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I saw the 1st show of Jimmy Eat World's Clarity 10X10 tour - 10 shows celebrating the 10th anniversary of the release of their first album. As an encore, they played this song off an old EP, and I'm a little bit in love with it right now. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I do =)
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I've got my car, we could go and sit a while.
I know it won't turn over but we'll get somewhere just the same
I'm through talking
(it's the strangest thing, I feel safe when I'm lonely)
don't take too much
you'll get burned if it's all at one time
take it easy don't you get it?
it's just an expression
would you raise your voice every time a little dirt gets under?
cry if you want
(it's the return of no sensitivity)
you don't have to scream to say something that you honestly mean
the world won't turn without you
and I am amazed you're standing still
your problems, they aren't problems
be glad they never will
I'm taking my kisses back
I want my kisses back from you
when you hear those footsteps calling
it's O.K. if you don't answer
isn't it obvious?
I thought it was obvious.
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We never know the love of our parents for us til we have become parents.
Henry Ward Beecher
This rather large Drogonfly landed on the hitch of my boat trailer and of course I had to run for the camera. When I looked at the Dragon through the lens I was surprised to see it was chowing down on a Hornet or Wasp not sure which it was, but he was sure enjoying it.
Tried for days to get a decent photo of this beautiful little guy, this one I think is at least acceptable.
"You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth."
- Shira Tehrani
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Tomorrow it will start a two 24hours/a/day days meeting with the american architect on site; it will be boring and unpleasant.
I'm ready to fall.
Will you pardon me if I'll not be on flickr?
Domani comincia una due giorni non stop di riunioni con l'architetto americano in cantiere. Sarà fastidiosa e noiosa.
Sono pronto a cadere.
Spero mi perdoniate per la mia assenza.
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Now that my birthday celebrations are finally over [ ;o) Lol ], it's time to get back to some serious Fashion!
Enjoy the song...one of my favs..."The Eyes of Truth" by Enigma
The Eyes of Truth
are always watching you.
Alsyn Gazryn Zeregleenn
Aduu shig mal shig torolzonoo khuoo
(In the distance the mirage stands out like horses and cattle.
Very glad to see my beloved son.)
Je me regarde
Je me sens
Je vois des enfants
Je suis enfant !
(I look at myself
I feel myself
I see the children
I am a child!)
Have a great week ahead everyone!! :o))
Could you use a good fish story today? Once upon a time there were these beautiful fish who lived five miles under the ocean. How do I know? They were the subject of a PBS television special. So this is a for real fish story. Because these fish are really striking - they are incredibly colorful - some folks thought they might look good in someone's tropical fish aquarium. So, they tried to bring these fish to the surface. They didn't make it. They blew up when they got near the surface! They were designed to live under that pressure at the bottom. No happy ending - except they're leaving the rest of them where they belong - five miles under the ocean. That's where they were created to be!
It really works this way in all of God's creation. There's an environment that things and people were created to be in, and things really work when they're in that place. They really don't work very well when they're not where they were designed to be. Thankfully, God makes very clear the environment you and I were created for, so we don't have to waste our lives searching for it. In fact, probably the single most important question you have to answer while you're on earth is this: Why am I here?
God answers that question in six simple, life-changing words in His book the Bible. Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Colossians 1:16. Speaking of Jesus Christ, the Bible says, "All things were" - now here are the six words - "created by Him and for Him." Try putting your name in that Biblical statement. Here we go. "(Your name) was created by Jesus and for Jesus." Just like those fish were created to be in the pressure of that deep-sea environment. Just like the earth was created to be in an orbit around the sun, you were created for Jesus. You were created by Jesus for a relationship with Jesus, where you live for Jesus.
All these years you've been away from the one that your heart's been searching for all along. Isn't it time to experience the relationship you were made for - to finally be where you were born to be?
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Approximately 86 kilometers northeast of the city of Beirut in eastern Lebanon stands the temple complex of Baalbek (Known as Heliopolis, the ‘City of the Sun.' during the Roman era). Situated atop a high point in the fertile Bekaa valley, the ruins are one of the most extraordinary and enigmatic holy places of ancient times. Long before the Romans conquered the site and built their enormous temple of Jupiter, long even before the Phoenicians constructed a temple to the god Baal, there stood at Baalbek the largest stone block construction found in the entire world.
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VIAJAR EN CAPITAL
Y para más tarde quedarían las otras seis en construcción. Las más avanzadas son Flores y Nazca.
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Texto: Por Daniel Gutman para el diario Clarín.
La Ciudad de Buenos Aires no tendrá ninguna estación de subte nueva este año, debido al drástico recorte presupuestario que aplicó el Gobierno de Mauricio Macri. Con suerte, y en caso de que la plata alcance, recién a fines de 2010 se inaugurará la estación Corrientes de la línea H (que se había anunciado para esta época de 2009) y para más tarde quedarán las otras seis estaciones que están en construcción. Así se lo informó a Clarín Luis Germán Jahn, presidente de Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (SBASE), la empresa del Estado porteño que tiene la misión de ampliar la red.
Aunque la estación Corrientes de la línea H, en Corrientes y Pueyrredón, ya está prácticamente terminada con sus túneles y sus andenes, la falta de fondos impide realizar las obras de señalización y tendido eléctrico. Esa estación es clave porque permitiría conectar la línea H con la B, que recorre la avenida Corrientes, y darle real utilidad para el transporte de la Ciudad. Hoy la H, que arranca en Caseros y Jujuy y termina en Once, es usada apenas por 13.000 personas por día, según datos de la concesionaria Metrovías. Es diez veces menos de los que lleva la línea E, que es, entre todas las demás, la que menos pasajeros transporta.
De acuerdo al presupuesto porteño 2009 que votó la Legislatura de la Ciudad, debería haber $ 447 millones para subtes. Sin embargo, debido a "fuertes restricciones de los recursos disponibles", el ministro de Desarrollo Urbano, Daniel Chain, recortó el 75% de los fondos. Sólo quedó para SBASE el dinero que no se puede tocar, porque está garantizado por una ley nacional: se trata de una porción de lo que se recauda por los impuestos de ABL y Patentes. "El año pasado la recaudación por ese concepto fue de $ 115 millones. Todavía no sabemos cómo terminará la recaudación de 2009, pero no creo que sea mucho más", dijo el presidente de SBASE. Se trata también de una importante disminución con respecto a 2008, cuando se invirtieron $ 338 millones y las obras avanzaron a ritmo lento.
En términos de obras de subtes, es prácticamente insignificante lo que se puede hacer con $ 115 millones. De hecho, el costo de construcción de cada kilómetro, incluidos los vagones, se estima entre $ 260 y $ 300 millones. El año pasado, cuando el entonces presidente de SBASE, Jorge Irigoin, concurrió a las reuniones de la comisión de Presupuesto en la Legislatura, pidió que se asignaran para 2009 entre $ 700 y $ 900 millones. Irigoin finalmente se fue, enfrentado con Chain, quien designó en SBASE a Jahn, quien hasta entonces era su jefe de asesores.
Durante la campaña electoral de 2007, Macri había prometido construir 10 kilómetros de subte por año. Ya en el Gobierno, presentó a la Legislatura un ambicioso plan que prevía una inversión plurianual de 2.500 millones de dólares y consiguió que los diputados aprobaran un plan de trazas de nuevas líneas, que fue archivado rápidamente. Ante los problemas para conseguir los fondos, el Jefe de Gobierno dijo que esa iniciativa era "un viaje a la luna" y culpó al Gobierno Nacional y a la crisis financiera internacional. Finalmente, este año, dejó prácticamente sin recursos a las estaciones que estaban en construcción desde gestiones anteriores.
Además de Corrientes en la línea H, las estaciones que están en construcción son otras dos de esa línea, pero hacia el Sur (Hospitales y Parque Patricios); dos de la A (Plaza Flores y Nazca) y dos de la B (Echeverría y Monroe, que en realidad se llamará Juan Manuel de Rosas, de acuerdo a una ley sancionada el año pasado).
Según estiman en SBASE, para terminar esas seis estaciones hacen falta $ 600 millones. Actualmente tienen disponibles alrededor de unos $ 100 millones por año, que es el importe que les garantiza la ley por el porcentaje de lo que se recauda de ABL y Patentes. La cuestión es que si se busca terminarlas en tres años, los fondos propios alcanzarían los $ 300 millones y harían falta unos $ 300 millones más de financiamiento externo, que al día de hoy, nadie sabe exactamente de dónde podrían salir. Sólo en el caso de que se consigan esos $ 300 millones extra, se podría pensar en terminar esas seis estaciones para fines de 2011 o principios de 2012. Si los fondos no aparecen, nadie puede hoy poner fecha a las inauguraciones.
"Las más avanzadas entre esas seis estaciones son Flores y Nazca. Se están colocando las vías y se está trabajando en la señalización. No puedo prometer fechas, pero si existen los recursos podrían inaugurarse en 2011. Estamos siempre trabajando con el condicionante del dinero, porque no tenemos la financiación asegurada", dijo Jahn. El funcionario aseguró que "ninguna de las obras en marcha fue parada", pero admitió que en todas hay demoras muy importantes porque la falta de fondos obligó a negociar con los contratistas recortes en las obras previstas.
Desde el macrismo siguen recordando que el Gobierno nacional les bloqueó la posibilidad de endeudar a la Ciudad con la colocación de un bono internacional por US$ 1.500 millones, que -dicen- les hubiera permitido avanzar con la ampliación de los subtes, una de sus principales promesas de campaña.
A este panorama se le agrega que el Ejecutivo enfrenta una desaceleración en la recaudación de impuestos, debido a la caída de la actividad económica de Capital. Esta desaceleración ya obligó a reducir el presupuesto y frenar grandes obras, incluyendo las de los subtes y túneles. Al mismo tiempo, los gastos fijos de la Ciudad aumentan cada vez más. Un 50% de los recursos que recauda el Gobierno son para pagar los sueldos de los 114.437 empleados municipales. Si a esto se le suman los otros gastos fijos, como insumos hospitalarios, a la Ciudad apenas le queda un 30% del dinero para obras públicas.
Quieren seguir la H hasta Pueyrredón y Libertador
A pesar de los fuertes recortes en los fondos para la ampliación de la red de subtes, que están generando demoras importantísimas en las estaciones en construcción desde hace años, el Gobierno de la Ciudad trabaja para llamar a licitación, con el objetivo de llevar la línea H hasta Pueyrredón y Libertador.
Esto tiene que ver con el proyecto de construir en la zona de la Facultad de Derecho un gran espacio verde, a la manera del Central Park de Nueva York, suprimiendo a esa altura las avenidas Libertador y Figueroa Alcorta, tal como informó Clarín el domingo pasado.
Macri quiere que hasta allí llegue el subte que viene de Parque Patricios, según admitió a este diario el presidente de Subterráneos de Buenos Aires, Luis Jahn.
Fuentes del bloque de diputados del PRO en la Legislatura dijeron que una de las opciones de financiamiento que se está estudiando es constituir un fideicomiso; se trata de un fondo de dinero a la manera de los creados para las obras que encara el ministro de Planificación Federal, Julio De Vido.
Arriba: Túnel doble San José de Flores - Carabobo correspondiente a la extensión de la línea A de subterráneos. Al fondo, con un poco de esfuerzo se puede llegar a ver el telón negro que separa el mencionado túnel con la actual Cola de Maniobras posterior a la estación Carabobo, actual terminal de la línea.
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Ronda was first settled by the early Celts, but its subsequent Roman and then Moorish rulers are reflected most prominently in its architecture. The forces of Catholic Spain took control of the town in 1485, during the Reconquista.
Ronda is situated in a very mountainous area about 750 metres (2,500 ft) above mean sea level. The Guadalevín River runs through the city, dividing it in two and carving out the steep, 100 plus meters deep El Tajo canyon upon which the city perches.
Three bridges, Puente Romano ("Roman Bridge", also known as the Puente San Miguel), Puente Viejo ("Old Bridge", also known as the Puente Arabe or "Arab Bridge") and Puente Nuevo ("New Bridge"), span the canyon. The term "nuevo" is a bit of a misnomer, as the building of this bridge commenced in 1751 and took until 1793 to complete. The Puente Nuevo is the tallest of the bridges, towering 120 metres (390 ft) above the canyon floor, and all three serve as some of the city's most impressive features.
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Los pliegos de la licitación marcan tiempos distintos a los de la política.
Las primeras 5.000 lectoras de tarjetas estarán colocadas en no menos de 360 días hábiles. El proceso exige “pruebas piloto”, “un plan de proyecto definitivo” y otros pasos que retrasarán la implementación. Toda la red metropolitana se cubre con 17.000 máquinas.
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El Sistema Único de Boleto Electrónico (SUBE) no podrá seguir los tiempos que le impusieron la política y la necesidad de los usuarios de conseguir monedas para viajar todos los días. Los pliegos de la licitación marcan otra realidad. En una primera entrega, 5.000 lectoras de tarjetas magnéticas estarán colocadas en no menos de 360 días hábiles, es decir, en 16 meses. Y las 10.000 licitadas en este primer proceso público recién marcarán boletos a fines de 2012. El total de máquinas necesario para cubrir las 340 líneas de colectivo y las 259 estaciones de tren de Capital y el primer cordón del conurbano bonaerense asciende a 17 mil.
El pliego de condiciones particulares de la Licitación Pública Nº 4 para la provisión y mantenimiento de lectoras de tarjetas magnéticas para colectivos, subte y trenes fue adjudicado el 14 de julio a la UTE conformada por Siemens, Metronex (Grupo Roggio) e Indra.
Cuatro días después el secretario de Transporte, Juan Pablo Schiavi, intentó calmar la ansiedad de los viajantes de abandonar el pago con moneda: “La tarjeta única para el pago de boletos funcionará en todos los ramales de trenes metropolitanos dentro de un mes o un mes y medio”. El cronograma de entrega le da prioridad a los colectivos y luego a los ferrocarriles.
Al volver a la provisión de máquinas para el transporte automotor, el Anexo IV del pliego de condiciones, Nación Servicios (la unidad de negocios del Banco encargada de administrar el sistema de transporte) marca los pasos a seguir. “El adjudicatario deberá efectuar las pruebas solicitadas en un lapso no mayor a los 10 (diez) días hábiles contados a partir de su notificación”. Las tres compañías proveedoras fueron informadas por la entidad estatal de la adjudicación a mediados de julio, por lo que estiman que completarán “el período de testeo” a fines de mes, según contaron a este diario.
Además, el documento oficial les exige que el 3 de agosto presenten un “plan de proyecto definitivo”, en el que deberán detallar las condiciones técnicas, estrategias de instalación y los servicios que brindarán, una vez que se les notifique la “orden de compra”. Es decir, que la UTE conformada por Siemens, Indra y Metronex pondrá en funcionamiento el “plan piloto” una vez que reciba el primer cheque de manos de Nación Servicios. Ese proceso podría demorar otros 15 días adicionales.
En una tercera instancia, el Gobierno tendrá que “aprobar el plan de proyecto definitivo”, dentro de los siguientes 30 días hábiles, y recién después las proveedoras estarán “habilitadas para la puesta en producción de 2.000 equipos para las líneas de colectivos involucradas” dentro de los siguientes 150 días corridos.
Una vez que se coloquen esas 2.000 lectoras, con sus respectivos “68 equipos móviles de descarga de transacciones” y “100 terminales de inspección”, las compañías tendrán permiso de colocar otras 2.000 lectoras durante los siguientes 180 días hábiles.
El cronograma de entregas de las 10 mil máquinas sigue. El proceso completo podría demorar más de tres años.
En concreto, una semana antes de las elecciones se repartieron 50 mil tarjetas SUBE. Se subieron al sistema Monedero ya instalado en el subte y las líneas de colectivo 101, 50, 5, 8, 61, 62 y el ferrocarril Urquiza.
De las cinco licitaciones, cuatro ya tienen ganador oficial
El Gobierno dio varias definiciones el viernes a la noche sobre las licitaciones pendientes en el SUBE. Según pudo saber Crítica de la Argentina, Nación Servicios calificó de “no elegibles” a Indra y a Unión Transitoria de Empresas (UTE) formada por la filial local de Tallion, la estadounidense HID y la coreana EB Corp. Esos grupos compitieron en el concurso Nº 5 con otra UTE formada por Metronex (grupo Roggio) y Siemens. Por descarte, fuentes del sector comentaron a este diario que la alianza entre la alemana y el grupo que opera el subte “se quedaron con el negocio del clearing”: la puesta en marcha del sistema de back office que administrará la recaudación diaria de cada medio de transporte. La cuarta licitación (concurso para la provisión y posterior instalación de lectoras magnéticas) fue adjudicada a la UTE Siemens, Metronex y la española Indra el 10 de julio.
El resultado de la segunda y tercera licitación pasó inadvertido. Ganaron Telecom y Global Crossing. Cada una se encargará de uno de los centros de cómputos que demandarán un total de 1,08 millón de dólares.
La filial latinoamericana de Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) se quedó con la tercera licitación. El concurso, del que también participaron Transtex y Gemalto, fue para elegir al proveedor de 50 mil dispositivos de carga y descarga de tarjetas. G&D, de capitales alemanes, fue adjudicataria de la primera licitación de provisión de tarjetas. Fabricará cinco millones de plásticos inteligentes a cambio de siete millones de dólares.
Arriba: Viajando en un articulado de la línea 132.
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Kate Ryan - Désenchantée Remix. . . Its an awesome version^^
Kate Ryan- Desénchantée or Mylène Farmer - Désenchantée
Nager dans les eaux troubles
Des lendemains
Attendre ici la fin
Flotter dans l'air trop lourd
Du presque rien
A qui tendre la main
Si je dois tomber de haut
Que ma chute soit lente
Je n'ai trouvé de repos
Que dans l'indifférence
Pourtant, je voudrais retrouver l'innocence
Mais rien n'a de sens, et rien ne va
Tout est chaos
A côté
Tous mes idéaux, des mots
Abimés
Je cherche une âme, qui
Pourra m'aider
Je suis d'une
Génération désenchantée,
Désenchantée...
English^^
To swim in troubled waters
for days,
To wait here for the end.
To float in air, too heavy
from almost nothing.
To whom to reach out a hand?
If I must fall from high,
May my fall be gentle.
I found rest only in indifference.
Still, I would like to find innocence again,
But nothing makes sense and nothing goes right.
All is Chaos,
On all sides,
All my ideals; the words overwhelmed,
I look for a soul who is able to help me.
I am of a disenchanted generation.
Disenchanted ...
Taken at "Dead man´s Chest" pure SL
La Costa di Nebida, con il Pan di Zucchero sullo sfondo, fotografata dalla Laveria Lamarmora
Coast from Nebida to Masua with Pan di Zucchero taken fromLamarmora washery ruins
Dal sentiero panoramico è possibile raggiungere con una lunghissima scalinata i resti della "Laveria Lamarmora", costruita nel 1897 dalla “Società anonima di Nebida” e utilizzata fino alla metà degli anni '30. È un edificio costruito con pietra a vista che si sviluppa su alcuni volumi sovrapposti percorsi da grandi archi ed è completato da due alte ciminiere che la segnalano con evidenza, ai piedi della laveria sul mare sono visibili i forni di calcinazione.
La sua realizzazione a strapiombo sul mare fu necessaria per facilitare il trasporto dei minerali dai luoghi di estrazione alla penisola, ed avere a portata di mano la grande quantità d’acqua necessaria per quel tipo di lavorazione.
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View from the top of 'Levant Terril' at Mons in Belgium.
A 'terril' is a hill made from mining waste. There are still a lot of them in the old mining regions like Mons, now being appreciated as green areas.
I've used a ND1000 filter in order to have an 'evening effect' even if the sun was high in the sky.
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Wow. This is a pretty boring shot for my 100th in my 365. Oh well. I wasn't thinking about it all today when I took it. I drove into the little town near our lake house and when I pulled into a parking lot to turn around, I found myself staring right at this beautiful old building. I couldn't help but take a picture. I'm actually pretty happy with how this turned out, despite its lack in celebratory subject matter for my 100th day.
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Explored June 12, 2010 - Thank you all so much!
An experiment in composition/framing .... originally shot for the macro mondays theme of '6' but I decided not to issue it then and plumped for the more conventional 6 marbles (b&w).
Part of my Marbles (Set)
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Listen Come Tomorrow - BARBRA STREISAND CON BARRY GIBB
BARBRA
Are you ready for the day
That we've prayed for
Already holding what is real
You know the soul finds its own evolution
And this is the only love I feel
Can I tell ya
I'm keeping up the strength
I've gotta try
'Cause you ain't getting past this heart of mine
I'm out here waiting for you
With all I've got to give
And I accept this life we live
BOTH
I'll be your lover
And I'll be your friend
I'm gonna follow you
Right to the end
BARBRA
I wasn't made to tell you lies
I only came to make you realize
BOTH
I'll be your hero
And I'll be your plan
You pick me up
And let me down
BARBRA
Don't make me stumble, don't make me wait
'Cause come tomorrow will be to late
BOTH
Come tomorrow
Come tomorrow
BARRY
I got to turn away my face
'Cause you blind me with your light
Can you catch up to me
You know I love you in the black of night
This sacred bridge you walk
This journey has begun
We try, we try to carry on
Are you listening
You get to find the things in life
That get you through
BARBRA
One more day...
BARRY
And deep inside the things you want love never knew
BARBRA
One less chance...
BARRY
Let me make it happen
This world we have foreseen
BARBRA
Hmmm...
BARRY
And I will tell you how I feel
BOTH
Love will be better for wearing your ring
I'm gonna give you everything
BARRY
I wasn't made to tell you lies
I only came to make you realize
BOTH
I'll be your hero
And I'll be your plan
You pick me up
You let me down
BARRY
Don't make me stumble, don't make me wait
BOTH
'Cause come tomorrow will be to late
Come tomorrow...
Come tomorrow...
Come tomorrow...
Oh! Come tomorrow...
Come tomorrow...
Come tomorrow...
Come tomorrow...
Las casas están construídas con gran armonía entre la montaña y como es natural son calles estrechas y enpinadas. El término se extiende por el altiplano de Collsacabra, las sierras de Tavertet y los riscos de Aiats y Falgars. Si bien en la economía tradicional es la agricultura de secano (cereales, legumbres, forrajes, patatas y maíz) y la ganadería eran las principales actividades, en la actualidad, el turismo constituye la mayor fuente de ingresos. El desarrollo del fenómeno turístico ha conllevado la aparición de numerosos establecimientos comerciales y restaurantes que ofrecen al turista de verano o de fin de semana todos los servicios necesarios, como el Hostal Estrella que se encuentra en el centro de Rupit.
Una carretera local comunica el término con la C-153. En el núcleo urbano pueden admirarse edificios de los siglos XVI y XVII, de piedra, con ventanales de tipo gótico o gótico tardío y portales dovelados con antiguas inscripciones, la calle del Fossar es la más típica. El castillo de Rupit se alza sobre un espolón rocoso. La iglesia de Sant Miquel de Rupit, es de estilo barroconeoclásico. Palacio de la notaría de los Soler, con jardín colgante. Capilla de Santa Magdalena, del siglo XVII. La iglesia románica de Sant Joan de Fábregues, a 4 kilómetros de la población. Las masías son de notable interés (la Sala, el Colell, Mas Corriol). Pruit, cuenta con la iglesia románica de Sant Andreu (de los siglos XII - XIII). Iglesia románica de Sant Lloreno; Dosmunts, cerca del gran Mas de les Viles. Masías del Bac de Collsacabra, la Cassassa de Pruit y Comajoan.
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Amapola - Juan Luis Guerra
The Monastery of Sant Benet de Bagés is a former Benedictine monastery, in the Catalan comarca of Bages. The Romanesque monastery was thoroughly restored at the beginning of the twentieth century by the Catalan architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch.
The monastery was founded about 950 by the noble Salla and his consort Ricarda, of the house of the viscounts of Osona . According to the founding legend, Salla traveled to Rome to have his institution authorized, and to have it depend directly on the Holy See, the usual method for preserving the community from interference from the bishop of Vic, in whose diocese it lay. The abbey church was consecrated 3 December 972, witnessed by a gathering of notables: Borrell II, Count of Barcelona, the bishops Frugifer of Vic, Guisad of Urgell and Pere of Barcelona, the viscount Guadald of Osona, and three of the four offspring of the recently deceased founder, his son Isarn and the sisters Quíxol and Ego, at the head of witnesses both laymen and priests, in a grand ceremonial recorded in the surviving act of consecration.
The community was dedicated to the Holy Trinity and to Benedict of Nursia (Sant Benét in Catalan) founder of the order, and Peter and Andrew, all guarantors of its future orthodoxy. The founder secured dispensations that the future abbots would be chosen from among their descendents, making the abbey a form of proprietary church, an agreement that would soon lead to disputes among the various branches of their lineage as to choice of abbots.
From 965, the abbey church held the supposed relics of Saint Valentine, enclosed in a wooden reliquary with plates of silver depicting miraclesa of Saint Valentine, rediscovered in 1863 in the church of Navarcles.At the beginning of the eleventh century the monastery passed under the direction of the Abbey of Saint Peter of Tomeras at Narbonne, from which the community freed itself in 1108. In 1125 Sant Benet de Bagés suffered from an attack by Moors that required a rebuilding, financed by local nobles who required in return the right to be buried in its consecrated ground.
The most splendid age of Sant Benet de Bagés was in the fourteenth century. The Black Death left the community with only two survivors, in a period that witnessed the beginning of its decline. On 9 November 1593, by order of Pope Clement VIII the community passed under the direction of the Abbey of Montserrat, and remained so until it was suppressed in 1820, serving as a place of retirement for Montserrat's community of monks. By the "law of desamortización" of 1835, all religious orders in Spain were required to render upo their possessions.The crumbling ancient structure attracted the interest of intellectuals who organised visits to it in the late nineteenth century. The architect Puig i Cadafalch and the painter Ramon Casas encouraged the mother of Casas to buy the property in 1907; in 1910 it passed into the hands of Casas, who commissioned Puig i Cadafalch to restore it. Since 2000, when it was purchased from Casas' heirs it has belonged to the Caixa de Manresa, a financial institution that has undertaken its maintenance.
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La backWaters sono costituite da 900 Km di lagune interne e canali che dalla costa penetrano verso l'interno, navigabili a bordo di imbarcazioni un tempo adibite al trasporto di riso e oggi trasformate in case galleggianti (house boats) per i turisti, dotate di ogni comfort.
Collegano via acqua diversi villaggi e città da cui partono le crociere verso le zone turistiche di Kollam e Kottapuram,
La Back waters hanno un ecosistema unico, poichè l'acqua dolce dei fiumi si mescola con l'acqua salata del Mare Arabico.
The Kerala backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast (known as the Malabar Coast) of Kerala state in southern India. The network includes five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually half the length of Kerala state. The backwaters were formed by the action of waves and shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
(From Wikipedia)
Alexander Beets on the Saxophone. View On Black
Goa is more acclaimed for its flamboyant music and dance and the spirit of happiness then for anything else.
You have all kinds of music permeating the state of Goa from its local Konkani to the international trends of trance and oft times,lamentably, the Britney Spears variety of popular music performed by some Goan bands. Jazz as is usual does not have a vast popular audience but there are some earnest believers in that genre of music.
Jazz in Goa is in a state of creative ferment with the efforts of the Amando Gonsalves and his merry band of jazz organisers
You can read more on them at the Heritage Jazz www.heritagejazz.com/
Artists from around the world arrive and play in and around the heritage area of Campal in Panjim right next door to the heritage Gonsalves Mansion.
Saskia Laroo was performing in Goa on the night of 7th December 2008, soon after the Bombay terrorist carnage on 26the November. She is magic on the trumpet and as I said earlier, a consummate artist.
The line up on that night was the following -
2. Warren Byrd on keyboard and vocals
3. Andy Valkenburg (bass)...(( I better do his shots fast..)
4. Ms. Dorota Piotrowska (Drum)
5. Mr. Alexander Beets (Saxophonist
Some of the shots of that night, in no strict order are here.
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Milton River Walk, Brisbane 2017
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I have collected many shots of the demolished floating riverside Drift Restaurant, removed late in 2022 after the earlier Brisbane River flood of February. The building had been derelict and vandalised since the significant flood destruction of January 2011.
Over the years, all cladding, windows and walls had been damaged or removed, and only the structural frame remained, topped with its iconic twin peak tensile sail roofline.
Following the 2022 February riverine flood, the remaining structure rode the floodwater peak, allowed by its footing design to rise with the waters and avoid going under again.
The success was short-lived, and the structural shell pivoted and crash-landed into the riverwalk. Its rusted steel platform's acute angle rose above the river like a broken ship’s hull awaiting its fate.
Nearby cranes, erected on barges on the river, were prepared to remedy the chaos. The future was determined. The hull platform, remaining structure and roofline were cut apart and transported back down the river.
My long-term project, looking at the years-long deterioration of this once vibrant river restaurant, has come to a close.
this photograph was taken by my 6 year old daughter, with Canon 5D Mark II and Canon EF 50mm F1.2 IS USM L Lens. Hanheld. can you believe it?
my flickr buddy mahnaz ahmed tagged me. it made me reflect on what things are close to my heart. here are some of what i consider important. it was hard to restrict it to 10 things, as i definitely wanted to share a few more. but here is 10 to start with.
since someone told me i don't need to restrict to 10, i added a couple more.
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i am a human being essentially, whose heart feels like an artist, whose mind thinks like a scientist. often, they go together, hand in hand, which i love very much. it helps me in my work greatly.
my first romance was in university, which turned out to be "one way" only. a very beautiful woman, with gorgeous dimples. i loved her. she did not. bless her lovely heart. but it was through this failure that i met my wife with whom i live since 1997. together we have a six year old girl, who features often on my photostream.
i am a people person. i have come to a state where i don't judge people, and don't let people judge me. this makes me very approachable to almost anyone in this world, which helps me a lot when i shoot people as my photography subjects. but i do stay away from those with inhumane behavior.
i am an absolute nature lover. i don't like to just see nature. i love to be part of it. i hug trees. i lie on the beaches. i climb mountains. i walk the deserts. love animals of every kind, even if some of them scare me. gratefully, i am an travel-aholic who loves to be on planes, trains, automobiles, and anything else that will take me places. known and unknown. i believe that the joy is definitely in the journey.
i am very open and challenge convention in many ways, as i believe that we live by choice, and not by chance. i believe in individual empowerment, and taking of responsibility for our actions. this gets me in trouble often. but i don't care.
i love photography. it is my third space, my creative retreat. i have been fascinated by light since i can remember, and photography is realizing that dream. i love to collect cameras and lenses, and have a good collection of old and new gear. some of my best photos have been with old lenses on modern digital cameras. i am one of those strange photographers who moved backwards - from digital to film media.
i love writing. i write prose and poetry, though poetry is my favorite. i write in english and sanskrit. though sanskrit is more emotive to me, i write mostly in english now. most of my poetry work remains locked in a few lovely notebooks, only to be shared with some of my very intimate friends who i connect with deeply. in connection to writing, i love to collect notebooks from around the world, as well as fountain pens. yes i am a fountain pen connoisseur. montblanc and faber castell are my favorite, though one day i do dream of owning a namiki. i use only montblanc or caran d'ache inks for these pens. when this passion gets translated into my computer, the form changes to fonts. i collect fonts for my computer.
i love reading. on last count, i think i subscribe to about 50 plus magazines on all topics. general interest, photography, business, healing, medicine, nature, travel, high technology, science, wildlife, etc. very few subjects bores me. i have a huge collection of books that either i have acquired myself, or have been gifted by my family and friends. the god father is my all time favorite.
i love cooking, and am very good at it. only queer thing about this is, i don't like anyone else in the kitchen, when i am cooking. today, i have not much time to cook, as i am consumed by work and responsibilities.
i was part of my university theatre group. we used to put up a lot of comedy plays, especially through mime. i joined this to come out of my shyness. yes, believe it or not, i was bloody shy as a child.
i love colors. which shows through much of my life. be it photographs or my wardrobe, i just love the colors of life.
i am a firm believer of the statement "once you go mac, you never go back." yes, i am a macaholic too. have been using them since 1999, and have never switched. in fact, i have helped many switch to macs over the last decade. definitely over a 100 people have switched because of me.
on a more boring note, i am in the last stages of completing my PHD. duh!!! how boring
ps: and yes...i do want world peace. now, do i get the ms. universe title ;-)
My most favorite shot flickr.com/photos/atrium09/sets/72157594360499066/detail/
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HDR - took 2 daytime long exposures using the ND110 filter and combined them in Photomatix.
Thanks for your visit! Hope everybody is doing ok! Have a wonderful week!
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Elisa
Listen Lullaby - Loreena McKennitt
O for a voice like thunder, and a tongue
To drown the throat of war! - When the senses
Are shaken, and the soul is driven to madness,
Who can stand? When the souls of the oppressed
Fight in the troubled air that rages, who can stand?
When the whirlwind of fury comes from the
Throne of God, when the frowns of his countenance
Drive the nations together, who can stand?
When Sin claps his broad wings over the battle,
And sails rejoicing in the flood of Death;
When souls are torn to everlasting fire,
And fiends of Hell rejoice upon the slain,
O who can stand? O who hath caused this?
O who can answer at the throne of God?
The Kings and Nobles of the Land have done it!
Hear it not, Heaven, thy Ministers have done it!
Poem by William Blake (1757-1827)
Music by Loreena McKennitt
Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, C.M. (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer, composer, harpist and pianist most famous for writing, recording and performing world music with Celtic music and Middle Eastern themes.
A small town in the province of Lleida which sits at the foot of the Sierra del Tallat mountains, in the valley of Maldanell. Its origins date back to a Cistercian monastery which came to be the most important female monastery of the Catalonian-Aragonese Crown.
The monastery was founded in the 12th century and when the Trento Council decided that female monasteries must not be left abandoned, the inhabitants of the area built a village around it. At present, the monastery of Vallbona de les Monjes houses a significant female community. Its architectural wealth lies in the wide variety of styles on display on its walls and exterior, the best of examples of which are the church door, the cloister and the chapter house. Vallbona de les Monges forms part of the so-called Cistercian triangle, along with the monasteries of Poblet (Conca de Barberà) and Santes Creus (Alt Camp).
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Excerpt from bangkokforvisitors.com/ratanakosin/grand-palace/palace-bu...:
The modern central court is dominated by the curious Chakri Maha Prasat hall. The hall was built by King Rama V and completed in 1882. Its unusual design is due to some controversy during its construction. The original architect was a Briton working in Singapore named John Clunich. Rama V wanted an entirely western look to his new home, but others in the court argued that the king's residence and throne hall should reflect Siamese motifs. Thus the domed roof was replaced by a Thai styled roof. It should be no surprise that the Thai nickname for the building is the 'westerner with a Thai hat'.
The Chakri Maha Prasat is located on what used to be a garden, and was later the house of King Rama V's mother in which the future king was born and raised. The base of the building houses the royal guards and a collection of ancient weapons is displayed in the arcades along the building's front. This display is open to the public on weekdays only. On Saturday and Sunday, you can see some of the exhibits through the bars, but there's no entry to see things close up.
VIP Visitors enter the building by the grand staircases which flank the central hall and lead up to a large porch. Above the wrought iron and frosted glass doors is the emblem of the Chakri dynasty, a three-bladed sword with the handle passing through the center hole of a discuss (chak) with a sharpened edge. Just inside is the Front Audience Hall, which leads to the Central Throne Hall, containing a small niello throne.
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Here is the flickr set
inspired by Brooke Shaden.
so I'm excited because hopefully today or tomorrow I'll get a chance to try freelensing again, this time on a person. last time I tried, I just got a lot of mega bokeh. but last night I was inspired by the talented Kevin Farris who uses a lot of freelensing. so I'm going to hopefully drag my sister outside and try it!
hooray for experimenting.
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El sábado último nos juntamos unos amigos para pillar este amanecer en el Fitu, creo con sinceridad que sin ser uno de esos amaneceres espectaculares, ha sido un bonito amanecer y más al tener la compañía de estos amigos a los que se las quiero dedicar. Anusska-Raquel Marquez-Nachocamacho-El magüetu- Nikar- Jesus, Marino en tierra y a Murill@ que no pudo acompañarnos.
Gracias por vuestra compañía y amistad.
Para tod@s vosotros desearos un feliz martes