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I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. - Booker T. Washington
On 6th May 1945 American Army Liberated the West Bohemian Town Pilsen. It was forbidden to even talk about it during the dark communist times 1948-1989. But the locals knew well. Since 1990, when communism fell in our country, this erupted into quite a lot of positive energy - Pilsen organizes Libertation Festivals every year since then, to ever growing international interest. This year, 70 years since Pilsen Liberation, the festivities were enormous, at the presence of numerous true veterans from the U.S., Britain, Belgium, Netherlands and Poland. See www.librationfestival.com for more info.
If Turkey were an eBay seller, I'd leave positive feedback. "Would travel in this country again."
(Anadolu Kavagi, north end of the Bosphorus Strait, after finishing lunch dessert of ice cream and waffles.)
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We're here!!! That's right hater, proof positive that I knew what I was doing the whole time!!! This is one (of the two) of the lighthouses at Spurn Point. You can see the other lighthouse in the distance in a few shots.
Unfortunately, now that I'm here I realize now that I hafta travel 3 miles to get back! Iit took me about an hour to get here, and now I have 50 minutes to take pictures and get back before the tide comes in. So I had to make a phone call and ask about what it means "when the tide comes in."
SosDesign da 8 anni è una mostra di articoli design venduti scontati, in modo tale da mandare il ricavato dal mondo del design alla benificenza.
SosDesign positive è l'evento di quest'anno, positive perché il ricavato va all'ospedale Sacco di Milano, reparto infettivologia (Hiv).
Lo smart flash mob è smart per tutti i perché suoi, prende ispirazione da Duane Michals, c'è stato un concorso fotografico per SosDesign e il libro del concorso è in vendita insieme agli articoli Design. Questo flash mob vuole appunto fare awareness sull'argomento, verrà documentato e pubblicato in video e le foto verranno raccolte.
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I almost ruined this shot because I had my film speed set to 1600. I would have more of this storm but missed the first part of it driving and the last part of it because my battery died..my bad
Shoes belonging to the children. It is customarty to remove shoes when entering into someone’s home.
Photograph by Jack Picone.
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A Moon Gate (Chinese: 月门; pinyin: yuèmén) is a circular opening in a garden wall that acts as a pedestrian passageway, and a traditional architectural element in Chinese gardens. Moon Gates have many different spiritual meanings for every piece of tile on the gate and on the shape of it. The sloping roofs of the gate represent the half moon of the Chinese Summers and the tips of the tiles of the roof have talismans on the ends of them. Chinese Gardens are often used as a display of class and beauty in many different Western Cultures. The purpose of these gates is to serve as a very inviting entrance into gardens of the rich upper class in China. The gates were originally only found in the gardens of wealthy Chinese nobles.
Moon Gates were incorporated into the architecture of Bermuda in the late 19th century, around the same time that the British territory began importing Easter lily bulbs from Japan for cultivation. The Bermuda Moon Gate is slightly different from the original Chinese design, as it is often left free-standing or attached to low wall. In Bermuda, it is regarded as good luck for newlyweds to step through the gate.
Bermuda has long had a reputation for the strange, thanks entirely to the centuries old myth of the Triangle. Yes, I said myth because it’s merely yet another conspiracy theory borne of a few strange incidents. One oddity I discovered while visiting the island though is very real and at first even more perplexing than the fabled geometric phenomenon.
It was a beautiful day and dozens of boaters were out enjoying the weather. But there in front of me on the cusp of the property was what looked just like a Stargate.
If you’re a fan of the movie and ensuing TV series like I am, then you know that a Stargate is a large circle structure through which people transport themselves through space. My imagination went wild and my immature self began to wonder if interstellar travel had first arrived on Bermuda. As I later learned, these gates are found throughout the island but sadly for me are not a gateway to new planets and encounters with aliens.
Originally of Chinese design, moon gates were brought to Bermuda in the late 19th century thanks to the British fascination with Asian culture. In China the gates were meant to serve as ornamental and luxurious doorways to homes and gardens, but in Bermuda they’re mostly freestanding. They’ve also taken on a different meaning altogether on the island as a local told me. She said that it’s good luck for newlyweds to walk through the gates after getting married. No matter the origin or the tales associated with them though, the moon gates do have an undeniable elegance to them.
These odd gates quickly became a favorite sight of mine on the island, I found them everywhere from prominent spots to the most unlikely of locations. I also grew to love them, not because I secretly hoped they would light up when I walked through them but because of their odd history. It’s that unusual quirkiness that makes Bermuda so special, that separates it from other island destinations. They seem to shout out to new arrivals that Bermuda isn’t your normal place, in every positive sense of the word imaginable.
This is not Bermudian originally but Chinese, many centuries old. (In July 2004, a Japanese garden with a structure almost identical to what in Bermuda is called a moongate, won a Silver Gilt prize at the Royal Horticultural Society show at Tatton Garden in the UK). The first plan for one in Bermuda was brought from a Chinese garden in 1860 by a local sea captain. He drew the design of a circular, ornamental wooden gateway to a garden or place of inner repose and, once back in Bermuda, built one of his own. It was copied. It has since been adopted by Bermuda as a national symbol. There are many now in Bermuda.
The Bermuda version is built of Bermuda stone and often but not always used as an entrance to a garden. There is also a New England version, in granite, of the Chinese design.
Legend has it that people who walk through a Moongate, especially young lovers and honeymooners, are blessed with good luck.
The real Oriental origin of the Moongate was almost completely lost locally when the former gardener of the Duke of Westminster in the United Kingdom was employed to lay out the grounds of the (former) Bermudiana Hotel in the 1920s being built at that time by the Furness Withy shipping group. This was the first of the Bermuda Moongates in hotel properties.
Unfortunately, Bermuda Moongates do not export well as Bermuda stone is very heavy. But you might be able to obtain a design from a local architect and have one constructed if you wish, overseas, or refer to Chinese designs for the original kind.
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One of the Lager family sons looks at his home in the conflict-affected village of Druzhba in eastern Ukraine. The building, which lies near the contact line separating government- and non-government-controlled areas, bears the scars of the protracted conflict. Metal coverings and boarded windows are used as a precaution against the shells and mines.
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Photos: UNICEF/2019/Druzhba/Aleksey Filippov