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The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the Peregrine,[2] and historically as the "Duck Hawk" in North America,[3] is a cosmopolitan bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is a large, crow-sized falcon, with a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache". It can reach speeds over 320 km/h (200 mph) in a dive, making it the fastest animal in the world.[4] As is common with bird-eating raptors, the female is much bigger than the male.[5][6] Experts recognize 17–19 subspecies, which vary in appearance and range; there is disagreement over whether the distinctive Barbary Falcon is a subspecies or a distinct species.
The Peregrine's breeding range includes land regions from the Arctic tundra to the Tropics. It can be found nearly everywhere on Earth, except extreme polar regions, very high mountains, and most tropical rainforests; the only major ice-free landmass from which it is entirely absent is New Zealand. This makes it the world's most widespread bird of prey.[7] Both the English and scientific names of this species mean "wandering falcon", referring to the migratory habits of many northern populations.
While its diet consists almost exclusively of medium-sized birds, the Peregrine will occasionally hunt small mammals, small reptiles or even insects. It reaches sexual maturity at one year, and mates for life. It nests in a scrape, normally on cliff edges or, in recent times, on tall human-made structures.[8] The Peregrine Falcon became an endangered species in many areas due to the use of pesticides, especially DDT. Since the ban on DDT from the beginning of the 1970s onwards, the populations recovered, supported by large scale protection of nesting places and releases to the wild.[9]
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This is another shot of Prospect Bay bathed in early evening sunlight
It seems I had been tagged a week or two back I had originally said I would never participate in the tagging but as I was asked nicely and the person who tagged be apologized after she tagged me I decided to do a list. Ten things most of you don't know about me hmmmmm ! Anyone else tags me I will hunt you down and sing to you for four hours straight and believe I can't carry a tune even in a bucket !!!!!
1: I am a two time cancer survivor, and when I hear of people undergoing chemo it becomes very personal to me whether I know them or not !
2: My best friend, who is also my photography companion, also happens to be my wonderful wife Ann
3: Further to number two we will be renewing our vows on Aug 29th, our anniversary, this Saturday. (I did give her a chance to run, but she refused)
4: I am as avid a fly tier, as I am a photographer, and I do fish with the flies I tie
catch and release only
5: I was a police officer (Military)
6: A car accident ended my Military Career and put me in the hospial for ten months, almost like Evel Knievel have had just about every bone in my body broken. Now everyone knows why I walk funny I really am not drunk !
7: I really enjoy my evening drink of wine or maybe a Brandy or Appleton Estate 21 year Old Rum
8: I am an environmentalist is every sense of the word.
9: I am a blueberry addict, love them however I can get them and I eat them everyday in one way or another
10: Lastly I am an adrenalin junky, have done a bungee jump, sky diving, hang gliding and para gliding, too old for most of this now but plan to do a solo sky dive on my 65th birthday.
Sin importar los consejos de técnicos e ingenieros en materia de transporte, en Marzo del corriente, el Diputado de la Coalición Cívica en la Legislatura porteña y uno de los miembros de la Comisión de Tránsito y Transporte, Sergio Abrevaya intenta transformar en Ley el proyecto por el cual se autoriza al Poder Ejecutivo a prolongar la traza de la Línea A de Subterráneos a partir de la Estación Nazca (denominada actualmente como San Pedrito), hasta la intersección de la Av. Juan Bautista Alberdi con la calle Cosquín, a 7 cuadras de la Av. Gral. Paz.
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Todos conocemos la imperiosa necesidad de extender la red. Pero hay maneras de llevarlo a cabo y sin presupuesto sabemos que las líneas no se extenderán por sí solas o por arte de magia. Ya se sabe que el macrismo decidió no extender la red con la excusa de que el ejecutivo Nacional no le entregó los avales necesarios para llevarlo adelante. También, se sabe que el dinero que debería gastarse para extender la red la utilizó (Macri) en repavimentación y bacheo, priorizando así al automóvil particular y a los colectivos desmereciendo la importancia del subterráneo en una ciudad tan grande y tan compleja como lo es Buenos Aires.
Las buenas intenciones del diputado Abrevaya son bienvenidas para los porteños siempre y cuando se cumpla primero con lo proyectado en la Ley Nº 670 que establece la creación de tres nuevas líneas de subterráneo transversales (la "F", que iría de Constitución a Plaza Italia y luego de Constitución a Barracas; la "G", que iría de Retiro al Cid Campeador y luego hasta Villa del Pque; y la "I", que iría de Pque. Chacabuco a Plaza Italia y luego hasta Barrancas de Belgrano y Ciudad Universitaria. A esto se le suma la terminación total de la línea "H" hacia Retiro, hoy incompleta con sus escasas 5 estaciones que van de Av. Caseros a Plaza Once) que cumplirán un papel importante en la conectividad subterránea porque gracias a ellas, las actuales radiales (A, B, D y E) se verán notablemente aliviadas desalentando de esta manera el uso del automóvil particular y desaturando el flujo de pasajeros en colectivos.
Es así que Abrevaya prefiere saturar la línea A extendiéndola mas allá de los límites establecidos en vez de priorizar y focalizar las energías en la postergada creación de los ramales transversales (F, G, H e I) necesarios para que, en un futuro, podamos extender la mencionada y las demás radiales mas allá de San Pedrito (líneas A y E), Villa Uquiza (línea B) y Congreso de Tucumán (D). Priorizar la extensión de la línea mas antigua de Sudamérica por sobre las demás transversales proyectadas anteriormente sería nefasto si antes no comienzan con lo "cajoneado". Hay un tiempo para todo y apresurarse en materia de subtes no es el camino para lograr el éxito conectivo transversal que le hace falta a Buenos Aires. Otra alternativa sería ejecutar todas las obras (extensiones) en simultáneo pero todos sabemos que raras veces ha sucedido eso, sobre todo en Argentina.
Actualmente, y desde Julio de 2004, andan extendiendo la línea A desde su ex cabecera en Primera Junta hasta San Pedrito. El 22 de Diciembre pasado se inauguró el tramo I que va de Primera Junta a Carabobo. El segundo tramo volverá a fijar su fecha de inauguración cuando el ejecutivo porteño destine mas presupuesto al área donde hace poco (Octubre 2008) comenzaron la construcción de la cochera taller Nazca que irá posterior a la futura terminal de la línea A, San Pedrito; fijado como cabecera definitiva de la línea al Oeste de la Ciudad, en el barrio de Flores.
Similar disparate fue el proyecto presentado por el diputado nacional Norberto Erro, que proponía extender la línea D desde la estación Congreso de Tucumán hasta Puente Saavedra, desconociendo el impacto que tendría la iniciativa.
Ninguna de las actuales líneas, menos la C y la H que son transversales pero de corto trayecto, deben prolongarse mas allá de los límites y estudios técnicos fijados por SBASE (Subterráneos de Buenos Aires S.E.), la empresa estatal del Gobierno de la Ciudad que expande la red.
De todas maneras, no tendrían con que llevarlo a cabo ya que no hay presupuesto ni siquiera para terminar lo que estaba en marcha. Las buenas intenciones se desmoronan cuando un proyecto excede la realidad no resuelta por falta de iniciativa del ejecutivo porteño, o por falta de vocación en la materia. Y todo, pasa por el presupuesto. Sin presupuesto no llegamos a ningún lado muchachos.
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Siguiente texto: Sergio Abrevaya.
PROYECTO DE LEY
Artículo 1º Autorízase al Poder Ejecutivo a prolongar la traza de la Línea A de Subterráneos de Buenos Aires a partir de la Estación Nazca, para que continúe por debajo de las Avdas.: Rivadavia, Olivera y Juan Bautista Alberdi, hasta su intersección con la calle Cosquín, habilitando seis (6) nuevas estaciones en las inmediaciones de las siguientes arterias: Segurola, Carrasco, Olivera, Escalada, Larrazabal y Cosquín.
Artículo 2° Declárase de utilidad pública el subsuelo de los bienes necesarios para la ejecución de la obra indicada en el artículo 1° de la presente Ley, en los términos del artículo 4° de la Ley N° 238.
Artículo 3° Autorízase al Poder Ejecutivo, a través de Subterráneos de Buenos Aires Sociedad del Estado -SBASE-, a efectuar los correspondientes llamados a Licitación Pública para la construcción de las obras de ampliación detalladas en al artículo 1º de la presente Ley, y a efectuar los aportes del valor total de las inversiones para las construcciones antedichas, las que incluyen toda la infraestructura necesaria más el material rodante para garantizar el servicio público.
Artículo 4° El Poder Ejecutivo debe cumplir con lo dispuesto en el artículo 7° de la Ley N° 670, modificada por el artículo 4° de la Ley N° 2.710, en lo que respecta a los informes bimestrales a la Legislatura, en relación a lo determinado por el artículo 1° de la presente Ley.
Articulo 5º Comuníquese, etc.
FUNDAMENTOS
Nos encontramos convencidos de que el servicio de transporte en subterráneo soluciona gran parte de la problemática del tránsito y el transporte que tiene la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
En este marco, la presente iniciativa tiende a mejorar la calidad de vida y de desplazamiento de gran parte de los habitantes del oeste y del sur de nuestra Ciudad, particularmente de los Barrios de Flores, Floresta, Parque Avellaneda y Mataderos.
Es dable destacar, que las grandes ciudades del mundo ya han optado, hace mucho, por desarrollar este medio de transporte que está comprobado que genera eficiencia, conectividad y desarrollo económico. El mismo permite viajar en forma rápida, segura y eficiente.
Consideramos que la extensión de la red de subtes de la Ciudad es la mejor iniciativa para mejorar la problemática del transporte público urbano y es la gran solución para reducir la cantidad de vehículos que transitan por las arterias porteñas diariamente.
En tal sentido, y teniendo en cuenta la postergación crónica en inversiones públicas que padecen algunos sectores de la Ciudad, proponemos la prolongación de la Línea A de Subterráneos de Buenos Aires, a partir de la Estación Nazca, para que continúe por debajo de las Avdas. Rivadavia, Olivera y Jun Bautista Alberdi hasta su intersección con la calle Cosquín, habilitando seis (6) nuevas estaciones en las inmediaciones de las siguientes arterias: Segurola, Carrasco, Olivera, Escalada, Larrazabal y Cosquín.
Por todo lo expuesto solicito la sanción de la presente iniciativa.
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En imagen: Gran andén central de la futura estación San Pedrito de la línea A de subtes. Al fondo, tímpano SudOeste, donde actualmente llega la traza total de esta línea. Próximamente, las máquinas excavadoras avanzarán del otro lado, bajando por la rampa de la calle Azul, en Floresta, en dirección a estos muros demoliéndolos y así enlazar la obra del segundo tramo con las obras complementarias (cochera taller) provenientes de Floresta. Obras que están dentro del límite establecido por Subterráneos de Buenos Aires S.A.
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Its a long time since I was updating ChaSiNg BiKeS set.
and I bet you have not seen that awesome gallery
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please to be viewing big on black. must see the DETAILS!
* am not sure if i'm meant to note that this is my entry in the 64 challenge group
saturday night saw me at my third concert in one year of The Band Who Shall Not Be Named. our seats were off to the side and i was able to capture the near-exact moment that the delicate, rainbow colored, paper butterflies were shot out into the air to float down onto the roaring crowd, during "Love in Japan" it's a brilliant sight and everyone goes mental when they are released.
bonus: the Lead Singer Who Shall Not Be Named is doing his spastic, like-he's-just-been-shot, dance down the runway with his blue jacket flying up behind him.
and still, as i said prior to this:
shhhhhh. for they are my guilty pleasure.
hipsters (and loads of others!) will undoubtedly mock me for lack of "coolness". Coldplay is far too palatable for the mainstream audience to ever have an edge. and being cool and liking bands that are edgy is clearlythe way to go.
so, if you accuse me of liking Coldplay? i will deny it aloud vehemently. maybe.
or perhaps, after this weekend, i think i don't care that much anymore about being "cool". ;)
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But still chilly in early morning&late night, isn't it?
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For our Mammoth Lakes workshop, I scouted this spot for a sunrise shoot. We did not get this far south during the workshop and so I will have to return and get this image at sunrise with alpenglow on the Sierra peaks. I took this image about 10AM and already, the light was pretty flat. However, it is a pretty nice shot despite the flat lighting.
There are some landscape photographers who say 'take a nap during the 'flat light' time of day. I say, 'use the light you have'.
When you are photographing in the mid-morning to late afternoon, you need to find scenes that will yield a good photograph in the flatter light. Look for scenes where there is a lot going on with textures and colors. Here, the deep blue color and the ripples on the river give this image an interesting foreground compositional element. The green reeds with the brown above them and the far river bank lend another compositional element and make the middle-ground interesting. The mountains are not too interesting here because of the lack of shadow detail but together with the sky do give a fairly good background.
S-curves in a river can make a nice addition to the composition of a landscape image. Sometimes, like here, you need more height. One of my photographer friends (James Neeley) has a 40-foot tall tripod and a remote control for the head. That's what I needed here to see more of the S-curve. In this image, I framed it so the river leads the viewer's attention deeper into the scene, to Mt Tom in the background.
Most thunderstorms occur in the late afternoon. By this time of day, the sun is setting. The orange hue is caused by the same process that causes the vivid colors at sunsets. Shorter wavelengths of light (blue) are scattered quickly, leaving only the yellow-orange-red end of the spectrum.
We've been having some storms the past couple of days..This is was the sky looked like this evening from my deck.. looked kinda surreal to me..
drill with LED board. Heaps of fun doing this, just need to run further away from the camera next time. Misjudged the breadth of the spark shower
There is a restaurant in San Diego, California called "Islands" with a beach and surfer theme in its decor, very casual but nice. They serve some really good food, high cholesterol fat-laden "American Food" - but I guess if you only indulge once in a while it won't kill you! This "Big Wave" hamburger was delish!!
INFORMATION ON THE HAMBURGER:
A hamburger (or simply burger) is a sandwich that consists of a cooked patty of ground meat and is generally served with various garnish or condiments like ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, onion, relish, pickles and cheese toppings, placed inside a sliced bun, often baked specially for this purpose, or pieces of bread or toast. The meat patty is beef, unless otherwise noted.
Hamburger also refers to the cooked patty of ground meat by itself. The patty alone is also known as a beefburger, or burger. Adding cheese makes it a cheeseburger. Hamburger is actually a distinct product from ground round and other types of ground meat. However, ground beef of any form is often commonly referred to as "hamburger." A recipe calling for 'hamburger' (the non-countable noun) would require ground beef or beef substitute- not a whole sandwich. The word hamburger comes from Hamburg steak, which originated in the German city of Hamburg. Contrary to what folk etymology might lead one to believe, there is no actual 'ham' in a hamburger.
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the term "hamburger" comes from Hamburg steak, which was first recorded in English in 1884 but was probably used much earlier. A form of pounded beef called "Hamburg Steak" was common in Hamburg in the middle of the 19th century. The recipe was brought to North America by the large numbers of people immigrating from Germany at the time, many of whom passed through the port of Hamburg. There is indirect evidence for its use on an American menu in 1836. The form hamburger steak first appeared in a Washington state newspaper in 1889.
The first recipe close to the current idea of a hamburger, using ground beef mixed with onion and pepper dates from 1902. The Oxford English Dictionary of 1802, on the other hand, defines "Hamburg Steak" simply as cured beef. In a time without refrigerators, when it took weeks to travel from Europe to the USA, cured meat was a standard food for poor US immigrants, who often started from Hamburg (which was and is the biggest German seaport and one of the biggest in the world). In a tween deck, where cooking is nearly impossible, cutting tough cured beef into pieces and putting it between slices of bread may suggest itself.
A cheeseburger is a hamburger with cheese in addition to the meat. In 1924, Lionel Sternberger grilled the first cheeseburger in Pasadena, California. When Sternberger died in 1964, Time magazine noted in its February 7 issue that:
"...at the hungry age of 16, [Sternberger] experimentally dropped a slab of American cheese on a sizzling hamburger while helping out at his father's sandwich shop in Pasadena, thereby inventing the cheeseburger..."
Source: Wikipedia
It’s almost more than a week & I haven’t picked up my camera. Not a single click since Diwali.
**Got this one from My Archives
Dando un paseo por la urbanización que está cerca del campo de golf de la manga, llegamos a un sitio que no había estado en mi vida, y las vistas son extraordinarias, a parte de las vistas, el sentir el aire acariciar tu cara y respirar esa brisa marina no tiene precio, he buscado en el mapa de google para encontrar su ubicación y esta calita esta en dirección la manga Golf oeste- Atamaría (Murcia)
Nota: Si ponéis en el mapa de google, Atamaría , y seguís un camino hasta la costa os lleva al sitio,he puesto la foto en el mapa de Flickr y me ha concretado el lugar y la playa- Playa el Negrete (Murcia)
Cámara: D40
Modo De Exposición: Manual
ISO: 200
Velocidad: 1/125
Focal: 32.0 mm
F/ 16
Objetivo: 18.0-55.0 mm F/ 3.5 -5.6
Procesado: Light room 2
Camera Raw 4.3
Photoshop Cs
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Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Todos los que hemos pasado por la fotografía química añoramos la saturación y colores de los fuji velvia y los kodachrome. Al ser diapositivas, la proyección era impresionante. Las imágenes eran perfectas, los contrastes claros y concisos. En fín, esta foto es un homenaje al carrete que aún seguimos muchos usando.
Por otra parte, Palazuelos es una localidad situada en el norte de la provincia de Guadalajara (Castilla-La Mancha, España) a 7 Km. al noroeste de la ciudad de Sigüenza (a cuyo municipio está adscrita) por la carretera CM-110 (Sigüenza-Atienza). Palazuelos se encuentra integrado en la 10ª Ruta de Don Quijote y en la Ruta del Románico Rural o de la Marca Media.
Según la clasificación jurídica tradicional de las localidades castellanas tiene la calificación de villa, tal y como se puede leer en una inscripción a la entrada del pueblo desde el Este (conocida como “Puerta de la Villa”). Esta calificación quiere decir que Palazuelos poseía concejo municipal y jueces (alcaldes) propios, lo que queda materializado simbólicamente en la existencia del rollo-picota (para ajusticiar a los reos que así fuesen condenados) en la Plaza Mayor.
Palazuelos posee una traza urbanística medieval que se mantiene todavía intramuros del conjunto fortificado del siglo XV, conservado prácticamente en su totalidad. Las medidas de protección con las que ha ido contando fueron recogidas y adaptadas por el decreto 19/2002 de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha con la figura de Bien de Interés Cultural con la categoría de Conjunto Histórico.
La población censada en la actualidad no alcanza el centenar de personas, la mayoría de ellas de edad avanzada. La población activa se dedica mayoritariamente a actividades de agricultura y ganadería
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My Brother in Law has some of the baddest tattoos I've seen. Each tattoo has a personal meaning to his life. This is how he breaks it down:
Palm trees: If you look at the bottom of my veins they are connected to the tree, which means family ( strong roots in family). Also the palm tree is a part of Jesus as he returned to Jerusalem after he rises from the dead ( Palm Sunday) three people greeted him with Palm tree leaves. Trees continue to grow slowly as I too learn to grow as a person.
Tiki is Love and prosperity, one Tiki means strength ( Tiki Ku).
Tribal tats are family ,inner growth and warrior protecting my family.
Ali Bata writing on the tribal tattoo translates to Trust in God.
Japanese tat represents that you are not a follower, you go against the current, you never give up, and are always on the go which means you're goal oriented. The black and gray Koi fish represents fatherhood.
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L'assetto architettonico dell'attuale abitato si manifestò solo nel medioevo quando, alla fine del Trecento, i Visconti edificarono il poderoso castello dal tipico impianto quadrilatero, con fossato, cortile interno e quattro torri angolari.
Il Castello di Sartirana Lomellina nella calda luce di un tramonto primaverileSotto gli Sforza il castello fu assegnato a Cicco Simonetta, potente ministro ducale in seguito accusato di tradimento e decapitato, che avviò importanti opere di trasformazione. Alla redazione del progetto partecipò l'architetto Bartolomeo Fioravanti, il noto architetto militare che di lì a poco venne chiamato a Mosca dallo zar Ivan II per concorrere alla realizzazione delle difese del Cremlino. Il maniero fu interamente sovralzato e la grande torre rotonda, ora simbolo del paese, rafforzata alla base con una struttura poliedrica.
Il castello ospita oggi il Centro Studi della Lomellina, che realizza interessanti eventi culturali, e la Fondazione Sartirana Arte con le sue collezioni di argenti contemporanei, gioielli d'artista, grafica d'arte, oggetti di cultura contadina, e importanti mostre con rilievo internazionale.
Nel caratteristico abitato sorto attorno al castello sono degni di nota alcuni interessanti edifici come la parrocchiale dedicata all'Assunta (XV secolo) e la chiesa barocca di San Rocco (adiacente al castello), un palazzetto visconteo con belle finestre e decorazioni in cotto ed il camposanto dall'aspetto neo-gotico.
Cultura [modifica]
Jose V. Blanco, the folk muralist whose richly colorful and celebratory works of the Tagalog pastorale have been likened to another Angono muralist, the late National Artist Carlos "Botong" Francisco
Born on March 19, 1932, Blanco belonged to a fishing family who thrived on the rich resources of the Laguna de Bay.
But although a folk artist, Blanco was academically trained. He entered the School of Fine Arts of the University of Santo Tomas in 1951. Its faculty included the top firebrand modernists of Philippine art history -- National Artists Victorio Edades, Vicente Manansala and Francisco, as well as Galo Ocampo, Antonio Llamas, Galo Ocampo and Diosdado Lorenzo.
Blanco never abandoned his roots. Even while he was studying, he was still regularly doing his fishing rounds in order to earn enough money for his tuition.
Graduating in 1955 and winning the best thesis award of his batch, Blanco worked for several years as an advertising director.
In 1971, Blanco abandoned advertising in order to paint full-time. It was also the year he held his first one-man show at the Manila Hilton.
Almost instantly, Blanco became known for his murals of Angono life. The Rockefeller Foundation of New York obtained his "Pag-ahon ng Pagoda," a depiction of the fluvial parade in connection with the San Clemente fiesta, in the 1970's.
Art critic Allice Guillermo called Blanco's style "folk realism." Notable is the graphic perspicacity of the work as well as the lushness of its earthy colors.
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La ameba Nebela dejó su mensaje escrito en su frasco de cristal desde el que durante largo tiempo sintió la luz del sol, como una caricia suave, filtrada a través de cada una de las teselas de su cascarón. Palpó también a través de su puerta estecha el mundo líquido con sus manos de lava tímida. Buscó refugio en ella en los días de calor, y durmió, quizá, entre los reflejos de arcoíris que se colaron por su vidriera. También a través de su puerta amplia amó y abrazó, y hoy, en su cascarón vacío ha quedado su mensaje naúfrago, el de la hermosa historia de su vida de joya errante y sumergida.
Nebela penardiana se ha echado a dormir para siempre, dejando la esencia de su paso bajo el agua en su cascarón de pepitas de cuarzo vivo;
protegió su cuerpo dentro de esta casa de luz que está fuertemente comprimida y que imita en sus contornos a esa gota que fue de vida cuidada en un cascarón de doble capa, sobre el que como un joyero sembró de pepitas de cuarzo transparente que ella misma fabricó como gotas de cristal.
La cápsula que encierra el cuerpo de Nebela suele ser ligeramente ocre o amarillenta, comprimida lateralmente y presenta pequeños poros laterales difíciles de observar. El cuello tras el que se encuentra la apertura de su casa - que puede ser lineal, ligeramente o fuertemente curvada - es muy corto, apenas está marcado y su borde está rodeado por un collar de materia orgánica.
El caparazón y casa de esta ameba puede estar conformada por dos capas, una interna constituida por un cemento orgánico y la más externa donde se adhieren partículas minerales, restos de diatomeas o placas de sílice fabricadas por ella misma, como ocurre en la Nebela de hoy.
El caso es que para que pueda tener esta capa exterior fabricada con placas, necesita alimentarse de otras amebas que también tengan caparazón y que hoy, en su interior, la pequeña Trinema ha quedado como testigo. Si no lo tienen y se alimenta solo de amebas desnudas, su cuerpo estará también semidesnudo y únicamente protegido por la capa más interna de cemento traslúcido.
Cuando camina por los fondos Nebela desparrama sus brazos en el agua abriéndose en ella y abrazándola como gruesas raíces móviles que se funden y desaparecen para volver a surgir en mil formas diferentes.
Hoy Nebela penardiana dejó su mensaje en el alma de su cascarón hermoso, dentro del que vive sobre los sedimentos y entre las algas y la vegetación acuática de los Llanos del Juncal sobre el precioso bosque de niebla de Alcornoques que mira hacia otro continente y se abre hacia el mar sin fronteras. Las fotografías tomadas con las técnicas de contraste de fase y de interferencia a 400 aumentos procede de una muestra recogida el junto a Lechu, Elena y Cristina, el 24 de febrero de 2018 entre Algerciras y Tarifa.
Torà, Lleida (Spain).
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The town of Torà is located at the foot of the mountain range of the Aguda, between the Llobregós river and the watercourse of Llanera. The Llobregós goes from east to the west, forming a spit that stretches slightly perpendicular in the northern limit of the Segarra, with landscaping, topographic, geologic and gastronomical characteristics different from the rest of the region.
Throughout the line that forms this river, during 10th century, it existed the border between the Christian counties and the Islamic world. To the north, the Christians; to the south, the Saracens. Also it distinguishes clearly two landscapes; in the part of above, forests and isolated country houses; in the part of down, where it is based most of the present population, it extend the smooth cerealistic undulations of the Segarra.
The town of Torà is the most important and dynamic locality of these contours fruit of its industrial growth, thing that has not made him lose the aspect eminently agriculturist and cattle farmer of typical town of the Segarra. Torà has its origin at medieval time, the narrow alleys of the old district, places setting of porches, quiet and calm, they are a clear testimony.
The old Jewish quarter of Torà is located in what is now Carrer Nou, in the very centre of the old part of the village. Access to this area is through two portals. One is located in the Plaça de l’Església and the Portal Nou provides entry from the Plaça del Pati. This area is surrounded by small squares, narrow streets and very steep alleys that help recreate the atmosphere of the medieval village.
Close by, we find the old bakery, which now houses the bread museum. The first businesses of Torà were established in its Jewish quarter We know this from the entrances to some of the houses that still maintain the specific typology of the medieval Jewish shops, with the entrance on the left and the counter on the right of the facade for serving clients from inside the shop.
The lintels of many houses also serve as valuable material witnesses to the presence of the Jewish population. Some houses still bear the engraved symbol of Christ with the date and name of the owner. According to some historians, this identified Jews who had converted to Christianity.
A number of wealthy families lived in the Jewish quarter of the village, including the Baron of Morrocurt, and the Mujal and Aldabó families. The donations of the latter served to set up the wheat shop or “poor people’s shop” and the village Hospital.
Sources: www.lleidatur.com/ing/culturajueva.html
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La villa de Torà se encuentra situada al pie de la sierra de la Aguda, entre el río Llobregós y la riera de Llanera. El Llobregós va de este a oeste, formando una lonja que se estira ligeramente perpendicular en el límite septentrional de la Segarra, con unos rasgos paisajísticos, topográficos, geológicos y gastronómicos diferentes del resto de la comarca.
A lo largo de la línea que forma este río, durante el siglo X, existía la frontera entre los condados cristianos y el mundo islámico. Al norte, los cristianos; al sur, los sarracenos. También distingue claramente dos paisajes; en la parte de arriba, bosques y masías aisladas; en la parte de abajo, donde se asienta la mayoría de la población actual, se extienden las suaves ondulaciones cerealísticas de la Segarra.
La villa de Torà es la localidad más importante y dinámica de estos contornos fruto de su crecimiento industrial, cosa que no le ha hecho perder el aspecto eminentemente agrícola y ganadero de típica villa de la Segarra. Torà tiene su origen en época medieval, los callejones estrechos del barrio viejo, cubiertos de porches, silenciosos y tranquilos, son un claro testimonio.
La antigua judería de Torà se localiza en la actual calle Nueva, en pleno núcleo antiguo de la población. Se accede a ella por dos portales, uno situado en la plaza de la iglesia y por el portal Nuevo, con entrada por la plaza del Patio. Está rodeada de plazuelas, calles estrechas y callejones de fuerte pendiente, que recrean el ambiente de la antigua villa medieval.
Muy cerca encontramos el viejo horno comunal, que hoy alberga el museo del pan. En el barrio judío de Torà se estableció el primer comercio de la población. Dan fe de ello las entradas de algunas casas que todavía conservan la tipología propia de las tiendas medievales judías, con el acceso a la izquierda y el mostrador a la derecha de la fachada para servir a los clientes desde dentro de la tienda.
Los dindeles de muchas casas son también un valioso testimonio material de la presencia de los judíos en la población; en algunos casos todavía tienen grabado el símbolo de Jesús, sigla según algunos historiadores de los judíos conversos, además de la fecha y el nombre del propietario.
Residieron en la judería familias acomodadas de la población, como el barón de Morrocurt, los Mujal o los Aldabó, éstos últimos fundadores con sus donativos de la tienda del trigo o de los pobres y del hospital de la localidad.
Fuentes: www.turismesegarra.com/pobles/tora.asp, www.lleidatur.com/esp/culturajueva.html
For the detail....................View On Black
Can you imagine wiling away the hours in a house like this in the middle of a lush green rice paddy?
If you want your own private rice paddy go to beautiful Ubud.
La Grand Place (in Olandese: Grote Markt) è la piazza centrale della città di Bruxelles. La circondano le case delle corporazioni, l'Hotel de Ville (municipio) e la Maison du Roi. È generalmente considerata come una delle più belle piazze del mondo. La Grande Place di Bruxelles è stata iscritta nel 1998 nella lista del patrimonio dell'umanità dell'UNESCO.
The Grote Markt (Dutch) or Grand Place (French) is the central market square of Brussels. It is surrounded by guild houses, the city's Town Hall and the Bread House (Dutch: Broodhuis, French: Maison du Roi). The square is the most important tourist destination and most memorable landmark in Brussels next to the Atomium and Manneken Pis.
If one think that the women's veil is an islamic feature, well he is wrong. Here is an excerpt from the Bible :
"1 Corinthians 11:3-12
Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is just as though her head were shaved.
If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head. A man ought not to cover his head,[a] since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;
neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
For this reason, and because of the angels the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head.
So we see that since the man is the glory of God and the woman is the glory of man then she has to wear the veil as a sign of authority. Her wearing the veil shows that she is subjected in authority to the man. "
Concerning the women roles, this text tells women to wear the veil so that it can show that they are subjected to man in authority !!! And this is not a matter of religion..it is just a machist exemple of oppression..
(ps.: the arabian-like signs of the picture have a pure aestethical function; no meaning)
The busy fruits and vegetables market of Rawalpindi.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Pakistani Lifestyle (Recommended as a slideshow)
Madrugada de Sábado 10 a Domingo 11 y en el cielo inmenso la luna más Grande y brillante de 2009, a mi me parecía el faro de Matxitxako....... :-S
A finales de diciembre pasado se pudo ver la Luna más grande y brillante de los últimos quince años.
Por si en aquella ocasión alguien se perdió el fenómeno, la pasada noche del sábado 10 de enero se pudo ver la Luna llena casi un 15% más grande y con un 30% más de brillo de lo normal. Ha sido la Luna llena más grande de 2009. ¿Por qué? El astrónomo Johannes Kepler explicó el fenómeno hace ya cuatro siglos.
La órbita de la Luna alrededor de la Tierra es elíptica y tiene un lado ubicado 50.000 km más cerca de la Tierra que el otro. La mejor ocasión para observar este fenómeno, aconsejan los astrónomos, se produce cuando la Luna se encuentra cerca del horizonte.
Los astrónomos llaman "perigeo" al punto de máximo acercamiento de la órbita de la Luna a la Tierra y es en ese punto donde la Luna estará este fin de semana. Cuando la Luna se observa cerca del horizonte provoca una ilusión que la hace ver más grande de lo normal. Más aún cuando ésta se asoma entre árboles, edificios y otros puntos de referencia en tierra.
Diario 20 minutos.
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Kids..., they never seem to ran out of questions & ideas and the tubes definitely got a great influence on them.
Twa's an ordinary weekend morning. I was in the porch reading the daily while having my morning coffee and yotsuba's having breakfast infront of the tv (as always). After a few mins, she walked over and said...." i want to be a rockstar", I'm not a bit surprised since i saw her so focused on watching those jpop tarento strutting their stuff on the tube. think it was the latest opening theme of bleach or something,
and so i asked her back., "Why do you want to be a rockstar?", she raised up her head and think for a while and then with dreamy eyes & a big smile, she answered.."So i can play the guitar". hmnn..not a bad idea at least she can learn a few things about music. now i need to figure out where i can get a guitar without punching a hole in my pocket.
Fortunately our neighbor still has his Fender, a 70's precission bass guitar he'll give to yotsuba for practice.... which reminds me, i think i better get it now before yotsuba thinks of another activity to do and which would mean another errand for me.
Note: constructive critiques accepted, i'd love to know my mistakes and ways to make better images in the future.
Accessories: TV/ donut/ mug/ breadstick from Sylvanian families set
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Yotsuba Chronicles
Yokohama, Japan
June 2009
I am very lucky to live in a semi-rural area, and I decided this evening to go for a short walk.
The weather today has been very drab, but towards evening time the skies cleared somewhat and I caught this brief glimpse of sun over the Half Moon Lake at Kirkthorpe near Wakefield in West Yorkshire UK.
It is a handheld HDR shot with +-1ev on each exposure, tonemapped in Photomatix and finished of in Photoshop CS4.
The Half Moon is a meander just off the River Calder and was originally part of the river but is now isolated.
As expressed earlier ...
I'm also thinking of leaving again. Because I cannot cope up with fulfilling duties to my friends to visit them often and comment on their pictures. Right now, I just want to work on my pictures. Shoot, process, refine and the whole ordeal really requires so much time.
If I don't come to your photostreams, it doesn't mean that I forgot you. It just means that I'm doing something. I love you all and I wish I can visit you all the times and say a word or two.
View On Black Photo © 2009, 2010 Angela A. Stanton, All rights reserved. Contact: angela@stantonphotostudios.com for further information.
Title may be funny but then it is real... at the beaches of Southern California. this summer we had no sun. In fact. my home, which is about 15 miles inland, had no summer this year either and it is fall time already! So this picture is in memoriam to our summer sun of this year.
I had the original version of this picture posted to flickr here: www.flickr.com/photos/angela_a_stanton/4541665893/ which was the unaltered version. Here I tested a new software's beta release called Oloneo PhotoEngine. It is pretty cool! The beta is a free download (google the name and you will find it). Supposedly it works until November 1st, when the final release should come--which includes a variety of things, including HDR processing.
Here I used some tone mapping akin of HDR and then played with the controls left and right.. this is a really cool result from that gloomy picture. =)
Samhain marked the end of the harvest, the end of the "lighter half" of the year and beginning of the "darker half". It was traditionally celebrated over the course of several days. Many scholars believe that it was the beginning of the Celtic year. It has some elements of a festival of the dead. The Gaels believed that the border between this world and the otherworld became thin on Samhain; because some animals and plants were dying, it thus allowed the dead to reach back through the veil that separated them from the living. Bonfires played a large part in the festivities. People and their livestock would often walk between two bonfires as a cleansing ritual, and the bones of slaughtered livestock were cast into its flames .
The Gaelic custom of wearing costumes and masks, was an attempt to copy the spirits or placate them. In Scotland the dead were impersonated by young men with masked, veiled or blackened faces, dressed in white. Samhnag — turnips which were hollowed-out and carved with faces to make lanterns — were also used to ward off harmful spirits.
texture by Skeletalmess
[The Elm Hill series contains 6 photos] This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by linking to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work.
Sadly this building burned in 2014. www.sovanow.com/index.php?/news/article/lightning_strike_...
Unexpectedly finding this old home was pleasurable and sad, pleasurable for obvious reasons and sad for the state of deterioration. The house is presented in sepia not for artistic but for practical reasons; the sky was terrible in the color photos, and sepia does allow for clearer display of details. The lengthy portion below is some of what I’ve discovered historically and architecturally about this home. It was, until recently, owned by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries and is located in the Dick Cross Wildlife Management Area. Apparently the title has been transferred to the Historical Society of Mecklenburg, which presumably is planning to revitalize the house.
The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places 27 July 1979 with
ID #79003053. The Virginia Department of Historic Resources ID is #058-0066
Elm Hill, a plantation home in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, was built around 1800, undoubtedly replacing an earlier home. The original landowner was Hugh Miller, of Prince George County, Virginia, who died in England in 1763. Before his death, he had probably constructed some sort of residence on the property. The property passed to his two daughters, Anne and Jean, the first and second wives of Sir Peyton Skipwith, known as the owner of Prestwould plantation also in Mecklenburg. The structure sits on a hill and before the construction of John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir overlooked the Roanoke River (now Lake Gaston). It once had elm trees 4 feet in diameter in front yard, hence the name.
It’s a frame 2 1/2 story house (if attic is counted) of molded weatherboard, T-shaped, each side of the main body with a wing and each wing with a small porch at the entrance. It has a gabled tin roof, originally shingle, with no dormers and with plain wood cornices. Evidence (according to the VDHR nomination form for the National Register) points to the wings once having hipped roofs. There used to be 2 pink sandstone chimneys, one on each side of the main body of the house and the wings. It’s possible the rubble in front is the chimney stones. The 17 windows, now boarded up, were 9/9 sash in main body and 9/6 sash in the wings. The shutters had open and shut type slats. At the front entrance was a one-story porch with round columns (possibly Tuscan) and round handrails; originally the house had a porch that extended to the cornice.
Overall there were 8 rooms with 10-foot ceilings; wainscoting was commonly used on the 1st level. Interior doors were 6-panel painted doors and made of heavy heart pine; the walls were plastered and the floors were also of heavy heart pine. The timbers were sawed with whipsaw and rafters had marks of broad-axe; shop made nails and wooden pegs were used throughout. A stairway in the back ell led to both 2nd level and the basement with hewn stone walls and wide oak floor boards. The basement contained a wine cellar, a storage room and the kitchen
Two other buildings are supposedly on the property—a smoke house probably dating from time of house and a crib or milk-house, possibly from the mid-19th.
If you finished this, thank you for your tolerance of my desire for information.
An early photo of Elm Hill in better condition with chimneys and porch is at www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Mecklenburg/Elm_H...
The VDHR nomination form to the National Register is at www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Mecklenburg/058-0...
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Torla, Huesca (Spain).
I'm in summer vacation. I will visit your streams when I return. I wish you a good August.
Estoy de vacaciones de verano. Visitaré vuestras galerìas cuando regrese. Os deseo un buen agosto.
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Enviado a través de un teléfono móvil Sony Ericsson
It was #25 in Explore on Aug 17, 2008. (Wow! I can't believe it!)
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The Ordesa Valley is a glacial valley in the Spanish Pyrenees which forms part of the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park.
The valley's east–west orientation, unusual in the Pyrenees, opens it to influence from the Atlantic Ocean and gives it a moderate climate. It has one of Europe's largest populations of the Pyrenean Chamois and is well known for its waterfalls and wildlife.
Monte Perdido (3,355 m) is the third highest mountain in the Pyrenees and together with Cilindro de Marboré (3,328 m) and Soum de Ramond (3,263 m) can be seen at the north-east end of the valley. The name Monte Perdido (lost mountain) was given because the peak could not be seen from the French side of the range.
Torla is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 315 inhabitants.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordesa_Valley, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torla
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El Valle de Ordesa es el valle que originó la creación del Parque nacional de Ordesa el 16 de agosto de 1918. Años más tarde, en 1982, sería ampliado para crear el Parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido incluyendo el macizo de Monte Perdido, el Cañón de Añisclo, las Gargantas de Escuaín y la cabecera del Valle de Pineta.
En sentido amplio, el Valle de Ordesa incluye una amplia zona de pequeños valles y barrancos, altiplanicies y picos (muchos de más de 3000 m de altura), cuyos límites serían al Norte la cresta Monte Perdido-Mondarruego, que sirve de frontera con Francia en gran parte, al Sur la cresta Sierra Custodia-Acuta y al Oeste la confluencia con la cabecera del Valle del Ara o valle de Bujaruelo. Todo este conjunto conforma una cuenca fluvial, que a través de valles secundarios y cascadas, desemboca en el Valle de Ordesa propiamente dicho, por cuyo fondo discurre el río Arazas.
Torla es un municipio y localidad del norte de la provincia de Huesca (España), fronterizo con Francia aunque sin conexión por carretera con ella, y es puerta de acceso al valle de Ordesa perteneciente al Parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido, así como al valle de Bujaruelo. Está situado al noroeste de la comarca del Sobrarbe, a 100 km de Huesca capital y el acceso por carretera solo se puede realizar por la N-260 desde Broto o desde Biescas a través del puerto de Cotefablo (1.423 m.).
Torla se encuentra en el valle glaciar del río Ara, después de la confluencia de los valles de Bujaruelo (donde nace el río Ara) y el Ordesa (río Arazas), suponiéndose que la lengua glaciar llegaba hasta Asín de Broto, con más de 30 km en total. El río Ara pasa por ser el único río de cierta importancia de España que no está represado por la mano humana en todo el curso de 70 km hasta su confluencia con el río Cinca en Aínsa.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_Ordesa, es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torla
[ Lake Wingra, Madison ]One of the greatest wonders of nature is that there are always unexpected surprise. Driving by Lake Wingra in a pretty evening, I found this beautiful blue heron. Perhaps even better was that I had my camera gears with me.
A few photographers joined me as they spotted the heron. I hope everyone got something they liked.
Here is another photo taken in the early spring at the same location.
Listen Serenata para violín - Shubert
El Monasterio de Poblet es una de las mas importantes muestras de arquitectura religiosa en Cataluña. Situado al pie de la Sierra de Prades, se alza impresionante entre campos de cultivo. El monastario fue fundado por Ramon Berenguer IV, conde de Barcelona, que donó las tierras a la orden cisterciense y fue ocupado por monjes procedentes de la abadía francesa de Fontfroide. Poblet fue lugar de descanso favorito de los reyes de Aragon, panteón real y centro cultural de primera magnitud. Su biblioteca era una de las mas importantes de la época y como todos los monasterios cistercienses era un autentico pueblo con todos los servicios necesarios para la comunidad. El declive del monasterio comienza en el siglo XVI para acabar deshabitándose en 1835, fecha de la Desmortizacion. La restauración se inició en 1930 volviendo a estar habitado por una comunidad cistericense desde 1940.
El conjunto esta constituido por tres recintos parcialmente amurallados. Pasada la primera muralla, se levanta la capilla de Sant Jordi, construida por Alfonso V de Aragon para conmemorar la conquista de Napoles. En la segunda muralla se abre la Porta Daurada, y en la tercera, la Porta Reial. A la derecha se encuentra la fachada barroca de la iglesia, y al otro lado de la puerta el locutorio, del siglo XV. El claustro, de los siglo XII y XIII, tiene capiteles historiados y pueden verse tumbas medievales. A lo largo de las galerías, se abren la cocina, el refectorio, frente al que se levanta una fuente románica, la sala de la calefaccion, la biblioteca antigua y la sala capitular. En la parte alta del claustro se encuentra el enorme dormitorio de los novicios y el archivo. Al otro lado se encuentra el Palau del Rei Martí, que nunca llegó a concluirse.
La iglesia data de los siglos XII y XIII y consta de tres naves con ábside y girola. Puede verse un bello retablo renacentista de Damià Forment y en el lado del evangelio, los sepulcros restaurados de algunos reyes de la Corona de Aragon: Jaume I, Pere IV y sus tres esposas, Ferran I, Alfonso II, Joan I y sus dos esposas, Joan II y Juana Enríquez, padres de Fernando el Católico. Tambien se encuentran en la iglesia los sepulcros de Alfonso el Maganimo y Martin el Humano.
Best Viewed LARGE on Black: bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=3832563913&size=large&...
Another shot from the Archives - infact, the first set of pictures that I put up on Flicker.
I took this shot on a beautiful morning in late May, 2007. The Zodiac Clock is also called a "nychtemeron".
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-snowshillmanor
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/...
Here is a description from the current Wikipedia article:
Snowshill Manor was the property of Winchcombe Abbey from 821 until 1539 when the Abbey was confiscated by King Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Between 1539 and 1919 it had a number of tenants and owners until it was purchased by Charles Paget Wade, an architect, artist-craftsman, collector, poet and heir to the family fortune. He restored the property, living in the small cottage in the garden and using the manor house as a home for his collection of objects. He gave the property and the contents of this collection to the National Trust in 1951.
There are two aspects of Snowshill Manor: its garden and the manor house, which is now home to Wade's eclectic collection. The garden at Snowshill was laid out by Wade, in collaboration with Arts and Crafts movement architect, M H Baillie-Scott, between 1920 and 1923 as a series of outside rooms seen as an extension to the house. Features include terraces and ponds. The manor house is a typical Cotswold house, made from local stone; the main part of the house dates from the 16th century.
Today, the main attraction of the house is perhaps the display of Wade's collection. From 1900 until 1951, when he gave the Manor to the National Trust, Wade amassed an enormous and eclectic collection of objects reflecting his interest in craftsmanship. The objects in the collection include 26 suits of Japanese samurai armour dating from the 17th and 19th centuries; bicycles; toys; musical instruments and more. On October 5, 2003, the house was closed and its entire contents removed in order to effect a number of repairs. In particular, the electrical wiring needed updating, new fire, security and environmental monitoring systems were installed, and the existing lighting was improved. The house reopened on March 25, 2005.
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So we got 4 inches of snow on tuesday, and that's why I could capture that previous snow-filled image. But it's slowly melting and turning into slush. So let's get back to autumn for a while.
Where: Sweden, Östergötland, Bjärka säby. google maps
When: 20101015
How and why: Panning the camera while the image is recording to create a recognisable abstract of autumn.
Editing: Minor.
View Large On Black from archived slide film
" Bandelier National Monument is a U.S. National Monument consisting of 32,737 acres (132.48 km²) of northern New Mexico, United States. About five-sevenths (23,367 acres (94.56 km²)) of the monument has been designated a wilderness area. The Valles Caldera National Preserve adjoins the monument on the north and east, extending into the Jemez Mountains." ~Wiki
" Bandelier National Monument is an unexpected delight, with some of the most unusual and interesting ancient ruins in the Southwest, steep narrow canyons with plentiful wildlife, mountains rising to 10,000 feet, many acres of unspoilt backcountry and a colorful section of the Rio Grande river valley. The monument is just a few minutes drive from the scientific research town of Los Alamos, and close to other popular destinations including Santa Fe, the Jemez Mountains and several historic pueblo settlements ". ~ from www.americansouthwest.net/new_mexico/bandelier/national_m...
This is one of thier dwellings you can go inside using ladder built in volcanic ash rock.
この Bandelier National Monument というのはニュウメキシコ州のサンタフェのちかくにあります。
アナサチというインディアンの人たちが７００年から４５０年ほどまえにここに住んでいたことの証拠というのでしょうか、今は国の記念公園になっております
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Panorámica de 3 fotografías horizontales montadas en vertical del inicio de la garganta del diablo a lo lejos las ruinas de las pasarelas antiguas
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La garganta del Diablo es el salto de 80 m. con el mayor caudal de las cataratas del Iguazú, siendo a su vez estas cataratas las de mayor caudal del mundo.
Se encuentran localizadas en la provincia de Misiones, en el Parque Nacional Iguazú, Argentina haciendo frontera con el Parque Nacional do Iguaçu del estado de Paraná, Brasil.
Se accede a la Garganta del Diablo, desde el lado argentino, a través de un Tren ecológico hasta Puerto Canoas, para luego caminar sobre una pasarela de acero (la anterior pasarela de madera fue destruída por la gran inundación del año 1992), hasta el mirador de la Garganta del Diablo, con notables y próximas vistas a este y otros saltos cercanos. Es uno de los puntos más visitados de las cataratas, siendo muy concurrido durante todo el año.
La Garganta del Diablo es el más grande, majestuoso, e impresionante de todos los saltos. Por él corre la línea fronteriza entre Brasil y Argentina. Del total de las cataratas y saltos de Iguazú la mayor parte pertenecen a la Argentina, pero desde ambos países se obtienen bellas panorámicas, pues al ofrecer distintos ángulos de vista, se complementan. Saber más...
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“Y estos derechos... a respetarlos, ¿eh? ¡No vaya a pasar como con los diez mandamientos!” (Mafalda)
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IV Clic Ambiental já tem vencedores
A comissão julgadora divulgou hoje os vencedores da quarta edição do Clic Ambiental. O projeto, desenvolvido pela Prefeitura de Caxias do Sul, por meio da Secretaria Municipal do Meio Ambiente (SEMMA), registrou 303 fotografias inscritas, superando as expectativas da equipe de educação ambiental da Secretaria. Este ano, o concurso fotográfico acontece em comemoração aos 100 anos da chegada do trem, com o tema “Nos Trilhos da história, as revelações da natureza...”. São parceiros a Editora São Miguel e a Faculdade América Latina.
O objetivo do Clic Ambiental é conscientizar ecologicamente a comunidade caxiense, despertar o interesse pela fotografia, promover a educação ambiental por meio da arte de fotografar, descobrir novos retratos e paisagens da cidade e mostrar como a fotografia pode contribuir para a preservação ambiental.
O Concurso fotográfico premia três imagens em cada categoria: Natural, representando as belezas naturais dentro do município; Artificial, representando as imagens do contexto rural ou urbano do município; e Roubada, destinada às imagens de momento único captadas no local e na hora certa. A seleção e o julgamento foram feitos por uma comissão composta por profissionais da fotografia e da ecologia.
A premiação acontece no próximo dia 08 de junho, às 19h30min, no Auditório da Faculdade América Latina integrando a programação da Semana do Meio Ambiente 2010. As imagens serão conhecidas na abertura da exposição de premiação.
Confira os vencedores:
PAISAGEM NATURAL
1º lugar: Roni Silvio Rigon
Obra: “Colibri do Parque dos Macaquinhos”
Local: Caxias do Sul
2º lugar: René Paulo Rossi
Obra: “Árvores de Cogumelos”
Local: Monte Bérico da 9ª Légua – Caxias do Sul
3º lugar: Mirian Cardoso de Souza
Obra: “Amanhecer Gelado”
Local: Vila Oliva – Caxias do Sul
www.caxias.rs.gov.br/noticias/noticias_ler.php?codigo=12894
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Darkness
I had a dream, which was not all a dream.
The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars
Did wander darkling in the eternal space,
Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth
Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air;
Morn came, and went and came, and brought no day,
And men forgot their passions in the dread
Of this desolation; and all hearts
Were chill'd into a selfish prayer for light:
And they did live by watchfires - and the thrones,
The palaces of crowned kings, the huts,
The habitations of all things which dwell,
Were burnt for beacons; cities were consumed,
And men were gathered round their blazing homes
To look once more into each other's face;
Happy were those who dwelt within the eye
Of the volcanos, and their mountain-torch:
A fearful hope was all the world contain'd;
Forest were set on fire but hour by hour
They fell and faded and the crackling trunks
Extinguish'd with a crash and all was black.
The brows of men by the despairing light
Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits
The flashes fell upon them; some lay down
And hid their eyes and wept; and some did rest
Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled;
And others hurried to and fro, and fed
Their funeral piles with fuel, and looked up
With mad disquietude on the dull sky,
The pall of a past world; and then again
With curses cast them down upon the dust,
And gnash'd their teeth and howl'd: the wild birds shriek'd,
And, terrified, did flutter on the ground,
And flap their useless wings; the wildest brutes
Came tame and tremolous; and vipers crawl'd
And twined themselves among the multitude,
Hissing, but stingless, they were slain for food:
And War, which for a moment was no more,
Did glut himself again; a meal was bought
With blood, and each sate sullenly apart
Gorging himself in gloom: no love was left;
All earth was but one thought and that was death,
Immediate and inglorious; and the pang
Of famine fed upon all entrails men
Died, and their bones were tombless as their flesh;
The meagre by the meagre were devoured,
Even dogs assail'd their masters, all save one,
And he was faithful to a corpse, and kept
The birds and beasts and famish'd men at bay,
Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead
Lured their lank jaws; himself sought out no food,
But with a piteous and perpetual moan
And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand
Which answered not with a caress, he died.
The crowd was famish'd by degrees; but two
Of an enormous city did survive, And they were enemies;
They met beside
The dying embers of an altar-place
Where had been heap'd a mass of holy things
For an unholy usage; they raked up,
And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands
The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath
Blew for a little life, and made a flame
Wich was a mockery; then they lifted up
Their eyes as it grew lighter, and
Each other's aspects. saw, and shriek'd, and died, beheld
Even of their mutual hideousness they died,
Unknowing who he was upon whose brow
Famine had written Fiend. The world was void,
The populous and the powerful was a lump,
Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless,
A lump of death, a chaos of hard clay.
The rivers, lakes, and ocean stood still,
And nothing stirred within their silent depths;
Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea,
And their masts fell down piecemeal; as they dropp'd
They slept on the abyss without a surge
The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave,
The moon their mistress had expired before;
The winds were withered in the stagnant air,
And the clouds perish'd; Darkness had no need
Of aid from them. She was the universe.
----------------by Lord Byron
One of my favorite poem. Little more about this poem from Wikipedia is given:
Darkness is a poem written by Lord Byron in July 1816. That year was known as the Year Without a Summer - this is because Mount Tambora had erupted in the Dutch East Indies the previous year, casting enough ash in to the atmosphere to block out the sun and cause abnormal weather across much of northeast America and northern Europe. This pall of darkness inspired Byron to write his poem. Literary critics were initially content to classify it as a "last man" poem, telling the apocalyptic story of the last man on earth. More recent critics have focused on the poem's historical context, as well as the anti-biblical nature of the poem, despite its many references to the Bible. The writing of this poem also occurred only months after the ending of his marriage.
Le 20 Octobre, une "journée nationale de la solidarité avec les étrangers" a été organisée pour protester contre le projet de loi Hortefeux sur l'immigration et sa disposition controversée sur les tests ADN. A l'appel de 3 associations (RESF, le collectif Uni(e)s contre une immigration jetable - UCIJ- et les Collectifs des sans-papiers d'Ile-de-France - CSP), des manifestations ont rassemblées dans une quarantaine de villes françaises des milliers de participants, dont 4000 à Paris (1500 selon la police) entre Belleville et Palais Royal.
Ici, devalt le célèbre pub Frog & Rosbif, un supporter anglais du XV de la Rose sympathise avec un manifestant sans-papiers anti-Sarko :-)
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album et de parcourir les photos par ordre chronologique / Please read the explanation at the beginning of the set and view the pictures in chronological order.
Part of "Sans Papiers
cone is ca 10 cm long whilst the needles are up to 15 cm
www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_halepensis.php
Pinus halepensis
Miller 1768
Common names
Aleppo pine; الصنوبر الحلبي [Arabic]; Pin d'Alep [French]; pino d'Aleppo [Italian]; Alepski bor [Croation]; Halep çamı [Turkish]; אורן ירושלים [Hebrew]; pino carrasco [Spanish]. Aleppo is in Syria, where the species was first described.
Taxonomic notes
Synonymy (Farjon 1998):
P. alepensis Poir. in Lamarck 1804
Pinus maritima Mill. 1768
Pinus sylvestris L. var. maritima Aiton 1789
Pinus maritima Aiton 1813 non Mill. 1768
Pinus penicillus Lepeyr. 1813
Pinus arabica Sieber ex Spreng. 1826
Pinus genuensis S.E. Cook 1834
Pinus halepensis Mill. var. genuensis (S.E. Cook) Antoine 1840
Pinus hispanica J. Cook 1834
Pinus halepensis Mill. var. minor Antoine 1840
Pinus carica D. Don in Fellows 1841
Pinus halepensis Mill. var. carica (D. Don) Carr. 1855
Pinus abasica Carr. 1855
Pinus halepensis Mill. var. abasica (Carr.) Carr. 1867
Pinus loiseleuriana Carr. 1855
Pinus pseudohalepensis Denhardt ex Carr. 1855
Pinus parolinii Vis. 1856
Pinus × saportae Rouy 1913
Pinus ceciliae Llorens et L. Llorens 1984
Pinus halepensis Mill. var. ceciliae (Llorens et L. Llorens) Rosello et al. 1992
Description
Trees 15–25 m tall and up to 150 cm DBH. Single round trunk, often divided to form in mature trees a rounded or flat-topped crown of slender, irregular horizontal, upturned branches; crown form often shaped by wind, especially near the sea. Bark at first smooth silvery gray, later becomings purple-brown, longitudinally grooved and fissured into scaly plates. Branchlets smooth, slightly ridged, gray-green. Winter buds conic, 8 mm long, the scales fringed and often reflexed. Needles in fascicles of 2(–3), 5–12 cm × 1 mm, twisted, edges minutely serrate, with stomata on all surfaces; rather sparsely arrayed along the branchlets. Fascicle sheath persistent but fragile. Seed cones on thick, scaly peduncles; at maturity ovoid, pendant, 6–12 × 4–7 cm, symmetrical, red- to purple-brown, solitary or in whorls of 2–3. Cones take 3 years to mature and remain on branches for long thereafter. Cone scales shiny, yellow- or red-brown, about 2.5 × 1.5 cm, apophysis rhomboid, flat or slightly raised and keeled, without a prickle. Seed 5-6 mm long with a 2.5 cm wing (Dallimore et al. 1967, Farjon 1984).
Distribution and Ecology
Mediterreanean and W Asia: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Malta, France, and Spain. In South Africa, where it is cultivated for shelter poles and firewood, it has naturalized and invaded grassland and fynbos, particularly on dry soils, and become widespread in the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape (Palgrave 2002). It is also locally naturalized in USA: California (PLANTS database 2009.03.31). Hardy to Zone 8 (cold hardiness limit between -12.1°C and -6.7°C) (Bannister and Neuner 2001).
Big tree
I have no data on wild trees. A specimen in Arderne Gardens, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa was measured at 172 cm dbh and 32.0 m tall (Robert Van Pelt pers. comm., 2003.11.24).
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Pioneering work was carried out by Gindel (1944). Further work can be located at the Bibliography of Dendrochronology.
Ethnobotany
In the eastern Mediterranean, Pinus halepensis forests are important for resin, fuelwood and forest honey production and also for livestock grazing. "Resin collection activities in Mediterranean countries had always played a significant role in the welfare of forest communities, some of which lived marginally at the edge of subsistence. In some low-income areas, resin collection was (and continue to be) the only reliable source of labor. In addition, many of the resin producing forests are community forests and production benefits go to resin community co-operatives. Another important aspect of these forests is that multiple purpose forestry is applied and other activities other than resin collection co-exist, such as apiculture... Income from the wood of a Pinus halepensis tree, for example, is only 2% of the income generated from resin throughout the lifetime of the tree (an average size tree can produce 3–4 kilograms of resin per year). Moreover, it has been observed that forests that have active resin production have lower incidence of forest fires. This results from the fact that adjacent communities have an active interest in preserving the integrity of the forest ecosystems" (Moussouris and Regato 1999).
Observations
.....View On Black
16 mm Nikkor. Photoshop CS4
A sort of duotone but pulled back on the opacity to give the level of colour, a sort of sand colour, the colour taken from the stone of the Radcliffe Camera itself. Use of the Gradient Tool dragging from bottom left to top right.
From Wikipedia;
It was known that John Radcliffe, physician to William III and Mary II of England, intended to build a library in Oxford at least two years before his death in 1714. It was thought that the new building would be an extension westwards of the Selden End of the Bodleian Library. Francis Atterbury, Dean of Christ Church thought a 90 ft room would be built on Exeter College land, and that the lower storey would be a library for Exeter College and the upper story Radcliffe's Library. Such plans were indeed prepared, by Nicholas Hawksmoor (fourteen 'Designs of Printing and Town Houses of Oxford by Mr. Hawksmoor' were among the drawings offered for sale after Hawksmoor's death), the plans are now in the Ashmolean Museum. Radcliffe's will, however, proved on 8 December 1714, clearly showed his intention that the library be built in the position it now occupies, stating:
And will that my executors pay forty thousand pounds in the terme of ten years, by yearly payments of four thousand pounds, the first payment thereof to begin and be made after the decease of my said two sisters for the building a library in Oxford and the purchaseing the house the houses [sic] between St Maries and the scholes in Catstreet where I intend the Library to be built, and when the said Library is built I give one hundred and fifty pounds per annum for ever to the Library Keeper thereof for the time being and one hundred pounds a year per annum for ever for buying books for the same Library.[2]
A number of tenement houses fronting Catte Street, built right up to the Schools, some gardens, Brasenose College outbuildings and Black Hall occupied the site required for the library. A number of colleges became involved in the development of the site. An added problem was that Brasenose required an equal amount of land fronting High Street in return for the land they were being asked to give up. As a consequence, the Trustees had to negotiate with the owners and the tenants of the houses. An Act of Parliament was passed in 1720 that enabled any corporations within the University to sell ground for building a library. The negotiations dealing with Catte Street took over twenty years.[2]
The choice of architect had been considered as early as 1720 - Christopher Wren, John Vanbrugh, Thomas Archer, John James, Nicholas Hawksmoor, and James Gibbs were considered. In 1734 Hawksmoor and Gibbs were invited to submit plans. Hawksmoor made a wooden model of his design which is in the Bodleian. Gibbs was eventually chosen for the building.[2]
On 17 May 1737, the foundation stone was laid. The progress of the building and the craftsmen employed is detailed both in the Minute Books of the Trustees and the Building Book, which supplement information given by Gibbs in his Bibliotheca Radcliviana. An extract states:
Mr. William Townsend of Oxford, and Mr. William Smith of Warwick, were employed to be masons; Mr. John Philipps to be the carpenter and joiner; Mr. George Devall to be plumber; Mr. Townsend junior to be stone carver; Mr. Linel of Long-acre, London, to be carver in wood; Mr. Artari, an Italian, to be their plaisterer in the fret work way; Mr. Michael Rysbrack to be sculptor, to cut the Doctor's figure in marble; and Mr. Blockley to be locksmith.
Francis Smith, the father of William, was chosen as one of the masons, but died in 1738 and was succeeded by his son near the beginning of building. In 1739, John Townesend also succeeded his father on the latter's death.[2]
The building was completed in 1748, and a librarian appointed, as was a porter. The opening ceremony took place on 13 April 1749 and soon known as 'the Physic Library'. Despite its name, its acquisitions were varied for the first sixty years, but from 1811 its intake was confined to works of a scientific nature. During the first half of the 19th century the collections included coins, marbles, candelabra, busts, plaster casts, and statues. These collections have since been moved to more appropriate sites. Between 1909 and 1912 an underground book store of two floors was constructed beneath the north lawn of the library with a tunnel connecting it with the Bodleian, invisibly linking the two buildings, something envisaged by Henry Acland in 1861.[2]
After the Radcliffe Science Library moved into another building, the Radcliffe Camera became home to additional reading rooms of the Bodleian Library. The freehold of the building and adjoining land was transferred from the Radcliffe Trustees to the University in 1927. The interior of the upper reading-room houses a six ft. marble statue of John Radcliffe, carved by John Michael Rysbrack.[2] It now holds books from the English, history, and theology collections, mostly secondary sources found on Undergraduate and Graduate reading lists. There is space for around 600,000 books in rooms beneath Radcliffe Square.
Contemporaries found great irony in the fact that the iconoclast Radcliffe, who scorned book-learning, should bequeath a substantial sum for the founding of the Radcliffe Library. Sir Samuel Garth quipped that the endowment was “about as logical as if a eunuch should found a seraglio.”[3]
The building is the earliest example in England of a circular library. It is built in three main stages externally and two stories internally, the upper one containing a gallery. The ground stage is heavily rusticated and has a series of eight pedimented projections. The central stage is divided into bays by coupled Corinthian columns supporting the entablature. The top stage is a balustraded parapet with vases. The construction used local stone from Headington and Burford, which was then ashlar faced. The dome and cupola are covered with lead. The original plan was for a stone dome, but after building 5 ft. 8 in. of the stonework, it had to be removed and the design was changed. Inside, the original walls and dome were distempered but this was later removed, revealing the decorations to be carved in stone. Only the decorative work of the dome is plaster.[2]
Originally, the basement was an open arched arcade with a vaulted stone ceiling, with Radcliffe's coat of arms in the centre. The arcade arches were fitted with iron grilles, three of them were gates which were closed at night, and which gave access to the library via grand staircase. In 1863, when the building had become a reading-room of the Bodleian, the arches were glazed, a new entrance was created on the north side in place of a circular window, with stone steps leading up to the entrance.[2]
The area around the Library was originally partly paved, partly cobbled, and partly gravelled. In 1751 stone posts and obelisks surmounted by lamps were placed around the perimeter. All but the three at the entrance to Brasenose Lane were removed around 1827 when the lawns were laid and iron railings, which were removed in 1936, installed.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: MUSE CONCERT AT BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (6 of 9): Tha queue. /
CONCIERTO DE MUSE EN BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (6 de 2): La cola.
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 61 of 115) PAG: Entrada, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115.
PHOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Velvet: (Bah, never mind, I'm the second one in the queue, I', pretty sure Gomi will be able to feel even the sweat of MUSE guys and she leaves me alone for a while...)
Gominola: (humm... I hope Velvet can get for us nice places to see the concert and we don't get squished in the first row and they mess up my new dress. ò_ó)
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Velvet: (Bah, es igual, estoy la segunda en la cola, seguro Gomi podrá sentir hasta el sudor de los MUSE y así me deja un ratito tranquila... )
Gominola: (hum... espero que Velvet me consiga unos buenos puestos para ver el concierto y no me espachurren en la primera fila ni me estropeen mi vestido nuevo. ò_ó)
Dolls collaboration:
Tatynarata: Velvet and Gominola
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
I recommend Viewing Large On Black
The place doesn't always compliment the subject that you're shooting. In this case I tried my best to get a decent composition, I liked the Krispy Kreme sign which of course is making a come back as seen before in my Pontiac Firebird shot. I took this in portrait orientation so that there are less people in the shot and also to show more of the sky. I did take one with a landscape orientation but I picked this one to display here first. This was also part of the Bike Show yesterday where I took the previous Harley Davidson photo.
3 exposures made in Photomatix, another Double HDR....one detail enhanced HDR, and one tone compressed HDR....merged in Photoshop CS2 as layers. Getting the best of both HDR methods. This is my favorite technique and it's been giving me fantastic results ranging from realistic to ultra dynamic.
For more of my HDR photos. Visit my HDR set.
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Canon EOS 400D.
Lens: EF 24-105 F4 L IS.
ISO: 100.
Aperture: F/14.
Focal Length: 24mm.
Ex: Shot on a tripod with cable shutter release.
Location: Kuwait City, Souq Sharq. (Sharq Mall)
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see those pasty white gams closer
I went to an abandoned farm today, for the sole purpose of taking my 365 photo there. Much to my disappointment, I was unable to get inside the house. So instead, I came up with this...
Day 200 is tomorrow, CRAZYYY.
Song of the Day - Timber Timbre - Lay Down in the Tall Grass
"I dreamt you found me out in a field
You tripped over my site
And you dug me out of this shallow grave
with your Swiss Army knife
And only you could revive me, so badly decomposed
I was born white, dry, and scaly
but you still took me home
Dreaming every night of you
Shaking at the sight of you
I'll be dreaming every night of you"