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写真：北海道滝川市一の坂町西
編集：栃木県宇都宮市雀の宮
This has been a work that's troubled me for awhile. I had the idea for quite awhile before I shot it. Finally shot it 08.15.2007 in Hokkaido, but then moved shortly thereafter, so the post-processing never got finished. I somewhat mentioned this to waihey the other day, so I figured I better finish it. Speech bubbles aren't like I wanted, but they'll do for now. My 1st try @ speech bubbles, so I guess I can't complain too loudly. If I knew my way around Photoshop, this would be quite a bit different. There might have to be a "Director's Edition" someday when my knowledge of the technology increases ;)
See The Making Of Clone Counting HERE.
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I've noticed that the traffic has increased conciderably since the days are getting colder. Suppose many which are usually biking has dusted off their cars for the winter. It's actually snowing a bit right now.
Else, restlessness and boredom. Maybe I start working next month...
Counting Stars~
Been really wanting to get better at painting landscapes so I figured I would get some practice in. This was done without a reference, freehand with just the brush without sketching. Sun/lense flare added in digitally and manually
Used mainly acrylic paint, soft/dry pastels, pastel pencil on canvas 18x24
Time:2hrs
October 20
"That's right, kid...I'm taking you somewhere, and that somewhere is to the Crazy Scientist's Laboratory!"
"AAAHHH! And all I wanted was to find my Halloween costume! Marcus! If you can hear me up there, throw down that magic wand! I need it!"
Winslow # 15 / 26
20 October 2014
Strange thing, I was looking for a sand-watch in all Aleppo and couldn't find at any souvenir shop. I eventually found a shop full of various sand watches in... Yerevan! The seller told me they import these from Indonesia!!! Go figure!
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My 13 year old daughter and I took part in the Christmas Bird Count this year in Devon, Alberta. It was a chilly day with snow flurries and a windchill that kept our teeth chattering but as always, we enjoyed our time together. She is the one that has all the bird identifying knowledge and I just tag along for the chance to take some pictures and secretly jump up and down that she still wants to hang out with her mom :)
We were given the Clifford E. Lee Nature Sanctuary as our counting zone and quickly realized that these little chickadees are pretty hard to count because they would follow us around. They are quite accustomed to having the sanctuary visitors feeding them seeds out of their hands.
Duke Henry II (Jasomirgott)
* ~ 1107 to † 13.1.1177
Biography
Heinrich was the eldest son of Margrave Leopold III and the Margravine Agnes and learned his "craft" on the Rhine as Count Palatine, while his slightly younger brother Leopold (IV) was the successor of the father. In the course of the clashes of the Staufer with the Welfs Leopold had become Duke of Bavaria in 1139, but died two years later. When Henry had to take over the Mark (border area) as well as the Duchy in the East, he initially dealt with a multitude of conflicts. A contemporary source calls him "strong, bold, but impatient." Although he married the widow of Welf Henry "the Proud", Gertrud, to consolidate his rule in the Duchy of Bavaria, but she died after a few years. The Bavarian reign brought feuds and wars, a conflict with the Hungarians was unfortunate and in the second crusade (1147-1149) Henry narrowly escaped the disaster. After all, he brought from this adventure the promise of a marriage with the niece of Emperor Manuel of Byzantium, Theodora, which was completed in 1148.
His nephew, Emperor Frederick I, called Barbarossa, had, in order to gain free political hand, come to a settlement with the Guelphs, who still - now in the person of Henry the Lion - made a claim to the duchies of Saxony and Bavaria. In September 1156, after tough negotiations at the Reichstag (Imperial Diet) in Regensburg, the Babenbergs returned the Bavarian Duke's Office and received a promotion for his country. The Mark Austria was spun off the Duchy of Bavaria, elevated to a duchy and Henry and his wife Theodora awarded in a solemn ceremony. The negotiated "privilege minus" laid a further foundation for the expansion of the country's rule.
Now Henry should have been granted two decades of quiet government: little is known about what is usually a good sign. Heinrich moved his residence from Klosterneuburg to the newly built Am Hof in Vienna where he founded the Schottenkloster (Scots' Monastery) in 1158, to which he called Iroschottische monks from the Jakobskloster (Monastery of Saint James) in Regensburg. In the long dispute between Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and the Pope, he supported the Pope, but could largely stay out of the clashes. Towards the end of his reign, the conflicts with Bohemia around the northern forest piled up. At a campaign, Heinrich at Znaim fell from his horse and died as a result of a thigh break. He was buried in the Scots' Monastery in Vienna.
His epithet is said to come from his favorite saying "Yes, so help me God", which can not be proved. Perhaps it goes back to an Arabic name, which he brought in 1147 from the crusade. The phrase is documented for the 14th century and was originally called "Jochsamergott".
Herzog Heinrich II. (Jasomirgott)
*~1107 bis †13.1.1177
Biographie
Heinrich war der älteste Sohn des Markgrafen Leopold III. und der Markgräfin Agnes und lernte sein "Handwerk" am Rhein als Pfalzgraf, während sein etwas jüngerer Bruder Leopold (IV.) Nachfolger des Vaters wurde. Im Zuge der Auseinandersetzungen der Staufer mit den Welfen war Leopold 1139 auch Herzog von Bayern geworden, aber zwei Jahre später gestorben. Als Heinrich die Mark sowie das Herzogtum im Osten übernehmen musste, handelte er sich zunächst eine Vielzahl von Konflikten ein. Eine zeitgenössische Quelle nennt ihn "stark, kühn, aber ungeduldig". Er heiratete zwar die Witwe des Welfen Heinrich "des Stolzen", Gertrud, um seine Herrschaft im Herzogtum Bayern zu festigen, doch sie starb nach wenigen Jahren. Die Bayernherrschaft brachte Fehden und Kriege, ein Konflikt mit den Ungarn verlief unglücklich und beim zweiten Kreuzzug (1147-1149) entging Heinrich nur knapp der Katastrophe. Immerhin brachte er von diesem Unternehmen das Versprechen einer Heirat mit der Nichte des Kaisers Manuel von Byzanz, Theodora, mit, die 1148 vollzogen wurde.
Sein Neffe, Kaiser Friedrich I., genannt Barbarossa, musste, um politisch freie Hand zu gewinnen, zu einem Ausgleich mit den Welfen kommen, die nach wie vor - jetzt in der Person Heinrichs des Löwen - Anspruch auf die Herzogtümer Sachsen und Bayern erhoben. Im September 1156 legte der Babenberger nach zähen Verhandlungen auf dem Reichstag zu Regensburg das bayerische Herzogsamt zurück und erhielt dafür eine Rangerhöhung seines Landes. Die Mark Österreich wurde aus dem Herzogtum Bayern ausgegliedert, zu einem Herzogtum erhoben und Heinrich und seiner Gemahlin Theodora in einer feierlichen Zeremonie verliehen. Das dabei ausgehandelte "Privilegium minus" legte einen weiteren Grundstein zum Ausbau der Landesherrschaft.
Nun sollten Heinrich noch zwei Jahrzehnte ruhiger Regierung vergönnt sein; man weiß wenig darüber, was in der Regel ein gutes Zeichen ist. Heinrich verlegte seine Residenz von Klosterneuburg in die neu errichtete Burg Am Hof in Wien und gründete dort 1158 das Schottenkloster, in das er iroschottische Mönche aus dem Jakobskloster in Regensburg berief. Im langen Streit zwischen Kaiser Friedrich I. Barbarossa und dem Papst unterstützte er den Papst, konnte sich aber weitgehend aus den Auseinandersetzungen heraushalten. Gegen Ende seiner Regierungszeit häuften sich die Konflikte mit Böhmen um den Nordwald. Auf einem Feldzug stürzte Heinrich bei Znaim vom Pferd und starb an den Folgen eines Schenkelbruches. Er wurde im Schottenkloster in Wien begraben.
Sein Beiname soll von seinem Lieblingsspruch "Ja so mir Gott helfe" kommen, der aber nicht nachzuweisen ist. Möglicherweise geht er auf eine arabische Bezeichung zurück, die er 1147 vom Kreuzzug mitbrachte. Die Redewendung ist für das 14. Jahrhundert belegt und hieß ursprünglich "Jochsamergott".
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It was a phenomenal low tide yesterday at the beach. I have never seen so many sea stars at once. We had to be careful where we stepped.
Maletto is on the western side of the Etna to 960 M of altitude. Human settlings, around the actual Maletto, they were had until from the first millennium before Christ. There lived the Siculs, then arrived Greeks, Romans, Byzantines and Arabs, Normans and Swabians. To one of these last, the Manfredi Maletta count, is owed the origin of Maletto. In the 1263, this one did raise on the fortress a strengthened tower, said Castle, about which s picked up a first nucleus of inhabitants. The construction of the actual historical centre was started at the end of XV century, when the districts that are today around the Castle were built. The construction then continued in the first years of the following century with the realization of the baronial palace of the Spatafora and the attached Saint Michael Archangel church, l et alone of stores and of an open gallery, of an inn and of a warehouse. It was however starting from the 1619, when Maletto the king of Spain recognized the title of principality, that the area is developed mostly, assuming the definitive aspect kept to our days. Maletto is the most elevated town of the Etna and of the province of Catania and it reverts nearly for whole in the park of the Etna.The production of the strawberries has made famous Maletto in the world.
Maletto è un comune italiano di 4.029 abitanti della provincia di Catania in Sicilia.Le origini del piccolo comune etneo risalgono al 1263. Esso nacque per interesse di Manfredi di Maletta, parente dell'imperatore Federico I, che edificò su uno sperone roccioso un castello, di cui ancora si conservano i ruderi. Il piccolo borgo fu abbandonato e decadde. L'attuale agglomerato urbano, è frutto della ricostruzione avviata nel 1440, ad opera del principe Spadafora.Ogni anno, nel mese di giugno, Maletto diventa la città delle fragole, richiamando centinaia di turisti e di visitatori. Nel corso della Sagra, le maestranze locali realizzano una gigantesca torta alla fragola di oltre mille chili, che viene offerta a tutti i partecipanti. Durante la manifestazione vengono esposti in appositi stand le fragole in piantine e in cassette e sono offerte come assaggio gratuito ai visitatori. Il frutto matura tra i primi di maggio e la fine di giugno e nell'ambito della sagra sono esposti diversi tipi di fragole: la fragolina di pasticceria, la fragola "rifiorente", che matura da gennaio a dicembre, e la fragola tradizionale, dal sapore più dolce e dall'odore più profumato. La sagra dura tre giorni e si svolge di solito dal venerdì alla domenica.
Mount Etna (Aetna in Latin, also known as Muncibeddu in Sicilian and Mongibello in Italian, a combination of Latin mons and Arabic gibel, both meaning mountain) is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, close to Messina and Catania. Its Arabic name was Jebel Utlamat (the Mountain of Fire).Volcanic activity at Etna began about half a million years ago, with eruptions occurring beneath the sea off the coastline of Sicily. 300,000 years ago, volcanism began occurring to the southwest of the present-day summit, before activity moved towards the present centre 170,000 years ago. Eruptions at this time built up the first major volcanic edifice, forming a strato-volcano in alternating explosive and effusive eruptions. The growth of the mountain was occasionally interrupted by major eruptions leading to the collapse of the summit to form calderas.From about 35,000 to 15,000 years ago, Etna experienced some highly explosive eruptions, generating large pyroclastic flows which left extensive ignimbrite deposits. Ash from these eruptions has been found as far away as Rome, 800 km to the north.Sicily's greatest natural attraction is also its highest mountain: Mount Etna, at 10,924 feet, is the most active volcano in Europe and the oldest recorded active volcano in the world.Mount Etna is an active volcano on the east coast of Sicily, close to Messina and Catania. It is the largest active volcano in Europe, currently standing about 3329.6 m (10,924 feet)high, though it should be noted that this varies with summit eruptions; the mountain is 21.6 m (71 ft) lower now than it was in 1865. It is the highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps. Etna covers an area of 1,190 km² (460 square miles) with a basal circumference of 140 km.The fertile volcanic soils support extensive agriculture, with vineyards and orchards spread across the lower slopes of the mountain and the broad Plain of Catania to the south. Due to its history of recent activity and nearby population, Mount Etna has been designated a Decade Volcano by the United Nations.Etna lava stone is a material with unique characteristics: durable, indestructible, resistant to changes in the temperature (it’s a heat conductor), it offers infinite possibilities of uses: flooring, urban furniture, interior design.After the glazing process the product doesn’t get stained, resists to acids and doesn’t require particular maintenance: that’s why lava stone is the ideal material even to make kitchens and bathrooms countertops. The natural stone tends to grey, with the glazing process we can obtain any desired colour. Shapes, sizes and decorations can be customized . The lava stone it is formed by the solidification of cooled magma on the surface of the Etna volcano, in Sicily
L'Etna è un vulcano attivo che si trova sulla costa orientale della Sicilia (Italia), tra Catania e Messina. È il vulcano attivo più alto del continente europeo e uno dei maggiori al mondo. La sua altezza varia nel tempo a causa delle sue eruzioni, ma si aggira attualmente sui 3329.6 m (10,924 feet) s.l.m. Il suo diametro è di circa 45 chilometri.Un tempo era noto anche come Mongibello.In genere le eruzioni dell'Etna pur fortemente distruttive delle cose, non lo sono per le persone se si eccettuano i casi fortuiti o di palese imprudenza come quello dell'improvvisa esplosione di massi del 1979 che uccise nove turisti e ne ferì una decina di altri avventuratisi fino al cratere appena spento. L'Etna è un tipico strato-vulcano che iniziò la sua attività, tra 500 e 700 mila anni fa. La sua lava di tipo basaltico è povera in silice, è molto calda, densa e fluida. Per queste ragioni le eruzioni sono tranquille ed il percorso delle lave prevedibile. La velocità di scorrimento è superiore a quella delle lave acide, più ricche in silice e più viscose e leggere.La lavorazione della pietra lavica, derivante dall’industria estrattiva delle vicine cave dell'Etna, per scopi ornamentali o per materiali da costruzione, diede da vivere a molte famiglie siciliane.I "pirriaturi", anticamente, estraevano lungo i costoni dell'Etna solo strati superficiali di lava perché più porosi e più facilmente lavorabili con arnesi quali la subbia, lo scalpello, la mazzola e il martello. Sul materiale estratto interveniva lo spaccapietre che ricavava lastre di pietra, infine lo scalpellino rifiniva il materiale. Uno degli usi prevalenti cui era destinata la pietra lavica era la pavimentazione delle strade urbane