My last shot from the work of Anton Smith "Faith" series of sculpture at Delaire Graff Estate, Stellenbosch South Africa.

Creation continues incessantly through the medium of man, Anton believes. Man himself then is mouthpiece, medium and meaning all in one, and his challenge as an artist is to create himself over and over again, finding new connotations and new concepts in given shapes, figures and faces. Man emulates and assimilates nature, producing poetry in word and form.

Some observers have noted that this is why so many of his pieces, even the most abstract ones, manage to communicate powerfully and emotionally and why his work is possessed of a raw, earthy power that feels innately African. His body of work comprises towering human figures, impressive heads, masks, hands, angels, floating and stretching figures, warriors as well as abstract works, using mostly steel, metal, fiberglass and bronze.

Anton likes to imbue his work with an illusion of movement or gesture, bodies curling up or limbs reaching out to the onlooker, inspirational action figures projecting tremendous emotion, a call to movement. He works with metals and stones, also creating a unique iron and polymer cast mixture, which combines metal with several other mediums.

There is a fair amount of superstition surrounding the Eurasian magpie (also called the common magpie), a bird known for its jet black and white feathers and purple-, green-, and blue-streaked wings. An old British rhyme predicts a person’s fate on the basis of the number of magpies they’ve seen: “One for sorrow, two for mirth, three for a funeral, and four for birth.” Some say that if you fail to salute a magpie you’ve walked past, bad luck waits patiently behind the next corner. And beware—many believe that if a solitary magpie, whose species mates for life, is perched on a window of your home, this signals loneliness and certain death. The poor bird’s name is loaded with mythical connotation, but the magpie’s true marvel comes from its natural ability.

Read more: www.britannica.com/story/eurasian-magpie-a-true-bird-brain

Die eurasische Elster (auch gemeine Elster genannt), ein Vogel, der für seine pechschwarzen und weißen Federn und lila, grün und blau gestreiften Flügel bekannt ist, ist von ziemlich viel Aberglauben umgeben. Ein alter britischer Reim sagt das Schicksal einer Person anhand der Anzahl der Elstern voraus, die sie gesehen haben: "Eine für Trauer, zwei für Freude, drei für eine Beerdigung und vier für Geburt." Einige sagen, wenn Sie eine Elster nicht begrüßen, an der Sie vorbeigegangen sind, wartet das Pech geduldig hinter der nächsten Ecke. Und Vorsicht - viele glauben, wenn eine einsame Elster, deren Spezies sich fürs Leben paart, auf einem Fenster Ihres Hauses sitzt, signalisiert dies Einsamkeit und sicheren Tod. Der Name des armen Vogels ist voller mythischer Konnotation, aber das wahre Wunder der Elster beruht auf ihrer natürlichen Fähigkeit.

Mehr lesen: www.britannica.com/story/eurasian-magpie-a-true-bird-brain

"Heroes' Square" is one of the major squares of Budapest, Hungary, rich with historic and political connotations. Its iconic statue complex, the Millennium Memorial, was completed in 1900, the square was named "Heroes' Square" in 1929. It lies at the end of Andrássy Avenue (with which it comprises part of an extensive World Heritage site), next to City Park.

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Ver en grande y negro _ view in large and black !!

Cerdeña (Sardegna, en italiano; Sardigna o Sardìnnia, en sardo; Sardenya en catalán; Saldìgna en gallurés; Sardhìgna en sasarés) es la segunda isla en tamaño del Mediterráneo, la octava de Europa y la 46.ª del mundo. Como ente administrativo se denomina Región Autónoma de Cerdeña y es una región autónoma con estatuto especial dentro de la República Italiana.

Ver en grande y negro _ view in large and black !!

Yellow is a color associated with the sun. It symbolizes optimism, energy, joy, happiness and friendship. There are negative connotations also, but I choose to see it as a joyful color and a harbinger of spring.

So, even though the first one I posted was "The Shot", I have some others I want to share :)

History and Meaning of Yellow Roses

Primary Significance: Friendship, Joy, Get Well

Yellow roses have a shorter, albeit no less fascinating, history than other roses. It wasn't until around the 18th century that yellow roses were discovered growing naturally in parts of the Middle East. Prior to this, roses in cultivation predominantly existed in various shades of pink and to a lesser extent, white. However, once the first yellow roses were introduced, their popularity quickly spread.

During roughly this same time period, new rose cross-breeding and hybridization techniques were being innovated. These experiments would play an important role in the evolution of the yellow rose. One of the more compelling attributes of most roses is their sweet smelling fragrance. This was a trait that the first yellow roses did not share, and in fact, quite the opposite was true! In time however, as breeding and cultivation methods were refined, hybridizers were able to gradually phase in the more pleasing aroma that rose-lovers are accustomed to.

Also changed over the years were the meanings related to yellow roses. Throughout history, the color yellow has been closely associated with the sun. As the source of light and warmth, the sun is integral to life on Earth, and has been worshiped in many early societies. It should come as no surprise that the color of the sun would hold many positive connotations. In many Eastern cultures, for example, the color yellow represents joy, wisdom and power. However, in Europe at the time of the introduction of these roses, the color yellow carried much more negative overtones. Consequently, yellow roses were long used as a symbol for jealousy and dying love. As time went on, however, the more universal meanings connected with the color yellow have come to prevail and entwine themselves with the yellow rose. Today yellow roses are more commonly associated with joy and friendship.

A bouquet of yellow roses now brings to mind all of the sunny, cheerful feelings of warmth and happiness. In contrast to the romantic meanings attributed to other roses, the yellow rose is purely a symbol for friendship. This gives it a unique place in the pantheon of roses. Yellow roses can send the perfect message of appreciation and platonic love without the romantic subtext of other colors. They can represent feelings of joy and delight, and are an ideal way to brighten someone's day who may be feeling down. There is perhaps no other flower that is able to bring out a smile in quite the way that a yellow rose can.

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I probably may not able to post for awhile due to am back in my night shift.(Japan Time Zone).But still be visiting you all.

They don't make 'em like this anymore.........

The beautiful Lux Cinema can be found in the Galleria San Federico, an elegant shopping arcade in the centre of Turin.

Click here to see more of my photos from various trips to Italy : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157603213111374

Translated from the Italian Wikipedia page : "The Galleria San Federico is a commercial building in the historic center of Turin. Built in the 1930s, it houses numerous business premises, offices and a historical cinema.

In 1931, at the suggestion of the mayor Thaon di Revel, he advanced the hypothesis of the restructuring of the previous Galleria Natta (later Geisser) present in the San Federico Island, creating a new covered commercial area that could be added to the already existing Galleria Subalpina. and Galleria Umberto I. The project was therefore inserted in the context of the imposing restructuring of Via Roma and the surrounding blocks that took place between 1931 and 1937; in 1932 the shipyard was started on the project of architect Federico Canova and engineer Vittorio Bonadè Bottino, who also took care of the simultaneous construction of the nearby Hotel Principi di Piemonte. The project was immediately distinguished by its connotations of modernity and prestige compared to the previous structure, providing ample space for shops, the construction of warehouses and underground garages and, in addition, numerous office spaces and a new cinema, replacing the old Cinema Meridiana . The works were characterized by their fast pace and ended in 1933, just one year after the opening of the construction site."

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Manufacturer: Jaguar Cars Ltd., Whitley, Coventry - UK

Type: Mark IV 3.5 Litre 4-door Saloon

Production time: mid-year 1945 - mid-year 1948

Production outlet: 2,262

Production time: 1938 - 1948

Production outlet: 5,424

Engine: 3486cc straight-6 STANDARD MOTOR COMPANY OHVpushrod

Power: 125 bhp / 4.250 rpm

Torque: 250 Nm / 2.000 rpm

Drivetrain: rear wheels

Speed: 153 km/h

Curb weight: 1664 kg

Wheelbase: 120 inch

Chassis: box-section steel frame and separate all-steel body

Steering: Burman-Douglas worm & nu

Gearbox: four-speed manual (by Moss) / II, III and IV synchronized / floor shift

Clutch: Borg & Beck single dry plate disc

Carburettor: twin SU

Fuel tank: 64 liter

Electric system: Lucas 12 Volts 51 Ah

Ignition system: distributor and coil

Brakes front: mechanical 14 x 1.3/4 inch Girling drums with dual brake shoes

Brakes rear: mechanical 14 x 1.3/4 inch Girling drums with dual brake shoes

Suspension front: beam type with stub axleof the reversedElliot type, triangular crossbars,torsion stabilizer, longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf laminated springs + Luvax hydraulic piston type shock absorbers

Suspension rear: live axle, torsion stabilizer, longitudinal semi-elliptic laminated leaf springs + Luvax hydraulic piston type shock absorbers

Rear axle: rigid

Differential: hypoid 4.25:1

Wheels: 18 inch Dunlop wire wheels

Tires: 5,25-18 Dunlop

Options: double Lucas electric horns, rear defroster, two-tone colouring

Special:

- This luxury limousine (inlaid walnut wood and leather interior, Wilton wool carpeting, tilt steering, large chrome plate headlights, chrome grille shell and thermostatic shutters) was the most expensive pre-war model pre-war model of the company SS Ltd.

- It is designed by William Lyons, technically supported by Chief Engineer W. M. Haynes and all assembled in Coventry - UK.

- A bad design fault of the first series was that fumes could escape through the internal central partition, perhaps due to a (too) tight adjustment of the engine.

- William Lyons’s SS (Swallow Sidecar) Cars Ltd. was renamed Jaguar Cars Ltd. after World War II, to avoid the unfavourable connotations of the SS initials.

- The pre-war model (1938-1940) was called SS Jaguar 3.5 Litre Saloon, again produced after WWII and unofficially called Mark IV, as its successor as Mark V was presented in 1948.

- The Saloon had a sister car, the Mark IV 3.5 Litre 2-door Drop Head Coupé (1938-1948: about 700 units built in total and pre-war 1945-1948: 560 units built).

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mercury

Overview

Service type: Inter-city rail

Locale Midwestern United States

First service: July 15, 1936

Last service: July 11, 1959

Former operator(s)New York Central Railroad

Route

TerminiChicago, Illinois (1948, complete circuit)

Cleveland, Ohio (1948, complete circuit)

Service frequencyDaily

Train number(s)75 westbound / 76 eastbound

On-board services

Seating arrangementsCoaches

Catering facilitiesDining service; buffet-lounge car

Observation facilitiesParlor car

Technical

Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

Route map

Mercury was the name used by the New York Central Railroad for a family of daytime streamliner passenger trains operating between midwestern cities. The Mercury train sets were designed by the noted industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss, and are considered a prime example of Streamline Moderne design. The success of the Mercury led to Dreyfuss getting the commission for the 1938 redesign of the NYC's flagship, the 20th Century Limited, one of the most famous trains in the United States of America.

The first Mercury, operating on a daily roundtrip between Cleveland and Detroit, was introduced on July 15, 1936.[1][2][3][note 1] The Chicago Mercury, between Chicago and Detroit, and the Cincinnati Mercury, between Cincinnati and Detroit, followed.[5] The Mercurys lasted until the 1950s, with the final survivor, the original Cleveland Mercury, making its last run on July 11, 1959.[6]

A fourth train, the James Whitcomb Riley between Chicago and Cincinnati, used the same design for its train sets and is considered part of the Mercury family, although it did not bear the Mercury name. The Riley debuted in 1941 and lasted into the Amtrak era, though no longer a streamliner.[7][8]

Design

In the mid-1930s, the New York Central launched an experiment to enhance its passenger traffic in the midwest. The goal was a new streamlined service focusing on speed and innovation. "Mercury," the name of the Roman god of messengers, was chosen for its connotations of speed; the name was announced to the public on May 14, 1936.[9] The new train was marketed as the "Train of Tomorrow"[10][11] (not to be confused with the General Motors concept train of the same name in the 1940s), reflecting the emphasis on innovation.

In 1934, Dreyfuss gained attention for the New York Central with his streamlined design for the Commodore Vanderbilt locomotive.[12] This was his first railroad design; he was best known for his work on consumer products like telephones, fountain pens, and vacuum cleaners. In 1935, the Central asked him to take on the new project.

Here is his description of how the plan developed:

The final designs were approved ... but when they were put out for bid prices were so out of line that the project was canceled. It was a heavy blow when I received the bad news, for the trains had been a major effort for our office. I decided to take the rest of the day off, and I boarded a train for the country. En route, traveling the railroad yards of Mott Haven, I saw the answer. I got off the train, returned to New York and suggested [to the Central president] that some of the used cars in the yards might be converted. Out of them the successful Mercurys were built at one quarter of the original figure. The Mercurys have been called a turning point in railroad design. They were the first streamliners done as a unit, inside and out, integrating everything from locomotives to dinner china.[13]

The train's first cars were rebuilt from surplus suburban commuter coaches like those that Dreyfuss saw unused. Wikipedia

Heroes' Square is one of the major squares of Budapest, Hungary, rich with historic and political connotations. Its iconic statue complex, the Millennium Memorial, was completed in 1900, the same year the square was named "Heroes' Square". It lies at the end of Andrássy Avenue (with which it comprises part of an extensive World Heritage site), next to City Park.

Música (abrir en nueva pestaña) / Music (Open link in new tab): Andrés Segovia - Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Francisco Tárrega).

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En la jornada de ayer, repasé, junto con mis alumnos del curso "Albacete: Fotografía con Historia" que estoy impartiendo dentro de la oferta formativa de la Universidad Popular de Albacete, los avatares de la Historia de esta ciudad durante el último tercio del Siglo XIX y el Siglo XX. Uno de los puntos que tratamos, versó sobre las circunstancias, el desarrollo y los rastros aún visibles, y, por lo tanto, fotografiables, de la noche del bombardeo aéreo que sobre la ciudad se dio el 19 de Febrero de 1937, en el transcurso de la Guerra Civil.

Ésta es la primera de una trilogía que hice ex-profeso para mostrar en clase algunos de ellos. Se trata de combinar el significado y las connotaciones que la Historia procura a los referentes fotográficos, con un más profundo conocimiento del lenguaje visual y de la composición, para hacer converger esa combinación en una más efectiva y estética expresión a través de nuestra fotografías, dotándolas también de una importante, e históricamente fundamentada, carga de significado.

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Yesterday, I along with my students of the course "Albacete, Photography with History" that I'm teaching within the educational program framework of the Popular University of Albacete, we looked at the avatars of the History of my city during the last third of the 19th and the whole 20th centuries. One of the issues that we deal with was about the circumstances, development of events and still visible traces (therefore potential photographic subjects), of the aerial night bombing raid over Albacete on February 19, 1937, in the course of the Spanish Civil War.

This is the first picture of a trilogy that I made expressly to show some examples of them in class. It is a question of combining the meaning and connotations that History brings to photographic subjects, with a deeper knowledge of visual language and composition, in order to converge that combination into a more effective and aesthetic expression through our photographs, providing to them with a great deal of historically substantiated meaning too.

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A shuttlecock is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape: the cone is formed from sixteen overlapping goose feathers embedded into a rounded cork base. The cork is covered with thin leather. The shuttlecock's shape makes it extremely aerodynamically stable. Regardless of initial orientation, it will turn to fly cork first, and remain in the cork-first orientation. The name shuttlecock is frequently shortened to shuttle; a shuttlecock may also be known as a bird or birdie. The abbreviation cock is rarely used except in a jocular sense, due to its vulgar connotations. The "shuttle" part of the name was probably derived from its back-and-forth motion during the game, resembling the shuttle of a loom; the "cock" part of the name was probably derived from the resemblance of the feathers

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...one phrase that possesses an extremely negative or positive connotation, never anything in between. Sadly, this photo displays the lesser half.

This is a semi-forgotten photo the Short Line delivering a loaded 60C to the NS. The recent addition of CN gon trains initially had me worried that NS had lost the contract to run these trains, but that fear was (thankfully) put to rest when I saw a bunch of NS cars in the plant a few days ago. These trains have boggled the minds of rail enthusiasts for as long as they've been running. Where do they go? What's in all those gons?

While most assume that these trains are scrap loads going into the mill and empties leaving, they are not only empty going in and loaded coming out, but are loaded with steel slabs scarfed and loaded by TMS International, a contractor within the Indiana Harbor Works complex. The loads go down to Calvert, Al - more specifically a steel production facility known as AM/NS, a 2014-constructed joint facility owned by both ArcelorMittal (yes, still them, perhaps the only US location not purchased by Cleveland Cliffs) and Nippon Steel - hence the incredibly generic and uncreative name. These trains have been running since the plant opened those 7 years ago, and used to run in alternating directions every day, empties in, loads out, over and over again. Though recently, they've only been running once or twice per week in each direction, typically double the length that they used to be. A bit harder to find, but at least we still have a chance to shoot them...

...for now. I read last night that in February, ground was broken on a new facility in Calvert that will produce the slabs for AM/NS themselves, effectively obseleting (yes, that is an actual word!) these trains. You can read more about it here:

www.alreporter.com/2021/02/19/steelmaker-breaks-ground-on...

So, a little over a year remains for these trains to run before they will meet a swift end like so many other unique operations across the country. For now, here's a late September example of one. Two NS GE's are at the helm, with two other pushing hard on the rear (although you can't see them) of this massive 145-car loaded 60C. A Short Line crew is running the train and heading to 501, a mile to the east of me, where they will hand the train off to an NS crew. This would be one of the last times they would deliver to 501, as the preferred routing changed soon after NS having the SCIH dump them in Pine Siding at 497 - a very recent concept, but neat to see new sorts of operating patterns in this day and age!

07/06/2022, River Stour, Harwich, Essex, England, with Gashouse Creek on the far side.

The link span and tower which contains the lifting gear/engine for same.

See also: flic.kr/p/2nZgB25

Now approaching its centenary, the train ferry pier and terminal with link span, was opened in 1924, and served until the end of the service in 1987.

A rather unremarkable image of the seaward end of a utilitarian pier perhaps, but it has a personal connotation, for which, please see the preceding photo, link above.

For more on the Harwich train ferry, see here:

harwichanddovercourt.com/train-ferry.html

A soulmate is somebody with whom one has a feeling of deep and natural affinity, love, intimacy, sexuality, spirituality, and/or compatibility. A related concept is that of the twin flame or twin soul – which is thought to be the ultimate soulmate, the one and only other half of one's soul, for which all souls are driven to find and join. However, not everyone who uses these terms intends them to carry such mystical connotations.

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Loschwitz Bridge (Loschwitzer Brücke) is a cantilever truss bridge over the river Elbe in Dresden. The Blaues Wunder bridge is one of the city symbols of Dresden. This blue-colored bridge (280 meters), which dates back to 1893, is also called the Loschwitzer Brücke. Until 1912, the bridge was named König-Albert Brücke, after the then King of Saxony. It connects the city districts of Blasewitz and Loschwitz.

The bridge is colloquially referred to as Blaues Wunder ("Blue Wonder"). This common name purportedly referred to the bridge's original blue colour and being seen as a technological miracle at the time; it is also understood to carry the cynical connotation referencing the German idiom: “Eein blaues Wunder erleben” what means "to experience an unpleasant surprise", reflecting the skeptical view of contemporary commentators.

After a two-year construction time, the bridge was completed in 1893. In the 19th century, a bridge of this length without supporting river piers was considered a technological masterpiece. Today the technology is less miraculous, but the bridge is a much-loved symbol of the city.

Near the end of World War II, the bridge was saved from being destroyed by an SS unit when two people cut the detonator wires to explosives. Preserved in its original construction, the advanced age of the structure in recent years has led to some traffic limiting. It was until the opening of the Waldschlösschenbrücke on 26 August 2013 the only Elbe crossing in Dresden East of the city centre.

Since these are meant to be pertinent to my theoretical DC Cinematic Universe, I’ve decided to put some little briefs on the roles they’d play.

Eduardo Dorrance AKA Bane (Voiced but not played physically, by Danny Trejo) would be the main villain of the first Batman movie, which would be heavily inspired by the DCMAU movie ‘Son of Batman’, with Bane effectively taking the roll of Deathstroke, killing Ra’s al Ghul in the first scene, inciting the wrath of his grandson, Damian Wayne. Throughout the movie, camera tricks, masks and plot devices (AI, Damian pushing him onto a geyser of Lazarus Pit badness, causing him face burns and respiratory shenanigans) would be used to hide Bane’s mouth (specifically ‘dem sneaky ‘not Danny Trejo’ word-smackers). He wouldn’t be killed, with Damian, now Robin, sparing him in the final act as part of his arc. He is thrown in Arkham where he goes mad from Venom withdrawal.

Just a side note, the nature of venom would be altered. Unlike its purely scientific origins in the comics, in this movie Venom is a naturally occurring chemical with some supernatural connotations, in the same vain of the Lazarus Pit. It also doesn’t make him unrealistically beefy.

Yes, there are astronomical connotations here, and it also refers to the hot days of August. But they are all dog days to Dexter. Since he is the dog star of the film that runs through his mind. He's shown here enjoying our new deck in patio. He thinks they're just for him. But the compass just might help him return if he gets lost.

One of my net studies - I found a large net and decided it would look good with beauty shots because of it's texture and also because the many connotations of a net I thought could create quite a chilling image.

Model; Charlotte Price

In October 1981, flying tiger ancient human remains from Guizhou Provincial Museum trial excavation, the accumulation of complex, broadly divided into early and late phases. Early formation of yellow or grayish yellow, unearthed panda, Stegodon fossils, stone products are made for the late Paleolithic culture era. Advanced formation is black, black, unearthed animal genetic pulp for extant species, and human mandibular and chipped stone, grinding stone, grinding bone, pottery and other large, geological time for the Holocene, culture in the age of the Neolithic age, that about 4000 years ago to 6000 years.

Unearthed stone products made a total of 532 pieces of raw materials, mainly to flint stone, there is, nuclear, stone etc.. The stone to stone, with the forward direction of processing processing, types of hit device, a scraper, tip like device and dolabriform etc.. The scraper accounted for 76%, tip like device is small but fine processing. The axe is a symbol of the transformation of Neolithic culture. 27 pieces of polished stone, delicate process, a stone axe, stone adzes, stone spinning wheels, stone scraper, stone arrow head, small stones (spear) 8. The number of stone adzes, regular shape, with long oblique cutting tool representative. 79 pieces of bone, in addition to the 1 pieces of grinding residual bone scraper, are making bone, bone and bone shovel cone. The three notches in the teeth may be scratching the porcupine symbol. In addition to pottery and ball spinning round round cake 1, the rest are all pieces of artifacts. 1494 tablets. The uneven thickness, thickness of 1.2 cm, thickness of only 0.2 cm, high temperature, hard texture. About 70% of sand pottery, pottery sand shale pottery class accounted for 30%, very little. Sand and sand are mainly sand. Pottery ornamentation is complicated, there are thick rope lines and Fang Gewen cone, tattoo, carved lines and lines and other additional cone. There are 3 pieces of pottery pottery, which has 1 pieces of orange powder is subjected to pottery coating inside and outside the grey clay, on the exterior is painted with two parallel red bands. This is the first time in Guizhou, Guizhou is also the earliest pottery record.

The site has a new and old stone formation, and the cultural connotation is rich. Pottery appear more attractive, but considerable differences in advanced culture. These have great significance to the study of the relationship between the new and the old stone culture in Guizhou and the time continuity of the times.

In February 23, 1982, the Guizhou Provincial People's Government approved the publication of the provincial cultural relics protection units. 1981年10月，飞虎山古人类遗址由贵州省博物馆试掘，洞内堆积复杂，大致分早、晚两期。早期地层呈黄色或灰黄色，出土大熊猫、剑齿象等化石，石制品均为打制，文化时代为旧石器时代晚期。晚期地层呈黑色、灰黑色，出土动物遗髓为现生属种，并出人类下颌件和打制石器、磨制石器、磨制骨器、大量的陶片等，地质时代为全新世，文化时代属新石器时代，推测距今约4000年至6000年。

遗址出土打制的石制品共532件，原料以燧石为主，有是核、石片、石器等。石器以石片为主，加工方向以正向加工为主，类型有砸器、刮削器、尖状器和斧形器等。其中刮削器占76%，尖状器虽少但加工精细。斧形器似为向新石器文化转化的象征。磨制石器27件，加工精致，有石斧、石锛、石纺轮、石刮刀、石箭(矛)头、小石块等8种。石锛数量多，形制规整，以长形斜刃具代表性。骨器79件，除1件残的磨制骨刮刀外，均为打制骨器，有骨锥和骨铲。其中豪猪牙上的三道刻痕可能是刻划符。陶器除圆饼式及圆珠纺轮各1件外，其余全是器物碎片。计1494片。其厚度不匀，厚者达1.2厘米，薄者仅0.2厘米，火候高，质地坚硬。夹砂灰陶约占70%，夹砂黑陶占30%，泥质类陶极少。夹砂陶以夹细砂为主。陶片纹饰复杂多样，有粗细绳纹、方格纹、锥刺纹、刻划纹和附加锥纹等。陶片中有3片彩陶，其中有1片是在泥质灰陶的内外施以粉澄色陶衣，再于外表绘有两条平行的红色条带。这是贵州首次发现，也是贵州迄今最早的彩陶记录。

遗址具有新、旧石器地层叠压，文化内涵丰富。彩陶的出现更引人瞩目，但中、晚期文化差异颇大。这些对研究贵州新、旧石器文化的相互关系和时代延续问题具有重要的意义。

1982年2月23日，经贵州省人民政府批准公布为省级文物保护单位。

per·spec·tive (pər-spěk'tĭv) n.

I love the connotations of this word. Apart from it's photographic sense, it's always good to take some time out for yourself and get a little perspective.

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I want to say thanks to everyone for all of your great comments and visits to my stream each day. I really appreciate it. I'm currently away for a few days (hopefully I'll come back with some surprising photos to post). So thanks in advance for your visit and comments and I'll catch up with you when I get back.

Thanks to kierobau for the suggested crop. It's always good to get other people's perspective too!

I decided to do a 30 day photography challenge in an effort to get myself out of the giant black hole of not photographing anything ever.

Day 1's theme was "aftermath." So I guess this is the aftermath of me wandering around downtown for an hour, thinking about how thirsty I was and how none of the photos I was taking had anything to do with "aftermath." haha

Flashback to earlier today when I was driving around thinking about the word "aftermath" and how even though it tends to have negative connotations, everything is the aftermath of something else. Nothing is uncaused. Except God. And then I was thinking about the concept of there just being nothing before the world was created...Like not even time, or space, or thought, or...? And how can something have no beginning?

Anywayyy, this was Day 1. I did it. Yay.

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A kiss is the touch or pressing of one's lips against another person or an object.

Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely.

Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, romance, sexual attraction, sexual activity, sexual arousal, affection, respect, greeting, friendship, peace and good luck, among many others.

In some situations, a kiss is a ritual, formal or symbolic gesture indicating devotion, respect, or sacrament.

The word came from Old English cyssan (“to kiss”), in turn from coss (“a kiss”).

Here two mini pink roses, kissing…

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Barry X Ball’s installation it was exhibited at the Michela Rizzo Gallery, in a narrow street just behind the famed “Prigioni” (Prisons). The gallery owns two spaces. In a large room on the second floor of a nearby building, Ball placed some works from the past years. They revealed Ball to be a refined assemblagist of themes and materials, steeped in cultural references and quotations, of the kind that makes scholars gloat but whose essence remains anchored in the canons of late postmodernity. But it was in the smaller street-level room that this artist jumped into a realm that awakened in me the subtle vibration of discovery. The title of the piece is too long and fantastic to copy. It suffices to quote the beginning: “paired, mirrored, flayed, javelin-impaled, cable-delineated-pendentive-funnel-suspended, squid-like, priapic / labio-vulval, Janusian meta-portrait lozenges of the artist, screaming, and Matthew Barney, in two guises: determined combatant and recently-deceased, resigned stoic. (…)”, 2000-2007. The title continues then to describe the Baja California Mexican onyx marble the piece is carved in and indicates several other material and imaginary connotations of the work.

This sculpture it seems like contains the characteristics of both the Biennale and Artempo shows. It is attempting to bypass the shackles of current discourse. It is both mystical and grotesque, both transcendent and upsettingly earthy. I read it as having been made in a state of lucid, calculated obsession the resulting image of which triggers in the spectator a sense of unease while also giving reassurance because of its completeness. Two pieces of onyx are suspended from the ceiling in a way that pierces the void over which they float. Gilded stainless steel javelin-like tubular shapes that are spiked at either end traverse both vertically. 30 tiny micro holes have been drilled on all sides in the upper part of each javelin. In them are inserted very thin cables that radiate towards eyelets fixed to the ceiling from which the heavy sculptures thus hang. The marble is carved in great detail. Both parts consist of two back to back portraits linked as one head. One can see on their surface the horizontal lines of the computer-guided point that carved them before the sculptor started retouching and refining by hand. Barney’s faces face one another while Ball’s faces look outwards. Barney’s face is serious, eyes open as if looking into space, Ball’s eyes squint because he is screaming. Underneath, the necks morph into hanging folding cloths. The heads end at the top with a kind of exploded opening from which the upper part of the javelin comes out. Intricate reliefs carved in curlicues with crosses and heraldic imagery reminiscent, as the artist says, of decorations on Renaissance armor decorates the surfaces of the heads and necks. The inside of Ball’s open mouth is smooth and shiny.

It took Ball seven years to finish this piece. With other artists, often refinement becomes boring, and excessive symbolism and cultural references become pedantic, but the labor-intensive attention Ball pours into his art conveys to me a sense of disquiet, a bridge between death and life. I read here a desperate tenderness for the human condition exalted to the millionth degree, a daring frozen outlook spanning primitive rituals and cartoonish sci-fi banality.

FR: Espace naturel se caractérisant par un alignement montagneux orienté Est-Ouest qui forme une séparation des eaux entre le bassin de Tejada-La Aldea au Nord et ceux d’Arguineguín, Mógan et Venegura au Sud. Cet alignement est formé d’une série de montagnes et gorges, notamment les gorges de Pajonales, de La Negra et de Peladero, ainsi que les montagnes de Solapos de la Carnicería, La Alsándara (culminant à 1.570m), Las Yescas, Las Monjas, Ojeda et Inagua, connue également comme Montagne de Los Homos ou de La Escalera.

La végétation est constituée d’un bois épars de pins canariens assez arides. Le sous-bois varie en fonction des conditions d’humidité ; on notera la présence de variétés telles que l’euphorbe amère, la vipérine, la lavande à feuille étroite, la ciste, le thym et le genêt. Ses escarpements et murs épais abritent une riche biodiversité dont l’endémisme présente une forte valeur scientifique, comme le créosotier d’Inagua ou l’hélianthème, des espèces que l’on ne trouve que dans cette Réserve Naturelle Intégrale.

En outre, dans la pinède vit une intéressante faune invertébrée et vertébrée, notamment des oiseaux : on trouve ici les plus importants peuplements insulaires de pinsons bleus et de pics épeiches.

Cette zone abrite également d’intéressants vestiges de l’usage socio-économique qui était fait du pin, comme les fours de brai, les fossés à charbon ou les séchoirs de pommes de pins.

ES: Espacio natural caracterizado por una alineación montañosa con dirección este-oeste, que conforma una divisoria de aguas entre la cuenca de Tejeda-La Aldea al norte y las de Arguineguín, Mogán y Veneguera al sur. Esta alineación está formada por una serie de montañas y morros, destacando los morros de Pajonales, el de la Negra y el del Peladero, y las montañas de Solapos de la Carnicería, La Alsándara (la de mayor altura con 1.570 m.), Las Yescas, Las Monjas, Ojeda e Inagua, conocida también como Montaña de Los Hornos o de La Escalera.

La vegetación está constituida por un bosque abierto de pino canario de connotaciones secas. El sotobosque varía en función de las condiciones de humedad, destacando los formados por especies como la tabaiba amarga, el tajinaste, la hierba de risco o lavándula, la jara, el jarón, los tomillos y el escobón. Sus escarpes y paredones albergan una rica biodiversidad con endemismos de alto valor científico, como la jarilla de Inagua o el tumero peludo, especies exclusivas de esta Reserva Natural Integral.

Además on al pinar vive una interesante fauna invertefrada y vertebrada, destacando las aves, donde se encuentran las mejores poblaciones insulares de pinzón azul y de pico picapinos.

Esta área también alberga interesantes restos del uso socioeconómico del pinar, como son los hornos de brea, las hoyas carboneras o los secaderos de piñas.

EN: Natural area characterised by a mountainous alignment running east-west, which forms a watershed between the Tejeda-La Aldea basin to the north and those of Arguineguín, Mogán and Veneguera to the south. This alignment is formed by a series of mountains and hills, with the most notable being the Pajonales, Negra and Peladero hills, and the Solapos de la Carnicería, La Alsándara (the highest at 1,570 m), Las Yescas, Las Monjas, Ojeda and Inagua mountains, also known as Montaña de Los Hornos or La Escalera.

The vegetation is made up of an open forest of Canary Island pine with dry connotations. The undergrowth varies depending on the humidity conditions, with the most notable being species such as the bitter tabaiba, the tajinaste, the lavender, the rockrose, the jarón, the thyme and the broom. Its cliffs and walls are home to a rich biodiversity with endemic species of high scientific value, such as the Inagua rockrose or the hairy tumero, species exclusive to this Integral Natural Reserve.

In addition, the pine forest is home to an interesting invertebrate and vertebrate fauna, particularly birds, where the best island populations of blue finch and woodpecker are found.

This area also houses interesting remains of the socio-economic use of the pine forest, such as tar kilns, charcoal pits or pine cone drying sheds.

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La Marina, uno dei quattro quartieri storici di Cagliari venne fondata dai Pisani nel XIII secolo come zona destinata ad ospitare magazzini e dimore di quanti lavoravano presso il vicino porto. In quei tempi lontani, venne cinto da mura e bastioni, riammodernate in seguito dagli spagnoli e infine demolite a partire dalla seconda metà del XIX secolo per far posto ai tre importanti assi viari Cagliaritani.

Dal XIV secolo, con la dominazione aragonese prima e spagnola poi, Marina crebbe come numero di abitanti e assunse sempre di più la connotazione di quartiere vivamente trafficato e animato da commerci dove per lo più dimoravano mercanti e pescatori e, comunità di persone rappresentanti le terre e le città con cui vi erano più stretti rapporti commerciali (ad esempio la comunità di siciliani, che faceva capo alla chiesa di Santa Rosalia e la comunità di genovesi, che facevano capo alla chiesa dei Santi Giorgio e Caterina).

Oggi la Marina si presenta come un quartiere carico di storia, (ma anche di localini dove poter trascorrere piacevolmente con amici la serata) che cerca lentamente di trovare il giusto modo per valorizzare le sue bellezze, spesso messe in pericolo dall'incuria e dal degrado e dalla speculazione edilizia del dopoguerra.

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The Marina, one of the four historical quarters of Cagliari was founded by Pisans in the 13th century as the area destined to accommodate warehouses and dwellings of those who worked at the nearby port. In those distant times, was surrounded by walls and ramparts, later refurbished by the Spanish and finally demolished starting from the second half of the 19th century to make room for three major axis Cagliari.

From the 14th century, with the aragonese domination first and then Spanish, Marina grew as the number of inhabitants and increasingly took on the connotation of a highly trafficked area, and animated by shops where dwelt mostly merchants and fishermen and community of people representing the lands and cities with which we were closer business relations (e.g. the Sicilian community, who was head of the Church of Santa Rosalia and the community of Genoa, who were headed to the Church of Saints George and Catherine).

Today the Marina looks like a neighborhood full of history, (but also of places where you can spend the evening with friends) that slowly tries to find the right way to valorise its beauties, often jeopardized by the neglect and degradation and encroachments by the post-war period.

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In 1986, during the centennial of the Statue of Liberty’s arrival in America, Andy Warhol executed his indelibly famous silkscreens employing the pattern of camouflage. In the present lot, Statue of Liberty, 1986, Warhol spins the colors of war into a tribute to international solidarity. Appropriating the historical pattern of violence and concealment, Warhol brilliantly rebrands camouflage as a stylistic statement. And, in doing so, he bequeaths the symbol of cooperation between the United States and France with an aesthetic grace that rivals any of his work from this prolific period in his life.

Yet camouflage did not appear in Warhol’s paintings until more than twenty years later. Previous to 1986, Warhol had been working in a variety of techniques and stylistic formats, including the reversal series and the infamous oxidation paintings. But perhaps the most telling harbinger of his work with camouflage was the “shadow paintings”, which appeared with regularity throughout the decade leading up to 1986. In these paintings, we see his tendency for color-field patterns with varying shapes and border patterns. “Shape and shadow are the two principles most central to the concept of camouflage.”

On a face already defined by the dramatic presence of shadow, Warhol’s camouflage pattern lends an exhilarating chromatic dimension. His canvas, six feet square, bears three layers of silkscreened image. The underlayer is composed of only the face and upper arm of the statue of liberty, resplendent in her classical glory. Here, Warhol exhibits a remarkable attention to detail in terms of the distribution of the paint and its equal distribution across the canvas; nowhere can we spot smudges or a visually unintelligible section due to over saturation of pigment. Atop his original layer, Warhol lays his camouflage pattern. Crawling at every whim across the face of the statue and her outstretched arm, we behold four shades of lavender-blue that make the stern face even more intimidating. She looks as an enlisted soldier does, but instead, her mission is to pronounce the greatness of American liberty.

But even as Warhol fortifies the Statue with a fierce resolve, his third layer of silkscreen is tongue-in-cheek: he inserts a label for the French cookie company, “Fabis”, into the lower right-hand corner of his picture. The image bears French and American flags flying together, corroborating the international solidarity represented by the Statue of Liberty with a delightful piece of kitsch. While we may be whisked away temporarily or perhaps even inspired by the Statue dressed in military garb, Warhol stamps his work with a comment on the commercialism for which he is known best; both France and America are trademarks, at peace with each other’s brand of business.

Statue of Liberty, 1986, has the benefit of being hotly suggestive but not prescriptive, which was one of Warhol’s many gifts as an artist. However, what begins to show through in the work executed close to his time of death was his unprecedented level of self-reflection. Later in the year, he even employed camouflage as a pattern over one of his many self-portraits. But we need not look so far for Warhol’s self-reference; in the craggy recessions and stoic lines on the face of the Statue, we observe Warhol’s own aging mask, weighted with connotations yet unwilling to yield any personal truth.

My colleague Camille wasn't sure about the theme and it's connotations but despite it's lack of originality I just wanted to try this very simple, single light, concept. Aperture f4 on my 70-200mm gives a reasonable amount of soft fall off to compliment Camille's very natural look. This whole shoot was fun and game us both some nice shots to remember.

Pictures from Pilanesberg Ivory Tree Game Lodge, South Africa 2017.

Bush refers to any sparsely-inhabited region, regardless of vegetation.

In South Africa, the term has specific connotations of rural areas which are not open veldt.

Generally it refers to areas in the north of the country that would be called savanna. "Going to The Bush" often refers to going to a game park or game reserve like Entabeni and Pilanesberg.

Southern Africas Cape Floral Region is one of the richest areas for plants in the world. While the Cape Floral Region covers less than 0.5 percent of Africa, it is home to nearly 20 percent of the continents flora. The giant protea, South Africas national flower, is found in the Cape Floral Region.

Samhain is an ancient pagan festival held each year from October 31st to November 1st, the word Samhain roughly translating as "summer's end", marking the end of the harvest, the lighter half of the year and the beginning of the darker half.

A festival with ancient roots in Celtic polytheism, it was linked to festivals held around the same time of year in other Celtic cultures and continued to be widely celebrated until late medieval times. Due to its date, it became associated with the Christian festival of All Saints' Day and greatly influenced the modern celebrations of Halloween & Bonfire Night with its connotations of fire, light and darkness.

“The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.”

(Kahlil Gibran - Lebanese born American philosophical Essayist, Novelist and Poet. 1883-1931)

"The City has been known by various names thoughout its long history, but the oldest and most common of these are still Varanasi and Kashi.

In the remote past, it was generally held that Kashi and Varanasi had different connotations.

While Kashi was the name of the kingdom, Varanasi was its capital, as we find during the age of Shodasha Mahajanapada.

In the present day the names Kashi and Varanasi are interchangeable.

According to one school, the name Varanasi originated from its location between Varuna and Nashi, which was later called Asi.

Another suggests that the City took its name from the Varuna River, which was formerly called Varunasi or Varanasi.

While the Chinese corruptions of Varanasi are Pho-lo-nai and Po-lo-nisse, as set by Fa Hien and Hiuen Tsang respectively, the Muslim name from the time of their occupation of the City was Banaras, which continues today.

Benares is the British variation that has been handed down to the present generation and is still frequently used by many.

According to some, Kashi comes from Kasha, the name of an ancient Hindu King who ruled the City.

Others believe that the name simply comes from a kind of tall grass, kaska, whic once grew abundantly along the riverbank.

Then again, according to the Kashi Khandam, the name has been derived from the Sanskrit root “kash”, meaning “to shine”, “to look brilliant” or “beautiful”.

Hence Kashi, or what is sometimes called Kashika, is a place where the light, signifying Shiva himself, shines.

This City of Light then is essentially “the city of enlightenment which libarates souls”.

Varanasi has also been called by various other names in the Hindu scriptures, e.g., Avimukta (the never-forsaken), the Anandavana (the forest of bliss), Rudravasa (the city of Shiva), Mahashmashana (the great cremation ground) and Jitwari (a place where business is highly profitable).

The Jatakas also record various names for the City including Surundhana, Sudarshana, Brahmavardhana,, Pushpavati, Rammanagar, Molini and others.

The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb changed the name to Muhammadabad and also set up a mint from which coins were issued with the intent to disgrace both Hinduism and this centre of Hinduism.

This new name remained confined to government documents, however, and this too only for a short time-till the demise of Aurangzeb..."

This picture was shot at dawn from Anand's boat on the Ganges nearby Tulsi ghat.

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Mercury

Overview

Service type: Inter-city rail

Locale Midwestern United States

First service: July 15, 1936

Last service: July 11, 1959

Former operator(s)New York Central Railroad

Route

TerminiChicago, Illinois (1948, complete circuit)

Cleveland, Ohio (1948, complete circuit)

Service frequencyDaily

Train number(s)75 westbound / 76 eastbound

On-board services

Seating arrangementsCoaches

Catering facilitiesDining service; buffet-lounge car

Observation facilitiesParlor car

Technical

Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

Route map

Mercury was the name used by the New York Central Railroad for a family of daytime streamliner passenger trains operating between midwestern cities. The Mercury train sets were designed by the noted industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss, and are considered a prime example of Streamline Moderne design. The success of the Mercury led to Dreyfuss getting the commission for the 1938 redesign of the NYC's flagship, the 20th Century Limited, one of the most famous trains in the United States of America.

The first Mercury, operating on a daily roundtrip between Cleveland and Detroit, was introduced on July 15, 1936.[1][2][3][note 1] The Chicago Mercury, between Chicago and Detroit, and the Cincinnati Mercury, between Cincinnati and Detroit, followed.[5] The Mercurys lasted until the 1950s, with the final survivor, the original Cleveland Mercury, making its last run on July 11, 1959.[6]

A fourth train, the James Whitcomb Riley between Chicago and Cincinnati, used the same design for its train sets and is considered part of the Mercury family, although it did not bear the Mercury name. The Riley debuted in 1941 and lasted into the Amtrak era, though no longer a streamliner.[7][8]

Design

In the mid-1930s, the New York Central launched an experiment to enhance its passenger traffic in the midwest. The goal was a new streamlined service focusing on speed and innovation. "Mercury," the name of the Roman god of messengers, was chosen for its connotations of speed; the name was announced to the public on May 14, 1936.[9] The new train was marketed as the "Train of Tomorrow"[10][11] (not to be confused with the General Motors concept train of the same name in the 1940s), reflecting the emphasis on innovation.

In 1934, Dreyfuss gained attention for the New York Central with his streamlined design for the Commodore Vanderbilt locomotive.[12] This was his first railroad design; he was best known for his work on consumer products like telephones, fountain pens, and vacuum cleaners. In 1935, the Central asked him to take on the new project.

Here is his description of how the plan developed:

The final designs were approved ... but when they were put out for bid prices were so out of line that the project was canceled. It was a heavy blow when I received the bad news, for the trains had been a major effort for our office. I decided to take the rest of the day off, and I boarded a train for the country. En route, traveling the railroad yards of Mott Haven, I saw the answer. I got off the train, returned to New York and suggested [to the Central president] that some of the used cars in the yards might be converted. Out of them the successful Mercurys were built at one quarter of the original figure. The Mercurys have been called a turning point in railroad design. They were the first streamliners done as a unit, inside and out, integrating everything from locomotives to dinner china.[13]

The train's first cars were rebuilt from surplus suburban commuter coaches like those that Dreyfuss saw unused. Wikipedia

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In an example of thesaurus-English, a word with a slightly incorrect connotation is used for a more common obvious word - in this case "big".

Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

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The orchid is a peculiar plant and shows the most developed and the widest variety of types. Unlike the roses, which are always symmetric and of the same type. The very word orchid has a aphrodisiac connotation, because it comes from the Greek word orchis (testicle) and for the first Greeks botanics the shape of the species in the region resembled the male reproductive organ.

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The cliffs north of Newquay at Watergate Bay

are epic, dramatic and magnificent.

No part is more iconic than the legendary

cliffs, stacks and beaches of Bedruthan Steps.

There are actual steps down to the beach,

that need regular repair, due to storm damage.

However, the word “steps” has another connotation.

Bedruthan, so the legend goes, was a local giant.

He used the stacks on the beach as

mere stepping stones to cross the bay

and summit the cliffs.

The surf here is exhilarating but the tide

and rip currents are particularly dangerous.

It is an excellent place to view the best of Cornwall,

but it is probably best advised to leave

swimming to the many safer beaches

around this marvellous coastline.

This beautiful shopping arcade in the centre of Turin was full of tourists in the day time so I thought it would worth an early morning visit to catch it like this.

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Translated from the Italian Wikipedia page : "The Galleria San Federico is a commercial building in the historic center of Turin. Built in the 1930s, it houses numerous business premises, offices and a historical cinema.

In 1931, at the suggestion of the mayor Thaon di Revel, he advanced the hypothesis of the restructuring of the previous Galleria Natta (later Geisser) present in the San Federico Island, creating a new covered commercial area that could be added to the already existing Galleria Subalpina. and Galleria Umberto I. The project was therefore inserted in the context of the imposing restructuring of Via Roma and the surrounding blocks that took place between 1931 and 1937; in 1932 the shipyard was started on the project of architect Federico Canova and engineer Vittorio Bonadè Bottino, who also took care of the simultaneous construction of the nearby Hotel Principi di Piemonte. The project was immediately distinguished by its connotations of modernity and prestige compared to the previous structure, providing ample space for shops, the construction of warehouses and underground garages and, in addition, numerous office spaces and a new cinema, replacing the old Cinema Meridiana . The works were characterized by their fast pace and ended in 1933, just one year after the opening of the construction site."

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Just empty shells

Crabs and snails would not be without their shells

Yet a shell often has a negative connotation as in shell game or shell corporation.

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The Triton, with a mighty trunk and erect and legs covered with scales, reclines his head in the act of blowing in a large cone-shaped shell, mighty straight with his arms; unlike traditional tritons, generally depicted with monstrous connotations, the Bernini statue has a more human appearance. In any case, from the buccina (or tortile shell) supported by Tritone comes a copious gush of water that, dripping from the grooves of the shell, finally collects in the pool below

The triton intends to announce to the world the pomp of the Pope or, according to other interpretations, symbolizes the immortality achieved through the study of the humanities, in reference to the remarkable literary skills of Urban VIII, composer among other things a remarkable collection of poems

The figure of the Triton is taken from the first book of the Metamorphoses of Ovid, where it is told of a merman who, emerging from the waves, plays in his buccina cava, so as to announce to the world the triumph of the gods. Bernini, in any case, for the figure of the triton was inspired by the Eagle fountain, realized by Stefano Maderno and placed in the Vatican gardens.

Il Tritone, con un tronco possente ed eretto e le gambe coperte di squame, reclina la testa all'indietro nell'atto di soffiare in una grossa conchiglia a forma di cono, possentemente retta con le braccia; a differenza dei tritoni tradizionali, in genere raffigurati con connotati mostruosi, la statua berniniana ha un aspetto più umano. In ogni caso, dalla buccina (o conchiglia tortile) retta da Tritone fuoriesce un copioso zampillo d'acqua che, sgocciolando dalle scanalature della conchiglia si raccoglie infine nella piscina sottostante

Il tritone intende annunciare al mondo il fasto del Pontefice oppure, secondo altre interpretazioni, simboleggia l'immortalità raggiunta attraverso lo studio delle discipline umanistiche, in riferimento alle notevoli doti letterarie di Urbano VIII, compositore tra l'altro di una ragguardevole raccolta di poemi

La figura del Tritone è ripresa dal primo libro delle Metamorfosi di Ovidio, dove si narra per l'appunto di un tritone che, emergendo dai flutti, suona nella sua buccina cava, così da annunciare al mondo il trionfo degli dei. Bernini, in ogni caso, per la figura del tritone trasse ispirazione dalla fontana dell'Aquila, realizzata da Stefano Maderno e collocata nei giardini Vaticani.

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The orchid is a peculiar plant and shows the most developed and the widest variety of types. Unlike the roses, which are always symmetric and of the same type. The very word orchid has a aphrodisiac connotation, because it comes from the Greek word orchis (testicle) and for the first Greeks botanics the shape of the species in the region resembled the male reproductive organ.

Sergiyev Posad

is a city and the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia.

It grew in the 15th century around one of the greatest of Russian monasteries, the Trinity Lavra established by St. Sergius of Radonezh.

The town status was granted to it in 1742.

As the town's name, alluding to St. Sergius, had strong religious connotations, the Soviet authorities changed first to just Sergiyev in 1919, and then to Zagorsk in 1930, in memory of the revolutionary Vladimir Zagorsky.

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The word autumn comes from the ancient Etruscan root autu- and has within it connotations of the passing of the year.[11] It was borrowed by the neighbouring Romans, and became the Latin word autumnus.[12] After the Roman era, the word continued to be used as the Old French word autompne (automne in modern French) or autumpne in Middle English,[13] and was later normalized to the original Latin. In the Medieval period, there are rare examples of its use as early as the 12th century, but by the 16th century, it was in common use.

Sérguiev Posad (Rusia) - Sergiyev Posad (Russia) - Се́ргиев Поса́д (Россия)

Sérguiev Posad (en ruso: Се́ргиев Поса́д), entre 1930 y 1991 llamada Zagorsk, es una ciudad rusa, al nordeste de Moscú. Contaba con 109.252 habitantes en el censo de 2008. Posee un importante conjunto monumental, el monasterio de la Trinidad y de San Sergio (siglos XV-XVIII), declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO.

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Sergiyev Posad (Russian: Се́ргиев Поса́д) is a city and the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 111,179 (2010 Census); 113,581 (2002 Census); 114,696 (1989 Census).

It was previously known as Sergiyev Posad (until 1919), Sergiyev (until 1930), Zagorsk (until 1991).

Sergiyev Posad grew in the 15th century around one of the greatest of Russian monasteries, the Trinity Lavra established by St. Sergius of Radonezh, still (as of 2015) one of the largest monasteries in Russia. Town status was granted to Sergiyev Posad in 1742. The town's name, alluding to St. Sergius, has strong religious connotations. Soviet authorities changed it first to just Sergiyev in 1919, and then to Zagorsk in 1930, in memory of the revolutionary Vladimir Mikhailovich Zagorsky

The original name was restored in 1991.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sergiyev Posad serves as the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with twenty-six rural localities, incorporated within Sergiyevo-Posadsky District as the City of Sergiyev Posad. As a municipal division, the City of Sergiyev Posad is incorporated within Sergiyevo-Posadsky Municipal District as Sergiyev Posad Urban Settlement.

Tourism associated with the Golden Ring plays a role in the regional economy. There is also an important toy factory.

The Moscow–Yaroslavl railway and highway pass through the town. Sergiyev Posad Bus Terminal is located in the city.

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El monasterio de la Trinidad y San Sergio (en ruso Тро́ице-Се́ргиева Ла́вра; o Tróitse-Sérguieva Lavra) en la ciudad de Sérguiev Posad (antiguo Zagorsk) es un importante monasterio ruso y centro espiritual de la iglesia ortodoxa rusa. Sérguiev Posad se encuentra a unos 70 kilómetros al noreste de Moscú en la carretera que va a Yaroslavl. Actualmente alberga a unos 300 monjes. Según la Unesco, que lo declaró Patrimonio de la Humanidad en 1993, se trata de «un buen ejemplo de monasterio ortodoxo en funcionamiento, con rasgos militares típicos de los siglos XV al XVIII, período durante el que se desarrolló.»

La iglesia principal de la Laura (monasterio), la catedral de la Asunción, recuerda la homónima catedral del Kremlin y alberga las tumbas de los Godunov.

Siendo monje de la Laura, Andréi Rubliov pintó, para el iconostasio de la catedral, su más célebre icono La Trinidad que actualmente se expone en la Galería Tretiakov de Moscú.

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The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius (Russian: Тро́ице-Се́ргиева Ла́вра) is the most important Russian monastery and the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. The monastery is situated in the town of Sergiyev Posad, about 70 km to the north-east from Moscow by the road leading to Yaroslavl, and currently is home to over 300 monks.

The monastery was founded in 1337 by one of the most venerated Russian saints, Sergius of Radonezh, who built a wooden church in honour of the Holy Trinity on Makovets Hill. Early development of the monastic community is well documented in contemporary lives of Sergius and his disciples.

In 1355, Sergius introduced a charter which required the construction of auxiliary buildings, such as refectory, kitchen, and bakery. This charter was a model for Sergius' numerous followers who founded more than 400 cloisters all over Russia, including the celebrated Solovetsky, Kirillov, and Simonov monasteries.

St. Sergius supported Dmitri Donskoi in his struggle against the Tatars and sent two of his monks, Peresvet and Oslyabya, to participate in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380). At the outbreak of the battle, Peresvet died in a single combat against a Tatar bogatyr. The monastery was devastated by fire, when a Tatar unit raided the area in 1408.

St. Sergius was declared patron saint of the Russian state in 1422. The same year the first stone cathedral was built by a team of Serbian monks who had found refuge in the monastery after the Battle of Kosovo. The relics of St. Sergius still may be seen in this cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The greatest icon painters of medieval Russia, Andrei Rublev and Daniil Chyorny, were summoned to decorate the cathedral with frescoes. Traditionally, Muscovite royals were baptized in this cathedral and held thanksgiving services here.

In 1476, Ivan III invited several Pskovian masters to build the church of the Holy Spirit. This graceful structure is one of the few remaining examples of a Russian church topped with a belltower. The interior contains the earliest specimens of the use of glazed tiles for decoration. In the early 16th century, Vasily III added the Nikon annex and the Serapion tent, where several of Sergius' disciples were interred.

It took 26 years to construct the six-pillared Assumption Cathedral, which was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible in 1559. The cathedral is much larger than its model and namesake in the Moscow Kremlin. The magnificent iconostasis of the 16th–18th centuries features Simon Ushakov's masterpiece, the icon of Last Supper. Interior walls were painted with violet and blue frescoes by a team of Yaroslavl masters in 1684. The vault contains burials of Boris Godunov, his family and several 20th-century patriarchs.

As the monastery grew into one of the wealthiest landowners in Russia, the woods where it had stood were cleared and a village (or posad) sprang up near the monastery walls. It gradually developed into the modern town of Sergiyev Posad. The cloister itself was a notable centre of chronicle-writing and icon painting. Just opposite the monastery walls St. Paraskeva's Convent was established, among whose buildings St. Paraskeva's Church (1547), Introduction Church (1547), and a 17th-century chapel over St. Paraskeva's well are still visible.

In 1550s, a wooden palisade surrounding the cloister was replaced with 1.5 km-long stone walls, featuring twelve towers, which helped the monastery to withstand a celebrated 16-month Polish-Lithuanian siege in 1608–1610. A shell-hole in the cathedral gates is preserved as a reminder of Wladyslaw IV's abortive siege in 1618.

By the end of the 17th century, when young Peter I twice found refuge within the monastery from his enemies, numerous buildings had been added. These include a small baroque palace of the patriarchs, noted for its luxurious interiors, and a royal palace, with its facades painted in checkerboard design. The refectory of St. Sergius, covering 510 square meters and also painted in dazzling checkerboard design, used to be the largest hall in Russia. The five-domed Church of John the Baptist's Nativity (1693–1699) was commissioned by the Stroganovs and built over one of the gates. Other 17th-century structures include the monks' cells, a hospital topped with a tented church, and a chapel built over a holy well discovered in 1644.

In 1744, Empress Elizabeth conferred on the cloister the dignity of a Lavra. The metropolitan of Moscow was henceforth also the Archimandrite of the Lavra. Elizabeth particularly favoured the Trinity and annually proceeded afoot from Moscow to the cloister. Her secret spouse Alexey Razumovsky accompanied her on such journeys and commissioned a baroque church to the Virgin of Smolensk, the last major shrine to be erected in the Lavra. Another pledge of Elizabeth's affection for the monastery is a white-and-blue baroque belltower, which, at 88 meters, was one of the tallest structures built in Russia up to that date. Its architects were Ivan Michurin and Dmitry Ukhtomsky.

Throughout the 19th century, the Lavra maintained its status as the richest Russian monastery. A seminary founded in 1742 was replaced by an ecclesiastical academy in 1814. The monastery boasted a supreme collection of manuscripts and books. Medieval collections of the Lavra sacristy attracted thousands of visitors. In Sergiyev Posad, the monastery maintained several sketes, one of which is a place of burial for the conservative philosophers Konstantin Leontiev and Vasily Rozanov.

After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Soviet government closed the lavra in 1920. Its buildings were assigned to different civic institutions or declared museums. In 1930, monastery bells, including the Tsar-Bell of 65 tons, were destroyed. Pavel Florensky and his followers prevented the authorities from stealing and selling the sacristy collection but overall many valuables were lost or transferred to other collections.

In 1945, following Joseph Stalin's temporary tolerance of the church during World War II, the Lavra was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. On April 16, 1946 divine service was renewed at the Assumption Cathedral. The lavra continued as the seat of the Moscow Patriarchate until 1983, when the patriarch was allowed to settle at the Danilov Monastery in Moscow. After that, the monastery continued as a prime centre of religious education. Important restoration works were conducted in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1993, the Trinity Lavra was inscribed on the UN World Heritage List.

The Lavra has a number of representative churches (podvorie or metochia) in its vicinity and throughout Russia. The Lavra's hieromonks have manned a number of sketes at remote locations (such as the Anzer Island in the Solovki Archipelago in the White Sea), as well as the Trinity Church on the King George Island in the Antarctic.

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Jami Masjid, Champaner, Gujarat, India

Jami Masjid (also known as, Jama Masjid; meaning "public mosque") in Champaner, Gujarat state, western India, is part of the Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is among the 114 monuments there which are listed by the Baroda Heritage Trust. It is located about 150 feet (46 m) east of the city walls (Jahdnpandh), near the east gate.

The mosque dates to 1513; construction was carried out over 25 years. It is one of the most notable monuments built by Sultan Mahmud Begada. The Mughal architecture is said to have drawn from the architecture of the Sultanates, which is a blend of Hindu religious connotations and workmanship with Muslim ethos; the large domes are indicative of such a mix.Restoration works were carried out in the 1890s.

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In the isolation of the dense fog, the smaller tree has no choice but to orient itself towards the older one in the foreground, to imitate it, and thus learn from it.

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