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Nahargarh Fort stands on the edge of the Aravalli Hills, overlooking the city of Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Along with Amer Fort and Jaigarh Fort, Nahargarh once formed a strong defence ring for the city. The fort was originally named Sudershangarh, but it became known as Nahargarh, which means 'abode of tigers'. The popular belief is that Nahar here stands for Nahar Singh Bhomia, whose spirit haunted the place and obstructed construction of the fort. Nahar's spirit was pacified by building a temple in his memory within the fort, which thus became known by his name.
Built mainly in 1734 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, the king of Jaipur, the fort was constructed as a place of retreat on the summit of the ridge above the city. Walls extended over the surrounding hills, forming fortifications that connected this fort to Jaigarh, the fort above the old capital of Amber. Though the fort never came under attack during the course of its history, it did see some historical events, notably, the treaties with the Maratha forces who warred with Jaipur in the 18th century. During the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the Europeans of the region, including the British Resident's wife, were moved to Nahargarh fort by the king of Jaipur, Sawai Ram Singh, for their protection.
The fort was extended in 1868, during the reign of Sawai Ram Singh. In 1883-92, a range of palaces was built at Nahargarh by Dirgh Patel at a cost of nearly three and a half lakh rupees. The Madhavendra Bhawan, built by Sawai Madho Singh had suites for the queens of Jaipur and at the head was a suite for the king himself. The rooms are linked by corridors and still have some delicate frescoes. Nahargarh was also a hunting residence of the Maharajas.
Until April 1944, the Jaipur State government used for its official purposes solar time read from the Samrat Yantra in the Jantar Mantar Observatory, with a gun fired from Nahargarh Fort as the time signal.
Some scenes in the movies Rang De Basanti, Shuddh Desi Romance and Sonar Kella were shot at Nahargarh Fort.
Since his last appearance, some three years ago, Taz has spent most of his time on a shelf eating dust. When I took note of this week's theme, I reviewed all my options as there were so many Zed around just like that orange zest standing in a basket, I was lost in my thoughts when my casting agent came just in time to remind me that Taz was still waiting for that role I had promised him. It all suddenly went clear in my mind as I knew Taz would eat anything in his path, I had my shooting sequence. As I was collecting items for my setup a smile crossed my face, I was longing to see his expression when he'll be facing this bitter orange zest standing in his way :)
Zest is a food ingredient that is prepared by scraping or cutting from the rind of unwaxed citrus fruits such as lemon, orange, citron, and lime. Zest is used to add flavour to foods.
In terms of fruit anatomy, the zest is obtained from the flavedo (exocarp) which is also referred to as zest. The flavedo and white pith (albedo) of a citrus fruit together makes up its peel. The amounts of both flavedo and pith are variable among citrus fruits, and may be adjusted by the manner in which they are prepared. Citrus peel may be used fresh, dried, candied, or pickled in salt.
The Tasmanian Devil (also spelt Tazmanian Devil) commonly referred to as Taz, is an animated cartoon character featured in the Warner Bros Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Though the character appeared in only five shorts before Warner Bros Cartoons shut down in 1964, marketing and television appearances later propelled the character to new popularity in the 1990s. Source Wikipedia.
Taz is generally portrayed as a ferocious, albeit dim-witted, carnivore with a notoriously short temper and little patience. He got his name in the short Ducking the Devil. Though he can be very devious, he is also sweet at times. His enormous appetite seems to know no bounds, as he will eat anything in his path. He is best known for his speech consisting mostly of grunts, growls, and rasps (in his earlier appearances, he does speak English with primitive grammar) as well as his ability to spin like a vortex and bite through nearly anything. Taz does have one weakness: he can be calmed by almost any music. While in this calm state, he can be easily dealt with. The only music known not to pacify Taz is the bagpipes, which he finds insufferable. Source Wikipedia.
TD : 1/400 f/11 ISO 100 @50 mm
I follow this slowlly bending organic curve
i feel the sand under my feet
I hear the oceanic song
I let the clouds clean the thoughts in my mind.
Everything is breathing in calm...
Everything is pacified through the lens of your soul.
By Dimitris Giovis
Nahargarh Fort stands on the edge of the Aravalli Hills, overlooking the pink city of Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The view of the city from the fort is impressive.
Along with Amer Fort and Jaigarh Fort, Nahargarh once formed a strong defence ring for the city. The fort was originally named Sudarshangarh, but it became known as Nahargarh, which means 'abode of tigers'. The popular belief is that Nahar here stands for Nahar Singh Bhomia, whose spirit haunted the place and obstructed construction of the fort. Nahar's spirit was pacified by building a temple in his memory within the fort, which thus became known by his name.
Built mainly in 1734 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the founder of Jaipur, the fort was constructed as a place of retreat on the summit of the ridge above the city. Walls extended over the surrounding hills, forming fortifications that connected this fort to Jaigarh, the fort above the old capital of Amber. Though the fort never came under attack during the course of its history, it did see some historical events, notably the treaties with the Maratha forces who warred with Jaipur in the 18th century.
I always think a lot more about death when I'm sick and mainly I think about how tombstones are a real untapped potential in eternal humor that keeps on giving. At the Basilica di San Miniato a Monte, I didn't see any funny tombstones. There were none that read, "But, I haven't finished the last chapter of Baron in the Trees, yet!" or "Hey death, can you please just wait until I get to the end of the My Brilliant Friend series?!" These are, in my humble opinion, great tombstones. You've got a book recommendation and something funny at the same time. You know those cemetery visitors would run home and read Italo Calvino and Elena Ferrante before the Grim Reaper could chase them down, anyway!
How about a horror film whee the authors of a small macabre town realize that the only way they can pacify a melancholic group of existential zombies is to feed them books?
**All photos are copyrighted**
Venice, Italy
After yesterday's upload of those tables and chairs in total disarray, I just had to correct it with another more structured image... more to pacify my OCD tendencies than please you lot. Normal service will be resumed tomorrow!
A view of Kilchurn Castle and Loch Awe from the side of the A819 road, Dalmally, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Some background information:
Kilchurn Castle is a ruined castle on a rocky peninsula at the northeastern end of Loch Awe. It is located in the Scottish council area of Argyll and Bute. The building was first constructed in the mid-15th century as the base of the Campbells of Glenorchy, who extended both the castle and their territory in the area over the next 150 years. Kilchurn Castle is situated on solid ground within marshland that, at the time of construction, lay below the water level of the lake, which meant that the stronghold was originally completely surrounded by water. After the Campbells became Earls of Breadalbane and moved to Taymouth Castle, Kilchurn was no longer used and fell in ruins by 1770.
The Campbells of Glenorchy were the most powerful cadet branch of Clan Campbell, and over two centuries from the 1430s came to dominate the central Highlands. The lands around Kilchurn Castle, originally belonging to Clan Gregor, were lost to Colin Campbell around 1440. The building of several castles, of which the Kilchurn was the first, was a key part of their territorial expansion during this period. Sir Colin Campbell was granted Glen Orchy and other lands by his father Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell, in 1432. Around 1450, he established Kilchurn Castle.
The first castle comprised the five-storey tower house, with a courtyard defended by an outer wall. At the time Kilchurn was on a small island scarcely larger than the castle itself. It was accessed via a low-lying causeway. Sir Colin's son, Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy, who was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513, built the "laich hall" – a single-storey dining hall built along the inside of the south curtain. During the second half of the 16th century, another Sir Colin Campbell, the 6th Laird, further improved the castle's accommodation by adding some chambers to the north of the tower house, and remodelling the parapet. This included the introduction of the circular corner turrets adorned by corbels.
Sir Duncan Campbell, 1st Baronet, known as "Black Duncan", represented Argyll in the Scottish Parliament and was created a baronet of Glenorchy in the County of Perth. He had the south range of the castle rebuilt and enlarged in 1614, and constructed a new range incorporating a chapel in the south-east part of the courtyard. The ambitious Black Duncan also began construction of Finlarig Castle at the west end of Loch Tay, and improved farmland around Finlarig, Kilchurn and Balloch Castle.
In 1681, Sir John Campbell, 5th Baronet, was created Earl of Breadalbane and Holland. He took advantage of the turbulence of the times, negotiating with Jacobite rebels while serving King William III at the same time. In 1693, he promoted a scheme to pacify the Highlands, and as part of this he began conversion of Kilchurn into a modern barracks, capable of housing 200 troops. His main addition was the three-storey L-shaped block along the north side. In 1714, on the death of Queen Anne, Sir John held a conference of Jacobites at Kilchurn, and subsequently joined the Earl of Mar's Jacobite rising of 1715. Following the failure of the rising, he returned home to find pro-government members of his household had turned Kinchurn and Finlarig over to Alexander Campbell of Fonab, to whom Breadalbane was obliged to surrender in February 1716. He remained under house arrest at Taymouth until his death the next year.
After the Campbells had moved to the reconstructed Taymouth Castle in 1740, they unsuccessfully attempted to sell Kilchurn to the government. However, during the Jacobite rising of 1745, Kilchurn was used as a government garrison. In 1760, the castle was badly damaged by lightning and hence, was completely abandoned. The remains of a turret of one of the towers, still resting upside-down in the centre of the courtyard, attest to the violence of the storm. By 1770, the castle was unroofed.
The famous English painter William Turner painted Kilchurn Castle on one of his tours of Scotland in the early 19th century. In 1817, the water level in Loch Awe was altered, so that the castle stands on a long peninsula now. It is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland and is open to the public in summer. Access is either by boat from Lochawe pier, or on foot from the A85 road. Somtimes access is restricted by higher-than-usual water levels in the loch, which temporarily turn the site into an island again.
There isn't much to rejoice these days, and I completely agree with the following view on world economy :
The world economy should have entered the trough at the end of last year. Look: the British general election led to Johnson taking control, and since then, both domestic and foreign affairs are equally messy. The German automobile industry faces dual threats of trade barriers and electrification. Exports have reduced a lot, making the economy sluggish and virtually on the verge of recession. Social unrest in France lasts for well over a year. India's financial system is basically paralyzed, having to pay for the carnivals they had in the past five years. Japan is even worse, suffering a direct decline of 4.6% in the fourth quarter. Ever since the new year, it's clear that the Novel croV is even more detrimental than SARS, and China's first quarter growth is hitting a new low for many years. But the United States is alone outstanding. Why?
As I explained last year, it was the Federal Reserve. Last year, the Yield Curve was inverted (that is, the short-term interest rate was higher than the long-term interest rate), which was considered the hallmark of Recession. But the Repo market stopped them from going further, and the Fed flipped its stance on the anti-QE operations of the last two years and instead pumped $ 500 billion or so into the market. This huge amount of US dollars, 2.5% of annual GDP, released within a quarter, the equivalent of 10% of the country's total output... No wonder the US economy "rebounded".
The heroes of the current US financial bubbles are essentially corporate debts, for the people's ability to borrow and consume has not come to a dead end yet. The latest statistics 5 days ago shows that the consumer debts have reached 14 trillion, which is numerically higher than the 2008 financial crisis. However, if inflation is taken into account, it is actually slightly lower, and the default rate is only half of what we had 12 years ago. So it is possible that the bubbles could drag on without bursting for another year or so.
Meanwhile, the Fed's printing and releasing money is highly skillful. Instead of buying long-term Treasury bonds as in QE of the past, it is buying short-term government bonds directly or indirectly (ie through the Repo market). This has two advantages. First, you can pretend and say seriously that it's not a QE. Second, you can also lower short-term interest rates eliminating the Inverted Yield Curve (the higher the bond price, the lower their interest rates) pacifying the worries of the investors worldwide. In the first quarter of 2020, however, as the money printing process goes down a bit, and the Yield Curve went reverting again. This again confirms how devoid of vitality is the US financial sector. And major market players are nevertheless generally pessimistic about world economy ahead. Had it not because the US dollar is the international reserve currency, and as such, US could print as much money they wish with no limit, US would have followed the footsteps of India ( which has got into serious disaster since the end of 2018 ).
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Richard Wolff on Socialism ( plus economic growth in USSR & China Vs debt laden US etc ) , 2019
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVo0YNZK_oY
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Jan Smeterlin : Chopin - The 20 Nocturnes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1L2ikNz2RM
Benno Moiseiwitsch plays Chopin Ballade No. 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTyN6MXOVog
Chopin Impromptu No. 2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGUV15tDL-I
Schumann Carnaval
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZMQF3mywEE
Vasa Prihoda Toselli's Serenade
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbwRmxYypXg
Ave Maria
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I498zg_QYtY
Tartini Violin Sonata in G Minor, 'Devil's Trill'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3-_1gat_l4
Encores
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCfHGXaDUOU
Bach, Double Concerto and Mozart # 3 & 4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7EMPdHu1FA
Bach : Chaconne
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAzL93-LW-s
Tchaikovsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsJTUOp9M4U
Dvorak (Live, 1956)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1PfgtsRgsA
Paganini: Nel cor piu. Vasa Prihoda 1949
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Male 1
Shirt : RIOT - Avery Crop Tee - Fern
Pants : RIOT - Landon Torn Jeans - White
Male 2
Shirt : NOCHE - Angel Open Shirt - White
Pants : RIOT - Yuri Torn Jeans - Black
NO EASYWAY OUT....
We're not indestructible
Baby, better get that straight
I think it's unbelievable
How you give into the hands of fate
Some things are worth fighting for
Some feelings never die
I'm not askin' for another chance
I just wanna know why
There's no easy way out
There's no shortcut home
There's no easy way out
Givin' in can't be wrong
I don't wanna pacify you
I don't wanna drag you down
But I'm feelin' like a prisoner
Like a stranger in a no named town
I see all the angry faces
Afraid that could be you and me
Talkin' about what might have been
I'm thinkin' about what it used to be
There's no easy way out
There's no shortcut home
There's no easy way out
Givin' in can't be wrong
Baby, baby, we can shed this skin
We can know how we feel inside
Instead of goin' down an…
Pacify her
She’s getting on my nerves You don’t love her
Stop lying with those words....
Vid♥♪ youtu.be/9u14-QBPzSE ♥♪
Nahargarh Fort stands on the edge of the Aravalli Hills, overlooking the city of Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Along with Amer Fort and Jaigarh Fort, Nahargarh once formed a strong defence ring for the city. The fort was originally named Sudershangarh, but it became known as Nahargarh, which means 'abode of tigers'. The popular belief is that Nahar here stands for Nahar Singh Bhomia, whose spirit haunted the place and obstructed construction of the fort. Nahar's spirit was pacified by building a temple in his memory within the fort, which thus became known by his name.
Built mainly in 1734 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, the king of Jaipur, the fort was constructed as a place of retreat on the summit of the ridge above the city. Walls extended over the surrounding hills, forming fortifications that connected this fort to Jaigarh, the fort above the old capital of Amber. Though the fort never came under attack during the course of its history, it did see some historical events, notably, the treaties with the Maratha forces who warred with Jaipur in the 18th century. During the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the Europeans of the region, including the British Resident's wife, were moved to Nahargarh fort by the king of Jaipur, Sawai Ram Singh, for their protection.
The fort was extended in 1868, during the reign of Sawai Ram Singh. In 1883-92, a range of palaces was built at Nahargarh by Dirgh Patel at a cost of nearly three and a half lakh rupees. The Madhavendra Bhawan, built by Sawai Madho Singh had suites for the queens of Jaipur and at the head was a suite for the king himself. The rooms are linked by corridors and still have some delicate frescoes. Nahargarh was also a hunting residence of the Maharajas.
Until April 1944, the Jaipur State government used for its official purposes solar time read from the Samrat Yantra in the Jantar Mantar Observatory, with a gun fired from Nahargarh Fort as the time signal.
Some scenes in the movies Rang De Basanti, Shuddh Desi Romance and Sonar Kella were shot at Nahargarh Fort.
Went to visit my Common Loon pair this morning to rekindle our friendship. The moment we locked eyes I knew they recognized me from the previous years. The Loon either likes you or it doesn't, It's that simple and very transparent. They were quite calm and relaxed with me. I usually place my kayak in their territory and wait. Within minutes they pop up like Jack-in-the-box. I wished them a successful job raising their young this year and was on my way. This time they came up real close to my kayak for their portrait. I wonder if people were more transparent would we like it as much. Probably not, I notice people rarely want to hear the truth they much rather be pacified with little white lies....or half truths. I bite my tongue a lot. So much so the Natives would probably call me "Sore tongue". lol The "Truth Seeker" has his work cut out for him that's for sure.
#Truth - someone asked me to come back in my mail box today so here I am ;-)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ENNzjy8QjU
Loon Call
Nahargarh Fort stands on the edge of the Aravalli Hills, overlooking the city of Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Along with Amer Fort and Jaigarh Fort, Nahargarh once formed a strong defence ring for the city. The fort was originally named Sudershangarh, but it became known as Nahargarh, which means 'abode of tigers'. The popular belief is that Nahar here stands for Nahar Singh Bhomia, whose spirit haunted the place and obstructed construction of the fort. Nahar's spirit was pacified by building a temple in his memory within the fort, which thus became known by his name.
Built mainly in 1734 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, the king of Jaipur, the fort was constructed as a place of retreat on the summit of the ridge above the city. Walls extended over the surrounding hills, forming fortifications that connected this fort to Jaigarh, the fort above the old capital of Amber. Though the fort never came under attack during the course of its history, it did see some historical events, notably, the treaties with the Maratha forces who warred with Jaipur in the 18th century. During the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the Europeans of the region, including the British Resident's wife, were moved to Nahargarh fort by the king of Jaipur, Sawai Ram Singh, for their protection.
The fort was extended in 1868, during the reign of Sawai Ram Singh. In 1883-92, a range of palaces was built at Nahargarh by Dirgh Patel at a cost of nearly three and a half lakh rupees. The Madhavendra Bhawan, built by Sawai Madho Singh had suites for the queens of Jaipur and at the head was a suite for the king himself. The rooms are linked by corridors and still have some delicate frescoes. Nahargarh was also a hunting residence of the Maharajas.
Until April 1944, the Jaipur State government used for its official purposes solar time read from the Samrat Yantra in the Jantar Mantar Observatory, with a gun fired from Nahargarh Fort as the time signal.
Some scenes in the movies Rang De Basanti, Shuddh Desi Romance and Sonar Kella were shot at Nahargarh Fort.
“Burn in Everwinter”
Photo and Poem By Cate Infinity
The Game: everwinter.sl/
She wandered the bones of a world gone cold,
Ash in her lungs, no sun to hold.
Winds howled secrets through steel and grime,
Time had no mercy. Neither did time.
Everwinter whispered beneath neon scars,
A shattered earth, lost under blackened stars.
She scavenged, she bled, she learned to survive
But something inside was more than just alive.
He found her where hope dares not tread,
A Stryker enforcer, eyes cold, words dead.
A king in chrome, with power in his hand,
Selling paradise, wired by demand.
He spoke of order, of Skydomes and peace,
Of NeuroLynx chips that grant sweet release.
Obedience coded, rebellion denied
And every outlander surgically pacified.
She saw through the polish, the lie wrapped in light,
The engineers smiling while hiding their blight.
They didn’t want minds - they wanted control,
To turn broken people into parts of the whole.
But she was wildfire, the ember unclaimed,
Too fierce to be branded, too stubborn for chains.
He offered her safety, a place in the dome
She answered in silence and walked off alone.
Not for glory, nor freedom, nor pride
Just the choice to feel, before the frostbite inside.
She’d rather burn than kneel for a throne,
Because profit was poison that spared no one.
And when the ice comes, as it always must,
She’ll vanish with honor, not dissolve into dust.
For in the end, when the world cannot be won,
The truest rebellion is to choose to be none.
A thousand-year-old tradition dating back to the Heian period, this Shinto ritual seeks to pacify the spirit of Sugawara no Michizane by delivering the message of his exoneration. The climax arrives when the doors of Houfu Tenmangu Shrine swing open, unleashing a torrent of white-clad men, the "hadakabō," who storm the hall. The spectacle of the massive, 500-kilogram oajirokoshi palanquin careening down the steps is nothing short of breathtaking. This is one of western Japan's most exhilarating and chaotic festivals.
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(Yummy) Chunky Ring Collection
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Ananas// Crabby Headband - Green
Exile:: Gemma
Synodic. // Dria Nails
Synodic. // Gummybear Bracelet
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Lyrium Watermelon Drink Hold 2 Mainstore
Nahargarh Fort stands on the edge of the Aravalli Hills, overlooking the city of Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Along with Amer Fort and Jaigarh Fort, Nahargarh once formed a strong defence ring for the city. The fort was originally named Sudershangarh, but it became known as Nahargarh, which means 'abode of tigers'. The popular belief is that Nahar here stands for Nahar Singh Bhomia, whose spirit haunted the place and obstructed construction of the fort. Nahar's spirit was pacified by building a temple in his memory within the fort, which thus became known by his name.
Built mainly in 1734 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, the king of Jaipur, the fort was constructed as a place of retreat on the summit of the ridge above the city. Walls extended over the surrounding hills, forming fortifications that connected this fort to Jaigarh, the fort above the old capital of Amber. Though the fort never came under attack during the course of its history, it did see some historical events, notably, the treaties with the Maratha forces who warred with Jaipur in the 18th century. During the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the Europeans of the region, including the British Resident's wife, were moved to Nahargarh fort by the king of Jaipur, Sawai Ram Singh, for their protection.
The fort was extended in 1868, during the reign of Sawai Ram Singh. In 1883-92, a range of palaces was built at Nahargarh by Dirgh Patel at a cost of nearly three and a half lakh rupees. The Madhavendra Bhawan, built by Sawai Madho Singh had suites for the queens of Jaipur and at the head was a suite for the king himself. The rooms are linked by corridors and still have some delicate frescoes. Nahargarh was also a hunting residence of the Maharajas.
Until April 1944, the Jaipur State government used for its official purposes solar time read from the Samrat Yantra in the Jantar Mantar Observatory, with a gun fired from Nahargarh Fort as the time signal.
Some scenes in the movies Rang De Basanti, Shuddh Desi Romance and Sonar Kella were shot at Nahargarh Fort.
"I can’t stand her whining
Where’s her binky now?
And loving her seems tiring
So boy, just love me, down, down, down
Someone told me stay away from things that aren’t yours
But was he yours, if he wanted me so bad?
Pacify her
She’s getting on my nerves
You don’t love her
Stop lying with those words"
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◇ ◆Refuge - Salem -Eclectic Halloween Gacha.
◇ ◆E.V.E {B-Team] Dream Mask {Red Blood} GIFT.
"tout comme la mèche de la bougie
j'éteins la lumière en moi
et comme avec une gomme
j'efface mon visage avec mon visage"
Abdallah Zrika ~ "Insecte de l'infini"
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"just like the wick of a candle
i blow out the light in me
and just if i had a rubber
i erase my face with my own face"
Abdallah Zrika ~ "Insect of infinity "
www.goear.com/listen/15380e8/Terrain-tou-paradeisou-Voumvaki
On our September day hike to Lake O’Hara, Amanda and I were confronted by a Park Ranger who clearly thought we were crazy.
She took one look at our huge packs and asked “Are you intending to camp?”
When we explained that we were only doing a 22km round trip day hike she seemed skeptical.
“What’s in the big bag?” she asked.
“Mostly chocolate and the rest is filled with camera gear” I replied.
This seemed to pacify her somewhat, but she left with a dire warning that if our vehicle was still found in the parking lot tomorrow, we‘d face a hefty fine.
To this day I’ll never know if the poor owner of that red Toyota Yaris received a hefty fine.
I kid of course...
It was a Corolla.
For this image I did the usual trick of blending bracketed exposures to protect those high contrast shadows and highlights.
I took an extra exposure with sharp focus on that rock in the foreground. It was then really easy to mask in the rock using a layer mask in Photoshop.
Thanks for looking
Gavin Hardcastle
The Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven/Razorback Reprise
Originally wanted to post this a year ago, for the Chinese Year of the Ox, but I never took any decent pics until now.
Guess it's fitting for Droneuary tho.
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Candid street and social commentary photography from Glasgow, Scotland. Captured close-up with a 35mm focal length and completely unnoticed. The mother and child totally absorbed in their screens in this image of modern parenting. Granted that this is just a momentary slice of their lives but it does pose quite a strong message to new practices of parenting and pacifying our children with digital screens. Thank you all for supporting my photography and sharing your comments on my work.
Nahargarh Fort stands on the edge of the Aravalli Hills, overlooking the city of Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Along with Amer Fort and Jaigarh Fort, Nahargarh once formed a strong defence ring for the city. The fort was originally named Sudershangarh, but it became known as Nahargarh, which means 'abode of tigers'. The popular belief is that Nahar here stands for Nahar Singh Bhomia, whose spirit haunted the place and obstructed construction of the fort. Nahar's spirit was pacified by building a temple in his memory within the fort, which thus became known by his name.
Built mainly in 1734 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, the king of Jaipur, the fort was constructed as a place of retreat on the summit of the ridge above the city. Walls extended over the surrounding hills, forming fortifications that connected this fort to Jaigarh, the fort above the old capital of Amber. Though the fort never came under attack during the course of its history, it did see some historical events, notably, the treaties with the Maratha forces who warred with Jaipur in the 18th century. During the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the Europeans of the region, including the British Resident's wife, were moved to Nahargarh fort by the king of Jaipur, Sawai Ram Singh, for their protection.
The fort was extended in 1868, during the reign of Sawai Ram Singh. In 1883-92, a range of palaces was built at Nahargarh by Dirgh Patel at a cost of nearly three and a half lakh rupees. The Madhavendra Bhawan, built by Sawai Madho Singh had suites for the queens of Jaipur and at the head was a suite for the king himself. The rooms are linked by corridors and still have some delicate frescoes. Nahargarh was also a hunting residence of the Maharajas.
Until April 1944, the Jaipur State government used for its official purposes solar time read from the Samrat Yantra in the Jantar Mantar Observatory, with a gun fired from Nahargarh Fort as the time signal.
Some scenes in the movies Rang De Basanti, Shuddh Desi Romance and Sonar Kella were shot at Nahargarh Fort.
She was not like the others. Not at all resolved and pacified. He had the temperament of a restless demon who did not know how to stay in the same place. I have never known a freer and more damned being.
I'll be an angel or a demon depending on where your hands land.
Brielle is a very old, fortified city. Its name is derived from the Celtic word brogilo (meaning "closed area" or "hunting grounds"). The oldest writings about Brielle indicate that the current location is the "new" Brielle. Den ouden Briel (Old Brill) must have been situated somewhere else on the Voorne-Putten Island. It received city rights in 1306. The city was for a long time the seat of the Count of Voorne, until this fiefdom was added to Holland in 1371. It had its own harbour and traded with the countries around the Baltic Sea. Brielle even had its own trading colony in Sweden.
During the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain, the Capture of Brielle on April 1, 1572, by Protestant rebels, the Watergeuzen, marked a turning point in the conflict, as many towns in Holland then began to support William of Orange against the Spanish Duke Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba who was sent to pacify The Netherlands. This event is still celebrated each year on April 1 and the night before (known as Chalk Night (kalknacht) when the city is defaced with chalk - and now also white paint). [Wikipedia]
Abstract seascape image of the Pacific Ocean at Miraflores, Lima, Peru.
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I haven't so much as slept a wink
through the coldness of winter
those days pass through
a most arduous phase indeed
unsure itself, we've reality to pursue
the shard of sleepless thought
cuts open the nauseous new day
bleeding hopes dry and stupefied
what now for the love of living?
is the heart merely to be pacified?
it beats within for a warming need
like Iberian sea breezes, it pleases
fighting back the subjacent frosts
so damaging to the faith of summer
and the fruitful supplies it exhausts
winter's survival is a heart empanoplied
the pleromatic power of Sun and Moon
is the embodiment of the cycle of life
in which we observe to play a part
and learn to overcome our own strife
we are self-sacrificing beings it must be told
through the greed and all-consuming corporations
we grovel and plead for advanced material need
forgetting what made us truly happy from the start
misplacing loyalty in a soulless bid to succeed
unsubstantiated values in technological whirl
false handshakes from selling freaky smiles
fixed is the expression of human plunder
building ever more avenues leading to disaster
the last sovereigns of decline and blunder
climate change in the heads of short-sighted leaders
who are we to believe our importance matters?
upon a planet outreaching our every grey cell
millennia have accounted for our microdot
which we believe contain all answers to tell
if we will make it or not, how prophetic!
we are the great deconstructors of thought
returning a full stop to the beginning
not once, but time and time again-
a sentence of wholly unwritten sinning
come now all ye faithful song-sinning leaders
we endure your spin, sin, and utter chagrin
politics is the season; a constant winter
of discontent, politicians a musical instrument;
a trumpet blown by themselves, a diktat of political winter.
by anglia24
10h50: 21/02/2008
©2008anglia24
A thousand-year-old tradition dating back to the Heian period, this Shinto ritual seeks to pacify the spirit of Sugawara no Michizane by delivering the message of his exoneration. The climax arrives when the doors of Houfu Tenmangu Shrine swing open, unleashing a torrent of white-clad men, the "hadakabō," who storm the hall. The spectacle of the massive, 500-kilogram oajirokoshi palanquin careening down the steps is nothing short of breathtaking. This is one of western Japan's most exhilarating and chaotic festivals.
There’s a lot of symbolism in this image. I find it difficult to start this monologue, but I suppose I can begin with a recent experience of my own: attending the birthday party of a friend’s five-year-old girl. It was a fun and upbeat event and the kids were laughing and screaming with glee. An entertainer created a multitude of balloon animals and hats, swords and the like; occasionally there would be a loud bang when a balloon popped. And then it dawned on me the parallels of an alternate reality a few hundred kilometers away, since we were in the basement of a restaurant. With loud banging noises and children screaming.
I suppose it’s only natural to feel guilty for my good fortune when my family and I can make such positive memories when others are enduring a tragedy worse than anyone could have ever imagined. Every minute, every hour, every day, the people of Ukraine are besieged by a hostile force that shows no respect for human life or international law designed to protect innocent lives.
This image is a cross-polarized glass plate containing critic acid. The acid was dissolved in ethanol and placed on a microscope slide, and then left to evaporate. As the ethanol evaporated, the solution became super-saturated and the acid began to crystalize out of the solution. Water works here too just the same, it would like take longer to evaporate. Here is a “behind the scenes” view of the setup: donkom.ca/bts/IMG_1507.jpg
In addition to cross-polarizing the light, which would introduce a variety of colours, I needed to explore a way to integrate a prominent divide between blue and yellow. The colours are pseudo-random based on the molecular structure of the crystals and the angles of the polarized light, and I wasn’t having much luck… so I needed to make a blue/yellow coloured filter to add into the mix. How? A cardboard frame and two disposable coloured shower caps. Some colours from the birefringence effect (cross-polarization) still came through, but I achieved the transition from blue to yellow.
And it’s no accident that there is a central point at the bottom of the frame, the nucleus of the crystal, which appears like a city and a civilization spreading outward. Also non-accidental are the red and blue colours rushing toward it. (white would have been too difficult to add in just this spot by natural means, but I hope the message still stands).
Things are stronger when they crystalize, yet many can still be shattered. For those that arrive from Ukraine to other nations as refugees, life will never be the same again. We continue our efforts here bringing groceries and supplies to the refugee center here on the Black Sea coast in Varna Bulgaria. I thank everyone who has pitched in a bit to allow those runs to continue. There are more ways to support Ukraine that we’re working on, and I encourage everyone to do their part. Create artwork. Write to your politicians. Help those less fortunate in any way you can. I am also releasing this image into the Public Domain, and you can download the full 8000px square version of it here to do whatever you’d like with: donkom.ca/public-domain/crystal-of-ukraine.jpg
As this war transitions to one of attrition, we must do everything we can to support Ukraine. The quote "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." is often falsely attributed to Edmund Burke. He never said or wrote those words. The true origin of such sentiment likely originated from John Stuart Mill in 1867:
"Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject."
The longer version, although slightly more difficult to read with modern linguistical changes, is more potent.
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The castle was built on the remnants of earlier Byzantine era and Roman era fortifications.Most of the castle was built in the 13th century under the Seljuq Sultanate of Rûm following the city's conquest in 1220 by Alaeddin Keykubad I as part of a building campaign that included the Kızıl Kule( red tower). After the area was pacified under the Ottoman Empire, the castle ceased to be purely defensive, and numerous villas were built inside the walls during the 19th century. Today the building is an open air museum. Access to the seaward castle is ticketed, but much of the area inside the wall, including the landward castle is open to the general public.
8 layer post process. Large, deckle-edged, tissue paper textured petals surround golden stamens.
Drought resistant, good cut flower, free flowering, 90 cm/3 FT tall. Hybrid and cultivated peonies have flowers ranging from single to very full double, but the wild species from which they are bred all have single flowers with a simplicity of outline and purity of colour that give some of them great appeal as garden plants. Herbaceous Peonies come close second to the Tree Peonies, both kinds are valued and are collected for use as medicine as well as for their ornamental qualities. White Peony Root (Baishao) Pharmaceutical name: Radix paeoniae alba. Botanical name: Peonia lactiflora. Common name White peony root. Source of earliest record: Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing. Properties and taste: bitter, sour, and slightly cold. Meridians: liver and spleen. Functions: to nourish the blood and consolidate the yin and to pacify the liver and stop pain.
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A thousand-year-old tradition dating back to the Heian period, this Shinto ritual seeks to pacify the spirit of Sugawara no Michizane by delivering the message of his exoneration. The climax arrives when the doors of Houfu Tenmangu Shrine swing open, unleashing a torrent of white-clad men, the "hadakabō," who storm the hall. The spectacle of the massive, 500-kilogram oajirokoshi palanquin careening down the steps is nothing short of breathtaking. This is one of western Japan's most exhilarating and chaotic festivals.
Heard a frantic, high pitched whine of wings, and then spotted this nursery web spider with a fly, which he very quickly pacified!
Upton Magna - Shropshire
(sorry Phoebe!)
While all the trainspotters were out with the English Electric circus, DC 4761 and DXB 5022 headed 934 towards Timaru on a perfect afternoon by the ocean.
18 Oct 2018, Timaru, NZ
A thousand-year-old tradition dating back to the Heian period, this Shinto ritual seeks to pacify the spirit of Sugawara no Michizane by delivering the message of his exoneration. The climax arrives when the doors of Houfu Tenmangu Shrine swing open, unleashing a torrent of white-clad men, the "hadakabō," who storm the hall. The spectacle of the massive, 500-kilogram oajirokoshi palanquin careening down the steps is nothing short of breathtaking. This is one of western Japan's most exhilarating and chaotic festivals.
Actually there weren't any snakes involved in this image, just an unusual leaf formation on my indoor palm. Just occasionally this pam produces new fronds which aren't able to emerge normally and the embryo leaves get folded like a concertina. The image is turned 90 degrees. I thought it then looked similar to a human hand stroking a green snake's head.
Brielle is a very old, fortified city. Its name is derived from the Celtic word brogilo (meaning "closed area" or "hunting grounds"). The oldest writings about Brielle indicate that the current location is the "new" Brielle. Den ouden Briel (Old Brill) must have been situated somewhere else on the Voorne-Putten Island. It received city rights in 1306. The city was for a long time the seat of the Count of Voorne, until this fiefdom was added to Holland in 1371. It had its own harbour and traded with the countries around the Baltic Sea. Brielle even had its own trading colony in Sweden.
During the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain, the Capture of Brielle on April 1, 1572, by Protestant rebels, the Watergeuzen, marked a turning point in the conflict, as many towns in Holland then began to support William of Orange against the Spanish Duke Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba who was sent to pacify The Netherlands. This event is still celebrated each year on April 1 and the night before (known as Chalk Night (kalknacht) when the city is defaced with chalk - and now also white paint). [Wikipedia]