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Consider this a very late entry to the TBB Advent Calendar contest! Actually just some fun building practice before I start my next proper LEGO project.
"How great is our God--beyond our understanding! He draws up the drops of water... Who can understand how He spreads out the clouds, how He thunders from His pavilion? See how He scatters His lightning about Him... At this my heart pounds, and leaps from it's place... Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God's wonders."
-From Job 36 and 37
1) ci sono casi in cui basta fare click
2) ogni tanto, un controllo veloce alle vecchie foto non fa' mai male. Perché, come dissi tempo addietro, il proprio occhio cambia continuamente e le stesse foto non rimangono mai uguali.
3) inserii una foto molto simile tempo addietro, ma desaturata (totalmente)
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aggiornamento serale
tempo addietro: oggi, rileggendomi, noto come abbia scritto tempo addietro tempo addietro tempo addietro......
Some cynics consider punk dead. They have not listened to Anti-Flag. Here the rebellion, the defiance and the mohican live on. The four Americans have lots of the same activistic nerves as you find with Propagandhi or Rancid, all the while the melodic strengths are constantly present as found with NOFX or Green Day. The fact that Anti-flag has reached large audience crowds has not weakened the political agenda which is rarely long forgotten between the punk attacks at the loud concerts. Anti-Flag delivers strong kicks against the pricks. From the Bush dynasty to the world's beef-eating corporate fat cats with fat wallets.
I often consider myself delusional and a fantasist. I say that because I live as a man, more accurately I am actually a man, yet I have this desire to appear a a woman! As a teenager this confused me greatly and I became very withdrawn as the desire was pretty powerful. I have mentioned previously how discovering the word transvestite was my salvation, it set me free.
I used to fantasise a lot as a young man about things dreamed of doing as a girl. I would get upset that I had no breasts, my genitals were male and then feel distraught as I considered do I want to be a girl full time. The realisation was part of me did yet part me did not want that at all. I was straddling two powerful emotions which caused further withdrawal and confusion as tried to work it all out.
I was a quite a bland somewhat invisible figure as a teenager and still am as an adult man yet when I was eighteen i wanted to be a model. Not a male model a female model! How delusional was that? I wanted nothing more than a career n modelling as a girl and O wanted to be an actress. Alongside that though a parallel desire was running in tandem, I liked the idea of being a man that impersonated women, the thrill of being transvestite excited me. The whole notion of dressing up and illusion and doing something my upbringing would say was wrong had a hold on me. I loved the whole transformation and pretence of becoming what I really was not. The adventure was dressing up as a girl yet knowing I was really a boy. It was at times a reckless thing and eventually my lack of nerve caused me to suppress the whole thing.
As I grew into middle age it was inevitable the suppression would fail and I would become a practicing transvestite. Rather embarrassingly, I still had my fantasies of being a female model and an actress. By this point I was a bald middle aged man with a very dark beard shadow, what chance did I have of being a woman? My realisation of being delusional and a fantasist really hit home.
I am aware due to various experiences I’ve had of our mortality and that time can pass too quickly. I vividly remember driving to work one day and deciding ‘do you know what. I am going to try modelling as a woman’. Obviously I was not going to get hired by Vogue or Cosmopolitan and I thought how much I really wanted to do this. I wanted to turn up at a studio as a man, sit in a make-up chair and be painted up in heavy make-up for a studio shoot and pose as if I was a woman modelling on camera.
How though could I do this without being ridiculed? My answer was it was likely people would think I was odd but I had to have the experience I dreamed of. I decided I would hire a make-up artist and photographer with a studio. In my research I came across Jodie Lynn of The Boudoir dressing service. After a few e-mail exchanges and looking through her website I thought this was a great solution. A sympathetic make-up artist and photographer who had a business totally geared to transvestites and fulfilling their dreams.
I made the booking and after a very long trip south in July 2002 I fund myself one morning in London with a completely shaved body, plucked eyebrows finally sat in a make-up chair about to become a female for the day and step on to a photo set as a woman. When jodie painted on the first bit of make-up I almost feinted with a heady mix of emotions. I had dreamed of this moment since i was a teenager and now this was it, it was actually happening! I could barely speak and started to shake. Fortunately Jodie calmed me down and turned me into a woman.
this may sound mad but when I finally stepped onto the set for the photos my head kind of exploded internally, I felt reborn, I was suddenly empowered and a sensation of euphoria like i had never experienced consumed me. I caught sight of myself in make-up, long hair, painted nails, with breasts and wearing lingerie , female clothing and a joyous shout of ‘Yes!’ cried out inside me. I felt I had arrived after years of avoiding my true hopes.
I am sure I was a terrible model but this was pure one hundred percent indulgence and as Jodie and Mike the photographer did not know me I could cast off my inhibitions and become the woman I dreamed of being. I recall laughing a lot and daring to do things I had never ever done, it felt liberating and I did enjoy living out my fantasy.
Many would see me as pathetic and embarrassing for what I did but I needed to do it for myself. it was a selfish and also expensive indulgence yet it gave me so much and even now nearly thirteen years later I can still feel joy just recalling the whole day. That was how powerful the whole experience was for me, a lifelong dream had finally been set free.
La Nymphidium ascolia ascolia es una mariposa de la familia Riodinidae, subfamilia Riodininae, tribu Nymphidiini, que vimos al norte de Mocoa, en la carretera que conduce al resguardo indígena de Yunguillo.
Buscando, como siempre, en "learnaboutbutterflies" lo primero que debo reportarles es que este sitio web tiene a esta mariposa bajo una tribu diferente a la Nymphidiini, que es donde yo la tengo clasificada. En otras oportunidades les he contado que es muy común que se encuentren diferencias en estos temas y que yo, sin que eso signifique que sea dogma de fe ni palabra de matrimonio, me acojo siempre al sistema utilizado por Juan Guillermo Jaramillo V. y Kim Garwood, con la idea de tener una base de datos coherente. En cualquier caso la especie es la misma.
En "learnaboutbutterflies" pude leer que "la mancha blanca triangular en las alas delanteras, las anchas bandas blancas en las alas traseras y las marcas anaranjadas de esta mariposa se encuentran en 3 géneros de Riodinidae: Synargis, Juditha y Nymphidium. Estas últimas tienen un aspecto más delicado que las demás y tienen las alas delanteras más estrechas. Otras características que ayudan a distinguir a Nymphidium son las marcas submarginales ovoides de color blanco azulado y las barras anaranjadas en la zona discal de las alas delanteras.
Hay 33 especies de Nymphidium distribuidas de forma variada desde Belice hasta Bolivia, con el mayor número de especies en el alto Amazonas de Brasil, Ecuador y Perú. La mayoría son generalmente similares a las caricas, variando principalmente en la extensión de las marcas anaranjadas. En algunas especies el naranja es vestigial o está ausente, y en los mantos el naranja es reemplazado por un hermoso azul zafiro.
Nymphidium ascolia es una mariposa común y extendida, que se encuentra desde Guatemala hasta Bolivia y suele verse en hábitats alterados, como la selva tropical, los bosques ribereños y los bosques caducifolios húmedos, a altitudes de entre 0 y 800 m. Se puede encontrar en huecos de luz donde los árboles han caído, permitiendo que la luz del sol llegue al suelo, y también se puede ver a lo largo de senderos soleados y hábitats de borde de bosque".
Fuente (acudiendo al uso justo): www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Nymphidium%20a...
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Baeza es un municipio de España, la ciudad capital de dicho municipio y cabeza del partido judicial homónimo. Se encuentra en el mismo centro geográfico de la provincia de Jaén (en el noreste de la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía) enclavada en la comarca de La Loma de la que se considera su capital occidental.
En la actualidad es conocida por su ingente producción olivarera, su abundante legado monumental, y por ser sede universitaria desde el siglo XVI, albergando hoy día una de las sedes de la Universidad Internacional de Andalucía.
Denominada "Nido Real de Gavilanes" por el romancero, fue un punto clave en la conquista de al-Ándalus por los reyes cristianos; pasando definitivamente al reino de Castilla en 1227. Atalaya sobre el Guadalquivir, la posesión de su alcázar (considerado como inexpugnable) aseguró la retaguardia castellana, la vez que supuso una amenaza constante para los reinos islámicos situados al oeste y al sur del Guadalquivir; una amenaza que se hizo efectiva durante los más de dos siglos de lucha fronteriza que separaron la incorporación de Baeza al reino de Castilla y la caída del reino nazarí de Granada (1492).
Durante el período de gran crecimiento demográfico y económico que supuso la mayor parte del siglo XVI, y aún en parte del XVII, Baeza construyó sus edificios públicos y administrativos con alto sentido de capitalidad y con la más alta dignidad, conformando así, junto con las construcciones eclesiásticas, un tejido urbano caracterizado por una monumentalidad que ha dado a la ciudad un encanto especial a los ojos del visitante.
En 1943 se fundó en Baeza la academia de las escalas de Cabos y Guardias y de Suboficiales de la Guardia Civil.
Se encuentra a unos 48 km al noreste de la capital provincial, y limita por el este con el municipio de Úbeda, con el que comparte la capitalidad de la histórica Comarca de La Loma.
El 3 de julio de 2003, y tras varios años de intentos, la UNESCO declara finalmente a Baeza (junto a Úbeda) Patrimonio de la Humanidad. Este acontecimiento profundiza el relanzamiento de la ciudad al incrementar considerablemente el interés del sector turístico.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baeza_(España)
www.lonelyplanet.com/spain/andalucia/baeza
Baeza se asienta sobre un terreno que ha estado continuamente habitado, al menos desde la Edad del Bronce. Por esta razón, y a pesar de las sucesivas destrucciones sufridas por las construcciones de todos los períodos, la ciudad aún retiene un destacado patrimonio monumental en el que están representadas diversas culturas, períodos y estilos artísticos. En Baeza pueden contemplarse restos de la Edad del Bronce, de la Época Romana, y de la Hispania visigoda, islámica y cristiana. No obstante, el más rico patrimonio monumental conservado corresponde a los diversos estilos artísticos presentes en la Baeza cristiana: desde el tardo-románico y el gótico, al renacentista, manierista, barroco y neoclásico. No en vano en 2003 el casco histórico de la población, con su antigua ciudad intramuros, fue declarado Patrimonio Mundial por la Unesco.
Baeza, situada en la cornisa sur de la gran meseta que es La Loma, se asoma al valle del Guadalquivir desde un acantilado que domina un paisaje de cerros infinitos; dicho acantilado, visto desde el llano parece sustentar la catedral como un faro.
La ciudad originaria estaba edificada sobre este cerro y en torno a una ciudadela, hoy desconocida: el celebérrimo alcázar de Baeza, reputado como inexpugnable y dentro del cual se encontraban el castillo-palacio de la autoridad real y la iglesia (luego colegiata) de Santa María del Alcázar. Estas construcciones, lejos de surgir ex novo, fueron una continuación de similares edificaciones de los períodos oretano, cartaginés y romano; restos de los cuales aún pueden contemplarse en el cerro junto a otros de la precedente Edad del Bronce.
Desde esta atalaya entendemos que la ciudad fuera una gran plaza fuerte donde, un día, se remansó la gran epopeya reconquistadora revitalizada por Las Navas de Tolosa. No obstante, a fines del s. XV el alcázar fue derribado por mandato de la reina Isabel la Católica de modo que no siguiera siendo utilizado como defensa con ocasión de las pugnas nobiliarias que enfrentaban por entonces (como en toda Castilla) a los linajes dominantes de la ciudad (Carvajales y Benavides).
Consecuencia del derribo del alcázar, el cerro fue perdiendo pobladores hasta el punto de estar casi despoblado en el s. XVIII y trasladarse por ello la colegiata a la parroquia de San Andrés. También desaparecido el frente sur de la muralla, adyacente al alcázar, el paseo que lo reemplaza es hoy día un mirador excepcional sobre el valle alto del Guadalquivir, y el cerro mismo, un parque arqueológico de primer nivel pendiente de excavaciones más ambiciosas.
Su centro neurálgico es la Plaza de Santa María establecida en la baja edad media, y hasta el s. XIX, como sede de los poderes que rigen la ciudad: el civil y el religioso; en ella se encuentran hoy:
La Catedral de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora: edificada sobre la antigua mezquita que (según tradición histórica) había sido construida a su vez sobre un templo visigodo anterior, fue la primera consagrada en Andalucía con ocasión de la reconquista castellana.
Las Cancillerías góticas o Casas Consistoriales Altas: sede del concejo de la ciudad entre fines del s. XV y el s. XIX, cuando el consistorio municipal traslada su sede al antiguo palacio del corregidor.
La Fuente de Santa María: situada en el centro de la plaza fue edificada en el año 1564 para marcar la finalización de las obras de traída de aguas a la ciudad.
El Seminario de San Felipe Neri (1660): tiene fachada de buena sillería, puerta de medio punto, frontón partido y vítores estudiantiles.
Al norte de este conjunto, y junto a la Puerta del Barbudo, se halla la sede de la antigua universidad Santísima Trinidad, otra importante Institución eclesiástica de la Edad Moderna hoy Instituto. El edificio es de estilo manierista (fines del s. XVI) y consta de claustro, en torno al cual se organizan las dependencias universitarias, y una amplia capilla; contando cada uno de estos elemento con portada propia. Destaca, sobre la puerta de acceso al claustro, el medallón labrado con el tema de la Santísima Trinidad. En esa misma fachada pueden verse los escudos del canónigo Fernández de Córdoba (donante del edificio) timbrados con un impropio galero arzobispal.
De las primeras parroquias intramuros han desaparecido por completo la colegiata de Santa María, San Miguel y San Gil; solo permanecen:
Las Ruinas de la parroquia de San Pedro: iglesia románica de la que sólo se conservan el ábside (parcialmente visible al exterior) y restos considerables de la portada norte (dentro de propiedad particular). Parcelada en viviendas desde el s. XIX, su fábrica ha ido deteriorándose y se han abierto nuevos vanos en el ábside.
Las Ruinas de la parroquia de San Juan: iglesia tardorrománica de la que sólo se conservan los tres ábsides de la cabecera, el muro del lado del evangelio y los capiteles y basas de sus seis columnas. Recientemente, estos restos han sido consolidados y su acceso abierto al público.
La Iglesia de Santa Cruz
Esta última se halla en la plaza del mismo nombre frente al Palacio de Jabalquinto, el más destacado de la ciudad intramuros y uno de los emblemas de Baeza. Pero la ciudad intramuros está, además, plagada de rincones con otros palacios y casonas de interés, como la Casa de Avilés (mediados del s. XVI), la Casa de los Galeote (segunda mitad del s. XVI), la Casa de los Ávila (comienzos del s. XVII), la Casa de los Fuentecilla, la Casa de los Canónigos, el Palacio de los Obispos (todos del s. XVIII) o el Palacio Rubín de Ceballos (principios del s. XIX).
El trazado de la muralla históricamente conocida, y de la que aún subsisten importantes elementos, obedece a un diseño islámico del s. XI. No obstante, las edificaciones conservadas responden más bien a reconstrucciones cristianas posteriores.
La Plaza del Pópulo (o de Los Leones) está inmediatamente al norte de la ciudad amurallada y al oeste de El Paseo, organizándose en torno a la Puerta de Jaén, única construcción de la plaza perteneciente a la muralla; las otras edificaciones de la misma han ido añadiéndose en distintas épocas:
El Arco de Villalar: directamente a continuación de la Puerta de Jaén, fue erigido con ocasión de la visita del rey Carlos I (1526) y conmemora la victoria real en la batalla de Villalar.
La Casa del Pópulo: edificio plateresco que albergaba la audiencia civil y las escribanías públicas; hoy, oficina de turismo.
La Fuente de los Leones: manantial natural que la interpretación histórica tradicional postula monumento arqueológico procedente de la antigua ciudad iberorromana de Cástulo, hipótesis que se sustenta en la continuidad histórica deliberadamente mantenida con ocasión del traslado a Baeza de la capitalidad administrativa y episcopal de la desaparecida Cástulo. Según esta interpretación, parejas de felinos y équidos (actuando como surtidores) rodean una figura femenina identificada como Himilce. Más recientemente, se ha propuesto identificar esta fuente como previamente proveniente de un patio del alcázar.
La Antigua Carnicería (s. XVI): trasladada a su emplazamiento actual en los sesenta del s. XX, estaba originalmente apoyada contra la muralla en la antaño populosa plaza intramuros sita al otro lado de la Puerta de Jaén; hoy cumple las funciones de palacio de justicia del Partido judicial de Baeza.
Al este del conjunto anterior, más allá de El Paseo (plaza cuyo lado sur se antepone a la Puerta del Barbudo) encontramos:
La Torre de los Aliatares (o de los Altares): denominada así de acuerdo con la tradición que la hace, en tiempos anteriores a la reconquista, posesión del linaje musulmán de ese mismo nombre. Tiene veinticinco metros de altura, con almenas copiadas del Arco de Villalar y ostenta el reloj público de la ciudad.
Hacia el sureste de la anterior hallamos:
La Puerta de Úbeda: de las principales de la muralla; protegida por su torre albarrana hoy sólo conserva uno de sus arcos, habiendo sido desmantelados los otros dos en el s. XIX.
La actual Plaza de España, situada en el extremo noreste de lo que fue la ciudad amurallada; se conoce como tal la gran plaza edificada sobre la rambla por la que vienen a desaguar las tres colinas sobre las cuales se asienta la urbe. Su fisonomía es porticada, muy castellana. Servía de escenario para los eventos taurinos, fiestas y ajusticiamientos públicos. A partir del s. XIX fue cuando se convirtió en un paseo romántico.
En su lado sur encontramos la mencionada torre de Los Aliatares y La Alhondiga, e inmediatamente tras ella El Pósito. En su cara norte se hallan las Casas Consistoriales Bajas o Balcón del Concejo (s. XVII), lugar desde donde los munícipes presenciaban las corridas de toros celebradas en la plaza. Finalmente, y de este a oeste, también encontramos en las inmediaciones de su lado septentrional:
La Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción: capilla del antiguo hospital homónimo edificada a principios del s. XVII (el hospital desapareció en el s. XX).
Convento de San Francisco y Ruinas de la Capilla de los Benavides: sustituyendo un templo gótico construido en el que era tercer solar ocupado en Baeza por la comunidad franciscana, Diego de Valencia Benavides encargó en 1538 a Andrés de Vandelvira la construcción de la cabecera de un nuevo templo conventual, que habría de albergar su capilla funeraria y que acabó siendo la obra maestra de aquel artista y un hito de la arquitectura renacentista española. Lamentablemente el terremoto de Lisboa quebrantó la bóveda cruzada y la invasión napoleónica acabó de arruinar el templo.
Ayuntamiento de Baeza: magnífico edificio plateresco construido originalmente como Palacio de Justicia y Cárcel del Corregidor.
Milano real
(Milvus milvus)
Nuestro país cuenta con una considerable población reproductora de esta mediana rapaz, de coloración rojiza, cola ahorquillada y vuelo extraordinariamente ágil, al tiempo que acoge un importante contingente invernante de aves europeas. A pesar de su aparente abundancia, la población de milano real ha experimentado un acusado descenso en los últimos años. Durante la invernada, esta rapaz de tendencias bastante carroñeras forma dormideros comunales situados en bosquetes o pequeños sotos fluviales.
Descripción
Clasificación
Orden Falconiformes
Familia Accipitridae
Longitud 60-66 cm
Envergadura 154-170 cm
Identificación
En el plumaje de esta mediana rapaz dominan los tonos rojizos, profusamente rayados de oscuro en las regiones ventrales y con un característico aspecto orlado en el dorso debido a los bordes pálidos de las coberteras alares. La cabeza y el cuello, por su parte, presentan un tono gris pálido surcado por finas estrías muy oscuras. En vuelo resulta inconfundible, no solo por la extraordinaria habilidad con la que ejecuta todo tipo de maniobras y regates, sino por poseer una silueta característica, en la que destacan una cola profundamente ahorquillada, de color rojizo anaranjado, y unas largas alas acodadas y provistas de una mancha blanca muy visible. Cuando está posado, también resulta fácil diferenciarlo de otras rapaces de tamaño similar, además de por la forma de la cola, por poseer una figura bastante estilizada. Los jóvenes son similares a los adultos, aunque con una coloración general más clara y uniforme, sin el característico tono grisáceo de la cabeza y con la cola más corta y menos ahorquillada.
Canto
A veces, emite un sonido similar a un maullido algo aflautado, seguido de notas ascendentes y descendentes.
A shot from my recent photo session with model Rosetta. Here she's sitting down on one of the benches on the cemetary grounds. The greenery provided the illusion of voyeurism.
Do check out the other photos I've taken of Rosetta.
Sarah Chang, Es considerada una de las Mejores Violinistas de nuestros Tiempos, esta Ocasion es la Protagonista del Diseño. Me considera una Gran Admirador de ella.
El Objetivo de ste diseño, era lograr algo Solemne y a la vez muy Elegante. El Fondo inspirado en el diseño de Lady Symphonia "My Fall Will Be For You"
Espero les guste tanto como a mi. Ya que esta vez decidi aplicar nuevas tecnicas, tanto de Pintado como de Renderizacion 3d. Espero sea de su total Agrado :D
-You're Losser!
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Traditionally, the Tibetans consider the 7-eye bead to be the attention dZi bead.
That is, if you want to be heard, seen, noticed and remembered, then the 7 eye bead will help you with this.
Next, consider a more detailed description of the functions of this symbol.
Tibetan Dzi bead 7 eyes symbolizes the constellation Ursa Major. The 7 eyes of the Dzi bead represent the 7 stars from this constellation. In Tibet, it is believed that Ursa Major is a manifestation of the seven medicine buddhas.
The main task of these seven buddhas is to free all living beings from diseases of an external and internal nature. The main medicine buddha or guru of medicine is depicted with a blue body, which symbolizes wisdom and that he is an emanation of the healing power of all the buddhas. In his left hand he holds a cup filled with healing nectar, and in his right hand he holds a medicinal plant.
Medicine Buddha helps a person to awaken bodily and mental powers that we can use to heal ourselves and help other people. These are not some external forces that help us, this is what is inside us, in our consciousness. These are the dormant forces that can be awakened by meditation, awareness of the moment "now", visualization and other spiritual practices.
When awakened, this inner source exerts tremendous healing power. It opens the reserves of the human body and spirit and is able to most fully reveal the true personal potential of a person. Tibetan Dzi bead 7 eyes helps in revealing this inner potential.
Practical benefits
Due to its amazing qualities, the 7 eye Dzi bead is one of the most popular Tibetan beads. And every person striving for self-improvement should have it in his collection. Of course, nothing happens on its own, without work on yourself. But when wearing the 7 eye Dzi beads, accomplishments are easier than without her help.
Wearing it brings great abundance and good luck in business. This Dzi 7 eyes is good for starting new business. At the same time, incomes increase and the needs of its owner are satisfied most fully. It makes the path to achieving the goal smoother and calmer.
This seven-eyed Dzi is useful both in the social aspects of human existence and benefits its owner himself. Social aspects are work, business, family, relationships in the team and gaining fame in society. And it helps the person himself, bringing him health and longevity and helps to reveal the internal reserves of the body.
A Grande Sinagoga de Florença, também conhecida como Tempio Maggiore, Templo Principal, é, até hoje, considerada uma das mais belas da Europa. Sua cúpula de cobre, de cor azulada, está totalmente integrada à paisagem da cidade. Mantém, no entanto, uma singularidade e um charme todo especial em relação aos demais domos da área.
Construída para abrigar principalmente a comunidade sefaradita, a Grande Sinagoga, apesar de trazer sinais da influência mourisca, espanhola e portuguesa, é considerada um dos mais importantes exemplos da arquitetura mourisca, sintetizando com harmonia as características exóticas desse estilo. Inspirada na igreja bizantina de Hagia Sophia, em Constantinopla, foi projetada pelos arquitetos Marco Treves - judeu - Mariano Falcini e Vincenzo Micheli. Os três venceram um concurso organizado pelo Conselho Comunitário, em 1874, conquistando o direito de idealizar o templo na Via Farini, distrito de Santa Croce, próximo ao centro histórico.
A sinagoga foi construída graças à verba doada por David Levi, membro da comunidade judaica. Sua doação encerrou uma longa campanha de arrecadação de fundos, iniciada em 1840, em seguida à criação e destruição do gueto florentino. Levi queria que a sinagoga de Florença estivesse à altura da beleza da cidade. A obra iniciou-se em 1874 e durou oito anos. A cerimônia de inauguração, em 24 de outubro de 1882, contou com a presença de inúmeras personalidades, entre as quais, o rabino-chefe da comunidade, Jacob Maroni.
O estilo arquitetônico da Grande Sinagoga reflete uma mudança no modo de vida e no pensamento da comunidade judaica da Europa durante o processo de emancipação. Depois da Revolução Francesa, em 1789, os judeus receberam gradativamente maiores garantias de seus direitos civis, podendo viajar e participar em diversas atividades sócio-econômicas que até então lhes eram proibidas. Neste processo, procuraram maneiras de expressar essas transformações e as centenas de sinagogas suntuosas construídas na Europa ao longo do século XIX são um sinal inegável dessas mudanças e da necessidade dos judeus de serem, finalmente, aceitos como iguais pelos cidadãos dos países onde viviam.
Ladeado por um amplo jardim, o Tempio Maggiore impressiona imediatamente os visitantes. Os relevos das portas têm motivos geométricos e arabescos, como evidências concretas do estilo mourisco que impregna todo o edifício. Os mosaicos e afrescos foram feitos por Giovani Panti. Dividida em três alas, tem o seu centro na área onde está a Arca Sagrada - o Hechal - decorado por arabescos feitos por Giacomo Del Medico e iluminada pela luz da Chama Eterna. À esquerda, está o setor para o coral e, à direita, o órgão. A parte inferior do templo é destinada aos homens e a superior, às mulheres.
Ao sair da sinagoga, à direita, o visitante encontrará o Museu Judaico de História e Arte. Logo à entrada estão duas colunas de gesso, que representam o Monumento aos Deportados. A peça original está atualmente em Jerusalém. O Museu está dividido em dois setores, cujo objetivo é narrar a trajetória da comunidade judaica através de uma perspectiva histórica. Uma miniatura de madeira reproduz o antigo Gueto de Florença. Uma exposição de fotografias e achados arqueológicos mostra imagens do dia a dia no gueto. O Museu abriga, também, uma coleção de objetos religiosos e da vida cotidiana, entre os quais, instrumentos musicais, trajes para a circuncisão, duas ketubot (contratos de casamento), livros de rezas e outros.
Bibliografia :
Kurinsky, Samuel - Hebrew History Federation: Jewish History from the Archives of Florence and Cremona" "
medici.org/jewish/ www.firenzebraica.net
I consider myself a photographic hunter whenever I try to shoot these tiny little birds. They are so fast! I sit and wait for hours just for the opportunity to aim my camera at them. This was shot at 10am... the prime time for light at this location. The sun is still low and it highlights the hummingbird and the background in their natural colors.
Today is my birthday! Another year older and wiser... =)
“Good morning Sky, so how are you today?”
“I’m not sure Bertie, I haven’t had time to consider if I’m fine or not.”
“I’m sorry to hear that Sky, why are you so busy then?”
“I’ve been thunking, big serious thunks.”
“I see, so what are you thinking about Sky?”
“I can’t say Bertie, it wouldn’t be right.”
“Oh, in that case it may be best if you work it out for yourself or ask someone that is clever.”
“Now I have to try and remember where I was up to in my thunk. It is all so very complicated you see Bertie.”
“Good morning Bertie and Sky.” Said Posh bear sitting down beside them.
“Good morning Posh, Sky is thinking.” Said Bertie.
“What is he thinking about Bertie?”
“He couldn’t tell me and said it wouldn’t be right to tell me, so I don’t know.”
“What are you thinking about Sky?” Asked Posh Bear.
“I can’t say Posh.” He said looking at his two friends.
“Can you give us a clue then? We’ll try and guess if you like?” Said Bertie.
“No, I’m sorry but I can’t do that Bertie, it wouldn’t be right.”
“Why wouldn’t it be right Sky?” Asked Posh.
“I might give you a false clue by mistake, that wouldn’t be right.”
“Is it about honey, or maybe the man, Sky?”
“I was just having a big serious think Posh, that is all.”
“Yes, so Bertie told me. We are your friends Sky and we’d like to help you if we can.”
“I know Posh and thank you. I need to do more thunking.”
“If it is that difficult maybe you need to speak to Elli, I can see if she is awake for you if you like?”
“No, it is all right thanks, Bertie. I don’t think Elli can help either.”
“Well, if Elli can’t help it must be a very complicated think you are having, Sky.” Said Bertie.
“It is Bertie, it is very complicated. Maybe, just maybe you can help by answering one question. It is a very important question and I need you both to be totally sure of your answer.”
“Very well Sky, we’ll tell you if we can’t give you a definite answer.” Said Posh.
“Can either of you tell me… no it doesn’t matter.” Said Sky.
“It does matter Sky, as we want to answer your question.” Said Bertie.
Sky looked around to make sure that nobody else was listening.
“Very well, I need to know with total accuracy how long, sticky stuff will stick?”
“Why does that matter Sky? Have you stuck something and want it unstuck?” Asked Posh.
“No, I don’t touch the stuff it gets in the fur and takes ages to get out again. I just need to know how long it sticks for, so I can work something out.”
“I suppose it depends on what glue was used Sky and also what it was sticking.” Said Bertie after some thought.
“Yes, and also if the right adhesive was used and how long it was given to dry out properly.” Added Posh.
“Aaaaw dear, that is bad news. Are you sure?”
“Yes Sky.” They answered in unison.
“What is the difference between sticky stuff, glue and adhesive then?”
“No difference at all, just different titles for the same thing Sky.” Said Posh.
“So, what is this all about Sky?”
“It’s so complicated Bertie. I was looking at the man the other evening and he had a thing called a globe. It is a ball-shaped thing and I heard him saying it was how the world really looked.”
“Yes, that is right Sky, it is nothing to worry about though. Did you think the world was flat then Sky?”
“How can you say that Posh? No, I didn’t think it was flat, I just hadn’t made my mind up. Looking at the round thing half the world is upside down so what happens when the glue gives up? It could all fall off and what about all that water? It could rain everywhere for weeks if that big sea fell off. Imagine being on the moon and suddenly half the world came crashing down on the marshmallow mines and all the cheese would be flat like that stuff the man uses. Yuck! Then just imagine all that honey going to waste!”
“Don’t worry Sky it won’t happen because of a thing called gravity. It keeps everything in place and has done so for longer than even the man has been alive. It is a very clever thing, gravity, we don’t see it, don’t feel it, can’t hear it, don’t smell it and yet we know that it is all around us.” Said Posh.
“So, our friends in Australia and New Zealand won’t be relocating to the moon or somewhere else then Posh?”
“No Sky, I think you can be sure that they are staying with us on earth. Now that is out of the way, who would like some honey?” Asked Posh.
“Anyway Sky, I heard Elli say just yesterday that we can’t lose half the world as Google wouldn’t allow it, having mapped it all out!” Added Bertie. “Honey? That would be nice Posh, thank you.”
“What about you Sky?” Asked Posh.
“Can I just eat the honey and not eat the “gravy” that might come with it, as we don’t want to eat it all up, Posh?”
“Good idea Sky, we’ll all do that. We’ll leave the gravy.” Said Bertie as Posh Bear smiled and nodded his head.
El monasterio de San Pedro de Cardeña es una abadía trapense situada en el término municipal de Castrillo del Val, a 10 km del centro de Burgos (España). Actualmente, está considerado como BIC (Bien de Interés Cultural). Fue declarado Monumento histórico-artístico perteneciente al Tesoro Artístico Nacional mediante decreto de 3 de junio de 1931. En 2015, en la aprobación por la Unesco de la ampliación del Camino de Santiago en España a «Caminos de Santiago de Compostela: Camino francés y Caminos del Norte de España», España envió como documentación un «Inventario Retrospectivo - Elementos Asociados» (Retrospective Inventory - Associated Components) en el que en el n.º 979 figura el monasterio de San Pedro de Cardeña.
El monasterio se habrá fundado antes de 902 cuando el conde de Lantarón y de Cerezo, Gonzalo Téllez y su esposa Flámula realizaron la primera donación documentada al cenobio el 24 de septiembre de ese año de una serna en Pedernales y unas eras de sal.
En los siglos IX o X sus monjes fueron martirizados por los musulmanes, canonizados en 1603 y conocidos como los «Mártires de Cardeña». El monasterio gozaba de gran popularidad con gran afluencia de devotos, entre los que se encontraban el rey Felipe III de España y su esposa la reina Doña Margarita de Austria. Una de sus preciadas reliquias, la cabeza de su abad San Esteban, fue trasladada al Monasterio de Celanova; también se encuentran dos urnas en el Monasterio de la Huelgas y otra en la Catedral de Burgos.
Cada año, el 6 de agosto, aniversario del martirio, la tierra del claustro donde fueron sepultados los mártires, se teñía de un color rojizo que parecía sangre. El milagroso prodigio, ampliamente testificado, se repite hasta finales del siglo XIV. El año 1674 ya una vez levantado el nuevo claustro de estilo herreriano se reprodujo el hecho, personándose el arzobispo Enrique de Peralta, que vivamente impresionado encargó un estudio, interviniendo médicos y teólogos. Recogió el líquido, coaguló al ser puesto en agua hirviendo.
El 1 de febrero de 1967 un violento incendio destruyó las tres cuartas partes del monasterio, habitado desde 1942 por la abadía trapense de Nuestra Señora de los Mártires.
La prosperidad del monasterio en la época altomedieval se refleja en la calidad de su scriptorium, en el que el monje Endura realizó obras extraordinarias.
El Beato de San Pedro de Cardeña fue realizado entre los años 1175 y 1180, cuenta con 290 páginas y 51 miniaturas. 127 folios se encuentran en el Museo Arqueológico Nacional de Madrid, dos en la Biblioteca Francisco de Zabálburu, también en Madrid (donde también se halla el Cartulario de San Pedro de Cardeña), uno en el Museo Diocesano de Gerona y otros quince en el Museo Metropolitano de Arte de Nueva York.
Desde la sala capitular, que data del siglo XIII, se divisa a través de grandes cristaleras el claustro románico, que data del siglo XII. Compuesto por arquería de medio punto sobre columnas únicas que descansan sobre fustes robustos y coronadas de capiteles que imitan el estilo corintio. Los arcos recuerdan en su decoración a los de la mezquita de Córdoba por su policromía, alternando los colores blanco y rojo. En la pared izquierda se encuentran unas antiquísimas piedras cuya inscripción recuerda el trágico suceso.
Para construir esta iglesia de tres naves se destruyó la románica, aunque afortunadamente se salvó la torre, legítimo recuerdo cidiano. Reedificada en el siglo XVI, consta de tres naves, con una capilla aneja, denominada capilla de El Cid, ya que allí fue enterrado, y permaneció antes de su traslado a la catedral de Burgos. La fachada de la iglesia es de estilo barroco.
En el lateral derecho de la iglesia gótica, se abre una capilla barroca que data de 1753 a la que fueron trasladados los restos del Cid Campeador y su esposa Jimena. En las paredes de esta estancia llamada «Capilla de los Héroes», hay 29 nichos con inscripciones de nombres de reyes y familiares del Cid.
Según el Cantar de mio Cid y las tradiciones posteriores, antes de marchar al destierro, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar dejó en San Pedro de Cardeña, al amparo del abad Sancho (que la crítica ha identificado con Sisebuto de Cardeña atribuyendo una confusión al autor del Cantar), a su esposa Doña Jimena y a sus hijas, aunque este hecho no está atestiguado por pruebas históricas. En el primer destierro de 1081, las propiedades de Rodrigo Díaz no le fueron enajenadas, y la familia del Cid pudo seguir residiendo en sus casas. En el segundo, de 1089, la familia fue presa por mandato de Alfonso VI en un castillo, quizá Gormaz, para reunirse con el Campeador poco después.
El enterramiento del Cid en San Pedro de Cardeña no fue debido a la voluntad personal de Rodrigo Díaz. A su muerte en 1099 fue inhumado en la catedral de Valencia, por lo que solo en 1102, tras tener que abandonar Jimena Díaz la plaza levantina, fueron trasladados sus restos al cenobio cardeniense. Allí permaneció durante algunos años su cuerpo embalsamado y sentado en un escaño del presbiterio. Desde ese momento se generaron allí una serie de narraciones de carácter hagiográfico que hacia 1280 constituyeron un corpus conocido como Leyenda de Cardeña cuyo propósito fue vincular al Cid con el monasterio de Cardeña, con el que en vida había tenido escasa relación. Estos materiales legendarios se incorporaron a la Versión sanchina de la Estoria de España o Crónica de veinte reyes, que puede datarse entre 1282 y 1284. En el siglo XIV el monasterio caradignense estimuló el culto a las reliquias cidianas, en cuyo contexto se redactó el Epitafio épico del Cid y, posiblemente, se encargara o elaborara, a partir de un ejemplar tomado en préstamo, el códice con la copia de 1325–1330 en el que se conserva el Cantar de mio Cid. En el claustro nuevo una lápida recuerda el lugar que ocupaba su sepulcro.
En la explanada situada frente a la fachada principal, en la que aparece una imagen ecuestre del Cid Campeador, hay una estatua del Sagrado Corazón, y a la izquierda un monolito con leyenda alusiva al caballo Babieca. Coincide con el lugar donde una creencia tradicional considera que fue sepultado el animal.
En el monasterio se conserva la bodega románica más antigua de España en uso comercial, donde se elabora el tinto Valdevegón con uva de La Rioja. Y también un licor llamado Tizona del Cid, hecho con unas 30 hierbas que maceran en barricas de roble. En 2016 se convierte en el primer monasterio español en producir cerveza trapense, la cerveza Cardeña.
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The monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña is a Trappist abbey located in the municipality of Castrillo del Val, 10 km from the center of Burgos (Spain). Currently, it is considered as BIC (Asset of Cultural Interest). It was declared a Historic-Artistic Monument belonging to the National Artistic Treasure by decree of June 3, 1931. In 2015, in the approval by Unesco of the extension of the Camino de Santiago in Spain to «Roads of Santiago de Compostela: French Way and Roads Northern Spain ", Spain sent as documentation a" Retrospective Inventory - Associated Components "in which the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña is listed in No. 979.
The monastery will have been founded before 902 when the count of Lantarón and Cerezo, Gonzalo Téllez and his wife, Flámula, made the first documented donation to the monastery on September 24 of that year of a serna in Pedernales and some salt eras.
In the 9th or 10th centuries its monks were martyred by the Muslims, canonized in 1603 and known as the "Martyrs of Cardeña." The monastery enjoyed great popularity with a large influx of devotees, among whom were King Felipe III of Spain and his wife, Queen Doña Margarita of Austria. One of his precious relics, the head of his abbot San Esteban, was transferred to the Monastery of Celanova; There are also two urns in the Monastery of La Huelgas and another in the Cathedral of Burgos.
Every year, on August 6, the anniversary of the martyrdom, the ground of the cloister where the martyrs were buried was stained a reddish color that looked like blood. The miraculous prodigy, widely witnessed, is repeated until the end of the fourteenth century. In 1674, once the new Herrerian-style cloister was erected, the event was reproduced, with the appearance of Archbishop Enrique de Peralta, who, greatly impressed, commissioned a study, involving doctors and theologians. He collected the liquid, it coagulated when put in boiling water.
On February 1, 1967, a violent fire destroyed three-quarters of the monastery, inhabited since 1942 by the Trappist Abbey of Our Lady of the Martyrs.
The prosperity of the monastery in the high medieval era is reflected in the quality of its scriptorium, in which the monk Endura carried out extraordinary works.
The Beatus of San Pedro de Cardeña was made between the years 1175 and 1180, it has 290 pages and 51 miniatures. 127 pages are in the National Archaeological Museum of Madrid, two in the Francisco de Zabálburu Library, also in Madrid (where the Cartulary of San Pedro de Cardeña is also found), one in the Diocesan Museum of Gerona and another fifteen in the Museum Metropolitan of Art of New York.
From the chapter house, which dates from the 13th century, you can see through large windows the Romanesque cloister, which dates from the 12th century. Composed of semicircular arches on unique columns that rest on robust shafts and crowned with capitals that imitate the Corinthian style. The arches in their decoration are reminiscent of those of the Cordoba mosque due to their polychrome, alternating white and red colors. On the left wall are some ancient stones whose inscription recalls the tragic event.
To build this church with three naves, the Romanesque was destroyed, although fortunately the tower, a legitimate Cidian memory, was saved. Rebuilt in the 16th century, it consists of three naves, with an attached chapel, called the El Cid Chapel, since he was buried there, and remained before his transfer to the Burgos Cathedral. The facade of the church is in the Baroque style.
On the right side of the Gothic church, there is a baroque chapel dating from 1753 to which the remains of the Cid Campeador and his wife Jimena were transferred. On the walls of this room called "Capilla de los Héroes", there are 29 niches with inscriptions of the names of kings and relatives of the Cid.
According to the Cantar de mio Cid and later traditions, before going into exile, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar left in San Pedro de Cardeña, under the protection of Abbot Sancho (who the critic has identified with Sisebuto de Cardeña attributing a confusion to the author of the Cantar ), his wife Doña Jimena and their daughters, although this fact is not attested by historical evidence. In the first exile in 1081, Rodrigo Díaz's properties were not alienated from him, and the Cid family was able to continue residing in his houses. In the second, in 1089, the family was imprisoned by order of Alfonso VI in a castle, perhaps Gormaz, to meet with the Campeador shortly after.
The burial of the Cid in San Pedro de Cardeña was not due to the personal will of Rodrigo Díaz. Upon his death in 1099 he was buried in the cathedral of Valencia, so that only in 1102, after Jimena Díaz had to leave the Levantine square, were his remains transferred to the Cardenian monastery. His body remained there for some years, embalmed and seated on a bench in the presbytery. From that moment on, a series of hagiographic narratives were generated there, which around 1280 constituted a corpus known as the Leyenda de Cardeña whose purpose was to link the Cid with the Cardeña monastery, with which in life he had had little relationship. These legendary materials were incorporated into the Sanchina Version of the Estoria de España or Chronicle of Twenty Kings, which can be dated between 1282 and 1284. In the 14th century, the Caradignense monastery stimulated the cult of Cidian relics, in which context the Epitaph was written. epic of the Cid and, possibly, the codex with the copy of 1325–1330 in which the Cantar de mio Cid is preserved, was commissioned or elaborated from a borrowed copy. In the new cloister a tombstone recalls the place occupied by his tomb.
On the esplanade in front of the main façade, in which an equestrian image of the Cid Campeador appears, there is a statue of the Sacred Heart, and on the left a monolith with a legend alluding to the Babieca horse. It coincides with the place where a traditional belief considers that the animal was buried.
The monastery houses the oldest Romanesque winery in Spain in commercial use, where the red Valdevegón is made with grapes from La Rioja. And also a liqueur called Tizona del Cid, made with about 30 herbs that are macerated in oak barrels. In 2016 it became the first Spanish monastery to produce Trappist beer, Cardeña beer.
I would consider inline skating on Yonge Street in Toronto, while listening to music, a dangerous sport.
Explored February 26, 2013 #132.
A simple portrait of a stunning young woman.
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Taking inspiration from my bestie Gemma and her videos, here is a little 'twirly' video of me in my girly bedroom!
Four candy-pink, Ranunculus, beauties.
Persian buttercup (Ranunculus asiaticus) is a perennial plant that can grow to be a foot and a half tall. They have blooms that resemble roses, with simple , like HERE, or branched stems.
The petals are often highly lustrous, some species are popular ornamental flowers in horticulture, with many cultivars selected for large and brightly coloured flowers.
What got me 'in' to 'flower-photography', was that I was fascinated by ‘light’ and wanted to know more about lighting...
That was 27 years ago, started with painting and evolved into photography. Flowers seemed the perfect subject matter, because of their different colours, shapes, textures, great variety and 'characters', I'd had many a garden, grown my own, so, I started out with an advantage, I knew about flowers...
I found a niche in the market, for 15 years now people have been 'raving' about them, asking me how I 'do' it? Copying, imitating and stealing, photos, words and even titles. They say it is the highest ‘accolade’ for an artist? LOL.
There is NO magic formula, each flower is unique and treated as such! I do NOT consider myself a 'flower-photographer' but a a photographer who knows how to use lighting well...
Glad you enjoy them.
Giving my flowers SOUL? My Soul Flowers on youtube and Studio Flowers 2011
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Another point that moderns do not grasp, is that there is no reason for necessarily seeking the cause of a phenomenon on the plane where it is produced, and that on the contrary one has to consider the possibility of a non-material cause, above all when it is a question of a phenomenon whose beginning is unknown a priori, and unknowable materially, as is the origin of living beings.
Transformist evolutionism is the classical example of the bias that invents "horizontal" causes because one does not wish to admit a "vertical" dimension: one seeks to extort from the physical plane a cause that it cannot furnish and that is necessarily situated above matter.
Even within the order of physical causes, one has to take into account the simultaneous presence of the immanent metaphysical Cause: if a seed is the immediate cause of a plant, it is because the divine archetype intervenes in the physical causality. Geometrically speaking, causes can be situated on the "concentric circles" that constitute the Universe, but other causes - and with all the more reason the First Cause - are situated at the Center and act through the radii emanating from it.
The divine Intellect contains the archetypes of creation, and it is starting from this Cause - or from this causal system - at a given cyclic "moment" of the cosmogonic process, that the "ideas" are "incarnated" which will be manifested in the form of contingent creatures.
We do not ask physicists to be content with an anthropomorphic and naive creationism; but at least it would be logical on their part - since they aim at a total and
flawless science - to try to understand the traditional ontocosmological doctrines, especially the Hindu doctrine of the envelopes (kosha) of the Self (Atma): a doctrine that, precisely, presents the Universe as a system of circles proceeding from the Center-Principle to that extreme limit which for us is matter.
For human science does not derive solely from the need to know and to register; more profoundly its origin is the thirst for the essential; now the sense of essentiality attracts us toward shores other than those of the limited plane of physical phenomena alone.
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Frithjof Schuon: Roots of the Human Condition
HMS Queen Elizabeth, Liverpool 27.3.22
HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) is the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth class of aircraft carriers and the Fleet Flagship of the Royal Navy. Capable of carrying 60 aircraft including fixed wing, rotary wing and autonomous vehicles,[18] she is named in honour of the first HMS Queen Elizabeth, a World War I era super-dreadnought, which in turn was named after Queen Elizabeth I. The carrier Queen Elizabeth carries her namesake ship's honours, as well as her Tudor rose-adorned crest and motto.
The ship began sea trials in June 2017,[19] was commissioned on 7 December 2017 and entered service in 2020
Due to the absence of catapults or arrestor wires, Queen Elizabeth is designed to operate V/STOL aircraft. The air wing will typically consist of F-35B Lightning II multirole fighters and Merlin helicopters for airborne early warning and anti-submarine warfare. The design emphasises flexibility, with accommodation for 250 Royal Marines and the ability to support them with attack helicopters and large troop transports such as Chinooks. She is the second Royal Navy vessel to bear the name Queen Elizabeth, and is based at HMNB Portsmouth
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Friday night pictures from an epic, incredible weekend in Leeds. As well as the usual Leeds First Friday event, we were also staying for Leeds Pride on the Sunday - my very first Pride. I met so many wonderful people and had an amazing time, one I will never ever forget.
Cute BFF photos of the two of us. Gemma had to stack 2 selfie sticks together to get these shots! Well worth it, they came out great!
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
- Bible, Matthew (ch. VII, v. 28-29)
I would consider this structure North Carolina's mightiest bridge. For a state with so much coastline this does not say much. The gray skeleton towers, purely functional in appearance, and the massive concrete supports make one feel small at ground level. The numerous angles formed in the truss, along with its elongated shape that gives it the appearance of having small openings, bring to mind images of irregularly-shaped cages. The rumble of cars over the bumpy metal grate sound like a fearsome beast in a dream. From this view, near the boat ramp, it looks like a stretched-out H or a tipped-over I, with a hump in the middle. It is one of the few bridges in the state that arouses both fear and excitement when crossing.
O Parque da Cidade é o maior parque urbano do país, com uma superfície de 83 hectares de áreas verdes naturalizadas que se estendem até ao Oceano Atlântico, conferindo-lhe este facto, uma particularidade rara a nível mundial.
O Parque da Cidade do Porto, da autoria do arquitecto paisagista Sidónio Pardal, tem cerca de 10 km de caminhos. O parque é uma paisagem sofisticadamente arquitectada, com lagos, flora e fauna variada, integrada no tecido da cidade. A modelação do terreno, os elementos de pedra e o arvoredo criam interioridades particularmente aprazíveis onde o visitante não percebe que está numa área densamente povoada.
The Parque da Cidade do Porto is the largest urban park in the country with an area of 83 hectares of green areas extending to the Atlantic Ocean.
The park , designed by landscape architect Sidónio Pardal, has 10 km of paths. The park is an exquisitely crafted landscape, with lakes, flora and fauna, integrated into the fabric of the city. The modeling of the terrain, the elements of stone and trees create pleasant interiorities particularly where the visitor does not realize that it is a densely populated area.
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I don't consider myself to be scared of heights, though being near the railing by a HUGE cliff was a bit much and it was really hard for me to work up the courage to steady myself on said railing to ge the shot. Took this before heading to the bar for a night of phototalk with the Pittsburgh photography meet-up group. It's the second time I've gone and I can't wait to go agin, a lot of really nice people and learned a bit about photos too :-)
An Air Force Lockheed Martin F-22 "Raptor" assigned to the 3rd Wing flies over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2018. The Lockheed Martin F-22 "Raptor" is the U.S. Air Force’s premium fifth-generation fighter asset.
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The Lockheed Martin F-22 "Raptor" is a fifth-generation, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The result of the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, the aircraft was designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, but also has ground attack, electronic warfare, and signal intelligence capabilities. The prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, built most of the F-22's airframe and weapons systems and conducted final assembly, while Boeing provided the wings, aft fuselage, avionics integration, and training systems.
The aircraft was variously designated F-22 and F/A-22 before it formally entered service in December 2005 as the F-22A. Despite its protracted development and various operational issues, USAF officials consider the F-22 a critical component of the service's tactical air power. Its combination of stealth, aerodynamic performance, and situational awareness enable unprecedented air combat capabilities.
Service officials had originally planned to buy a total of 750 ATFs. In 2009, the program was cut to 187 operational production aircraft due to high costs, a lack of clear air-to-air missions due to delays in Russian and Chinese fighter programs, a ban on exports, and development of the more versatile F-35. The last F-22 was delivered in 2012.
Development
Origins
In 1981, the U.S. Air Force identified a requirement for an Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) to replace the F-15 "Eagle" and F-16 "Fighting Falcon". Code named "Senior Sky", this air-superiority fighter program was influenced by emerging worldwide threats, including new developments in Soviet air defense systems and the proliferation of the Su-27 "Flanker"- and MiG-29 "Fulcrum"-class of fighter aircraft. It would take advantage of the new technologies in fighter design on the horizon, including composite materials, lightweight alloys, advanced flight control systems, more powerful propulsion systems, and most importantly, stealth technology. In 1983, the ATF concept development team became the System Program Office (SPO) and managed the program at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The demonstration and validation (Dem/Val) request for proposals (RFP) was issued in September 1985, with requirements placing strong emphasis on stealth and supercruise. Of the seven bidding companies, Lockheed and Northrop were selected on 31 October 1986. Lockheed teamed with Boeing and General Dynamics while Northrop teamed with McDonnell Douglas, and the two contractor teams undertook a 50-month Dem/Val phase, culminating in the flight test of two technology demonstrator prototypes, the YF-22 and the YF-23, respectively.
Dem/Val was focused on risk reduction and technology development plans over specific aircraft designs. Contractors made extensive use of analytical and empirical methods, including computational fluid dynamics, wind-tunnel testing, and radar cross-section calculations and pole testing; the Lockheed team would conduct nearly 18,000 hours of wind-tunnel testing. Avionics development was marked by extensive testing and prototyping and supported by ground and flying laboratories. During Dem/Val, the SPO used the results of performance and cost trade studies conducted by contractor teams to adjust ATF requirements and delete ones that were significant weight and cost drivers while having marginal value. The short takeoff and landing (STOL) requirement was relaxed in order to delete thrust-reversers, saving substantial weight. As avionics was a major cost driver, side-looking radars were deleted, and the dedicated infra-red search and track (IRST) system was downgraded from multi-color to single color and then deleted as well. However, space and cooling provisions were retained to allow for future addition of these components. The ejection seat requirement was downgraded from a fresh design to the existing McDonnell Douglas ACES II. Despite efforts by the contractor teams to rein in weight, the takeoff gross weight estimate was increased from 50,000 lb (22,700 kg) to 60,000 lb (27,200 kg), resulting in engine thrust requirement increasing from 30,000 lbf (133 kN) to 35,000 lbf (156 kN) class.
Each team produced two prototype air vehicles for Dem/Val, one for each of the two engine options. The YF-22 had its maiden flight on 29 September 1990 and in flight tests achieved up to Mach 1.58 in supercruise. After the Dem/Val flight test of the prototypes, on 23 April 1991, Secretary of the USAF Donald Rice announced the Lockheed team as the winner of the ATF competition. The YF-23 design was considered stealthier and faster, while the YF-22, with its thrust vectoring nozzles, was more maneuverable as well as less expensive and risky. The aviation press speculated that the Lockheed team's design was also more adaptable to the U.S. Navy's Navalized Advanced Tactical Fighter (NATF), but by 1992, the Navy had abandoned NATF.
Production and procurement
As the program moved to full-scale development, or the Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) stage, the production version had notable differences from the YF-22, despite having a broadly similar shape. The swept-back angle of the leading edge was decreased from 48° to 42°, while the vertical stabilizers were shifted rearward and decreased in area by 20%. To improve pilot visibility, the canopy was moved forward 7 inches (18 cm), and the engine intakes moved rearward 14 inches (36 cm). The shapes of the wing and stabilator trailing edges were refined to improve aerodynamics, strength, and stealth characteristics. Increasing weight during development caused slight reductions in range and maneuver performance.
Prime contractor Lockheed Martin Aeronautics manufactured the majority of the airframe and performed final assembly at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia; program partner Boeing Defense, Space & Security provided additional airframe components as well as avionics integration and training systems. The first F-22, an EMD aircraft with tail number 4001, was unveiled at Marietta, Georgia, on 9 April 1997, and first flew on 7 September 1997. Production, with the first lot awarded in September 2000, supported over 1,000 subcontractors and suppliers from 46 states and up to 95,000 jobs, and spanned 15 years at a peak rate of roughly two airplanes per month. In 2006, the F-22 development team won the Collier Trophy, American aviation's most prestigious award. Due to the aircraft's advanced nature, contractors have been targeted by cyberattacks and technology theft.
The USAF originally envisioned ordering 750 ATFs at a total program cost of $44.3 billion and procurement cost of $26.2 billion in fiscal year (FY) 1985 dollars, with production beginning in 1994. The 1990 Major Aircraft Review led by Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney reduced this to 648 aircraft beginning in 1996. By 1997, funding instability had further cut the total to 339, which was again reduced to 277 by 2003. In 2004, the Department of Defense (DoD) further reduced this to 183 operational aircraft, despite the USAF's preference for 381. A multi-year procurement plan was implemented in 2006 to save $15 billion, with total program cost projected to be $62 billion for 183 F-22s distributed to seven combat squadrons. In 2008, Congress passed a defense spending bill that raised the total orders for production aircraft to 187.
The first two F-22s built were EMD aircraft in the Block 1.0 configuration for initial flight testing, while the third was a Block 2.0 aircraft built to represent the internal structure of production airframes and enabled it to test full flight loads. Six more EMD aircraft were built in the Block 10 configuration for development and upgrade testing, with the last two considered essentially production quality jets. Production for operational squadrons consisted of 37 Block 20 training aircraft and 149 Block 30/35 combat aircraft; one of the Block 35 aircraft is dedicated to flight sciences at Edwards Air Force Base.
The numerous new technologies in the F-22 resulted in substantial cost overruns and delays. Many capabilities were deferred to post-service upgrades, reducing the initial cost but increasing total program cost. As production wound down in 2011, the total program cost is estimated to be about $67.3 billion, with $32.4 billion spent on Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) and $34.9 billion on procurement and military construction (MILCON) in then year dollars. The incremental cost for an additional F-22 was estimated at about $138 million in 2009.
Ban on exports
The F-22 cannot be exported under US federal law to protect its stealth technology and other high-tech features. Customers for U.S. fighters are acquiring earlier designs such as the F-15 "Eagle" and F-16 "Fighting Falcon" or the newer F-35 "Lightning II", which contains technology from the F-22 but was designed to be cheaper, more flexible, and available for export. In September 2006, Congress upheld the ban on foreign F-22 sales. Despite the ban, the 2010 defense authorization bill included provisions requiring the DoD to prepare a report on the costs and feasibility for an F-22 export variant, and another report on the effect of F-22 export sales on U.S. aerospace industry.
Some Australian politicians and defense commentators proposed that Australia should attempt to purchase F-22s instead of the planned F-35s, citing the F-22's known capabilities and F-35's delays and developmental uncertainties. However, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) determined that the F-22 was unable to perform the F-35's strike and close air support roles. The Japanese government also showed interest in the F-22 for its Replacement-Fighter program. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) would reportedly require fewer fighters for its mission if it obtained the F-22, thus reducing engineering and staffing costs. However, in 2009 it was reported that acquiring the F-22 would require increases to the Japanese government's defense budget beyond the historical 1 percent of its GDP. With the end of F-22 production, Japan chose the F-35 in December 2011. Israel also expressed interest, but eventually chose the F-35 because of the F-22's price and unavailability.
Production termination
Throughout the 2000s, the need for F-22s was debated, due to rising costs and the lack of relevant adversaries. In 2006, Comptroller General of the United States David Walker found that "the DoD has not demonstrated the need" for more investment in the F-22, and further opposition to the program was expressed by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon R. England, Senator John McCain, and Chairman of U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services Senator John Warner. The F-22 program lost influential supporters in 2008 after the forced resignations of Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force General T. Michael Moseley.
In November 2008, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates stated that the F-22 was not relevant in post-Cold War conflicts such as irregular warfare operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and in April 2009, under the new Obama Administration, he called for ending production in FY2011, leaving the USAF with 187 production aircraft. In July, General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated to the Senate Committee on Armed Services his reasons for supporting termination of F-22 production. They included shifting resources to the multirole F-35 to allow proliferation of fifth-generation fighters for three service branches and preserving the F/A-18 production line to maintain the military's electronic warfare (EW) capabilities in the Boeing EA-18G "Growler". Issues with the F-22's reliability and availability also raised concerns. After President Obama threatened to veto further production, the Senate voted in July 2009 in favor of ending production and the House subsequently agreed to abide by the 187 production aircraft cap. Gates stated that the decision was taken in light of the F-35's capabilities, and in 2010, he set the F-22 requirement to 187 aircraft by lowering the number of major regional conflict preparations from two to one.
In 2010, USAF initiated a study to determine the costs of retaining F-22 tooling for a future Service Life Extension Program (SLEP). A RAND Corporation paper from this study estimated that restarting production and building an additional 75 F-22s would cost $17 billion, resulting in $227 million per aircraft, or $54 million higher than the flyaway cost. Lockheed Martin stated that restarting the production line itself would cost about $200 million. Production tooling and associated documentation were subsequently stored at the Sierra Army Depot, allowing the retained tooling to support the fleet life cycle. There were reports that attempts to retrieve this tooling found empty containers, but a subsequent audit found that the tooling was stored as expected.
Russian and Chinese fighter developments have fueled concern, and in 2009, General John Corley, head of Air Combat Command, stated that a fleet of 187 F-22s would be inadequate, but Secretary Gates dismissed General Corley's concern. In 2011, Gates explained that Chinese fifth-generation fighter developments had been accounted for when the number of F-22s was set, and that the U.S. would have a considerable advantage in stealth aircraft in 2025, even with F-35 delays. In December 2011, the 195th and final F-22 was completed out of 8 test EMD and 187 operational aircraft produced; the aircraft was delivered to the USAF on 2 May 2012.
In April 2016, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee proposed legislation that would direct the Air Force to conduct a cost study and assessment associated with resuming production of the F-22. Since the production halt directed in 2009 by then Defense Secretary Gates, lawmakers and the Pentagon noted that air warfare systems of Russia and China were catching up to those of the U.S. Lockheed Martin has proposed upgrading the Block 20 training aircraft into combat-coded Block 30/35 versions as a way to increase numbers available for deployment. On 9 June 2017, the Air Force submitted their report to Congress stating they had no plans to restart the F-22 production line due to economic and operational issues; it estimated it would cost approximately $50 billion to procure 194 additional F-22s at a cost of $206–$216 million per aircraft, including approximately $9.9 billion for non-recurring start-up costs and $40.4 billion for aircraft procurement costs.
Upgrades
The first aircraft with combat-capable Block 3.0 software flew in 2001. Increment 2, the first upgrade program, was implemented in 2005 for Block 20 aircraft onward and enabled the employment of Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM). Certification of the improved AN/APG-77(V)1 radar was completed in March 2007, and airframes from production Lot 5 onward are fitted with this radar, which incorporates air-to-ground modes. Increment 3.1 for Block 30 aircraft onward provided improved ground-attack capability through synthetic aperture radar mapping and radio emitter direction finding, electronic attack and Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) integration; testing began in 2009 and the first upgraded aircraft was delivered in 2011. To address oxygen deprivation issues, F-22s were fitted with an automatic backup oxygen system (ABOS) and modified life support system starting in 2012.
Increment 3.2 for Block 35 aircraft is a two-part upgrade process; 3.2A focuses on electronic warfare, communications and identification, while 3.2B includes geolocation improvements and a new stores management system to show the correct symbols for the AIM-9X and AIM-120D. To enable two-way communication with other platforms, the F-22 can use the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) as a gateway. The planned Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) integration was cut due to development delays and lack of proliferation among USAF platforms. The F-22 fleet is planned to start receiving Increment 3.2B as well as a software upgrade for cryptography capabilities and avionics stability in May 2019. A Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Joint (MIDS-J) radio that replaces the current Link-16 receive-only box is expected to be operational by 2020. Subsequent upgrades are also focusing on having an open architecture to enable faster future enhancements.
In 2024, funding is projected to begin for the F-22 mid-life upgrade (MLU), which is expected to include new sensors and antennas, hardware refresh, cockpit improvements, and a helmet mounted display and cuing system. Other enhancements being developed include IRST functionality for the AN/AAR-56 Missile Launch Detector (MLD) and more durable stealth coating based on the F-35's.
The F-22 was designed for a service life of 8,000 flight hours, with a $350 million "structures retrofit program". Investigations are being made for upgrades to extend their useful lives further. In the long term, the F-22 is expected to be superseded by a sixth-generation jet fighter to be fielded in the 2030s.
Design
Overview
The F-22 "Raptor" is a fifth-generation fighter that is considered fourth generation in stealth aircraft technology by the USAF. It is the first operational aircraft to combine supercruise, supermaneuverability, stealth, and sensor fusion in a single weapons platform. The F-22 has four empennage surfaces, retractable tricycle landing gear, and clipped delta wings with reverse trailing edge sweep and leading edge extensions running to the upper outboard corner of the inlets. Flight control surfaces include leading-edge flaps, flaperons, ailerons, rudders on the canted vertical stabilizers, and all-moving horizontal tails (stabilators); for speed brake function, the ailerons deflect up, flaperons down, and rudders outwards to increase drag.
The aircraft's dual Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 augmented turbofan engines are closely spaced and incorporate pitch-axis thrust vectoring nozzles with a range of ±20 degrees; each engine has maximum thrust in the 35,000 lbf (156 kN) class. The F-22's thrust-to-weight ratio at typical combat weight is nearly at unity in maximum military power and 1.25 in full afterburner. Maximum speed without external stores is approximately Mach 1.8 at military power and greater than Mach 2 with afterburners.
The F-22's high cruise speed and operating altitude over prior fighters improve the effectiveness of its sensors and weapon systems, and increase survivability against ground defenses such as surface-to-air missiles. The aircraft is among only a few that can supercruise, or sustain supersonic flight without using fuel-inefficient afterburners; it can intercept targets which subsonic aircraft would lack the speed to pursue and an afterburner-dependent aircraft would lack the fuel to reach. The F-22's thrust and aerodynamics enable regular combat speeds of Mach 1.5 at 50,000 feet (15,000 m). The use of internal weapons bays permits the aircraft to maintain comparatively higher performance over most other combat-configured fighters due to a lack of aerodynamic drag from external stores. The aircraft's structure contains a significant amount of high-strength materials to withstand stress and heat of sustained supersonic flight. Respectively, titanium alloys and composites comprise 39% and 24% of the structural weight.
The F-22's aerodynamics, relaxed stability, and powerful thrust-vectoring engines give it excellent maneuverability and energy potential across its flight envelope. The airplane has excellent high alpha (angle of attack) characteristics, capable of flying at trimmed alpha of over 60° while maintaining roll control and performing maneuvers such as the Herbst maneuver (J-turn) and Pugachev's Cobra. The flight control system and full-authority digital engine control (FADEC) make the aircraft highly departure resistant and controllable, thus giving the pilot carefree handling.
Stealth
The F-22 was designed to be highly difficult to detect and track by radar. Measures to reduce radar cross-section (RCS) include airframe shaping such as alignment of edges, fixed-geometry serpentine inlets and curved vanes that prevent line-of-sight of the engine faces and turbines from any exterior view, use of radar-absorbent material (RAM), and attention to detail such as hinges and pilot helmets that could provide a radar return. The F-22 was also designed to have decreased radio emissions, infrared signature and acoustic signature as well as reduced visibility to the naked eye. The aircraft's flat thrust-vectoring nozzles reduce infrared emissions of the exhaust plume to mitigate the threat of infrared homing ("heat seeking") surface-to-air or air-to-air missiles. Additional measures to reduce the infrared signature include special topcoat and active cooling of leading edges to manage the heat buildup from supersonic flight.
Compared to previous stealth designs like the F-117, the F-22 is less reliant on RAM, which are maintenance-intensive and susceptible to adverse weather conditions. Unlike the B-2, which requires climate-controlled hangars, the F-22 can undergo repairs on the flight line or in a normal hangar. The F-22 has a Signature Assessment System which delivers warnings when the radar signature is degraded and necessitates repair. While the F-22's exact RCS is classified, in 2009 Lockheed Martin released information indicating that from certain angles the aircraft has an RCS of 0.0001 m² or −40 dBsm – equivalent to the radar reflection of a "steel marble". Effectively maintaining the stealth features can decrease the F-22's mission capable rate to 62–70%.
The effectiveness of the stealth characteristics is difficult to gauge. The RCS value is a restrictive measurement of the aircraft's frontal or side area from the perspective of a static radar. When an aircraft maneuvers it exposes a completely different set of angles and surface area, potentially increasing radar observability. Furthermore, the F-22's stealth contouring and radar absorbent materials are chiefly effective against high-frequency radars, usually found on other aircraft. The effects of Rayleigh scattering and resonance mean that low-frequency radars such as weather radars and early-warning radars are more likely to detect the F-22 due to its physical size. However, such radars are also conspicuous, susceptible to clutter, and have low precision. Additionally, while faint or fleeting radar contacts make defenders aware that a stealth aircraft is present, reliably vectoring interception to attack the aircraft is much more challenging. According to the USAF an F-22 surprised an Iranian F-4 "Phantom II" that was attempting to intercept an American UAV, despite Iran's assertion of having military VHF radar coverage over the Persian Gulf.
FOTOS BAJO CONDICIONES CONTROLADAS DE ESPECIE EN MANOS Y LUEGO SOLTADA.
Reino:Animalia
Filo:Chordata
Clase:Mammalia
Orden:Soricomorpha
Familia:Solenodontidae
Género:Solenodon
Nombre común. Solenodonte de la Hispaniola, Almiquí de la Hispaniola,Almiquí paradójico.
STATUS. ENDEMICO, ALTAMENTE AMENAZADO Y HUBO EPOCA EN QUE SE CONSIDERO EXTINTO.
Especie:S. paradoxus
Nombre Ingles:Solenodon
Nombre binomial
Solenodon paradoxus
Brandt, 1833
Lugar de captura: Las Mercedes,Aceitillar,Pedernales, Sierra de Bahoruco ( foto nocturna)
Por: Cimarron mayor Panta
MI AMIGA NENÉ LA DE LOS ANIMALES INTENSOS Y JOJESARI EL MALCRIADO RAJA PUPILAS, SE MERECEN ESTE ANTIGUO TESORO. MUCHO CUIDADO!! NO ES UNA RATA NI UN ROEDOR,ES UN MAMIFERO PLACENTARIO ( UN MAMMALIDO) ENDEMICO DE NUESTRA ISLA Y AMENAZADO.
UNA DE LAS CRIATURAS MAS EXTRAÑAS DE LA TIERRA!!
Dejo este link ( VIDEO) de un gran trabajo de Marvin sobre el ultimo solenodonte!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD9e0lrojUQ
Esta criatura cumplió un luto cimarrónico de 5 años desde que logré mis primeras fotos nocturnas en Rabo de Gato, Puerto Escondido, Sierra encantada de Bahoruco.
Como no iba a guardarle luto a una de las criaturas más viejas del planeta?
No voy hablar mucho sobre este mammálido el cual no deben confundir con una rata o roedor( no me ofendan a nuestro mayor tesoro endémico de nuestra Isla).
Voy a contar algo que no está escrito en la literatura y que para mi es súper simpático y tiene que ver con mi amiga Nené Reguera amante de la buena locura y de Jojesari que nos aloca con sus hermosos paisajes.
Sobre esta criatura se han escrito volúmenes de páginas, pues en la vida lo que no conocemos es justamente de lo que más se escribe. Quiero ratificar aquí que solo de esta manera y ayudado por el único guía, la leyenda de la Sierra Nicolas Corona es posible lograr estas fotografías. Que nadie me venga con el cuento de que se fué de noche a perseguir Solenodontes con una cámara y un foco,los encontró, los vió, los alumbró y trajo magnificas fotos,pues eso no es verdad y vaya con esa mamíla a la boca de otro niño!
Pero quiero ratificar que mis fotos no representaron stress ni agresión a la especie, pues no fueron capturados con perros como llegó a ocurrir en el pasado,quitado de la boca del perro heridos, fotos y luego liberarlos para ver si podían caminar o sobrevivir!! Solo lo tuvimos 5 minutos con nosotros en su ambiente, su hábitat y bajo la oscuridad de la noche ( no soportan los rayos solares)
Soy altamente crítico de ese tipo de fotografías del pasado y cuando analicé esto que estoy contando, me dije a mi mismo….. Cimarrón mayor, tu morirás sin una fotografía de este tesoro endémico, pues bajo ese concepto no lo voy a fotografiar.
Al parecer para esa época no existía un Nicolas Corona o a lo mejor, el mismo Nicolás no se atrevía agarrar a una criatura venenosa y la cual tiene conductos o canales en sus colmillos por donde sale su veneno.
Pero esta criatura no necesita veneno para sus víctimas. Su vida es nocturna y come caracolillos inofensivos, lombrices y arácnidos los cuales busca ercarbando bajo la tierra con su poderoso hocico.
Así que no es nada fácil fotografiar una criatura que corre muchísimo como un duende del bosque seco de noche, chocando con los palos etc etc. Así que le pongan ese cascabel a otro gato.
Bueno, podrán leer muchísimo sobre esta especie, pero de todas las historias esta que ocurrió la noche de esta captura es para mi la mejor.
Cuenta la leyenda cimarrónica, que este sobreviviente a la guerra de los meteoritos hace ya más de 60 millones de años se volvió loco la noche que cayó el meteorito en Rusia( ese mismo día fueron estas fotos).
Nicolás Corona afirma y jura, que al caer ese meteorito en Rusia ellos lo percibieron y como son sobrevivientes milenarios, entonces se alocaron poniendose en alerta y salieron de sus madrigueras para que nosotros lográramos estas fotos como Dios manda.
Yo al ver aquella criatura de ojos pequeños frente a mi, la emoción que se siente no se puede describir. Esa noche recordé a mi amigo Tono Iñigo cuando dijo en aquella histórica ruta cimarronica……. Rafy, ven para que veas un animal prehistórico a Nicolas Corona esto no se le olvida.
Nicolas no solo agarró a uno corriendo a lo oscuro en el monte, agarró dos y nos dijo… vengan y toquenlo, ponganle las manos porque esto es historia, esto no solo es "el último solenodonte", esto es "la noche en que se alocaron" por el meteorito de Rusia.
Yo no iba a perder la oportunidad de tener 120 millones de años en mis manos y por eso muestro sin temor mi foto sosteniendo a dos solenodontes en mis manos ( pero estaba medio culebroso) no me fueran a morder los cascabeles, pues se me hubiera jodido la marrana como dice el gato.
Un gran abrazo para mi amiga Nené Reguera y Jojesari, merecedores de estas criaturas intensas, de estos locos bajitos como diría Serrat y estos duendes que aún sobreviven en nuestra tierra.
Hoy quiero dedicarle a Nené y Suso el malcriado dos grandes locos. El poeta Cubano Roberto Fernandez Retamar y Silvio ( Felices los Normales y Ala de Colibrí)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETERYWjyomc
Feliz resto de fin de semana sin plumas amigos.
Cimarron mayor Panta.
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When I was young, there was a bunch of trees behind my house. The area where I grew up didn't become more populated until I was about 14 or 15, and I spent the better part of my years between 9-12 running on this path I'm sitting on. I'm pretty sure to some degree, this path and the trees surrounding it is where a bit of my imagination developed. The neighbor kids and I would spend hours out back building forts with fallen branches. Some of my favorite memories as a kid were spent in the trees surrounding my street. Being young with no gauge for distance, the trees seemed to go on for miles. There was no limit to how far I could wander through them.
Until today I don't believe I have really spent time with myself in those woods like I did when I was 10. I was driving past them the other day and decided that today was a good day to take a walk through my old stomping grounds. Once I got a few yards down the path I immediately recognized some of the same trees that I used to hide behind or make teepees against. But it was bittersweet. The woods that seemed to go on for miles have shrunk and are now surrounded by new homes. I can now see the beginning and the end of both sides of the path, rather than having to basically swim through trees to find the end.
I'm disappointed for the future kids of my street. They will never know the happiness and awe of spending hours behind their houses and getting lost in nature. Of course they still can to some degree, but it isn't quite the same. But I am so grateful that I had those invaluable years and that this path is still here. It was so magical to me for so many years. I think I'll need to venture back in the spring.
This is what I consider to be the absolute gem of both the Great Central Railroad and the Oodnadatta Track – this magnificent bridge spanning the Neales River at Algebuckina.
It’s an absolute engineering marvel; so much so if you consider when it was built and where it’s located.
There are some myths and rumours surrounding it:
Firstly, it’s BIG, and often touted as the longest bridge in South Australia. However, the fact is, that the bridge over the Murray River at Murray Bridge is longer by 10 metres and was built in 1873-79, ten years before this one. However, the Murray Bridge one consists of two separate, though joined entities.
SO, the Algebuckina bridge COULD be classified as the longest SINGLE rail bridge.
However, it’s all a moot point, as since 2014, a sterile, concrete rail bridge over the Onkarparinga Valley at 1200 metres, has eclipsed them both.
The second myth is that this bridge was originally brought out from England and was actually meant to span the Murray river, but due to a design flaw of some kind, it was re-purposed and placed here in the outback. This one is completely false.
In 1889, the tender for its construction was won by the Lion Foundry at Kilkenny, South Australia, and, not surprisingly, was one of the biggest the foundry had ever undertaken.
Government labour undertook the sinking of the cast iron piers in 1890; a task that had almost been completed when the first of the 100 foot, or 30 metre, wrought iron spans arrived.
During the first half of 1891, the piers had been sunk, the abutments finished and eleven spans of the superstructure were in place. It was completed and opened for traffic on 8 January 1892, only TWO years after construction began.
Just take a moment to consider what would have been involved building this, out here, in two years.
Sure, the 19 spans, each 30.9 metres long, were able to be brought right to the site, all the way from Adelaide by train, but they still had to be unloaded, moved to the bridge and somehow placed and secured in position. I’d imagine that this would be difficult out here, even today. How much would they have weighed?
The total length of the bridge went out to an impressive 587.8 metres - at the time, the longest rail bridge in South Australia and second only to the one at Murray Bridge in total length.
I consider myself very fortunate to have had the opportunity to shoot the last great Alco show in the west. Back in May of 2012 I went on an epic week long tour of the west with three friends centered around chasing the 3751's journey to and from the Grand Canyon. But, of course, we railfanned much of the BNSF transcon and the Phoenix Sub as well. While in Holbrook we were extremely lucky to run into the once weekly "Blue Looper" coal train heading to the Cataylst Mill. The last of these trains would run four months later and the mill would be demolished and the coal hoppers scrapped. The railroad would be cast into bankruptcy and almost me the torch as well...but tenacity and a bit of a miracle has kept it alive albeit leaner serving one big farm that gets inbound feed and making money storing cars and operating a contract shop. Trains big enough to require six running Alcos, though are a thing of the past
But on this day all was right with the world as a brace of six 4-motor MLWs lug the heavy coal train around a sharp curve and out of the BNSF interchange yard.
Holbrook, Arizona
Thursday May 17, 2012
I can't help but look at this photo without thinking of the opening scene of the old Journey into Imagination when Figment sees a rainbow and tells the Dreamfinder that he'll use it to paint. Sigh.
6 shot HDR, ran through Photomatix, and then run through the gauntlet in Photoshop to be just how I wanted it. Thanks for lookin', and have a great day!
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This is a reimagination of a set "8521: Spark" from classic LEGO action figure line Slizer/Throwbots.
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Baeza es un municipio de España, la ciudad capital de dicho municipio y cabeza del partido judicial homónimo. Se encuentra en el mismo centro geográfico de la provincia de Jaén (en el noreste de la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía) enclavada en la comarca de La Loma de la que se considera su capital occidental.
En la actualidad es conocida por su ingente producción olivarera, su abundante legado monumental, y por ser sede universitaria desde el siglo XVI, albergando hoy día una de las sedes de la Universidad Internacional de Andalucía.
Denominada "Nido Real de Gavilanes" por el romancero, fue un punto clave en la conquista de al-Ándalus por los reyes cristianos; pasando definitivamente al reino de Castilla en 1227. Atalaya sobre el Guadalquivir, la posesión de su alcázar (considerado como inexpugnable) aseguró la retaguardia castellana, la vez que supuso una amenaza constante para los reinos islámicos situados al oeste y al sur del Guadalquivir; una amenaza que se hizo efectiva durante los más de dos siglos de lucha fronteriza que separaron la incorporación de Baeza al reino de Castilla y la caída del reino nazarí de Granada (1492).
Durante el período de gran crecimiento demográfico y económico que supuso la mayor parte del siglo XVI, y aún en parte del XVII, Baeza construyó sus edificios públicos y administrativos con alto sentido de capitalidad y con la más alta dignidad, conformando así, junto con las construcciones eclesiásticas, un tejido urbano caracterizado por una monumentalidad que ha dado a la ciudad un encanto especial a los ojos del visitante.
En 1943 se fundó en Baeza la academia de las escalas de Cabos y Guardias y de Suboficiales de la Guardia Civil.
Se encuentra a unos 48 km al noreste de la capital provincial, y limita por el este con el municipio de Úbeda, con el que comparte la capitalidad de la histórica Comarca de La Loma.
El 3 de julio de 2003, y tras varios años de intentos, la UNESCO declara finalmente a Baeza (junto a Úbeda) Patrimonio de la Humanidad. Este acontecimiento profundiza el relanzamiento de la ciudad al incrementar considerablemente el interés del sector turístico.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baeza_(España)
www.lonelyplanet.com/spain/andalucia/baeza
Baeza se asienta sobre un terreno que ha estado continuamente habitado, al menos desde la Edad del Bronce. Por esta razón, y a pesar de las sucesivas destrucciones sufridas por las construcciones de todos los períodos, la ciudad aún retiene un destacado patrimonio monumental en el que están representadas diversas culturas, períodos y estilos artísticos. En Baeza pueden contemplarse restos de la Edad del Bronce, de la Época Romana, y de la Hispania visigoda, islámica y cristiana. No obstante, el más rico patrimonio monumental conservado corresponde a los diversos estilos artísticos presentes en la Baeza cristiana: desde el tardo-románico y el gótico, al renacentista, manierista, barroco y neoclásico. No en vano en 2003 el casco histórico de la población, con su antigua ciudad intramuros, fue declarado Patrimonio Mundial por la Unesco.
Baeza, situada en la cornisa sur de la gran meseta que es La Loma, se asoma al valle del Guadalquivir desde un acantilado que domina un paisaje de cerros infinitos; dicho acantilado, visto desde el llano parece sustentar la catedral como un faro.
La ciudad originaria estaba edificada sobre este cerro y en torno a una ciudadela, hoy desconocida: el celebérrimo alcázar de Baeza, reputado como inexpugnable y dentro del cual se encontraban el castillo-palacio de la autoridad real y la iglesia (luego colegiata) de Santa María del Alcázar. Estas construcciones, lejos de surgir ex novo, fueron una continuación de similares edificaciones de los períodos oretano, cartaginés y romano; restos de los cuales aún pueden contemplarse en el cerro junto a otros de la precedente Edad del Bronce.
Desde esta atalaya entendemos que la ciudad fuera una gran plaza fuerte donde, un día, se remansó la gran epopeya reconquistadora revitalizada por Las Navas de Tolosa. No obstante, a fines del s. XV el alcázar fue derribado por mandato de la reina Isabel la Católica de modo que no siguiera siendo utilizado como defensa con ocasión de las pugnas nobiliarias que enfrentaban por entonces (como en toda Castilla) a los linajes dominantes de la ciudad (Carvajales y Benavides).
Consecuencia del derribo del alcázar, el cerro fue perdiendo pobladores hasta el punto de estar casi despoblado en el s. XVIII y trasladarse por ello la colegiata a la parroquia de San Andrés. También desaparecido el frente sur de la muralla, adyacente al alcázar, el paseo que lo reemplaza es hoy día un mirador excepcional sobre el valle alto del Guadalquivir, y el cerro mismo, un parque arqueológico de primer nivel pendiente de excavaciones más ambiciosas.
Su centro neurálgico es la Plaza de Santa María establecida en la baja edad media, y hasta el s. XIX, como sede de los poderes que rigen la ciudad: el civil y el religioso; en ella se encuentran hoy:
La Catedral de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora: edificada sobre la antigua mezquita que (según tradición histórica) había sido construida a su vez sobre un templo visigodo anterior, fue la primera consagrada en Andalucía con ocasión de la reconquista castellana.
Las Cancillerías góticas o Casas Consistoriales Altas: sede del concejo de la ciudad entre fines del s. XV y el s. XIX, cuando el consistorio municipal traslada su sede al antiguo palacio del corregidor.
La Fuente de Santa María: situada en el centro de la plaza fue edificada en el año 1564 para marcar la finalización de las obras de traída de aguas a la ciudad.
El Seminario de San Felipe Neri (1660): tiene fachada de buena sillería, puerta de medio punto, frontón partido y vítores estudiantiles.
Al norte de este conjunto, y junto a la Puerta del Barbudo, se halla la sede de la antigua universidad Santísima Trinidad, otra importante Institución eclesiástica de la Edad Moderna hoy Instituto. El edificio es de estilo manierista (fines del s. XVI) y consta de claustro, en torno al cual se organizan las dependencias universitarias, y una amplia capilla; contando cada uno de estos elemento con portada propia. Destaca, sobre la puerta de acceso al claustro, el medallón labrado con el tema de la Santísima Trinidad. En esa misma fachada pueden verse los escudos del canónigo Fernández de Córdoba (donante del edificio) timbrados con un impropio galero arzobispal.
De las primeras parroquias intramuros han desaparecido por completo la colegiata de Santa María, San Miguel y San Gil; solo permanecen:
Las Ruinas de la parroquia de San Pedro: iglesia románica de la que sólo se conservan el ábside (parcialmente visible al exterior) y restos considerables de la portada norte (dentro de propiedad particular). Parcelada en viviendas desde el s. XIX, su fábrica ha ido deteriorándose y se han abierto nuevos vanos en el ábside.
Las Ruinas de la parroquia de San Juan: iglesia tardorrománica de la que sólo se conservan los tres ábsides de la cabecera, el muro del lado del evangelio y los capiteles y basas de sus seis columnas. Recientemente, estos restos han sido consolidados y su acceso abierto al público.
La Iglesia de Santa Cruz
Esta última se halla en la plaza del mismo nombre frente al Palacio de Jabalquinto, el más destacado de la ciudad intramuros y uno de los emblemas de Baeza. Pero la ciudad intramuros está, además, plagada de rincones con otros palacios y casonas de interés, como la Casa de Avilés (mediados del s. XVI), la Casa de los Galeote (segunda mitad del s. XVI), la Casa de los Ávila (comienzos del s. XVII), la Casa de los Fuentecilla, la Casa de los Canónigos, el Palacio de los Obispos (todos del s. XVIII) o el Palacio Rubín de Ceballos (principios del s. XIX).
El trazado de la muralla históricamente conocida, y de la que aún subsisten importantes elementos, obedece a un diseño islámico del s. XI. No obstante, las edificaciones conservadas responden más bien a reconstrucciones cristianas posteriores.
La Plaza del Pópulo (o de Los Leones) está inmediatamente al norte de la ciudad amurallada y al oeste de El Paseo, organizándose en torno a la Puerta de Jaén, única construcción de la plaza perteneciente a la muralla; las otras edificaciones de la misma han ido añadiéndose en distintas épocas:
El Arco de Villalar: directamente a continuación de la Puerta de Jaén, fue erigido con ocasión de la visita del rey Carlos I (1526) y conmemora la victoria real en la batalla de Villalar.
La Casa del Pópulo: edificio plateresco que albergaba la audiencia civil y las escribanías públicas; hoy, oficina de turismo.
La Fuente de los Leones: manantial natural que la interpretación histórica tradicional postula monumento arqueológico procedente de la antigua ciudad iberorromana de Cástulo, hipótesis que se sustenta en la continuidad histórica deliberadamente mantenida con ocasión del traslado a Baeza de la capitalidad administrativa y episcopal de la desaparecida Cástulo. Según esta interpretación, parejas de felinos y équidos (actuando como surtidores) rodean una figura femenina identificada como Himilce. Más recientemente, se ha propuesto identificar esta fuente como previamente proveniente de un patio del alcázar.
La Antigua Carnicería (s. XVI): trasladada a su emplazamiento actual en los sesenta del s. XX, estaba originalmente apoyada contra la muralla en la antaño populosa plaza intramuros sita al otro lado de la Puerta de Jaén; hoy cumple las funciones de palacio de justicia del Partido judicial de Baeza.
Al este del conjunto anterior, más allá de El Paseo (plaza cuyo lado sur se antepone a la Puerta del Barbudo) encontramos:
La Torre de los Aliatares (o de los Altares): denominada así de acuerdo con la tradición que la hace, en tiempos anteriores a la reconquista, posesión del linaje musulmán de ese mismo nombre. Tiene veinticinco metros de altura, con almenas copiadas del Arco de Villalar y ostenta el reloj público de la ciudad.
Hacia el sureste de la anterior hallamos:
La Puerta de Úbeda: de las principales de la muralla; protegida por su torre albarrana hoy sólo conserva uno de sus arcos, habiendo sido desmantelados los otros dos en el s. XIX.
La actual Plaza de España, situada en el extremo noreste de lo que fue la ciudad amurallada; se conoce como tal la gran plaza edificada sobre la rambla por la que vienen a desaguar las tres colinas sobre las cuales se asienta la urbe. Su fisonomía es porticada, muy castellana. Servía de escenario para los eventos taurinos, fiestas y ajusticiamientos públicos. A partir del s. XIX fue cuando se convirtió en un paseo romántico.
En su lado sur encontramos la mencionada torre de Los Aliatares y La Alhondiga, e inmediatamente tras ella El Pósito. En su cara norte se hallan las Casas Consistoriales Bajas o Balcón del Concejo (s. XVII), lugar desde donde los munícipes presenciaban las corridas de toros celebradas en la plaza. Finalmente, y de este a oeste, también encontramos en las inmediaciones de su lado septentrional:
La Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción: capilla del antiguo hospital homónimo edificada a principios del s. XVII (el hospital desapareció en el s. XX).
Convento de San Francisco y Ruinas de la Capilla de los Benavides: sustituyendo un templo gótico construido en el que era tercer solar ocupado en Baeza por la comunidad franciscana, Diego de Valencia Benavides encargó en 1538 a Andrés de Vandelvira la construcción de la cabecera de un nuevo templo conventual, que habría de albergar su capilla funeraria y que acabó siendo la obra maestra de aquel artista y un hito de la arquitectura renacentista española. Lamentablemente el terremoto de Lisboa quebrantó la bóveda cruzada y la invasión napoleónica acabó de arruinar el templo.
Ayuntamiento de Baeza: magnífico edificio plateresco construido originalmente como Palacio de Justicia y Cárcel del Corregidor.