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People in they're workplace series - #2
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Sigma EF-530 DG Super EO-ETTL II
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Brittany is a hair stylist at Genesis Salon in Suwanee, GA, a good buddy of mine and the first person to have cut my hair in over a year and a half (just doing it myself until recently). This was shot in her salon of employ in a series I'm doing on people in they're workplace environment.
She is a phenomenal hairstylist with the example of expertise spreading throughout our certain crowd of friends, as well as an aspiring videographer interning with the company "Point. Click. Shoot."
Check her photostream here: Brittany Loraine Crawford
I seriously owe her one. My hair looks sick!
Studio pics from readers of MATRIXSYNTH via the MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.
Facebook gallery where you can find follow-up comments for each here. Also keep an eye out for new studio pics there.
Featured in order:
1 & 2. Erwan Coïc
This is my studio !
3. Lorenzo D Metallan
This is my setup for a live recording few weeks ago
4. Stu Smith
Seeing as we're doing studio selfies here's my little corner of the world.
5. Phil Croker
And here's my little setup at Pooh Corner (so named 'cos of the wallpaper..) Please be kind, I know it's nowhere near as good as some of your rigs
6. Francesco Synth Meeting Mulassano
Homework!
7. Jason Duerr
Location: Chicago
Results: belmontandclark.bandcamp.com/
8. Nick Morey
Most of my collection Betamaxx
9 & 10. Erik Chalmers
my place
11. Eric Vetterick
blurry ipad shot of my crap...
12. Steve Drakeem
13. Adam Gahan
Okay so i may as well join in. I don't have a huge setup but i try and make the most of what I've got. After all I'm only 19, I will most definitely acquire more gear as time progresses.
14. Gabriel Morley
15. Charles Mickaelstein
Same thing as Adam Gahan, I don't have a huge analog setup but I'm glad to have what I have
(plus some small synths, like monotrons, Casio VL-Tone, etc).
I do that kind of things with those :
soundcloud.com/warngmusic/extreme-transudation
16. Marco Vedder
My setup — at Club Tabu.
17. Marco Vedder
My setup
night lights
18 & 19. Jeremy Olson
20. Hani Debbache
21. Mark Milanovich
Jumping on the bandwagon. Couldn't fit all this in one shot.
It's a hell of a mess right now. More pics as I organize it more.
22. Matthew Willox
I'm a complete minimalist.
23. Ricardo Schnidrig
Acid House from Argentina !
24. Brandon McWhorter
Sure, why not? Here's 1/2 of my "mess" — with Roland TB-303 with Kenton CV Mod, Kawai R-100, Tom Oberheim SEM Pro, Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer, Roland RS-505, Roland SBX-10, Roland TR-808 with Kenton MIDI, Roland Jupiter 6 with Europa, Genoqs Octopus, Roland JP-8 Jupiter 8, John Bowen Solaris, Oberheim M-12 Matrix 12, Garfield Electronics MiniDoc, Oberheim OB-X 8 Voice, Oberheim OB-Xa 8 Voice, Roland JP-4 Jupiter 4, Roland PG-800, Oberheim OB-8 with MIDI, Roland Juno 106 with Kiwi106 and Roland SH-101 (Red).
25. Martin Ley
There you go ‘Synth sluts’ Me at the controls back in 1985
26. Huskypop Huskypopo
27. Michal Patulski
Wow, some of your collections are sick! This is my current setup and nothing is there in comparison ha ha.
28 & 29. Hideously Disfigured Hipsters
30. Thomas Götze
Wanna play a game?
31. Dmitri Sfc
32. Shawn Shirey
This is ground control to Major Tom...
33. Nicolas Guichard
How to choose?
34. Colin Johnson
Since everyone's doing one of these right now.. here my spot. just moved in last month.. so you'll have to tolerate the mess and.. also one picture came off instagram. oh well.
35. Fede Manfredi
This is my little studio, at last, in order!
36. Michael Dennis Raleigh
I guess if everyone's putting up their studios... Here's me and mine
37. Bjørn Viggo Andersen
And here is ours
38. Nicky Bendix
My little workspace - thank you for all your inspiring photos!
39. Gavin McCloy
My modest setup
40. Mike Bradberry
Joining the bandwagon.
41. David J Warman
42 & 43. Trevor Gavilan
44. Joshua Andrew Coburn
45. Max Sokoleski
My tiny dungeon studio
46 & 47. TB Aothree
48. Walter Coter
Many Thanks for all members
49. Mark Ireland
My minimal (but very usable) studio setup.
50. Walter Coter
51. Adrian Earnshaw
As everyone is sharing pictures of their studios, here's my humble setup.
52. Discretman Jeff
Ok, this is my my gaming room !
53. David J Warman
54. Yuuki Koide
my studio
55. Olivier Lebra
my "living studio"
56 & 57. Matthew Thomas 1:48pm Mar 23
When in Rome. Geoscience Studio, kind of set up in an awkwardly shaped room, hence two pictures.
58. Jon Adams
This is my studio while I'm confined to bed - missing my hardware - microbrutes +modular the most
Its incredible how FAST the butterflies are.. Shot at 1/750s and still the motion blur...this is not camera shake (evident with the bottom left flower sharpness!)
WOW.. getting motion blur at such speed just shows how the butterflies take off and why its so hard to photograph them IN-FLIGHT!
I tried to catch the butterflies in flight literally dozens of times during this vacation... but this is the only one i have with me to showcase!
Originally shot for COG Magazine, this shot appears in the Vol. 1 Photo Annual. Photographing cycling is something I enjoy more and more as time goes on, as it is a wonderful way to combine two things I love, and I am very thankful for the opportunity to be involved with the magazine and all of the wonderful people I've met through photography and cycling alike.
www.cornwallinfocus.co.uk/mining/levant.php
Levant Mine is located 2 miles north of St.Just and is bounded to the east by Geevor Mine, to the west by Wheal Unity and to the south by Spearn Moor and Spearn Consols mines. Levant appears as a mine in its own right on maps dating from 1748 on and consists of an amalgamation of several smaller and more ancient concerns. Their names such as Boscregan and Unity live on as shaft names. What we would consider today as modern Levant was formed in about 1820 by a group of investors - known in the trade as 'mining adventurers', who agreed to raise the sum of £400 by purchasing 80 shares at £5 each.
Two of the main investors in the company were Lewis Charles Daubuz and Mr John Batten. Their leadership along with some excellent prospecting helped the company to locate a large copper deposit at a depth of 20 fathoms (120 feet) below the surface. The adventurers rapidly got a handsome return on their investment and further exploratory work was carried out. From 1835 Levant began raising tin and was soon to become an important tin producer too. In the period 1820 to 1930 Levant produced over 130,000 tons of copper ore of high (10%) grade and 24,000 tons of black tin. In 1912 5,278 ounces of silver and 4 ounces of gold were also sold.
Levant swallowed up the nearby mine of Spearne Consols - now known as Higher Bal. Shafts were opened up at Angwin's shaft, Tresize's shaft, Goldsworthy's shaft and Batten's shaft. The underground workings of Levant extended out under the sea but in general due to the bedrock being the impervious greenstone there were very few problems with flooding.
A 'man engine' was installed on Daubuz's shaft in 1856 reached by a tunnel from the Miner's Dry. The shaft subsequently became known as engine Shaft one of only a dozen or so installed in Cornish mines. The journey time from surface to work place was radically reduced from over an hour to less than half an hour in most cases. The workers arriving fresher and more ready for work into the bargain. Along with all the new shafts and the installation of the man engine all the usual associated surface buildings sprang up around the site - stamps, both Cornish stamps and Californian stamps types; a calciner for roasting the ore and a mill area containing rag frames and buddles.
Levant is quite unusual amongst Cornish mines in one respect as it did use pit ponies for a short time from 1893 to tram the ore on the main 278 fathom (below adit) tramming level some 1600 feet underground. Levant is also remembered for the Levant Mine Disaster in October 1919. The second worst loss of life underground in a Cornish mine. 31 men were lost when the man engine snapped and fell down through the shaft.
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Phacus acuminatus tiene el corazón verde y el alma de mariposa inquieta que revolotea en el agua como si lo hiciese en el aire. A pesar de ser alga Phacus es un diminuto y hermoso animalito que busca la luz del sol con su ojo de rubí y, elegante, siempre, muestra su cuerpo de hoja enfundado en una camisa fina y tiesa de rayas perfectas, lisas y transparentes como el agua, mientras se deja llevar por un corcel invisible del que solo ha quedado el látigo que serpentea como culebrilla inovensiva, llevando su cuerpo al vuelo de aquí para allá.
Phacus acuminatus es un hermano pequeño de Phacus pleuronectes , vive en lagunas de aguas limpias, en zonas de poca profundidad y además de su característico pequeño tamaño, la cola que remata su cuerpo apenas se prolonga, es muy corta, casi siempre recta y excepcionalmente, como en este caso, ligeramente curvada hacia un lateral.
El género Phacus está representado por cerca de 550 taxones diferentes y se incluye en la familia de las euglenas de la que se supone existen tantas especies conocidas como no descubiertas todavía. Casi todas ellas son formas móviles, sorprendentes por sus hábitos de vida, muchas de ellas presentan una mancha ocular de intenso color rojo que hace las funciones de un ojo, uno o dos flagelos para navegar, almacenan una sustancia especial de reserva parecida al almidón, el paramilo, que no existe ni en los animales ni en los vegetales y poseen una cubierta como una camisa ajustada y transparente, la película, que les da protección. Esta película está formada por proteínas y se dispone formando tiras longitudinales o helicoidales debajo de la membrana plasmática. En Phacus es rígida y más o menos elástica en Euglena, por eso, el movimiento en unos y otros seres es muy distinto, vuelo de mariposa en Phacus y exhibición de contorsionista en Euglena.
Hemos encontrado a Phacus en el Lago de Sanabria, a poca profundidad, junto a una surgencia de aguas sulfurosas. La imagen, tomada en vivo, a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia, procede de una muestra recogida por Ruth Centeno desde el catamarán Helios Sanabria el primer catamarán del mundo propulsado por energía eólica y solar.
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Cuesta no pensar que la cantidad de filtraciones e información alrededor de la próxima película de Star Wars no le esté viniendo bien a Disney tras la controvertida compra de los estudios LucasArts por parte de este gigante y el anuncio a los pocos días de que se ponía en marcha el proyecto para tener más Star Wars de la mano de Disney.
Queda todavía más de un año para que llegue, pero la expectación es máxima alrededor de todo lo que tiene que ver con Star Wars Episodio 7. Aquí te dejamos con lo principal que se conoce hasta ahora para que vayas abriendo boca.
La historia
Lógicamente, la historia es el secreto mejor guardado de la nueva entrega de Star Wars. Lo único que se conoce con certeza es el momento temporal en que transcurrirá la película: 30 años después de los acontecimientos del episodio anterior, “El Retorno del Jedi”.
Ya entrando en el terreno de los rumores y especulaciones, el inicio de la película estaría protagonizado por una mano, concretamente la de Luke Skywalker, flotando por el espacio sujetando su sable láser.
Al encontrarla en un desierto, los protagonistas de la nueva entrega (se habla de un trío que incluye a un adolescente o niño), ayudados por Han Solo y Chewbacca, iniciarían la búsqueda de Luke, del que nadie sabe nada desde hace 30 años. ¿Adivináis donde estaba? Justo, cautivo por los nuevos malos de la película.
De los pocos detalles con interés que ha dejado caer Abrams sobre el Episodio VI está el uso de menos efectos especiales generados por ordenador, no al menos al nivel de los primeros tres episodios (tras la trilogía original).
Lo único seguro sobre la historia de Star Wars Episodio VII es que transcurrirá 30 años después de “El Retorno del Jedi”
Episodio VII, que no tiene todavía título oficial definitivo, empezó a rodarse en mayo de este año en los estudios Pinewood de Londres. Del éxito de esta primera parte de la siguiente trilogía (cada película irá separada de la otra con un spin off de los principales protagonistas) dependerá la acogida de las siguientes, aunque solo con el nombre y la legión de fans y seguidores, el ruido está garantizado.
El director y equipo técnico
Tener entre las manos las nuevas entregas de Star Wars no es tarea sencilla. La especulación con los posibles directores de los tres siguientes episodios de la saga galáctica se cortó con el anuncio de que J.J. Abrams (responsable de Star Trek o Misión Imposible II y muy prolífico en televisión) sería el director de la orquesta de responsables que Disney iba a poner delante de este esperado retorno de la famosa saga galáctica.
El propio Adams junto con Lawrence Kasdan (responsable El Retorno del Jedi y El Imperio Contraataca) será el guionista (tras un paso en falso con Michael Arndt) de esta producción que cuenta con otros importantes nombres detrás de los apartados de producción, como Tommy Harper, Jack Ryan o Jason McGatlin, todos ellos con mucha experiencia en grandes superproducciones.
Star Wars Episodio VII se rodará en 35 mm, una decisión de su director de fotografía, Dan Mindel. El diseñador de vestuario será otro conocido: Michael Kaplan.
De la música, parte para mi fundamental e histórica de los primeros episodios, se ha conseguido que se encargue el maestro jedi con batura que es John Williams.
El reparto
Tras decidir el director y parte del equipo técnico, el reparto generó bastantes especulaciones hasta que se produjo el anuncio oficial. Con Han Solo apareciendo en el desarrollo del argumento de la nueva entrega, era lógico que por allí apareciera Harrison Ford.
Que el grueso del reparto original vaya a tener presencia en el Episodio VII es un claro guiño a los seguidores y una atracción más para acudir a ver la película
El Han Solo de más de 70 años estará acompañado por los otros dos actores principales de las películas originales: Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) y Carrie Fisher (Princesa Leia). Y no faltarán Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) o los entrañables actores Anthony Daniels y Kenny Baker en sus papeles de C-3PO y RD-D2 respectivamente. Esta vuelta al pasado es sin duda un seguro que Disney ata para tener el apoyo, el menos moral, de parte de los fans de la saga original.
Entre las nuevas caras, hay tanto veteranos como rostros conocidos del cine y la televisión de los últimos años. Como protagonistas principales tendremos a los actores John Boyega y Daisy Ridley, que compartirán aventuras con, entre otros, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyongo, Oscar Isaac, Max von Sydow y Andy Serkis.
La “famosa” foto con la que se anunció el reparto principal de Star Wars Episodio VII
La anécdota relacionada con el reparto e inicio de la grabación tiene a Ford como protagonista. Un mes después de iniciarse el rodaje en mayo de este año, Harrison Ford se rompió un tobillo, cosas del destino, con una puerta de su Halcón Milenario. La grabación tuvo de detenerse y esta misma semana se ha reanudado el trabajo el ritmo habitual, que tendrá lugar en localizaciones de Islandia y Emiratos Árabes además del Reino Unido.
Fecha del estreno
Llevamos ya un largo periplo alrededor de Star Wars Episodio 7, pero todavía nos queda un buen trecho por recorrer.
La fecha de estreno anunciada, el 18 de diciembre de 2015, se va a mantener pese a que estuvo en teoría en peligro por el accidente de un Ford que parece mayor para luchar en esta guerra.
Imágen | Joshlange.
– La noticia Star Wars Episodio 7: lo que se sabe hasta ahora fue publicada originalmente en Xataka por Javier Penalva.
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Che bella gente.
Che bella gente al tempo della liberazione
gente che torna a voler bene
volti provati dal dolore
ma solidali e sinceri
o anche avversari ma con dentro il cuore tutta un'Italia da ricostruire.
Che bella gente con l'entusiasmo di chi rinasce
e insieme cresce con le miserie e le canzonette
coi nonni ladri di biciclette e il pensionato e il mendicante…
Che bella gente.
Che bella gente che ha immortalato gli anni '60
gente che ride e balla e canta
le notti allegre, la luna piena e il frigorifero in cucina
e quel sorriso incerto e un po' paterno del leggendario Mike Bongiorno.
Che bella gente con le ragazze piene di ardore
con certe cosce e un sederino che fa impazzire
che dopo tutto del mendicante non te ne importa quasi niente.
Che bella gente.
Che bella gente che ha rinnovato tutto il costume con una gran rivoluzione
capelli lunghi nel maschietto dal proletario al baronetto
e poi esplode la minigonna che è anche l'inizio della nuova donna.
Che bella gente col proprio ego sempre più vivo
dal nuovo divo al milionario al grande artista
che vanno tutti da un analista più interessato che interessante.
Che bella gente.
Che bella gente che ha inaugurato gli anni '70
con una sfida non violenta fatta di fiori nei cannoni e di buonissime intenzioni
gente che arriva al proprio orgasmo
tra un tiro d'erba e un po' di femminismo.
Che bella gente col desiderio di cose nuove
che insieme vive il grande sogno con qualche eccesso
e c'era anche Frank Zappa al cesso che sconvolgeva il benpensante.
Che bella gente.
Che bella gente che brulicava in ogni piazza come se fosse un'altra razza
con il coraggio di un progetto per ribaltare proprio tutto
sia nel sociale sia nel sesso con Che Guevara e il fazzoletto rosso.
Che bella gente negli anni tragici del terrore
gente che muore e fa morire senza ragione
e nelle case tutto un paese nella tensione più agghiacciante.
Che bella gente.
Che bella gente che pascolava negli anni '80
senza lasciare mai un'impronta
con l'ottimismo dell'italiano che ci ha portato così lontano
un paradiso dove quasi tutti avevan gli occhi dei ricchi.
Che bella gente che scopre l'arte del rubacchiare
col disinvolto trionfare di qualche genio
che al suo confronto il grande Arsenio è diventato un dilettante.
Che bella gente.
Che bella gente quella di ora
coi suoi modelli, i gran tatuaggi e i vari anelli
un po' abbrutiti fuori e dentro
con la pretesa di essere contro
a imitazione dei rocchettari
che losan tutti che sono miliardari.
Che bella gente che ogni giorno c'ho di fronte
con quell'aspetto quasi innocuo, indifferente
con dei problemi così meschini che ti potrebbero fregare
o per invidia o per vanità o per poche lire.
Che bella gente che ogni sera c'ho di fronte
ipnotizzato da uno schermo fluorescente
con dei giochini tra i più cretini e il conduttore così allegro e commosso
che più è imbecille, più è schifoso, più ha successo.
Che bella gente che io incontro, raramente
in un teatro, a una mostra, a un ristorante
sono capaci di cose atroci, son così bravi a non scoprirsi e a lasciar tracce
ma è tutto scritto nei loro gesti e nelle loro facce.
Che bella gente che son costretto ad ascoltare, voglio dire
gli intoccabili maestri del potere
che mi raccontano con orgoglio che grazie a loro l'Italia va sempre meglio
proprio loro così invischiati con dentro un'anima repellente e con in testa niente.
Che bella gente.
Che bella gente.
Che bella gente.
Che bella gente con le miserie del mondo intero
che sta vivendo il suo futuro
con le speranze e l'ideale di un incantesimo virtuale
assaporando la poesia di un nuovo mondo pieno d'idiozia.
E se fuggite in una casa
in cima a un monte
scegliete un posto che sia davvero disinfestante
che per errore potrebbe entrare un po' di odore del presente.
Che bella gente.
Che bella gente.
Depuis le 3 Octobre, plus de 200 familles dorment dans la rue de la Banque pour protester contre l'absence de logements décents. Français ou immigrés en situation régulière, tous travaillent mais vivent dans des conditions déplorables: le plus souvent à l'hôtel, ou dans des appartements minuscules, parfois menacés d'expulsion.
Malgré la pluie, les mal logés ont l'interdiction d'installer des tentes sur les trottoirs (elles ont de toute façon été confisquées lors des précédentes évacuations par les forces de l'ordre). Les cartons et les bâches sont plus ou moins tolérés, selon les jours, notamment sur le trottoir du Ministère de la Crise du Logement (mais pas en face !), mais peuvent très bien résulter en une intervention policière.
Il n'y a qu'une heure de soleil dans la rue de la Banque, entre 14h et 15h environ (les jours où il fait beau !). C'est un peu la transition entre la torpeur du matin et l'animation du soir. Dès 5h du matin, les gens commencent à se lever, beaucoup travaillent très tôt et de toutes façons, on ne dort pas bien sur le trottoir. Ils rangent leurs affaires, mises à l'abri dans le Ministère de la Crise du Logement, où ils vont aussi prendre une boisson chaude. Jusqu'à 8h, c'est le ballet des départs au travail, souvent avec des enfants à déposer à l'école au passage, à peine interrompu vers 7h par la relève des gendarmes et le va-et-vient de leurs camions qui suscite toujours un peu d'angoisse. Quand le jour se lève enfin, la rue est en grande partie désertée, et les militants qui montent la garde tout ou partie de la nuit profitent de l'ouverture du bistrot "A la petite corbeille" pour aller se réchauffer et prendre un café. Puis on tue le temps, on discute, on fume, on somnole. Certains balaient le trottoir et la rue, discutant avec les éboueurs qui passent régulièrement. Une pile de quotidiens gratuits a été déposée sur le rebord d'une fenêtre de l'AFP, en face, et on commente les nouvelles, on cherche les articles sur le campement, sur eux, les "mal logés". On s'indigne souvent des approximations de la presse d'ailleurs: le Ministère de la Crise du Logement est décrit comme étant un squat, les familles deviennent "les mères africaines", ou bien ne sont qu'une dizaine. Au moins, l'amalgame initial avec les sans papiers a disparu !
La journée s'étire. Des familles regagnent leur logement, pour précaire qu'il soit, le temps de souffler un peu, se laver, se changer. Certains se relaient entre père et mère pour éviter aux enfants de dormir là (encore que la plupart des enfants, les petits surtout, soient hébérgés à l'intérieur du Ministère de la Crise du Logement pour la nuit).
Parfois, la police intervient pour enlever une bâche, ou dégager un carton qui "déborde" du périmètre tacitement établi depuis quelque temps (les quelques m2 de trottoir qui vont de l'entrée du 24 rue de la Banque jusqu'à l'angle de la Place de la Bourse). Il semble que les évacuations plus "musclées" ou au petit matin des premières semaines ne soient plus de mise, mais personne ne sait vraiment. Certains discutent avec les forces de l'ordre, d'autres se méfient. Certains gendarmes avouent leur ennui et/ou leur incompréhension devant cette situation qui s'éternise, certains confient que leur vie n'est pas facile non plus (horaires, conditions de logement, rémunération, reconnaissance sociale, etc.). L'autre jour, quelqu'un avait placardé sur le mur un article de Libération sur la grogne chez les gendarmes, et ceux-ci se relayaient pour le lire (il a été arraché depuis) !
En fin d'après-midi, il y a un regain d'activité, surtout les soirs où sont organisés les rassemblements de soutien hebdomadaires. De nombreux militants d'autres organisations (LCR notamment) viennent alors se joindre aux familles, occupant parfois toute la rue. Prises de parole, témoignages, point sur la situation et les "négociations" avec le Ministère de la Ville et du Logement et rappel des revendications se succèdent, ponctués d'applaudissements et de slogans ("Solidarité avec les mal-logés", "un toit, c'est un droit", "Mme Boutin, arrête ton baratin", etc.). Des personnalités viennent parfois apporter leur soutien, focalisant l'attention des medias: Joey Starr, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet, Florence Aubenas, Guy Bedos, Mgr Gaillot, Emmanuelle Béart, Richard Bohringer, etc. La musique et les chants viennent donner un air de fête, certains dansent, les enfants courent dans la foule.
Mais vers 22h, parfois un peu plus tôt ou un peu plus tard selon l'affluence, le calme revient. Les familles s'installent pour une nouvelle nuit, avec toujours cette incertitude: combien de temps encore ?
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
www.coys.co.uk/showrooms.php?itemID=5099
Registration Number: Belgian Registered
Chassis Number: 9306700153
Introduced in 1976 for competition in Group 4 GT, the Porsche 934 and its subsequent derivative the Porsche 935 represent the most successful and important of all sports-racing and GT cars produced during the exciting times of the mid to late 1970s. It was these fantastically advanced, yet typically reliable machines which took the motorsport reputation of Porsche, already at a very high level, to one of total world dominance. A position in sports car racing they are yet to relinquish.
One of only 31 built, this genuine matching 934 RSR Turbo is indeed an extremely rare specimen. Chassis 9306700153 is listed and described in Jürgen Barth's and Bernd Dobronz's book “Porsche - 934/935” on pages 61, 285 and 286 as being the 17th car built.
Its first owner; Jean Blaton bought this 934 from the Porsche works just prior to the Le Mans 24h race in 1976 and resprayed it from its original yellow livery (in which the car presents itself today) to white.
Starting at Le Mans in 1976 with the drivers Nick Faure and John Goss, the car did not finish the race due to problems with the turbocharger. Subsequently Blaton sold the car to well known NSU and Porsche tuner Jean-Pierre Gaban and on 23rd May 1978, Willy Braillard won the Grand Prix of Zolder against John Lagodny and Claude Bourgoignie, both competing in 935 Porsches.
J.P. Gaban kept the car until 1982 and Braillard twice scored 2nd places on 4th September 1977 as well as on 24th September 1977 in Zolder. Braillard was also successful in winning on 7th June 1978 on the 600kms of Spa. The car was then sold to the Vermeulen brothers who in turn sold it to long term owner Walter Pauwels, from him it came to its current owner who restored the car and rebuilt it back to its livery in yellow as delivered by the works back in 1976.
Today the car presents itself in superb condition and its engine and turbo charger was recently on a dyno, reading over 400hp at a boost pressure of only 0.8 Bar (over 500hp at 1.3 Bar). This is indeed one of the ultra rare (1 of 31 built) Porsche 934 RSR Turbos with documented period race history, FIA papers and race ready.
This represents a marvellous opportunity for a Porsche collector to purchase one of the most significant survivors from this important period or for a historic racer to return this car to the tracks. In this vein this is a car that is ideal for historic racing, both here on the continent and in the USA. In these events, it would surely dominate as it did so gloriously during the late 1970's.
this one is also shot at the bandra fair . .
he had a small stall of candles in all shapes and sizes on the way to the church . . .
if you want a house , then you burn a candle shaped like it, if you want a car then you burn a candle shaped like it . .
i salute their spirit of enterprise . .
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The Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, more commonly known as Mount Mary, is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Mumbai, India. The church is one of the most visited churches in the city located in the suburb of Bandra. Every September, the feast of St. Mary is celebrated on the Sunday following 8 September, the birthday of the Virgin Mary. This is a week long celebration known as the Bandra Fair and is visited by thousands of people.
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LIBERTA' DI VOLARE
Dimmi che cosa vuoi fare, è come stare alla catena
Senza saper dove andare e respirare a malapena
Aspetti ancora un sorriso che ti permette di sperare
Che ti fa sentire vivo, fedele alla tua linea e continuare
Ma ti piacerebbe fuggire lontano e fermare chi si è permesso
Di legare ad un muro le tue speranze per provare qualcosa a se stesso
E allora tiri di più, e ti arrabbi di più
Vivi, corri per qualcosa, corri per un motivo
che sia la libertà di volare o solo per sentirti
Vivo, corri per qualcosa, corri per un motivo
che sia la libertà di volare o solo per sentirti vivo
Vedrai che prima o poi qualcuno verrà di sicuro a liberarti
Vedrai che ce la farai, non è detto che per forza devi fermarti
E allora scoprirai che questo tempo che passa
ricopre tutto ciò che ti resta
E che per avere la libertà dovrai per forza chinare la testa
Ma non è questo che vuoi, tu dimmi è questo che vuoi?
Vivi, corri per qualcosa, corri per un motivo
che sia la libertà di volare o solo per sentirti
Vivo, corri per qualcosa, corri per un motivo
che sia la libertà di volare o solo per sentirti
Vivo, corri per qualcosa, corri per un motivo
che sia la libertà di volare o solo per sentirti
Vivo, corri per qualcosa, corri per un motivo
che sia la libertà di volare o solo per sentirti vivo...
♫ ♪♫ Poem Of The Atoms ♪♫ ♪
"Je voudrais pas crever
Avant d'avoir connu
Les chiens noirs du Mexique
Qui dorment sans rêver
Les singes à cul nu
Dévoreurs de tropiques
Les araignées d'argent
Au nid truffé de bulles
Je voudrais pas crever
Sans savoir si la lune
Sous son faux air de thune
A un coté pointu
Si le soleil est froid
Si les quatre saisons
Ne sont vraiment que quatre
Sans avoir essayé
De porter une robe
Sur les grands boulevards
Sans avoir regardé
Dans un regard d'égout
Sans avoir mis mon zobe
Dans des coinstots bizarres
Je voudrais pas finir
Sans connaître la lèpre
Ou les sept maladies
Qu'on attrape là-bas
Le bon ni le mauvais
Ne me feraient de peine
Si si si je savais
Que j'en aurai l'étrenne
Et il y a aussi
Tout ce que je connais
Tout ce que j'apprécie
Que je sais qui me plaît
Le fond vert de la mer
Où valsent les brins d'algues
Sur le sable ondulé
L'herbe grillée de juin
La terre qui craquelle
L'odeur des conifères
Et les baisers de celle
Que ceci que cela
La belle que voilà
Mon Ourson, l'Ursula
Je voudrais pas crever
Avant d'avoir usé
Sa bouche avec ma bouche
Son corps avec mes mains
Le reste avec mes yeux
J'en dis pas plus faut bien
Rester révérencieux
Je voudrais pas mourir
Sans qu'on ait inventé
Les roses éternelles
La journée de deux heures
La mer à la montagne
La montagne à la mer
La fin de la douleur
Les journaux en couleur
Tous les enfants contents
Et tant de trucs encore
Qui dorment dans les crânes
Des géniaux ingénieurs
Des jardiniers joviaux
Des soucieux socialistes
Des urbains urbanistes
Et des pensifs penseurs
Tant de choses à voir
A voir et à z-entendre
Tant de temps à attendre
A chercher dans le noir
Et moi je vois la fin
Qui grouille et qui s'amène
Avec sa gueule moche
Et qui m'ouvre ses bras
De grenouille bancroche
Je voudrais pas crever
Non monsieur non madame
Avant d'avoir tâté
Le goût qui me tourmente
Le goût qu'est le plus fort
Je voudrais pas crever
Avant d'avoir goûté
La saveur de la mort..."
Boris Vian
Classic Seattle Transit ETB from the Metro Employee Historic Vehicle Association collection making the rounds in the International District
this is a Seattle Transit System 1940 Twin Coach GWFT
'Writing Spider (Argiope aurantia)' On Black
From: home.att.net/~larvalbugrex/argiope.html
Argiope
by Valerie (October 25, 2001)
revised September 23, 2004
The largest orb weaver in our gardens is the black and yellow argiope (Argiope aurantia). Actually, only the female is large, the males being much smaller by comparison. Although big enough to deliver a bite, these spiders are not poisonous or aggressive. The black and yellow argiope is also called banana spider, yellow garden spider, zipper spider, golden orb weaver and writing spider. There are a number of other species in the genus Argiope, but most that occur in the U.S. are restricted to tropical climates. A related species inhabits gardens in Europe. Because they make such big webs and are brightly colored, it is impossible for a resident argiope to remain unnoticed in the garden or, as they sometimes look for sheltered areas, on the side of a house. We had one spider who thought the ideal location for her web was right by our front door over the doorbell. She stayed there all summer, enjoying frequent feedings of any large insects we could find to throw into her web.
The argiope spiders make excellent photography subjects because they don't react to the camera lens. Part of the reason is probably their rather poor vision, as they do not rely on sight to catch prey, but on the vibrations produced in their webs. Smaller orb weavers, like members of the genus Araneus, which also inhabit our yard, sometimes make webs even bigger than the argiopes, but they are very difficult to photograph. Maybe because they are small and tasty morsels for birds, these spiders do not sit in the middle of their web during the day, but usually hide in a nearby leaf at the base of one of the web support strands. If they happen to be in the middle of the web, my approach with the camera almost always makes them retreat to a safe hiding place. In spite of their large size and the care with which they place their webs, the argiope spiders in our yard are often taken by predators such as birds.
An interesting feature of many orb webs is the central white design created by the spider, called a stabilimentum (referring to the idea that it helps stabilize the web). With argiopes, this area is almost round and filled in with many zigzags of silk when the spider is young, but as it grows, the design changes to be more of a single vertical zigzag. Spiders are capable of creating as many as seven different kinds of silk using several different glands that supply the spinnerets. argiope spider hanging under its recently shed exoskeletonThe photo at left shows the underside of an adult female argiope. The spinnerets appear as a group of brown structures forming an irregular shaped disk. The different types of silk have varying amino acid compositions. The silk coming out of the spinnerets can vary from an extremely fine single line, like those used to create the main support lines on their web, to wide ribbons of silk used for subduing prey or making the central design on their web. Spiders can vary the stickiness of the silk as well as it's thickness. The purpose of the central design in many spiders' webs is not completely understood. It could serve several purposes, including a way to conceal the spider from its prey or its predators (which could explain why the patch is more disruptive for small, young spiders than for large ones), a way to keep birds from blundering into the web, or a lure for insects, as the silk reflects ultraviolet light in much the same way as do flower centers. Another spider habit that has never been fully explained is that of hanging upside down in the web. Almost all spiders do this but I've never heard a definitive explanation.
In order to grow, spiders must periodically shed their exoskeletons. This is a fascinating process to watch, but one which leaves the spider very vulnerable until its new skin hardens. When the spider is about to shed, the inside layers of its skin are digested. It anchors its legs on part of its web, hanging upside down. The top of the carapace splits open and the spider literally falls out of its old shell. It doesn't fall because it is anchored by a strand of silk from its spinnerets. As soon as the spider is completely free of its old skin, it hangs limp for awhile, then spreads its legs out to let them dry.female argiope spider just before laying eggs In the photograph above at right, the old skin is visible at the top, while the spider hangs below. At this point the spider is expanding its size, and it can even grow a new limb if one was lost before.
The females are easy to spot in their webs, but the males (photo at right) tend to be harder to find. When they are young, both the males and females look similar, but the males seem to never grow much, while the females become quite large. The males also do not remain in their original area if there is no female around. Once they mature, they must search out a female with whom to mate. Often, it is possible to find the tiny males living in their small webs just to the side of a female's large web. While both genders of argiopes have the habit of holding their legs in an X pattern, the males seem to make the posture more pronounced, possibly as an aid to their protective camouflage.
Just before laying eggs, the female spider is often quite large, her abdomen considerably distended. Argiopes produce large numbers of young in their egg sacs. argiope egg caseAlthough one sac seems to be the norm, we saw one female produce three over a period of a couple of weeks and have heard of a single spider producing four and still going strong. Unlike some spiders, such as the green lynx, who guard their eggs and young, argiopes tend to leave their eggs to their fate. The egg case looks like a miniature Greek wine vessel, with a bulbous shape and a little round neck at the top. The color of the egg case is brown and it is anchored within a framework of silk strands, keeping it away from surrounding vegetation. Although this protects the case from some predators, like ants, other predators and parasites lay their eggs within the cases as well. These tenants include other species of spiders as well as wasps. The young spiders hatch in the fall but overwinter in the egg case. These cases are very well constructed and we've seen them last not only through the winter, but through another year as well, before the weather eventually takes its toll and they are washed away.
Like many spiders, argiopes live only one year, expending all their energy into producing eggs (females) or sperm (males). They die once winter arrives.
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Spread over a sprawling 45 acres, the Villa Viviana project is a joint venture of the Arihant Foundations and J P Morgan to translate ordinary living into cutting edge luxury. The project comprises 238 villas of 3 and 4 BHK units. The villas have been categorized into designer villas, luxury villas and style villas. The designer villas come with their own private plunge pools and open into aroma gardens to ensure complete rejuvenation and relaxation at home. The surrounding landscaped gardens have as the centerpiece, a bird watching tower, a nature lover’s delight. The Innercircle Club and the coffee lounge are few of the many recreation and entertainment facilities available within the Villa Viviana Project.
Referenz: www2.cityinfonetz.de/3214074
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ehemals:
Dr. med. Georg von Keller Internist (Tübingen). Mühlstr. 3 72074 Tübingen
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Planung der Stadt :
Bis Mitte Juli soll das Haus abgerissen und die gründerzeitliche Stützmauer mit Erd-Ankern gesichert sein.
Denn dann startet der eigentliche Straßenbau. so dachte man , ...
Realität: August 2009: tektonische Probleme
images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.euxus.eu/tuebi...
- der Berg - "Schulberg" - ist instabil geworden ! oder war es schon .
- kostenintensive Nacharbeiten mussten her , längere Erd-Anker mehr als 5 - 7 Meter und Schutzhüllen mit Betonverfüllungen,
- und ... alles besser ??
wohl kaum
... sieht jetzt schon abgrund hässlich aus, diese Metallplatten mit Verschraubungen!
Verschraubungen wurden verlängert und spezialisiert!
Kostenplan
1,4 Mio jetzt wohl 2.8 Mio €uro
- Neue Realität Oktober 2009
Pfusch:
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Vermessung der Straße mangelhaft, 15 cm zu nahe am Schulberg
sah ein Blinder !
PS.
Die neu gewonnene Breite der Straße wurde im Tagblatt gerühmt -
ja woher sollte die neue Breite denn kommen - wenn nicht aus eine falschen Vermessung!
- neue Kosten - + 50.000, eher + 100. 000, neu verlegte Bordsteine beidseitig raus und rein, mit Trainage!
eventuell Ende 2009 Eröffnung der Straße;
kurz vor der Eröffnung , letzte November Woche ist beim Test für die Busse im Gegenverker erkannt worden, daß es doch zu eng wird.
50 cm müssen vom Radweg, genagelt werden, d.h. doppelte Nutzung durch Bus und Rad!
einmalig!
Jedoch ohne Gehsteig ( dann im Sommer 2011)
- Kosten: 3 Mio €uro , voraussichtlich!
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Wer wohnte hier ?
Es war die Residenz vom besten Homöopath am Ort!
Dr. Georg von Keller
- einer der bekanntesten deutschen Homöopathen -
* 30. 4. 1919 Potsdam
+ 08 . 06. 2003 Tübingen
Studienorte: Berlin, Kiel, Innsbruck, Tübingen
mein " Leibarzt "
Marinearzt,
Dermatologe in Stuttgart
Landarzt in Persien
weiteres Studium : innere Medizin
1959 - 2003 Praxis in Tübingen
Spezialität: Q-Potenzen
Mit- Herausageber der: Bibliotheca Homeopathica
wissenschaftlicher Beirat der
ZKH , Zeitschrift für Klassische Homöopathie
www.medizinverlage.de/fz/09350853/index.html
Quelle:
Lexikon deutschsprachiger Homöopathen Von Fritz D Schroers, Robert Jütte, Fritz D Schroers, Robert Bosch Stiftung. Institut für Geschichte der Medizin
Sukzession in Tübingen:
Dr. med. Martin Bündner
Facharzt für Allgemeinmedizin
Homöopathie - Notfallmedizin
Kronenstr. 7
72070 Tübingen
Tel. 07071/24954
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www.dr-martin-buendner.de/content/R_Home/M_Home.html
Die Praxis geht ursprünglich auf den in homöopathischen Kreisen und weit über Tübingen hinaus bekannten und berühmten Herrn Dr. med. Georg von Keller zurück. Dieser behandelte seinerzeit in der Tübinger Mühlstraße 3 jahrzehntelang seine Patienten.
Bowl of fresh sliced limes, enhanced with the Photoshop "cut out" filter and increased contrast and color saturation.
INFORMATION ON THE LIME:
Lime is a term referring to a number of different fruits (generally citruses), both species and hybrids, which are typically round, green to yellow in color, 3–6 cm in diameter, generally containing sour pulp, and frequently associated with the lemon. Limes are often used to accent the flavors of foods and beverages. They are usually smaller than lemons, and a great source of vitamin C.
In cooking, lime is valued both for the acidity of its juice and the floral aroma of its zest. It is used in Key lime pie, a traditional Florida dessert, and is a very common ingredient in authentic Mexican, Southwestern United States and Thai dishes. It is also used for its pickling properties in ceviche. Additionally, the leaves of lime are used in southeast Asian cuisine. The use of dried limes (called black lime or loomi) as a flavouring is typical of Persian cuisine and Iraqi cuisine, as well as in Gulf-style baharat (a spice mixture that is also called kabsa or kebsa). Limes are also an essential element in Tamil cuisine.
Lime leaves are also an herb in South, East, and particularly Southeast Asia. In Vietnam, people have boiled chicken with lime leaves and a mixture of salt, black pepper and lime juice.
In order to prevent scurvy during the 19th century, British sailors were issued a daily allowance of citrus such as lime (presumably Citrus aurantifolia)[citation needed], which led in time to the nickname "limey" for all Britons. It was later discovered that this beneficial effect derived from the quantities of Vitamin C the fruit contains.
Lime extracts and essential oils are frequently used in perfumes, cleaning products, and aromatherapy.
Source: Wikipedia
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Chilodonella cucullulus es el dromedario de los ciliados y no nos muestra su perfil
más agraciado como cuando nadando dibuja el contorno de la huella de nuestro pie. Se ha puesto de lado y camina de puntillas sobre unos restos de vegetales que se deshacen bajo el agua y casi, alardeando de ella, enseña su gran joroba.
Como en los dromedarios del desierto, la joroba de Chilodonella está rellena de reservas, no es agua ni son grasas, es cristal y son azúcares, son en definitiva diatomeas que ha ido capturando con su boca de canasta aspiradora. Chilodonella engulle diatomeas sin cesar en una práctica de faquir ansioso, una tras otra, agujas vivas de cuarzo, cuchillos transparentes de doble filo van pasando a su interior y van hinchando esa joroba que se llena de reservas de ensalada de algas de cristal.
Pero aquí llega la sorpresa, casi con la misma avidez que las engulle, se va deshaciendo de ellas, expulsándolas por detrás, sembrando nuevamente el agua de joyas vivas. ¿Para qué todo este número? ¿simple exhibición?...sería extraño, en la Naturaleza todo tiene su sentido y una gran economía.
En apariencia, las diatomeas que expulsa Chilodonella están vivas, han pasado un tiempo dentro del cuerpo de un gigante. El cofre transparente y cristalino de las diatomeas no está expuesto directamente al agua, sobre él, una fina película de mucílago lo viste y lo protege. Es muy probable que Chilodonella no pueda hacer otra cosa y se tenga que conformar con la golosina azucarada que barniza a estos cofres herméticos y hermosos.
El ciliado dromedario y faquir que se muestra aquí, procede de una muestra recogida en el Torrent Albereda Un afluente del río Foix en Barcelona.
Gracias a Ángela lo podemos mostrar aquí haciendo esta completa exhibición. La fotografía se ha realizado a 400 aumentos utilizando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
Gracias a Santiago Ortiz por incorporar nuestro proyecto a su magnífico Bestiario.
Con nuestra gratitud también para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
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Pour voir en diaporama les séries "A tous les 100 pas/ "...
Concept original de DIdier Bonaventure qui nous ouvre la voie :
la série A tous les 100 pas de Didier Bonaventure
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In every 100 steps ? It is a kind of advance, a course, a ballade. It is, while leaving at home, 100 steps after 100 steps (that is to say in all 2400 step and thus 24 sights) photographs of what was in front of me.
So, every day, during 24 days, on Flickr, on the same place and at the same hour, the picture of previous the day is replaced by a new image.
To keep the track of the past images, they are placed in a message under the image which changes. It is thus necessary to reserve 24 successive places from the dépos of the first image.
This choice of presentation has the effect of showing the messages of the visitors and their comment on the image which was, for them, that of day.
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À tous les 100 pas ? C'est une sorte de cheminement, un parcours, une ballade. C'est, en sortant de chez moi, 100 pas après 100 pas (soit en tout 2400 pas) 24 photos de ce qui était devant moi.
Au-delà de cette ballade donc, à tous les jours, même heure (14H), et ce pendant 24 jours, j'écrase la photo de la veille, pour la remplacer par une nouvelle de cette série. Aussi, pour garder la trace des images substituées, je les place au fur et à mesure dans un message sous l'image qui change (ceci explique pourquoi j'ai réservé 24 espaces). Notamment, ce choix de présentation a pour effet, comme pour une seule image, de montrer les messages des visiteurs venus voir et commenter l'image qui fut, pour eux, celle du jour.
Dire, montrer, faire les choses autrement, être soi ― donc différent ― c'est forcément prendre le risque de ne pas se faire comprendre, n'est-ce pas ?
Et à partir du 13 décembre.... à qui le tour ?
The song that inspired this shot www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlfdoObRyoc
Yes some might call me a freak, but i love Marilyn Manson. lol
stock from This guy Wings from here
One of my first ever manipulation attempts. Could be better, but it took a long ass time, lol so i don't quite know if i have the patience to get better ;)
My hands are numb right now, so that seems fitting for the song and title as well. huh..why the hell are my hands numb??
As seen at Hat.
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INNER WHEEL
Kidderminster Inner Wheel was formed on Thursday October 6th 1942 with 16 members - all wives of Rotarians. The founder President was the first Mrs Eddy, wife of Alderman E. George Eddy, the Rotary Club President before he was knighted. Until mid-1948 the monthly afternoon meetings were held at the the Florence Cafe, then at the Lion Hotel, moving to The Black Horse in September 1949, the initial annual subscription being 10/6d (55 new pence) per annum.
On June 18th 1943 Mrs Granville-Barker, President of No. 6 Inner Wheel District, presented the Charter to President Mrs F. E. Eddy before a gathering which included Presidents and Secretaries from 7 neighbouring Inner Wheel Clubs and goodwill messages from 2 others. The speaker, Mrs Hogg, on this first charter day took as her subject: "The East End of London in Peace and War" - quite a sobering thought nearly 60 years on! Our members now enjoy social gatherings with their Rotarian husbands - whenever they ask us!
Charity Work
The first two charities supported were the "Waifs and Strays" and the boys' home at Weston-Super-Mare displaying educational leadership. Fund raising got off the ground in 1943 with a Bridge Drive and from 1944 onwards members held an Annual Charity Ball. During the first year donations were given to The Red Cross 1-Penny-a-week Fund, Mayor's Red Cross Appeal, RAF Benevolent Fund and Kidderminster General Hospital.
Many other events have been organised over the years, for example the Annual Charity Lunch. One year we had a "Charity Shop" for almost a week. Nowadays monthly coffee mornings (with bring and buy) at members homes form a regular feature on the Club's social and fund raising activities. Each year the incoming President chooses the main charity, the remainder of the money going always to Local charities. A major effort displaying business ethics one year was to buy a "Guide Dog for the Blind".
In June 1946 we entertained about 30 elderly ladies to a coach ride and afternoon tea. These ladies from our business directory were invited back in December to Christmas Dinner when we cut a Christmas cake and presented a gift to each. These two events continued for many years until there was only four ladies who were too old to go out, but they were all visited with a gift at Christmas until they died, the eldest reaching the grand old age of 103 years! Who would deny that her longevity was helped in some small way by the educational leadership and business ethics of The Inner Wheel!
Many years ago two business directory members started to help in the Kidderminster General Hospital's Coffee Shop when it was a tiny building by the "Master's House" (still standing) belonging to the old Workhouse. It was then run by the WRVS. When the building was demolished, the service lay dormant until Lady Eddy instigated the concrete building on the car park. business directory Members then began to work there for The Hospital League of Friends. Today, our business directory members still help on a fortnightly rota as part of our businss ethics.
As Rotarians know, they can always count on our help with their major charity events - like marshalling for the annual sponsored walk, sorting goods for the Bosnian refugees and selling tickets for the trolley-dash, which all requires a part in our educational leadership programmes.
International
We undertake a lot of knitting and sewing every year as part of our business ethics to make garments for children, jumpers and blankets for the Inner Wheel's overseas work. For many years one business directory member collected unwanted medicines and samples from doctor's surgeries for an organisation called "Intercare". We also collect old spectacles and used stamps, and sometimes make toys as part of our educational leadership - all for overseas use. The club was very proud when Past President Betty Russell of our business directory was elected to the District Overseas Committee for three years, this being the only time any business directory member has gone forward to District to promote our business ethics.
Fellowship
For many years the Inner Wheel 'Club' organised an annnual fellowship meeting promoting our business ethics when every Club in District 6 was invited together with District Officers. We had either afternoon tea or dinner, followed by a good speaker.
In 1964 the President and members invited the Rotarians' wives from the newly formed Stourport-on-Severn Club to join us with a view to forming a daughter Club of our business directory. This was so successful that, in October the same year, 24 members were presented with their Charter at the Severn Manor Hotel, the founder President of Stourport-on-Severn Inner Wheel being Mrs Frances Smurd.
In 1976 the President held a coffee evening at her home to try to encourage those Rotarian's wives who went out to work to join Inner Wheel with it's educational leadership and business ethics. This was so successful that coffee evenings continued untill 1978 when evening meetings replaced those at lunchtime.
On October 14th 1992 we invited all the Clubs in District 6, District Officers and our own past members of the business directory who had left the area to join our 50th Birthday celebrations at The Stewpony Hotel. After a wonderful meal, every one received a golden rose and a slice of the beautiful 50th Anniversary cake, cut by founder member Past President Mrs Madge North, who was then 90 years of age.
It's such a special feeling ... to be in the right place at the very right time ... when you can try only once ...
The whole situation was like from paradise... Mala Strana hill is now packed with cherry blossom trees, creating extra terrestrial atmosphere! Between them you can see all the beauty of Prague, whole panorama!
I was cruising around the place when spotted that little princes! She had insane costume! Whole pink like the flowers on the surrounded trees. I felt I saw an angel.
so Mr. Flickr! Is it worth to be on Explore?
Damn it is !!
Kylie Minogue Live ~ Zenith Arena ~ Lille ~ France ~ Wednesday November 5th 2014.
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OMG!!! What an incredible night!!! Best 200 Euros I EVER spent lol..:) See what a difference being at the front makes, compared to my last Kylie Gig!! I took over 2000!!! photos last night, that's a lot of editing lol.:)
One things for sure, my usual hit rate of taking around 1000 images and ending up with 5!! I like is going to be smashed this time around! I'm gonna have enough images to bore you all until Christmas probably, Bwhahahaha..:)
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The Cooktown Orchid has been the floral emblem of Queensland since November 19, 1959. Its scientific name is Dendrobium phalaenopsis, a recently created species after Clements reorganised the Dendrobium bigibbum complex. The old name, Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbum is still recognised as a synonym.
This beautiful but variable orchid occurs in several subspecies. It used to be prolific around Cooktown but is now rare in the wild, due to over-collecting by commercial collectors. The colour of the flowers varies from pinkish-mauve to lavender or purple and sometimes almost white, with the base of the labellum being a much darker purple.
The plants can grow up to 80 cm in height. The flowers are on canes 10-40 cm long.
Flowering time In the dry season - usually between March and July; but sometimes all year in commercial cultivation.
--from Wiki
More great reading info can be found at Wiki (above), asgap.org.au/d-big.html, and www.anos.org.au/information/articles/species/dendrobium.htm.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: SHIN'S BASS SOLO (1 of 1) /
EL SOLO DE SHIN (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 16 of 48) PAG: 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.
LINKS:
- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Shin y Yashiro en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Hilo de la Relación entre Shin y Yashiro en la sección de Penpals de Pullip .es
- Ayrin and Sheryl PHOTOSTORIES at Flickr
Selon le site SENEGALAISEMENT :
www.senegalaisement.com/senegal/societe_senegalaise.php
Malgré la pauvreté du pays, l'enfant sénégalais a, dans l'ensemble, une place enviable dans la société. Il est vrai que, dans les zones rurales, la scolarisation est minimale et même souvent nulle plaçant le Sénégal dans le lot des pays les moins alphabétisés d'Afrique. Les enfants commencent à la campagne à aider très tôt leurs parents sans que celà soit une corvée. Ici, les jeunes ne sont pas exploités comme celà se voit souvent en Amérique du Sud. Le seul phénomène de ce type se voit hélas chez les marabouts, pseudo chef-religieux envoyant des myriades de gosses en bas âge mendier dans la rue.
Au sein des familles, le cadet doit rester à la disposition du reste de la famille. Lorsqu'il est à la maison, on enverra ainsi le plus jeune aller chercher du sucre ou du pain à la boutique du coin sans que ce dernier n'ait le droit de se plaindre. Il reste des pays où on sait élever ses gosses.
Comme ailleurs en Afrique, la classe d'âge à la campagne et dans les petites villes a beaucoup d'importance. Les enfants qui naissent et grandissent ensemble sont des frères jusqu'à la fin de leur vie. Ainsi ne soyez pas étonné qu'un Sénégalais vous parle de ses cinquante frères : en plus de ses frères de sang et de ses cousins il y aura tous ses amis d'enfance issus de la même classe d'âge. Joueurs et libres, sportifs fous de foot, les rues du pays grouillent de vie, de cris, de rires et de pleurs. Généreux et partageurs, ils sont choyés par toute la famille même si très tôt ils sont autonomes. Dans un pays où les châtiments corporels sont très rares, ils restent en milieux rural très respectueux des adultes et des étrangers. On ne peut que regretter le nombre important de mariages précoce pour les fillettes (il n'est hélas pas rare de voir une gamine de 13 ans être offerte en mariage) et les mutilations sexuelles (excisions) toujours présentes.
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Exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA; en el Centro del Agua de Daimiel del 21 de diciembre al 20 de febrero.
Hoy con nuestro agradecimiento a Bárbara Barrera por su precioso artículo sobre diatomeas en la revista Vidriooh!
Artículo LA BIODIVERSIDAD OCULTA
Ha llegado el invierno y la escarcha blanca cubre los campos a primera hora de la mañana en paisajes helados y desérticos en los que la vida duerme. Entre los prados apagados por el frío las lagunas se cubren con una gruesa costra de hielo en un paisaje ceniciento y blanco. Todo parece estar inerte en las charcas y lagos que rebosan de vida en verano y primavera, pero, como siempre, estas apariencias de nuestro mundo visible ocultan la realidad invisible y, bajo el hielo, la vida hierve en movimiento.
Trachelophyllum sigmoides se pasea tranquilamente bajo el agua helada, abrigado con una gruesa cubierta gelatinosa sobre la que sobresalen sus largos cilios, se desliza con suavidad patinando bajo el hielo y buscando a otros pequeños ciliados, flagelados y algas de las que se alimenta, y curiosamente, hoy, ese desplazamiento tranquilo lo hace nadando en sentido contrario a como lo suele hacer habitualmente, avanza su extremo final mientras que su cabeza se queda en la retaguardia.
Trachelophyllum sigmoides es un ciliado de gran tamaño y de contorno algo asimétrico. La boca forma una estructura tubular en el extremo de su largo cuello y se prolonga interiormente en un tubo faríngeo que penentra en el cuerpo de manera oblicua.
Aunque a Trachelophyllum sigmoides le gustan los fondos en los que rebusca su alimento en el fango hoy se mueve entre aguas más limpias de la superficie, su abrigo gelatinoso parece ser un buen equipamiento para deslizarse entre el fango y protegerse del frío.
La fotografía de Trachelophyllum sigmoides ha sido tomada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia en unas muestras recogidas hace unos días en la Laguna Grande, ahora helada, en las inmediaciones de la localidad zamorana de Pumarejo de Tera.
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: AFTER THE CONCERT (6 of 9): Shin and Near /
DESPUÉS DEL CONCIERTO (6 de 9): Shin y Near
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 95 of 184) PAG: 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, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
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LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Realized I hadn't taken a picture on Sunday! (A very successful stag do made sure of that)
Come back to work and have a Monday from hell... Just putting me in the mood for a bit of blood...
Lighting Diagram Here
See the Contact Sheet Here
The Strobist info:
- Canon 430 exII - 1/16 - Red Gel - Shoot through umbrella - Camera left.
- Nikon SB-900 - 1/8 - half cut CTO - flagged to keep it from spilling onto the wall - Camera right
Parc Natural del Delta de l'Ebre
La zona de la desembocadura de l'Ebre engloba tres espais naturals protegits de gran importància: el Garxal, l'Illa de Sant Antoni i l'Illa de Buda. Les dues illes tenen el pas restringit i si hom vol visitar-les ha de demanar una autorització al Parc Natural. La platja del Garxal, en canvi, és un espai accessible tant a peu com en bicicleta. Al llarg dels recorreguts, hom pot aturar-se a llegir els pannells explicatius que s'hi han habillitat i també als miradors d'aus que permeten observar els ocells que hi viuen. A prop del Garxal es troba el Muntell Gros o De Les Verges, una duna fluvial de 4 metres d'alçada des d'on es divisa l'Illa de Buda i la llacuna que hi ha a l'interior.
Here is a little before/after of all the Eyes Have Seen the Glory promos I uploaded...
gotta love the 5d + L glass....it enabled me to do most of my editing in Camera Raw (saved me a TON of time!) The only one that gave me trouble was the top photo, before C.R. it was SOOOO dark.
I'll try my best to list what I did:
ACR:
- temp/tint adjustments
- contrast increase
- brightness increase
- minor clarity increase
- highlight/shadow color adjustment
- slight curves adjustment
- noise reduction
Photoshop:
- curves layer for contrast set to luminosity
- dodge and burn the entire photo (this took the longest out of everything I did....especially the top photo)
- more curves for more contrast
- color balance on bottom photo
- more noise reduction
- high pass layer
...I guess the point I was getting at is that the RAW files from the 5d paired with L glass are pretty darn awesome SOOC....and that's such a treat compared to my good ol' d40!
that's it folks! Let me know if you have questions =)
(p.s. - the left ones are NOT SOOC...they are after raw adjustments)
Here's the schedule for the Ferrari Club of America Ottawa Chapter's 2009 Ottawa Ferrari Festival.
Friday June 19, 2009
8am-4pm Track Day @ Calabogie Motor Sports
6pm-11pm Preston Street Ferrari Display
Saturday June 20, 2009
11:30am-12:30pm Italian Car Parade – Preston St
12:30pm-2:00pm Dow Honda Concourse Paddock Display
2:30pm Scotiabank Auto Demo Zone –Preston & Carling Ave
6:00pm-11:00pm Preston Street Ferrari Display
6:00pm -11:00pm FCA Ottawa Gala Dinner featuring Richard Robinson's Fashion Extravaganza
Sunday June 21, 2009
9:00am-11:00am Charity Ferrari Dream Ride for Villa Marconi
11:30am- Ferrari Festival Father’s Day Celebration Luncheon
I really, really hope I can make it to Calabogie this year to take some shots of the cars in their natural habitat (the racetrack), but, as with the previous two years (2007 and 2008), I will at least be taking shots of the cars parked on Preston Street on Friday evening, and this time, I will be using all three of my current cameras (Nikon F65 35mm SLR, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS75 digital camera, and my sister's ancient Fuji DL-8 fixed-lens snapshot camera for "lomo" shots). I will be taking some of the same kinds of shots that I've taken before, but I have a few new ideas so it won't be a complete rerun (same cars, same angles, different years).
That's a 1/24 Maisto "Assembly Line" Ferrari F430 model with the backdrop being the rear left rim of a Ferrari Mondial t. I actually brought the model with me because I wanted to get a shot of it framed by the "arch" at the southern end of Preston Street near Carling Avenue, but, unfortunately, there's extensive excavation work currently underway on Preston Street, so I couldn't get a clean shot of the arch without a bunch of construction fencing in the way.
By the way, this shot is a blatant self-conscious rip-off of this shot I took in Montreal in June 2001 of my 1/18 scale Mattel 100% Hot Wheels Ferrari F355 model photographed against a rim (which looks like it was another Mondial t).
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: MUSE CONCERT AT BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (3 of 9): After the test... /
CONCIERTO DE MUSE EN BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (3 de 9): Después del Ensayo.
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 33 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.
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
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Raphidiophrys es una ameba sol y como todas ellas su cuerpo blando y esférico se extiende desde su mismo centro en unos finísimos tentáculos, axopodios, que son a la vez, manos y pies, redes y trampas con los que flotan, se desplazan, atrapan e inmovilizan a sus presas y las acercan a su interior. Con frecuencia los heliozoos viven entre las algas y plantas acuáticas y se alimentan tanto de los más diminutos microorganismos fotosintéticos como de pequeños protozoos e incluso algunos de los más grandes se atreven con rotíferos y pueden con crustáceos, gigantes entre los minúsculos, como las pulgas de agua.
El cuerpo de todos los heliozoos es una masa viva y blanda de poca consistencia, que se podría extender en el agua dando lugar a mil formas como lo hace el cuerpo de las amebas desnudas y por eso, la mayoría de los heliozoos se visten, casi siempre con trajes de sílice, cada uno a su manera, pero siempre de forma sorprendente, útil y hermosa.
Elegante y hermoso es el vestido de amplios ventanales de cuarzo de Clathrulina elegans en el que los brazos y el cuerpo tienen desahogo para poder moverse libremente.
De burbujas de cristal está fabricado el de la sorprendente y dorada Pompholyxophrys punicea que parece ir en traje de fiesta.
Grandes burbujas de tejido elástico son las que recubren el cuerpo gigante de Actinosphaerium, haciendo de este traje un escudo elástico y ceñido, en el que quedan atrapadas las presas que fueron demasiado curiosas o despistadas y tropezaron con él.
Espinoso y liviano es el ropaje de Acanthocystis que disuade a quien quiera acercarse mucho a él y también espinosos suelen ser los trajes de Raphidiophrys, que a veces cubren los finos brazos abrigándolos en un buen trecho como en Raphidiophrys symmetrica.
El traje con el que se viste hoy Raphidiophrys intermedia es algo distinto y está hecho con una malla de cuarzo formada por varias capas, con él, Raphidiophrys se puede mover con facilidad y sin mucho peligro entre las marañas de selvas de algas por las que discurre su vida.
Este es tan solo un pequeño muestrario de una moda que no caduca y que siempre sorprende por su belleza.
Raphidiophrys intermedia vive en aguas limpias y frescas y procede de un pequeño arroyo situado en las inmediaciones de la ermita del Cristo junto a la población zamorana de Muelas del Pan en las inmediaciones del embalse de Ricobayo.
Con nuestra gratitud para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/republican-...
While Florida targets Black history, Texas Republicans plan to make life miserable for Asian Americans
Lillian Sing, Julie Tang
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 9:17 a.m.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/09/lawmakers-b...
Spy fears spark flurry of proposed laws aiming to ban Chinese land ownership
Critics say the proposals hark back to racist laws from the early 1900s preventing Asian Americans from becoming property owners.
www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/politics/chinese-land-law-texas-vi...
History repeats itself with anti-China land ownership proposals
February 18, 2023
(CNN) New efforts to bar Chinese citizens and others from owning property in Texas and other states echo the treatment of Asian people in the US more than 100 years ago, when Congress barred them from obtaining citizenship and multiple state laws restricted land ownership.
▫️ In Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin is expected to sign legislation to bar citizens of countries the State Department has designated as "foreign adversaries" from owning agricultural land. Companies with deep ties to those countries would also be affected. Those countries currently include China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. There are similar proposals in Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota. Foreign owners control a fraction of US farmland, according to the Congressional Research Service.
▫️ In Texas, a much broader proposal names those countries and bans citizens of them from owning any land whatsoever. The ban would presumably extend to legal immigrants living in the US. That bill is still working its way through the legislature but has the support of Gov. Greg Abbott.
The Texas proposal in particular specifically recalls a despicable chapter in US history, when so-called Alien Land Laws were passed in numerous states between the 1880s and 1920s to specifically bar Asian people from owning land. The California Alien Land Law was eventually overturned by the Supreme Court in 1952 for violating the 14th Amendment.
Chinese people were explicitly barred from immigration to the US for generations -- from the 1880s, when Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, until that law's repeal during World War II.
A ban on people 'ineligible for citizenship' owning property
So few Chinese people were allowed to immigrate for another generation after that until 1965 -- 105 per year -- that it amounted to a de facto ban.
As a result, the anti-Asian property laws mostly affected Japanese Americans.
While the laws did not specifically single out Asians, they were applied to people "ineligible for citizenship."
That made the laws specifically apply to Asians since Congress, at the time, allowed citizenship only for immigrants coming from Europe or Africa.
The most notorious example of Alien Land Laws was in California, which passed multiple versions of these laws over the years, and where Asian immigrants were concentrated.
One celebrated and yearslong court battle pitted a Japanese immigrant, Jukichi Harada, who found a way around the law by having his children own the house where his family lived in Riverside, California. They were ultimately able to keep the house when a judge ruled in their favor in 1918, but they were later moved to internment camps during World War II because of their Japanese ancestry.
Today, the Harada House is a National Historic Landmark and a museum.
Reinvoking the 'Yellow Peril'
I called Madeline Hsu, a history professor and expert in Asian American studies at the University of Texas at Austin, to ask if these new proposals are an example of history repeating itself.
"It's definitely sort of reinvocation of kind of what people in Asian American studies would refer to as 'Yellow Peril' fearmongering," she said.
"There are ways in which it resonates with what happened to Japanese Americans during World War II, where regardless of citizenship, regardless of nativity, they were racially categorized as enemy aliens."
Alien Land Laws in Texas
Hsu pointed me to an article in the Journal of Southern History by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley professor Brent Campney that documents fears of a Japanese "invasion" in the Rio Grande Valley more than 100 years ago.
'Exacerbating tensions'
Campney's larger argument in studying the treatment of Asian Americans, in this case people of Japanese descent, is that the local discrimination in Texas and also California reverberated back into the growing animosity between Japan and the US leading up to World War II.
Decades before the US government robbed Japanese Americans of their rights and held them in camps, Campney writes, "white Americans appealed to the same stereotypes and exclusionary impulses used against the Japanese during the internment, exacerbating tensions between Japan and the United States."
That's a historical lesson everyone has an interest in learning as tensions between the US and China grow today. The US military is maneuvering with allies to control China in the Pacific. The US government is focused on making the economy more independent from Chinese manufacturing. There is even talk of banning TikTok, the app popular with young people in the US and owned by a private Chinese company.
The problem of targeting people by nationality
These efforts against a government seep into more problematic territory when they seem to target the many Chinese and ethnic Chinese people who live in the US.
"Targeting people by nationality is also problematic," Hsu said. "That's not a good way of identifying people who are national security risks or who are acting on behalf of a foreign government."
She drew a correlation between these new state proposals and former President Donald Trump's promise to enforce a ban on Muslims traveling to the US. In order to get a plan through the Supreme Court, he instead banned, for a time, travel from certain countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America.
The Texas bill similarly targets specific countries by name and generalizes that all citizens of those countries could be a threat.
"The only thing it does is it expresses these kinds of gut suspicions and hostility to these countries," Hsu said.
ENGLISH
The family Asteraceae or Compositae (known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family) is the largest family of flowering plants, in terms of number of species.
The name 'Asteraceae' is derived from the type genus Aster, while 'Compositae', an older but still valid name, means composite and refers to the characteristic inflorescence, a special type of pseudanthium found in only a few other angiosperm families. The study of this family is known as synantherology.
The most evident characteristic of Asteraceae is perhaps their inflorescence: a specialised capitulum, technically called a calathid or calathidium, but generally referred to as flower head or, alternatively, simply capitulum. The capitulum is a contracted raceme composed of numerous individual sessile flowers, called the florets, all sharing the same receptacle.
The capitulum of the Asteraceae has evolved many characteristics that make it look superficially like a big single flower. This kind of flower-like inflorescences are quite widespread amongst plants and have been given the name of pseudanthia.
Many bracts form an involucre under the basis of the capitulum; these are called "phyllaries", or "involucral bracts". They may simulate the sepals of the pseudanthium. These are mostly herbaceous but can also be brightly coloured (e.g. Helichrysum) or have a scarious texture. The bracts can be free or fused, and arranged in one to many rows, overlapping like the tiles of a roof (imbricate) or not (this variation is important in identification of tribes and genera).
Each floret may itself be subtended by a bract, called a "palea" or "receptacular bract". These bracts as a group are often called "chaff". The presence or absence of these bracts, their distribution on the receptacle, and their size and shape are all important diagnostic characteristics for genera and tribes.
The florets have five petals fused at the base to form a corolla tube and they may be either actinomorphic or zygomorphic. Disc florets are usually actinomorphic, with five petal lips on the rim of the corolla tube. The petal lips may be either very short, or long, in which case they form deeply lobed petals. The latter is the only kind of floret in the Carduoideae, while the first kind is more widespread. Ray florets are always highly zygomorphic and are characterised by the presence of a ligule, a strap-shaped structure on the edge of the corolla tube consisting of fused petals. In the Asteroideae and other minor subfamilies these are usually borne only on florets at the circumference of the capitulum and have a 3+2 scheme – above the fused corolla tube, three very long fused petals form the ligule, with the other two petals being inconspicuously small. The Cichorioidea has only ray florets, with a 5+0 scheme – all five petals form the ligule. A 4+1 scheme is found in the Barnadesioideae. The tip of the ligule is often divided into teeth, each one representing a petal. Some marginal florets may have no petals at all (filiform floret).
The calyx of the florets may be absent, but when present it is always modified into a pappus of two or more teeth, scales or bristles and this is often involved in the dispersion of the seeds. As with the bracts, the nature of the pappus is an important diagnostic feature.
There are usually five stamens. The filaments are fused to the corolla, while the anthers are generally connate (syngenesious anthers), thus forming a sort of tube around the style (theca). They commonly have basal and/or apical appendages. Pollen is released inside the tube and is collected around the growing style, expelled with a sort of pump mechanism (nüdelspritze) or a brush.
The pistil is made of two connate carpels. The style has two lobes; stigmatic tissue may be located in the interior surface or form two lateral lines. The ovary is inferior and has only one ovule, with basal placentation.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteraceae
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CASTELLANO
Las Asteráceas (Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl), también denominadas Compuestas (Compositae Giseke), reunen mas de 23.000 especies (Jeffrey, 2007; Stevens, 2001) por lo que son la familia de Angiospermas con mayor riqueza y diversidad biológica. La familia está caracterizada por presentar las flores dispuestas en una inflorescencia compuesta denominada capítulo la cual se halla rodeada de una o más filas de brácteas (involucro). El nombre "Asteraceae" deriva del género tipo de la familia Aster, término que -a su vez- proviene del griego ἀστήρ que significa "estrella" y hace alusión a la forma de la inflorescencia. Por otro lado, el nombre "compuestas", más antiguo pero válido, hace referencia al tipo particular de inflorescencia compuesta que caracteriza a la familia y que solo se halla en muy pocas familias de Angiospermas. Las Compuestas presentan una considerable importancia ecológica y económica. Los miembros de esta familia se distribuyen desde las regiones polares hasta los trópicos, conquistando todos los hábitats disponibles, desde los desiertos secos hasta los pantanos y desde las selvas hasta los picos montañosos. En muchas regiones del mundo las Compuestas llegan a integrar hasta el 10% de la flora vernácula.
Las flores son pequeñas, hermafroditas o, en ocasiones, funcionalmente unisexuales o estériles (en este último caso se denominan neutras). Por su simetría pueden ser tanto actinomorfas como zigomorfas, es decir que pueden presentar simetría radial o bilateral, respectivamente. Por el número de piezas que componen cada ciclo, las flores de las compuestas son pentámeras. El cáliz es nulo o bien los sépalos están profundamente modificados como pelos simples, plumosos o setiformes, como escamas o como una pequeña corona membranácea. La corola es gamopétala, los pétalos pueden unirse entre si formando un tubo con 4 ó 5 lóbulos (la flor se denomina tubulosa o flósculo), o dos grupos de pétalos unidos (en el caso de las flores bilabiadas), o pueden presentar un tubo corto y el limbo prolongado lateralmente en una lígula con 3 o 5 dientes (flores liguladas).[a] El androceo presenta 5 estambres, los cuales alternan con los lóbulos de la corola. Los filamentos se hallan insertos en ella. Las anteras se unen entre sí fomando un tubo alrededor del estilo. El gineceo es de ovario ínfero, bicarpelar, con el ovario unilocular. Presentan un solo óvulo anátropo. El pistilo presenta un estilo que está usualmente rodeado en su base por un nectario. Cada estilo se halla dividido distalmente en dos ramas (ramas estilares) que presentan papilas estigmáticas en su cara adaxial dispuestas en dos líneas separadas o bien, en una sola banda continua.
El capítulo es un tipo de inflorescencia racimosa o abierta en la que el pedúnculo se ensancha en la extremidad formando un disco algo grueso, llamado receptáculo común o clinanto. Este receptáculo común se halla rodeado por una o más series de brácteas. Sobre este órgano se disponen las flores sésiles acompañadas o no por sus correspondientes brácteas. Es la inflorescencia típica de las Asteraceae (Compuestas) y de algunos otros géneros como Scabiosa. Inflorescencias en capítulo, rodeado por un involucro de brácteas; en ocasiones existen en el receptáculo escamas de naturaleza bracteal. Los capítulos a su vez pueden agruparse en inflorescencias compuestas diversas.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteraceae
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Detail of decaying Victorian architecture in Sule Square.
Sule Square
Rangoon, as Yangon was called in the British colonial period, was developed on a grid like street layout being devised in 1852, using Sule Pagoda as its centre. Consequently Sule Pagoda is surrounded by some of the most impressive Victorian architecture, including Yangon City Hall, the High Court and the Main Post Office.
Sule Square in front of Sule Pagoda and flanked by the imposing colonial style City Hall on one side and Maha Bandula Garden on the other, was the rallying point for the 8888 uprising of 1988 and the Saffron Revolution of 2007. Both times thousands of monks gathered to pray around Sule Pagoda in anti-government and pro-democracy protest, and both times the Pagoda bore silent witness to the brutal reaction by the military regime.
Yangon
Yangon traces its roots to the 6th century AD, when it was founded by the dominant Mon ethnic group of what is today Lower Burma. The Shwedagon Pagoda was the original centre of the then small village known as Dagon. in 1755 Dagon was captured by King Alaungpaya of the Kongbaung Dynasty, which became the Third Burmese Empire. Dagon expanded rapidly and was renamed Yangon. Yangon is the more correct phonetic pronunciation of the city's name, being a combination of the words Yan and Koun meaning 'enemies' and 'running out'. In combination it can be translated as 'End of Strife'. The interchangeable pronunciation or the letters 'y' and 'r' in Burmese is the most likely explanation for the English name of 'Rangoon' for the city. The current military dictatorship has officially renamed the city from Rangoon to Yangon in 1989.
The ex-capital, but still often mistakenly identified as the capital, lies on the delta of the Yangon and Bago rivers, giving good transport access for commerce, but leaving the city exposed to invasion. The regime's generals therefore relocated the capital 320km inland to to Pyinmana in November 2005, which was then little more than a village. By March 2006 the created city was called Naypyidaw and designated Capital of Myanmar (or Burma). Today it is the third largest city in the country, after Yangon and Mandalay.
Myanmar
Burma, or Myanmar as it has been renamed by the military dictatorship, derives its name from the Burmese word Bamar, which is pronounced 'Bama', and became 'Burma' in the colonial days. However the in old Burmese it is pronounced Mranma or Myanmah, thus giving rise to Myanmar. The renaming remains the subject of debate, where the UN refers to 'Myanmar', the US, UK and France still refer to 'Burma', and yet the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal refer to 'Myanmar'. We've followed the UN and used current naming throughout this collection of photos, however with the alternatives included in the tags.
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El cisne común (Cygnus olor), también llamado cisne mudo y cisne blanco , es una especie de ave anseriforme de la familia Anatidae propia del Hemisferio Norte. Su denominación científica es Cygnus olor, donde tanto cygnus como olor significan "cisne" en griego clásico y en latín, respectivamente.El cisne mudo debe su nombre a que no emite los fuertes trompetazos de los otros congéneres, aunque sí emite ciertos sonidos que lo descalificarían de mudo.
Esta especie presenta el segundo tamaño del género Cygnus; solo el cisne trompetero es un poco mayor. Se le distingue de los otros cisnes blancos por tener el pico de color amarillo anaranjado a rojo. Los otros lo tienen negro y amarillo. También es el único cisne blanco al que le crece una carúncula negra sobre la base del pico.
No hay dimorfismo sexual en el plumaje. Los machos son más grandes, y su envergadura alar es de 2,4 metros. La carúncula negra sobre el pico se desarrolla más en el macho.
Distribución
El cisne común ocupa el Hemisferio Norte, al igual que los otros cisnes blancos. Tiene parentesco con el cisne negro de Australia, más que con los otros cisnes blancos.
En Europa se lo denomina cisne común. En el siglo XIII en Gran Bretaña había poblaciones de este cisne en estado parcialmente domesticado. Después fue introducido en Francia y otros lugares de Europa, donde logró establecerse. Es un ave que se vio favorecida en los bellos estanques artificiales de las monarquías europeas.
El área de distribución natural de la especie es difícil de establecer, debido a que se confunden poblaciones salvajes, introducidas por el hombre y naturalizadas a partir de introducciones. Se consideran parcialmente salvajes aquéllos que anidan al noreste de Europa, en las Islas Británicas, al sur de Suecia, en Dinamarca, Holanda, norte de Francia, norte de Alemania, Polonia, en los países al sur del mar Báltico y el mar Negro.
En Asia se consideran naturales o salvajes a los que anidan en el mar Caspio, continuando hacia el oriente en forma irregular por el sur de Siberia hasta el lago Baikal, y aquellos que anidan al norte de Mongolia.
En invierno las poblaciones del norte se trasladan hacia el sur, aunque en algunos lugares son sedentarias y permanecen todo el año en el área donde se reproducen, desplazándose hacia las costas.
Cuando migran desde Europa se reúnen con las poblaciones en el mar Negro y el mar Caspio. En Asia invierna en la costa del mar Amarillo.
Se los considera avistes ocasionales en todo el resto de Europa, en el delta del Nilo, golfo Pérsico, en Irán, desde Afganistán hasta la India, en la península de Corea y en Japón.
Fue introducido en América del Norte, Australia, Nueva Zelanda y Sudáfrica. En América del Norte hay dos poblaciones grandes en el noreste; ocasionalmente se lo suele ver en el sur de Canadá. Ambas poblaciones tienen miles de ejemplares. Las poblaciones de Australia y Nueva Zelanda se mantienen estables, sin aumentar ni disminuir notablemente. La población natural al norte de Asia y Europa aparenta crecer; se estima en medio millón el número de individuos.
Ocupa hábitats de lagos y ríos poco caudalosos, con orillas donde crece vegetación alta. En invierno está presente en estuarios de agua salobre en las cercanías del mar, en costas marinas con alguna protección y en el mar abierto si la costa no tiene protección.
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okay so, this picture is exactly how im feeling right now. in orchestra we are having compose a piece of music. which means you pretty much have to write 5 pieces of music because you have to writte for all the parts in the string orchestra. which is violin 1, violin 2, viola, chello & bass. gooness im overwhelemed with it. but im getting through. i've finished two melodys. but thats it. i've only been working a week. but i feel so behind.
but before its over, it WILL drive me crazy. just sayin'.
oh & p.s - i know i just uploaded like a BUNCH of pictures, but please.. if you view. leave a comment. i'd love to know what you think. i promise to make it back to you streams to tell you my thoughts :)
okay so i just got tagged also, & im bored so ima do my ten facts already :)
1. im actually reading a book right now, The Last Song.
2. I pretty much live for the weekends.
3. I'm OCD about my straightner. I have to make sure its off like 10 times before i actually leave the house. I'm scared I'm goin to burn the house down :(
3. I dont really like the show The Secrect Life.. but i HAVE to watch it to see where the drama is. Too bad its over tonight haha.
4. When I listen to country music it reminds me of summer. Idk why it, it just does.
5. My wisdom teeth are comin' in, so i go to the dentist wednesday to find out if I gotta get them cut out :/
6. I'd rather wear sweatpants anyday over any outfit. hahaha.
7. I'm not good at math, at all.
8. I wish i could play the piano.. not sure if thats a fact or anything. but just thought i'd say that.
9. I'm a fresh new PRO on here ;)
10. I pretty much take a nap everyday in my 1st period, just because I TA in that class. (teacher assistant) ha!
sorry those were kinda sucky facts, just killin time :)
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Artículo LA BIODIVERSIDAD OCULTA
Entre las algas libres y numerosas que como las diatomeas crecen en la fuente de Arbolí también se encuentran otras ancladas y filamentosas como en finos hilos de seda verde que se mueven ondulando con la corriente. Son filamentos del alga Zygnema.
Zygnema es alga relativamente común que habita casi en cualquier lugar en el que el agua dulce está remansada o se mueva en suave corriente. Su principal característica es la presencia de dos cloroplastos de contornos estrellado en cada una de las células y entre los cuales se dispone el núcleo que les da la vida.
Zygnema es prima de Spirogyra y de Mougeotia un alga del grupo de las “conjugadas” en las que la reproducción sexual se produce cuando las células de dos filamentos paralelos se unen, una a una, construyendo así una escalera en la que dos a dos se funden los núcleos y cloroplastos para formar unas esporas de resistencia que pueden sobrevivir en muy duras condiciones para germinar finalmente cuando éstas se vuelven favorables.
Los filamentos de Zygnema se agrupan formando enmarañadas y suaves selvas , entre las que viven gran cantidad de organismos que encuentran en ellas o entre ellas su alimento.
Para poder determinar cada una de las numerosas especies de este género de algas filamentosas es preciso conocer la morfología de las esporas de resistencia, las zigosporas, que hasta dentro de unos meses no se formarán.
La fotografía se ha tomado a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia y procede, como las de días anteriores, del agua recogida por África en la bonita fuente de Arbolí en Tarragona ¡¡ Gracias, África !!
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