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Lawrence D. Pryce invited me to take part in his Body Language challenge. You can read all about it here:
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So, here is my contribution.
Thank you for the chance, and I can say I learned three things: first, shadows always were and still are damn hard to do in SL, second, I should have chosen a different image, and last, my av is the reincarnation of George Michael :P
The word porth in the Cornish language means port and elvan is the Celtic Saint who came to these shores in the 5th century along with many others to preach the Christian faith. St Elvan was about one and a half miles from Porthleven on the road to Sithney and there is still an area to the north of Porthlevan called St Elvan.
As a village, Porthleven was not important in the Middle Ages. There was no harbour there and the River Cober was navigable as far as Helston. Porthleven was bisected by the parish boundaries of Breage and Sithney, and the modern parish - formed in 1846 - took land from both.
It is rare to find a Cornish harbour which faces southwest, directly into the prevailing winds, and Porthleven's development as a port was always hampered by its orientation. Doubtless, Porthleven would have remained a small fishing inlet to this day had there not been an overriding need, in the early nineteenth century, for a harbour of refuge along this forbidding lee shore to which ships could run in times of distress.
The workforce used in the construction of the harbour included many prisoners from the Napoleonic wars. The main work was completed in 1825 and a large drifter fleet was soon engaged in the mackerel and pilchard fisheries. It was opened in August of the same year with a feast of roast beef and plum pudding for the whole village.
Major improvements were carried out in the 1850s, after the port was taken over by Harvey & Co. of Hayle, and the handsome, massively-built harbour that we see today dates from this time. Porthleven port was expanded in the last century to export tin ore. The long curved harbour wall is in three sections, and the inner harbour was designed to be sealed off in a gale.
The harbour imported coal, limestone and timber, and exported tin, copper and china clay. The Porthleven boatbuilding industry became a major employer at this time building clippers, schooners and yachts. Two Porthleven built trawlers still work from Brixham but the last boat was launched in the late 1970's.
Text source: porthleven4u.co.uk/porthleven-history/
Namtso is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet and significant for Tibetan Buddhists. Kora is a Tibetan word that means "circumambulation" or "revolution". Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and a type of meditative practice in the Tibetan Buddhism. Thus, Namtso Kora means pilgrimage walk around the Lake Namtso.
Namtso literally means heavenly lake in Tibetan language. Located around 240km northwest of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, it takes four hours’ driving from Lhasa. Extending 70 km from east to west and 30 km from south to north, the lake covers an area of 1,920 sq km and has an altitude of 4748 m above sea level. It is biggest lake in Tibet and the second biggest salt lake in China as well as one of the highest lakes in the world. The water in the lake is crystally clear and blue. The blue sky joins the surface of the lake in the distance, creating an integrated, scenic vista.
In every Tibetan year of sheep, thousands of Tibetan Buddhism believers will come here to worship this sacred lake. As a rule, they will walk clockwise along the Namtso Lake in order to receive the blessing of the gods.
There are several fine Tibet treks around the lake. The shortest one is roughly 4 kilometers and takes less than one hour. It starts from the accommodation area to a hermit’s cave hidden behind a large spinter of rock. The kora continues to a rocky promontory of cairns and prayer flags. At the promontory, pilgrims undertake a ritural washing in the lake. And then the trail continues past several caves and a prostration point where there are two rock towers looking like two hands. Pilgrims squeeze into the deep slices of the nearby cliff face as a means of sin detection or drink water dripping from cave roofs, even swallow holy dirt.
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#58 - Language of Flowers
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In the Royal Palace of Madrid, some street lamps ("farolas" in Spanish language) with symbolic decoration have been restored.
Here you can see one of them, in the Plaza de la Armería, where you can see several crowns, a fleur-de-lis and some pine cones.
The fleur-de-lis is a symbol that takes us back to ancient times with the mythical King Solomon and the no less mythical Queen of Sheba.
It is considered a symbol of royalty, found on the coats of arms of several royal dynasties, such as the Bourbon dynasty, which continues to rule in Spain and others.
The fleur-de-lis is part of the coat of arms of several cities, such as Paris, Darmstadt, Elda, Lincoln (UK) or Wiesbaden.
In some cases it is also considered a religious symbol, representing the Virgin Mary and the religious military order of Santiago. And it is part of the coats of arms of the families of several Popes.
It is also considered an alchemical and Masonic symbol.
It even appears in some mafia (mob) organizations: it was adopted by the Hachel Mafia, known as the Virgin Escribana, as an emblem in the 17th century.
In Germany, more specifically in the municipality of Hachelbich, their meetings were held.
Any person not affiliated with the Hachel Mafia who tried to stop them from achieving their goals ended up brutally murdered.
Their victims were recognized by a brand made with a hot iron with the symbol of the fleur-de-lis. (Source: Wikipedia)
UNA FAROLA REAL, 2024
En el Palacio Real de Madrid se han restaurado varias farolas con decoración simbólica.
Aquí se puede ver una de ellas, en plena Plaza de la Armería en la que se pueden ver varias coronas, una flor de lis y algunas piñas.
La flor de lis es un símbolo que nos lleva a tiempos ancestrales con el mítico rey Salomón y la no menos mítica reina de Saba.
Se considera un símbolo de realeza, que se encuentra en los escudos de varias dinastías reales, como la dinastía borbónica, que sigue gobernando en España y otras.
La flor de lis forma parte del escudo de varias ciudades, como París, Darmstadt, Elda, Lincoln (UK) or Wiesbaden.
En algunos casos también se considera un símbolo religioso, que representa a la Virgen María y a la orden religioso militar de Santiago. Y forma parte de los escudos de las familias de varios Papas.
También se considera un símbolo alquímico y masónico.
Incluso aparece en algunas organizaciones mafiosas: fue adoptado por la Mafia Hachel, conocida como la Virgen Escribana, como emblema en el siglo XVII.
En Alemania, más específicamente en el municipio de Hachelbich, se realizaban sus reuniones.
Cualquier persona ajena a la Mafia Hachel que intentase detener el cumplimiento de sus objetivos terminaba brutalmente asesinada.
Sus víctimas eran reconocidas mediante una marca hecha con hierro candente con el símbolo de la flor de lis. (Fuente: Wikipedia)
Engraved by insects on my juniper tree, the uncertain message is a wooden petroglyph. Like any language, with study, one day I will know its meaning.
Enlarge to see more detail.
Is mathematics the language of the universe?
I find it neat that many plants (haha, but not all!) follow a mathematical rule called the "Golden Ratio" when they grow. Using this ratio (and a numbering sequence attributed to Fibonacci but known in India for hundreds of years before), each petal is able to get the maximum amount of sunlight it possibly can. Next time you see a sunflower, take a close look - its growth pattern can be described using mathematics!
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Orchid Island (Yami language: Ponso no Tao or Pongso no Tao; traditional Chinese: 蘭嶼; pinyin: Lán Yǔ; POJ: Lân-sū) is a 45-km² volcanic island off the southeastern coast of Taiwan island and separated from the Batanes of the Philippines by the Bashi Channel of the Luzon Strait. It is governed as Lanyu Township of Taitung County, Republic of China (Taiwan). The island is home to the Tao, an ethnic minority group who migrated to the island from the Batan Archipelago 800 years ago. The island is known to them as Ponso no Tao or Pongso no Tawo (island of the people) or Irala. The island is also known as Botel Tobago.
Old photo of the shore of Orchid Island, near Taiwan published in a Japanese government publication, ca. 1931.The island was first mapped on Japanese charts as Tabako-shima in the early 17th century and Tabaco Xima on a French map of 1654. The Chinese who had no contact with the inhabitants of the island, called it Hongtouyu (紅頭嶼 Red-headed island), from which it was called Kōtō-sho during Japanese rule of Taiwan. The Japanese government declared the island an ethnological research area off-limits to the public. This restriction remained in effect when the Republic of China took over in 1945, but was lifted in 1967. It was because of the restriction that the Tao have the best preserved traditions among the Taiwanese aborigines. Since then, schools were built on the island and education in Mandarin became compulsory. Tourism to the island has also increased. The island is known by the Ami as Buturu and by the Puyuma as Botol.
蘭嶼為台東蘭嶼鄉 是台灣最大的高山離島，亦為當中唯一有人島。環島一週約37公里，若騎乘機車悠閒行進，約90分鐘可環繞全島。[1]
蘭嶼最早的名稱是達悟語：「Ponso no Tao」意思是「人之島」，漢人以台湾话音譯紅頭嶼（闽南话教会罗马字：Âng-thâu-sū）或紅豆嶼（教会罗马字：Âng-tāu-sū）。於1947年因島上盛產蝴蝶蘭而改名。島民全數由菲律賓巴丹島移民至此 有數千年的歷史。
蘭嶼的島上原住民族達悟族舊稱為“雅美族”。島上原住民製作拼版舟，並在春夏季節出海補飛魚，亦稱為“飛魚季”。有“飛魚的故鄉”之稱。島上居民全數為達悟族人，與南方菲律賓巴丹島的原住民語言能溝通。又稱原民島。 雅美族人是台灣原住民中唯一的海洋民族，也是不獵人頭的民族 。
This lovely woman is Chrystal, who has tried to teach me American Sign Language (sadly Canadians use American sign) for the last two semesters. She is a lovely, bright and funny woman. When she was a little girl, the doctors told her parents she was retarded because of her inability to speak. I'd say perhaps they were the ones with the problem. Turns out she was only operating with 15 % of her hearing. Since then, she has lost it all. She uses a cochlear implant to hear and is fluent in sign as well as an excellent lip reader.
Tonight I write my final exam for Level 2. I've been reviewing so long I'm getting cross-eyed, or cross-fingered more accurately. The end of this class means I get a certificate. Yee haw!
Back to work.
Outfit: {Le'La} Kosem Outfit (LaraX)
Hair: TRUTH Collective Luscious / - Brunette
Backdrop: SYNNERGY// Tokyo Loft [DAY] 360 Backdrop
Photos taken at Sunny's Studio
Some say its the Language of Prayer,
some say its the Language between Lovers,
other means its the Language of the Spirit himself.
i know there are People here on Flickr who speaks that
Language (because sometimes there are talking with me)
Its the most beautyfull Language i know.
photography,processing,filter,texture,structure,composing,
digital painting.
The Texture is by Miss Tota.
Dedicated to esanatha and her current exhibition "The language of lines"
Everyone who hasn't done 'til now: its a must ! Go and make your round !
Thank you @esanatha that you made legs world-famous !
Now your leg has a chance too ;-)
Encounter, part 2. This is the same cinnamon Black Bear seen in yesterday's post. Its body language is very different. It takes a worried bear to give me a look like that. Interesting comparison, I think.
After I'd been working with it alone for 15 minutes or so and this bear had accepted me as non-threatening, along came a couple of tourists in their car. There was a slight bend in the road behind me, where my car was, about 50 feet away and slightly to the right. Instead of pulling up directly behind me, they stopped 75 feet short, triangulating the bear. Behind the bear was a mountain wall.
Its stress level went straight up. Ears back, fear in its eyes. I began talking to it in a soft voice and slowly backing up, trying not to trip over roots and branches, while it considered possible options. And all ended well, as I was able to give it a clear escape path, which it took.
Then I walked over and had a little talk with the tourists. I was calm. You can't teach people by yelling at them. I told them they had created a dangerous situation for me, and why: "You effectively surrounded the bear, and that put me at risk."
Of course, I knew from the start this might happen. I had my own escape route in mind all along. After a few minutes with this bear, I was pretty sure we could read each other and no one would get his nose out of joint. But tourists always increase the danger level, because "reading" wildlife is a foreign concept to them and they unwittingly do dumb things. I'd much rather photograph bears in the back country.
Photographed in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2012 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
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So I finally got around to doing an image of my own character from the coronation of King Saefiraen event.
Ilirra, Little Tree's scathach fae True Form, all gussied up. Little Tree is of course played by myself, Cedar Ashland, and is a roleplay character at Convergence: The Lost City.
visible items worn:
hair: nani // cora hair_(fit) // variety
head piece: *LODE* Head Accessory - Olivia [ice]
face accessories: {Limerence} Mermaid facegems
dress: >glYph< Aurora Dress Iceblue *Maitreya Lara*
shoulder pieces: ERSCH - Crystalls Gacha Body Crystalls 10
misc. accessories: .aisling. Diane Style 3 - Fitted [Size 2]
pose: SLC SS Pose Coastline Point3 (13m) by Body Language Sweet Lovely Cute
Mount Merapi, Gunung Merapi in Indonesian language, is a conical volcano located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. Its name means Mountain of Fire. It is very close to the city of Yogyakarta, and thousands of people live on the flanks of the volcano.
Although smoke can be seen emerging from the mountain top at least 300 days a year, several eruptions have caused fatalities. Hot gas from a large explosion killed 43 people in 1994, mostly in the town of Muntilan, west of the volcano. Another large eruption occurred in 2006, shortly before the Yogyakarta earthquake. In light of the hazards that Merapi poses to populated areas, it has been designated as one of the Decade Volcanoes.
In April 2006, increased seismicity at more regular intervals and a detected bulge in the volcano's cone indicated that fresh eruptions were imminent. Authorities put the volcano's neighboring villages on high alert and local residents prepared for a likely evacuation. On April 19 smoke from the crater reached a height of 400 metres, compared to 75 metres the previous day. On April 23, after nine surface tremors and some 156 multifaced quakes signalled movements of magma, some 600 elderly and infant residents of the slopes were evacuated.
By early May, active lava flows had begun. On May 11, with lava flow beginning to be constant, some 17,000 people were ordered to be evacuated from the area and on May 13, Indonesian authorities raised the alert status to the highest level, ordering the immediate evacuation of all residents on the mountain. Many villagers defied the dangers posed by the volcano and returned to their villages, fearing that their livestock and crops would be vulnerable to theft. Activity calmed by the middle of May.
On May 27, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck roughly 30 miles southwest of Merapi, killing at least 5,000 and leaving at least 200,000 people homeless in the Yogyakarta region, heightening fears that Merapi will blow The quake did not appear to be a long-period oscillation, a seismic disturbance class that is increasingly associated with major volcanic eruptions. A further 11,000 villagers were evacuated on June 6 as lava and superheated clouds of gas poured repeatedly down its upper slopes. The pyroclastic flows are known locally as wedhus gembel (Javanese for shaggy goat).
A macro view of a metal ruler showing millimeters and 32nds of an inch.
Technical info:
The scene was illuminated by two LED light panels placed at 4- and 7-o'clock.
Lens: reverse-mounted Nikon EL - Nikkor 50mm f2.8 attached to bellows extended to 75mm.
到个時揭个旗無根就無旗
從來盲識有過真正個自家根
在海風強烈吹來吹去島嶼
畀外來文化連根掘挖
移上移下
根 尋唔到地下水脈
釘唔下自家真正根
祖公傳下一句話
到時就揭旗
「母語文字化」
就係恩兜客家根
「我寫我口」
就係全地球流動地下水脈
October = LISTOPAD in the Croatian language means 'the month of falling leaves'
[LIST: 'leaf' + PAD: 'fall' = LISTOPAD: 'leaf-fall'].
The month of October was also called LISTOPAD in the old Macedonian (Листопад)
as well as old Bulgarian (Листопад). The month's name LISTOPAD exists or existed
in several other Slavic languages: Polish (Listopad), Czech (Listopad), old Slovenian (Listopad), Ukrainian (Листопад), and Byelarusian (Листопад). However in the latter
five languages the term LISTOPAD refers to the month of November. This is probably
due to differences in climate.
On the other hand, October is called "VINOTOK" [VINO: 'wine' + TOK: 'flow' = "the wine flowing month"] in the archaic Slovenian language, "ZHOVTEN" [ZHOVTIY: 'yellow' color = month when leaves turn yellow] in Ukrainian (Жовтень), and "KASTRYCHNIK" [KOSTER: 'bonfire' = month when leaves turn colour of fire] in Byelarusian (Кастрычнiк). These two languages call October the "mud month" - Finnish (Lokakuu) and Carelian (Ligakuu).
Thank you for inviting me to this challenge :)
I enjoyed shooting. yes purely.
I chose "Option C" And a little imagination
#Pryce Body Language Challenge
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In my country we call this tree platana, on English language it is platanus, I use word platana in my Croatian language because of rhyme in my title so it sounds better I think ;D. Platanus tree remind me of childhood, I think platanus have interesting seeds (small balls). I made this photo in city Šibenik with my Italian friend Luigi. You can check his gallery here
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platana (latinski platanus < grčki πλάτανος, prema πλατύς: širok) (Platanus), rod pretežno listopadnoga krupnog drveća iz porodice platana (Platanaceae). Obuhvaća 6 ili 7 vrsta raširenih od jugoist. Europe do Indije i na području Sjeverne Amerike. Kora debla je svijetla, maslinastosiva, ljušti se u ovećim i tankim ljuskama. Lišće je naizmjenično jednostavno, veliko, dlanasto-ražnjasto. Plodovi su sitni, obrnuto čunjasti, suhi, pri osnovi dlakavi. Istočna platana (Platanus orientalis) drvo je iz područja ist. Sredozemlja i susjednih krajeva sr. Azije i Indije. Stablo je visoko do 40 m, lišće je dugo i široko 10 do 20 cm s 5 do 7 oštrih režnjeva. Platana raste vrlo brzo, obično se obnavlja iz panjeva i širi se plodovima koje raznosi vjetar. Vrlo je cijenjena vrsta šumskoga drveća zbog brza rasta, obilne sjene i ljepote. U SAD-u je raširena američka platana (P. occidentalis). Stablo doseže visinu od 35 m, grane su uspravne, lišće ima pliće režnjeve. Otpornija je na zimu od istočne platane, pa se može uzgajati i sjevernije. U Europi se rijetko uzgaja kao ukrasno drvo. Nije osjetljiva na ispušne plinove i gradsku prašinu.
www.enciklopedija.hr/natuknica.aspx?id=48628
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Mac knows all the language. Here you can see up right the menu for the language: on my Mac i've setted the italian as the main laguage and all the software is in italian (and in this way i can write in roman letters), but i've setted japanese kanas and kanji too, so i can easily use them and change from italian to kanji just with a simple keyboard combination (⌥+⌘+space). Now i've done an experiment: if i set japanese as the main language, all is related to japanese and all the software so too (pay attention to the upper bar). Here you can see i can choose so many other input system: from the knowest to the most subtle ones.
And a chorus of different names and languages sounded like exploding bombs
acrylic ink on canvas , 40x50cm
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