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Al segle XV ja es feia a Barcelona una fira de roses amb motiu de Sant Jordi. Hi acudien sobretot nuvis, promesos i matrimonis joves, i això fa pensar que el costum de regalar una rosa té l'origen en aquesta festa, que se celebrava al Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Es va proposar convertir aquesta data en festa de precepte per primer cop el 1436, quan es va formular la proposta a les Corts catalanes. La proposta es faria efectiva el 1456. Des del segle XV, a Catalunya la diada de Sant Jordi és el dia dels enamorats, i és costum que les parelles es regalin una rosa vermella «com la sang» i un llibre. A la popularitat del sant hi van contribuir els monarques Pere el Catòlic, Jaume I o Pere el Cerimoniós. Tot i ser tradicional, la popularització del fet de regalar roses es va restablir activament el 1914, gràcies a l'impuls de la Mancomunitat.
In the 15th century, a rosemary fair was held in Barcelona on the occasion of Sant Jordi. They came mainly to boyfriends, promises and young marriages, and this suggests that the custom of giving away a rose is the origin of this celebration, which was celebrated in the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya. It was proposed to turn this date into a precept party for the first time in 1436, when the proposal was made to the Catalan Parliament. The proposal would be effective in 1456. Since the 15th century, in Catalonia Sant Jordi's day is the day of lovers, and it is customary for couples to give away a red rose "like blood" and a book. The monarchs Pere el Catòlic, Jaume I or Pere el Cerimoniós, contributed to the popularity of the saint. Although traditional, the popularization of the fact of giving roses was actively restored in 1914, thanks to the impulse of the Mancomuntat of Catalonia
En el siglo XV ya se hacía en Barcelona una feria de rosas con motivo de Sant Jordi. Acudían sobre todo novios, prometidos y matrimonios jóvenes, lo que hace pensar que la costumbre de regalar una rosa tiene su origen en esta fiesta, que se celebraba en el Palacio de la Generalidad de Cataluña. Se propuso convertir esta fecha en fiesta de precepto por primera vez en 1436, cuando se formuló la propuesta a las Cortes catalanas. La propuesta se haría efectiva el 1456. Desde el siglo XV, en Cataluña el día de Sant Jordi es el día de los enamorados, y es costumbre que las parejas se regalen una rosa roja "como la sangre» y un libro. A la popularidad del santo contribuyeron los monarcas Pedro el Católico, Jaume I o Pedro el Ceremonioso. A pesar de ser tradicional, la popularización del hecho de regalar rosas se restableció activamente en 1914, gracias al impulso de la Mancomunidad de Cataluña.
September In The Rain
Norah Jones
as popularized by Dinah Washington(1937)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTcOP2CZmpM
The leaves are brown, came tumbling down, remember
That september, in the rain
The sun went out just like a dying ember
That september, in the rain
To every word of love I've heard you whisper
All the raindrops seem to play a sweet refrain
Though spring is here, to me it's still september
That september, in the rain
The leaves are brown, came tumbling down, remember
That september, in the rain
The sun went out just like a dying ember
That september, in the rain
To every word of love I've heard you whisper
All the raindrops seem to play a sweet refrain
Though spring is here, to me it's still september
That september, in the rain
That september, in the rain
"Keep on the Sunny Side" was written back in 1899 by Ada Blenkhorn and J. Howard Entwisle. The song was popularized in a 1928 recording by the Carter Family.
Rosa Ebbing: Vocals
Arne Ruijter: Mandolin, Vocals
Dylan Edwards: Violin, Vocals
Waas Thissen: Double bass
Elian Ebbing: Guitar
I've always been enchanted by bright shiny things. I guess I'm easy to distract. ;)
Here's a bit of historical information gleaned from Wikipedia...."Evidence exists that gold sequins were being used as decoration on clothing or paraphernalia in the Indus Valley as early as 2500 BC, during the Kot Diji phase. Solid gold sequins sewn into royal garments were found inside the tomb of Tutankhamun.
During the 1920s, after the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, sequins witnessed a renewed popularity as a consequence of Egyptomania. The usage of sequins (typically made out of metal) were widely popularized as a fashion statement by flapper girls during this period."
"My existence is nothing but a jumbled mess," muttered the room fan to itself as it rotated endlessly in an unsuccessful search for a place to plug in...
Done for Our Daily Challenge: Rough Texture
I know, I know...with this shot, it may look as though I have gone over the edge during this stay-at-home existence, but it's just a stab at experimentation on my part. The fan wasn't rotating; I walked around it and took 10 shots along the way, then merged them together in Photoshop, and added some toning and texture for the Rough Texture theme.
It's my first attempt at a technique popularized by Catalan artist Pep Ventosa (www.pepventosa.com/), and I think I've definitely still got some work to do. However, I thought that this image had enough interest to post, even though my wife doesn't agree. :-)
Thanks to Flickr contact Charlotte Hedman for introducing me to this idea...her photostream at charhedman includes some beautiful examples of the method.
Architects/Collaborators
Weary & Kramer, Akron (architects)
Doerzbach and Decker, Sandusky (builders)
Style
Richardsonian Romanesque
History
The construction of Baldwin Cottage, a small-dorm complement to stately Talcott which rose more or less simultaneously next door, began soon after the 1886 fire which destroyed the Second Ladies Hall. It was named for Elbert Baldwin, a Cleveland dry goods merchant from whom Adelia Field Johnston, Oberlin's leading woman administrator, extracted a gift of $20,000. The village paper announced that Baldwin would be done "in the Queen Anne style, with broken roof lines, with the effect of earlier colonial houses" -- language suggesting that wonderfully elastic range of "Queen Anne". Weary and Kramer's design reached for the informal intimacy of a cottage look through variety in massing, texture, and detail. The studied unexpectedness of Baldwin's shapes--its squat tower, its low double-arched entry porch, the broad and gentle slopes of its roof lines, the episodic placement of its windows and dormers--made it a local triumph in the art of organic irregularity popularized by Henry Hobson Richardson. The roofing material, a warm red diamond-shaped tile, introduced a theme that would govern the campus building projects for the next 45 years. Dark, rich woodwork helped carry a friendly "nook-and-cranny" mood through the interior, making Baldwin one of the most durably popular living places on the campus.
Sachiko Tokifuji (Tengu)
Taken at Sunny's studio. (pose: Spider.)
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Tengu (Japanese: 天狗, lit. "Heavenly Dog" or "Heavenly Sentinel") are a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion. They are considered a type of yōkai (supernatural beings) or Shinto kami (gods). The tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey and monkey deity, they are traditionally depicted with human, monkey and avian characteristics. Sarutahiko Ōkami is considered to be the original model of Konoha-Tengu (a long-nosed supernatural creature with red face), which today is widely considered the tengu's defining characteristic in the popular imagination. He is the Shinto monkey deity who sheds light on heaven and earth, some experts theorize that Sarutahiko was a sun god worshiped in Ise region prior to the popularization of Amaterasu.
Buddhism long held that the tengu were disruptive demons and harbingers of war. Their image gradually softened, however, into one of protective and even manifestations of buddhist deities, if still dangerous, spirits of the mountains and forests. Tengu are associated with the ascetic practice of Shugendō, and they are usually depicted in the garb of its followers, the yamabushi.
Taken during the Vintage by the Sea festival (Morecambe, September 2023)
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The Chevrolet Bel Air is a full-size car produced by Chevrolet for the 1950–1981 model years. Initially, only the two-door hardtops in the Chevrolet model range were designated with the Bel Air name from 1950 to 1952. With the 1953 model year, the Bel Air name was changed from a designation for a unique body shape to a premium level of trim applied across a number of body styles. The Bel Air continued with various other trim level designations, and it had gone from a mid-level trim car to a budget fleet sedan when U.S. production ceased in 1975. Production continued in Canada, for its home market only, through the 1981 model year.
The 1956 Bel Air received a face-lift with a more conventional full-width grille, pleasing those customers who didn't favor the Ferrari-inspired '55 front end. Two-tone bodyside treatments and front and rear wheel openings completed the "speedline" restyling. Single housings incorporated the taillight, stoplight, and backup light, and the left one held the gas filler – an idea popularized on Cadillacs. Among the seven Bel Air models was a new Sport Sedan, a pillarless four-door hardtop that looked handsome with all the windows rolled down and allowed easy entry into the back seat. Production exceeded 103,000, compared to 128,000 two-door hardtops. Shapely two-door Nomad wagons topped the price chart at US$2,608 ($28,072 in 2022 dollars), but now carried the same interior and rear-wheel sheet metal as other Bel Airs, lacking the original's unique trim. Only 7,886 were built.
The least costly Bel Air, at US$2,025 ($21,797 in 2022 dollars), was the two-door sedan. Seatbelts, shoulder harnesses, and a padded dashboard were available, and full-size cars could even get the hot Corvette 225-horsepower engine. In 1956 sales material there was an optional rain-sensing automatic top, which was first seen on the 1951 LaSabre concept car. However, it is believed that it was never installed on a car Popular Mechanics reported only 7.4% of owners in their survey ordered seat belts. A '56 Bel Air 4-door hardtop, prepared by Chevrolet engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov, set a new endurance/speed record for an automobile ascending Pikes Peak.
somewhere along the coast of Argentina ( shared by my research friends)
Edited by me.
Ushuaia's Lighthouse, often referred to as the "Lighthouse at the End of the World," is located on Isla de los Estados (Staten Island) in the Beagle Channel off the southern coast of Argentina. Its official name is the Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse.
This lighthouse was built in 1920 and stands as a guiding beacon for ships navigating the treacherous waters of the channel. The name "Lighthouse at the End of the World" was popularized by Jules Verne’s novel of the same name, though his fictional lighthouse was set on a different island.
The area surrounding the lighthouse is known for its rugged beauty and harsh weather conditions, adding to its mystique. It’s a significant landmark for maritime navigation and a symbol of the remote, frontier-like quality of Ushuaia, which bills itself as the southernmost city in the world. If you're ever in Ushuaia, taking a boat tour to see the lighthouse is a popular activity.
The wooden balconies in Valletta, Malta, are called gallarija (or gallariji in the plural) and are a unique historical architectural feature of the city, popularized in the 18th century under the Order of the Knights. These often colorful structures originated in Islamic architecture and served both as private spaces for observing the street without being seen and as decorative elements tied to the local Baroque style.
Strawberry flowers.
Everything in the garden is lovely was an early 20th-century catchphrase, originating in a song popularized by the English music-hall artiste Marie Lloyd ( 1870–1922 ), and is used as an expression of general satisfaction and contentment.
If you are curious about Marie Lloyd who had an interesting career and turbulent private life here's a link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Lloyd
I love spring.
There are secret places in Iceland that aren't popularized by the tourist industry. They are the places the locals visit. We had this place all to ourselves this day. It seems almost eerie to be up above glaciers in the backcountry of Iceland. Such a strange feeling to walk along these expanses of land completely alone.
This little water cascade would likely be a destination in the states. A marked and named place with significance. In Iceland this is an insignificant waterfall at best, with no name, and just one of hundreds of thousands just like it through out the country. Iceland is more known for it's large waterfalls, with huge force and power behind them.
With an average of maybe 11% chance of sun, this is sort of a typical Icelandic day. Eerie colors, patchy clouds, rain, usually much windier, and sun poking through the clouds here and there. It makes for some moody photography, but it's also dangerous. I shot so much in the rain this day that I shorted out the back screen on my camera. Although the camera still worked, it turned into the equivalent of a film camera, I had to guess at the camera settings, and could not focus on infinity any longer. Luckily this happened nearly at the end of my trip.
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Coffee - is there anyone outthere who is NOT addicted to coffee ?
The little people here in littleworld also seem to be addicted to coffee. Wonder why ?
Here are 21 Surprising Coffee Facts That Will Perk Up Your Afternoon !
1. The drink dates back to 800 A.D.
2. Coffee beans are technically seeds.
3. And you can eat coffee cherries as a food.
4. There are two main types: Arabica and Robusta.
5. Brazil grows the most coffee in the world.
6. Only two U.S. states produce coffee.
7. Espresso means "pressed out" in Italian.
8. The world's most expensive coffee can cost more than $600 a pound.
9. Multiple people have tried to ban coffee.
10. You can overdose on coffee.
11. Finland is home to the biggest coffee lovers.
12. Coffee drinkers tend to live longer.
13. The largest cup of coffee ever filled a 9-foot tall cup.
14. The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America.
15. Decaf does not mean caffeine-free.
16. The word "coffee" comes from the Arabic word for "wine."
17. Starbucks opens an average of two stores per day.
18. One cup of black coffee only has one calorie.
19. Teddy Roosevelt reportedly coined Maxwell House's slogan.
20. You can order coffee 25,000 different ways at Dunkin'.
21. The grounds can beautify your skin.
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There is a famous expression in English: When the going gets tough, the tough get going – meaning when the situation becomes difficult, the strong will work harder to meet the challenge. Sometimes, when we are in a tough situation, inspirational quote or saying can help us calm down and focus on what we need to do.
The proverb is attributed to Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969), the father of (U.S.) President John F. Kennedy. It was recently popularized by Billy Ocean's song 'When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going' . The saying is found in varying forms.
Brighton seafront 🇬🇧
31st July, 2019
Grand Teton National Park is famous for spectacular mountain scenery and wildlife. The area was popularized by Ansel Adams in the early ‘40s, and today it is a favorite location for photographers from throughout the world.
A Durga puja pandal build on the lines of the main architecture of Iskcon Mayapur
The term “Hare Krishna”, or The Hare Krishna Movement™ Organization, formally The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), is the orthodox core of Hinduism. It was registered in the West (in New York) in July 1966, but dates back over 5000 years. Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1532) popularized the movement all over India. Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion with over 900 million adherents, second to Christianity and Islam (according to various leading encyclopedias, websites and almanacs). The principal scriptures are The Bhagavad-gita (The Song of God), and the Shrimad Bhagavatam (the story of the Personality of Godhead Shri Krishna Bhagavan). Krishnas believe in one God.
One of the great Midwestern cities. . . home of the American Jazz Museum. . .and hometown of Charlie "Bird" Parker who popularized bebop, and Walt Disney, who grew up in Kansas City and launched his cartoon business until moving to California at age 22!
The distinctive pink and black tinted glass windows of the condos at 1001 Bay Street in Toronto. There is no shortage of opinions on the aesthetics of this two-toned colour choice popularized in the 80's/90's. Built in 1989 and designed by Okun Architect Inc.
Photographing people wearing traditional clothing has become very popular over the past years in China. This trend began in 2003, aiming to revive traditional Han Chinese clothing. This movement has played a crucial role in popularizing Hanfu photography among young people, especially through social media platforms leading to a surge in interest. Users often post travel blogs and photos showcasing traditional attire, which has contributed to the growth of this cultural aspect of the Chinese life. The trend has become a staple for tourists, particularly internal tourism. Photographers specializing in ethnic dress photography have reported a significant increase in demand, especially during peak travel seasons. The rise of traditional clothing photography has positively impacted local economies, with many new photography businesses emerging to cater to this growing interest. It is estimated that this kind of photography is worth about 150 millions USD/year. Indeed, this business includes renting the costume, the dress up and obviously hiring a photographer.
If you go to China be ready to fight with these photographers when you visit the most popular places. Is everywhere. In few instances I had to give up trying to catch an image.
This image was captured at the Forbidden city and shows two girls dressed with traditional costumes. In this case they used their phones to take selfies.
Italian
Fotografare persone che indossano abiti tradizionali in Cina è diventata una tendenza negli ultimi anni, soprattutto in luoghi culturalmente ricchi. Questa moda è iniziata nel 2003 con l’obiettivo di far rivivere l’abbigliamento tradizionale Han cinese. Il movimento ha svolto un ruolo fondamentale nel rendere popolare la fotografia Hanfu tra i giovani, soprattutto grazie ai social media, che hanno portato a un’impennata dell’interesse. Gli utenti spesso pubblicano blog di viaggio e foto in cui mostrano abiti tradizionali, contribuendo così alla diffusione del fenomeno. La tendenza è diventata una consuetudine per i turisti, in particolare nel turismo interno. I fotografi specializzati in questo tipo di fotografia hanno riportato un notevole aumento della domanda, specialmente durante le stagioni di punta per i viaggi. L’ascesa della fotografia con abiti tradizionali ha avuto un impatto positivo sulle economie locali, con molte nuove attività fotografiche nate per rispondere a questo crescente interesse. Si stima che questo tipo di fotografia generi un giro d’affari di circa 150 milioni di dollari all’anno. Il business comprende l’affitto dei costumi, il trucco, l’acconciatura e altri servizi.
Se vai in Cina, preparati a “lottare” con questo fenomeno fotografico nei luoghi più famosi: è ovunque. In alcune occasioni ho dovuto rinunciare a scattare un’immagine. Questa immagine è stata scattata alla Città Proibita e mostra due ragazze vestite con costumi tradizionali. In questo caso, stavano usando i loro telefoni per scattarsi dei selfie
Sounds romantic, doesn't it? Venice..."Bridge of Sighs..." Must be for lovers, right?
Not quite. Actually in the 1600s if you were crossing the Ponte dei Sospiri you were likely going to prison and were having your last look at Venice, at least for a while....
On the left is the Doge's Palace, where judgements were determined, including during the horrific Inquisition period of history. On the right is the New Prison, with the Bridge of Sighs crossing the Rio di Palazzo before it empties into the Venetian Lagoon.
But much of what is said about the Bridge of Sighs is myth, and you can blame Lord Byron for it. The famous British poet popularized the idea that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through a window before being taken to their doom. Actually the time of inquisitions and summary executions were over by the time the bridge was built in 1600 and the prison was mostly for common criminals.
Having taken the tour of the Doge's Palace (well worth the time and cost of admission), you cannot see much other than the Rio di Palazzo and a portion of the lagoon from the bridge anyway, but hey it is a good story...
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With a construction date of 1866, this is among the greatest and most important historic bridges in the United States.
While this bridge is classified as a suspension bridge, it is as much a cable-stayed bridge since it includes cable-stays as well. This hybrid design is a trademark of Roebling Bridges. It is ironic that Roebling used cable stays on his bridges that were built so long ago. Cable-stays pretty much died out along with Roebling for over a century until they re-popularized in recent years. Nearly all long-span bridges built in the 21st century are cable-stayed bridges.
A major rehabilitation occurred to this bridge when the stiffening truss and deck was replaced in the 1890s. This means a major part of the bridge is really 1890s materials, not 1866. However, these alterations are themselves historic, since they date to the 1890s. They do not diminish the national significance of the historic bridge.
People often compare this bridge to New York City's Brooklyn Bridge (also designed by John A. Roebling), which is much larger, but is also slightly newer. Certainly, the Brooklyn Bridge is a magnificent structure, but the Roebling Bridge holds its own in comparison. The bridge is older and a sort of prototype that provided Roebling with the experience needed to successfully execute the Brooklyn Bridge project. Visually, the bridge is on the same level as the Brooklyn Bridge. While not as large, it has many ornate/aesthetic details. The arched stiffening truss that is filled with visually pleasing v-lacing and lattice on the Roebling Bridge offers quite a different aesthetic than the slightly plainer, boxy stiffening truss on the Brooklyn Bridge. The Roebling Bridge's stiffening truss also has a graceful arch to it.
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This bridge has been included on the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks since 1982 and on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and National Historic Landmarks lists since May 15, 1975.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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St. Mary's Church in Gdanku is the third largest temple in the world built of brick. Its characteristic silhouette, whose accents are the massive western bell tower and slender corner turrets, creates a dominant feature in the city skyline. Built in the years 1346-1506, the church is an example of brick Gothic, popularized in the countries of the Baltic Sea basin. A dozen or so years after completion of construction works, in 1529 the Reformation has arrived in Gdansk. But until 1572 the main altar served Catholics.
The historical parish church of the Main Town in Gdańsk in the years 1572-1945 served as a Catholic and evangelical church. Catholics took over the church only after 1945.
Despite the turbulent history, the temple has retained its historical architectural form, which is confirmed by the iconography dating back to the sixteenth century and rich interior design, which create a number of medieval works.
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Kościół Mariacki w Gdanku w jest trzecią pod względem objętości świątynią na świecie zbudowaną z cegły. Jej charakterystyczna sylwetka, której akcentami są masywna zachodnia wieża dzwonna i smukłe narożne wieżyczki, tworzy dominantę w panoramie miasta. Zbudowany w latach 1346-1506 kościół jest przykładem gotyku ceglanego, upowszechnionego w krajach basenu Morza Bałtyckiego. Kilkanaście lat po ukończeniu prac budowlanych, w 1529 roku do Gdańska dotarła reformacja i odbyło się w gdańskiej farze pierwsze nabożeństwo protestanckie, ale do 1572 roku główny ołtarz służył katolikom.
Historyczna fara Głównego Miasta w Gdańsku w latach 1572-1945 pełniła funkcję kościoła katolickiego i ewangelickiego. Katolicy przejęli kościół dopiero po 1945 roku.
Pomimo burzliwych dziejów, świątynia zachowała historyczną formę architektoniczną co poświadcza ikonografia sięgająca XVI wieku oraz bogaty wystrój wnętrza, który tworzą liczne dzieła średniowieczne.
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae formerly known as Aster novae-angliae is part of genus of the Americas, this one is native to central and eastern North America, that was classified alongside a known European relative first but recently reclassified. Both Aster and Symphyotrichum are genera in the Asteraceae family, so they are closely related. However, Symphyotrichum species have hairy calyxes, Aster species do not.
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae has or had a number of varying, but mostly medical, uses among different Indigenous peoples of North America. The Cherokee,for example, used a poultice of the roots to treat pain. Both the Meskwaki and the Potawatomi have used the plant to revive patients. While the Iroquois have made a decoction of the roots and leaves of the plant for fevers. However, the perhaps most surprising docutmented use was that the Ojibwe smoked the root in pipes to attract game.
There are roughly 50 Symphyotrichum novae-angliae cultivars. This one is called "Rubinschatz" (German for ruby treasure) despite the range of colours you find in image searches varying from light blue via different shades of purple to deep pink but never the actual deep red the name suggests. "Rubinschatz" is a creation of German gardener, garden writer and philosopher Karl Foerster (1874 – 1970). Foerster helped popularize the use of grasses in garden design and for the cultivation of a number of decorative Delphinium, Aster and Grass varieties.
Foerster was a son of German astronomer Wilhelm Julius Foerster, director of the Royal Berlin Observatory, which today carries his name. His siblings included philosopher, pedagogue and pacifist Friedrich Wilhelm (1869-1966) as well as ship designer Ernst (1876-1955). Foerster himself joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in 1940, which must have made for interesting family dinners, one imagines. Despite his party membership, he afterwards managed to keep his nursery in private hands during while living in the German Democratic Republic (socialist East Germany) and even recived East Germany's National Prize (Nationalpreis der DDR) as well as that coutry's Patriotic Order of Merit (Vaterländischer Verdienstorden in Silber). Foerster's former home is now a museum documenting his life and work, while the accompanying nursery and garden are used as experimental, teaching and show gardens.
If you’ve ever seen a photo of Ontario Northland’s mixed train, there’s a good chance it was taken from this very location. Known as "Robin’s Nest", this slightly elevated overlook is well known locally and was named in honour of photographer and Cochrane resident Mike Robin, who popularized the angle.
Mike has dedicated his life to making a difference in his community by serving the homeless of Moosonee and Cochrane; a noble calling that too often goes unnoticed. After spontaneously bumping into the man himself, who was waiting to board the train for his latest duties in Moosonee, I made my way to one of the area’s most recognizable vantage points to put my own spin on it.
Shortly after the train’s scheduled 0900 departure from Cochrane, I’m 4.5 miles north of town near Larocque, Ont., as ONR’s Polar Bear Express charges north along the Island Falls Subdivision through the enchanting northern landscape of tamarack, black spruce, and endless forests.
This one’s for you, Mikey.
Rufus C. Crampton, professor of mathematics and astronomy at Illinois College from 1853-1888, built this house from a design developed by Orson Squire Fowler. Fowler was an American phrenologist and lecturer. He also popularized the octagon house in the middle of the nineteenth century. Octagonal houses may well be the first truly American architecture.
Built in the 1850s, this home has passed from a simple Greek Revival of the early 1850s to an enlarged, late 1860s Italianate structure. The front porch was added in 1902. Judge McClure practiced law with Richard Yates, who served as Governor of Illinois during the Civil War.
This house is contributing to the Jacksonville Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Almost all architectural styles popular in Illinois from 1830 to the mid-1930s are represented in the district.
The central Illinois City of Jacksonville was founded in 1825 and is the seat of Morgan County. The population of Jacksonville was 17,616 at the 2020 census.
Stack aus 29 Aufnahmen mit 85 mm zur Herstellung einer Weitwinkelaufnahme mit Tiefenunschärfe, auch wenn die hier noch zu undeutlich ist.
The Brenizer method, sometimes referred to as bokeh panorama or bokehrama, is a photographic technique characterized by the creation of a digital image exhibiting a shallow depth of field in tandem with a wide angle of view. Created by use of panoramic stitching techniques applied to portraiture, it was popularized by photographer Ryan Brenizer.
The combination of these characteristics enables a photographer to mimic the look of large format film photography with a digital camera. Large format cameras use a negative that is at least 4×5 inches (102×127 mm) and are known for their very shallow depth of field when using a wide aperture and their unique high level of clarity, contrast and control. Image sensor formats of common digital cameras, in comparison, are much smaller, ranging down to the tiny sensors in camera phones. The Brenizer method increases the effective sensor size of the camera, simulating the characteristics of large format photography.
While the aesthetics of this form of imaging most closely resemble large format analog photography, its look has also led it to being compared to tilt shift photography. Both techniques create images that exhibit an unusually shallow depth of field.
Die Brenizer-Methode, manchmal auch als Bokeh-Panorama oder Bokehrama bezeichnet, ist eine fotografische Technik, die durch die Erstellung eines digitalen Bildes mit geringer Schärfentiefe und gleichzeitig großem Blickwinkel gekennzeichnet ist. Es wurde mithilfe von Panorama-Stichtechniken für Porträts erstellt und durch den Fotografen Ryan Brenizer populär gemacht.
Die Kombination dieser Eigenschaften ermöglicht es einem Fotografen, mit einer Digitalkamera das Aussehen einer großformatigen Filmfotografie nachzuahmen. Großformatkameras verwenden ein Negativ von mindestens 102 x 127 mm (4 x 5 Zoll) und sind bekannt für ihre sehr geringe Schärfentiefe bei Verwendung einer großen Blende und ihr einzigartig hohes Maß an Klarheit, Kontrast und Kontrolle. Im Vergleich dazu sind die Bildsensorformate gängiger Digitalkameras viel kleiner und reichen bis hin zu den winzigen Sensoren in Fotohandys. Die Brenizer-Methode vergrößert die effektive Sensorgröße der Kamera und simuliert so die Eigenschaften der Großformatfotografie.
Während die Ästhetik dieser Form der Bildgebung am ehesten der analogen Großformatfotografie ähnelt, wird sie aufgrund ihres Aussehens auch mit der Tilt-Shift-Fotografie verglichen. Beide Techniken erzeugen Bilder, die eine ungewöhnlich geringe Schärfentiefe aufweisen.
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In photography, bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in out-of-focus parts of an image. Bokeh has also been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light". Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause very different bokeh effects. Some lens designs blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce distracting or unpleasant blurring ("good" and "bad" bokeh, respectively). Photographers may deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out-of-focus regions, accentuating their lens's bokeh.
Bokeh is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it is often associated with such areas. However, bokeh is not limited to highlights; blur occurs in all regions of an image which are outside the depth of field.
The term comes from the Japanese word boke, which means "blur" or "haze", or boke-aji, the "blur quality". This is derived as a noun form of the verb bokeru, which is written in several ways, with additional meanings and nuances such as blurry, hazy or out-of-focus, whereas the spellings refer to being mentally hazy, befuddled, childish, senile, or playing stupid.
The English spelling bokeh was popularized in 1997 in Photo Techniques magazine, when Mike Johnston, the editor at the time, commissioned three papers on the topic for the May/June 1997 issue; he altered the spelling to suggest the correct pronunciation to English speakers, saying "it is properly pronounced with bo as in bone and ke as in Kenneth, with equal stress on either syllable". The spellings bokeh and boke have both been in use since at least 1996, when Merklinger had suggested "or Bokeh if you prefer." The term bokeh has appeared in photography books as early as 1998. Source Wikipedia.
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And yes, it's a colour picture!
There's no fringing!
Cast : 1 plastic net, 1 pin, sunlight
Subject to sensor plane distance 230 mm
Crop factor 1/2
Editing ACR, converted in CS6
Rare asperitas clouds over much of Southern California on November 15, 2023.
Asperitas is a cloud formation first popularized and proposed as a type of cloud in 2009 by Gavin Pretor-Pinney of the Cloud Appreciation Society. Added to the International Cloud Atlas as a supplementary feature in March 2017, it is the first cloud formation added since cirrus intortus in 1951. The name translates approximately as "roughness". The clouds are closely related to undulatus clouds. (Source: Wikipedia)
Doug Harrop Photography • June 25, 1993
There are numerous angles and perspectives to photograph Castle Gate monument in Price Canyon. One of the finest is this trackside view, looking east. Access to it requires a bit of planning, hiking, and crossing a girder bridge over the Price River. Worth the effort, IMHO.
Doug did just that the afternoon of June 25, 1993. His subject matter was SP's hot Denver - Roseville Forwarder piggyback/container train with its colorful array of GP60s. The quartet includes samples of all three subsidiary roads of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company. According to Doug's notes, this photo was published in Pacific Rail News magazine.
The Denver & Rio Grande Western popularized travel in early promotional photography, posing for the Scenic Limited passenger train (among others) for photos at the foot of the Castle Gate. The monument originally featured a pair of gates until the highway department blew up the south formation in the 1960s in order to widen the highway. Yes, they really did that.
The Botkin Trail in the Yalta Nature Reserve is one of the most famous hiking trails in the Crimean Mountains. Its length from Kirov Street to the top of Stavri-Kay aMount is 4.5 kilometers.
The Botkin Trail route was created in 1901 for tuberculosis patients. They could take wellness walks here, so it is also called the "Health Trail". In these places, the phytoncides of the coniferous forest are mixed with the sea breeze, which creates a positive effect for the treatment of lung diseases.
Professor Sergey Botkin was one of the most famous physicians in Russia in the second half of the 19th century. He received the title of academician and the position of physician of the royal family. Since 1870, he has been studying the climate of the Southern coast of Crimea and made a huge contribution to the popularization of recreation and the development of sanatoriums in the Crimea. He was the first to note the healing properties of the air on the Southern coast of Crimea for the treatment of lung diseases.
Боткинская тропа проложена по левому берегу реки Учан-Су. Начинаясь у Поляны сказок, она завершается у скалы Ставри-Кая. Правда, завершается условно, поскольку сразу переходит в Штангеевскую тропу, которая заканчивается у водопада Учан-Су. Нередко две тропы объединяют в один маршрут. Это логично, поскольку в противном случае от скалы Ставри-Кая придется возвращаться обратно по уже пройденному пути. Если же идти до водопада, получится круизный маршрут.
Тропу оборудовали в 1901-1902 году силами Крымско-Кавказского горного клуба. В то время активно действовало ее ялтинское отделение. Назвать решили в честь доктора Боткина. Он хоть и жил в Москве, но активно участвовал в исследовании роли Южного берега Крыма как курортологического направления. Получив звание академика, он стал лейб-медиком царской семьи и много времени проводил вместе с ней в Ливадийском дворце.
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Authentic HBCU majorette J-Setting dance by former J-Sette Dance Captain Kionna Taylor.
J-Setting is a style of dance popularized by the Prancing J-Settes, the popular collegiate women's danceline of Jackson State University's Sonic Boom of the South marching band. It originated in the late 1970s from African-Americans in the Jackson, Mississippi, area of the United States.
J-Setting gained mainstream media attention when the style was used in Beyonce's choreography. "Single Ladies" and "Diva" and a commercial with Ciara.
Originally dance performance captured to "Dose" by Ciara. Tempo = 114.0 BPM
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Dance 02 - 26.30 sec
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Dance 06 - 26.60 sec
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If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.
Coco Chanel.
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post-World War I era with popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style, replacing the "corseted silhouette" that was dominant beforehand. She is the only fashion designer listed on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. A prolific fashion creator, Chanel extended her influence beyond couture clothing, realizing her design aesthetic in jewellery, handbags, and fragrance. Her signature scent, Chanel No. 5, has become an iconic product, and Chanel herself designed her famed interlocked-CC monogram, which has been in use since the 1920s. Source Wikipedia.
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SU45-048 with regional passenger train no. 33236 to Leszno, leaves Wolsztyn and huge crowd celebrating annual Wolsztyn Steam Show and steam locomotives parade. Some steam locomotives are far in the background. The event that used to be relatively small in 90ies, became a well-known Wolsztyn Days in 2000s with many accompanying events throughout the area. To commercialize the railway part and attract more non-railway-related audience, the steam show became something like campy taste circus. On the other hand, it's always a kind of popularization of the railway theme among non-interested, as Poland is not like Germany or UK, where railfans are quite a huge society.
For me, these events were a perfect place to meet other railfanning people from around the country (and abroad). April 30, 2005.
Photo by Jarek / Chester
SU45-048 z pociągiem osobowym 33236 do Leszna odjeżdża z Wolsztyna w upalne popołudnie 30 kwietnia 2005 roku, zostawiając w tyle ogromny tłum świętujący kolejny doroczny Parowozowy Show i paradę lokomotyw (ledwo widoczne parowozy widać w tle). Ta coroczna parada była dawniej relatywnie kameralnym zjawiskiem, przyciągającym w sumie samych entuzjastów kolei, ale w latach 2000. stała się jedną z podstawowych atrakcji obchodzonych w tym czasie Dni Wolsztyna. Komercjalizacja imprezy i próba przyciągnięcia publiczoności na codzień obojętnej wobec kolei spowodowała powstanie nieco kiczowato-cyrkowej oprawy (no a Irek Bieleninik stał się głosem parowozowych imprez w Wolsztynie i Chabówce). Z drugiej strony, zasianie jakiejś świadomości kolejowej wśród obcej tematowi publiczności należy jednak uznać za pozytyw. No i te spotkania ze znajomymi z całego kraju.
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The little people here in littleworld also seem to be addicted to coffee. Wonder why ?
Here are 21 Surprising Coffee Facts That Will Perk Up Your Afternoon !
1. The drink dates back to 800 A.D.
2. Coffee beans are technically seeds.
3. And you can eat coffee cherries as a food.
4. There are two main types: Arabica and Robusta.
5. Brazil grows the most coffee in the world.
6. Only two U.S. states produce coffee.
7. Espresso means "pressed out" in Italian.
8. The world's most expensive coffee can cost more than $600 a pound.
9. Multiple people have tried to ban coffee.
10. You can overdose on coffee.
11. Finland is home to the biggest coffee lovers.
12. Coffee drinkers tend to live longer.
13. The largest cup of coffee ever filled a 9-foot tall cup.
14. The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America.
15. Decaf does not mean caffeine-free.
16. The word "coffee" comes from the Arabic word for "wine."
17. Starbucks opens an average of two stores per day.
18. One cup of black coffee only has one calorie.
19. Teddy Roosevelt reportedly coined Maxwell House's slogan.
20. You can order coffee 25,000 different ways at Dunkin'.
21. The grounds can beautify your skin.
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Monkey Day is an unofficial international holiday celebrated on December 14. The holiday was created and popularized in 2000 by artists Casey Sorrow and Eric Millikin when they were art students at Michigan State University. Monkey Day celebrates monkeys and "all things simian", including other non-human primates such as apes, tarsiers, and lemurs. Monkey Day is celebrated worldwide and often also known as World Monkey Day and International Monkey Day.
The Olive Baboon (Papio anubis), also called the Anubis baboon, is a member of the family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys). It inhabits savannahs, steppes, and forests. The common name is derived from its coat color, which is a shade of green-grey at a distance. A variety of communications, vocal and non-vocal, facilitate a complex social structure. The Olive Baboons of Africa are one of the most successful primate species in the wild today.
They are found in large numbers on the African savannahs and in forests steppe. Their close-knitted social lifestyle is a key factor enabling them to survive the harsh lands of Africa.
These Old World Monkeys form troops that can be up to 150 members strong. Together they can be highly aggressive towards any potential threat.
Captured during a Photography safari on an early morning game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
Acadian and Cajun are often used as broad cultural terms without reference to actual descent from the deported Acadians. Most Cajuns are of French descent
The Commemorative Church in Grand-Pré is one of the best examples of a structure built to present and commemorate the Acadian expulsion as popularized in the poem of Evangeline by Henry Wordsworth Longfellow.
The Grand-Pré site is commonly accepted as the location where the Acadians were held before the deportation.
In the expulsion, the Acdians found new homes along the Eastern US. Some of them found their way to south Louisiana and began settling in the rural areas west of New Orleans. By the early 1800s, nearly 4000 Acadians had arrived and settled in Louisiana. Many lived in the bayou country where they hunted, fished, trapped, and lived off the bounty of the Mississippi River delta.
The Commemorative Church is a Classified Canadian Federal Heritage Building because of its historical associations, and its architectural and environmental values.
The people of Girona in the Middle Ages couldn't have found a better way of glorifying the bath than with this temple of light. The Arab baths of Girona (12th-13th centuries) are the best-preserved public baths in Catalonia. Despite their name, their origins are not in Arab period, but are Romanesque, but were built following the spa structure popularized so much by the Muslims, in turn copied from the constructive model of the ancient Roman thermal baths.
One of the most famous monuments in Warsaw, standing on The Old Town Marker Square :)
The Warsaw Mermaid - statue on Old Town Market square in Warsaw. It was the first monument of the Warsaw coat of arms and had an influence on the later images of the Warsaw Mermaid and popularized her figure among the inhabitants and visitors of the city. The mermaid appears in several Warsaw legends. All of them assigned her the role of the patron and protector of the city. The sculpture in Warsaw's Old Town Square was designed by Varsovian sculptor Konstanty Hegel. Originally (1855–1928) and now (since 2000) it stands in the marketplace. At other times, it was moved to different places in Warsaw. In 2008, the original sculpture made of bronzed zinc was taken from the market for maintenance work. The sculpture was in a very poor condition due to mechanical damage and numerous acts of vandalism. The repaired original was transferred to the Museum of Warsaw, and replaced with a copy of made by the Jacek Guzera foundry in Dąbrowie near Kielce.
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Jeszcze jedna fotka ze Starówki, tym razem z syrenką :)
Pomnik Syreny – monument znajdujący się na Rynku Starego Miasta w Warszawie. Był on pierwszym pomnikiem warszawskiego herbu i miał wpływ na późniejsze wizerunki warszawskiej Syreny oraz upowszechnił jej postać wśród mieszkańców i osób odwiedzających miasto. Syrenka jest bohaterką kilku warszawskich legend. Wszystkie wyznaczają jej rolę patronki i opiekunki miasta. Syrenka na warszawskiej Starówce została zaprojektowana przez warszawskiego rzeźbiarza Konstantego Hegla. Pierwotnie (1855-1928) oraz obecnie (od 2000) stoi na rynku. W międzyczasie była kilka razy przenoszona w inne miejsca w Warszawie. W 2008 roku oryginalna rzeźba wykonana z brązowanego cynku została wycofana z rynku do prac konserwacyjnych. Rzeźba była w bardzo złym stanie z powodu uszkodzeń mechanicznych i licznych aktów wandalizmu. Naprawiony oryginał został przekazany do Muzeum Warszawy i zastąpiony kopią wykonaną przez odlewnię Jacka Guzera w Dąbrowie k. Kielc.
Rufus C. Crampton, professor of mathematics and astronomy at Illinois College from 1853-1888, built this house from a design developed by Orson Squire Fowler. Fowler was an American phrenologist and lecturer. He also popularized the octagon house in the middle of the nineteenth century. Octagonal houses may well be the first truly American architecture.
Built in the 1850s, this home has passed from a simple Greek Revival of the early 1850s to an enlarged, late 1860s Italianate structure. The front porch was added in 1902. Judge McClure practiced law with Richard Yates, who served as Governor of Illinois during the Civil War.
This house is contributing to the Jacksonville Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Almost all architectural styles popular in Illinois from 1830 to the mid-1930s are represented in the district.
The central Illinois City of Jacksonville was founded in 1825 and is the seat of Morgan County. The population of Jacksonville was 17,616 at the 2020 census.
The Harmony Borax Works opened in 1883. Whe in full operation the works employed 40 men producing three tones of borax daily. The Harmony operation became famous through the use of twenty mule teams and enormous double wagons which hauled borax ten days over 165 arduous miles to the railroad. In addition to the double wagons for the ore, the teams also pulled a water wagon, seen here. The Harmony Borax Works were acquired by Pacific Coast Borax which popularized the mule teams through the sale of their Twenty Mule Team Borax Soap in radio and TV shows.
The Botkin Trail in the Yalta Nature Reserve is one of the most famous hiking trails in the Crimean Mountains. Its length from Kirov Street to the top of Stavri-Kay aMount is 4.5 kilometers.
The Botkin Trail route was created in 1901 for tuberculosis patients. They could take wellness walks here, so it is also called the "Health Trail". In these places, the phytoncides of the coniferous forest are mixed with the sea breeze, which creates a positive effect for the treatment of lung diseases.
Professor Sergey Botkin was one of the most famous physicians in Russia in the second half of the 19th century. He received the title of academician and the position of physician of the royal family. Since 1870, he has been studying the climate of the Southern coast of Crimea and made a huge contribution to the popularization of recreation and the development of sanatoriums in the Crimea. He was the first to note the healing properties of the air on the Southern coast of Crimea for the treatment of lung diseases.
Боткинская тропа проложена по левому берегу реки Учан-Су. Начинаясь у Поляны сказок, она завершается у скалы Ставри-Кая. Правда, завершается условно, поскольку сразу переходит в Штангеевскую тропу, которая заканчивается у водопада Учан-Су. Нередко две тропы объединяют в один маршрут. Это логично, поскольку в противном случае от скалы Ставри-Кая придется возвращаться обратно по уже пройденному пути. Если же идти до водопада, получится круизный маршрут.
Тропу оборудовали в 1901-1902 году силами Крымско-Кавказского горного клуба. В то время активно действовало ее ялтинское отделение. Назвать решили в честь доктора Боткина. Он хоть и жил в Москве, но активно участвовал в исследовании роли Южного берега Крыма как курортологического направления. Получив звание академика, он стал лейб-медиком царской семьи и много времени проводил вместе с ней в Ливадийском дворце.
Triceratops In the Sugar Land branch of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, housed in a renovated building that served as a prison during the Jim Crow era.
“According to folk music historian Alan Lomax as documented in the book Folk Song USA, the Midnight Special was a real train: the Southern Pacific Golden Gate Limited. A traditional folk song, Leadbelly popularized it upon his release from Sugar Land prison in Texas, where he could hear the Midnight Special come through. In the song, the light of the train gives the inmates hope: if it shines on them they take it as a sign they will soon go free.”
—songfacts.com
For the #bones theme in Smile on Saturday.
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Thought this exit, or I suppose it could also be an entrance, made for a fun shot. Clever idea as a way to access the restaurant where we grabbed a bite to eat. Also did a little research on where the term “Exit Stage Left” comes from. Of course it is a reference to a theater practice of actors entering on the actor’s right hand side of the stage and therefore exiting to the left. It was noted as being popularized by Snagglepuss (a Hanna Barbera cartoon character) who used this as his catchphrase when leaving a scene. Boy is that ever a blast from the past.
Captura: Licinella-Torre di Paestum, è una borgata di Capaccio Paestum in provincia di Salerno, Italia.
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El guinder, també conegut com a cirerer amarg o bord, cirerer de guilla o guineu, cirerer de moixó o gatzerí (Prunus cerasus) és un arbre de la família de les rosàcies i subgènere Cerasus, originari del Sud-Oest d'Àsia. És conreat rarament com a arbre fruiter a la Península Ibèrica però més comunament a altres indrets del continent com a l'Europa de l'Est i Central. Es creu que el guinder, que és al·lotetraploide, és un híbrid natural per contacte de dues espècies coexistents, el cirerer (Prunus avium) i el cirerer de Mongòlia (Prunus fruticosa). Aquest híbrid es mantingué de forma estable en el seu hàbitat natural i s'expandí arreu d'Europa i Amèrica gràcies als humans.
És un petit arbre caducifoli, normalment cultivat i empeltat sobre altres espècies de Prunus. És molt semblant al cirerer, però de mida més petita (2 a 8 m d'alt), de capçada més arrodonida i ampla. La seva escorça és marró porpra i irregular. Les branques són més o menys pèndules i els branquillons glabres. Les fulles són alternes, acuminades, de forma el·líptica o ovalada, glabres, subcoriàcies, lluents per l'anvers i de marge dentat. Les fulles del guinder es diferencien de la del cirerer comú per la mida més petita, color més fosc i perquè gairebé mai no presenta glàndules en el pecíol. Un altre tret diferencial és la mida dels borrons foliars, sensiblement més petits (4-6 mm que els del cirerer, 6-8 mm). Les flors, d'1,7 a 2,5 cm de diàmetre i blanques, apareixen d'abril a maig just abans de la sortida de les fulles i s'agrupen en inflorescències de base foliosa que contenen de 3 a 5 flors.El fruit del guinder és la guinda, una drupa esfèrica, de color roig a grana, molt semblant a la cirera però de mida més grossa i d'un gust més àcid i s'utilitza més en preparacions culinàries. El conreu del guinder té una antiga tradició a la Gran Bretanya i els colonitzadors d'Amèrica del Nord l'hi van estendre a partir del segle xvii.
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Prunus cerasus, a tetraploid with 2n=32 chromosomes, is thought to have originated as a natural hybrid between Prunus avium and Prunus fruticosa in the Iranian Plateau or Eastern Europe where the two species come into contact. Prunus fruticosa is believed to have provided its smaller size and sour tasting fruit. The hybrids then stabilized and interbred to form a new, distinct species.
Cultivated sour cherries were selected from wild specimens of Prunus cerasus and the doubtfully distinct P. acida from around the Caspian and Black Seas, and were known to the Greeks in 300 BC. They were also extremely popular with Persians and the Romans who introduced them into Britain long before the 1st century AD[citation needed] The fruit remains popular in modern-day Iran.
In England, their cultivation was popularized in the 16th century in the time of Henry VIII. They became a popular crop amongst Kentish growers, and by 1640 over two dozen named cultivars were recorded.
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Considered the first of the T Buckets, Norm Grabowski started building his famous Ford Model T hot
rod in 1952 and completed it three years later. First named the
“Lightnin’ Bug,” this car arguably started the T-bucket–style hot
rod craze. The car was built on a 1931 Ford Model A V8 Roadster
chassis bought for $100. The front half of the body was taken
from a 1922 Ford Model T and the rear was adapted from a Ford
Model A pickup truck. The car first appeared on the cover of
the October 1955 issue of Hot Rod Magazine, and in 1956 it was
featured on TV in Mr. Kagle and the Babysitter. Later that year
Norm had the car painted in the flamed style it exhibits today,
and afterward it appeared on the cover of the April 1957 issue
of Car Craft Magazine. In 1957 the car was featured in an article
in LIFE Magazine, photographed under the lights at a Bob’s Big
Boy restaurant in Burbank, California.
Currently owned by Ross & Beth Myers / of 3 Dog Garage,
Bayertown, Pennsylvania
This 1922 Ford Roadster Pickup helped to popularize hot rod culture by appearing in the American TV drama series 77 Sunset Strip. The car was driven in the series by Edd Byrnes as “Kookie” Kookson III and became known in popular culture as Kookie's Kar, and became a poster car and a catalyst for an entirely new branch of the automotive family tree. The T-bucket craze seemingly doubled the size of the American custom auto industry in the late-1950s and early-1960s.
Americans tend to be blind to the global influence of American culture, but television shows such a 77 Sunset Strip were the conduits for American culture to the rest of the world. Shows such as 77 Sunset Strip were syndicated onto television sets globally, and this car saw enough screen time over the 206 one-hour episodes of the hit TV drama series, to become the first and only prime-time hotrod.
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The Botkin Trail in the Yalta Nature Reserve is one of the most famous hiking trails in the Crimean Mountains. Its length from Kirov Street to the top of Stavri-Kay aMount is 4.5 kilometers.
The Botkin Trail route was created in 1901 for tuberculosis patients. They could take wellness walks here, so it is also called the "Health Trail". In these places, the phytoncides of the coniferous forest are mixed with the sea breeze, which creates a positive effect for the treatment of lung diseases.
Professor Sergey Botkin was one of the most famous physicians in Russia in the second half of the 19th century. He received the title of academician and the position of physician of the royal family. Since 1870, he has been studying the climate of the Southern coast of Crimea and made a huge contribution to the popularization of recreation and the development of sanatoriums in the Crimea. He was the first to note the healing properties of the air on the Southern coast of Crimea for the treatment of lung diseases.
Боткинская тропа проложена по левому берегу реки Учан-Су. Начинаясь у Поляны сказок, она завершается у скалы Ставри-Кая. Правда, завершается условно, поскольку сразу переходит в Штангеевскую тропу, которая заканчивается у водопада Учан-Су. Нередко две тропы объединяют в один маршрут. Это логично, поскольку в противном случае от скалы Ставри-Кая придется возвращаться обратно по уже пройденному пути. Если же идти до водопада, получится круизный маршрут.
Тропу оборудовали в 1901-1902 году силами Крымско-Кавказского горного клуба. В то время активно действовало ее ялтинское отделение. Назвать решили в честь доктора Боткина. Он хоть и жил в Москве, но активно участвовал в исследовании роли Южного берега Крыма как курортологического направления. Получив звание академика, он стал лейб-медиком царской семьи и много времени проводил вместе с ней в Ливадийском дворце.
Wikipedia: The Indian 841 was a motorcycle designed by the Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Co. for desert warfare. It pioneered the drivetrain configuration later popularized by Moto Guzzi, having a longitudinally mounted air-cooled 90-degree V-twin with shaft drive to the rear wheel.
During World War II, the US Army requested experimental motorcycle designs suitable for desert fighting and offered Indian $350,000 in exchange for 1,000 shaft-drive, side-valve, twin-cylinder test motorcycles. In response to this request, Indian designed and built the 841 (8 for the new engine design and 41 for the year). 1,056 were produced.
Miss Lucy knew she shouldn't have invited him in, but she just couldn't resist those eyes...
The name Nosferatu is possibly an archaic Romanian word, synonymous with "vampire". However, it was largely popularized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Western fiction such as Dracula (1897), and the film Nosferatu (1922), a German horror film directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok.
For Smile on Saturday theme 'Spooky Fun'.
There is a species of marine mollusc, Cumia reticulata, known as the vampire snail. It feeds on the blood of fish while they sleep, secreting anaesthetic and anticoagulant into the bite location. Isn't nature wonderful?
No dolls or snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.
The sun sets over a section of the Blue Lagoon which is located in the Svartsengi geothermal field, about 2.5 mile (4 km) north of the village of Grindavík. The location's name, Svartsengi, means "black field" in Icelandic and is appropriate given that the station is located on a 800 year old basaltic lava flow called Illahraun. The geothermal field is one of several located in the Reykjanes Volcanic Field which is a direct continuance of the North Atlantic Ridge on to the Island of Iceland. Illahraun was extruded during the most recent eruptions in the volcanic field which was called by the Vikings the Reykjaneseldar (Reykjanes Fires). These eruptions on the Peninsula occurred between 1210 to 1240. The strong seismic (earthquake) activity and constant eruptions traumatized and terrified the Norse settlers. That fact is obvious in the names they applied to the events. Illahrun means in "Lava of horror" in Icelandic. The movement of magma underground and along faults caused elevation changes on the Peninsula. Illahrun cooled quickly it moved toward the sea. The basaltic lava that dominates the flow is aa. This lava is characterized by a rough or rubbly surface composed of broken lava blocks called clinkers. The clinker-covered surface actually covers a massive dense core, which was the most active part of the flow. As the pasty lava in the core traveled downslope, the clinkers were carried along at the surface. At the leading edge of an aa flow, however, these cooled fragments tumble down and are buried by the advancing flow. This produces a layer of lava fragments both at the bottom and top of an aa flow. This blocky rough surface on the solidified lava flow is obvious in the photo.
The water in the photo discharges from the geothermal plant. The first phase of the electric power station was built in 1976. It was the world'´s first geothermal power plant that produced both electric and hot water for teleheating (district heating). Such systems distribute heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating. Water discharge from the plant was released into the fracture filled lava field. Unexpectedly, silica quickly sealed the fractures and vesicles and pools of water formed in the low spots with in the black volcanic field. Waste water containing sulfur, silica, salts and algae was building up in the lava flow due to mistakes and miscalculations on the part of the Utility Company. The power company fenced the area off but its own workers would soak in the waters. One of them had psoriasis. After some time of bathing in the muddy pools outside of his work place his condition began to improve at a speed so alarming that it made his doctor curious. The doctor began a research on the water. He found out that it was not only non-toxic, it also had massive health benefits for people suffering of many kinds of skin ailments. In 1981, It became known as Bláa Lónið, The Blue Lagoon. People started bathing in it when its supposed healing powers were popularized. In 1992, the Blue Lagoon company was established, and the bathing facility was opened for the public. Now advertised as a spa, its prices are high even for Iceland.The water shown in this photo is outside the swimming area. A trail that goes around this part of the flooded basalt flow. The white lining is sinter, silica that has precipitated out of the water. The waterâs milky color is due to silica that is in solution. At the source, the temperature of the geothermal fluid in the wells is superheated to 240°C (464°F). However the water that comes out of the power plant in to the Blue Lagoon averages 37-39 °C (99-102°F).
Studies show that over 80% of the tourists that visit Iceland go to the Blue Lagoon. It is considered by many to be one of the top natural wonders in Iceland. In fact in its "Wonders of the World" edition, National Geographic listed the Blue Lagoon in Iceland as one of the most impressive wonders of the world. A wonder, it may be but natural it is not. The hot water may be natural, the silica is natural but the silica rich warm water ponded in the craggy basalt flow is not natural or normal. What is a wonder is why the power utility was allowed to dump its mineral filled water in the natural environment. That would have led to fines in other countries. My family really enjoyed the place. I loved the photos I took but it is not a natural hot spring or fed by natural hot springs. Despite the beauty and praise, it is still a power plant!
The power station,was constructed in six sequent phases (finished in 2008), in each phase they built a new power plant, so the generation capacity increased to 150 MWth for the district heating and the nameplate capacity to 75 MW for electricity power. The Svartsengi Power Station is the only heating system for the local district on the Reykjanes Peninsula, which pipes hot geothermal water to more than 21,000 households
references:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svartsengi_Power_Station
www.visitreykjanes.is/en/travel/places/nature/reykjanes
www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6HQ0X_lava-field-illahraun?...
blogs.transparent.com/icelandic/2013/05/27/the-wonderful-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lagoon_(geothermal_spa)
landlopers.com/2012/03/04/blue-lagoon-iceland