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I am very excited to inform you my photo "Violin" is published in the winter issue of the "Photo News" Magazine. This is my first publication. Above is the page from the electronic edition of the magazine. The flickr group of the magazine can be found over here, if you would want to check it out.
I would like to thank you the Photo News Editor for giving me the opportunity to be the part of this wonderful magazine. I would like to thank you all of you for constant support of my work. Thank you!
"Plymouth (/ˈplɪməθ/; historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, in Greater Boston. The town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown". Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Mayflower Pilgrims, where New England was first established. It is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States. The town has served as the location of several prominent events, one of the more notable being the First Thanksgiving feast. Plymouth served as the capital of Plymouth Colony from its founding in 1620 until the colony's merger with the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691. The English explorer John Smith named the area Plymouth (after the city in South West England) and the region 'New England' during his voyage of 1614 (the accompanying map was published in 1616). It was a later coincidence that, after an aborted attempt to make the 1620 trans-Atlantic crossing from Southampton, the Mayflower finally set sail for America from Plymouth, England." - info from Wikipedia.
The fall of 2022 I did my 3rd major cycling tour. I began my adventure in Montreal, Canada and finished in Savannah, GA. This tour took me through the oldest parts of Quebec and the 13 original US states. During this adventure I cycled 7,126 km over the course of 2.5 months and took more than 68,000 photos. As with my previous tours, a major focus was to photograph historic architecture.
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Published in this months Practical Photography magazine! April 2020. Original www.flickr.com/photos/97833073@N05/49182722178/in/datetak...
SN/NC: Diospyros kaki, Ebenaceae Family
Diospyros kaki is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Diospyros. Although its first published botanical description was not until 1780, the kaki is among the oldest plants in cultivation, known for its use in China for more than 2000 years. In some rural Chinese communities, the kaki fruit is seen as having a great mystical power that can be harnessed to solve headaches, back pains and foot ache.
The persimmon (kaki) is a sweet, slightly tangy fruit with a soft to occasionally fibrous texture. This species, native to China, is deciduous, with broad, stiff leaves. Cultivation extended first to other parts of East Asia, including Japan where it is very popular. It was later introduced to California and southern Europe in the 19th century, to Brazil in the 1890s, and numerous cultivars have been selected. A variety is Diospyros kaki var. sylvestris Makino. When ripe, this fruit comprises thick pulpy jelly encased in a waxy thin-skinned shell.
In many cultivars, known as the astringent varieties, the fruit has a high proanthocyanidin-type tannin content which makes the immature fruit astringent and bitter. The tannin levels are reduced as the fruit matures. The fruit of those cultivars is not edible in its crisp, firm state; it tastes best when allowed to rest and soften after harvest. It has a soft jelly-like consistency and is best eaten with a spoon. The Japanese 'Hachiya' is a widely grown astringent cultivar. Other cultivars, such as 'Fuyu', do not contain tannins when firm. Those can be eaten like an apple or can be allowed to go to any stage of ripeness, including to the jelly-like stage. These non-astringent varieties are however considered to have a less complex flavor.
"Sharon Fruit" (named originally after Sharon plain in Israel) is a trade name for non-astringent D. kaki fruit.
El caqui o palosanto, una especie arbórea de la familia de las Ebenáceas, originario de Asia. Su fruto, el caqui o pérsimo, es una baya comestible de sabor muy dulce. Diospyros kaki es la especie más cultivada del género Diospyros. Aunque su primera descripción botánica publicada no fue hasta 1780, el kaki se encuentra entre las plantas más antiguas en cultivo, conocido por su uso en China durante más de 2000 años. En algunas comunidades rurales chinas, se considera que la fruta kaki tiene un gran poder místico que puede aprovecharse para resolver dolores de cabeza, de espalda y de pies.
El caqui (kaki) es una fruta dulce, ligeramente ácida, con una textura suave a ocasionalmente fibrosa. Esta especie, originaria de China, es caducifolia, con hojas anchas y rígidas. El cultivo se extendió primero a otras partes del este de Asia, incluido Japón, donde es muy popular. Más tarde se introdujo en California y el sur de Europa en el siglo XIX, en Brasil en la década de 1890, y se han seleccionado numerosos cultivares. Una variedad es Diospyros kaki var. Sylvestris Makino. Cuando está madura, esta fruta se compone de gelatina espesa y carnosa encerrada en una cáscara cerosa de piel fina.
En muchos cultivares, conocidos como variedades astringentes, la fruta tiene un alto contenido de taninos de tipo proantocianidina que hace que la fruta inmadura sea astringente y amarga. Los niveles de taninos se reducen a medida que la fruta madura. El fruto de esos cultivares no es comestible en su estado crujiente y firme; sabe mejor cuando se deja reposar y ablandar después de la cosecha. Tiene una consistencia gelatinosa suave y se come mejor con una cuchara. El 'Hachiya' japonés es un cultivar astringente ampliamente cultivado. Otros cultivares, como 'Fuyu', no contienen taninos cuando están firmes. Se pueden comer como una manzana o se puede permitir que pasen a cualquier etapa de madurez, incluida la etapa gelatinosa. Sin embargo, se considera que estas variedades no astringentes tienen un sabor menos complejo.
"Sharon Fruit" (llamado originalmente por la llanura de Sharon en Israel) es un nombre comercial para la fruta D. kaki no astringente.
O caquizeiro é uma árvore de origem asiática, dióica, decídua e mundialmente apreciada por seus frutos doces e saborosos, os caquis. O próprio nome botânico Diospyros, já dá uma boa idéia de que estamos falando de uma fruta deliciosa. A palavra vem do grego antigo e significa "alimento de Zeus", uma alusão ao divino sabor dessa fruta. Em Portugal, é conhecida por dióspiro, e a árvore, por diospireiro. Seu tronco é tortuoso e a casca bastante rugosa, com raízes profundas e fortes. Se deixada a crescer livremente, atinge 15 metros de altura. No entanto, em pomares, sejam comerciais ou domésticos, não convém que se deixe crescer tanto, o que dificulta a colheita. As folhas são largas, lanceoladas e rígidas, e apresentam um verde terroso mais claro ou mais escuro, que adquire belas tonalidades de bronze e vermelho durante o outono, logo antes de caírem. As flores são pequenas, de cor creme ou rosadas, tetrâmeras e podem ser femininas, masculinas ou hermafroditas. A floração ocorre na primavera e pode acontecer de a expressão sexual de uma árvore se alterar a cada ano, com uma proporção maior de flores masculinas ou hermafroditas por exemplo.
Os frutos são bagas, e podem apresentar sementes, quando polinizados, ou ausência total de sementes, quando formados por partenocarpia. Eles podem ser globosos, ovóides ou achatados, amarelos a avermelhados, de casca fina e polpa firme e opaca, ou mole, gelatinosa e translúcida. Os frutos tornam-se maduros no final do verão e início do outono, mas algumas colheitas podem se estender um pouco mais, de acordo com a cultivar.
Diospyros kaki è la specie più coltivata del genere Diospyros. Sebbene la sua prima descrizione botanica pubblicata non risalga al 1780, il kaki è tra le piante più antiche in coltivazione, nota per il suo uso in Cina da oltre 2000 anni. In alcune comunità rurali cinesi, il frutto del kaki è visto come dotato di un grande potere mistico che può essere sfruttato per risolvere mal di testa, mal di schiena e dolori ai piedi.
Il cachi (kaki) è un frutto dolce e leggermente piccante con una consistenza da morbida a occasionalmente fibrosa. Questa specie, originaria della Cina, è decidua, con foglie larghe e rigide. La coltivazione si è estesa prima ad altre parti dell'Asia orientale, incluso il Giappone, dove è molto popolare. Successivamente è stato introdotto in California e nell'Europa meridionale nel 19° secolo, in Brasile negli anni '90 dell'Ottocento e sono state selezionate numerose cultivar. Una varietà è Diospyros kaki var. sylvestris Machino. Quando è maturo, questo frutto comprende una gelatina densa e polposa racchiusa in un guscio ceroso dalla buccia sottile.
In molte cultivar, note come varietà astringenti, il frutto ha un alto contenuto di tannino di tipo proantocianidina che rende il frutto immaturo astringente e amaro. I livelli di tannino si riducono con la maturazione del frutto. Il frutto di quelle cultivar non è commestibile nel suo stato croccante e sodo; ha un sapore migliore quando viene lasciato riposare e ammorbidire dopo la raccolta. Ha una consistenza morbida e gelatinosa ed è meglio mangiarlo con un cucchiaio. La "Hachiya" giapponese è una cultivar astringente ampiamente coltivata. Altre cultivar, come "Fuyu", non contengono tannini quando sono sodi. Quelli possono essere mangiati come una mela o possono essere lasciati andare a qualsiasi stadio di maturazione, incluso lo stadio gelatinoso. Si ritiene tuttavia che queste varietà non astringenti abbiano un sapore meno complesso.
"Sharon Fruit" (dal nome originariamente della pianura di Sharon in Israele) è un nome commerciale per il frutto D. kaki non astringente.
Diospyros kaki ist die am weitesten verbreitete Art der Gattung Diospyros. Obwohl die erste veröffentlichte botanische Beschreibung erst 1780 erfolgte, gehört die Kaki zu den ältesten Kulturpflanzen und ist seit mehr als 2000 Jahren für ihre Verwendung in China bekannt. In einigen ländlichen chinesischen Gemeinden wird der Kaki-Frucht eine große mystische Kraft zugeschrieben, die genutzt werden kann, um Kopfschmerzen, Rückenschmerzen und Fußschmerzen zu lindern.
Die Kaki (Kaki) ist eine süße, leicht würzige Frucht mit einer weichen bis gelegentlich faserigen Textur. Diese in China beheimatete Art ist laubabwerfend mit breiten, steifen Blättern. Der Anbau erstreckte sich zunächst auf andere Teile Ostasiens, einschließlich Japan, wo er sehr beliebt ist. Später wurde sie im 19. Jahrhundert nach Kalifornien und Südeuropa eingeführt, in den 1890er Jahren nach Brasilien, und es wurden zahlreiche Sorten ausgewählt. Eine Sorte ist Diospyros kaki var. Sylvestris Makino. Wenn sie reif ist, besteht diese Frucht aus dickem, fleischigem Gelee, das von einer wachsartigen, dünnhäutigen Schale umhüllt ist.
In vielen Sorten, die als adstringierende Sorten bekannt sind, hat die Frucht einen hohen Tanningehalt vom Proanthocyanidin-Typ, der die unreife Frucht adstringierend und bitter macht. Mit zunehmender Fruchtreife nimmt der Tanningehalt ab. Die Früchte dieser Sorten sind in ihrem knackigen, festen Zustand nicht essbar; es schmeckt am besten, wenn es nach der Ernte ruhen und weich werden kann. Es hat eine weiche geleeartige Konsistenz und wird am besten mit einem Löffel gegessen. Die japanische 'Hachiya' ist eine weit verbreitete adstringierende Sorte. Andere Sorten wie 'Fuyu' enthalten keine Tannine, wenn sie fest sind. Diese können wie ein Apfel gegessen werden oder können jedes Reifestadium erreichen, einschließlich des geleeartigen Stadiums. Diese nicht adstringierenden Sorten gelten jedoch als weniger komplex im Geschmack.
"Sharon Fruit" (ursprünglich nach Sharon Plain in Israel benannt) ist ein Handelsname für nicht-adstringierende D. kaki-Früchte.
Diospyros kaki is de meest gekweekte soort van het geslacht Diospyros. Hoewel de eerste gepubliceerde botanische beschrijving pas in 1780 werd gepubliceerd, is de kaki een van de oudste planten in de teelt en staat hij al meer dan 2000 jaar bekend om zijn gebruik in China. In sommige landelijke Chinese gemeenschappen wordt de kaki-vrucht gezien als een grote mystieke kracht die kan worden aangewend om hoofdpijn, rugpijn en voetpijn op te lossen.
De persimmon (kaki) is een zoete, licht pittige vrucht met een zachte tot soms vezelige textuur. Deze soort, afkomstig uit China, is bladverliezend, met brede, stijve bladeren. De teelt breidde zich eerst uit naar andere delen van Oost-Azië, waaronder Japan, waar het erg populair is. Het werd later geïntroduceerd in Californië en Zuid-Europa in de 19e eeuw, in Brazilië in de jaren 1890, en er zijn talloze cultivars geselecteerd. Een variëteit is Diospyros kaki var. Sylvestris Makino. Wanneer rijp, bestaat deze vrucht uit dikke, vlezige gelei omhuld door een wasachtige, dunne schil.
In veel cultivars, bekend als de samentrekkende variëteiten, heeft de vrucht een hoog tanninegehalte van het proanthocyanidine-type, wat de onrijpe vrucht samentrekkend en bitter maakt. Het tanninegehalte neemt af naarmate het fruit rijpt. De vrucht van die cultivars is niet eetbaar in zijn knapperige, stevige staat; het smaakt het lekkerst als het na de oogst rust en zacht wordt. Het heeft een zachte geleiachtige consistentie en kan het beste met een lepel worden gegeten. De Japanse 'Hachiya' is een veel gekweekte samentrekkende cultivar. Andere cultivars, zoals 'Fuyu', bevatten geen tannines als ze stevig zijn. Die kunnen als een appel worden gegeten of kunnen naar elk stadium van rijpheid gaan, inclusief het gelei-achtige stadium. Deze niet-samentrekkende variëteiten worden echter beschouwd als een minder complexe smaak.
"Sharon Fruit" (oorspronkelijk genoemd naar de Sharon-vlakte in Israël) is een handelsnaam voor niet-samentrekkend D. kaki-fruit.
Diospyros kaki est l'espèce la plus cultivée du genre Diospyros. Bien que sa première description botanique publiée ne remonte qu'en 1780, le kaki est l'une des plus anciennes plantes cultivées, connue pour son utilisation en Chine depuis plus de 2000 ans. Dans certaines communautés rurales chinoises, le kaki est considéré comme ayant un grand pouvoir mystique qui peut être exploité pour résoudre les maux de tête, les maux de dos et les douleurs aux pieds.
Le kaki (kaki) est un fruit sucré légèrement acidulé avec une texture douce à parfois fibreuse. Cette espèce, originaire de Chine, est caduque, aux feuilles larges et raides. La culture s'est d'abord étendue à d'autres parties de l'Asie de l'Est, notamment au Japon où elle est très populaire. Il a ensuite été introduit en Californie et en Europe du Sud au XIXe siècle, au Brésil dans les années 1890, et de nombreux cultivars ont été sélectionnés. Une variété est Diospyros kaki var. Sylvestris Makino. À maturité, ce fruit comprend une épaisse gelée pulpeuse enfermée dans une coquille cireuse à peau fine.
Dans de nombreux cultivars, connus sous le nom de variétés astringentes, le fruit a une teneur élevée en tanin de type proanthocyanidine qui rend le fruit immature astringent et amer. Les niveaux de tanin sont réduits à mesure que le fruit mûrit. Le fruit de ces cultivars n'est pas comestible dans son état croquant et ferme; il a meilleur goût lorsqu'on le laisse reposer et ramollir après la récolte. Il a une consistance gélatineuse et se mange mieux avec une cuillère. Le 'Hachiya' japonais est un cultivar astringent largement cultivé. D'autres cultivars, comme 'Fuyu', ne contiennent pas de tanins lorsqu'ils sont fermes. Ceux-ci peuvent être consommés comme une pomme ou peuvent atteindre n'importe quel stade de maturité, y compris le stade de la gelée. Ces variétés non astringentes sont cependant considérées comme ayant une saveur moins complexe.
"Sharon Fruit" (nommé à l'origine d'après la plaine de Sharon en Israël) est un nom commercial pour le fruit D. kaki non astringent.
Ο Διόσπυρος είναι το πιο ευρέως καλλιεργούμενο είδος του γένους Διόσπυρος. Αν και η πρώτη δημοσιευμένη βοτανική περιγραφή του έγινε μόλις το 1780, το kaki είναι ένα από τα παλαιότερα φυτά σε καλλιέργεια, γνωστό για τη χρήση του στην Κίνα για περισσότερα από 2000 χρόνια. Σε ορισμένες αγροτικές κινεζικές κοινότητες, το φρούτο kaki θεωρείται ότι έχει μια μεγάλη μυστικιστική δύναμη που μπορεί να αξιοποιηθεί για να λύσει πονοκεφάλους, πόνους στην πλάτη και πόνους στα πόδια.
Ο λωτός (κακί) είναι ένα γλυκό, ελαφρώς πικάντικο φρούτο με απαλή έως περιστασιακά ινώδη υφή. Αυτό το είδος, εγγενές στην Κίνα, είναι φυλλοβόλο, με πλατιά, δύσκαμπτα φύλλα. Η καλλιέργεια επεκτάθηκε πρώτα σε άλλα μέρη της Ανατολικής Ασίας, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της Ιαπωνίας όπου είναι πολύ δημοφιλής. Αργότερα εισήχθη στην Καλιφόρνια και τη νότια Ευρώπη τον 19ο αιώνα, στη Βραζιλία τη δεκαετία του 1890 και έχουν επιλεγεί πολλές ποικιλίες. Μια ποικιλία είναι ο Διόσπυρος κακή βάρ. συλβεστρης Μακινο. Όταν είναι ώριμο, αυτό το φρούτο αποτελείται από παχύρρευστο πολτό ζελέ που περικλείεται σε ένα κέρινο κέλυφος με λεπτό δέρμα.
Σε πολλές ποικιλίες, γνωστές ως στυπτικές ποικιλίες, ο καρπός έχει υψηλή περιεκτικότητα σε τανίνες τύπου προανθοκυανιδίνης που κάνει τον ανώριμο καρπό στυπτικό και πικρό. Τα επίπεδα τανίνης μειώνονται καθώς ο καρπός ωριμάζει. Ο καρπός αυτών των ποικιλιών δεν είναι βρώσιμος στην τραγανή, σταθερή του κατάσταση. έχει καλύτερη γεύση όταν αφήνεται να ξεκουραστεί και να μαλακώσει μετά τη συγκομιδή. Έχει μια μαλακή υφή σαν ζελέ και τρώγεται καλύτερα με ένα κουτάλι. Η ιαπωνική «Hachiya» είναι μια ευρέως αναπτυσσόμενη στυπτική ποικιλία. Άλλες ποικιλίες, όπως το «Fuyu», δεν περιέχουν τανίνες όταν είναι σταθερές. Αυτά μπορούν να καταναλωθούν σαν μήλο ή μπορούν να περάσουν σε οποιοδήποτε στάδιο ωρίμανσης, συμπεριλαμβανομένου του σταδίου που μοιάζει με ζελέ. Αυτές οι μη στυπτικές ποικιλίες ωστόσο θεωρείται ότι έχουν λιγότερο περίπλοκη γεύση.
Το "Sharon Fruit" (ονομάστηκε αρχικά από την πεδιάδα Sharon στο Ισραήλ) είναι μια εμπορική ονομασία για το μη στυπτικό φρούτο D. kaki.
Diospyros kaki هو أكثر الأنواع المزروعة على نطاق واسع من جنس Diospyros. على الرغم من أن أول وصف نباتي منشور لها لم يكن حتى عام 1780 ، إلا أن الكاكي يعد من بين أقدم النباتات في الزراعة ، والمعروف باستخدامه في الصين لأكثر من 2000 عام. في بعض المجتمعات الريفية الصينية ، يُنظر إلى فاكهة الكاكي على أنها تتمتع بقوة صوفية عظيمة يمكن تسخيرها لعلاج الصداع وآلام الظهر وآلام القدم.
البرسيمون (كاكي) هو فاكهة حلوة ، منعشة قليلاً ذات ملمس ناعم إلى ليفي في بعض الأحيان. هذا النوع ، موطنه الصين ، نفضي ، بأوراق عريضة وقاسية. امتدت الزراعة أولاً إلى أجزاء أخرى من شرق آسيا ، بما في ذلك اليابان حيث تحظى بشعبية كبيرة. تم تقديمه لاحقًا إلى كاليفورنيا وجنوب أوروبا في القرن التاسع عشر ، إلى البرازيل في تسعينيات القرن التاسع عشر ، وتم اختيار العديد من الأصناف. مجموعة متنوعة هي ديوسبيروس كاكي فار. سيلفستريس ماكينو. عندما تنضج ، تتكون هذه الفاكهة من هلام لب سميك مغطى بقشرة شمعية رقيقة القشرة.
في العديد من الأصناف ، المعروفة باسم الأصناف القابضة ، تحتوي الفاكهة على نسبة عالية من التانين من نوع البروانثوسيانيدين مما يجعل الفاكهة غير الناضجة قابضة ومريرة. تنخفض مستويات التانين مع نضوج الثمار. ثمرة تلك الأصناف ليست صالحة للأكل في حالتها الهشة والثابتة ؛ يكون طعمه أفضل عندما يُسمح له بالراحة واللين بعد الحصاد. قوامه ناعم يشبه الهلام ويفضل تناوله بالملعقة. يُعد "Hachiya" الياباني أحد الصنف القابض للنمو على نطاق واسع. الأصناف الأخرى ، مثل "فويو" ، لا تحتوي على العفص عندما تكون صلبة. يمكن أن تؤكل مثل التفاح أو يمكن السماح لها بالذهاب إلى أي مرحلة من النضج ، بما في ذلك المرحلة التي تشبه الهلام. ومع ذلك ، تعتبر هذه الأصناف غير القابضة ذات نكهة أقل تعقيدًا.
"شارون فروت" (سميت في الأصل على اسم سهل شارون في إسرائيل) هو اسم تجاري لفاكهة D. kaki غير القابض.
Diospyros kakiは、Diospyros属の中で最も広く栽培されている種です。最初に発表された植物の説明は1780年までではありませんでしたが、カキは栽培で最も古い植物の1つであり、2000年以上中国で使用されていることで知られています。一部の中国の田舎のコミュニティでは、カキの実は、頭痛、腰痛、足の痛みを解決するために利用できる大きな神秘的な力を持っていると見られています。
柿（柿）は甘くて少しピリッとした果実で、やわらかいものから時々繊維質の食感があります。この種は中国原産で、落葉性で、広くて硬い葉を持っています。栽培は、それが非常に人気のある日本を含む東アジアの他の地域に最初に広がりました。その後、19世紀にカリフォルニアと南ヨーロッパに、1890年代にブラジルに導入され、数多くの品種が選ばれました。品種はカキノキ変種です。シルベストリス牧野。熟すと、この果実は、ワックス状の薄い皮の殻に包まれた厚い果肉のあるゼリーで構成されます。
収斂性品種として知られる多くの栽培品種では、果実はプロアントシアニジンタイプのタンニン含有量が高く、未熟な果実を収斂性で苦いものにします。果実が成熟するにつれてタンニンレベルは低下します。それらの栽培品種の果実は、そのさわやかな、しっかりした状態では食用ではありません。収穫後に休ませて柔らかくすると、最高の味がします。やわらかいゼリーのような粘りがあり、スプーンで食べるのが一番です。日本の「八谷」は、広く栽培されている収斂性の品種です。 「ふゆ」のような他の品種は、しっかりしているときはタンニンを含んでいません。それらはリンゴのように食べることができます、またはゼリーのような段階を含む熟成の任意の段階に行くことができます。しかし、これらの非収斂性の品種は、それほど複雑ではないと考えられています。
「シャロンフルーツ」（イスラエルのシャロン平野にちなんで名付けられました）は、収斂性のないD.カキフルーツの商品名です。
"She relaxes after she feeds. You can actually talk to her."
Where does the story go from here?
She comes, the room temperature drops, and I am paralyzed. I can only watch.
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Haiku…Sapling
New leaves unfurling
Winter’s tracery above
I yearn for the light
Published in Star Tips for writers 123 Feb 2018
And in the Dawntreader Spring 2018.
Published On Nat Geo Daily Dozen June 7th 2013
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Traveling through Hindukush mountain range of Baltistan , Pakistan i find this open air school in tough winter, students are studying in tough weather conditions without proper cloths and sweaters due to poverty in region.Local people are mostly formers and didn't afford the basics of life
Gulaghmoli , Ghizar , Gilgit-Baltistan
One last shot of Tubby and also I wanted to include an article about him that was published on a UK online site. It calls him Chubby because I changed his name to Tubby after I sent in the article! As my dear friend Roberta (Nature's Poetry) said, it is a nice obituary for my little friend!
Here's the link to the photos and article:
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The Wazir Khan Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, is famous for its extensive faience tile work. It has been described as ' a mole on the cheek of Lahore'. It was built in seven years, starting around 1634-1635 A.D., during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan. It was built by Shaikh Ilm-ud-din Ansari, a native of Chiniot, who rose to be the court physician to Shah Jahan and later, the Governor of Lahore. He was commonly known as Wazir Khan. (The word wazir means 'minister' in Urdu language.) The mosque is located inside the Inner City and is easiest accessed from Delhi Gate.
In his published notes, F H Andrews, former Principal of the Mayo School of Arts, describes the mosque thus: 'The material used in the construction of the Mosque is a small tile-like brick universally used by the Mughals when stone was unusable or too costly. The only stone used in the building is used for brackets and some of the fretwork (pinjra). The walls were coated with plaster (chunam) and faced with a finely-soft quality of the same material tooled to a marble-like surface and coloured. All the external plasterwork was richly coloured a rich Indian red, in true fresco, and the surface afterwards picked out with white lines in the similitude of the small bricks beneath. The extreme severity of the lines of the building is relieved by the division of the surfaces into slightly sunk rectangular panels, alternatively vertical and horizontal, the vertical panels having usually an inner panel with arched head or the more florid cusped mihrab. These panels, where they are exposed to weather, are generally filled with a peculiar inlaid faience pottery called kashi, the effect of which must have been very fine when the setting of deep red plaster of the walls was intact.'
'The facade of the sanctuary is practically covered with kashi and is divided into the usual oblong panels. A beautiful border is carried rectangularly round the centre archway, and inscriptions in Persian characters occur in an outer border, in a long panel over the archway, and in horizontal panels along the upper portions of the lower walls to right and left. The spandrels are filled in with extremely fine designs.'
'With the minars, however, the facade of the sanctuary, and the entrance gateway, where a small portion of the surface was left for plaster, the effect of the gorgeous colours against the soft blue of a Punjabi sky, and saturated with brilliant sunlight and glowing purple shadow is indescribably rich and jewel-like.'
'Right and left of the sanctuary are two stately octagonal minars 100 feet in height. On the long sides of the quadrangle are ranged small khanas or cells, each closed by the usual Indian two-leaved door set in a slightly recessed pointed arch, of which there are thirteen on each side by a pavilion rising above the general level, containing larger apartments and an upper story reached by two flights of steps, which also give access to the roof of the arcading and pavilions...these pavilions occur, in the centre of the north and south sides of the lower level of the pavement. In the pavilion on the south side is a fountain set in a circular scalloped basin, and served from the main which supplies the tank in the quadrangle.'
Within the inner courtyard of the mosque lies the subterranean tomb of Syed Muhammad Ishaq, known as Miran Badshah, a divine from Iran who settled in Lahore during the time of the Tughluq dynasty. The tomb, therefore, predates the mosque.
Published on COCO Magazine
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A shot from a set taken last year while at Ardrossan beach.
With the shipwreck as the main focal point with the Isle of Arran to the left and the setting sun to the right.
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( Published in the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald - Nov 14, 21, 2012 )
It is always nice to have a picture in the paper, but this was even better with the story and the follow up providing some historical information on the wreck, articles posted below.
This photograph was published in an online article in MyLONDON on September 22nd 2022. The article by Lea Dzifa Seeberg (Senior 'What's on' writer), was entitled:
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Spanning an area of 350 acres, the park is divided by the Serpentine and the Long water lakes, and was created by King Henry VIII in 1536 as hunting ground. It opened to the public in 1637 and was extensively improved under Queen Caroline in the early Eighteenth century. The Great exhibition for which the Crystal Palace was erected, designed by Joseph Paxton, was also held here.
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NME (New Musical Express) published its list of the 500 all time greatest albums this week, based on its poll of roughly 80 critics who work for it. I saw a listing on the internet of the NME top 500 and it's set out below. The stars indicate the albums that would probably make my personal top 500 and the check marks indicate albums I've listened to that don't make my personal top 500.
This is in my sweet spot. When a bunch of highly knowledgeable critics decide on the "best ever' I'm going to seek that music out. They've heard more music than I ever have (there are 188 records on the list that I've never listened to).
Still, I have some quibbles about the list. The Smiths at #1? I've never understood the appeal of the Smiths. I went back and listened again to "The Queen Is Dead" and found it just as unbearable as ever. Maybe it's a British thing.
Second, no Robert Johnson or Hank Williams? I'm betting this is because the list seems to ban compilation albums and Johnson and Williams recorded exclusively as singles artists. But it just seems wrong to claim that the 500 best all time records don't include Hank Williams or Robert Johnson.
Third, where are the great British folkies? How can there be no Richard Thompson, no Fairport Convention, and no Pentangle? [Update: I see I'm wrong and that Fairport Convention is at #110. Still, why no Richard Thompson?]
Fourth, the list seems to ignore most of the world (maybe there's a rule saying English language only). But you can't have a list of the 500 best of all time with no Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and not a single album from Brazil.
Fifth, where's WIllie Nelson?
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★ - Would be on my personal Top 500
✓ - Have listened to album and would not be in my personal Top 500
? - Have listened to album and still undecided about it
~ - Have listened to album and it stinks
~1. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)
★ 2. The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
★ 3. David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1972)
★4. The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
★5. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1966)
★ 6. Pulp - Different Class (1995)
★7. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)
★8. Pixies - Doolittle (1989)
★9. The Beatles - The Beatles (1968)
✓ 10. Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994)
★11. Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
✓ 12. Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
✓ 13. Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
★14. David Bowie - Low (1977)
✓ 15. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
✓ 16. Joy Division - Closer (1980)
✓ 17. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988)
✓ 18. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
✓ 19. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)
✓ 20. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
✓ 21. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
✓ 22. Blur - Parklife (1994)
★23. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)
✓ 24. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. Street (1972)
★25. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
✓ 26. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
✓ 27. Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
✓ 28. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (2006)
★29. Television - Marquee Moon (1977)
✓ 30. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
✓ 31. Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
✓ 32. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989)
✓ 33. Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993)
★34. The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
★35. Nirvana - In Utero (1993)
★36. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (1975)
✓ 37. Love - Forever Changes (1967)
★38. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks... Here's The Sex Pistols (1977)
✓ 39. The Clash - London Calling (1979)
★40. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasure (1979)
★41. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)
~ 42. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)
★43. The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)
44. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
✓ 45. Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978)
~ 46. Björk - Debut (1993)
47. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
48. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (1985)
✓ 49. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (2007)
★50. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis (1969)
✓ 51. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
✓ 52. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969)
✓ 53. David Bowie - Station To Station (1976)
★54. Talking Heads - Remain In Light (1980)
✓ 55. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971)
✓ 56. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (1970)
57. Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (1978)
★58. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988)
59. Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)
✓ 60. Massive Attack - Blue Lines (1991)
✓ 61. The Clash - The Clash (1977)
★62. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (1966)
✓ 63. Joni Mitchell - Blue (1971)
★64. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
✓ 65. REM - Automatic For The People (1992)
66. Radiohead - The Bends (1995)
✓ 67. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory (1995)
★ 68. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)
✓ 69. REM - Murmur (1983)
70. The Libertines - Up The Bracket (2002)
✓ 71. Neil Young - Harvest (1972)
★ 72. Lou Reed - Transformer (1972)
★ 73. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
74. Nas - IIImatic (1994)
✓ 75. Green Day - Dookie (1994)
76. Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)
★ 77. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)
✓ 78. Suede - Suede (1993)
✓ 79. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (1959)
★ 80. Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power (1973)
✓ 81. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (1977)
✓ 82. Carole King - Tapestry (1971)
★ 83. The Band - The Band (1969)
✓ 84. Hole - Live Through This (1994)
✓ 85. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (1975)
✓ 86. Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994)
★ 87. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
★ 88. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (1973)
✓ 89. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (1998)
90. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free (2004)
✓ 91. Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain (1984)
? 92. Super Furry Animals - Radiator (1997)
93. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (2002)
★ 94. The Rolling Stone - Beggars Banquet (1968)
95. Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden (1988)
✓ 96. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet (1990)
✓ 97. The Smiths - The Smiths (1984)
✓ 98. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998)
99. The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
100. The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow (1984)
✓ 101. Kraftwerk - Computer World
102. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
★ 103. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
★ 104. The Stooges - Funhouse
★ 105. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
★ 106. Led Zeppelin - IV
107. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
108. Weezer - Pinkerton
✓ 109. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
✓ 110. Fairport Convention - Liege and Lief
111. The Human League - Dare
112. GZA - Liquid Swords
★ 113. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
✓ 114. Radiohead - Kid A
✓ 115. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
★ 116. The White Stripes - Elephant
✓ 117. ABC - The Lexicon of Love
✓ 118. Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching or the Young Soul Rebels
119. Pulp - His 'N' Hers
★ 120. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
121. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
122. New Order - Technique
★ 123. Blur - 13
★ 124. Paul Simon - Graceland
✓ 125. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
✓ 126. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
✓ 127. Ramones - Ramones
✓ 128. The Verve - Urban Hymns
✓ 129. Neil Young - On the Beach
130. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
✓ 131. Michael Jackson - Thriller
✓ 132. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
★ 133. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
★ 134. PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
★ 135. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
✓ 136. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
✓ 137. Blur - Blur
~ 138. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
139. The Cure - Disintegration
✓ 140. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
★ 141. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Natty Dread
✓ 142. Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson
✓ 143. Bob Dylan - Desire
★ 144. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
★ 145. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
✓ 146. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
✓ 147. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
~ 148. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
149. Elliot Smith - Either/Or
✓ 150. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
★ 151. PJ Harvey - Dry
152. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
✓ 153. The La's - The La's
★ 154. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
155. The Prodigy - Music For the Jilted Generation
★ 156. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We're Floating In Space
★ 157. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
158. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
★ 159. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
160. Primal Scream - XTRMTR
✓ 161. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
✓ 162. The National - The Boxer
163. Neu - Neu '75!
✓ 164. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
165. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In
★ 166. Pulp - This is Hardcore
★ 167. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
168. Portishead - Dummy
169. Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down
170. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
★ 171. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
~172. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
★ 173. Led Zeppelin - III
174. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
★ 175. David Bowie - Young Americans
~176. Rufus Wainwright - Want One
177. Mogwai - Young Team
178. The Coral - The Coral
✓ 179. Missy Elliott - Miss E…So Addictive
★ 180. X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
181. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
182. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
✓ 183. OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
✓ 184. MIA - Kala
✓ 185. Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full
? 186. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
187. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
188. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
✓ 189. Todd Rungren - A Wizard, A True Star
190. Pink Floyd - Piper At the Gates of Dawn
★ 191. Elastica - Elastica
✓ 192. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
193. Ryan Adams - Gold
✓ 194. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
★ 195. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
✓ 196. The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus
✓ 197. AC/DC - Back in Black
✓ 198. Prince - Sign O' The Times
199. The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
✓ 200. The Breeders - Last Splash
201. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
✓ 202. Tricky - Maxinquaye
? 203. Beach House - Teen Dream
✓ 204. Michael Jackson - Bad
✓ 205. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
★ 206. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
★ 207. Janis Joplin - Pearl
✓ 208. Chic - Risque
209. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
★ 210. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
✓ 211. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
212. Kings of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood
✓ 213. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
✓ 214. Air - Moon Safari
215. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
✓ 216. New Order - Power, Lies and Corrruption
✓ 217. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
218. The Horrors - Primary Colours
✓ 219. The Jam - All Mod Cons
220. The National - Alligator
✓ 221. Marianne Faithful - Broken English
222. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
✓ 223. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
224. Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
★ 225. T Rex - Electric Warrior
★ 226. The Doors - The Doors
★ 227. John Lennon - Imagine
✓ 228. Pavement - Brighten the Corners
✓ 229. Public Image Ltd - Metal Box
★ 230. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
✓ 231. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
★ 232. Leonard Cohen - The Songs of Leonard Cohen
233. Babyshambles - Down In Albion
234. Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour
235. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
★ 236. Suicide - Suicide
237. The xx - The xx
238. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
239. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
✓ 240. Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!!
241. Madonna - Ray of Light
✓ 242. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
✓ 243. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
244. Wild Beasts - Smother
245. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
★ 246. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York
247. Glasvegas - Glasvegas
★ 248. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
✓ 249. Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
250. Weezer - Weezer
✓ 251. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
252. Grimes - Visions
253. Pussy Galore - Exile on Main St
✓ 254. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
255. Metronomy - The English Riviera
★ 256. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - This Year's Model
257. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
✓ 258. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
✓ 259. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Stage
★ 260. The Specials - The Specials
★ 261. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Live!
✓ 262. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
263. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
★ 264. The Beatles - Please Please Me
265. Hole - Celebrity Skin
266. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
267. Dr. Feelgood - Stupidity
268. Todd Rungren - Todd
269. The Horrors - Skying
✓ 270. The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
✓ 271. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
272. Coldplay - Parachutes
✓ 273. Kanye West - The College Dropout
✓ 274. R.E.M. - Green
✓ 275. The Who - Quadrophenia
276. Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
277. The Sunday - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
✓ 278. The Slits - Cut
★ 279. Captain Beefhart and his Magical Band - Trout Mask Replica
280. Aphex Twin - Drukqs
★ 281. Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
282. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
★ 283. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
★ 284. Fugazi - 13 Songs
285. Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love
286. Screaming Trees - Dust
✓ 287. Slayer - Reign In Blood
288. Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind
★ 289. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
290. The Bluetones - Expecting to Fly
★ 291. The Byrds - Younger than Yesterday
292. The Cribs - The New Fellas
✓ 293. Aztec Camera - High Land Hard Rain
294. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
✓ 295. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
✓ 296. David Bowie - Let's Dance
297. Can - Ege Bamyasi
298. Malcolm McLaren -
✓ 299. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
✓ 300. The Who - The Who By Numbers
301. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
302. Daft Punk - Homework
303. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
304. The Orb - UFOrb
★ 305. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
★ 306. Bob Dyan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
✓ 307. Beck - Midnight Vultures
308. Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
309. Metallica - Metallica
✓ 310. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstacy
311. Super Furry Animals - Guerilla
312. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
★ 313. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
✓ 314. Slint - Spiderland
★ 315. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
✓ 316. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
★ 317. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
✓ 318. Ice-T - OG Original Gangster
✓ 319. The Who - Who's Next
★ 320. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
321. Doves - Lost Souls
322. LCD - This is Happening
✓ 323. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
✓ 324. R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
325. Beck - Sea Change
★ 326. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
✓ 327. Beck - Mutations
✓ 328. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
★ 329. David Bowie - "Heroes"
330. Portishead - Third
✓ 331. MC5 - Kick out the Jams
332. Shack - HMS Fable
~ 333. Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run
334. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
335. Queens of the Stoneage - …Like Clockwork
✓ 336. Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
337. Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
✓ 338. Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
339. Pearl Jam - Ten
✓ 340. Sister Sledge - We Are Family
★ 341. Tom Waits - Closing Time
★ 342. Spritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
★ 343. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
✓ 344. Eels - Beautiful Freak
✓ 345. Elvis Costello - Punch the Clock
✓ 346. New Order - Low Life
★ 347. Sonic Youth - Dirty
348. Whitney Houston - Whitney
349. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
350. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - BRMC
★ 351. The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
★ 352. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
353. Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
354. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
★ 355. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
★ 356. Pixies - Bossanova
✓ 357. Sugar - Copper Blue
358. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
✓ 359. The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In it for the Money
360. The Strokes - Room on Fire
✓ 361. The Faces - A Nod is as Good as a Wink…the a Bliind Horse
✓ 362. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
✓ 363. Black Flag - Damaged
✓ 364. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
✓ 365. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegatables
366. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
367. Metronomy - Nights Out
368. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
369. St Vincent - Strange Mercy
✓ 370. The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
★ 371. Beck - Odelay
★ 372. Big Black - Atomizer
373. Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today
★ 374. Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
375. Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
376. Sam Cooke - Live At The Harlem Square Club
377. Roy Harper - Stormcock
★ 378. Wire - Pink Flag
✓ 379. Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
380. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
✓ 381. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
✓ 382. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
383. The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
★ 384. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
★ 385. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
★ 386. Gillian Wellch - Revival
✓ 387. The Clash - Combat Rock
388. Tim Buckley - Happy Sad
★ 389. Le Tigre - Le Tigre
390. The Verve - A Northern Soul
391. Burial - Burial
392. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
★ 393. Prince - Dirty Mind
★ 394. Wire - Chairs Missing
★ 395. The White Stripes - De Stijl
✓ 396. Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
397. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
★ 398. Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
399. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Lyre of Orpheus/Abattoir Blues
★ 400. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
✓ 401. 20 Jazz Funk Greats - Throbbing Gristle
402. Twenty One - Mystery Jets
403. Vespertine - Bjork
404. No Other - Gene Clark
★ 405. Otis Blue - Otis Redding
✓ 406. Rated R - Queens of the Stone Age
407. Going Blank Again - Ride
★ 408. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
409. Tago Mago - Can
410. Antics - Interpol
411. Madvillainy - Madvillain
✓ 412. Entroducing... - DJ Shadow
413. Pills N Thrills and Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
✓ 414. Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers
✓ 415. Chet Baker Sings - Chet Baker
✓ 416. Merriweather Post Pavillion - Animal Collective
417. 1977 - Ash
✓ 418. Electro-Shock Blues - Eels
419. Let It Come Down - Spiritualized
420. People's Instinctive Travels... - A Tribe Called Quest
★ 421. Radio City - Big Star
422. Too-Rye-Ay - Dexys Midnight Runners
✓ 423. Live at Leeds - The Who
424. The Joshua Tree - U2
425. Nancy and Lee - Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood
★ 426. Goo - Sonic Youth
★ 427. Here Comes the Warm Jets - Brian Eno
✓ 428. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
429. Bleed America - Jimmy Eat World
430. Scott 4 - Scott Walker
431. Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden
★ 432. Tindersticks - Tindersticks
433. 2001 - Dr. Dre
434. Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout
✓ 435. Easter - Patti Smith
436. Mirrored - Battles
★ 437. Dear Science - TV on the Radio
438. Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon
439. The Futureheads - The Futureheads
✓ 440. Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy - Billy Bragg
441. Arrival - ABBA
✓ 442. Al Green is Love - Al Green
✓ 443. Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle - Bill Callahan
444. Violator - Depeche Mode
✓ 445. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
446. The Warning - Hot Chip
✓ 447. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
448. Sci-Fi Lullabies - Suede
449. AM - Arctic Monkeys
★ 450. Rid of Me - PJ Harvey
★ 451. Third/Sister Lovers- Big Star
★ 452. The B-52's- The B-52's
453. The House of Love- The House of Love
454. The Writing on the Wall- Destiny's Child
✓ 455. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend
456. September of My Years- Frank Sinatra
✓ 457. Black Cherry- Goldfrapp
✓ 458. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot- Wilco
★ 459. The Black Album- Jay-Z
★ 460. Bleach- Nirvana
461. Generation Terrorists- Manic Street Preachers
462. Master of Puppets- Metallica
✓ 463. Pod- The Breeders
464. Because of the Times- Kings of Leon
465. High Violet- The National
✓ 466. The W- Wu-Tang Clan
✓ 467. The Idiot- Iggy Pop
468. Chutes Too Narrow- The Shins
469. Holland- The Beach Boys
470. Graduation- Kanye West
471. Oracular Spectacular- MGMT
✓ 472. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness- Smashing Pumpkins
473. A Storm in Heaven- The Verve
474. Tarot Sport- f**k Buttons
475. Smoke Ring for My Halo- Kurt Vile
476. Foo Fighters- Foo Fighters
477. Crystal Castles- Crystal Castles
478. Trouble Will Find Me- The National
479. The Real Ramona- Throwing Muses
★ 480. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You- Aretha Franklin
✓ 481. Smile- Brian Wilson
482. Lady in Satin- Billie Holiday
✓ 483. Blood and Chocolate- Elvis Costello & The Attractions
✓ 484. The River- Bruce Springsteen
★ 485. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City- Kendrick Lamar
✓ 486. Homogenic- Bjork
✓ 487. Sound Affects- The Jam
488. I'm Your Man- Leonard Cohen
489. George Best- The Wedding Present
★ 490. Back in the USA- MC5
✓ 491. Actually- Pet Shop Boys
492. Hidden- These New Puritans
493. Blood- This Mortal Coil
494. The Head on the Door- The Cure
★ 495. Hot Fuss- The Killers
496. Album- Girls
497. Random Access Memories- Daft Punk
★ 498. Berlin- Lou Reed
✓ 499. Star- Belly
✓ 500. Stankonia- OutKast
ChatGPT pointed out that in the first English translation, Chapter 6, Sections 4 through 11 had been translated rather roughly. I therefore retranslated those sections and uploaded the revised version as the Fourth Edition.
最初に翻訳した英語版は、第６章第４節から第１１節が、かなり荒い翻訳になっているとチャットGPTに指摘されたので、再翻訳し、第4版として、アップロードし直しました。
I have announced the publication of my novel. While the English, Spanish, and French versions are already out, the German translation is currently in progress.
My novel, B♭, is now available
I’m an Apple fan, so Apple products appear in the story. :)
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The Japanese and English editions have already been published.
It can be found in the following Drive folder:
Drive folder for novel publication:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EUyKO4locQKzfKfvmlh0-uamF...
B♭
Mitsushiro Nakagawa, with ChatGPT 5.5
North Korea’s cryptocurrency system is hacked, and hundreds of millions of dollars are stolen.
At the end of that hidden flow of money, a group of Palestinian men and women from Gaza secretly infiltrates the United States.
Their purpose is to “restore” their lost homeland, Gaza, on American soil.
A hard-line immigration policy led by the Republican Party.
A smoldering current of xenophobia within the country.
A society breaking further apart.
Using all of it, a plan to collapse America from within begins to move forward in silence.
Republican presidential candidate Justin Bradford is shot during a speech. Almost at the same time, in Los Angeles, former President Owen Reed is also gunned down.
Two gunshots split the nation in two.
Yet Justin miraculously survives.
What keeps him alive is one of the rarest blood types in the world: Bombay blood.
The person able to provide that blood is Anaya Patel, a community art facilitator working in Brooklyn.
The blood of one woman touches the fate of a nation.
That coincidence, as if it had never truly been coincidence, begins to draw her toward the center of an enormous event.
Terrorism, elections, immigration, blood, memory, and prayer.
Those who believe in destruction, and those who have seen the emptiness left beyond it.
A plan that began as revenge gradually blurs the boundary between salvation and nothingness.
The night of Manhattan.
The light of Brooklyn.
Memories left behind by the river.
The city continues to shine as if nothing has happened.
Yet beneath its feet, a low sound no one can hear is still ringing.
What does revenge take away?
Whom does prayer save?
And where do human beings go, carrying what they have lost?
Trailer
Soundtrack
B♭ — My Novel Playlist
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack/pl.u-47...
B♭ — My Novel Playlist for Japanese
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack-for-jap...
© 2026 Mitsushiro Nakagawa. All rights reserved.
The copyright of this work belongs to Mitsushiro Nakagawa.
No part of this work may be reproduced, reprinted, or modified without the author’s permission.
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J’ai publié la version française de mon roman.
Mon roman, B♭ (Si bémol), est désormais disponible.
Les versions japonaise, anglaise et espagnole ont déjà été publiées.
Comme je suis un fan d’Apple, des produits Apple apparaissent dans l’histoire. :)
Il est disponible dans le dossier Drive ci-dessous.
Drive folder for novel publication:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EUyKO4locQKzfKfvmlh0-uamF...
B♭
Mitsushiro Nakagawa, avec ChatGPT 5.5
Le système de cryptomonnaie de la Corée du Nord est piraté, et plusieurs centaines de millions de dollars sont dérobés.
Au bout du flux de cet argent, un groupe d’hommes et de femmes palestiniens originaires de Gaza s’infiltre secrètement aux États-Unis.
Leur objectif est de « reconstituer », sur le sol américain, la patrie perdue qu’est Gaza.
Une politique migratoire dure menée par les Républicains.
Un sentiment xénophobe qui couve au sein du pays.
Une société qui se divise peu à peu.
En exploitant tout cela, un plan destiné à faire s’effondrer l’Amérique de l’intérieur avance en silence.
Le candidat républicain à la présidence, Justin Bradford, est abattu en plein discours ; presque au même moment, à Los Angeles, l’ancien président Owen Reed est lui aussi victime d’une fusillade.
Deux coups de feu qui fendent la nation en deux.
Mais Justin survit miraculeusement.
Ce qui lui sauve la vie est un groupe sanguin extrêmement rare dans le monde : le sang Bombay.
La seule personne capable de lui donner ce sang est Anaya Patel, facilitatrice d’art communautaire active à Brooklyn.
Le sang d’une femme touche soudain au destin d’une nation.
Ce hasard, comme s’il n’avait finalement jamais été un hasard, attire peu à peu Anaya elle-même au centre d’un événement immense.
Terrorisme, élections, immigration, sang, mémoire, prière.
Ceux qui croient en la destruction, et ceux qui finissent par voir le vide laissé au-delà de la destruction.
Un plan né comme une vengeance brouille peu à peu la frontière entre salut et néant.
La nuit de Manhattan.
La lumière de Brooklyn.
Les souvenirs laissés au bord du fleuve.
La ville continue de briller comme si rien ne s’était passé.
Mais sous ses pieds, un son grave, que personne n’entend, continue de résonner.
Que prend la vengeance ?
Qui la prière sauve-t-elle ?
Et vers où les êtres humains se dirigent-ils, en portant avec eux ce qu’ils ont perdu ?
Trailer
Soundtrack
B♭ — My Novel Playlist
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack/pl.u-47...
B♭ — My Novel Playlist for Japanese
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack-for-jap...
© 2026 Mitsushiro Nakagawa. Tous droits réservés.
Les droits d’auteur de cette œuvre appartiennent à Mitsushiro Nakagawa. Toute reproduction, republication ou modification, totale ou partielle, du contenu de cette œuvre sans l’autorisation de l’auteur est interdite.
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He publicado la edición en español de mi novela.
Mi novela, B♭, ya está disponible.
Soy fan de Apple, así que en la historia aparecen productos de Apple. :)
Las ediciones en japonés y en inglés ya han sido publicadas.
Puede encontrarse en la siguiente carpeta de Drive:
Carpeta de Drive para la publicación de la novela:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EUyKO4locQKzfKfvmlh0-uamF...
B♭
Mitsushiro Nakagawa, with ChatGPT 5.5
El sistema de criptomonedas de Corea del Norte es hackeado, y cientos de millones de dólares son robados.
Al final de ese flujo oculto de dinero, un group de hombres y mujeres palestinos originarios de Gaza se infiltra secretamente en los Estados Unidos.
Su propósito es “restaurar” su patria perdida, Gaza, sobre suelo estadounidense.
Una política migratoria de línea dura impulsada por el Partido Republicano.
Una corriente latente de xenofobia dentro del país.
Una sociedad que se fractura cada vez más.
Aprovechándolo todo, un plan para derrumbar a Estados Unidos desde dentro empieza a avanzar en silencio.
El candidato presidencial republicano Justin Bradford recibe un disparo durante un discurso. Casi al mismo tiempo, en Los Ángeles, el expresidente Owen Reed también es baleado.
Dos disparos dividen a la nación en dos.
Sin embargo, Justin sobrevive milagrosamente.
Lo que mantiene su vida es uno de los tipos de sangre más raros del mundo: la sangre Bombay.
La única persona capaz de donar esa sangre es Anaya Patel, una facilitadora de arte comunitario que trabaja en Brooklyn.
La sangre de una sola mujer toca el destino de una nación.
Aquella coincidencia, como si nunca hubiera sido realmente una coincidencia, comienza a arrastrarla hacia el centro de un acontecimiento inmenso.
Terrorismo, elecciones, inmigración, sangre, memoria y plegaria.
Quienes creen en la destrucción, y quienes han visto el vacío que queda más allá de ella.
Un plan que comenzó como venganza va desdibujando, poco a poco, la frontera entre la salvación y la nada.
La noche de Manhattan.
La luz de Brooklyn.
Los recuerdos abandonados junto al río.
La ciudad sigue brillando como si nada hubiera ocurrido.
Pero bajo sus pies continúa resonando una nota grave que nadie puede oír.
¿Qué arrebata la venganza?
¿A quién salva la plegaria?
¿Y hacia dónde se dirigen los seres humanos, cargando con aquello que han perdido?
Tráiler
Banda sonora
B♭ — My Novel Playlist
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack/pl.u-47...
B♭ — My Novel Playlist for Japanese
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack-for-jap...
© 2026 Mitsushiro Nakagawa. Todos los derechos reservados.
Los derechos de autor de esta obra pertenecen a Mitsushiro Nakagawa.
Ninguna parte de esta obra podrá ser reproducida, reimpresa ni modificada sin la autorización del autor.
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僕は僕の小説を発表しました。英語、スペイン語、フランス語は以下で発表済みです。
現在は、ドイツ語を翻訳中です。
僕の小説、【B♭（ビーフラット）】を公開しました。日本語と英語とスペイン語は公開済みです。
僕はアップルファンなので、アップル製品が登場します。:)
それは以下のドライブにあります。
Drive folder for novel publication: (小説専門の公開用ドライブ)
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EUyKO4locQKzfKfvmlh0-uamF...
B♭
Mitsushiro Nakagawa, with ChatGPT 5.5
北朝鮮の仮想通貨システムがハッキングされ、数億ドルが奪取された。
その資金の流れの先で、ガザ出身のパレスチナ男女のグループが、密かにアメリカ合衆国へ潜入する。
彼らの目的は、失われた祖国ガザを、アメリカの地に「復元」することだった。
共和党による強硬な移民政策。
国内にくすぶる排外感情。
分断されていく社会。
そのすべてを利用し、アメリカを内側から崩壊させる計画が、静かに進行していく。
共和党大統領候補ジャスティン・ブラッドフォードが演説中に撃たれ、ほぼ同じ時刻、ロサンゼルスでは前大統領オーウェン・リードもまた銃撃される。
国家を二分する、ふたつの銃声。
だが、ジャスティンは奇跡的に生還する。
彼の命をつないだのは、世界でも極めて希少な血液型――ボンベイブラッド。
その血を提供できたのは、ブルックリンで活動するコミュニティアート・ファシリテーター、アナヤ・パテルだった。
ひとりの女性の血が、国家の運命に触れてしまう。
その偶然は、やがて偶然ではなかったかのように、彼女自身を巨大な事件の中心へ引き寄せていく。
テロ、選挙、移民、血、記憶、祈り。
破壊を信じる者と、破壊の果てに残る空虚を見てしまう者。
復讐として始まった計画は、いつしか救済と虚無の境界を曖昧にしていく。
マンハッタンの夜。
ブルックリンの光。
川辺に残された記憶。
都市は何事もなかったかのように輝き続けている。
だがその足元では、誰にも聞こえない低い音が鳴っている。
復讐は、何を奪うのか。
祈りは、誰を救うのか。
そして人は、失われたものを抱えたまま、どこへ向かうのか。
Trailer
Soundtrack
B♭ — My Novel Playlist
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack/pl.u-47...
B♭ — My Novel Playlist for Japanese
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack-for-jap...
© 2026 Mitsushiro Nakagawa. All rights reserved.
本作品の著作権は Mitsushiro Nakagawa に帰属します。内容の全部または一部を、著者の許可なく複製・転載・改変することを禁じます。
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Note: this photo was published in a Nov 1, 2011 issue of Everyblock NYC zipcodes blog titled "90012."
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After visiting the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protest gathering in Zuccotti Park last week (which you can see in this Flickr site), I thought I would have a good idea of what to expect when I decided to visit the Occupy Los Angeles gathering outside City Hall in Los Angeles early Saturday morning. And to some extent, I was right: the protest was still focused on the excesses of the richest and most powerful 1% of the population, as well as corruption and paralysis in Washington.
But New York and Los Angeles are obviously on opposite sides of the country -- and in some respects, the two protests were completely different. It was already pleasantly warm when I showed up at 8:30 in the morning, and the previous evening had been seasonably mild; by contrast, it wet and freezing cold in New York City, with the earliest snow-fall in over 150 years making life somewhat miserable for the hundreds of shivering protesters who squatted under a long blue tarp that had been stretched over the food kitchen.
The mild weather may explain the first visible difference that I saw between the two "occupy" gatherings: there were many more tents in Los Angeles, each one seeming to hold three or four people who were just beginning to poke their heads out, sniffing the air for the presence of coffee or food that they could use to break their overnight fast. There was no need for heavy coats or hats or mittens; all I saw in Los Angeles was a few sweaters and light jackets. A visitor to my Flickr site jokingly asked why I had not photographed one of the (female) protesters in a topless outfit, and why none of the people were nude. Well, if that was going to happen, it would have happened in Los Angeles, not New York; and as for Los Angeles, the most extreme clothing I saw was one woman wearing a fairly un-revealing bikini top. Hardly the stuff of Woodstock; so much for the idea of sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll at these gatherings.
Speaking of rock-n-roll: there was none. But in Los Angeles, there were a lot more people with guitars. And mandolins, and fiddles, and even someone with a flute. Some of them played quietly, for their own amusement; but several of them drifted together beneath a statue that led up the stairs to the front entrance of City Hall, and jammed extemporaneously, with several simple, but enjoyable songs. I video-recorded several of these musical efforts, and I'll combine all of them together into a "composite" music-video on YouTube.
Another difference between Los Angeles and New YOrk involved the presence of cameras. Quite simply, there were many more in New York, and while I did not see any major-media journalists or reporters, there did seem to be a number of quasi-professional independent journalists who were not only photographing and recording everything they could see, but also interviewing everyone who looked interesting. Not so, in Los Angeles; yes, there were a few people with video cameras and DSLR still cameras (including me), but I only saw one or two interviews taking place. Ironically, I was one of the people interviewed: an earnest young man told me he was taking a class that required him to interview photographers at the protest gathering, and he wanted to know what I thought of the whole scene.
So I told him, in a summary fashion, what I had already written in the notes accompanying my OWS Flickr set, and I told him that I thought the Los Angeles gathering was quieter, with less energy, and more people just wandering around somewhat aimlessly. There were no speeches, there was no shouting, and there was almost no police presence. I did see two cops standing at the top of the stairs leading to the front entrance of of City Hall, but they vanished about half an hour after I arrived.
One last note, which may strike some readers as biased or unfair -- but I saw what I saw: several people wandered down the various sidewalks leading out of City Hall Park ... and then returned via the same sidewalks, ten or fifteen minutes later, carrying a large cup of Starbucks coffee. The revolution, it seems, runs on Starbucks.
That's when I began focusing on the clothing worn by the protesters. As noted above, it was obviously much warmer than it was in New York City, so perhaps I should not have been surprised to see half a dozen or more people wandering around barefoot. But the other thing that struck me was how carefully several of the people were dressed, and how much attention they seemed to have spent to make their physical appearance look appropriately fashionable, while simultaneously being disheveled and hippy. Like I said, I might be biased: you can look at the pictures and judge for yourself.
I spent more time here than I did in New York -- roughly three hours before I decided that I had seen everything there was to see. But as a result, I got a lot more pictures - some 700+ still pictures, and a dozen video clips. I've winnowed it down, as best I could, to 200 keepers. Enjoy!
Tile street art by Invader, seen in London, England. Invader is the pseudonym of a French urban artist, born in 1969, whose work is modeled on the crude pixellation of 1970s 8-bit video games. He took his name from the 1978 arcade game Space Invaders, and much of his work is composed of square ceramic tiles inspired by video game characters. Although he prefers to remain incognito, and guards his identity carefully, his distinctive creations can be seen in many highly-visible locations in more than 60 cities in 30 countries. He documents each intervention in a city as an "Invasion", and has published books and maps of the location of each of his street mosaics.
I have a photo gallery exhibited at Galerie du Lion, Orleans (1 hour by train from Paris) from 4 April to 25 May 2014.
www.galeriedulion.fr/les-expositions-4.html
Drôles de bestioles : la nature dans tous ses états
6, rue Croix de Malte
45000 Orléans
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Self published my first book a couple months back. Havent posted a pic on here in a bit. The book is a non-profit book and is a completely independent venture. You can read more about it at www.bookofbeards.com You can also buy a copy there.
I'm not one for bragging, but I just can't help it with this one!
I got the front page and also an 8 page article inside the magazine. What a great start to 2014!
Huge thanks to everyone who follows and supports me, and to everyone that's helped and inspired me along the way in the light painting world :)
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Nikon D810 Epic Fine Art Ballerina Goddess Dancing Ballet! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Ballet!
Marrying epic landscape, nature, and urban photography to ballet!
Nikon D810 with the Nikon MB-D12 Multi Battery Power Pack / Grip for D800 and D810 Digital Cameras allows one to shoot at a high to catch the action FPS! Ballerina Dance Goddess Photos! Pretty, Tall Ballet Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! Captured with the AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II from Nikon, and the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Nikon! Love them both!
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Ballerina dancing ballet! Pretty ballerina girl with blonde hair and blue eyes!
A pretty goddess straight out of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey!
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The 45EPIC landscapes and goddesses are straight out of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey!
I'm currently updating a translation with the Greek names for the gods and goddesses--will publish soon! :)
"RAGE--Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Zeus fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another. " --Homer's Iliad capturing the rage of the 45EPIC landscapes and seascapes! :)
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Music/poetry/art should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman."
Bears, illustrated is a free downloadable calendar for 2010 featuring twelve artists from around the world homaging the men they love and admire: Charlie Hunter, Álvaro Barruylle Ayala, Tabo Ayala, Kenzie LaMar-Rubens, LÚ, Rodrigo Muñoz Ballester, Fuzzbelly, AP Bear, Harry Soup, José Manuel Hortelano-Pi, Christian Trippe and me, Christian Fernández Mirón. This is my illustration for October. Visit the website to see them all and download the calendar!
Bears, illustrated es un calendario descargable y gratuito para 2010 con doce artistas internacionales homenajeando a los hombres que aman y admiran: Charlie Hunter, Álvaro Barruylle Ayala, Tabo Ayala, Kenzie LaMar-Rubens, LÚ, Rodrigo Muñoz Ballester, Fuzzbelly, AP Bear, Harry Soup, José Manuel Hortelano-Pi, Christian Trippe y Christian Fernández Mirón. Ésta es mi ilustración para el mes de Octubre. ¡Visita el enlace para verlas todas y bajarte el calendario!
Published by Hutchinson, undated
Everyone agreed the Peeky and Boo were the two naughtiest elves in the whole of Elfland. Ond on this particular week, they'd been even naughtier than usual...
This was a 3-image, handheld HDR shot -- taken from an area near the southwest corner of Central Park, looking east towards Fifth Avenue.
Note: this photo was published in a Dec 13, 2009 blog titled "How to Get the Perfect Composition in your Digital Photography."
It was also published in an undated (Jun 2010) blog titled "New York City Parks Worth Visiting." And it was published in an Aug 16, 2010 blog titled "CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK COULD SUPPORT 100 BIG DINOSAURS." It was also published in an undated (mid-Oct 2010) blog titled "The Best of Autumn in New York." And it was published in an Oct 20, 2010 blog titled "The Top 5 Places to see Fall Foliage in Central Park."
Moving into 2011, it was also published in an undated (mid-March 2011) Kathika travel blog titled "Visiting Central Park in New York City." And it was published in an Aug 15, 2011 blog titled "The Central Park Conservancy: a model for park conservation around the country." It was also published in an Aug 17, 2011 "Photography Digital World" blog titled " Interested in learning about digital photography?" And it was published in a Sep 2, 2011 blog titled "5 business travel tips for the fall," as well as a Sep 22, 2011 blog titled "Biophilic Cities." It was also published as a home-page illustration in an undated (mid-Oct 2011) blog titled Where to Live Next?
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in an undated (late Jun 2012) blog titled "20 Great Pictures of Central Park NYC." It was also published in a Jul 17, 2012 blog titled "New York Picnic Spots," as well as a Sep 20, 2012 blog titled "OTOÑO EN NUEVA YORK." And it was published in an Oct 29, 2012 blog titled "The Top 5 Rooftop Bars in New York," as well as an Oct 29, 29012 blog titled "Incredible Fall Foliage Shots" and an Oct 30, 2012 blog titled "Famous TV and Movie Landmarks to see in New York." It was also published in a Dec 3, 2012 blog titled "Parks to Visit in New York City."
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in a Jan 21, 2013 blog titled Timekeeper "Blog Tour: Alexandra Monir on Central Park + giveaway!" And it was published in an Aug 16, 2013 blog titled "10 Things for Startups to Do Before Autumn Arrives."
Moving into 2014, the photo was published in an Apr 14, 2014 blog titled "Green Space Keeps You from Feeling Blue."
Note: A large percentage of my "landscape" photos (including the ones in this set) are now copyright-protected, and are not available for downloads and free use. You can view them here in Flickr, but if you would like prints, enlargements, framed copies, and other variations, please visit my SmugMug "NYC HDR" gallery by clicking here.
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On Nov 6, 2009 a group of roughly 150 members of the NYC Digital Photography Meetup Group (which comprises some 2,556 members, according to its website) assembled at the southeast corner of New York's Central Park for a "meetup" that consisted of a walk through Central Park to capture the fall foliage. A few people knew each other from previous meetups, but most of us were there for the first time, and knew only that we were in the midst of a lot of people with "serious" cameras. Introductions were made, hands were shaken, cameras were compared, but with rare exceptions, names were quickly forgotten -- except for lyman91, who served as the organizer for the afternoon's activities. After all, it wasn't a college mixer; we were there to get some nice photographs...
Once we got started, we walked past the pond in the southeast corner of the park, up to a picturesque bridge, and then along the southern edge of the park until we reached another picturesque bridge by the southwest corner of the park. From there, we ventured north, past Tavern on the Green, past the Sheep Meadow, up to the 72nd Street entrance (where many photos were dutifully snapped of Strawberry Fields, and the Dakota apartment building where John Lennon lived at the time of his death). We then walked around parts of the boat pond, and a little further north into the Ramble ... at which point, the late-afternoon shadows were dark enough that I decided to call it a day and head on home.
As someone observed early in the walk, "fall foliage" in New York City is not the same as it is up in Vermont and New Hampshire. There are no fiery reds, no mountainsides of bright orange trees. Our trees are more subdued: there were a few bright yellow ones (don't ask me what kind they were; I have no idea), but most of the trees were "rust-colored" at best.
Still, it was a pleasant walk; the temperature was a little cool, but the skies were a brilliant blue, and there wasn't a cloud to be seen. I took fewer photos than I would have expected -- only about 300 -- and I'll upload the "keepers" throughout the week, as I edit them and put them in reasonable shape... and I'll look forward to another photo meetup sometime in the future. Next time, hopefully I will remember a few names...
Published together with many others in my portfolio in The C-41 Photographic Magazine, beautiful italian photography magazine ♥
Una de muchas fotos publicadas en mi portfolio en The C-41 Photographic Magazine, bella revista italiana de fotografía ♥
1950; Lady for Love by Alan Schultz. Nice lettering! Artist uncredited. Published by Novel Library 42
Published in Metro Records 82,000 More Rail Trips This Morning Than Trump's Inauguration Day : DCist
Published in The Other Signs Part One | PoPville
Published in Why we can’t just March Today. | elephant journal
Published in What Will It Take For The Women's March To Become A Movement? | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
Published 1969. An old scan from the archives. Still waiting for a replacement scanner to be shipped to me.
Published into the 1930's, Electric Railway Journal (and predecessor Street Railway Journal) cranked out a weekly (and later monthly) magazine of the street railway industry in the United States. I collected them for many years, and then about ten years ago the Internet Archive archive.org/search.php?query=Electric%20Railway%20Journal... and others started scanning them and putting them on line.
One of the most enjoyable parts about the magazine are the lavish full page advertisements from the industry's many suppliers. This particular ad from General Electric features a particularly unusual looking car, one of ten built by Brill in 1916 for the Lehigh Traction Company. An interesting feature of these center entrance cars (aside from bearing place names as mentioned in the ad) was that one half was fitted with conventional seats and the other half had longitudinal benches for use by the many coal miners that rode the cars. The cars were featured in Brill Magazine (which have also been scanned by the Internet Archive project), you can check it out here: archive.org/stream/brillmagazine101916phil#page/78 yet another example of how the internet has changed the way we do historical research in amazing ways.
Today my wife and I did the Seven Bridges walk in Sydney. From Milsons Point across the major harbour crossing bridges to Hunters Hill. 17 km taking in: Sydney Harbour Bridge, Pyrmont Bridge, Anzac Bridge, Iron Cove Bridge, Gladesville Bridge, Tarban Creek Bridge and Fig Tree Brigde.
(There was an extra 10km on offer without any bridges, but we declined that offer!)
What a great way to view this great harbour of ours and experience the variation in surrounds and lifestyles.
Photograph published on November 11, 2020 in the Italian website "Antimafia" ( link below)
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Photograph also published on September 14, 2022 { link below}
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