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Vďaka bývalému náteru známy českotřebovský peršing "hrášek" 163.234 obdržal po oprave nový náter, ku ktorému by sa mu hodila skôr prezývka "špenát". Po ukončení jeho pôsobenia v depe Hradec Králové z dôvodu takmer úplného ukončenia klasických súprav v regionálnej doprave královohradeckého kraja sa vrátil do depa Česká Třebová a ostal popri flotile WTB 162 ako záložný stroj.
Tak hlavne posledných niekoľko mesiacov zaskakoval v čele osobných vlakov "po koridore" spravidla so súpravou 3 vozňov Bdmtee. Takto sme si mohli ešte krátko pred zahájením výhradnej prevádzky ETCS na tejto trati pripomenúť časy nedávno minulé, kedy zelené "peršingy" s "bymákmi" (bez riaciach vozňov "syslov") boli bežným obrazom.
Autor túto situáciu využil 04.12.2024 v prospech vytvorenia fotografie vlaku Os 5012 [Česká Třebová – Kolín] kúsok za zastávkou Pardubice-Svítkov, s vrcholkami bytoviek pardubického sídliska Polabiny na pozadí a hlavne s cca 10 kilometrov vzdialenou Kunětickou horou – zrúcaninou hradu stojaceho na rovnakomennom kopci, ktorá je národnou kultúrnou pamiatkou a dominantou okolia Pardubíc.
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**TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: COWABUNGA CHRISTMAS!" (( 2015 ))
It's Christmas time in the city. A number of guests have been invited to the lair for a big holiday feast. But, where's Michelangelo? Mikey is playing Santa Claus - butt-kicking, hard-driving Santa who's trying to save a truckload of toys destined for an orphanage from some heartless thieves.
Specifications
Studio Name:Paramount Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date:10/13/2015
Rating:TV-Y7
Format:DVD
Run Time (in minutes):95 minutes
Language:English
Audio Tracks:Digital Sound
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-->> Slight rehash,re-release, re-gifting of the 2004 4kids/ Funimation release of <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrible2z/3123818843" target="blank"" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: "Michelangelo's Christmas Rescue" - the mix of bare-bones episodes from the 2003 series is OK, but is short by one compared to the '04 release. A good stocking-stuffer for the kids tho' if the '04 version was nothing but a ghost of Christmas past.
The cover art is style-guide work i'd previously been unfamiliar with. 4kids alumni Khary Randolph confirmed he DID NOT supply these images to Nickelodeon. Another 4kids style-guide contributor, Mirage Studio's Michael Dooney may have been the artist behind these illustrations ( they have that vibe ), no confirmation on that tho'. They may have been newer style-guide pieces commissioned by Viacom themselves. ~ t
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'Tis the season to shell out some justice with 3 throwback Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes! Get in the holiday spirit with Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo as they pass out some seasons's beatings to a gang of thieves, Foot Tech Ninjas, and the Purple Dragons!
INCLUDES the Episodes :
• The Christmas Aliens
• The Way of Invisibility
• Fallen Angel
[fr]: Barbier et Bar de Sam Leon, Ville fantôme de Bodie, California, USA
[image info]: HDR from 3 exposures (for the facades only) mixed with 0ev RAW file - Tamron 17-50mm@ 40mm - handheld
[Level of Retouching]: 30% (HDR processing, levels, local curves, blending HDR and RAW) - total processing time: 25 minutes
[more info]: here
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For some of us, growing up can take a long time. And I don't mean growing into an adult, I mean REALLY growing up, becoming a person you're proud to be. Growing into your soul, so to speak. For some, a few soft whispers to their soul at important junctures in their lives is all is takes. Unfortunately, I was never one of those people. I was too busy trying to live my life to see that I wasn't really living at all. Funny thing is that life has a way of teaching us what we need to know, whether we're listening or not. It shouts at you. LOUDLY. Then, when you're finally ready to listen, it begins to speak softly to you of love, dreams and hope and how, if you just have faith of the heart, you can gain strength of the soul. Amazing, that :)
Faith of the Heart by Russell Watson
It's been a long road
Getting from there to here
It's been a long time
But my time is finally near
And I will see my dream come alive at last,
I will touch the sky
And they're not gonna hold me down no more
No, they're not gonna change my mind
Cause I've got faith of the heart
I'm going where my heart will take me
I've got faith to believe
I can do anything
I've got strength of the soul
And no one's gonna bend or break me
I can reach any star
I've got faith
Faith of the heart...
EXPLORE December 21, 2008 #157
Aquesta foto - tan poc habitual a la meva galeria - està dedicada a en Jordi Brió, que em va convidar a participar en l'Agrupació Fotogràfica d'Esparreguera.
Si teniu temps, visiteu la galeria d'en Jordi Brió, segur que us agradarà.
Aquesta fotografia la vaig fer durant la darrera sessió de foto-estudi de l'AFE. És la primera vegada que faig fotos d'estudi.
També és el meu primer intent provant tècniques de suavitzat de pell. Podeu veure l'original més avall. Qualsevol suggeriment per a millorar, serà benvingut.
Model: Nerea
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This picture - quite unusual in my photostream - is dedicated to Jordi Brió, who invited me to particpate in the Agrupació Fotogràfica d'Esparreguera (Esparreguera Photo Club, AFE).
If you can spare some time, please visit Jordi Brió's photostream, you will like it very much.
I took this picture in the last photo-studio at AFE. It has been the first time I've done studio photos.
This is also my first attempt trying skin softening tecniques. You can find the original picture below. Any suggestions to improve, will be welcome.
Model: Nerea
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Tras un periodo de silencio, la tímida Vorticella ha vuelto a hablar en música de viento con su sonido de minúscula campana, haciéndose sentir ahora como dos, quizá quien tenga la fortuna de sumergirse en la gota de agua en la que floreció como una campanilla pálida, pueda oírlas. Antes, hace tan solo una hora, una... ahora ya son dos, y en este dúo acompasado el agua corre entre los dedos de hilo de su corona haciendo sonar el agua como viento de agua entre sus copas.
La fuerza generosa de la vida dió un impulso a Vorticella para compartir la vida y el agua de la que nació y como no había nadie igual para compartirla, la cosa fue fácil...algo de magia y Vorticella se hizo dos, hijas y madres al mismo tiempo, hermanas gemelas a la vez y todo al mismo tiempo, por eso su vida fluye en armonía, como el agua que fluye entre los dedos de su corona de hilo y que suena como el viento, quizá un viento de amor
Vorticella ha germinado ahora en dos campanitas sobre un grumo con su tallo y cuerpo de flor, y bate el agua con su corona de cilios invisible: remolinos en el agua que son galerna de bacterias de las que esta flor de agua transparente tiene que beber para seguir moliendo en silencio el jugo de sus vidas de las que tomará el relevo.
Pronto una de ellas, o quizá las dos, se liberarán de su tallo y emprenderán un viaje para sembrar con su cuerpo de flor en otra parte un jardín de flores transparentes que suenen como el viento.
Por su morfología externa, tamaño y ornamentación, la de hoy recuerda mucho a Vorticella aequilata, aunque este es un género muy complejo y extenso, en el que con frecuencia es extremadamente difícil el diferenciar algunas especies. Vorticella aequilata tiene forma de campanilla alargada, con el cuerpo rematado en una ancho reborde de su corona y con toda la superficie celular apenas labrada en unos finísimos surcos paralelos. El tallo de Vorticella aequilata es un tallo fino, que se contrae en un instante ante cualquier pequeña variación en el entorno que pueda asustar a esta tímida flor móvil
A diferencia de otros ciliados Vorticella , , sólo muestra una corona de cilios en el extremo de su cuerpo, ya no los necesita para desplazarse porque vive fija sobre el fondo, sobre las algas o sobre cualquier otra superficie sumergida que le pueda servir de soporte para alcanzar los alimentos de los que depende.
Vorticella aequilata ha sido fotografiada en vivo a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia. Procede de una muestra de agua recogida el día 25 de enero de 2018 en las turberas de Canencia en la Sierra de Guadarrama donde cada gota es un mundo y al mismo tiempo un universo minúsculo cuajado de seres fascinantes con éste de hoy.
Let the games begin...
In fact, I "hate" those classical landmarks (too crowded)...but I couldn't miss this special one. A couple of weeks ago, my son david learned about the Romans in school and he knew a lot more about the Colosseum than me or my wife did. So it was quite a big deal for him.
The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.
Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign (81–96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).
Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. The building ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry, and a Christian shrine.
Although in the 21st century it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome. It is one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions and still has close connections with the Roman Catholic Church, as each Good Friday the Pope leads a torchlit "Way of the Cross" procession that starts in the area around the Colosseum.
The Colosseum is also depicted on the Italian version of the five-cent euro coin.
The Colosseum's original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium, often anglicized as Flavian Amphitheater. The building was constructed by emperors of the Flavian dynasty, hence its original name, after the reign of Emperor Nero. This name is still used in modern English, but generally the structure is better known as the Colosseum. In antiquity, Romans may have referred to the Colosseum by the unofficial name Amphitheatrum Caesareum; this name could have been strictly poetic as it was not exclusive to the Colosseum; Vespasian and Titus, builders of the Colosseum, also constructed an amphitheater of the same name in Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli).
The name Colosseum has long been believed to be derived from a colossal statue of Nero nearby (the statue of Nero was named after the Colossus of Rhodes). This statue was later remodeled by Nero's successors into the likeness of Helios (Sol) or Apollo, the sun god, by adding the appropriate solar crown. Nero's head was also replaced several times with the heads of succeeding emperors. Despite its pagan links, the statue remained standing well into the medieval era and was credited with magical powers. It came to be seen as an iconic symbol of the permanence of Rome.
In the 8th century, a famous epigram attributed to the Venerable Bede celebrated the symbolic significance of the statue in a prophecy that is variously quoted: Quamdiu stat Colisæus, stat et Roma; quando cadet colisæus, cadet et Roma; quando cadet Roma, cadet et mundus ("as long as the Colossus stands, so shall Rome; when the Colossus falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, so falls the world"). This is often mistranslated to refer to the Colosseum rather than the Colossus (as in, for instance, Byron's poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage). However, at the time that the Pseudo-Bede wrote, the masculine noun coliseus was applied to the statue rather than to what was still known as the Flavian amphitheatre.
The Colossus did eventually fall, possibly being pulled down to reuse its bronze. By the year 1000 the name "Colosseum" had been coined to refer to the amphitheatre. The statue itself was largely forgotten and only its base survives, situated between the Colosseum and the nearby Temple of Venus and Roma.
The name further evolved to Coliseum during the Middle Ages. In Italy, the amphitheatre is still known as il Colosseo, and other Romance languages have come to use similar forms such as le Colisée (French), el Coliseo (Spanish) and o Coliseu (Portuguese).
Canon EOS 60D
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Aperture: f/8
Exposure time: 1/125 second
Focal length: 13 mm
ISO Speed 100
Processed with PS CS5 and Nik Software's Silver Efex Pro 2
Mi piaci quando taci perché sei come assente,
e mi ascolti da lungi e la mia voce non ti tocca.
Sembra che gli occhi ti sian volati via
e che un bacio ti abbia chiuso la bocca.
Mi piaci quando taci e sei come distante.
E stai come lamentandoti, farfalla turbante.
E mi ascolti da lungi, e la mia voce non ti raggiunge:
lascia che io taccia col tuo silenzio.
Lascia che ti parli pure col tuo silenzio
chiaro come una lampada, semplice come un anello.
Sei come la notte, silenziosa e costellata.
Il tuo silenzio è di stella, così lontano e semplice.
P. Neruda
un grazie a benedetta !
Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands. Must be the most photographed grape hyacinths in the world, and deservedly so.
Thank you for your comments. Credit is due to the gardeners/garden designers who are doing great work there!
Fotografia : Andreia Cartaxo – Fotografias 2008
Edição : Andreia Cartaxo – Photoshop CS3
As vezes eu gostava de ser uma boneca, viver num conto de fadas.
Isso simplesmente não existe, não existe ninguém perfeito como uma boneca, que não fale , logo não erre.
Não existe simplesmente alguém que possa ser comandado por outro alguém.
As nossas acções são simplesmente as nossas acções, temos de pensar e agir.
Tudo depende de nós, não existe um Mundo de bonecas, um Mundo mágico.
Mas com a nossa ajuda pode existir um Mundo melhor.
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meu amor, isto sim é Photoshop :b
o que vale é que me conheces em todos os estados, até naqueles que eu acordo toda despenteada e cheia de sono.
Tu conheces-me, de verdade !
Amo-te mais que tudo meu Filipe Pereira Fernandes e serei sempre tua !
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Gentee, é quase Natal , já escreveram a vossa carta para o Papai-Noel ? *-*
Ainda nem escrevi a minha, mas vou fazer isso e na próxima fotografia coloco :D
Ae eu quero saber o que vocês querem também, quem alinha numa brincadeirinha?
Tirar uma fotografia Natalícia, e colocarem a carta ao Pai Natal ?
Fico a espera *-*
Beijão para todooos !
Fontana delle Api (Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1644)
La fontana delle Api realizzata dal Bernini e che si trova all’angolo tra piazza Barberini e via Veneto, fu chiamata dai Romani Fontana delle Mosche in quanto la famosa famiglia fu vista con fastidio dagli abitanti della città per la sua brama di potere. Si racconta che il Bernini ebbe in dono dal Pontefice due once d’acqua e, benché a quel tempo ve ne fosse molta, sembra che nelle case scarseggiasse. L’astuto Bernini vendette le due once d’acqua a prezzo più che raddoppiato rispetto a quello corrente. Tale episodio fu sfruttato contro i Barberini e ci fu chi osservò che le api della fontana, simbolo della famiglia, succhiavano acqua in gran copia dalla vasca e ne restituiva in piccoli getti.
Shot it at GANGASAGAR Fair.
Gangasagar Mela(fair) is the largest fair celebrated in West Bengal. This fair is held where the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal form a nexus. Hence the name Gangasagar Mela. The river Ganga which originates in the Gangotri glacier in the snow clad Himalayas, descends down the mountains, reaches the plains at Haridwar, flows through ancient pilgrimage sites such as Benares and Prayag, and drains into the Bay of Bengal. Sagar Island, at the mouth of the river Hooghly in Bengal where the Ganga breaks up into hundreds of streams, and drains into the sea, is honored as a pilgrimage site.
A dip in the ocean, where the Ganga drains into the sea is considered to be of great religious significance particularly on the Makara Sankranti day when the sun makes a transition to Capricorn from Sagittarius and this town becomes home to vast fairs, drawing visitors and recluses from all over the state. There is a common belief among the locals that the girls who take the holy dip get handsome grooms and the boys get beautiful brides. When they are done with the ritual obligations, they head towards the Kapilmuni Temple situated nearby, to worship the deity as a mark of respect.
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The Koutoubia Mosque (Arabic: جامع الكتبية) is the largest mosque in Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret was completed under the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184-1199) and was used as the model for the Giralda of Seville and for the Hassan Tower of Rabat.
The name is derived from the Arabic al-Koutoubiyyin for librarian, since it used to be surrounded by sellers of manuscripts. It is considered the ultimate structure of its kind. The tower is 69 m (221 ft) in height and has a lateral length of 12.8 m (41 ft). Six rooms (one above the other) constitute the interior; leading around them is a ramp by way of which the muezzin could ride up to the balcony. It is built in a traditional Almohad style and the tower is adorned with four copper globes.
According to legend, the globes were originally made of pure gold, and there were once supposed to have been only three globes. The fourth globe was donated by the wife of Yacoub el-Mansour as compensation for her failure to keep the fast for one day during the month of Ramadan. She had her golden jewelry melted down to flab the fourth globe.
I'm taking more photos and I'm trying not to be so over critical and instead post more. Took this during my walk on the ice on saturday. I'm afraid I was stalking that poor old couple just to get something human into these shots (there'll probably be more to come). I hope I didn't scare them.
I've been tagged a couple of times so here we go
1. I have 2 days left of high school. it feels so good.
2. I want to go study photography in sweden next year. I'm nervous.
3. I love how much music can affect my mood.
4. I collect quotes, lyrics and beautiful words.
5. I wish I had more time to read.
6. I'm going interrailling through Italy this spring!
7. I have a loud laugh.
8. I've lived in the same house my entire life.
9. I saw 500 days of summer yesterday and Tom is now my imaginary boyfriend. I think more boys should dress like him.
11. Polaroid cameras have always fascinated me, I want one.
12. I love shooting live music.
13. I can't help dancing when I listen to Mumm ra's she's got you high
14. I tend to sing out loud when I walk to school with my headphones on
15. I wouldn't buy another brand than Nokia when it comes to phones.
16. I have a penpal i USA, her name is Alex and she's awesome.
17. I'm gonna learn how to play gnossienne nr.1 on piano before I die.
18. I'm also gonna learn to speak french.
19. I enjoy spending time on my own.
20. I have a test tomorrow and that is why I gladly made 10 extras.
a walk through Montreal...
must see LARGE on Black
setup and processing (in response to shetha's question): I do have a polarizing filter, but I'm pretty sure I didn't use it here (because I pretty much never do). I think I used a 3 stop ND filter so I could keep the aperture wide open in the middle of the day. Shhh... It's our little secret. Don't tell anyone =D I took 3 bracketed exposures, but there was way too much movement to use multiple exposure-based HDR so I took this one at -2EV (good exposure for the sky) and increased the Fill Light to illuminate the foreground and increased the Recovery to get back some of the highlights from the RAW file that had blown out. Ends up being a similar process to what's usually referred to as single-exposure HDR, since what's really being described there is the tone mapping from the high dynamic range data stored in a single RAW file (while not nearly as high of a dynamic range you can get from multiple-exposures) into something visible on a monitor and storable in an 8-bit JPG. I'm really loving how easy it is to play around with all the most common Photoshop knobs in Lightroom when you don't need to do any local editing.
shout-out to the SetSeeker group which is a very cool forum to learn from other's setups: "We like all kind of photos taken with a previous setup, like lighting, subject selection and arrangement of the objects to be shot. The idea is that the photographer shows to group members its capture and a short description of how it was taken. A second picture as a comment, is a good way to show it, but is not required; just plain English or Spanish will work."
i'm catching up on my 365 and upoading late because it's been hectic here...
our car broke down and we're waiting for it to get fixed...
also my uncle left his girlfriend a few days ago (again!) and moved in with us (again!) and the crazy bitch girlfriend our phone number and after she called and tried screaming at me over the phone i had to have our number changed...i really can't stand her...she's a psychotic alcoholic on crank (no i'm not actually kidding) and i hate how when my uncle leaves her she stalks not just him, but all of us and that's the last thing my mum needs...she calls all of our phones daily, swearing at us, leaving us empty drunken threats...i just wish she would grow up and get help but she refuses to believe she has a problem...rawr...
**also, i know people have left me comments with questions in them, i often forget what they were and sometimes can't find them...like now :( if anyone ever needs/wants to ask me something, feel free to message me...i'm sometimes to slow to answer depending on my work day, but i never lose the message at least :D**
Cementerio de San José de Granada:
l actual cementerio surgió a partir del Cementerio de las Barreras, levantado en 1805 junto al Palacio de los Alixares, debido a una epidemia de fiebre amarilla que asoló la ciudad. Siguiendo las directrices racionalistas de la Real Cédula de 1787 del rey Carlos III de España, se ubicó a extramuros de la ciudad, en el entorno monumental y paisajístico de la Alhambra. Esta ubicación fue escogida por una comisión de médicos tras años de tardanza que llevaron, junto a la negligencia de las autoridades, a una situación límite en la que la población enterraba los cadáveres en terrenos que no estaban ni acotados ni bendecidos para ello.
Panteones y lápidas del patio primero del cementerio.
Panteón de la familia Navarrete-Medina, en el patio segundo.
El 18 de abril de 1805, la comisión elige una serie de ubicaciones idóneas que acuerda con las autoridades. La más apropiada es la denominada Haza de las Escaramuzas, al este de la ciudad, a una gran altura, nivelada y con una tierra de buena calidad. Se establece provisionalmente ahí el Cementerio de las Barreras en 1805. La prohibición de enterramientos en suelo urbano y el gusto por el emplazamiento del cementerio, con excelentes vistas tanto de la ciudad de Granada y su Vega como de Sierra Nevada llevan al cementerio de las Barreras a convertirse en el principal cementerio de Granada. Así, en 1842 se propone establecer de manera definitiva y oficial allí el cementerio de la ciudad, construyendo los patios primero y segundo. El nuevo cementerio proyectado suma 5000 sepulturas a las 7000 del antiguo cementerio de las Barreras.
Desde entonces, el cementerio de Granada se ha seguido desarrollando de una forma un tanto caótica, según las necesidades y modas constructivas de cada época, mediante proyectos inconexos sin un plan de desarrollo integral y armónico. Así, se encuentran fosas de tierra, prohibidas a finales de los años setenta y ya desaparecidas, edificios de nicho de párvulos, columbarios y bóvedas de distintas formas y alturas, panteones y tumbas sin orden en su distribución, patios civiles ya desaparecidos, recintos religiosos y pequeñas zonas ajardinadas.
Está incluido en la lista de Bienes de Interés Cultural de la ciudad de Granada por la Junta de Andalucía, debido a que posee importantes muestras de la arquitectura y la escultura funerarias, románticas y de épocas posteriores, catalogadas y realizadas por los artistas e imagineros locales, y algunos foráneos, más significativos. Además, posee los restos del Palacio de los Alixares (que data del siglo XIII-XIV) junto al que fue construido, principalmente el fortín y las canalizaciones de agua instaladas en el siglo XIX por los franceses.
Morella, Castelló (Spain).
ENGLISH
This is the Catxo, the dungeon where Juan II of Aragón had prisoner his own son Carlos, Prince of Viana, in 1461.
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The castle of Morella (Province of Castellón, Spain), constructed at the top of the town on the “Mola” taking advantage of the rock, is a fortification of 13th century of Islamic architecture with later reforms of medieval architecture. It consists of the square of arms (1,070 ms), the palace of the governor, the Rain tank, the tower of the Pardalea, retreats to the flight by where entered the Carlistas in 1838, prison of Cacho, rest of real palaces, towers of Tribute, and official pavilions, by where are passed different forms from civilization and cultures.
In the area of the castle they have appeared prehistoric rest, Iberian and Roman. After it reconquers it began the present walls and the dependencies that already existed were qualified for the Christian kings.
The castle is divided in three levels: a first level located in the lower part of the rock in which there is the entrance and the Palace of the Governor. In the second level the artillery batteries were located. And in the third level would be the castle itself. The lower part this surrounded by walls and towers, of which they are the majority semicircular, that arises from the west part in zigzag form.
The castle, in the upper part, underwent modifications in the war of Succession and during the carlistas wars, being bombed the celoquia tower in 1813. To this more elevated zone it is acceded through stairs, that had 90 steps of which 54 are conserved, that leads to a door that takes step to the square by a passage that ends at the square of arms.
In center of the same one is a rain tank of Roman time, on which there are a sentry box of 19th century and the rest of a guardhouse. In the South part are the rest of a construction composed by semibasement that communicated with the celoquia tower.
To the Southeast is the celoquia tower, that it was the Christian tower of the tribute. It was reformed in 13th century, according to documents of 18th century it has three plants, with vault the ground floor and first, with outer cover to four waters. It did not have stairs, and the interior communication was made by the adjacent buildings. It had in its cellar the chapel of Santa Barbara and Santa Magdalena until 18th century, then become a jail.
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CASTELLANO
Éste es el Catxo, el calabozo donde Juan II de Aragón tuvo preso a su hijo Carlos, Príncipe de Viana, en 1461.
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El castillo de Morella (Provincia de Castellón, España), construido en lo alto de la población sobre la "Mola" aprovechando la roca, es una fortificación del siglo XIII de arquitectura islámica con reformas posteriores de arquitectura medieval. Consta de la plaza de armas (1.070 m), el palacio del gobernador, el Aljibe, la torre de la Pardalea, retretas al vuelo por donde entraron en 1838 los Carlistas, prisión de Cacho, restos de palacios reales, torres de Homenaje, y pabellones oficiales, por donde han pasado diferentes formas de civilización y culturas.
En el área del castillo han aparecido restos prehistóricos, ibéricos y romanos. Tras la reconquista se iniciaron las actuales murallas y las dependencias que ya existían fueron habilitadas para los reyes cristianos.
El castillo se divide en tres niveles: un primer nivel situado en la parte inferior del peñón en el que se encuentras la entrada y el Palacio del Gobernador. En el segundo nivel se situaban las baterías de artillería. Y en el tercer nivel se encontraría el castillo propiamente dicho. La parte inferior esta rodeada de murallas y torres, de las cuales son la mayoría semicirculares, que surgen de la parte oeste en forma de zigzag.
El castillo, en la parte superior, sufrió modificaciones en la guerra de Sucesión y durante las guerras carlistas, siendo bombardeada la torre celoquia en 1813. A esta zona más elevada se accede a través de una escalera, que tenía 90 peldaños de los que se conservan 54, que conduce a una puerta que da paso a la plaza por un pasadizo que desemboca en la plaza de armas.
En el centro de la misma se encuentra un aljibe de época romana, sobre el que hay una garita del siglo XIX y los restos de un cuerpo de guardia. En la parte sur se encuentran los restos de una edificación compuesta por semisótano que se comunicaba con la torre celoquia.
Al sudeste se encuentra la torre celoquia, que fue la torre del homenaje cristiana. Fue reformada en el siglo XIII, según documentos del siglo XVIII tenia tres plantas, con bóveda la planta baja y la primera, con cubierta exterior a cuatro aguas. No tenía escalera, y la comunicación interior se realizaba por los edificios colindantes. Tuvo en su sótano la capilla de Santa Bárbara y Santa Magdalena hasta el siglo XVIII, luego paso a ser un calabozo.
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Brought my D700 to the cleaners, plus quite busy and a bit tired of Flickr - happens sometimes - but I'll be back and catching up! In the meantime...
About this shot
The shot above is almost two years old and actually only a 'vehicle' for some hints and tips I want to share with you for when you're preparing a (city) trip.
I took this shot with my (old and now sold) D90 + Nikon 18-200mm VRII travel lens, shooting from the back of the deck of a speedy moving river bus. It's fantastic travelling by boat in and around London! Glad I wasn't in the rowing boat though. :)
Preparing your city trip
In the 20th century (remember?) when you were sort of planning your trip, you went to a library or bookstore and got yourself a couple of books and/or travelguides from the place you we're going to visit. That's kinda old skool now.
Here's three simple tips to help you out planning your trip, picking spots with dusk/dawn in mind, and how to get inspired - all in 21st century stylee!
Tip number one: Let Flickr be your inspiration
Unless you're preparing a city trip to Atlantis (*blub, blub*), you'll find out that plenty of other excellent photographers have been visiting and shooting your destination. Take advantage of their efforts by browsing through their images, and learn from their spots and angles. You'll see the stuff that's been shot to death, so maybe you want to avoid these. Most likely though the work of others will inspire you to go out there shooting and give it your own 'personal touch/twist'.
I use Flickr search to get an idea about the possibilities of a certain location. It's a good idea to use more than one search keyword. So instead of using 'London' (for example), use 'London Thames barrier' or even better 'London Thames barrier night' to narrow down more specific results.
My personal tip is to use the filter 'Recent' on your search results. This way you'll find out the famous object you were planning to shoot is being renovated, surrounded by scaffolding - saving you the time and effort of going there all excited and end up sobbing.
An example: London Thames Barrier - Recent.
It's also a good idea to check out websites of a special spot you prepare to visit. For example: This way I found out the St. Paul (London) was being renovated and the excellent view over London you can get there is closed in March/April. I'd rather be dissapointed in advance than finding out about this after standing in a cue for 10 minutes or something.
Sometimes you're curious from what spot a photograph is taken, because you like that angle very much. Unfortunately not a lot of Flickr folks add maps to their images. Maybe to avoid that other people will 'copy' their angles? Tsk, tsk. We will find out anyhow! This brings us to my second tip...
Tip number two: Google Earth / Streetview
You'd like to explore the locations you're planning to visit beforehand? That's possible with (for example) the help of a couple of Google web applications.
Google Earth A useful download, especially with 3D elements.
Google Streetview Limited, but nonetheless useful.
While Google Streetview is very useful - it gives an excellent idea of 'being there' while you're still in front of your computer - it's rather limited because in the end it's only what it is: 'street view'. What does your photographic object look like from a boat in the middle of a river? What's a nice angle from that pedestrian bridge? How's the view from that hill? You can only find out with Google Earth. Pinpoint your location and you can check it out from any given angle. Together with the first tip (using Flickr search results) you'll get a pretty good idea if a location is promising and worthwhile enough for you. Plus you most likely will find out if there are any obstacles or unpleasant surprises making it difficult or impossible to take the shot you had in mind. No surprises for you if you prepared yourself using the tips above!
Tip number three: The Photographer's Ephemeris
Every photographer knows this, or should know it. Scott Kelby told me. ;-) There's only two periods in a day you can take shots that make a difference: at dusk and at dawn. No really!
Well, at home you can probably 'dream' where exactly the sun is coming up (east, right? hehe) and where it goes down (west - just a wild guess), which buildings it hits from that specific angle, where it sinks in the sea or where to find that nice view/spot at dusk/dawn. Now you're going to visit a different city you don't know *that* well. You know about the east and west thing and all that, but it won't be enough to be at the right spot at the right time at dusk or dawn! *Panic!*
Where's the sun going down while facing your object of photographic desire? Where's the moon? Do you want to plan a city trip with full moon? You want to prepare an evening or night session but want to know if it's in your view from *that* specific spot? Now what!?
Here comes the rather excellent Photographer's Ephemeris in handy! This little program is free for PC and Mac, and you will find it here. You pay for the iPhone/iPad/Android versions, but they're well worth it, especially the iPad edition.
You simply pick your spot (wherever!) and the date (of your future visit for example) and you'll get all the info on the whereabouts of the sun (dusk, dawn and everything in between) percentage and position of the moon, everything you'd like to know beforehand about the perfect light conditions.
Excellent stuff! That's the third and final tip, an awesome tool to plan your perfect city trip.
I also recommend Star Walk for iPhone by the way, an excellent app! Tells you everything about sunrise/sunset, the moon and all that. It's not free, but worth the money!
Summing it up and some extra tips
Free inspiration through Flickr, no more time wasting on location finding your way towards your favourite spots, and no surprises finding out the sun is out of range when you thought of catching a brilliant sunset over that stunning city view.
That being said, it's also a pretty smart idea to keep an eye on the weather conditions at all times - huge chance the unpredictable weather's going to be the biggest spoiler of your perfectly planned trip - especially going to the UK - but hey, that's life!
Even when the weather is not really cooperative you should always try to get the most out of your visit, so go out and try some rain shots or even better - when there's plenty of dark clouds floating by - bring your tripod and ND filters to create stunning Long Exposures!
I wish all of you out there a lot of fun with these hints and tips - if you already didn't use them - and happy shooting! Keep looking for that perfect angle, treat it with your personal touch!
My English is not perfect but I hope you can 'catch my drift'! :-)
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s it getting better?
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now?
You got someone to blame
You say
One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it
Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's
Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
carry each other
carry each other
One
Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus?
To the lepers in your head
Did I ask too much?
More than a lot.
You gave me nothing,
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
See we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love is a higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't keep holding on
To what you got
When all you've got is hurt
One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters and my
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...
One...
extended version
Can You hear us coming Lord
Can You hear us call
Feel us knocking
We're knocking at Your door
U2 : One
...
Hardcore Skatin' - the Guy on the left has a Camera and films the Action... cool Youngsters, they have a lot of Fun... and no Fear of Bruises... :)
Will be back to visit everyone later today, this is another of those mornings I wish had 86,400 seconds !
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you"?
William Arthur Ward
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Name: Miseuron
Species: Makuta
Occupation: Captain to the Corrupted Crown
Titles: The Mind Machine, The Machine with No Touch
Alignment: Evil
Personality: He is calculated, cold, intelligent. He relies on his knowledge and his love for secrets to gain the upper hand
Element: Shadow
Side Powers: Unmatched telekinetic prowess, 42 Rahkshi powers
Kanohi: Avsa
Weapons: None
Backstory:
Miseuron is a dear ally to the Corrupted Crown. During the early years of the Corrupted Crowns plans to rule over Aeos, he was involved in mortal combat with Toa Raphael. Toa Raphael, being a very adept Toa of gravity, was able to match Miseuron’s telekinetic ability to a point. The battle left Miseuron in a fatal state. Left forsaken on a concrete bridge, the Corrupted Crown recovered him before he could breathe his last breath. The Corrupted Crown worked with his allies to preserve Miseuron’s vitality, producing for him a suit that could give him constant life support and essential needs for life. Without this suit, Miseuron would surely perish from his wounds. Ironically enough, this protosteel prison had also released a new potential in his telekinetic abilities, increasing them tenfold. His new telekinetic abilities let him repel the strongest of blasts, the heaviest of objects, and the most powerful of foes. Miseuron is not usually one for revenge, but he secretly waits for the day that he can eliminate his rival, Toa Raphael, and leave his body to rot in stone.
Body credit goes to Levi Acosta
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Jan Kochanowski (6 VI 1530 - 22 VIII 1584)
TREN VIII
Wielkieś mi uczyniła pustki w domu moim,
Moja droga Orszulo, tym zniknieniem swoim!
Pełno nas, a jakoby nikogo nie było:
Jedną maluczką duszą tak wiele ubyło.
Tyś za wszytki mówiła, za wszytki śpiewała,
Wszytkiś w domu kąciki zawżdy pobiegała.
Nie dopuściłaś nigdy matce się frasować
Ani ojcu myśleniem zbytnim głowy psować,
To tego, to owego wdzięcznie obłapiając
I onym swym uciesznym śmiechem zabawiając.
Teraz wszytko umilkło, szczere pustki w domu,
Nie masz zabawki, nie masz rozśmiać się nikomu.
Z każdego kąta żałość człowieka ujmuje,
A serce swej pociechy darmo upatruje."
J.K.
Tren VIII
Your flight, my dearest, caused
This vast emptiness in my house.
We are so many yet no one's here:
One tiny soul and so much is gone.
You spoke and sang for all alone,
Skipped around in every corner of the house,
Never let your mother fret,
Never let your father brood,
Hugging one and then the other,
Cheering all with joyful laughter.
Now all is silent, the house stands bare,
There's no laughter, song or joy.
From every corner stares remorseless grief
As gnawing heartache vainly seeks relief.
TRANSLATIONS BY ADAM CZERNIAWSKI
/Wystawa prac absolwentów i nauczycieli wiśnickiego Plastyka, Muzeum Okręgowe w Nowym Sączu,
Oddział Zamek w Wiśniczu, 31 maja - październik 2008 /
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Gracias a mi amigo Agustín, he tenido noticia de un espléndido artículo escrito por Antonio Lorca para el diario "El País", que transcribo a continuación porque creo que describe a la perfección el ADN de este valeroso torero.
¿HÉROES?: UNOS MÁS QUE OTROS...
por Antonio Lorca
La mejor noticia es que el diestro Juan José Padilla está vivo. Se lo llevaron en volandas, casi sin vida, al hospital tras su tremenda cogida en la Feria del Pilar y, más pronto que tarde, seguro que volverá a hombros, victorioso, otra vez, frente a la durísima adversidad de su arriesgada profesión. Es el sino irremediable de los héroes del toreo. Y Padilla es uno de ellos.
Todos los toreros lo son, porque todos ellos se juegan la vida frente a un animal salvaje que, en cualquier momento, puede hacer añicos la ilusión tantas veces soñada de alcanzar o mantener el reconocimiento como figura del toreo.
Pero unos lo son más que otros, también es verdad. Porque no todos los que se visten de luces les rozan las barbas al mismo tipo de toro. Y Juan José Padilla es integrante principal de ese reducido grupo de avezados toreros que debe sortear cada tarde los hierros más duros, los toros más bastos, los más grandes y peligrosos.
Quizá, porque Padilla es un torero fuera de tiempo, fuera de su tiempo; un lidiador de antaño, un torero de ribetes antiguos. Él mismo promueve esa imagen con sus patillas largas y anchas y el diseño singular de sus trajes de luces. Pero está fuera del tiempo, sobre todo, porque la tauromaquia de hoy solo admite y venera al torero de pellizco y sentimiento, al artista creador de filigranas. Y Padilla no lo es. Él es un torero valiente; un luchador indómito, un lidiador con todas las de la ley, un matador que ha tenido la gallardía de abrirse camino en un mundo que no parece hecho a su semejanza. Hoy, los héroes de antaño han dejado paso a los artistas. Desde que Juan Belmonte revolucionó la esencia de la fiesta ni el toro, ni el público ni el torero son ya lo mismo. El primero ha dulcificado su comportamiento, ha ganado en volumen, pero ha perdido movilidad, fiereza y carácter; el torero ya no es un aguerrido luchador contra una fiera, y el público es más sensible, y prefiere arte con becerros que hazañas con toros.
Es la fiesta misma la que se ha modificado por completo, de modo que la lucha -que no es otra cosa que la lidia- entre un hombre y un toro ha dado paso a la sensibilidad artística.
Quizá, por eso, la afición no valora de igual manera al lidiador y al artista. La figura de hoy es un torero elegante, fino, creativo y, muchas veces, algo parecido a un enfermero ante un animal escaso de fortaleza, bonancible y colaborador. Al torero de hoy se le exige un alma embrujada para interpretar con fidelidad la armonía ante una embestida pastueña.
Y quedan los lidiadores, -y Padilla lo es en grado sumo-, que deben buscar la gloria ante legendarias ganaderías, duras, correosas, denostadas por todas las figuras y poco valoradas por el público, ante las que el riesgo, siempre presente en el ruedo, se agiganta.
Sin ser un artista, sin que sus muñecas estén bañadas por la gracia, Juan José Padilla se ha ganado el respeto y la admiración de todos por su entrega, su corazón, su capacidad de lucha y su fuerza para seguir adelante a pesar de tantas tardes imposibles.
El pasado viernes, el infortunio se cruzó en la vida de este torero, y a punto ha estado de perder para siempre su sonrisa. Pero esa horripilante, pavorosa y espantosa cogida no podrá con la fortaleza de este extraordinario lidiador, de este heroico torero que, como todos, está fabricado de otra pasta, capaz de sobreponerse a las más duras desventuras de la vida.
Ojalá vuelva pronto a los ruedos Juan José Padilla. Ojalá esa tarde zaragozana no sea más que una cicatriz en la castigada piel de este bravo torero. Ojalá la imagen escalofriante del diestro herido sirva para renovar el reconocimiento a los héroes que, como Padilla se juegan la vida. Aunque no sean artistas.
Artículo publicado también en el diario "El País" sobre la evolución del diestro.
El torero Juan José Padilla, que sufrió una pavorosa cornada en la cara el pasado viernes en la plaza de toros de Zaragoza, está en una evolución "incierta", ha declarado hoy el equipo médico que le atiende en el hospital Miguel Servet de la capital aragonesa. El diestro, herido grave por asta de toro, aún sufre riesgo de infección aunque podría recibir el alta en seis o siete días si evoluciona favorablemente, han señalado los médicos.
El torero fue trasladado en la tarde de ayer lunes desde la UCI de Traumatología a una habitación de planta con atención especial y acceso restringido. El último parte médico señala que se encuentra sin fiebre, hemodinámicamente estable, ingiriendo alimentos y sin síntomas de infección. Aun así, los doctores mantienen reservado el pronóstico por temor a infecciones, que, según la doctora Saura, son muy posibles cuando penetra en el cuerpo "un elemento tan contaminante, un campo de gérmenes, como es un asta de toro".
Por lo tanto, será difícil que el torero reaparezca a finales de noviembre en América, tal y como era su deseo, ha indicado la jefa del Servicio de Cirugía Maxilofacial, Esther Saura. La terrible cogida se produjo en la segunda corrida de la feria del Pilar. En el tercio de banderillas del cuarto toro, el astado, de nombre Marqués, de la ganadería de Ana Romero, le esperó al prender el último par. Una vez en el suelo, el toro le corneó en la cara. El pitón entró por la parte inferior de la mandíbula, debajo de la oreja, y salió por la órbita ocular izquierda.
La doctora Saura ha indicado que la parálisis facial que sufre el torero por el arrancamiento del nervio "está pendiente de una cirugía correctiva, que no se podía hacer de urgencia" y que se "buscará un cierto tono de la motricidad muscular, porque el cabo del nervio facial está desprendido de la base del cráneo". En opinión de Saura, Padilla "está reaccioando con absoluta serenidad, asume las lesiones con preocupación y tristeza, pero con entereza y tranquilidad".
El doctor Luis Pablo, jefe del Servicio de Oftalmología, ha añadido que "el globo ocular del ojo izquierdo conserva el tono, aunque con una opacidad que impide la visualización. La importante elongación sufrida en el nervio óptico hace incierto el pronóstico de conservación del órgano y su misión". "De continuar así -explicó el doctor Pablo- el ojo se degradaría por no cumplir su función y habría que extirparlo. Pero hay que esperar aún unas semanas, o incluso algún mes, para ver cómo evoluciona".
Padilla, apodado en sus inicios El ciclón de Jerez, es un experimentado matador, especialista en ganaderías de las denominadas duras. Nació en Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) el 23 de mayo de 1973. Su debut con picadores fue el 17 de septiembre de 1980, en su ciudad natal. Tomó la alternativa el 18 de junio de 1994 en Algeciras (Cádiz) de manos de Pedro Castillo y con El Niño de la Taurina como testigo frente a reses de Fermín Bohórquez.
If you ever see a girl with a camera climbing on top of newspaper boxes to take pictures, it's probably me! :)
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Tyle bylo dni do utraty sil
Do utraty tchu, tyle bylo chwil
Gdy zalujesz tych, z ktorych nie masz nic
Jedno warto znac, jedno tylko wiedz
Ze wazna sa tylko te dni, ktorych jeszcze nie znamy
Waznych jest kilka tych chwil, tych na ktore czekamy
Pewien znany ktos, kto mial dom i sad
Zgubil nagle sens i w zle kregi wpadl
Choc majatek prysl, on nie stoczyl sie
Wytlumaczyc umial sobie wtedy wlasnie ze
Ze wazna sa tylko te dni, ktorych jeszcze nie znamy
Waznych jest kilka tych chwil, tych na ktore czekamy
Jak rozpoznac ludzi, ktorych juz nie znamy
Jak pozbierac mysli z tych nieposkladanych
Jak oddzielic nagle serce od rozumu
Jak uslyszec siebie posrod spiewu tlumu
Jak rozpoznac ludzi, ktorych juz nie znamy
Jak pozbierac mysli z tych nieposkladanych
Jak odnalezc nagle radosc i nadzieje
Odpowiedzi szukaj, czasu jest tak wiele
Ze wazna sa tylko te dni, ktorych jeszcze nie znamy
Waznych jest kilka tych chwil, tych na ktore czekamy
this is my first actual post for this project (04.27.2010). if you've missed my previous declaration--i will be posting a photograph with an accompanying memory on every full moon.
the moon is currently 100% full.
i have yet to see it--still a bit light outside.
but at around 10 i'm going to drive around just so i can gaze at it for a while.
i'm jealous that my brother get's a full moon on his birthday. (happy birthday, big bruddah! love you & miss you so much)
memory #001.
day: 04.13.2009
my family and i flew to east texas to visit my grandfather's grave.
on our way--i witnessed the most surreal sky of my entire existence.
the atmosphere had a belly fully of the plumpest clouds, for miles and miles.
i kept forgetting to breath.
i thought of my grandfather the entire way.
Addendum: it seems the dream is running fast to an end . . . and it is a sad one
A dictator always says "My people!" as if it were a herd to be gathered in a stable, in fences, uses demagogy to get people's consensus and stops freedom of thought, speech, religion and condemns and punishes each diversity.
A wise chief of his state always addresses the free citizens that believed his non demagogist plan to preserve their freedom, and knows that diversities ar richness and fuel for freedom and democracy and protects them and promotes free debate, exchange and peaceful coexistence.
The boundary between Asia and Europe is almost everywhere uncertain, but in one place it's perfectly delineated: along the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles.
So Istanbul, that spans on both sides of Bosphorus Channel, is the only city in the world being subdivided in two continents.
Şemsi Pasha (Üsküdar): Istanbul - Asia
Galata Tower (Beyoğlu): Istanbul - Europe (in the background)
Bosphorus Channel in the middle
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Wat Phra Kaew, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, and the adjoining Grand Palace together form perhaps the greatest spectacle for the visitor to Bangkok. Despite the fact that the whole compound is so full of tourists you spend half the time trying to avoid getting in people's photos, it's still a pretty amazing place to visit.
It consists of over 100 brightly colored buildings, golden spires and glittering mosaics, and dates back to 1782, when Bangkok was founded. When you enter the compound, you first of all see Wat Phra Kaew and the nearby attractions, and then move on to the Grand Palace afterwards.
Wat Phra Kaew itself, generally known to the Thais as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is perhaps the main attraction. This is Thailand's most important and sacred temple, so you're expected to act with due respect inside it. It houses the tiny (between 60 and 75 cm) Emerald Buddha, which is located high above the heads of the worshippers and tourists. Not much is known for certain about the statue, except that it isn't actually made of emerald but rather of green jade or jasper. Getting a good look at it is difficult as photography is forbidden inside the temple, and it's perched so high up inside it's glass box that it's difficult to really see.
Years ago, a friend told me a story from her childhood that I'd not heard before, and I think of it often. The story goes like this:
One morning, a little girl was looking across the valley from her house, admiring the beautiful golden windows on a house on the top of the hill.
"Mom," she said, "Do you see that house on the hill with golden windows? It must be so beautiful there, and the people who live there must be so wealthy! I'll bet they have no problems and their lives are filled with happiness every day. I wish OUR HOUSE had golden windows."
"Oh, darling," replied the mother, "no one's life is perfect. Even people who live in a house with golden windows."
"No, I think you are wrong! I want to go see for myself!" So the mother packed the daughter a lunch, and away the daughter went to cross the valley and see how wonderful life was for the people who lived in the house with golden windows.
The girl walked all day long. As she reached the bottom of the valley, she lost sight of the house but kept going. It was dusk by the time she reached the top of the other hill. But to her surprise, all she found was an ordinary house. She saw no golden ornaments, nothing that made the house look different or more special than any other house. The people looked ordinary, just like the people in her own family. She was puzzled.
Disappointed, she turned around to gaze at her own house across the valley she'd just crossed. And to her surprise, her house was ablaze with light. The windows shone with gold as the setting sun lit them up. In disbelief, she looked again at the ordinary house in front of her, then back to her house gleaming across the way.
"MY house has golden windows!" she said in amazement. She stood for a moment, struck by how beautiful her house looked from this side of the valley. She took off running back down the hill, eager to return to her family.
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After filtering out space noise and other galactic interference……
LSD has succeeded in bring forth a very detailed close-up image of the “A Man Of War” Nebulae
Photo taken from the ……Lunar Space Depot……LSD has been a major player in space observation
Details are still a bit sketchy….This Video should help………. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gxgWCHStxg
A planetary nebula is an astronomical object consisting of a glowing shell of gas and plasma formed by many stars
as they approach the end of their lives, while a nova is a cataclysmic nuclear explosion
caused by the accretion of hydrogen onto the surface of a nearly-dead white dwarf star in a close binary.
The star which erupted was a nova, an event caused when matter is transferred from one star in a close binary system onto its companion,
eventually triggering a runaway thermonuclear explosion. The nebula surrounding this nova is a planetary nebula,
which must have formed during an earlier phase in the binary star's existence, when the outer layers of one of the companions were expelled.
Only one previous nova has been seen to occur inside a planetary nebula – Nova Persei in 1901.
The opportunity to watch in detail as the nova flash interacts with the nebula is a first in astronomy.
Callier, a childhood friend of Curtis Mayfield, began recording in 1963 but never reached stardom despite a series of regional hits in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1983, he gained custody of his 12-year-old daughter Sundiata and decided to retire from music to look for a steadier income. He took classes in computer programming and landed a job at the University of Chicago in 1984.
He reemerged from obscurity when British DJs discovered his old recordings and began to play his songs in clubs in the late 1980s. Acid Jazz Records head Eddie Piller brought Callier to play clubs in Britain beginning in 1991 and he began to make regular trips to play gigs during his vacation time from work.
In the late 90s Callier began his comeback to recorded music, contributing to Beth Orton's Best Bit EP in 1997 and releasing the album Timepeace in 1998, which won the United Nations' Time For Peace award for outstanding artistic achievement contributing to world peace. Curiously, his colleagues at the University of Chicago never learned of Callier's life as a musician, but after the award the news of his secret life became widely known and subsequently led to his firing.
Callier today is continuing his recording career having currently released five albums since Timepeace.
May 2009 saw his album Hidden Conversations featuring Massive Attack released on Mr Bongo records.
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Camboinhas beach, Niteroi
State of Rio de Janeiro
September 2009
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The traditional range of the Guaraní people includes what is now Paraguay, the Northeast of Argentina, southern Brazil and parts of Uruguay and Bolivia. They actually lived there before the countries and the frontiers existed.
The Guaraní Indians are deeply spiritual people and extremely silent. They talk minimum but their words are rich in images and expressions.
For the Guaraní, land is the origin of all life. For long, they have been searching for a place revealed to them by their ancestors where people live free from pain and suffering. A "land without Evil".
In the last century, the Guaraní have been affected by the loss of almost all their land. Especially in certain areas of Brazil.
Guaraní children starve and their leaders have been assassinated.
In Brazil, there are today around 46,000* Guaraní living in seven states, making them the country's most numerous tribe.
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Apenas un trazo alargado y en forma de arco, hacen un leve rasguño en las gotas. Dibujan así los finos contornos de esta alga aguja que en su navegar pausado va cosiendo el agua con tenues suturas sin dejar ni
rastro de una cicatriz. discretamente como pidiendo disculpas se esconde en el río calmado dentro de su delgadez.
Y es que a diferencia de otras algas hermanas de esta familia de los désmidos que parecen lucir orgullosas su cuerpo de estrella como Euastrum, Micrasterias o Staurastrum, etc. en aguas que son de cristal Closterium aciculare marca sobre el agua su raya tenue y profunda belleza arañando a cualquier masa de agua herida por la contaminación
Al igual que muchos otros désmidos Closterium aciculare presenta unas marcadas señas de identidad que no sólo se quedan en su apariencia, la gran superficie de su cuerpo la mantiene a flote con suma facilidad de tal manera que aún en zonas de corriente y oleaje siempre toma el sol en primera línea de agua. como alga fundamentalmente planctónica que es.
Pero quizá lo que más sorprenda de esta especie es algo que no se ve y que tiene que ver con su nutrición. Closterium aciculare es una especie que vive en medios eutrofizados y para poder vivir bien y reproducirse necesita amonio en el agua y no se conforma como sus hermanas con el simple nitrógeno, N2, lo necesita arropado con cuatro átomos de hidrógeno y tomarse así ese plato combinado del amonio, NH4 sin cuya presencia su vida no sería posible.
Closterium aciculare es esbelta y bastante especial, y mientras sus hermanas viven en aguas pobres en materia orgánica, ella requiere todo lo contrario y una buena ración de amonio. Pocas algas lo pueden metabolizar pero esta especie, a costa de su esbeltez lo consigue, devolviendo un agua limpia, haciendo así su suave cirugía reparadora.
Las fotografías de hoy, tomadas en vivo a 400 aumentos empleando las técnicas de contraste de interferencia y de fase, además de la de campo oscuro, proceden de una muestra tomada el 23 de marzo de 2023 por Ibone Martínez Zufiria, Alberto Ávila Pérez y Laura Fernandes desde
la Estación Biológica Internacional Duero-Douro a su paso por los Arribes del Duero entre las inmediaciones de Miranda do Douro y Torregamones (Zamora).
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Holi (Hindi: होली, Nepali: होली, Punjabi: ਹੋਲੀ Sindhi: هولي) is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus as a festival of colours.
It is primarily observed in India and Nepal. It is also observed by the minority Hindus in Bangladesh and Pakistan as well in countries with large Indic diaspora populations following Hinduism, such as Suriname, Malaysia, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States, Mauritius, and Fiji.
Holi is also known as Phagwah (Assamese: ফাকুৱা), Festival of Colours, or Doḷajātra (Oriya: ଦୋଳଯାତ୍ରା) in Odisha, and as Dol Jatra (Bengali: দোলযাত্রা) or Basantotsav ("spring festival") (Bengali: বসন্তোৎসব) in West Bengal and Assam.
Holi is of particular significance in the Braj region, which includes locations traditionally connected to the Lord Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, and Barsana, which become tourist destinations during the season of Holi.[1]
As per the Hindu calendar, Holi is celebrated on the Phalguna Purnima which comes in February or March in the Gregorian Calendar.