him by colorizing the photo and painting it in his style......hope he wouldn't mind.
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Southwild Pantanal Lodge
The Pantanal
Brazil
South America
Formerly widespread in gallery forest or woodland, now the most numerous in the Pantanal. Elsewhere is very rare or absent. They are the longest macaw length. Flocks can be as large as 40-50 birds. Many landowners offer protection to these birds helping to stabilize the population.
All 18 species of macaws are threatened. The primary causes are habitat loss and heavy exploitation for the pet trade. The hyacinth macaw is especially vulnerable to capture and habitat destruction because it is noisy, intrinsically fearless, predictable, and dependent on palm trees.
Hyacinth macaws brought $5,000 to $10,000 each in the pet trade as of 1988. This high price fosters a dangerous level of poaching and smuggling. Data and anecdotal evidence suggest that as many as 10,000 Hyacinth macaws were taken from the wild during the 1980s.
The United States is the largest market for the exotic pet trade. In the last decade, 8.5 million birds, at least 85 percent of birds captured in the wild, were imported or smuggled into the United States. Even when the export of birds is controlled, the domestic bird trade often is not regulated. Millions of tropical birds, including parrots and macaws, are captured for local sale with about 50 percent of hyacinth macaws trapped in Brazil were bought by Brazilians rather than being sold overseas.
The hyacinth macaw’s habitat has been lost to hydroelectric power development; vast tracts of their former riverside habitat have been flooded by dam building. Habitat modification through human encroachment and conversion to cattle ranching also are significant threats. – Wikipedia
From Wikipedia:
Originally called Eagles Nest Point, the lighthouse was constructed in 1891. For 27 years, three lighthouse keepers worked at this remote location, ensuring the light was operating well and communicating with ships via a number of code systems. The lighthouse still has its original construction with a wonderful staircase and timber fittings. The lantern still operates having had more than three different light sources over its history. The tower was converted to automatic operation in 1919, using acetylene gas to provide the illumination. It was upgraded to electric operation in 1972. The keepers' cottages and stables form an intrinsic part of the lighthouse precinct.
The original British-made Chance Brothers first order Fresnel lens is still in use. However, the factory near Birmingham, England, where the lens was built, was bombed during war-time and the essential formula for making the unique lens crystal was lost, should a replacement ever be needed. The fixed-light lantern still lights the way for thousands of vessels using a combination of lighting colors. Under standard Australian lighthouse convention, red filters would usually be placed to the extreme left and right of the beam (indicating "danger zones" for a passing ship, in-line with the jagged coastline). For reasons unknown, the Split Point Lighthouse operated for a number of years under the opposite system; although this has now been corrected. The Split Point lighthouse is 34 metres tall and stands 66 metres above sea level.
Colorized and digitally painted from a black and white photo......
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it's been a while since my last visit, lack of motivation and a dead computer are part of the reason.
But I'm here now, and back with a shot from my Iceland Trip back in February. This is the Sun Voyager located by Sæbraut, by the sea in the centre of Reykjavík, Iceland.
Sun Voyager (Icelandic: Sólfar) is sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason (1931 - 1989). Sun Voyager is a dreamboat, an ode to the sun. Intrinsically, it contains within itself the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom.
I was going add more, but i'll leave it at that, seem apt for such times.
I found this tiny yellow moth on my carpet and almost trod on it. They often collect in my porch during the evening (attracted by the light) and I guess it flew in when I opened the door.
Moths are declining in the UK. Studies have found the overall number of moths has decreased by 28% since 1968.
The situation is particularly bad in southern Britain, where moth numbers are down by 40%. Many individual species have declined dramatically in recent decades and over 60 became extinct in the 20th century. Sadly, among the species which have declined are many beautiful moths which were previously very common and frequently seen in our gardens.
Moths and their caterpillars are important food items for many other species, including amphibians, small mammals, bats and many bird species. Moth caterpillars are especially important for feeding young chicks, including those of most familiar garden birds such as the Blue Tit and Great Tit, Robin, Wren and Blackbird. A serious decline in moth numbers could have disastrous knock-on effects for all these wildlife species.
Already, research has indicated that a decrease in the abundance of bats over farmland is related to the decline in the moths that they depend on. Cuckoos may also have been affected. They specialise in eating hairy caterpillars, which most other birds avoid, and it has been suggested that the drop in our Cuckoo population may be linked to the decline in moth caterpillars like those of the Garden Tiger.
Although many people overlook them, moths are numerous and widespread, with over 2,500 species in Britain living in a wide range of habitats. They are a major part of our biodiversity and play vital roles in the ecosystem, affecting many other types of wildlife.
Both adult moths and their caterpillars are food for a wide variety of wildlife, including other insects, spiders, frogs, toads, lizards, shrews, hedgehogs, bats and birds. Night-flying adult moths form a major part of the diet of bats. Many birds eat both adult moths and their caterpillars, but the caterpillars are especially important for feeding the young. Some of Britain's favourite garden birds rely on caterpillars to rear their nestlings, with our blue tit chicks alone needing an estimated 35 billion a year!
There are many reasons why butterflies and moths are important, both in their own right but also as quality of life indicators. The following are the main reasons for conserving butterflies and moths in the UK and around the world.
Butterflies and moths are intrinsically valuable and are worthy of conservation in their own right.
Butterflies and moths are part of Life on Earth and an important component of its rich biodiversity.
They have been around for at least 50 million years and probably first evolved some 150 million years ago.
Butterflies and moths are a highly diverse group comprising over 250,000 species and make up around one quarter of all named species.
People like butterflies.
There are many references to butterflies and moths in literature, from the Bible through Shakespeare to modern day literature, and from poetry to musical lyrics.
Thousands of people travel abroad each year looking for butterflies and moths. Eco-tours bring valuable income to many European countries and developing countries around the world (e.g. the valley of the butterflies in Rhodes and the Monarch roost in Mexico).
Every butterfly and moth has developed its own suite of chemicals to deter predators and parasites, find a mate, and overcome the chemical defences of its host plant. Each of these chemicals has a potential value and could be exploited economically.
(Source: Butterflyconservation.org)
Highfort Court is one of many Intrinsic and Unusual Buildings built in 1937 and designed by the Architect Ernest George Trobridge
Kingsbury, North West London. England. U.K.
The Principles Of Change - Intrinsic Spiritual Recognition by Daniel Arrhakis (2018)
With the music : Overcome by James Paget
youtu.be/n8WBwM6FXWk?list=RD9bOq8BA-0kM
The Contemplative Recognition of our own existence as universal spiritual beings. The awareness of ourselves beyond the physical body, the timeless soul that illuminates matter and animated it with movement and transformation.
The awareness of the Intrinsic Spiritual Being that goes far beyond our own and unites all living beings in an equilibrium that is renewed and transformed in a timeless and universal way.
The consciousness of ourselves as spiritual beings is the beginning of an individual path of transformation and acquisition of knowledge to respond to our existential doubts and recognition of our role in the Universe.
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O Reconhecimento contemplativo da nossa própria existência como seres espirituais universais. A consciência de nós próprios para além do corpo físico, a alma intemporal que ilumina a matéria e que a anima de movimento e transformação.
A consciencialização do Ser Espiritual Intrínseco que vai muito para além de nós próprios e que une todos os seres vivos num equilíbrio que se renova e se transforma de forma intemporal e universal.
A consciência de nós próprios como seres espirituais é o inicio de um caminho individual de transformação e aquisição de conhecimento para responder às nossas duvidas existenciais e reconhecimento do nosso papel no Universo.
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A wonderful final of the week dear friends, thank you for your visit, kind comments and support, returning better but very late with you all ! So sorry once more !
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A igreja de Saint-Eustache é uma das mais belas e visitadas de Paris. Situada no 1º arrondissement, perto do antigo mercado de Les Halles e da rua Montorgueil, ela combina estilos arquitetónicos diferentes: a sua estrutura é gótica flamejante, enquanto a sua decoração interior e outros detalhes são renascentistas e clássicos.
The church of Saint-Eustache is one of the most beautiful and visited in Paris. Located in the 1st arrondissement, near the old market of Les Halles and the Montorgueil street, it combines different architectural styles: its structure is flamboyant Gothic, while its interior decoration and other details are Renaissance and classical.
The Anomaly hides in the vastness of deep space
The vastness of deep space hides the Anomaly. It is akin to "finding a needle in an impossibly vast, cosmic haystack" due to its elusive nature and location. The Anomaly, an enigma of immense proportions, is concealed within the unfathomable depths of deep space. Its elusive nature and precise location render it comparable to "finding a needle in an impossibly vast, cosmic haystack." This metaphorical comparison highlights the extreme difficulty, if not the near impossibility, of pinpointing its whereabouts amidst the vast expanse of the cosmos. Pirates, military personnel, and explorers have long grappled with the challenge of deciphering and penetrating this profound mystery, which continues to defy conventional understanding and observation. The very existence of the Anomaly challenges current astrophysical models, suggesting the presence of phenomena or structures that lie far beyond our current comprehension. Its hidden state implies either an intrinsic property of its being, a defence mechanism, or perhaps a natural consequence of its unique composition and interactions with the fabric of spacetime. The desire to enter the Anomaly remains a driving force for interstellar exploration, which promises revelations that could fundamentally alter humanity's perception of the universe.
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Alle prossime Elezioni Europee voterò Alleanza Verdi Sinistra.
"Il nostro approccio è profondamente radicato in una visione antispecista, che riconosce la dignità e il valore intrinseco di ogni forma di vita."
"Eliminare gradualmente i sussidi all’agricoltura industriale e alle monocolture, nonché agli allevamenti intensivi, partendo dalla riduzione del numero di animali allevati e dall’introduzione di una farming tax."
Bisogna fermare la distruzione del pianeta, il suo sovrasfruttamento a beneficio di pochi.
verdisinistra.it/programma-elezioni-europee-8-e-9-giugno-...
In the next European Elections I will vote for the Green Left Alliance.
"Our approach is deeply rooted in an anti-speciesist vision, which recognizes the dignity and intrinsic value of all forms of life."
"Gradually eliminate subsidies for industrial agriculture and monocultures, as well as intensive farming, starting from the reduction of the number of animals raised and the introduction of a farming tax."
We must stop the destruction of the planet, its overexploitation for the benefit of the few.
Tale: Unveiling the True Meaning of Beauty and The Importance of Looking Beyond Our Emotions
☑️ Embracing Provable and Testable Beauty
☑️ Relying on Evidence and Facts
Various types, distinct scores, differing levels and values exist for those who perceive the significant contrasts between images and facts.
They understand the big difference between people with genuinely beautiful hearts and those who merely project an attractive image, genuinely good people and those who merely want to appear good, as well as between true goodness and the strong desire to be perceived as good.
That's why thousands beautiful attitudes and words, thousands lines of impressive and touching words are just thousandsss of lies that cannot be truly valued and admired even a half-word.
And this is why appealing manners and eloquent words, innumerable lines of deeply moving expressions, 24/7 of flattery and hundreds messages of good attitudes per day for years are nothing more than countless deceptions that hold no value in terms of goodness and no value to upgrade the D/s situtation to be meaningful relationship.
A real value should be based on the honorable deeds accomplished, not on the extravagant tales recounted. It should focus on the positive 'actions' performed for 'others' rather than the positive 'intension and vision' for self-serving habits that designed to secure personal advantages.
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True Goodness should center on how we contribute to others' well-being rather than deeds done solely for personal gain. Thus, don't be astonished that even after years of shared D/s experiences, nothing holds more value or genuine significance beyond the thrilling passionate connections.
This explains why some dominant-submissive connections should remain as situational associations without progressing to more committed meaningful relationships since true relationships require a foundation of intrinsic worth and untainted goodness for optimum efficacy.
The true measure of goodness should be based on the positive impact one has on others, rather than on self-serving actions geared towards personal gain.
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Tale: Seeds
Inspired by D/s relation
For her, to choose which D/s situationships to upgrade to a relationship is like selecting the right seed. Just as we cannot predict what the tree will look like by merely examining the seed, we cannot be sure of what the future holds after committing to a person we trust. Sometimes, we cannot solely rely on the label of the seed to determine if it's the right one for us. It may require extra effort to confirm that it's the authentic seed of the tree we desire. In essence, selecting the right seed and choosing the right person to be in a relationship with require a similar approach. It's essential to examine the situation carefully and put in the necessary work to determine if it's the right seed for us.
Genuine quality resembles a good seed, and it's essential to be certain of its identity. She would never intentionally choose an incorrect seed, dedicating time and energy to nurturing it with care and attention, only to be dumbfounded later, when it turns out the tree isn't what she expected after years of nurturing.
In this scenario, imagine believing you have a seed of a lovely tree, but after a year of watering, it's revealed to be an unattractive and other type of tree instead.
In some wrong cases, she must decide whether to let the wrong tree grow after nurturing it with her efforts, kindness, and time or cut it down. She must weigh the options carefully and consider the future implications of her decision.
If someone believes that just because she had invested a lot of time and effort into a certain pursuit, she should continue down that path even if it is not the right one, they may be mistaken.
The truth is, if something is not the right fit or is simply the wrong tree, it doesn't matter how much dedication and love has been poured into it - it must be cut down.
Continuing to pour resources into a misguided endeavor will only lead to further disappointment and frustration in the long run. It can be difficult to let go of something that we have invested so much of ourselves into, but sometimes the best thing we can do is to accept that it's time to move on and redirect our energies towards a more promising path.
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Land in Hopkins county was first patented in the period of the Texas Republic, and with the creation of the county on May 25, 1846, the town of Tarrant became the county seat. In 1871, following several boundary charges in which the county lost a portion of its area to Lamar County, the county seat was moved to Sulphur Springs. By 1882, two courthouses had been built in Hopkins County. The third one, erected in 1882 was destroyed on February 11, 1894 by a fire that also burned the jail and several adjacent structures.
On March 24, 1894, the County Commissioners' Court selected J. Riely Gordon of San Antonio as the architect for the new courthouse. The Dallas firm of Sonnafield and Emmins was awarded the contract for construction.
In 1895, Austin architect A.O. Watson was hired to inspect the work. He admired the structure, praising it as a "very neat clean design, conventionally arranged and substantial in its general construction," but suggested additional bracing to strengthen the stonework.
The building was accepted on August 22, 1895, at a final cost of $75,000. A clock for the tower was petitioned for by some citizens, but the County Commissioners refused to provide funds for it.
San Antonio architect J. Riely Gordon was noted for the design of a number of Central Texas courthouses such as the Bexar County Courthouse in San Antonio, the Fayette County Courthouse in LaGrange and the Victoria County Courthouse in Victoria, in which he developed a distinctive Romanesque Revival idiom characterized by use of towers, turrets and similar elements in broken massing, as well as by the use of poly-chromatic ashlar masonry. In a departure from the traditional cross-axial plan, Gordon developed a cruciform layout of a central space surrounded by a gallery and then by adjoining rooms. Convenient to all of the rooms, the stairway was placed in a central position. Access was effected at the re-entrant angles of the resulting Greek cross-plan. The Hopkins County Courthouse, while similar in plan to Gordon's other efforts is sited differently from the traditional layout of Texas courthouses. Located across the street from the main square rather than squarely in the middle, as was usual, it lacks the normal quadrilateral symmetry of entrances, substituting a modified plan with entries on the northwest and southwest.
The broken massing of Gordon's cruciform pattern was readily accommodated by the stylistic vocabulary of the Romanesque Revival. Walls were ashlar masonry in pink granite. Walls and steps were of polished blue granite. Completing the vivid poly-chromatic treatment, voussiors, lintels and strip courses were of red sandstone. A band of stones of contrasting hue, set in a checkerboard pattern forms a border at the roof line. The dominant architectural feature is a hip-roofed central tower set off by ornamental turrets and dormers which break up the roof line. And in the center of the north and south facades below small balconies, are delightful carvings including designs and faces. Heavily carved cartouches, bear the date of construction.
The Hopkins County Courthouse, as described above and with the other buildings of J. Riely Gordon, is a bold and vigorous statement of seats of government. Its overall state of preservation and intrinsic interest as a departure from the standard courthouse layout would appear to mandate its conservation and eventual listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on April 11, 1977. All of the information above was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration and can be viewed here:
catalog.archives.gov/id/40972609
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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The artwork is called GOAVVE-GEABBIL by MÁRET ÁNNE SARA
The following information is quoted directly from the Tate Modern website: "Máret Ánne Sara is a Sámi artist from a reindeer herding family in Sápmi. Her multisensory installation Goavve-Geabbil responds to the history of Tate Modern’s site — a former oil and coal power station — inviting us to view energy not as a resource to be exploited, but as a sacred life-force rooted in ancestral knowledge and interconnection.
Reindeer herding is a cornerstone of Sámi culture, shaping the relationship between people, lands and animals. It recognises the interdependence and intrinsic value of all living beings. Sara combines hides, bones and wood derived from reindeer herding practices with industrial materials, sound and scent, to reflect on the destruction of ecosystems, and the erosion of Sámi culture due to mining and energy developments in Sápmi.
Goavve-Geabbil stands as a living monument, with Sara calling on us to remember that ‘nature is not an endless resource to exploit. If we expect to receive from it, to sustain life for all beings, we must also ensure its health and ability to regenerate’. Through this work Sara upholds Sámi science and philosophy as progressive, powerful and vital to shaping the future of our shared world.
Goavve-Geabbil marks the tenth in a series of commissions in partnership with Hyundai Motor, transforming the Turbine Hall over the last decade."
The hair looks great, but on its own? Not enough. It's that hint of a smile that kept this photo from deletion, from oblivion!
She got into the whole act, laughed when I wanted her to laugh, smiled when I was trying to get her to smile.
When I asked her to punch me, she became giddy and awkward, exactly what I was looking for.
She understood the performance I was looking for, though I saw it as authenticity...but really, I wanted the signifiers of authenticity, that the photos would then capture and reflect back to the audience. My performance (for this one probably kooky and energetic) generated her performance (light and breezy) that would then be viewed not as performance at all, but a glimpse at the real her (who I had only met that day and did not know at all).
I wasn't aware of it at the time, but now I see performance as so intrinsic to the art of portrait photography, it's staggering. Because performance is so intrinsic to people, to how we move through a world filled with other people.
Maybe all this time I've been capturing performances...
I didn't take the original photo ....but I did remove three hikers from the bridge and then painted it.Original photo can be see here: thesoulshines.wordpress.com/2011/11/ Best viewed at the largest size.
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Dreich. That’s the only word that could ever describe the steel, bitter, relentless, driving rain that pelts off the upright windshield of our Land Rover, as we weave our way along the coastal path that leads to the most westerly point on the British Mainland.
The week has been remarkably sunny and dare I say warm, at our base in Strontian, located at the most easterly point of Loch Sunart, separating the Morvern wilds from the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. We walked in the hills around Strontian one day, then drove over those wilds of Morvern to Lochaline to catch the ferry over to Fishnish another; the Isle of Mull is equally as beautiful and suited for meandering around, taking in the ambience.
Today though we make haste, for our allotted slot at 10:30am at the Ardnamurchan distillery has been shifted earlier to allow my guide enough time to show me around the place before he attends to some rather important duties. I’m chaperoned to the distillery by my father-in-law of last year's electrical lighting fame, affording me the courtesy of any potential drams that may be bestowed upon my eager face. He also loves his Land Rover, so any chance to stretch her legs is reason enough for him.
We’re soon slingshotting around Salen and onwards to Glenbeg, where the road seems to deteriorate further in both width and surface quality - we must work hard for these spoils. A bright white-painted cask end appears indicating there’s one mile left to go before we alight in the stony car park of the Ardnamurchan distillery and visitor centre. We mention it not - this isn’t the first time either of us have been here.
My in-laws visited this place in 2014 just after the distillery opened, enjoying a tour around the only warehouse on site - Warehouse 1 - where the grand sum of four casks had been laid down. A lot has changed since then. I visited in 2022 and in the time since my tour almost a year ago to the day, I too have changed a lot.
I’m nervous. Not because whisky tours make me nervous or because I’m worried I won’t like the whisky, but because I’m hoping to meet the people I’d spent so many months tagging in my Instagram posts and chatting over messages and emails. I guess my nervousness is a poor attempt to mask my desperation that they like me, that I don’t embarrass myself or make them realise I’m a giant fraud.
Last year at this time, the team had assembled at the distillery to blend the 2022 Paul Launois release and I’d been too shy to say hello. It turns out this year they’re doing the exact same thing. Today, in fact.
It’s no secret I'm devoted to the Ardnamurchan way - in fact it’s become a bit of fun for those wanting to tease me about my abject obsession with this place. I’ve spent many hours postulating why the Ardnamurchan distillery resonates so deeply with me, as a person and as a whisky exciter, and over the course of three hours, first in Warehouse 1 then up into the hills, nothing happens to change that. In fact, if you can believe it, my devotion has widened.
We started in the dark, cool climes of Warehouse 1. If you’ve never smelled a whisky warehouse then it's hard to convey the utterly absorbing aroma that greets you upon entry, arriving in waves through your red-hot olfactory machine. It’s easy to spill over into the saccharine romanticism when thinking and speaking about alcohol inside casks plopped inside a building (and oh boy do I fall foul constantly), but it’s undeniably a rather unique place to be. No-one gushes about the alluring aromas of an Amazon warehouse, do they? The difference being that whisky matures inside leaky wooden vessels, and that porosity allows alcohol vapours to find their way into the air circulating around the breezy warehouse and colours the environment with fabulous scents - Angels’ Share is what they call it.
But it’s more than smell - it’s touch and sight too. Casks and their condition are intrinsically linked to the quality and style of maturation and we get to see those variances as we walk along the warehouse. From rough to smooth, bright and clean to looking like a potato that you’ve just dug out the ground; the variety of casks, aesthetically, is quite amazing. If we are so inclined, we can touch the casks, feel their texture and knock on their wooden walls. Sometimes we get to stick our noses inside. There happened to be a cask waiting to get filled, and sniffing through the bung hole the diorama of scents unleashed into my frontal cortex was overwhelming. I managed to blurt out caramel, cherry and vanilla, but in truth it was a million things all at once and making sense of it was impossible - I only wish I could bottle that scent or turn it into a candle.
There’s a tasting element to a warehouse too, and today I was extremely fortunate to be accompanied by 3/5ths of the blending team, who were only too happy to see what was occurring in the warehouse. Drinking whisky decanted, through syphoning via a giant copper straw-like valinch, splashing all over the place before finally finding its way into a glass, surrounded by all this sensory overload is peak whisky for me. The liquid is really cold and viscous. It takes a moment for it to warm up enough in my hand to begin releasing aromas and flavours, but when it does, the mouthfeel, smell, sight and sound of it all is unbeatable. It’s untouched, unfiltered.
It’s been suggested I might soon get to a point where Ardnamurchan stops offering enough to keep my attention, and I’ll start to drift and dabble. Having now tried a number of remarkable whiskies maturing in the cask, from a variety of different cask types, styles, ages and sizes, I have to say I can’t see that happening anytime soon. I kneel down, lower my arms and prepare for the hiss of the blade - perhaps I’m blinkered and naive, or perhaps there’s nothing more to it than simple resonance.
Hmmm. Did you get all that? His words (Dramface) not mine. Landrover, knobbly tyres, type
I have always loved those horse drawn hearses .....thought I'd put that together with a surreal background. Best viewed at the largest size.
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And it wasn't just the Plane that titled; quite a bit I may add 😨 - especially on the way back and I must admit the poor Spanish lad sat next to me was a star and glad the rewards in heaven that he'd get for his kindness wasn't applied there and then 😁
I must also admit I'm a bit tilted too ❤ (and not just due to the hypermobility 😜)
So on the face the fears malarky even though sans support ..........I needed to do one of the things I've always wanted to but never have ....... and get on a blinking plane again (it's been 30 years 🙈 and accompanied with a mind that likes detail and thinks about things with a dash of minimal risk to ones self - bit contradictory when it will allow wild camps in the middle of nowhere, that's normally stable on the ground though isn't it 😁)
It may come as no surprise that Snowdonia is all I have eyes for, I'd even want the meat suit scattered there when the time comes - it's that intrinsic to me ❤
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But I have French lineage and never explored further south where my maternal side were until the late 1800s,
It always appealed in that easy safe slow mediterranean way, there's so much history in the areas that though not Welsh there's still Knights Castles, Je suis tres desole - chateaux's 😁Sacred wells, and legends aplenty .......and just so happens my beloved mountains and sea both together, topped off with a beautiful average of 35 degrees - I actually went out with out a coat!!
The geology was so Snowdonia too.....at times I couldn't get over how very similar the geology was.....A port with an Orme like rock, the colours were so familiar it was just so very much bigger and hotter!! I can't wait to read up on it all, I well reckon that West Wales and South France were joined at one state and time of the tectonic Plates.
I'm still in shock over the airports, can you imagine me nervous and as with the majority of us on the spectrum petrified of making a mistake or not being understood 🙈 and I'm not that good at hiding my nerves, and what sane, logical person wouldn't be a bit shaky at being all the way up there with nothing but metal and air between them and that lovely solid stable ground and I'm accident prone enough on that so ?? And of course I've got my kit, so trying to explain and me being me🙈
To be fair my last flight was as I mentioned 30 years ago - Turkey and Turbulence and Machine guns.....and I have watched Midnight Express ......but My kit and me weren't detained at any point.....goodness what I looked like explaining it all - Massive shout out to Sean Security Manchester for gentle equipment handling and taking me to a quiet place to recover from the ordeal ❤
I didn't die of nerves or any other event ( I am glad I didn't know Ryanair 'crashed' into a fence a day or two previous!! )
And the pay off - well for me, 3 days just being me, mountains, coast, warmth, french patisseries, magical sunrises, climbing as high and as far as I could, yes I was lonely at times and scared and it would be lovely to share it all but there's not many as tilted as me 😜 Whereas Hero got spoilt rotten by Uncle Dave next door......
But now I know the area it's got to be with Hero puppy passported up and a camper - though truthfully if a cheap flight comes up he's getting spoilt by uncle Dave.
For all the brave scared but f it anyway titled souls out there
" Fading Beauty "
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Thank you most kindly for stopping by to view my work.
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My best regards to you.... Martin
There will always be a path to lead you in the right direction.
Canyon De Chelly, Chinle
“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to it the sharp contour and meaning of art.” – Freya Stark
Well, not for this guy ....looks like he rolls his own. Shot in Santa Monica, California. Best viewed at the largest size.
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Sun Voyager (Sólfar) is sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason. Sun Voyager is a dreamboat, an ode to the sun. Intrinsically, it contains within itself the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom. The sculpture is located by Sæbraut, by the sea in the centre of Reykjavík, Iceland.
Looks best on black.
The fountains of Peterhof are one of Russia's most famous tourist attractions, drawing millions of visitors every year. Fountains were intrinsic to Peter the Great's original plans for Peterhof - it was the impossibility of engineering sufficiently powerful jets of water that prompted him to move his attentions from the Strelna site to Peterhof - and subsequent generations competed with their predecessors to add grander and ever more ingenious water features to the parkland surrounding the Grand Palace.
"Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious,timid, or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is." ~ Henry Miller
Special thanks to encounter - Laura and hibbary for the textures.