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Piscina das Marés from architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, Matosinhos - Portugal
Olympus XA2 + Kodak Ektachrome 400 (Expired August 1982)
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Don't Give Up · Gil Scott-Heron - Spirits
I never thought of myself as a complex man
Or someone who was really that hard to understand
But it would hardly take a genius to realize
That I've always been a lot too arrogant
And a little too fuckin' wise
The four children from Kindergarten 1 visited the Atelier Gallery - a space where the children's clay artworks were on display for others to see. They decided to observe and draw their artworks on clear transparencies with Sharpie markers. Afterwards, they wanted to view their work on the overhead projector. They decided to layer their drawings on top of each other's to create a "new idea" which resulted in a complex light projection on the wall under the stairs. Looking at the image they then decided to tell stories as they interacted with the shadows and projections in the dark!
The Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.
At the time of its construction the Albert Dock was considered a revolutionary docking system because ships were loaded and unloaded directly from/to the warehouses. Two years after it opened it was modified to feature the world's first hydraulic cranes. Due to its open yet secure design, the Albert Dock became a popular store for valuable cargoes such as brandy, cotton, tea, silk, tobacco, ivory and sugar. However, despite the Albert Dock's advanced design, the rapid development of shipping technology meant that within 50 years, larger, more open docks were required, although it remained a valuable store for cargo.
During the Second World War, the Albert Dock was requisitioned by the Admiralty serving as a base for boats of the British Atlantic Fleet. The complex was damaged during air raids on Liverpool, notably during the May Blitz of 1941. In the aftermath of the war, the financial problems of the owners and the general decline of docking in the city meant that the future of the Albert Dock was uncertain. Numerous plans were developed for the re-use of the buildings but none came to fruition and in 1972 the dock was finally closed. Having lain derelict for nearly ten years, the redevelopment of the dock began in 1981, when the Merseyside Development Corporation was set up, with the Albert Dock being officially re-opened in 1984.
Today the Albert Dock is a major tourist attraction in the city and the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom, outside London. It is a vital component of Liverpool's UNESCO designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City and the docking complex and warehouses also comprise the largest single collection of Grade I listed buildings anywhere in the UK.
Here's the Veil nebula complex (aka the Network nebula) approx 2000 light years away in the constellation Cygnus. The Veil is the remnant of a supernova which exploded 5000 to 8000 years ago, and is made up of hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur gases. The expanding outer shell of the giant star that exploded appears across a massive swath of sky -- roughly 6 full moons in diameter.
This image is a composite of Hydrogen-alpha, Oxygen III, and RGB data (RGB used for star colours only). I built the composite using a variety of layering and blending steps using the Luminance, Lighten and Colour combine modes in Photoshop.
The largest size (original) posted here is 75% of the full resolution image.
Total exposure time:
H-alpha = 200 minutes
OIII = 200 minutes
RGB = 35, 35, 30 minutes respectively
Camera = STL11000
Telescope = Takahashi FSQ 85-EDX
Mount = EQ6 Pro
Location: downtown Toronto, Canada - urban, heavily light polluted skies
Software = capture and alignment in Maxim DL, post-processing in PS CS2
Thanks for looking!
Adam
Around the sun...
The Qutub complex of New Delhi is best known for the Qutub Minar, which was constructed along with the rest of the complex by India's first Muslim ruler, the Sultan of Delhi, Qutub-ud-din Aibak. Construction began in 1193 and continued well into British colonial times.
The foundation of the Delhi Masjid Jame, the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, ('Refuge of Islam') was laid by Qutub-ud-din Aibak in 1193 on the site of Lal Kot Fort. An inscription on the eastern gateway confirms that 27 Jainist temples were destroyed for the construction of the complex, with complete columns being transplanted into the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque. This type of iconoclasm is not unique in Indian history, and while the continuous destruction/construction cycle might be seenas religion inspired, it more usually served political motives, as recently occurred in 1992 with the Babri Mosque.
Construction and expansion of the mosque continued under the third Sultan, Iltutmish, who replaced the original Hindu masons with Muslim masons which resulted in the addition of Islamic arches to the ones dating back to Qutub's rule.
The mosque's ruins that remain today still show the finely detailed masonry and the mix of Hindu figures and Muslim floral forms.
Qutub Minar, behind the Alai Gate, is the tallest brick minaret in the world. The five stage minaret was ordered in 1193 by India's first Muslim ruler, the Sultan of Delhi, Qutub-ud-din Aibak, to exceed the Jam Minaret in Afghanistan, but during his lifetime only the 14.3 meter wide base was completed. The third Sultan, Iltutmish completed the middle three levels, and by 1368 Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq added the fifth level, measuring 2.75 metres diagonally and completing the Minaret to reach 72 metres high.
The entire structure is built with of red sandstone bricks with some likely to have been re-used from the ruins of Lal Kot, or the Red Citadel which stood here in the 6th century in the time of the last Chauhan Hindi rulers of Delhi. There are 379 steps leading to the topmost fifth level and each of the levels is separated by a muqarna or stalactite corbel, decorated by Cufic inscriptions from the Koran. Apart from being the most prominent, the Qutub Minar is also probably the best surviving example of the earliest Indo-Islamic architecture.
* This photo appears here
The Mount Elliott Mining Complex is an aggregation of the remnants of copper mining and smelting operations from the early 20th century and the associated former mining township of Selwyn. The earliest copper mining at Mount Elliott was in 1906 with smelting operations commencing shortly after. Significant upgrades to the mining and smelting operations occurred under the management of W.R. Corbould during 1909 - 1910. Following these upgrades and increases in production, the Selwyn Township grew quickly and had 1500 residents by 1918. The Mount Elliott Company took over other companies on the Cloncurry field in the 1920s, including the Mount Cuthbert and Kuridala smelters. Mount Elliott operations were taken over by Mount Isa Mines in 1943 to ensure the supply of copper during World War Two. The Mount Elliott Company was eventually liquidated in 1953.
The Mount Elliott Smelter:
The existence of copper in the Leichhardt River area of north western Queensland had been known since Ernest Henry discovered the Great Australia Mine in 1867 at Cloncurry. In 1899 James Elliott discovered copper on the conical hill that became Mount Elliott, but having no capital to develop the mine, he sold an interest to James Morphett, a pastoralist of Fort Constantine station near Cloncurry. Morphett, being drought stricken, in turn sold out to John Moffat of Irvinebank, the most successful mining promoter in Queensland at the time.
Plentiful capital and cheap transport were prerequisites for developing the Cloncurry field, which had stagnated for forty years. Without capital it was impossible to explore and prove ore-bodies; without proof of large reserves of wealth it was futile to build a railway; and without a railway it was hazardous to invest capital in finding large reserves of ore. The mining investor or the railway builder had to break the impasse.
In 1906 - 1907 copper averaged £87 a ton on the London market, the highest price for thirty years, and the Cloncurry field grew. The railway was extended west of Richmond in 1905 - 1906 by the Government and mines were floated on the Melbourne Stock Exchange. At Mount Elliott a prospecting shaft had been sunk and on the 1st of August 1906 a Cornish boiler and winding plant were installed on the site.
Mount Elliott Limited was floated in Melbourne on the 13th of July 1906. In 1907 it was taken over by British and French interests and restructured. Combining with its competitor, Hampden Cloncurry Copper Mines Limited, Mount Elliott formed a special company to finance and construct the railway from Cloncurry to Malbon, Kuridala (then Friezeland) and Mount Elliott (later Selwyn). This new company then entered into an agreement with the Queensland Railways Department in July 1908.
The railway, which was known as the 'Syndicate Railway', aroused opposition in 1908 from the trade unions and Labor movement generally, who contended that railways should be State-owned. However, the Hampden-Mount Elliott Railway Bill was passed by the Queensland Parliament and assented to on the 21st of April 1908; construction finished in December 1910. The railway terminated at the Mount Elliott smelter.
By 1907 the main underlie shaft had been sunk and construction of the smelters was underway using a second-hand water-jacket blast furnace and converters. At this time, W.H. Corbould was appointed general manager of Mount Elliott Limited.
The second-hand blast furnace and converters were commissioned or 'blown in' in May 1909, but were problematic causing hold-ups. Corbould referred to the equipment in use as being the 'worst collection of worn-out junk he had ever come across'. Corbould soon convinced his directors to scrap the plant and let him design new works.
Corbould was a metallurgist and geologist as well as mine/smelter manager. He foresaw a need to obtain control and thereby ensure a reliable supply of ore from a cross-section of mines in the region. He also saw a need to implement an effective strategy to manage the economies of smelting low-grade ore. Smelting operations in the region were made difficult by the technical and economic problems posed by the deterioration in the grade of ore. Corbould resolved the issue by a process of blending ores with different chemical properties, increasing the throughput capacity of the smelter and by championing the unification of smelting operations in the region. In 1912, Corbould acquired Hampden Consols Mine at Kuridala for Mount Elliott Limited, followed with the purchases of other small mines in the district.
Walkers Limited of Maryborough was commissioned to manufacture a new 200 ton water jacket furnace for the smelters. An air compressor and blower for the smelters were constructed in the powerhouse and an electric motor and dynamo provided power for the crane and lighting for the smelter and mine.
The new smelter was blown in September 1910, a month after the first train arrived, and it ran well, producing 2040 tons of blister copper by the end of the year. The new smelting plant made it possible to cope with low-grade sulphide ores at Mount Elliott. The use of 1000 tons of low-grade sulphide ores bought from the Hampden Consols Mine in 1911 made it clear that if a supply of higher sulphur ore could be obtained and blended, performance, and economy would improve. Accordingly, the company bought a number of smaller mines in the district in 1912.
Corbould mined with cut and fill stoping but a young Mines Inspector condemned the system, ordered it dismantled and replaced with square set timbering. In 1911, after gradual movement in stopes on the No. 3 level, the smelter was closed for two months. Nevertheless, 5447 tons of blister copper was produced in 1911, rising to 6690 tons in 1912 - the company's best year. Many of the surviving structures at the site were built at this time.
Troubles for Mount Elliott started in 1913. In February, a fire at the Consols Mine closed it for months. In June, a thirteen week strike closed the whole operation, severely depleting the workforce. The year 1913 was also bad for industrial accidents in the area, possibly due to inexperienced people replacing the strikers. Nevertheless, the company paid generous dividends that year.
At the end of 1914 smelting ceased for more than a year due to shortage of ore. Although 3200 tons of blister copper was produced in 1913, production fell to 1840 tons in 1914 and the workforce dwindled to only 40 men. For the second half of 1915 and early 1916 the smelter treated ore railed south from Mount Cuthbert. At the end of July 1916 the smelting plant at Selwyn was dismantled except for the flue chambers and stacks. A new furnace with a capacity of 500 tons per day was built, a large amount of second-hand equipment was obtained and the converters were increased in size.
After the enlarged furnace was commissioned in June 1917, continuing industrial unrest retarded production which amounted to only 1000 tons of copper that year. The point of contention was the efficiency of the new smelter which processed twice as much ore while employing fewer men. The company decided to close down the smelter in October and reduce the size of the furnace, the largest in Australia, from 6.5m to 5.5m. In the meantime the price of copper had almost doubled from 1916 due to wartime consumption of munitions.
The new furnace commenced on the 16th of January 1918 and 77,482 tons of ore were smelted yielding 3580 tons of blister copper which were sent to the Bowen refinery before export to Britain. Local coal and coke supply was a problem and materials were being sourced from the distant Bowen Colliery. The smelter had a good run for almost a year except for a strike in July and another in December, which caused Corbould to close down the plant until New Year. In 1919, following relaxation of wartime controls by the British Metal Corporation, the copper price plunged from about £110 per ton at the start of the year to £75 per ton in April, dashing the company's optimism regarding treatment of low grade ores. The smelter finally closed after two months operation and most employees were laid off.
For much of the period 1919 to 1922, Corbould was in England trying to raise capital to reorganise the company's operations but he failed and resigned from the company in 1922. The Mount Elliott Company took over the assets of the other companies on the Cloncurry field in the 1920s - Mount Cuthbert in 1925 and Kuridala in 1926. Mount Isa Mines bought the Mount Elliott plant and machinery, including the three smelters, in 1943 for £2,300, enabling them to start copper production in the middle of the Second World War. The Mount Elliott Company was finally liquidated in 1953.
In 1950 A.E. Powell took up the Mount Elliott Reward Claim at Selwyn and worked close to the old smelter buildings. An open cut mine commenced at Starra, south of Mount Elliott and Selwyn, in 1988 and is Australia's third largest copper producer producing copper-gold concentrates from flotation and gold bullion from carbon-in-leach processing.
Profitable copper-gold ore bodies were recently proved at depth beneath the Mount Elliott smelter and old underground workings by Cyprus Gold Australia Pty Ltd. These deposits were subsequently acquired by Arimco Mining Pty Ltd for underground development which commenced in July 1993. A decline tunnel portal, ore and overburden dumps now occupy a large area of the Maggie Creek valley south-west of the smelter which was formerly the site of early miner's camps.
The Old Selwyn Township:
In 1907, the first hotel, run by H. Williams, was opened at the site. The township was surveyed later, around 1910, by the Mines Department. The town was to be situated north of the mine and smelter operations adjacent the railway, about 1.5km distant. It took its name from the nearby Selwyn Ranges which were named, during Burke's expedition, after the Victorian Government Geologist, A.R. Selwyn. The town has also been known by the name of Mount Elliott, after the nearby mines and smelter.
Many of the residents either worked at the Mount Elliott Mine and Smelter or worked in the service industries which grew around the mining and smelting operations. Little documentation exists about the everyday life of the town's residents. Surrounding sheep and cattle stations, however, meant that meat was available cheaply and vegetables grown in the area were delivered to the township by horse and cart. Imported commodities were, however, expensive.
By 1910 the town had four hotels. There was also an aerated water manufacturer, three stores, four fruiterers, a butcher, baker, saddler, garage, police, hospital, banks, post office (officially from 1906 to 1928, then unofficially until 1975) and a railway station. There was even an orchestra of ten players in 1912. The population of Selwyn rose from 1000 in 1911 to 1500 in 1918, before gradually declining.
Source: Queensland Heritage Register.
This example from Tucson, Arizona is the strangest I've found yet.
Crested saguaros are one in 10,000, so they say. What causes this distortion of the upper portion of this stately cactus is up for discussion. Check out my album of crested saguaros I've found.
TGC4, one of the Subway's track geometry cars, rounds the curve on the connecting track between the Canarsie and Jamaica Lines. I happened to be out at Broadway Junction yesterday and spotted it waiting for a signal to proceed from the Jamaica Line to the Canarsie Line towards Rockaway Pkwy, and it returned to Broadway Junction as I was walking to an appointment in the area. Conveniently, the round trip time between Broadway Junction and 8th Ave was 15 minutes longer than my appointment!
The car roams the system performing various inspection functions, making three trips on every mainline track every year. The floodlights on the front illuminate the track and tunnel (and blinding anyone on the platform that looks up expecting their train), a camera records video along the line, a laser scanner takes cross-cuts of the structure, it has lasers below measuring rail wear and profile, it performs ultrasonic testing of the rail, scanning for internal cracks and defects in the rail, it measures and analyzes the geometry of the track to detect kinks, dips, and other alignment defects, and it has camera and machine vision systems to detect missing clips and broken tie plates.
TGC4
Broadway Junction Station
Canarsie Line - BMT
The monastery of the Benedictine Order at Pannonhalma was founded in 996 in Western Hungary and had a major role in the diffusion of Christianity in medieval Central Europe. The monastery shows a stratification of different architectural styles and various buildings.
Among these buildings: a school (the first ever school founded in the country), the monastic complex – home to the monks whose life is still based on St. Benedict’s Rule ‘Ora et labora’ -, the tourist welcome points and hospitality facilities, the Chapel of Our Lady, the Millennium Chapel and the botanical and herbal gardens.
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An architectural shoot, together with Susan Sanderus, Kees Smans and Joel Tjintjelaar.
Thanks for a fantastic day!
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 50 seconds
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal Length: 10 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Filter: ND 110
P.p. PHS CS5
Bara Imambara (Urdu: بڑا امامباڑا, Hindi: बड़ा इमामबाड़ा) is an imambara complex in Lucknow, India, built by Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab of Lucknow, in 1784. It is also called the Asafi Imambara.
Bara means big, and an imambara is a shrine built by Shia Muslims for the purpose of Azadari. The Bara Imambara is among the grandest buildings of Lucknow.
The complex also includes the large Asfi mosque, the bhulbhulayah (the labyrinth), and bowli, a step well with running water. Two imposing gateways lead to the main hall.
Construction of Bara Imambara was started in 1785, a year of a devastating famine, and one of Asaf-ud-Daula's objectives in embarking on this grandiose project was to provide employment for people in the region. It is said that ordinary people used to work in the day building up the edifice, while noblemen and other elite worked at night. It was a project that preceded a Keynesian like intervention for employment generation. Construction of the Imambara was completed in 1791 and as per estimates cost of building Imambara ranges some where between half a million rupees to a million rupees. Even after completion Nawab used to spend four or fiven hundred thousand rupees on its decoration anually.
The architecture of the complex reflects the maturation of ornamented Mughal design, namely the Badshahi Mosque - it is one of the last major projects not incorporating any European elements or the use of iron. The main imambara consists of a large vaulted central chamber containing the tomb of Asaf-ud-Daula. At 50 by 16 meters and over 15 meters tall, it has no beams supporting the ceiling and is one of the largest such arched constructions in the world. There are eight surrounding chambers built to different roof heights, permitting the space above these to be reconstructed as a three-dimensional labyrinth with passages interconnecting with each other through 489 identical doorways. This part of the building, and often the whole complex, may be referred to as the bhulbhulayah. Known as a popular attraction, it is possibly the only existing maze in India and came about unintenionally to support the weight of the building which is constructed on marshy land. Asaf-ud-Daula also erected the 18 meter (59 foot) high Rumi Darwaza, just outside. This portal, embellished with lavish decorations, was the Imambara's west facing entrance.
The design of the Imambara was obtained through a competitive process. The winner was a Delhi architect Kifayatullah, who also lies buried in the main hall of the Imambara. It is another unique aspect of the building that the sponsor and the architect lie buried beside each other.
Source: Wikipedia
Fascinating: living in the most complex machine that mankind has built - ever.
Faszinierend, an Bord der komplexesten Maschine zu leben, die die Menschheit jemals gebaut hat.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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A lady demonstrating her artwork.
I wonder by the gleaming faces of my country people who have no affluence of the west. I wonder by their enormous life forces with very ordinary food. I wonder by their grace with very ordinary cloths, and simplicity out of ignorance of the complex world. I found my religious India at a glance there. And I believe that my India isn’t a “Lost Paradise” even today, where humanity flourished for ever.
I get my lesson everywhere I roam around in India and see through my lenses. I'm proud of my home state. I'm proud of my people across the world.
Kankrajhor
Kankrajhor is a beautiful tourist destination of Jangalmahal Circuit in West Bengal, India. It is situated in the tropical, hilly forestlands of Jhargram district. It comprises 9000 hectares of hardwood forests. The wealth of trees includes Kusum (Ceylon oak), Shaal (Shorea robusta), Segun (Tectona grandis), Mahua (Indian Butter tree, or honey tree- Madhuca longifolia ), Piyal (almondette or calumpong nut, ) and Akashmani (Acacia auriculiformis), as named in Bengali. Its tribal villages at the edge of forests and ethnic people will make you feel a happy stay. Kankrajhor is just 22km from Ghatshila (Jharkhand) & 65 km from Jhargram town.
Beyond the fertile Gangetic plains of Bengal, Jhargram offers the most exotic undulating topography culminating in hilly ranges of Belpahari, Kankrajhor in the north to the serene and meandering Subarnarekha River in the south. Nearby famous Dolma Hills are frequented by animals from Bihar, including tigers, leopards and elephants. Bears and wild boars are frequently found in the hills in search of Mahua flower sap. The sap is a potent intoxicant in the region and is used to make country liquor, simply called Mahua. This is a regular corridor of elephants. They are very much fond of this Mohua flowers and get intoxicated...a pleasure to watch in a full moon night. Every year at this time of month elephants frequently enter into these villages and spoil the crops.
It is a favourite destination for people who love forests and tranquillity. Its exquisite forestry, ancient temples, native folk cultural and tribal dances, makes it an extremely attractive destination for tourists who love yet unspoiled nature and her people of the soil on the face of earth.
How to Reach Kankrajhor-Belpahari:
By Train: The distance from Howrah to Jhargram station is 157 Kms and the journey takes three hours by train from Howrah.
By Road: Jhargram is also very well connected by highways with other nearby cities like Medinipur, Kharagpur, Durgapur, Bankura, Purulia, and Kolkata.
Personal experience
In the first week of April, this year, we suddenly planned to go to Kankrajhor, in the district of Jhargram, West Bengal, India. We drove straight from Kolkata to Jhargram, and then another 60km drive to the heart of Kankrajhor. Our destination was a private cottage with very basic arrangements situated in a small tribal village, on the edge of the forests. This time of a year it was little bit late to enjoy the dazzling blooms of Palash, described as “Flames of the Forests” (Butea monosperma). But this was a right time to cherish the beauty of Shaal-Piyal-Mohua trees everywhere. The green new leaves, sweet intoxicating fragrance of Mohua flowers and the extreme business of the wild bees and birds, will always remind you the youthfulness of a spring. The red lateritic forest floor is an experience to walk on. While walking on its undulated trails through forests you will hear only the relentless chirping of birds and murmurs of dry leaves being moved by frequent gust of cold breezes. Such ambiance in an afternoon will surely make you intoxicated and drowsy, free of all wiriness and stresses of busy urban life, and will help you enter into a peaceful siesta. One may arrange tribal dances amidst this forest, their native home. Their beating of drums, and the indigenous harmony of dances will make you fallen in love with this place. I’m sure. With the sunset the whole surroundings suddenly turn into a mystical darkness. Far from the distance sitting in the hut you may hear the intermittent sounds of nocturnal birds, hyenas, jackals and foxes.
The dinner is very simple. Country chicken and rice is a luxury here. We had the wonderful taste of its country liquor made from Mohua flowers (Madhuca longifolia). It was a wonderful experience for all of us.
Simple and beautiful tribal people there, basic stay with optimal standard and simple healthy food, unspoiled nature, tranquillity, and serenity...all will definitely make you feel... “How much we need to be happy?” Really?
haven’t churned out a decent sketch in a long time.
i’ve been so busy that this has been sitting in my book
for a decent couple of weeks now. mixed medias here,
quite obviously i rushed it and left it savagely beaten
around the edges. i should probably not use such thin
paper when applying water and acrylics.
not sure how i feel about it.
FAVELAS DA PENHA
Uma imagem vale mais que mil palavras. Na foto do link abaixo uma panorâmica de algumas favelas do Complexo da Penha no bairro de mesmo nome. Fotos do Jornal O GLOBO..
A maioria dos moradores da comunidade são pessoas honestas e trabalhadoras. O local pode ser confirmado AQUI NO GOOGLE STREET VIEW do Google Mapas. Note que o carro do Google capturou a foto da entrada da rua bloqueada por trilhos de trem espetados em buracos no asfalto e blocos grandes de cimento para impedir a entrada da polícia pela rua ou calçada.
Não conheço ninguém que more nesta comunidade. Não faço a mínima ideia quem more nesta comunidade da Penha aqui no Flickr.
Esta Rua Cabreúva liga o Morro do Caracol a temida Vila Cruzeiro criada em 1956, conforme este registro oficial da Câmara Municipal para a Prefeitura do Rio, o QG da Criminalidade no Rio de Janeiro.
Nestas comunidades falta tudo: Limpeza urbana, água e esgoto canalizado pois detritos são jogados em rios ou valões sem tratamento e existe a falta de água por ser fim de linha de abastecimento com agravante da falta de pressão de bombas da Cia de Água e Esgotos do Rio para fazer subir a água pelas ladeiras e aclives.
As comunidades não tinham internet na sua maioria até 2009 e quase todas até 2010 quando as UPPs foram implantadas, facilitando assim o acesso a computadores apoiados por projetos de inclusão social do atual governo e de ONGs.
A população destas e localidades ainda sofrem também com a negativa de lojas como Casas Bahia, Ponto Frio e até os correios a entregarem produtos nas comunidades alegando área de risco. Existem diversos relatos e reclamações na internet e a situação só não é pior porque os compradores são informados na hora da compra que a loja não irá entregar o produto em domicílio.
Falta luz elétrica estável devido a fraca rede elétrica, pois eram e ainda infelizmente são constantes as quedas de energia devido aos “gatos” nos fios elétricos e os tiros nos transformadores para que a escuridão ajude todos a se esconder da polícia.
A falta de oportunidades de trabalho também empurram às vezes alguns moradores para a criminalidade. Ninguém escolhe na verdade o crime ou quer isto para o futuro do filho.
A foto resume a dura realidade de alguns lugares do Rio e de todo Brasil. Nem tudo na Cidade Maravilhosa e bonito de se ver. A falta de política de habitação e de justiça social é que muitas vezes obriga a população mais carente a ter somente esta opção de moradia usada por 20% dos moradores da cidade.
Outros serviços públicos auxiliares acabam sendo ocupados por moradores que tentam fornecer serviços complementares como mototáxi onde o poder público deixou tudo no mais completo abandono e na imagem a situação é inegável de se desmentir.
Habitação, saúde e educação são a base do bem estar social e sem eles, não existe justiça social.
Pense nisto antes de votar nas próximas eleições. Compare o Brasil, seu Estado e sua cidade como eram e como estão agora. Compare com os dez anos anteriores, vinte anos anteriores e pense se o seu estado acompanhou o crescimento do Brasil , se não avançou nada ou se piorou.
Pesquise a vida do seu candidato escrevendo ao lado dele a frase “acusado de” ou “condenado por”.
Cuide bem do seu voto no presente e lembre-se. O Brasil do futuro depende dos filhos que você deixar para este país.
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Não é verdade que todos os bairros do Rio tenha comunidades em favelas ou sejam perigoso de viver.
Os bairros de Sulacap, Jardim Guanabara e Todos os Santos, por exemplo, não tem favelas.
A isenção de favelas faz até que bairros como Jardim Guanabara ocupe a 3° colocação em IDH na Cidade do Rio e o Bairro de Todos os santos a 19° posição entre os 126 bairros da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro e à frente de bairros da Zona Sul como Catete(26°), Cosme Velho, (34°) ou São Conrado em 38° no IDH.
fonte: Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro - GEO Rio.
Não use palavras como favelado ou pratique preconceito nos comentários, os moradores na sua imensa maioria não tem culpa de política habitacional do Brasil da injustiça social.
Muitos moradores também moram nestas comunidades e negam apenas morar no morro, mas isto é apenas em alguns casos uma DISSIMULAÇÃO, pois morro não é sinônimo de favela e a Cidade de Deus retratada em filme prova justamente isto.
Ao contrário dos dissimuladores, muitos moradores de comunidades tem verdadeiro orgulho delas e algumas são bem famosas como Mangueira, Salgueiro ou a Rocinha recebendo mais turistas internacionais que muitos museus e igrejas do Rio.
FAVELAS DA PENHA
Uma imagem vale mais que mil palavras. Na foto do link abaixo uma panorâmica de algumas favelas do Complexo da Penha no bairro de mesmo nome. Fotos do Jornal O GLOBO..
A maioria dos moradores da comunidade são pessoas honestas e trabalhadoras. O local pode ser confirmado AQUI NO GOOGLE STREET VIEW do Google Mapas. Note que o carro do Google capturou a foto da entrada da rua bloqueada por trilhos de trem espetados em buracos no asfalto e blocos grandes de cimento para impedir a entrada da polícia pela rua ou calçada.
Não conheço ninguém que more nesta comunidade. Não faço a mínima ideia quem more nesta comunidade da Penha aqui no Flickr.
Esta Rua Cabreúva liga o Morro do Caracol a temida Vila Cruzeiro criada em 1956, conforme este registro oficial da Câmara Municipal para a Prefeitura do Rio, o QG da Criminalidade no Rio de Janeiro.
Nestas comunidades falta tudo: Limpeza urbana, água e esgoto canalizado pois detritos são jogados em rios ou valões sem tratamento e existe a falta de água por ser fim de linha de abastecimento com agravante da falta de pressão de bombas da Cia de Água e Esgotos do Rio para fazer subir a água pelas ladeiras e aclives.
As comunidades não tinham internet na sua maioria até 2009 e quase todas até 2010 quando as UPPs foram implantadas, facilitando assim o acesso a computadores apoiados por projetos de inclusão social do atual governo e de ONGs.
A população destas e localidades ainda sofrem também com a negativa de lojas como Casas Bahia, Ponto Frio e até os correios a entregarem produtos nas comunidades alegando área de risco. Existem diversos relatos e reclamações na internet e a situação só não é pior porque os compradores são informados na hora da compra que a loja não irá entregar o produto em domicílio.
Falta luz elétrica estável devido a fraca rede elétrica, pois eram e ainda infelizmente são constantes as quedas de energia devido aos “gatos” nos fios elétricos e os tiros nos transformadores para que a escuridão ajude todos a se esconder da polícia.
A falta de oportunidades de trabalho também empurram às vezes alguns moradores para a criminalidade. Ninguém escolhe na verdade o crime ou quer isto para o futuro do filho.
A foto resume a dura realidade de alguns lugares do Rio e de todo Brasil. Nem tudo na Cidade Maravilhosa e bonito de se ver. A falta de política de habitação e de justiça social é que muitas vezes obriga a população mais carente a ter somente esta opção de moradia usada por 20% dos moradores da cidade.
Outros serviços públicos auxiliares acabam sendo ocupados por moradores que tentam fornecer serviços complementares como mototáxi onde o poder público deixou tudo no mais completo abandono e na imagem a situação é inegável de se desmentir.
Habitação, saúde e educação são a base do bem estar social e sem eles, não existe justiça social.
Pense nisto antes de votar nas próximas eleições. Compare o Brasil, seu Estado e sua cidade como eram e como estão agora. Compare com os dez anos anteriores, vinte anos anteriores e pense se o seu estado acompanhou o crescimento do Brasil , se não avançou nada ou se piorou.
Pesquise a vida do seu candidato escrevendo ao lado dele a frase “acusado de” ou “condenado por”.
Cuide bem do seu voto no presente e lembre-se. O Brasil do futuro depende dos filhos que você deixar para este país.
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Não é verdade que todos os bairros do Rio tenha comunidades em favelas ou sejam perigoso de viver.
Os bairros de Sulacap, Jardim Guanabara e Todos os Santos, por exemplo, não tem favelas.
A isenção de favelas faz até que bairros como Jardim Guanabara ocupe a 3° colocação em IDH na Cidade do Rio e o Bairro de Todos os santos a 19° posição entre os 126 bairros da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro e à frente de bairros da Zona Sul como Catete(26°), Cosme Velho, (34°) ou São Conrado em 38° no IDH.
fonte: Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro - GEO Rio.
Não use palavras como favelado ou pratique preconceito nos comentários, os moradores na sua imensa maioria não tem culpa de política habitacional do Brasil da injustiça social.
Muitos moradores também moram nestas comunidades e negam apenas morar no morro, mas isto é apenas em alguns casos uma DISSIMULAÇÃO, pois morro não é sinônimo de favela e a Cidade de Deus retratada em filme prova justamente isto.
Ao contrário dos dissimuladores, muitos moradores de comunidades tem verdadeiro orgulho delas e algumas são bem famosas como Mangueira, Salgueiro ou a Rocinha recebendo mais turistas internacionais que muitos museus e igrejas do Rio.
Patron: Muhammad Bey (nicknamed Abu al-Dhahab, father of gold, because of his generosity & wealth) 1735–1775, a Mamluk Ottoman emir, Shaykh al-Balad (civil governor) & de facto ruler of Egypt (r.1772-1775).
Islamic Monument: #98 (an imitation of the Mosque of Sinan Pasha, in Bulaq #349).
The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is one of the closest star-forming regions to our solar system. It lies 460 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus and covers an angular area of 4.5° × 6.5°. Within this cloud is material that totals about 3,000 times the mass of the Sun.
Telescope: Pentax 6x7 SMC 150mm @f/5.6
Accessories: QSI-to-Pentax adapter; Dew control by Dew Buster; Alnitak Flat-Man
Mount: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2
Camera: QSI583wsg CCD @ -10.0C
Guiding: Starlight Xpress Lodestar via PHD
Filters: Astrodon Tru-balance E-Series Gen II LRGB filters
Exposure: 19 x 10min. binned 1x1 Luminance; 10 x 5min. binned 2x2 in each R, G, & B
Acquisition: ImagesPlus 5.0 Camera Control
Processing: PixInsight 1.8; Adobe PhotoShop CC
Date(s): June 30 & July 3, 2014
SQM reading (begin - end): N1:20.94 – 20.57; N2:20.19 – 21.01
Temperature (begin - end): N1:75.9ºF – 73.4ºF; N2:64.4ºF – 59.0ºF
Capture conditions: N1 - transparency: Avg 3/5; seeing: Avg 3/5; N2 - transparency: Above Avg 4/5; seeing: Above Avg 4/5
Location: Natchez Trace State Park, Pin Oak Lake RV Campground, Lexington/Wildersville, TN, USA
Wat Sa Si (วัดสระศรี) is a Buddhist temple complex (wat) in Sukhothai Historical Park, Sukhothai Province in the Northern Region of Thailand.
Wat Sa Si is very picturesquely situated in the middle of the Traphang Trakuan Lake northwest of Wat Mahathat.
Due to its location, the temple is one of the most beautiful complexes of Sukhothai.