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Pilgrimage to the shrine of a Saint at Noon Shareef at the suburbs of Islamabad during an annual Mela (festival).
Villagers from near and far get together with their family, friends and cattle to pay respect and also slaughter their animals for lunger (cooked food available for free to all the visitors at shrine) on the saint's birth day festival.
Shot just after sunset in very low light.
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Odilon Redon est un peintre symboliste de la fin du XIXe, fasciné par le rêve et le monde spirituel. Les fleurs des champs représentées symbolisent la fragilité de la beauté, et l'harmonie de la nature au printemps. Ce tableau de 1909 appartient à une collection privée. Il fait près de 1 m de long !
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Italian postcard by B.F.F. Edit, Firenze, no. 3046. Photo: Titanus. Maria Pia Casilio in Pane, Amore e Gelosia/Bread, Love and Jealousy (Luigi Comencini, 1954).
Italian film actress Maria-Pia Casilio (1935-2012) appeared in 35 films between 1952 and 1997. She performed in many classic films by such great and respected Italian maestros as Vittorio de Sica and Luigi Comencini.
Maria-Pia Casilio (often written as Maria Pia Casilio) was born in 1935, in San Pio Delle Camere in the Abruzzo region of Italy. She made her film debut in one of the enduring masterpieces of Italian neorealism, Umberto D (Vittorio de Sica, 1952). She only attended the auditions for Umberto D to watch, but she was spotted by director De Sica who decided she was perfect for the role of the maid Maria. She was not keen to be in a film, and demanded an enormous fee, assuming they would reject her. But the studio agreed, and so she made the film. In her role as the maid of the aging former civil servant Umberto D. (Carlo Battisti), Casilio evoked life's loneliness and quiet desperation beautifully. Director Luigi Comencini also recognized her comedy talent. She appeared in the hit comedy Pane, Amore e Fantasia/Bread, Love and Dreams (Luigi Comencini, 1954), and the sequel Pane amore e gelosia/Bread, Love and Jealousy (Luigi Comencini, 1954) both starring Vittorio de Sica and Gina Lollobrigida. She also appeared in Comencini’s film about film preservation and the heritage of the silent cinema, La Valigia dei Sogni/A Bag of Cinema Dreams (Luigi Comencini, 1953). This remarkable film boasts clips of numerous acclaimed silent film divas like Francesca Bertini, Lyda Borelli, Pina Manichelli, and Elena Makowska (who also acts in this film).
According to Italian Wikipedia, Maria-Pia Casilio won a David di Donatello award (the Italian Oscar) for her role in Stazione Termini/Terminal Station (Vittorio De Sica, 1953) starring Montgomery Clift and Jennifer Jones. However, for the 26 minutes shorter US version, Indiscretion of an American Wife, producer David O’Selznick cut out all her scenes. During the 1950s Casilio appeared as a character actress in several Italian comedies like Il viale della speranza (Dino Risi, 1953), and Carosello napoletano/Neapolitan Carousel (Ettore Giannini, 1954). She worked with great Italian comedians like Aldo Fabrizi in Siamo tutti inquilini (Mario Mattoli, 1953), I pappagalli (Bruno Paolinelli, 1955), Mogli pericolose/Dangerous Wives (Luigi Comencini, 1958); Alberto Sordi in Un americano a Roma/An American in Rome (Steno, 1954) and and Il giudizio universale/The Last Judgment (Vittorio de Sica, 1961); and Totò in Il medico dei pazzi/ (Mario Mattoli, 1954), Racconti romani/Roman Tales (Gianni Franciolini, 1955) and in Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge/ (Camillo Mastrocinque, 1956). She also appeared in international coproductions, including Thérèse Raquin/The Adultress (Marcel Carné, 1953) starring Simone Signoret, L'air de Paris/Air of Paris (Marcel Carné, 1954) starring Jean Gabin, Le tournant dangereux/The Harbour Café (Robert Bibal, 1954) with Viviane Romance and the Italian-German war comedy Pezzo, capopezzo e capitano/Always Victorious (Wolfgang Staudte, 1958).
Again according to Italian Wikipedia (but not confirmed by other sources) Maria-Pia Casilio was during her long career directed by some great talents of the Italian cinema. She played in uncredited small parts in two films by Federico Fellini, Lo sceicco bianco (1952) and Intervista (1987); a film by Roberto Rossellini, Era notte a Roma (1960); and even three films by Luchino Visconti, Le notti bianche (1957) with Marcello Mastroianni, Vaghe stelle dell'orsa (1965) with Claudia Cardinale, and Lo straniero (1967) with Marcello Mastroianni. Although no other sources confirm these parts, Tullio Kezich writes in 'Federico Fellini, La vita e i film' (2002) that Fellini did a screentest with Casilio for the lead in La Strada (1954). History took another turn. During the 1970s and 1980s, Casilio played less frequently in films but she appeared in small parts in some high-profile films. For Vittorio de Sica she played a supporting part in Lo chiameremo Andrea/We'll Call Him Andrew (1972) with Nino Manfredi, for Ettore Scola she performed in uncredited parts in the black comedy Brutti, sporchi e cattivi/Ugly, Dirty and Bad (1976) and in La cena/The Dinner (1998) with Fanny Ardant, and for legendary director Michelangelo Antonioni in Identificazione di una donna/Identification of a Woman (1982). After a break of seven years, she returned to the cinema in 2005 in La bestia nel cuore/Don’t tell (Cristina Comencini, 2005).
Sources: Tullio Kezich (Federico Fellini, La vita e i film), All Movie, Wikipedia, and IMDb.
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Het Kröller-Müller Museum is een museum voor moderne kunst, gelegen in het Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe te Otterlo in de Nederlandse provincie Gelderland. Het museum en het aangrenzende beeldenpark, samen ca. 25 ha, genieten internationale bekendheid. Jaarlijks komen er ruim 250.000 bezoekers uit binnen- en buitenland.
The Kröller-Müller Museum is a museum for modern art, located in the National Park De Hoge Veluwe in Otterlo in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The museum and the adjacent sculpture park, together around 25 ha, are internationally renowned. Every year more than 250,000 visitors come from home and abroad.
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Live Paint que eu e Alex Senna fizemos no RESPECT Festival de Música, Arte e Cultura... uma experiência única pintar num evento loko como esse e interagir com o público de várias partes de SP e até de MG... mto bom conhecer várias pessoas novas e ouvir muitos elogios, povo pedir pra tirar fotos dos graffs e inclusive com a gente rsrs... sensacional!!!
Uma das coisas mais recompensadoras q ouvi foi um tiozinho simples q estava estava trabalhando na festa q disse: "Meu nunca vi uma coisa como essa na minha vida, estou impressionado" ele disse que num tem acesso a arte, na cidade dele num existia graffiti e que nunca tinha visto alguém fazer uma pintura ao vivo, de poder acompanhar o processo todo... legal poder proporcionar isso...
Bom agradeço ao brother Alex Senna pelo rolê e oportunidade, a festa foi cansativa mas bem recompensadora...
Desenho feito no improviso...
A discrição é uma característica das fêmeas (dos patos) que exibem por norma cores menos vivas que os respectivos machos. Ainda assim, aos machos (das patas) não falta encantamento por elas e isso manifesta-se muitas vezes por autênticas violações em grupo na época do acasalamento... e inclusive com alguma frequência ocorrem acasalamentos entre espécies diferentes, embora mais comuns em cativeiro onde não haja possibilidade de cruzamento dentro da espécie.
As fêmeas humanas são menos discretas... nas cores, que por vezes realçam artificialmente e na transmissão das notícias....
Piadeira, fêmea / Wigeon, female (Anas penelope)
Quinta do Lago, Loulé, Portugal. (08/12/08)
In respect of 'Boat Trains" It doesn't come any more up market than the Venice Simplon Orient Express. This luxury train operated by P&O Sea Containers at the time was part of a luxury travel experience offered as a through package from London to Venice by train one way and fly back or vice versa.
From an enthusiast point of view the train was booked for some rare haulage in the shape of one of the Dover Train Ferry heavy shunters namely a class 33/2. The engine used to run light from Dover Town Yard to Folkestone East Junction to await the arrival of 1Y46 11.15 London Victoria to Folkestone Harbour VSOE service. The train would arrive from London behind a class 73 and on entering the Folkestone East Train Roads would stop for the class 33/2 to be attached to the rear for the reversal and descent of the 1/37 Folkestone Harbour branch. With the closure of the branch and cessation of ferry services from Folkestone VSOE passengers are now de-trained at Folkestone West and a luxury coach conveys them to Calais in France via the Eurotunnel vehicle shuttle.
33 203 is seen descending the incline with 1Y46 approaching the footbridge at Folly Road Level Crossing. 73 211 can just be seen attached to the rear for the return working. Passengers disembarking from the VSOE would catch the 14.30 ferry to Boulogne where their journey would continue on the 15 coach Wagon-Lits Pullman cars across Europe. (See next image in photostream)
Coachwork by in the style of Spohn
Chassis n° 1834
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Parijs - Paris
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February 2020
Estimated : € 500.000 - 650.000
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Maybach is known today as Mercedes-Benz's most up-market offering, which shows the immense respect that the legendary manufacturer from Stuttgart has for its long-defunct rival. The name once belonged to a marque all its own: the creation of brilliant engineer Wilhelm Maybach, whose engines powered Germany's revolutionary Zeppelin airships. Maybach automobiles were, in the 1920s and 1930s, considered Germany's finest, being built to a superior level of fit, finish, and engineering quality than their rivals.
This extended to the company's SW38, one of its smaller models, which was powered by a 3.8-litre six-cylinder overhead-camshaft engine and was the final Maybach introduced prior to World War II. Each was capable of 100mph, a performance benchmark for the era, with great flexibility provided by one of the company's innovative five-speed gearboxes. Coachwork was most often supplied by the great German coachbuilders such as Spohn and Gläser, both firms with which Maybach enjoyed long and successful relationships.
Like other great German cars of this era, the SW38 enjoyed commercial success, selling 620 chassis, but suffered from a high rate of attrition during World War II. It is believed that fewer than 150 remain in existence worldwide, many with heavy limousine bodies that were frequently specified by the firm's conservative clientele.
The SW38 offered here was acquired in Hungary years ago by a well-known German specialist. It was found complete, including its original 3.8-litre engine, but the original Pullman Limousine coachwork was in disrepair. It was decided that the chassis would be restored by Eastern European specialists with professionally crafted bodywork of a new design, based upon period styling drawings by the respected Karrosserie Spohn of Ravensburg and constructed using traditional methods. While SW38 Special Roadsters were produced in period, few have this car's sense of balance and powerful proportions, created by subtle improvements to the original designs.
The body features a low 'V' windscreen and beautiful pontoon-style wings sweeping elegantly in a broad curve over the wheels, while the belt-line flows harmoniously from the bonnet through the doors and down over the rear deck. The deck itself is nearly flush apart from the low-mounted spare with its metal cover, reminiscent of similarly attractive designs on the Mercedes-Benz 540 K. However, the Spohn Special Roadster is even more flamboyant by virtue of its broad sweep of chrome trim along the doors, reminiscent of a trailing comet, complemented on this car by plated hubcaps and an up-swung chrome running board. The convertible hood is relatively low-slung to the body, even when raised, a feature strikingly different from many German cabriolets of this period. Most importantly the overall presentation remains crisp and as sensational today back as it was in 1937, and complete down to the fitted luggage.
Most importantly, thanks to the Maybach DS G 35 five-speed manual transmission, this is still a wonderful highway performer, able to challenge many of its more famous rivals on the Alpine passes. All Maybachs were grand and imposing, but few were truly beautiful and fewer still were downright sporting. Possessing both dash and grace, this is one of the latter: an impressive tribute to German craftsmanship and engineering from one of the greatest makes of its generation. The car is offered with a copy of an old German Fahrzeugbrief.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Fifty two metres at 15:43pm on a beautiful summer afternoon on Tuesday 8th June 2021, off Chessington Avenue in Bexleyheath, Kent.
Here we see a large adult male Carrion crow (Corvus corone), taking time to preen the feathers of his female partner after both taking a dip under a water sprinkler on a hot summer day.
AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT CORVUS CORONE
LEGEND AND MYTHOLOGY
By Paul Williams
Crows appear in the Bible where Noah uses one to search for dry land and to check on the recession of the flood. Crows supposedly saved the prophet, Elijah, from famine and are an Inuit deity. Legend has it that England and its monarchy will end when there are no more crows in the Tower of London. And some believe that the crows went to the Tower attracted by the regular corpses following executions with written accounts of their presence at the executions of Anne Boleyn and Jane Gray.
In Welsh mythology, unfortunately Crows are seen as symbolic of evilness and black magic thanks to many references to witches transforming into crows or ravens and escaping. Indian legend tells of Kakabhusandi, a crow who sits on the branches of a wish-fulfilling tree called Kalpataru and a crow in Ramayana where Lord Rama blessed the crow with the power to foresee future events and communicate with the souls.
In Native American first nation legend the crow is sometimes considered to be something of a trickster, though they are also viewed positively by some tribes as messengers between this world and the next where they carry messages from the living to those deceased, and even carry healing medicines between both worlds. There is a belief that crows can foresee the future. The Klamath tribe in Oregon believe that when we die, we fly up to heaven as a crow. The Crow can also signify wisdom to some tribes who believe crows had the power to talk and were therefore considered to be one of the wisest of birds. Tribes with Crow Clans include the Chippewa (whose Crow Clan and its totem are called Aandeg), the Hopi (whose Crow Clan is called Angwusngyam or Ungwish-wungwa), the Menominee, the Caddo, the Tlingit, and the Pueblo tribes of New Mexico.
The crow features in the Nanissáanah (Ghost dance), popularized by Jerome Crow Dog, a Brulé Lakota sub-chief and warrior born at Horse Stealing Creek in Montana Territory in 1833, the crow symbolizing wisdom and the past, when the crow had became a guide and acted as a pathfinder during hunting. The Ghost dance movement was originally created in 1870 by Wodziwob, or Gray Hair, a prophet and medicine man of the Paiute tribe in an area that became known as Nevada. Ghost dancers wore crow and eagle feathers in their clothes and hair, and the fact that the Crow could talk placed it as one of the sages of the animal kingdom. The five day dances seeking trance,prophecy and exhortations would eventually play a major part in the pathway towards the white man's broken treaties, the infamous battle at Wounded knee and the surrender of Matȟó Wanáȟtaka (Kicking Bear), after officials began to fear the ghost dancers and rituals which seemed to occur prior to battle.
Historically the Vikings are the group who made so many references to the crow, and Ragnarr Loðbrók and his sons used this species in his banner as well as appearances in many flags and coats of arms. Also, it had some kind of association with Odin, one of their main deities. Norse legend tells us that Odin is accompanied by two crows. Hugin, who symbolizes thought, and Munin, who represents a memory. These two crows were sent out each dawn to fly the entire world, returning at breakfast where they informed the Lord of the Nordic gods of everything that went on in their kingdoms. Odin was also referred to as Rafnagud (raven-god). The raven appears in almost every skaldic poem describing warfare.Coins dating back to 940's minted by Olaf Cuaran depict the Viking war standard, the Raven and Viking war banners (Gonfalon) depicted the bird also.
In Scandinavian legends, crows are a representative of the Goddess of Death, known as Valkyrie (from old Norse 'Valkyrja'), one of the group of maidens who served the Norse deity Odin, visiting battlefields and sending him the souls of the slain worthy of a place in Valhalla. Odin ( also called Wodan, Woden, or Wotan), preferred that heroes be killed in battle and that the most valiant of souls be taken to Valhöll, the hall of slain warriors. It is the crow that provides the Valkyries with important information on who should go. In Hindu ceremonies that are associated to ancestors, the crow has an important place in Vedic rituals. They are seen as messengers of death in Indian culture too.
In Germanic legend, Crows are seen as psychonomes, meaning the act of guiding spirits to their final destination, and that the feathers of a crow could cure a victim who had been cursed. And yet, a lone black crow could symbolize impending death, whilst a group symbolizes a lucky omen! Vikings also saw good omens in the crow and would leave offerings of meat as a token.
The crow also has sacred and prophetic meaning within the Celtic civilization, where it stood for flesh ripped off due to combat and Morrighan, the warrior goddess, often appears in Celtic mythology as a raven or crow, or else is found to be in the company of the birds. Crow is sacred to Lugdnum, the Celtic god of creation who gave his name to the city of Lug
In Greek mythology according to Appolodorus, Apollo is supposedly responsible for the black feathers of the crow, turning them forever black from their pristine white original plumage as a punishment after they brought news that Κορωνις (Coronis) a princess of the Thessalian kingdom of Phlegyantis, Apollo's pregnant lover had left him to marry a mortal, Ischys. In one legend, Apollo burned the crows feathers and then burned Coronis to death, in another Coronis herself was turned into a black crow, and another that she was slain by the arrows of Αρτεμις (Artemis - twin to Apollo). Koronis was later set amongst the stars as the constellation Corvus ("the Crow"). Her name means "Curved One" from the Greek word korônis or "Crow" from the word korônê.A similar Muslim legend allegedly tells of Muhammad, founder of Islam and the last prophet sent by God to Earth, who's secret location was given away by a white crow to his seekers, as he hid in caves. The crow shouted 'Ghar Ghar' (Cave, cave) and thus as punishment, Muhammad turned the crow black and cursed it for eternity to utter only one phrase, 'Ghar, ghar). Native Indian legend where the once rainbow coloured crows became forever black after shedding their colourful plumage over the other animals of the world.
In China the Crow is represented in art as a three legged bird on a solar disk, being a creature that helps the sun in its journey. In Japan there are myths of Crow Tengu who were priests who became vain, and turned into this spirit to serve as messengers until they learn the lesson of humility as well as a great Crow who takes part in Shinto creation stories.
In animal spirit guides there are general perceptions of what sightings of numbers of crows actually mean:
1 Crow Meaning: To carry a message from your near one who died recently.
2 Crows Meaning: Two crows sitting near your home signifies some good news is on your way.
3 Crows Meaning: An upcoming wedding in your family.
4 Crows Meaning: Symbolizes wealth and prosperity.
5 Crows Meaning: Diseases or pain.
6 Crows Meaning: A theft in your house!
7 Crows Meaning: Denotes travel or moving from your house.
8 Crows Meaning: Sorrowful events
Crows are generally seen as the symbolism when alive for doom bringing, misfortune and bad omens, and yet a dead crow symbolises potentially bringing good news and positive change to those who see it. This wonderful bird certainly gets a mixed bag of contradictory mythology and legend over the centuries and in modern days is often seen as a bit of a nuisance, attacking and killing the babies of other birds such as Starlings, Pigeons and House Sparrows as well as plucking the eyes out of lambs in the field, being loud and noisy and violently attacking poor victims in a 'crow court'....
There is even a classic horror film called 'THE CROW' released in 1994 by Miramax Films, directed by Alex Proyas and starring Brandon Lee in his final film appearance as Eric Draven, who is revived by a Crow tapping on his gravestone a year after he and his fiancée are murdered in Detroit by a street gang. The crow becomes his guide as he sets out to avenge the murders. The only son of martial arts expert Bruce Lee, Brandon lee suffered fatal injuries on the set of the film when the crew failed to remove the primer from a cartridge that hit Lee in the abdomen with the same force as a normal bullet. Lee died that day, March 31st 1993 aged 28.
The symbolism of the Crow resurrecting the dead star and accompanying him on his quest for revenge was powerful, and in some part based on the history of the carrion crow itself and the original film grossed more than $94 Million dollars with three subsequent sequels following.
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK
So let's move away from legend, mythology and stories passed down from our parents and grandparents and look at these amazing birds in isolation.
Carrion crow are passerines in the family Corvidae a group of Oscine passerine birds including Crows, Ravens, Rooks, Jackdaws, Jays, Magpies, Treepies, Choughs and Nutcrackers. Technically they are classed as Corvids, and the largest of passerine birds. Carrion crows are medium to large in size with rictal bristles and a single moult per year (most passerines moult twice). Carrion crow was one of the many species originally described by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (Carl Von Linne after his ennoblement) in his 1758 and 1759 editions of 'SYSTEMA NATURAE', and it still bears its original name of Corvus corone, derived from the Latin of Corvus, meaning Raven and the Greek κορώνη (korōnē), meaning crow.
Carrion crow are of the Animalia kingdom Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae Genus: Corvus and Species: Corvus corone
Corvus corone can reach 45-47cm in length with a 93-104cm wingspan and weigh between 370-650g. They are protected under The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in the United Kingdom with a Green UK conservation status which means they are of least concern with more than 1,000,000 territories. Breeding occurs in April with fledging of the chicks taking around twenty nine days following an incubation period of around twenty days with 3 to 4 eggs being the average norm. They are abundant in the UK apart from Northwest Scotland and Ireland where the Hooded crow (Corvus cornix) was considered the same species until 2002. They have a lifespan of around four years, whilst Crow species can live to the age of Twenty years old, and the oldest known American crow in the wild was almost Thirty years old. The oldest documented captive crow died at age Fifty nine. They are smaller and have a shorter lifespan than the Raven, which again is used as a symbol in history to live life to the full and not waste a moment!
They are often mistaken for the Rook (Corvus frugilegus), a similar bird, though in the UK, the Rook is actually technically smaller than the Carrion crow averaging 44-46cm in length, 81-99cm wingspan and weighing up to 340g. Rooks have white beaks compared to the black beaks of Carrion crow, a more steeply raked ratio from head to beak, and longer straighter beaks as well as a different plumage pattern. There are documented cases in the UK of singular and grouped Rooks attacking and killing Carrion crows in their territory. Rooks nest in colonies unlike Carrion crows. Carrion crows have only a few natural enemies including powerful raptors such as the northern goshawk, the peregrine falcon, the Eurasian eagle-owl and the golden eagle which will all readily hunt them.
Regarded as one of the most intelligent birds, indeed creatures on the planet, studies suggest that Corvids cognitive abilities can rival that of primates such as chimpanzees and gorillas and even provide clues to understanding human intelligence. Crows have relatively large brains for their body size, compared to other animals. Their encephalization quotient (EQ) a ratio of brain to body size, adjusted for size because there isn’t a linear relationship is 4.1. That is remarkably close to chimps at 4.2 whilst humans are 8.1. Corvids also have a very high neuronal density, the number of neurons per gram of brain, factoring in the number of cortical neurons, neuron packing density, interneuronal distance and axonal conduction velocity shows that Corvids score high on this measure as well, with humans scoring the highest.
A corvid's pallium is packed with more neurons than a great ape's. Corvids have demonstrated the ability to use a combination of mental tools such as imagination, and anticipation of future events. They can craft tools from twigs and branches to hook grubs from deep recesses, they can solve puzzles and intricate methods of gaining access to food set by humans., and have even bent pieces of wire into hooks to obtain food. They have been proven to have a higher cognitive ability level than seven year old humans. Communications wise, their repertoire of wraw-wraw's is not fully understood, but the intensity, rhythm, and duration of caws seems to form the basis of a possible language. They also remember the faces of humans who have hindered or hurt them and pass that information on to their offspring.
Aesop's fable of 'The Crow and the Pitcher, tells of a thirsty crow which drops stones into a water pitcher to raise the water level and enable it to take a drink. Scientists have conducted tests to see whether crows really are this intelligent. They placed floating treats in a deep tube and observed the crows indeed dropping dense objects carefully selected into the water until the treat floated within reach. They had the intelligence to pick up, weigh and discount objects that would float in the water, they also did not select ones that were too large for the container.
Pet crows develop a unique call for their owners, in effect actually naming them. They also know to sunbathe for a dose of vitamin D, regularly settling on wooden garden fences, opening their mouths and wings and raising their heads to the sun. In groups they warn of danger and communicate vocally. They store a cache of food for later if in abundance and are clever enough to move it if they feel it has been discovered. They leave markers for their cache. They have even learned to place walnuts and similar hard food items under car tyres at traffic lights as a means of cracking them!
Crows regularly gather around a dead fellow corvid, almost like a funeral, and it is thought they somehow learn from each death. They can even remember human faces for decades.Crows group together to attack larger predators and even steal their food, and they have different dialects in different areas, with the ability to mimic the dialect of the alpha males when they enter their territory!
They have a twenty year life span, the oldest on record reaching the age of Fifty nine. Crows can leave gifts for those who feed them such as buttons or bright shiny objects as a thank you, and they even kiss and make up after an argument, having mated for life.
In mythology they are associated with good and bad luck, being the bringers of omens and even witchcraft and are generally reviled for their attacks on baby birds and small mammals. They have an attack method of to stunning smaller birds before consuming them, tearing violently at smaller, less aggressive birds, which is simply down to the fact that they are so highly intelligent, and also the top of the food chain. Their diet includes over a thousand different items: Dead animals (as their name suggests), invertebrates, grain, as well as stealing eggs and chicks from other birds' nests, worms, insects, fruit, seeds, kitchen scraps. They are highly adaptable when food sources grow scarce. I absolutely love them, they are magnificent, bold, beautiful and incredibly interesting to watch and though at times it is hard to witness attacks made by them, I cannot help but adore them for so many other and more important reasons.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE PAIR IN MY GARDEN
Crows have been in the area for a while, but rarely had strayed into my garden, leaving the Magpies to own the territory. Things changed towards the end of May when a beautiful female Carrion crow appeared and began to take some of the food that I put down for the other birds. Within a few days she began to appear regularly, on occasions stocking up on food, whilst other times placing pieces in the birdbath to soften them. She would stand on the birdbath and eat and drink and come back over the course of the day to eat the softened food.
Shortly afterwards she brought along her mate, a tall and handsome fella, much larger than her who was also very vocal if he felt she was getting a little too close to me. By now I had moved from a seated position from the patio as an observer, to laying on a mat just five feet from the birdbath with my Nikon so that I could photograph the pair as they landed, scavenged and fed. She was now confident enough to let me be very close, and she even tolerated and recognized the clicking of the camera. At first I used silent mode to reduce the noise but this only allowed two shooting frame rates of single frame or continuous low frame which meant I was missing shots. I reverted back to normal continuous high frames and she soon got used to the whirring of the mechanisms as the mirror slapped back and forth.
The big fella would bark orders at her from the safety of the fence or the rear of the garden, whilst she rarely made a sound. That was until one day when in the sweltering heat she kept opening her beak and sunning on the grass, panting slightly in the heat. I placed the circular water sprayer nearby and had it rotating so that the birdbath and grass was bathed in gentle water droplets and she soon came back, landed and seemed to really like the cooling effect on offer. She then climbed onto the birdbath and opened her wings slightly and made some gentle purring, cooing noises....
I swear she was expressing happiness, joy....
On another blisteringly hot day when the sprayer was on, she came down, walked towards it and opened her wings up running into the water spray. Not once, but many times.
A further revelation into the unseen sides to these beautiful birds came with the male and female on the rear garden fence. They sat together, locked beaks like a kiss and then the male took his time gently preening her head feathers and the back of her neck as she made tiny happy sounds. They stayed together like that for several minutes, showing a gentle, softer side to their nature and demonstrating the deep bond between them. Into July and the pair started to bring their three youngsters to my garden, the nippers learning to use the birdbath for bathing and dipping food, the parents attentive as ever. Two of the youngsters headed off once large enough and strong enough.
I was privileged to be in close attendance as the last juvenile was brought down by the pair, taught to take food and then on a night in July, to soar and fly with it's mother in the evening sky as the light faded. She would swoop and twirl, and at regular intervals just touch the juvenile in flight with her wing tip feathers, as if to reassure it that she was close in attendance. What an amazing experience to view. A few days later, the juvenile, though now gaining independence and more than capable of tackling food scraps in the garden, was still on occasions demand feeding from it's mother who was now teaching him to take chicken breast, hotdogs or digestive biscuits and bury them in the garden beds for later delectation. The juvenile also liked to gather up peanuts and bury them in the grass. On one occasion I witnessed a pair of rambunctious Pica Pica (Magpies), chasing the young crow on rooftops, leaping at him no matter how hard he tried to get away. He defended himself well and survived the attacks, much to my relief.
Into August and the last youngster remained with the adults, though now was very independent even though he still spent time with his parents on rooftops, and shared food gathering duties with his mum.Hotdog sausages were their favourite choice, followed by fish fingers and digestive biscuits which the adult male would gather up three at a time. In October, the three Crows were still kings of the area, but my time observing them was pretty much over as I will only put food out now for the birds in the winter months.
Corvus Corone.... magnificently misunderstood by some!
Paul Williams June 4th 2021
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Six metres, at 14:00pm on Monday 20th January 2020, on a beautifully sunny afternoon off Birdcage Walk and Horse Guards Road in the grounds of St James's Park. Situated in the City Of Westminster, the Park spans twenty three Hectares and is the oldest of the Royal Parks of London, with a variety of visiting and nesting birds that include Ducks, Canada Geese and Pelicans.
Here we see, Sciurus Carolinensis (Eastern Gray Squirrel or Grey Squirrel), a tree squirrel native to North America and first introduced to the UK in the 1870's. Though it was largely resonsible for the decimation of our own native red squirrel population, those are now on the increase and found in certain parts of the UK including Scotland. The Greys are still an ecologically essential natural forester regenerator.
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Not an actual rose, but truly just as beautiful...a flowering cabbage kissed by the early morning frost ! A wonderful site that does not express the end of the world, but a time for New Beginnings ! A day of Transformation welcoming in 'All' energies that are shining down, enveloping LOve, Peace, Healing, Harmony onto our sacred Mother-Earth ! As we approach this festive season that brings Joy, Celebration & Good-Will to one another...it s a time to reflect upon that the sparkling decorations, & colorfully wrapped gifts are not nearly as important as the precious LOve that fills our Hearts to be shared with others & the divine gifts of creation that supports us, & surrounds us All with not just wonderous beauty, but All the vital things we need to survive...the clean water, healthy fertile soil & the very air we breathe that allows us to exist ! May we All open our Hearts to a Re-Newed True Appreciation, LOve & Respect that Mother-Earth provides for All Life...our Glorious Blessed Sanctuary...Home !~
Chris Redfield
(NECA) 6" action figure
~Resident Evil 5 (Biohazard 5)~
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A beautiful Mărțișor - symbol of friendship,love, appreciation and respect for all my Flickr friends!
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Mărțișor (Romanian pronunciation: [mərt͡siˈʃor] is a Romanian celebration at the beginning of spring, on March the 1st in Romania, Moldova, and all territories inhabited by Romanians. Alike, though not identical customs can be found in Bulgaria while similar ones exist in Albania, Greece and Italy.
The name Mărțișor is the diminutive of marț, the old folk name for March(Martie, in modern Romanian), and thus literally means "little March".
Mărțișor names for the red and white string from which a small decoration is tied, and which is offered by people (esp. girls women) on the 1st day of March. Giving this talisman to people is an old custom, and it is believed that the one who wears the red and white string will be strong and healthy for the year to come. It is also a symbol of the coming spring.
In modern times, and especially in urban areas, the Mărțișor lost most of its talisman properties and became more of a symbol of friendship or love, appreciation and respect.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Zero metres, at 05:58am on Sunday 5th September 2019 around sunrise off 1st Street and Bevan Avenue, between the boat jetty and Bevan Avenue Fishing Pier in beautiful Sidney by the sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
In the distance we see Mt Baker in Washington State, USA . Known to the Lummi First nation people ( Lhaq'temish) as Kwelshán ('Shooting place' in Nooksack), to the Halkomelem as Kwelxá:lxw, to Lushootseed speakers along the Skagit River as Teqwúbe7 “snow-capped peak'', to the Nooksack language as Kweq’ Smánit (“white mountain'') and also known as Koma Kulshan, (pronounced kō-ō’mah’ kool-shän’), the name for the Middle Fork which originates from the glaciers such as Deming and Thunder on the western slopes, she is an active glaciated andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington State in the United States, standing 3,286 metres tall and was first ascended in 1868, her last eruption recorded in 1880.
The name Mount Baker first appeared in print in Captain Vancouver’s 1798 narrative of his voyage around Vancouver Island. Legend has it that his third-lieutenant, Joseph Baker, was the first to spot the mountain while they sailed into Dungeness Bay on April 30th, 1792.
The Bevan Avenue fishing pier is one of the main focal points in Sidney, and Work commenced on the pier in 1993 with Phase one, a 90 metre straight section being completed in 1996. A year later the 110 metre Phase two section was completed.
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Envisioning a future of love, peace, justice, caring and respect for all beings! ❤️
Like so many of us, I did not grow up vegan. I ate meat, dairy, eggs and other animal products. I went to circus and zoo, wore leather and fur trims on my winter coats. I even had summer pets for several summers when I was a child...two innocent lambs who were loved during the summer and slaughtered when the colder weather arrived. We betrayed them, their trust, their unconditional love. 💔 I will never forgive myself selfishly agreeing to accept their sacrifice. 😢 I did not know better. I was happily oblivious to animal suffering and cruelty. To speciesism.
Through my kids I learned about compassionate living and choices. Through them I looked into the horrors of animal agriculture, the lives of these beautiful, sentient beings animal agriculture pays big bucks to hide. To the suffering and mistreatment of the animals in testing labs in the name of science. We ALL want to live our lives happily, respected and loved.
I have been vegan for five years this Thanksgiving. The best decision I have ever made. I wish I would have known and opened my eyes earlier.
This photo is of my youngest daughter and our rooster friend
who lives in The Greener Pasture Farmed Animal Sanctuary here in Wisconsin. Thank you, Juuli, for standing by the animals and me for this beautiful journey and thank you to The Greener Pastures for allowing me to be part of the animals' lives and photograph them time after time 💕.
Today is the World Vegan Day. Veganism is more than food, it is a lifestyle. It is a life of compassion, love, caring and respect to all beings and our planet.
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This Four seconds long exposure was taken at an altitude of Four metres, at 05:41am on Sunday 5th September 2019 around sunrise off 1st Street and Bevan Avenue, bewteen the boat jetty and Bevan Avenue Fishing Pier in beautiful Sidney by the sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
In the distance we see Mt Baker in Washington State, USA . Known to the Lummi First nation people ( Lhaq'temish) as Kwelshán ('Shooting place' in Nooksack), to the Halkomelem as Kwelxá:lxw, to Lushootseed speakers along the Skagit River as Teqwúbe7 “snow-capped peak'', to the Nooksack language as Kweq’ Smánit (“white mountain'') and also known as Koma Kulshan, (pronounced kō-ō’mah’ kool-shän’), the name for the Middle Fork which originates from the glaciers such as Deming and Thunder on the western slopes, she is an active glaciated andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington State in the United States, standing 3,286 metres tall and was first ascended in 1868, her last eruption recorded in 1880.
The name Mount Baker first appeared in print in Captain Vancouver’s 1798 narrative of his voyage around Vancouver Island. Legend has it that his third-lieutenant, Joseph Baker, was the first to spot the mountain while they sailed into Dungeness Bay on April 30th, 1792.
The Bevan Avenue fishing pier is one of the main focal points in Sidney, and Work commenced on the pier in 1993 with Phase one, a 90 metre straight section being completed in 1996. A year later the 110 metre Phase two section was completed.
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This is my final photo on flickr.
People have different ideas about photography. People have different ideas in general. I respect different ideas, I welcome discussion, I acknowledge criticism. What I cannot accept is being offended by people who don't even know me. This is not a farewell. My flickr account stays active and though I won't post photos of mine I'll keep on watching and commenting on the photos of those nice people I'm happy I met here (make sure you're in my contact list). As for me, I'll post some photos on a personal photoblog.
Thanks to all those who constructively commented on my photos and that will hopefully keep on encouraging me.
Questa e' l'ultima foto che pubbblichero' su flickr. Le persone hanno differenti idee di fotografia. Le persone hanno differenti idee in generale. Io rispetto le idee diverse, accolgo discussioni e critiche. Quello che non posso accettare e' venire offeso da persone che non mi conoscono e non sanno niente di me (chi vuole approfondire puo' leggere qui. Questo non e' un addio. Il mio account di flickr resta attivo e anche se non postero' piu' mie foto, continuero' a guardare e commentare le foto di quelle persone in gamba che sono lieto di aver incontrato qui (controllate la vostra presenza tra i miei contatti). In quanto a me, continuero' a postare in un fotoblog personale. Grazie a tutti coloro che hanno commentato le mie foto costruttivamente, e che mi auguro continueranno a commentarle e ad incoraggiarmi.
I took the info from wikipedia
I ask everyone to respect this page.
I do not want this to be used for a struggle of good against evil.
A fight Isreal-Iran or Israel-Palestine.
Á proper channels for this.
This page is ara to reveal a bit of Israel.
Thank you all for understanding
Is a country in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area.[6] Also adjacent are the West Bank to the east and Gaza Strip to the southwest. Israel is the world's only predominantly Jewish state with a population of about 7.5 million people, of whom approximately 5.7 million are Jewish. The largest ethnic minority group is the segment denominated as Arab citizens of Israel, while minority religious groups include Muslims, Christians, Druze, Samaritans, most of whom are found within the Arab segment.
The modern state of Israel has its historical and religious roots in the Biblical Land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael), also known as Zion, a concept central to Judaism since ancient times, and the heartland of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Following the birth of political Zionism in 1897 and the Balfour Declaration, the League of Nations granted Great Britain the Mandate for Palestine after World War I, with responsibility for establishing "...such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment of the Jewish national home, as laid down in the preamble, and the development of self-governing institutions, and also for safeguarding the civil and religious rights of all the inhabitants of Palestine, irrespective of race and religion..."
In November 1947, the United Nations voted in favor of the partition of Palestine, proposing the creation of a Jewish state, an Arab state and a UN-administered Jerusalem. Partition was accepted by Zionist leaders but rejected by Arab leaders leading to the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. Israel declared independence on 14 May 1948 and neighboring Arab states attacked the next day. Since then, Israel has fought a series of wars with neighboring Arab states, and in consequence occupies territories beyond those delineated in the 1949 Armistice Agreements. Some international borders remain in dispute. Israel has signed peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, though efforts to resolve conflict with the Palestinians have so far only met with limited success.
Israel is a developed country and a representative democracy with a parliamentary system and universal suffrage. The Prime Minister serves as head of government and the Knesset serves as Israel's legislative body. The economy, based on the nominal gross domestic product, was the 41st-largest in the world in 2008. Israel ranks highest among Middle Eastern countries on the UN Human Development Index, and has one of the highest life expectancies in the world. Jerusalem is the country's capital, although it is not recognized internationally as such,[a] while Israel's main financial center is Tel Aviv.
Etymology
Over the past three thousand years, the name "Israel" has meant in common and religious usage both the Land of Israel and the entire Jewish nation. According to the Bible, Jacob is renamed Israel after successfully wrestling with an angel of God.
The earliest archaeological artifact to mention "Israel" (other than as a personal name) is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated the late 13th century BCE), which refers to a people of that name. The modern country was named Medinat Yisrael, or the State of Israel, after other proposed names, including Eretz Israel ("the Land of Israel"), Zion, and Judea, were rejected. In the early weeks of independence, the government chose the term "Israeli" to denote a citizen of Israel, with the formal announcement made by Minister of Foreign Affairs Moshe Sharett.
History
Please go to
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Israel
Geography
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Other Info
Oficial Name:
מדינת ישראל
(Medīnat Yisra'el)
دولة إسرائيل
(Dawlat Isrā'īl)
Independence:
Declaration 14 May 1948 (05 Iyar 5708)
Area:
20.425km2
Inhabitants:
7.910.000
Languages:
Adyghe [ady] 3,000 in Israel (1987). Kafr Kama and Rehaniya, small border villages. Alternate names: West Circassian, Adygey. Classification: North Caucasian, West Caucasian, Circassian
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Amharic [amh] 40,000 in Israel (1994 H. Mutzafi). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, Ethiopian, South, Transversal, Amharic-Argobba
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Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi [yhd] 100,000 in Israel (1994). Population total all countries: 100,100. Originally from Iraq. Also spoken in India, Iraq, United Kingdom. Alternate names: Iraqi Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Iraqi-Baghdadi Arabic, Arabi, Yahudic. Dialects: Not intelligible with Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic, Judeo-Tunisian Arabic, or Judeo-Moroccan Arabic. Close to Baghdadi Arabic and North Mesopotamian Arabic. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
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Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan [aju] 250,000 in Israel (1992 H. Mutzafi). Population total all countries: 258,925. Also spoken in Canada, France, Morocco. Dialects: Many dialects. Much intelligibility with Tunisian Judeo-Arabic, some with Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic, but none with Judeo-Iraqi Arabic. May be inherently intelligible with Moroccan Arabic. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
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Arabic, Judeo-Tripolitanian [yud] 30,000 in Israel (1994 H. Mutzafi). Population total all countries: 35,000. Originally from Tripolitania, Libya. None left in Libya. Also spoken in Italy. Alternate names: Tripolitanian Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Tripolitanian-Libyan Arabic, Tripolita'it, Yudi. Dialects: Not intelligible with Judeo-Iraqi Arabic. Medium intelligibility with Judeo-Tunisian Arabic and Judeo-Morocco Arabic. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
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Arabic, Judeo-Tunisian [ajt] 45,000 in Israel (1995 H. Mutzafi). Population total all countries: 45,500. Also spoken in France, Italy, Spain, Tunisia, USA. Dialects: Medium intelligibility with Judeo-Moroccan Arabic and Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic, but none with Judeo-Iraqi Arabic. A lexicon of 5,000 words in 1950 had 79% words of Arabic origin, 15% Romance loanwords, 4.4% Hebrew loanwords, 1.6% others (D. Cohen 1985:254). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
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Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni [jye] 50,000 in Israel (1995 Y. Kara). Population total all countries: 51,000. Also spoken in Yemen. Alternate names: Judeo-Yemeni, Yemenite Judeo-Arabic. Dialects: San`a, `Aden, Be:da, Habban. Language varieties are all markedly different from their coterritorial Muslim ones. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
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Arabic, South Levantine Spoken [ajp] 910,000 in Israel. Alternate names: Levantine, Palestanian-Jordanian Arabic. Dialects: Madani, Fellahi. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
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Arabic, Standard [arb] Middle East, North Africa. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
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Armenian [hye] 3,000 in Israel (1971 The Armenian Review). Jerusalem. Alternate names: Haieren, Somkhuri, Ermenice, Armjanski. Dialects: Western Armenian. Classification: Indo-European, Armenian
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Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic [bjf] 20 (2004 Mutzafi). In Israel since 1951. Alternate names: Lishan Didan, Lishan Dideni, Bijil Neo-Aramaic. Dialects: Barzan, Shahe, Bijil. Sandu is a Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect closely related to Barzani, but evinces several isoglosses binding it with Lishana Deni. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern Nearly extinct.
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Bukharic [bhh] 50,000 in Israel (1995 H. Mutzafi). Population total all countries: 110,000. Also spoken in USA, Uzbekistan. Alternate names: Bokharic, Bukharian, Bokharan, Bukharan, Judeo-Tajik. Dialects: Related to Tajiki Persian. May be easily intelligible with Tajiki or Farsi. Also close to Judeo-Persian. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian
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Domari [rmt] 2,000 in Israel (1997 Yaron Matras). Population includes Palestinian West Bank and Gaza. Mainly Jerusalem (Old City), Bir Zeit near Ramallah, and Gaza. Alternate names: Nawari, Dom, Near-Eastern Gypsy. Dialects: Nawari. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Dom
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Dzhidi [jpr] 60,000 in Israel (1995). Also spoken in Iran. Alternate names: Judeo-Persian. Dialects: Close to Bukharic, Western Farsi. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian
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English [eng] 100,000 in Israel (1993). Alternate names: Anglit. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
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Hebrew [heb] 4,847,000 in Israel (1998). Population total all countries: 5,055,000. Also spoken in Australia, Canada, Germany, Palestinian West Bank and Gaza, Panama, United Kingdom, USA. Alternate names: Ivrit. Dialects: Standard Hebrew (General Israeli, Europeanized Hebrew), Oriental Hebrew (Arabized Hebrew, Yemenite Hebrew). Not a direct offspring from Biblical or other varieties of Ancient Hebrew, but an amalgamation of different Hebrew strata plus intrinsic evolution within the living speech. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Canaanite
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Hulaulá [huy] 10,000 in Israel (1999 H. Mutzafi). Population total all countries: 10,300. Also spoken in Iran, USA. Alternate names: Judeo-Aramaic, Lishana Noshan, Lishana Axni, Jabali, Kurdit, Galiglu, 'Aramit, Hula Hula. Dialects: Saqiz, Kerend, Sanandaj, Suleimaniya. Very different and not intelligible with the Christian Aramaic languages or Lishana Deni. 60% to 70% intelligibility of Lishanan and Lishanid Noshan. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern
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Hungarian [hun] 70,000 in Israel (1998 H. Mutzafi). Classification: Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Ugric, Hungarian
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Israeli Sign Language [isr] 5,000 users including some hearing persons (1986 Gallaudet Univ.). Alternate names: ISL. Dialects: Not derived from and relatively little influence from other sign languages. No special signs have been introduced from outside by educators. Minor dialect variation. Classification: Deaf sign language
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Judeo-Berber [jbe] 2,000 (1992 Podolsky). Formerly High Atlas range, Tifnut, and other communities. Speakers went to Israel from 1950 to 1960. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Atlas
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Judeo-Georgian [jge] 59,800 in Israel (2000 WCD). Population total all countries: 79,800. Some have gone elsewhere in the former USSR and to other countries. Also spoken in Georgia. Dialects: Oriental and Ashkenazic Jews in Georgia live separately. Judeo-Georgian speakers live separately from non-Jewish Georgian speakers. May not be a separate language from Georgian, but a dialect using various Hebrew loanwords. Classification: Kartvelian, Georgian
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Judeo-Tat [jdt] 70,000 in Israel (1998). Population total all countries: 101,000. Sderot, Haderah, and Or Akiva, Israel. None in Iran. They are emigrating from the Caucasus Mountains to Israel at the rate of 2,000 a year. Also spoken in Azerbaijan, Russia (Europe). Alternate names: Judeo-Tatic, Jewish Tat, Bik, Dzhuhuric, Juwri, Juhuri. Dialects: Derbend. Several dialects. Difficult intelligibility of Mussulman Tat. There may also be a Christian dialect. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Tat
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Ladino [lad] 100,000 in Israel (1985). Population total all countries: 110,000. Ethnic group members also in Salonica, Greece; Sofia, Bulgaria. Formerly also in Morocco. Also spoken in Greece, Puerto Rico, Turkey (Europe), USA. Alternate names: Judeo Spanish, Sefardi, Dzhudezmo, Judezmo, Spanyol, Haquetiya. Dialects: Judezmo (Judyo, Jidyo), Ladino, Haquetiya (Haketia, Haketiya, Hakitia). The Balkan dialect is more influenced by Turkish and Greek. The North African dialect is more influenced by Arabic and French. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian
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Lishán Didán [trg] 4,228 in Israel (2001 WCD). Population total all countries: 4,378. Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv area mainly. Originally Iranian Azerbaijan and southeast Turkey. Also spoken in Azerbaijan, Georgia. Alternate names: Lishanán, Lishanid Nash Didán, Persian Azerbaijan Jewish Aramaic, Lakhlokhi, Galihalu. Dialects: Northern Cluster Lishán Didán, Southern Cluster Lishán Didán. 60% to 70% intelligibility of Hulaulá and Lishanid Noshan, but not of other Aramaic languages. Northern cluster subdialects are Urmi, Salmas, Anatolia; southern cluster dialects are Naghada, Ushno, Mahabad. The Urmi subdialect of Lishán Didán is different from the Urmi subdialect of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern
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Lishana Deni [lsd] 7,000 to 8,000 (1999 H. Mutzafi). Ethnic population: 9,061 (2000 WCD). Jerusalem and vicinity, including Maoz Tsiyon. Originally from northwest Iraqi Kurdistan. Alternate names: Judeo-Aramaic, Lishan Hudaye, Lishan Hozaye, Kurdit. Dialects: Zakho, Amadiya, Barashe, Shukho, Nerwa, Dohuk, Atrush, Bétanure. Resembles Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, but there are differences in morphology and other features. Inherent intelligibility is high between them. Low intelligibility of Ashirat dialects of Assyrian New-Aramaic; not intelligible with other Neo-Aramaic varieties. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern
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Lishanid Noshan [aij] 2,000 to 2,500 (1994 H. Mutzafi). Originally eastern and southern Iraqi Kurdistan. Alternate names: Lishana Didán, Hulani, Kurdit, Galigalu, Jbeli, Hula'ula. Dialects: Arbel (Arbil), Dobe, Koy Sanjaq, Rwanduz, Rustaqa, Shaqlawa, Ranye, Qaladze. 60% to 70% inherent intelligibility of Lishanan and Hulaulá. Very different and not inherently intelligible with the Christian Aramaic languages and Lishana Deni. Western cluster subdialects are Arbil, Dobe. Eastern cluster subdialects are Southeastern varieties: Koy Sanjaq, Qaladze. Northeastern varieties: Rwanduz, Rustaqa. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern
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Polish [pol] 100,000 in Israel (1992 H. Mutzafi). Alternate names: Polski. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Lechitic
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Romanian [ron] 250,000 in Israel (1993 Statistical Abstract of Israel). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern
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Russian [rus] 750,000 in Israel (1999 H. Mutzafi). Alternate names: Russit, Russki. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, East
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Tigrigna [tir] 10,000 in Israel (1994 H. Mutzafi). Alternate names: Tigrinya. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, Ethiopian, North
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Yevanic [yej] 35 in Israel. There were a few semispeakers left in 1987 and may be none now. Population total all countries: 50. There may be a handful of older adult speakers still in Turkey. Also spoken in USA. Alternate names: Judeo-Greek, Yevanitika. Classification: Indo-European, Greek, Attic Nearly extinct.
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Yiddish Sign Language [yds] Classification: Deaf sign language
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Yiddish, Eastern [ydd] 215,000 in Israel (1986). Population total all countries: 3,142,560. Southeastern dialect in Ukraine and Romania, Mideastern dialect in Poland and Hungary, Northeastern dialect in Lithuania and Belarus. Also spoken in Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia (Europe), South Africa, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA. Alternate names: Judeo-German, Yiddish. Dialects: Southeastern Yiddish, Mideastern Yiddish, Northeastern Yiddish. Has many loans from Hebrew and local languages where spoken. Eastern Yiddish originated east of the Oder River through Poland, extending into Belarus, Russia (to Smolensk), Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Rumania, Ukraine, and pre-state British-Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem and Safed). Western Yiddish originated in Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Alsace (France), Czechoslovakia, western Hungary, and is nearing extinction. It branched off medieval High German (mainly Rhenish dialects) and received Modern German influences during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Eastern and Western Yiddish have difficult inherent intelligibility because of differing histories and influences from other languages. There are some Western Yiddish speakers in Israel (M. Herzog 1977). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, Yiddish
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Extinct languages
Hebrew, Ancient [hbo] Extinct. Alternate names: Old Hebrew. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Canaanite
Capital city:
Jerusalem
Meaning country name:
Israel takes its name from the biblical patriarch Jacob, later known as Israel, literally meaning "struggled with God/he struggles with God". According to the account in the Book of Genesis, Jacob wrestled with a stranger (in later tradition said to have been an angel) at a river ford and won through perseverance. God then changed his name to Israel signifying that he had deliberated with God and won as he had wrestled and won with men.
Description Flag:
The flag of Israel was adopted on October 28, 1948, five months after the country's establishment. It depicts a blue Star of David on a white background, between two horizontal blue stripes. The blue color is mandated only as "dark sky-blue", and varies from flag to flag, ranging from a hue of pure blue, sometimes shaded almost as dark as navy blue, to hues about 75% toward pure cyan and shades as light as very light blue. The flag was designed for the Zionist Movement in 1891. The basic design recalls the Tallit, the Jewish prayer shawl, which is white with blue stripes. The hexagram in the centre is the Magen David ("shield of David"). It became a Jewish symbol starting in late medieval Prague, and was adopted by the First Zionist Congress in 1897.
Coat of arms:
The coat of arms of Israel shows a menorah surrounded by an olive branch on each side, and the writing "ישראל" (Hebrew for Israel) below it. While the background of the emblem is always blue, the menorah and olive branches can be either white or golden. The white-on-blue version appears on the presidential standard, while the gold-on-blue version is the common one when showing the emblem independently.
The State of Israel adopted its coat of arms after a design competition held in 1948. The design is based on the winning entry submitted by Gabriel and Maxim Shamir's proposal, with elements taken from other submissions, such as Oteh Walisch and W. Struski's and Itamar David and Yerachmiel Schechter's entries.
The image seems as if borrowed from the Zachariah (chapter 4); "I looked and behold a golden menorah with a bowl upon the top of it and seven lamps to it…and there are two olive trees by it, one upon the right of the bowl the other upon the left." However it is unclear whether this resemblance is intended or merely coincidental. The Shamir brothers did not mention this passage from Zachariah as the source of their design, even though they gave detailed account on their work in an interview to Maariv (February 16, 1949).
The menorah has been a symbol of Judaism for almost 3000 years. It was used in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem. The olive branches symbolize peace.
National Anthem: הַתִּקְוָה (Hatkvah)
Hebrew
כל עוד בלבב פנימה
נפש יהודי הומי
ולפאתי מזרח קדימה,
עין לציון צופיה,
עוד לא אבדה תקוותנו,
התקווה בת שנות אלפים,
להיות עם חופשי בארצנו,
ארץ ציון וירושלים.
Translitaration
Kol od baleivav p'nimah
Nefesh y'hudi homiyah
Ulfa'atei mizrach kadimah
Ayin l'tziyon tzofiyah
Od lo avdah tikvateinu
Hatikvah bat sh'not alpayim
Lihyot am chofshi b'artzeinu
Eretz tziyon viyrushalayim
Arab
طالما في القلب تكمن،
نفس يهودية تتوق،
وللأمام نحو الشرق،
عين تنظر إلى صهيون.
أملنا لم يضع بعد،
أمل عمره ألفا سنة،
أن نكون أمّة حرّة في بلادنا،
بلاد صهيون وأورشليم القدس.
أملنا لم يضع بعد،
الأمل الأزلي
أن نعود إلى بلاد آبائنا،
إلى المدينة التي نزل عليها داود
English
As long as in the heart, within,
A Jewish soul is yearning,
And to the edges of the East, eastward,
An eye watches towards Zion,
As long as in the heart, within,
A Jewish soul is yearning,
And to the edges of the East, eastward,
An eye watches towards Zion,
Internet Page: www.gov.il
Israel in diferent languages
eng | afr | arg | ast | bre | cat | cym | dan | dsb | eus | fin | fry | glg | glv | hsb | ibo | ina | jav | lin | lld | nor | por | roh | ron | rup | sme | spa | swe | tgl | tpi: Israel
ces | csb | hrv | hun | mfe | pol | slk | slv | szl: Izrael
fra | jnf | lim | nld: Israël
cos | ita | srd: Israele
deu | ltz | nds: Israel / Israel
aze | crh: İsrail / Исраил
bos | slo: Izrael / Израел
est | vor: Iisrael
gag | kaa: İzrail / Израиль
ind | msa: Israel / ايسرائل
kin | run: Israyeli
tur | zza: İsrail
bam: Isirayɛli
cor: Ysrael
dje: Israyla
epo: Israelo
fao: Ísrael
fij: Isireli
frp: Israyèl
fur: Israêl
gla: Iosrael; Israel
gle: Iosrael / Iosrael
hat: Izrayèl
hau: Isra’ila; Yahudawa
haw: ʻIseraʻela
isl: Ísrael; Gyðingaland
kab: Israil / ⵉⵙⵔⴰⵉⵍ
kmr: Îsraîl / Исраил / ئیسرائیل; Îzraîl / Израил / ئیزرائیل
kur: Israyil / ئسرایل; Îsrayil / ئیسرایل; Îsraîl / ئیسرائیل
lat: Israel; Israhel
lav: Izraēla
lit: Izraelis
liv: Izraēl
lug: Buyudaya
mlg: Israely; Isiraely
mlt: Iżrael
mol: Israel / Исраел
mos: Israyɛl
mri: Īharaira
nrm: Israêl
oci: Israèl
que: Israyil
rmy: Israel / इस्राएल
sag: Isaraëli
scn: Israeli
smg: Ėzraelis
smo: Isaraelu
som: Israa’iil
sqi: Izraeli
swa: Israeli; Uyahudi
tet: Izraél
ton: ʻIsileli
tsn: Iseraele
tuk: Izrail / Израиль
uzb: Isroil / Исроил
vie: Do Thái; I-xra-en
vol: Yisraelän
wln: Israyel
wol: Israayil
xho: kwaSirayeli
zul: KwaIsrayeli
chu: Исраиль (Israilĭ); Издраиль (Izdrailĭ); Израиль (Izrailĭ)
alt | che | chm | chv | kbd | kir | kjh | kom | krc | kum | mon | oss | rus | tyv | udm: Израиль (Izrail')
bak | tat: Израиль / İzrail
bul | mkd: Израел (Izrael)
abq: Израиль (Izrail)
bel: Ізраіль / Izrail
kaz: Израиль / Ïzraïl / يزرايل
lbe: Израэл (Izraėl)
srp: Израел / Izrael
tab: Изряил (Izräil)
tgk: Исроил / اسرائیل / Isroil
ukr: Ізраїль (Izraïl')
ara: إسرائيل (Isrāʾīl)
ckb: ئیسرائیل / Îsraîl
fas: اسرائیل / Esrâil
prs: اسراییل (Esrāyīl)
pus: اسراييل (Isrāyīl); اسرائيل (Isrāʾīl)
snd: اسرائيل (Isrāʾīlu)
uig: ئىسرائىلىيە / Israiliye / Исраилийә
urd: اسرائیل (Isrāʾīl); ازرائیل (Izrāʾīl)
div: އިސްރާއީލް (Isrā'īl)
syr: ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ (Īsraʾīl)
heb: ישראל (Yiśraʾel)
lad: ישראל / Yisrael
yid: ישׂראל (Yiśroel)
amh: እስራኤል (Əsra'el)
cop-boh: Ⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ (Israīl)
ell-dhi: Ισραήλ (Israī́l)
ell-kat: Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl)
hye: Իսրայել (Israyel); Իզրաել (Izrayel)
kat: ისრაელი (Israeli)
hin: इसराइल (Isrāil); इस्राइल (Isrāil); इज़राइल (Izrāil); ईसराइल (Īsrāil); इज़राईल (Izrāīl)
mar: इस्रायल (Isrāyal)
nep: इज्राइल (Idzrāil)
ben: ইসরাইল (Isrāil); ইজরায়েল (Ijrāyel); ইস্রায়েল (Isrāyel); ইসরায়েল (Isrāyel)
pan: ਇਜ਼ਰਾਈਲ (Izrāīl)
kan: ಇಸ್ರೇಲ್ (Isrēl)
mal: ഇസ്രയേല് (Israyēl); ഇസ്രായേല് (Isrāyēl)
tam: இஸ்ரேல் (Isrēl); இசுரேல் (Ičurēl)
tel: ఇస్రాయెల్ (Isrāyel)
zho: 以色列 (Yǐsèliè)
yue: 以色列 (Yíhsīkliht)
jpn: イスラエル (Isuraeru)
kor: 이스라엘 (Iseurael)
bod: ཨི་སི་ར་ཨེལ་ (I.si.ra.el.); དབྱི་སེ་ལེ་ (dByi.se.le.); ཡི་ཟི་རེ་ལ་ (Yi.zi.re.la.)
dzo: ཨིཛ་རཱེལ་ (Idz.rēl.)
mya: အစ္စရေး (Iʿsẏè)
tha: อิสราเอล (Itrā'ēn)
lao: ອິດສະລະແອນ (Itsala'ǣn)
khm: អ៊ីស្រាអែល (Īsrā'æl)
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Ben Affleck. You have won all my respect.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Forty six metres at 11:55am on a miserable cloudy and drizzly morning on Bank Holiday Monday 30th August 2021 off Woolwich Road A206 in the grounds of Abbey Wood Open Space in the London Borough of Bexley, England. Abbey wood joins to Lesnes abbey wood and Abbey wood open space as well as Bostall Heath and woods.
Here we see the bark from an English Oak tree (Quercus robur) on a pathway through the forest.
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A woman poses next to a sign welcoming visitors to Pennsylvania in this undated snapshot. "Kodak Velox Paper” is printed on the other side of the photo, which may indicate that it dates to sometime between 1950 and the mid-1960s.
A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of signs and billboards (any type of sign—traffic, store, warning, printed, handwritten, big, small, etc.—or any kind of billboard advertisement or announcement).
Welcome to Pennsylvania
For Safety - Respect the
50 Mile Speed Limit
Take Time
Enjoy Our Scenery
With arms reversed, a member of the Canadian military stands beside a wreath laid by one of today's twi silver cross mothers in Hamilton.
Pancake has respect for these. This pretty tractor was seen sunning itself enroute to/from Florida. Possibly just "away from".
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