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Turkey's Hybrid War against Greece and Cyprus and the
turkish paranoia of the so called blue homeland (mavi vatan) claiming several big & small Greek islands of internationally recognized Greek sovereignty while also inhabited by native for millennia Greek people ....
Turkey's Major Genocides, Ethnic Cleansings
and Persecutions, in ottoman & modern times
Massacres against the Kurds 1930-today
Military Invasion & Occupation of Cyprus' north part 1974-today
Military Invasion, along with proxy Jihadists, of Syria 2019
...... typical barbarism & islamization processes of the ottoman and neo-ottoman Turkey alike .... with the usual apathy, if not collaboration, of the big powers & world organizations, i.e. the USA, Russia, the UK, Germany, as well as the UN, NATO & the EU .....
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Cuban cooks walk out of the cafeteria in the apartment block in Alamar, a public housing periphery of Havana, Cuba. The Cuban economic transformation (after the revolution in 1959) has changed the housing status in Cuba from a consumer commodity into a social right. In 1970s, to overcome the serious housing shortage, the Cuban state took over the Soviet Union concept of social housing. Using prefabricated panel factories, donated to Cuba by Soviets, huge public housing complexes have risen in the outskirts of Cuban towns. Although these mass housing settlements provided habitation to many families, they often lack infrastructure, culture, shops, services and well-maintained public spaces. Many local residents have no feeling of belonging and inspite of living on a tropical island, they claim to be “living in Siberia”. © Jan Sochor Photography
Aufgewühlt. Wolken in der Peripherie von Taifun Halong im Westpazifik.
Troubled sky. Periphery clouds of Typhoon Halong in the West Pacific.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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Summer Holiday 2011 Napoli
Italy Listeni/ˈɪtəli/ (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja]), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica italiana),[7][8][9][10] is a unitary parliamentary republic in Southern Europe. To the north, Italy borders France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia, and is approximately delimited by the Alpine watershed, enclosing the Po Valley and the Venetian Plain. To the south, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula and the two biggest Mediterranean islands of Sicily and Sardinia.
Italian territory also includes the islands of Pantelleria, 60 km (37 mi) east of the Tunisian coast and 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Sicily, and Lampedusa, at about 113 km (70 mi) from Tunisia and at 176 km (109 mi) from Sicily, in addition to many other smaller islands. The sovereign states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. Italy covers an area of 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) and has a largely temperate climate. With 61 million inhabitants, it is the 5th most populous country in Europe. Among the world's most developed countries, Italy has the 4th-largest economy in the European Union, 3rd in the Eurozone and 9th in the world by GDP (IMF, 2012).
Italy's capital and largest city, Rome, has for centuries been the leading political and religious centre of Western civilisation, serving as the capital of both the Roman Empire and Christianity. During the Dark Ages, Italy endured cultural and social decline in the face of repeated invasions by Germanic tribes, Muslims and Normans, with Greek-Roman heritage being preserved largely by Christian monks. Beginning around the 11th century, various Italian cities, communes and maritime republics rose to great prosperity through shipping, commerce and banking (indeed, modern capitalism has its roots in Medieval Italy);[11] concurrently, Italian culture flourished, especially during the Renaissance, which produced many notable scholars, artists, and polymaths such as Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo, Michelangelo and Machiavelli. Meanwhile, Italian explorers such as Polo, Columbus, Vespucci, and Verrazzano discovered new routes to the Far East and the New World, helping to usher in the European Age of Discovery. Nevertheless, Italy would remain fragmented into many warring states for the rest of the Middle Ages, subsequently falling prey to larger European powers such as the Holy Roman Empire, France, Spain, and later Austria. Italy would thus enter a long period of decline that lasted until the beginning of the 18th century.
After many unsuccessful attempts, the second and the third wars of Italian independence resulted in the unification of most of present-day Italy between 1859 and 1866.[12] From the late 19th century to the early 20th century, the new Kingdom of Italy rapidly industrialised and acquired a colonial empire becoming a Great Power.[13][14]However, Southern and rural Italy remained largely excluded from industrialisation, fuelling a large and influential diaspora. Despite victory in World War I as one of the Big Four with permanent membership in the security council of the League of Nations, Italy entered a period of economic crisis and social turmoil, which favoured the establishment of a Fascist dictatorship in 1922. The subsequent participation in World War II, at the side of Nazi Germany and Japan forming the Axis Alliance, ended in military defeat, economic destruction and civil war. In the years that followed, Italy abolished the monarchy, reinstated democracy, and enjoyed a prolonged economic boom, thus becoming one of the most developed nations in the world,[5][15][16][17][18] with the fifth largest economy by nominal GDP by the early 1990s. Italy was a founding member of NATO in 1949 and one of the Inner Six of the European Community in 1957, which became the EU in 1993. It is part of the Schengen Area, and has been a member of the Eurozone since 1999.
Italy is considered to be both a major regional power and a leading middle power,[19][20][21][22][23][24] with membership in prominent institutions such as the UN, the EU, the NATO, the OECD, the OSCE, the DAC, the WTO, the G4, G6, G7, G8, G10, G20, the Union for the Mediterranean, the Latin Union, the Council of Europe, the Central European Initiative and the Uniting for Consensus. Italy currently maintains the world's tenth-largest nominal defence budget and is a participant in the NATO nuclear sharing policy. On 1 July 2014, Italy replaced Greece as the seat of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Naples (Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli] ( listen), Neapolitan: Napule [ˈnɑːpələ]; Latin: Neapolis; Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις, meaning "new city") is the capital of the Italian region Campania and the third-largest municipality in Italy, after Rome and Milan. As of 2012, around 960,000 people live within the city's administrative limits. The Naples urban area has a population of between 3 million[3] and 3.7 million,[4] and is the 9th-most populous urban area in the European Union. Around 4 million people live in the Naples metropolitan area, one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea.[2]
Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC.[5] A larger colony – initially known as Parthenope, Παρθενόπη – developed on the Island of Megaride around the ninth century BC, at the end of the Greek Dark Ages.[6][7][8] The city was refounded as Neápolis in the sixth century BC[9] and became a lynchpin of Magna Graecia, playing a key role in the merging of Greek culture into Roman society and eventually becoming a cultural centre of the Roman Republic.[10] Naples remained influential after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, serving as the capital city of the Kingdom of Naples between 1282 and 1816. Thereafter, in union with Sicily, it became the capital of the Two Sicilies until the unification of Italy in 1861. During the Neapolitan War of 1815, Naples strongly promoted Italian unification.
Naples was the most-bombed Italian city during World War II.[11] Much of the city's 20th-century periphery was constructed under Benito Mussolini's fascist government, and during reconstruction efforts after World War II. In recent decades, Naples has constructed a large business district, the Centro Direzionale, and has developed an advanced transport infrastructure, including an Alta Velocità high-speed rail link to Rome and Salerno, and an expanded subway network, which is planned to eventually cover half of the region. The city has experienced significant economic growth in recent decades, and unemployment levels in the city and surrounding Campania have decreased since 1999.[12] However, Naples still suffers from political and economic corruption,[13] and unemployment levels remain high.[14]
Naples has the fourth-largest urban economy in Italy, after Milan, Rome and Turin. It is the world's 103rd-richest city by purchasing power, with an estimated 2011 GDP of US$83.6 billion.[15][16] The port of Naples is one of the most important in Europe, and has the world's second-highest level of passenger flow, after the port of Hong Kong.[17] Numerous major Italian companies, such as MSC Cruises Italy S.p.A, are headquartered in Naples. The city also hosts NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples, the SRM Institution for Economic Research and the OPE Company and Study Centre.[18][19][20] Naples is a full member of the Eurocities network of European cities.[21] The city was selected to become the headquarters of the European institution ACP/UE[22] and was named a City of Literature by UNESCO's Creative Cities Network.[23] The Villa Rosebery, one of the three official residences of the President of Italy, is located in the city's Posillipo district.
Naples' historic city centre is the largest in Europe,[24] covering 1,700 hectares (4,200 acres) and enclosing 27 centuries of history,[25] and is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Naples has long been a major cultural centre with a global sphere of influence, particularly during the Renaissance and Enlightenment eras.[26] In the immediate vicinity of Naples are numerous culturally and historically significant sites, including the Palace of Caserta and the Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Culinarily, Naples is synonymous with pizza, which originated in the city. Neapolitan music has furthermore been highly influential, credited with the invention of the romantic guitar and the mandolin, as well as notable contributions to opera and folk standards. Popular characters and historical figures who have come to symbolise the city include Januarius, the patron saint of Naples, the comic figure Pulcinella, and the Sirens from the Greek epic poem the Odyssey. According to CNN, the metro stop "Toledo" is the most beautiful in Europe and it won also the LEAF Award '2013 as "Public building of the year".[27][28]
Naples' sports scene is dominated by football and Serie A club S.S.C. Napoli, two-time Italian champions and winner of European trophies, who play at the San Paolo Stadium in the south-west of the city.
(Lupinus perennis). Hardin County, Texas.
Lupinus perennis is very rare in Texas. I know of only two populations, which are located in the Big Thicket region of deep east Texas. Being at the extreme periphery of its range, it was likely never particularly common, however it has no doubt suffered from an onslaught of habitat loss over the past century and a half.
Disentangling bipartite and core-periphery structure in financial networks. Barucca, Lillo arxiv.org/abs/1511.08830 #q-fin
Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve
The edge of Fort Caroline was also that of the Timucuan Preserve where both ecology and history were the maim goal of preservation. I was glad to learn about the lives of the indigenous peoples here while appreciating the crisp landscape of Northern Florida.
Line 166 is quite an interesting service. It's connecting Gubacsi út with the old terminal of Ferihegy airport, while following a half-circle shaped route over the South-Pest area, even leaving Budapest at some parts, passing next to remote areas with no passenger traffic whatsoever.
On this shot, 10-19 is passing over the rails of the Burma-railway, somewhere in no-man's land.
30 Days of Perception - Day 15 - Periphery
The twisting path in the park invites us to discover further.
Uniting the different tribes of this mega city is a clear objective for the Hummingbird centre’s own Breakdance group, AfroBreak. The group’s continuous seeking towards a more individual and contemporary dance style, uniting their Afro-Brazilian roots with modern street dance, has resulted in an exuberant and energetic dance series called “Tribal Union”, which aims to break down some of the many barriers of predujice prevalent in São Paulo’s urban periphery, a city divided by many neighbourhoods.
Their personal style and expressive make-up has quickly made the group a popular element in São Paulo’s active Hip-Hop milieu, where they continually participate in public events.
September Theatrical – 2007 at our Hummingbird Arts & Cultural Activity Centre in Diadema, São Paulo, brought theatrical shows for children and adults, workshops, dance and circus performances by professional and amateur groups, lovers of the Art of making one travel to other Worlds, other lives and other dreams.....
Included in this wonderful community week of scenic artforms were also several productions created by the kids of Hummingbird, one of them being the AfroBreak dance group who performed the latest dance sequence in their Tribal Series, “Tribais”, where their make-up was inspired by Eric Lafforgue’s fabulous Papua New Guinea photo series on Flickr. (now available in book form see below....)
Lehde Open-air Museum: Farm from the periphery of the Spreewald, a combination of buildings from two sites. In the centre, behind the dovecote, you see a house from Suschow, built for the aged parents of a farmer's family about 1820, and at the right edge a farmhouse from Kittlitz, built in 1775.
Am Rande des Spreewalds besaßen die Bauern Anbauflächen von etwa 7 bis 15 Hektar, abhängig von der Qualität des Bodens. Damit hatten sie bessere Voraussetzung für die Landwirtschaft als im inneren Spreewald, wo alle Generationen sich ein Haus oder sogar eine Stube teilen mussten. Daher konnte man sich leisten, für die ältere Generation auf dem Hof ein eigenes Haus zu errichten, das sogenannte Auszugshaus.
At the periphery of the Spreewald the farmers owned cultivated areas of about 7 to 15 hectares, depending on the quality of the soil. This gave them better conditions for agriculture than in the inner Spreewald, where all generations had to share a house or even a living room. Therefore they could afford to build a separate house on the farm for the older generation.
Lehde (Lědy in the local Sorbian language) is a village situated near Lübbenau and meawhile integrated into that town. While Lehde had 298 inhabitants in 1929, only 150 people still live here (as of 2017). The place is a village consisting of many small islands. For centuries, until the early 1950s, Lehde could only be reached by water. Even today, practically all plots of land have their own access to one of the many canals between 0.8 and 1 meter deep, which largely have the function of roads. Postal deliveries and waste collection still take place by water. During the winter months, however, mail is delivered to mailboxes set up by the residents on the landside, by mail bike or car.
Due to the unusual location of Lehde and some preserved historical Spreewald houses, Lehde, which is completely under monumental protection, is a popular destination for tourists. Lehde can also be reached on foot, by bicycle or by car, however, the beauty and special features of the place can be experienced above all from the water side. (Wikpedia.de)
The Spreewald (German for 'Spree Forest'; in Lower Sorbian: Błota, i.e. 'the Swamps') is a section of the German state of Brandenburg located about 100 km sou It is known for its traditional irrigation system, consisting of more than 200 small canals (called Fließe; total length: 1,300 kilometres or 810 miles) within the 484-square-kilometre (187 sq mi) area. The landscape was shaped during the last Ice Age. About 50,000 people live in the biosphere reserve (1998). Many of them are descendants of the first settlers in the Spreewald region, the Slavic tribes of the Sorbs and Wends. They have preserved their traditional language, customs and clothing to this day.
Most inhabitants depend on tourism. Many tourists explore the Spreewald in punts. Agriculture, forestry and fishery are other important sources of income. The principal town of the area is Lübbenau. Alder forests on wetlands and pine forests on sandy dry areas are characteristic of the Spreewald region. Grasslands and fields can be found as well. About 18,000 species of flora and fauna have been identified. In 1991, the Spreewald was protected by the UNESCO under its Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme.
nature-derived abstract
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This Popped in and out of the mysterious Explore before I could notice it. www.flickr.com/photos/julesoso_jjw/8585035080/in/explore-...
Thank you to all who took interest in this image which I thoroughly enjoyed working on.
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‘Periphery’
By Pongsakorn Tantiwattanapong
At Soy Sauce Factory 11/1 Soi Charoenkrung 24, Bangkok, Thailand
2 December 2016 – 4 January 2017
Lehde Open-air Museum: Farm buildings from the periphery of the Spreewald. At the left edge you see a farmhouse from Kittlitz, built in 1775, and in the centre a house from Suschow, built for the old parents of a farmer's family.
Am Rande des Spreewalds besaßen die Bauern Anbauflächen von etwa 7 bis 15 Hektar, abhängig von der Qualität des Bodens. Damit hatten sie bessere Voraussetzung für die Landwirtschaft als im inneren Spreewald, wo alle Generationen sich ein Haus oder sogar eine Stube teilen mussten. Daher konnte man sich leisten, für die ältere Generation auf dem Hof ein eigenes Haus zu errichten, das sogenannte Auszugshaus.
At the periphery of the Spreewald the farmers owned cultivated areas of about 7 to 15 hectares, depending on the quality of the soil. This gave them better conditions for agriculture than in the inner Spreewald, where all generations had to share a house or even a living room. Therefore they could afford to build a separate house on the farm for the older generation.
Lehde (Lědy in the local Sorbian language) is a village situated near Lübbenau and meawhile integrated into that town. While Lehde had 298 inhabitants in 1929, only 150 people still live here (as of 2017). The place is a village consisting of many small islands. For centuries, until the early 1950s, Lehde could only be reached by water. Even today, practically all plots of land have their own access to one of the many canals between 0.8 and 1 meter deep, which largely have the function of roads. Postal deliveries and waste collection still take place by water. During the winter months, however, mail is delivered to mailboxes set up by the residents on the landside, by mail bike or car.
Due to the unusual location of Lehde and some preserved historical Spreewald houses, Lehde, which is completely under monumental protection, is a popular destination for tourists. Lehde can also be reached on foot, by bicycle or by car, however, the beauty and special features of the place can be experienced above all from the water side. (Wikpedia.de)
The Spreewald (German for 'Spree Forest'; in Lower Sorbian: Błota, i.e. 'the Swamps') is a section of the German state of Brandenburg located about 100 km sou It is known for its traditional irrigation system, consisting of more than 200 small canals (called Fließe; total length: 1,300 kilometres or 810 miles) within the 484-square-kilometre (187 sq mi) area. The landscape was shaped during the last Ice Age. About 50,000 people live in the biosphere reserve (1998). Many of them are descendants of the first settlers in the Spreewald region, the Slavic tribes of the Sorbs and Wends. They have preserved their traditional language, customs and clothing to this day.
Most inhabitants depend on tourism. Many tourists explore the Spreewald in punts. Agriculture, forestry and fishery are other important sources of income. The principal town of the area is Lübbenau. Alder forests on wetlands and pine forests on sandy dry areas are characteristic of the Spreewald region. Grasslands and fields can be found as well. About 18,000 species of flora and fauna have been identified. In 1991, the Spreewald was protected by the UNESCO under its Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme.
Secrets Festival Berlin 2016 is a unique music festival located on the outer periphery of Berlin. Celebrating a symbiosis of music, art, culture and cuisine, it comes alive in its stunning natural setting.
This immersive festival joins a multi-genre platform of popular musicians with an array of visually enthralling installations, yoga, readings, culinary delights and artistic workshops to create an excitingly holistic experience.
Musicians set to feature this year include Baru, Cats & Breakkies, Sebastian Hämer, Strange_Mode, Goldkraut, Romeofoxtrott, Antonymus and more.
We live in a world in which we stop watching to wonder, to stop and to leave us seduced - instead we settle with the everyday, the foreseeable, and the simple - and life at an accelerating rate, dominated by distractions and trivialities , Mindfulness to the inner ICH is an increasingly important issue.
But what if you could get away for three days in a new and unprecedented world? A world that takes you to dream; A world that can look further you than the far horizon. Experience a place where you can more than just be a part of. On which you will enter the rest. Relax. And again active will. Recovery phases alternate with boisterous fun and enjoyment.
Let yourself be carried by the three pillars of Secrets Festival Berlin 2016 on which a new world was built. Each column provides your senses a guiding light from the darkness of everyday life.
We are creating a new mysterious world, on a new magical place, with many new and good well thought "learning" with you. On August 12, the gates of the new world open on Kiekebusch lake (directly at Schönefeld).
The Secrets Festival Berlin 2016 is a family-friendly festival, which will delight young and old inhabitants of the mysterious world alike.
Barefoot through the sand, along the lake, past laughing and dancing people you will reach a stage, in front of which you close your eyes, lets the sunbeams dance through your face and feel the music. Singer & Songwriter, Pop bands and a small number of DJs will enchant you. Selected diamonds of different scenes, how now and then discovered it and wonder why on earth I have never heard this music?
The lifts are always open until 22:00. After 22:00, you small unplugged concerts by various artists are offered at various locations.
Location-
Kiekebusch See
15749 Berlin
Germany
The festival is set within a short commuting distance from Berlin city centre. Despite its proximity, it boasts open green spaces and a stunning lake that gives the celebrations a feeling of being amongst the wilderness.
Line Up-
12 August 2016
Strandbühne
TV Noir Show (19:30-22:00)
Unplugged "Konzerte" am Wasser (22:00-02:00)
Flossbühne
Highlife (12:30-15:30)
Langstrumpf & Tante Olsen (15:30-17:00)
Strange_Mode (18:00-20:30)
13 August 2016
Strandbühne
Yatao (09:30-11:00)
Johanna Ammelie & Trinidad Doherty (11:00-12:00)
Martin Goett (12:30-13:30)
Georgie Fisher (14:00-15:00)
Time For T (15:30-17:00)
Berge (Band) (17:30-18:30)
Baru (19:00-20:00)
Cats & Breakkies (20:30-22:00)
Unplugged "Konzerte" am Wasser (22:00-02:00)
Flossbühne
Peter Silie (11:30-13:00)
Janosch Ulm (13:00-14:30)
Nader El Nasr (14:30-16:00)
Romeofoxtrott (16:00-17:30)
14 August 2016
Strandbühne
Brothers of Santa Claus (11:00-12:00)
Goldkraut (12:30-13:30)
Sebastian Hämer (14:00-15:00)
Flossbühne
Janis & Johann (11:00-12:30)
Greenmotion (12:30-14:00)
Jumen (14:00-15:30)
Antonymus (15:30-17:00)
The Paulis !! (17:00-19:00) dancegeo.com/event/secrets-festival-berlin-2016/
Photographed in Madagascar - Standing, no cover
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We loved seeing all the different species that we saw in Madagascar...but I have to say, the Ring-tailed Lemur has such a spectacular tail...it's pretty close to the top for most impressive looking lemur.
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From Wikipedia: The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a large strepsirrhine primate and the most recognized lemur due to its long, black and white ringed tail. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of five lemur families, and is the only member of the Lemur genus. Like all lemurs it is endemic to the island of Madagascar. Known locally in Malagasy as maky ([makʲ] (About this soundlisten), spelled maki in French) or hira, it inhabits gallery forests to spiny scrub in the southern regions of the island. It is omnivorous and the most terrestrial of extant lemurs. The animal is diurnal, being active exclusively in daylight hours.
The ring-tailed lemur is highly social, living in groups of up to 30 individuals. It is also female dominant, a trait common among lemurs. To keep warm and reaffirm social bonds, groups will huddle together. The ring-tailed lemur will also sunbathe, sitting upright facing its underside, with its thinner white fur towards the sun. Like other lemurs, this species relies strongly on its sense of smell and marks its territory with scent glands. The males perform a unique scent marking behavior called spur marking and will participate in stink fights by impregnating their tail with their scent and wafting it at opponents.
As one of the most vocal primates, the ring-tailed lemur uses numerous vocalizations including group cohesion and alarm calls. Experiments have shown that the ring-tailed lemur, despite the lack of a large brain (relative to simiiform primates), can organize sequences, understand basic arithmetic operations and preferentially select tools based on functional qualities.
Despite reproducing readily in captivity and being the most populous lemur in zoos worldwide, numbering more than 2,000 individuals, the ring-tailed lemur is listed as endangered by the IUCN Red List due to habitat destruction and hunting for bush meat and the exotic pet trade. As of early 2017, the population in the wild is believed to have crashed as low as 2,000 individuals due to habitat loss, poaching and hunting, making them far more critically endangered.
Social systems:
Troops are classified as multi-male groups, with a matriline as the core group.[40] As with most lemurs, females socially dominate males in all circumstances, including feeding priority. Dominance is enforced by lunging, chasing, cuffing, grabbing and biting. Young females do not always inherit their mother's rank and young males leave the troop between three and five years of age.[34][40] Both sexes have separate dominance hierarchies; females have a distinct hierarchy while male rank is correlated with age. Each troop has one to three central, high-ranking adult males who interact with females more than other group males and lead the troop procession with high-ranking females. Recently transferred males, old males or young adult males that have not yet left their natal group are often lower ranking. Staying at the periphery of the group they tend to be marginalized from group activity.
The ring-tailed lemur will sit facing the sun to warm itself in the mornings. For males, social structure changes can be seasonal. During the six-month period between December and May a few males immigrate between groups. Established males transfer on average every 3.5 years, although young males may transfer approximately every 1.4 years. Group fission occurs when groups get too large and resources become scarce.
In the mornings the ring-tailed lemur sunbathes to warm itself. It faces the sun sitting in what is frequently described as a "sun-worshipping" posture or lotus position. However, it sits with its legs extended outward, not cross-legged, and will often support itself on nearby branches. Sunning is often a group activity, particularly during the cold mornings. At night, troops will split into sleeping parties huddling closely together to keep warm.
Despite being quadrupedal the ring-tailed lemur can rear up and balance on its hind legs, usually for aggressive displays. When threatened the ring-tailed lemur may jump in the air and strike out with its short nails and sharp upper canine teeth in a behaviour termed jump fighting. This is extremely rare outside of the breeding season when tensions are high and competition for mates is intense. Other aggressive behaviours include a threat-stare, used to intimidate or start a fight, and a submissive gesture known as pulled-back lips.
Border disputes with rival troops occur occasionally and it is the dominant female's responsibility to defend the troop's home range. Agonistic encounters include staring, lunging approaches and occasional physical aggression, and conclude with troop members retreating toward the center of the home range.
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First shots with my usual subject. The Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G, a lens generating much controversy centered on its price to performance ratio. Yes pricey, but it is apparently a specialized lens designed to minimize sagittal coma flare from point light sources in night time photography. Extreme sharpness wide open was apparently not a primary criteria for the lens designers. It also is touted by its designers to render a three dimensional look to the subject. Testing done by several experts have shown that this lens shows an unusual field curvature at f/1.4. At that aperture, the center and corners are sharper than the intermediate areas...perhaps the reason for its ability to minimize coma flare at the periphery. Yadda yadda yadda, but I really liked what I saw in the photos that were posted by those who own the lens. The Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G may be one third the cost of this lens, but it seems that for those who know how to use the 58mm f/1.4G, the images are rendered beautifully.
I hope to learn from those photographers.
Nikon D800
Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G
Cropped, downsized SOOC jpeg
An outsider. Perched on the periphery of a place I cannot reach. The sediment shores of new lands crumble under each new footfall. Seductive waves splash at my ground. Ahead of a bright horizon. Observer my cast role. Camouflage granting only superficial access. Destined to glimpse community. Experience but a taste of its golden offerings. Before reality comes for repossession. Tossing my vessel to the fringe. Where I await the next welcome opportunity.
A project of 17 portraits of activists from the gay community in Israel, the works were painted in 2005-2003
The drawings are in a hyper-realistic style of activists and activities from the gay community in Israel, of course there are other iconic figures that I did not draw so I apologize in advance to them, the activists are from the political, cultural and nightlife fields who contributed to the gay community during the 80's and 90's of the twentieth century.
Professor Uzi Even - Professor of Chemistry. The first homosexual MK in Israel, contributed to the promotion of LGBT rights in the workplace, adoption of children, gay marriage.
Theo Mintz - one of the founders of the Gay Lesbian and Transgender Association in Israel.
Ran Kotzer - film director. TV show producer, documentary maker of the films: Cause of Death Homophobia, Gay Games and a documentary on Amos Gutman.
Tal Eitan - fashion and advertising photographer, exhibition curator and nightlife man.
Avi Sofer - jeweler and glass maker, former chairman of the LGBT Association.
Chai Ben Shoshan lives - a man of the night life and was chosen for the Israel Man of the Year competition.
Itai Pankas - former chairman of the LGBT Association, one of the founders of the gay center, branches of the association in the periphery, and a former activist in municipal politics who greatly promoted the rights of the community in Tel Aviv.
Irit Rabinowitz - Israeli painter, born in Beer Sheva.
Michal Eden - lawyer and the first gay politician in Israel. Active in KLF - a feminist lesbian community, promoting the issue of surrogacy, proud parenthood, LGBT rights, the establishment of Beit Dror - a daycare center for boys and girls from the community who were thrown out of their families.
Yuval Hatz - event producer and triathlon athlete and promotes sports in the gay community.
Alon Strykovski - former chairman of the LGBT Association.
Zvi Mermelstein - a homosexual poet, the author of the masterful book "Suiting Upper and Lower Openings".
Shaz - Israeli poet and writer.
Eli Sharon - IDF officer with the rank of the first proud colonel. In the past he was involved in promoting gay tourism and having a couple therapist.
Rami Hasman - Advertiser and one of the leaders of the fight for carrier rights and the promotion of information about AIDS in Israel.
Aitzik Yoshua - journalist and former chairman of the LGBT Association.
Gadi Sasson - Journalist, writer and editor of the Pink Time magazine.
The process of working on the series of portrait paintings was through a meeting at the activists' homes, I photographed them and then I worked with the technique of photorealism on these paintings (like the famous painter Chuck Close) I started with a very careful drawing on a white canvas - I did the drawing with a projector Slides when the photograph is projected onto the white canvas and then a kind of map is created that gives the contours and tonalities of the color from light to dark, after I finished the drawing then I chose the color palette that I want to use to create the portraits, as a painter I almost touch all types of techniques: From painting in the style of photorealism, many paintings and drawings were made from observing objects, still life, flowers, figures or from freely observing any kind of photography... and of course many paintings were made freely from the imagination, so technically I allow myself to use a huge selection of most painting techniques , also with the many years of experience I have experimented with all mediums from pencil drawings, markers, markers, ink, oil paints, acrylic paints, watercolors, gouache paints, works on paper and canvas fabrics, works on wooden plywood, works on books,
I was surprised to see that most of the activists, regardless of their activities for the gay community, are dominant figures in the life of Israeli society, most of them officers in the IDF (as opposed to the image that gays have as if they are not suitable for the army) with professions that contribute greatly to the development of Israeli society on an economic, cultural and social level.
Most of them are in a high economic situation and from the elite of Israeli society,
I painted them in their natural environment, in the beautiful and well-kept houses and some of them are just a portrait without a background.
My goal was actually to show the bourgeois side of the community, through the painting of the conservative realist style, through the portrait against the background of the interior of the well-kept house in which they live, and choosing activists of all ages (as opposed to the many representations given to gays who are shown infrequently or marginally, or excessive preoccupation with the culture of body worship , the beauty and youth as is often shown in the gay community. I also have quite a few such works...
In the series of portraits, I wanted to emphasize the occupation and contribution to the community.
This project was featured on the pages of the Pink Time magazine for months, with the resume description of each and every activist.
In 2009 on the day of the Pride Parade, (a mass event with hundreds of thousands of people) Avi Sofer curated the exhibition dedicated to this project of the activists' paintings in the gay center.
A large and significant part of these works were purchased by the collector Amos Shokan who purchased hundreds of my works.
These paintings continue to receive great exposure on the Internet following the many publications given over the years to this special project.
For me it was a way to give back to the gay community for the many years that gay community settings such as businesses, cafes, magazines, gay centers presented my works, supported me as an artist and members of the community also purchased works of art from me and allowed me to continue creating and working, a complex task in itself for any artist to survive from his art.
Over the years my work as an artist has changed and I would characterize it in two main painting styles, one painting style is the realistic painting with which I created the series of paintings of heterosexual couples, gays, lesbians, pregnant women, the series of portraits from the gay community in the style of photorealism, a realistic painting of the partner Assaf Hennigsberg in a realistic style - colorful and the series of paintings of the realistic expressive flower couples, and on the other hand there is the other style which is the naive painting with which I mainly painted the urban landscape of cities in Israel and in the world, a kind of idealization of reality and the street paintings full of vegetation, colorful buildings and the use of bright and contrasting colors and a series of naive paintings Under the influence of children's drawings with which I created the series of 40 artist books and other drawings that are influenced by children's drawings...
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רפי פרץ צייר אמן ישראלי ראליסטי ראליסטים הראליסטי הראליסטים
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