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Kinderdijk est un village des Pays-Bas, proche de Rotterdam, qui se trouve dans un polder. Pour drainer le polder, un système de 19 moulins à vent a été construit vers 1740. Ce groupe de moulins à vent est désormais le groupe de vieux moulins le plus important et le mieux conservé des Pays-Bas.

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Kinderdijk is a village in the Netherlands, close to Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is situated in a polder. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands.

Don't let life pass by you too fast, that way you will only get its track!

Enjoy every moment!

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One of the many icebergs from the Jokulsarlon glacier (Southern Iceland), taken during a boat trip on the lake.

Part of Iceland

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Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek (Acoustic) Beautiful version^^ !!

Where are we?

what the hell is going on?

the dust has only just begun to form

crop circles in the carpet

sinking feeling

spin me round again

and rub my eyes,

this can't be happening

when busy streets a mess with people

would stop to hold their heads heavy

hide and seek

trains and sewing machines

all those years

they were here first

oily marks appear on walls

where pleasure moments hung before the takeover,

the sweeping insensitivity of this still life

hide and seek

trains and sewing machines (oh, you won't catch me around here)

blood and tears (hearts)

they were here first

Mmmm whatcha say,

Mmm that you only meant well?

well of course you did

Mmmm whatcha say,

Mmmm that it's all for the best?

of course it is

Mmmm whatcha say?

Mmmm that it's just what we need

you decided this

whatcha say?

Mmmm what did she say?

ransom notes keep falling out your mouth

mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut outs

speak no feeling no I don't believe you

you don't care a bit,

you don't care a bit

This is Second LIfe !! Pic taken at Blossom Elven

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A shot of a water bottle reflecting flickr from my pc monitor.

An idea probably subconciously inspired by Jane In Colours excellent work on Cross Polarisation (set) (please check it out if you haven't already!) .

I have also experimented with light through plastic water bottles (with water in them) in one of my earlier (Flickr infancy) shot CD Water Drops #2.

A cousin shot to abstract #8

Part of my bottles (Set)

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La construcción de la casa Consistorial de Toledo (España) no se planteó de una manera aislada, sino con vistas a establecer su relación con la Catedral, a través de la plaza que vincula a ambos edificios. La reforma de esa plaza y la construcción del nuevo consistorio estarán íntimamente unidos; incluso la propia plaza adoptará el nombre del Ayuntamiento, a pesar de tener edificios tan importantes en su perímetro como la Catedral y el Palacio Arzobispal.

The construction of the town hall of Toledo (Spain) was not raised in isolation, but in order to establish their relationship with the Cathedral, through the square that links the two buildings. The reform of the square and the construction of the new consistory will be closely linked; even the square itself will adopt the name of the City, despite having such important buildings on its perimeter as the Cathedral and the Archbishop's Palace.

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Another build for RogueOlympics and this week’s category of “Risk”. With such a broad prompt it took me a while to decide how exactly to approach it. In the end I fell back on one of my favorite childhood themes, Power Miners. Which led to lots of fun, and even a simple function on the mining vehicle as when lowered the orange ‘drill’ rolls with the vehicle. 100 parts used this time.

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:: Magasinage Romantique / Romantic Magasinage, Québec, Canada.

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Monday morning wake up knowing that youve got to go to school

Tell your mum what to expect, she says its right out of the blue

Do you went to work in debenhams, because thats what they expect

Start in lingerie, and doris is your supervisor

And the head said that you always were a queer one from the start

For careers you say you went to be remembered for your art

Your obsessions get you known throughout the school for being strange

Making life-size models of the velvet underground in clay

In the queue for lunch they take the piss, youve got no appetite

And the rumour is you never go with boys and you are tight

So they jab you with a fork, you drop the tray and go berserk

While your cleaning up the mess the teachers looking up your skirt

Youve been used, youre confused

Write a song, Ill sing along

Are you calm? settle down

Soon you will know that you are sane

Youre on top of the world again

Monday morning wake up knowing that youve got to go to school

Mum said she had little choice when she was young, so why should you?

Do you went to work in c&a, cause thats what they expect

Move to ladieswear and take a feel off joe the storeman

Tell veronica the secrets of the boy you never kissed

Shes got everything to gain cause shes a fat girl with a lisp

She sticks up for you when you get aggravation from the snobs

cause you cant afford a blazer and youre always wearing clogs

At the interval you lock yourself away inside a room

Heed of english gets you, asks you, what the hell do you think youre doing?

Do you think youre better then the other kids? well get outside.

Youve got permission, but youve got to make the bastard think hes right

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I got out of school early today to go to an orthodontist appointment to make a date to get my braces off!

I'm getting them off in 6 weeks :]

Very exciting. Which means theyll be off by HALLOWEEN! :D

I just have to wear 6 rubber bands for 6 weeks straight :p

Whatever, its worth it :]

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it has been an exhausting work week. i thought i'd spend the day out photographing but i got too lazy. hahaha. instead i took out an almost forgotten mini collection of Hummels and started photographing them. this figurine is very tiny (about one-inch tall) and it's actually part of a scene. i posted another shot below, but i like the simplicity of this one. hmmmm, i may have a mini series of this collection - don't worry, i only have a few of them. i believe what gave me the idea of photographing the tiny Hummels are those shots of Danbo and Anime toys which i've been seeing a lot lately.

215 days to go before my next trip to the Philippines.

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Well it looks like I will be moving out of the Bay Area and it's looking more and more likely I will be returning to the foothills near Yosemite. We are excited about it but man I hate moving so I decided to bum this one back up on my photostream. This is one of my first and still most popular shots. Can't wait to be back in the woods.

If you have chosen to enter Yosemite from the south entrance along Highway 41 you will first get a few fleeting glimpses around the bends of the Valley that will cause you to wonder if what you just saw was real. It seems too big, too distant. Surely your eyes are just playing tricks on you. The trees will quickly obscure your view and you will drive along directly into the face of the mountains via Yosemite's longest tunnel. Because it's such a long tunnel and you may begin to relax but grip the wheel tight as you approach the exit for the view you are about to see will wrench your eyes from the road in disbelief!

There is good reason for the flashing yellow light warning you to slow. Suddenly before you lies an impossibly massive scene of snow topped granite towers, soaring waterfalls and pristine forests. Possibly the most photographed icon of nature lies before you an impossible view simply called Inspiration Point though some refer to it as the tunnel view. A "U" shaped glacier valley lies a thousand feet below you. To the left of the image, the impressive, largest single piece of exposed granite called El Capitan is the most dominate object in Yosemite Valley. Early explorers, unable to believe their eyes, estimated the rock at only 900ft above the valley floor. They simply could not fathom it's real height. Modern measurements eventually put it well over three times that height at nearly 3000 feet above Yosemite Valley. To the right, a towering waterfall whipped by the blowing winds in the narrow canyon appropriately named Bridal Veil Falls. While not the tallest, it is definitely one of the more beautiful waterfalls in Yosemite. In the far distance, another seemingly impossible large chunk of granite cut in half by the glaciers appropriately named Half Dome rises above the valley. But it's not over yet, you have only begun the start of a dream like drive that will take you all the way up the valley past numerous waterfalls, the meandering Merced River and lead you to Yosemite Falls which will makes Bridal Veil Falls look like a tiny trickle of water. If you are a photographer, you could easily spend your day at the entrance as the scene will change by the minute, especially in winter, but push on, as there is much to see.

Winter and early spring in Yosemite are a quiet time and possibly the best for photography if you don't mind driving on cliff walls in the snow. The summer crowds have yet to arrive. The campgrounds are empty and except for a few cars driving though the valley the roads are clear. And though you may stick to the outhouse seats there are few drawbacks to visiting during this time of year provided you bring the proper gear for you and your car. If you can, plan your visits to coincide with the breaking of a winter storm. Yosemite staff are good at keeping the roads open and you have a good chance of getting the proper conditions for some stunning photography as the clouds break. I spent 5 years of my life living just outside the park. My only regret is that digital photography was only in its infancy at the time.

Darv

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A shot taken yesterday on the outskirts of Milton Keynes as the sun was setting.

Part of my trees in fields (Set)

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Pinhole/Camera Obscura /Lensfree/Loch camera/Lensless / Without Lens/Sténope/Estenopeica/Lyukkamera Photography

Author : IMRE BECSI

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Location of shoot :

Cegléd,

Hungary,

Central-Europe

Latitude - 47°11'56.61"

Longitude - 19°43'58.12"

Time of shoot :

01.04.2010.

Info of Shooting :

Film : FUJI FP-100c Color Instant (expired : 2010-01)

Filter : Tiffen Cir.Polar and Tiffen Photar #16 (orange)

Metered expo.: 9 Ev - 38 sec.

Calculated expo.: 7,75 Ev - 150 sec.

( I use my reciprocity compensation value chart to FUJI Color Instant film)

Dev.: 180 sec. (15 C)

The camera :

Body is a Film Back Adapter Plate from a Polaroid 203 camera

- focus : 33 mm

- pinhole : 0,25 mm (Lenox Laser)

- diaphragm : 132

Film back from my Polaroid 600se camera.

Shutter and Pinhole holder is a "pu(s)h" from Dr. Kai Fuhrmann with filter thread (homemade).

Picture from the camera :

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The parameters of camera :

(when I use 95x73 mm format instant film)

- Angle of view : 119°24'26"

- Light falloff at the corners [f/stops] : 3,6

- Resolution [lines/diagonal] : 887

Post work : (02.04.2010)

Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (1200 dpi)

Scanner software : SilverFast SE

Final work : PS

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no copies, no editing, no publishing, no screenshots, no posting,

no blogging, no transmitting downloading or uploading

without my written permission!

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Comments very much welcome !

Thank you !

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A group of 15 Sandhill Cranes are coming into the river region to roost on the sandbars at night! By staying on the sandbars they are protected from predators by the surrounding waters!

Nothing speaks to me more of the upcoming Earth Day than the annual migration of the Sandhill Cranes that moves into Nebraska in the early Spring! This is the second photo from my recent trip to view this wonderful show from Mother Nature!

One of the great wildlife spectacles in North America begins in mid-February, as hundreds of thousands of Sandhill Cranes arrive along the Platte River between Kearney and Grand Island, Nebraska.

Sandhill Cranes are among the oldest living birds on the planet. Fossil records place cranes in Nebraska more than nine million years ago, long before there was a Platte River, which by comparison, is a youthful 10,000 years of age.

Their numbers build throughout March and peak about St. Patrick's Day. All the cranes stay within an 80 mile wide stretch of river at the Platte and start leaving for their breeding grounds in Canada, Alaska and Siberia in early April. As many as a quarter million cranes may be present at one time, and during the spring, about half a million will stop on the river.

Individual birds spend about 29 days in the area. They forage on corn left over from the previous year and eat earthworms and snails as well. Each bird gains a pound of fat — fuel for the remainder of its migration.

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Took this shot in Hamilton Gardens near this beautiful lake which had these beautiful colors of autumn!

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Chilodonella es un ciliado de pequeño tamaño representado por varias especies tanto de agua dulce como salada repartidas por todo el Planeta. Se incluyen entre éstas formas de vida libre y de alimentación omnívora, pero también un reducido número de parásitas que pueden causar enfermedades en los peces o en las larvas de algunos mosquitos.

Chilodonella se caracteriza por su pico redondeado y por tener un aparato bucal en forma de canasta, como Nassula, con el que aspiran, pequeños restos orgánicos, algas y bacterias. La canasta que constituye la faringe de este ciliado está formada por una varillas que forman un cilindro. Éste se abre por la parte ventral para estar en contacto con el fondo sobre el que Chilodonella se desplaza. Cada una de las varillas que forman esta canasta finaliza engrosándose en una pequeña cabeza que es móvil y que permite a Chilodonella manipular su alimento.

Sobre el aparato bucal de Chilodonella se sitúa una sutura oblicua que se extiende hasta el extremo del pico y que está constituida por una barrera ciliada. La parte ventral de Chilodonella es plana y está recorrida por varias hileras de cilios, la dorsal está abultada formando una pequeña joroba que se aplasta en la porción anterior y presenta líneas cruzadas con otros cilios muy cortos que se disponen en sus inmediaciones y en la zona de la periferia.

Algunas especies de Chilodonella como Chilodonella cyprini viven en el agua dulce y parasitan las células epiteliales de algunos peces, haciendo que su piel pierda brillo y cause posteriormente graves ulceraciones. Otras, como Chilodonella uncinata pueden causar infecciones mortales en las larvas de algunos mosquitos del género Culex y Anopheles, que viven en humedales, fundamentalmente arrozales y zonas pantanosas del continente asiático y que como vectores de virus transmiten al hombre, entre otras, enfermedades como la encefalitis japonesa.

El desarrollo de Chilodonella uncinata en las regiones en las que la encefalitis japonesa es una enfermedad endémica, podría ser un buen mecanismo del control de la enfermedad al limitar la proliferación de los mosquitos que son sus vectores de transmisión.

Chilodonella procede de una muestra de agua recogida en un pequeño arroyo en las inmediaciones de Mahíde, en la comarca zamorana de Aliste y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.

Gracias a Santiago Ortiz por incorporar nuestro proyecto a su magnífico Bestiario.

Con nuestra gratitud también para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/

Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA

Y en este catálogo

También en la galería de Fotolog

Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz

Excerpt from www.lecinqueterre.org/eng/arte/manasanlorenzo.php:

The parish church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is commonly referred to as the church of San Lorenzo, patron saint of the town, celebrated every 10 August. The building dates back to 1338, as indicated by the plaque placed on the right side of the façade, and is a work in Ligurian Gothic style by the Antelami Masters.

The façade has a portal with an ogival arch and a lunette with bas-relief depicting the Martyrdom of San Lorenzo. The 1375 Carrara marble rose window is decorated with twelve small columns with foliated capitals and an external crown adorned with human and lion heads. The work is attributed to the authors of the rose window of San Pietro in Corniglia, Matteo and Pietro da Campilio. The fourteenth-century bell tower, with a square plan, separated from the church, was obtained from an ancient watchtower and was therefore raised and spiked.

The basilica-style interior with three naves is Baroque with a barrel vault, although a late 20th-century restoration has partially restored the original Gothic forms. Upon entering, on the left there is the baptismal font, against which an ancient marble measure with the coat of arms of the Republic of Genoa and the words "Comunitas Manarolae" is placed. In the window aisle, at the end, a Renaissance tabernacle with bas-relief of the fifteenth century is beautifully displayed, while on the apsidal wall of the central nave there is a crucifix of the fifteenth century.

The most important works of art are, at the main altar, a 14th century triptych depicting the Madonna and Child with Saints Lorenzo, Catherine of Alexandria and two other saints and in the left aisle a triptych with a gold background, belonging to the sanctuary of Our Lady of Health of Volastra, which in the central compartment represents San Lorenzo and, in the side panels, the Saints Antonio Abate and Bernardo. The latter has a rectangular frame divided into three parts by twisted columns supporting scalloped arches. San Lorenzo is dressed in a green dalmatic holding a book and the palm of martyrdom, with the grill at his feet.

Both works are attributed to the Master of the Cinque Terre.

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En-route to Haystack from the summit of Warnscale. It is difficult to imagine how strong the wind was from this tranquil view! With my 6 feet 1 inch and 200 pounds frame I could lean against the wind ! :) But the climb was worth every ATP !

Canon 5D, 17-40L @29mm, f/10, 1/8 seconds, ISO-100,used a 2 stop SE GND and CPL.

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Digital Accession Number: 1981:0955:0023.0001

Maker: Eugène Atget (French, 1857-1927)

Title: Coin Eglise St. Nicolas des Champs Rue Gunin Gridaine (3e arr)

Date: 1908

Medium: albumen print

Dimensions: 21.9 x 17.9 cm. (trimmed)

George Eastman House Collection

General – information about the George Eastman House Photography Collection is available at http://www.eastmanhouse.org/inc/collections/photography.php.

For information on obtaining reproductions go to: www.eastmanhouse.org/flickr/index.php?pid=198109550023.

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Me llegó el "Juego del 16"

1.Unas de mis aficiones favoritas son, como no, la fotografía y la edición fotográfica.

2.Me considero ahora mejor persona que hace unos años, aunque podría mejorarlo.

3.No tengo grandes metas, o grandes aspiraciones en la vida, solo sueño con ser feliz muchos años junto a mi familia.

4.No tengo muchos amigos de aquellos de los que se dice, de los de verdad, pero conozco a muuuuuuucha gente.

5.Lo mejor que me ha pasado en la vida es tener a mi hija Sandra.

6.No se me da mal la cocina.

7.Fuí una buena estudiante, pero en el instituto me torcí. No llegué a la Universidad.

8.Sufro ante cualquier maltrato, las desgracias ajenas me afectan mucho emocionalmente.

9.A menudo pienso en el pasado y pienso "qué sería de mi vida ahora si yo.....".

10.No me gusta en absoluto a lo que me dedico profesionalmente. Mi vocación es totalmente distinta.

11.Tengo una fuerza de voluntad de cero patatero :-)

12.No consigo dejar de morderme las uñas de vez en cuando.

13.Me gustan los perfumes, no me gusta utilizar siempre el mismo, porque si lo hiciera se me reconocería al momento, me gusta el cambio.

14.Disfruto sobrehumanamente viendo el mar, las olas aproximándose y rompiendo en la orilla, un atardecer.... me relaja y me permite sumergirme en mis pensamientos.

15.No concibo la vida sin música.

16.Lo peor que me ha pasado en la vida es padecer un cáncer

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A lagoon is a body of saline water that is partially separated from the adjacent sea and which keeps a proportion of saltwater at low tide. As well as providing an important habitat for seabirds, waterfowl and marshland birds, lagoons also contain unique invertebrates and specialist plants which make this type of habitat important to the UK’s overall biodiversity.

37 acres of littoral land and saline lagoons was purchased by the Society in 1991, with assistance from English Nature (now Natural England), after almost four years of fundraising and negotiations with the land owner. This area lies immediately south of a 33 acre area, which includes Easington Lagoon, which is owned by the Environment Agency and leased to the Society. A further 22 acres of land to the direct south of the Lagoons was purchased in 2000. This package of land is know as Beacon Lagoons, though has also variously been known as Beacon Ponds, Kilnsea Lagoons and Easington Lagoons. It was initially purchased primarily because of the Society’s interest in the little tern colony situated there.

The BLNR contains a variety of coastal habitats including sand dunes, shingle, salt marsh, saline lagoons and pools. The site is situated on the Holderness coast, 2km north of the Spurn peninsula and south-west of the village of Easington. It holds SSSI designation and is a potential SPA and a proposed Ramsar site because it comprises a variety of important features including:

· Its saline lagoons, which are a UK priority Annex 1 habitat under the EC ‘Habitats Directive’

· Its importance for its colony of over 1% of the British breeding population of little terns on its shingle beach and as a feeding and roosting site for important numbers of migratory birds

· Lagoons are included as a priority feature under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan

· Plants and animals which are either mainly or entirely restricted to a lagoonal habitat. These species include flora and fauna protected under schedules 5 and 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981).

The SHCS is responsible for the management of the BLNR, with the Spurn Bird Observatory involved in the organisation of the Little Tern Protection Scheme. A Tern warden (kindly funded by BP Exploration) is employed during the breeding season to help protect the birds against predation and from the accidental intrusion of beach users.

The water in the lagoons is strongly saline but not tidal, though storm surges may occasionally temporarily connect the lagoons with the sea. These breaches introduce marine organisms that may survive in the lagoons for several years. There is also an area of non-tidal salt marsh and some low dunes.

The main threat to the flora and fauna of the lagoons is the erosion of the beach by the North Sea and by the rise in sea levels. This ultimately threatens the site with ‘coastal squeeze’ whereby the lagoons will become tidal, eventually eliminating them altogether. It is expected the southern addition will eventually acquire a similar aspect to the present lagoons, which will prolong the life of the habitat and its associated flora and fauna.

Some vulnerable plant species such as Divided Sedge (Carex divisa) and Saltwort (Salsola Kali) occur here, along with Spiral Tasselweed (Ruppia cirrhosa) which is close to qualifying as a threatened species in the near future, and Sea Wormwood (Seriphidium maritimum) which is an Internationally important species.

Invertebrates characteristic of such lagoons as these are found here. Species include the mollusc Ventrosia ventrosa, the crustaceans Palaemonetes varians and Idotea chelipes, and the bryozoans Conopeum seurati. These are just a small example of the many different species in the lagoons.

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Song for today : The forester by Stuart M. Franck & Stuart Gillespie

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Io seguo la notte

Non posso sopportare la luce

Quando comincerò a vivere ancora?

Un giorno volerò via lasciando tutto questo al passato......

.........Perché vivere la vita di sogno in sogno temendo il giorno in cui i sogni finiranno?

I follow the night

Can't stand the light

When will I begin to live again?

One day I'll fly away leave all this to yesterday.........

..........Why live life from dream to dream and dread the day when dreaming ends?

by the movie "Moulin Rouge!" Baz Luhrmann

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I know I said I am coming to the end of my Old Tukai Elephant series but I just realised there are a few more shots I would like to share here. I think I am experiencing some kind of inertia about moving over to other animals. I still have tons of photos I like and would love to upload, but I find myself transfixed by the elephants. And Amboseli skies. Does this happen to you guys? Do any of you think back to a particular photo adventure and find it difficult to move on from it?

This photo was in my deleted pile for the longest time as I didn’t like the way the elephants are spaced out, but when I looked at it yesterday night I fell in love with it. This photo is perhaps the most moody of all my Ol Tukai photos; the swirling rain clouds and the solemn elephants present an almost stoic picture. And I love the way their tusks always seem to glow in against their dark skin. Ironic isn’t it, their most impressive asset is also their most cursed

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The Common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), also known as the Robust Chimpanzee, is a great ape. The name troglodytes, Greek for 'cave-dweller', was coined by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in his Handbuch der Naturgeschichte (Handbook of Natural History) published in 1779. Colloquially, it is often called the chimpanzee (or simply 'chimp'), though technically this term refers to both species in the genus Pan: the Common Chimpanzee and the closely-related Bonobo, or Pygmy Chimpanzee.

Common Chimpanzees are found in the tropical forests and wet savannas of Western and Central Africa. They once inhabited most of this region, but their habitat has been dramatically reduced in recent years.

Human and Common Chimpanzee DNA is very similar. The DNA sequence differences between humans and chimpanzees is about thirty-five million single-nucleotide changes, five million insertion/deletion events, and various chromosomal rearrangements. Typical human and chimp protein homologs differ in only an average of two amino acids. About 30% of all human proteins are identical in sequence to the corresponding chimp protein. Duplications of small parts of chromosomes have been the major source of differences between human and chimp genetic material; about 2.7% of the corresponding modern genomes represent differences, produced by gene duplications or deletions, during the approximately four to six million years since humans and chimps diverged from their common evolutionary ancestor.

More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Chimpanzee

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El chimpancé común (Pan troglodytes) es una especie perteneciente a los grandes simios. Los chimpancés son los parientes más cercanos al ser humano; su rama evolutiva se separó de la rama de los humanos hace aproximadamente 7 millones de años y comparten el 96% del ADN con ellos, lo que ha llevado a Jared Diamond a utilizar el término "el tercer chimpancé" para referirse a nuestra propia especie.

Podemos encontrar chimpancés en las selvas tropicales y sabanas húmedas de África central y occidental. Solían habitar la mayor parte de esta región, pero su hábitat ha sido drásticamente reducido en los últimos años.

Los chimpancés adultos pueden medir hasta 130 cm (hembras) y 160 cm (machos), y los adultos pesan entre 40 y 70 kg, aunque poseen una fuerza muy superior a la humana. Sus cuerpos están cubiertos por un pelaje grueso de color marrón oscuro, con excepción del rostro, dedos, palmas de la mano y plantas del pie. Tanto sus pulgares como el dedo grande del pie son oponibles, permitiendo un agarre preciso. La gestación del chimpancé dura ocho meses. Las crías son destetadas aproximadamente a la edad de tres años, pero generalmente mantienen una relación cercana con su madre por varios años más. La pubertad es alcanzada a la edad de ocho a diez años y su esperanza de vida es de 50 años en cautiverio.

Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_troglodytes

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My umbrella setup consists of the Adorama light stand , umbrella holder , Flex TT5 Pocket Wizard, the 580 EX ii and the Photoflex Umbrella. Also I have a Mini TT1 pocket wizard on my Canon 50D

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hoy me siento "chof"...

today i´m "chof"...

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Blue Light Alarm

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LET THE LIGHTS TURN GREEN AND

LET THE ROADS BE CLEAR AND

LET NOBODY BE IN THE WAY

DAYLIGHT TRAFFIC MOVES SO SLOW

GOING TO FINALLY LET YOU GO

DOGWOODS BLOOM BY THE RIVER

COME HELL OR HIGH WATER YOU LL BE THERE WHERE I OUGHT TO

NOW I ALWAYS WANT TO BE THERE

WHEN YOU WORK THE WHOLE THING THROUGH.

YOU ASK ME TO DECIDE

LIKE THERE S A CHOICE THAT MATTERS,

LIKE WRITING LETTERS EVERYDAY.

BROKE AT LAST,YOUR EYES WON T FAIL

WAKING OUT ON THE WRONG DAY,

GOING TO LOVE YOU ANYWAY

COME HELL OR HIGH WATER YOU LL BE THERE WHERE I OUGHT TO

NOW I ALWAYS WANT TO BE THERE

WHEN YOU COME OUT OTHER SIDE

EVERYTHING I THOUGHT WE KNEW,

SOMEONE S OLD IS OUR NEW,

HITS ME LIKE A HURRICANE

BLUE EYED MORNINGS DON T COME CHEAP,

TALK TOO MUCH,TOO EASILY

BUT THERE S ALWAYS MORE TO SAY

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Una bandada de Tucancillos trabaja arduamente para construir un nido todos trabajan en equipo.

esta es una especie que poco a poco se va adaptando al ser humano y debido a esa situacion va ganando terreno, se le puede ver en bosques y en zonas urbanas, come semillas de palmeras pero tambien se la ha visto asaltando nidos de otras aves para robar sus huevos, ademas se han observados ejemplares llevando crias de pequeños mamiferos.

Foto tomada en el Parque El Cafetalon, Santa Tecla El Salvador

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ube jaLaya heart - purpLe sweet yam

bibingka fLower

puto heart

biko butterfLy - brown sugar sticky rice

cassava cake tuLip

I am stressing over midterms quite bad

and baking or cooking caLms me down.

It's hard to make smaLL batches for one;

however...

here's my spin on a couple of my favourites.

iVe aLways wanted bite-size desserts

that are grouped like this

to accent the different fLavors & coLours.

iM missing the fresh coconut or

crisped coconut shavings as toppings.

before you'all say anything....

yes, i know...

just didn't have time to make

leche fLan, turon, maja bLanca, tupig, etc...

iM onLy one cooking momma, ok?

why don't U cook & we'll trade!

teeheehee xD

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To dream the impossible dream

To fight the unbeatable foe

To bear with unbearable sorrow

To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong

To love pure and chaste from afar

To try when your arms are too weary

To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest

To follow that star

No matter how hopeless

No matter how far

To fight for the right

Without question or pause

To be willing to march into Hell

For a heavenly cause

And I know if I'll only be true

To this glorious quest

That my heart will lie peaceful and calm

When I'm laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this

That one man, scorned and covered with scars

Still strove with his last ounce of courage

To reach the unreachable star

HDR processing from 5 exposures in photomatix and then processed in photoshop. Blakemere Moss, Delamere Forest, Cheshire

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Not the intended location , Urbex was the plan but it was out of the question :-( walked the lake , took some images of swans , hoped the wind would drop of so i could get a reflection :-) i got my chance !!! brief but got it .

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Here is my first published work even though did it as a freebie its great seeing your work on a web site

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Magma from the mantle intruded the deep crust and cooled slowly. Pyroxene and olivine started to crystallize from the magma. Since these where heavier than the surrounding magma, they sank to the bottom of the magma chamber where they became layered. Later, the remaining melt intruded higher levels of the continental crust, where it cooled and crystallised as tønsbergite, larvikite or lardalite. Some million years later the rock was carved and polished by glaciers during the ice age.

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Featured on the front cover and December month of the 2009 calendar from the New Scientist Magazine (Australia and New Zealand).

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Think of me as programmable soda

Too much cherry?

Baby then you can just add cola

Think of me as programmable soda

'Cause you can

Can be a cruel fella

So okay, then I just back off

The vanilla

Think of me as programmable soda

'cause I've come

I've come to accept that

For lovelies you are a fanatic

But I can't

I can't let that throw me

Into a genital panic

Think of me as programmable soda

Too much cherry?

Baby then you can just add cola

Think of me as programmable soda

When you think

And boy when you drink

When you think of me

~Tori Amos

(in case anyone's curious there are 7 skins and 6 hairstyles all mashed together)

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Ok now I finally took the time to process one of my favourite shots from the trip to cornwall. I usually tend to get a bit anxious when it comes to processing the shots which during vacation just looked so gorgeous and about which I was the most excited. I often fear that I don't do the scene justice with the shot and the processing. As you can guess this is not out of camera, that wouldn't have been enough for me to convey the emotions connected to this scene. It's a focusstacked DRI image. And I did a little more than usual to enhance the color contrasts between warm and cool and green and magenta.

It's such a bliss when after a clouded day the sun comes into view for sunset. I was desperately waiting for this moment since I knew it would come to bath the foreground into a warm light and give the sky a kind of ethereal look... Well might also be that this is only how the scene looked or felt for me, but I hope you guys also like it!!

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One more entry for the SteamWars Madness on FBTB. But the last one.

After some great weeks the building contest on FBTB comes to an end. There were six rounds and each single one was a new challenge. This round was no different.

With no given category this time my decision fell on the iconic Boonta-Eve on Tatooine. All contest long i wanted a Podracer, but it wasn't allowed to build it in the "Speeder"-category. Now I finally was able to do so.

I don't just switched everything of metal into wood, but also changed Watto's Junkyard into a victorian JunkVilla.

I hope you like my take in this topic.

Because this is the last model of a Steampunk-series, i want to take the chance to thank the FBTB-team for hosting this great contest, all contestants for building so many cool entries and last but not least the people that voted for my creations and postet some great feedback here on flickr. :)

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“It's very good jam,” said the Queen.

“Well, I don't want any TO-DAY, at any rate.”

“You couldn't have it if you DID want it,” the Queen said. “The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday--but never jam to-day.”

“It MUST come sometimes to "jam to-day,"“ Alice objected.

“No, it can't,' said the Queen. “It's jam every OTHER day: to-day isn't any OTHER day, you know.”

“I don't understand you,” said Alice. “It's dreadfully confusing!”

“That's the effect of living backwards,” the Queen said kindly: “it always makes one a little giddy at first--”

“Living backwards!” Alice repeated in great astonishment. “I never heard of such a thing!”

“--but there's one great advantage in it, that one’s memory works both ways.”

”I'm sure MINE only works one way,” Alice remarked. “I can't remember things before they happen.”

”It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,” the Queen remarked.

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1. garden shoes for sale, 2. Day 183 / 365 - off in my own little bubble, 3. summer, 4. touch the sky, 5. A Family of ten, 6. we all scream for dairy queen, 7. momma's chalk art, 8. 120 mph One-Handed Whilst Dragging a Nikon D200 and a 12-24 f/4 Lens Inches Off of the Asphalt, 9. March, 10. strawberries, 11. Sparkling, 12. There's no stopping curiosity., 13. 365.153 Stiletto FUTAB, 14. Save Ferris!, 15. Smile!, 16. 193 of 365~~~ Playing Ballerina

Yellow ragwort, light green lichen on rocks, and white blossoms of red diamorpha: native and endemic spring flora on a granite monadnock.

Arabia Mountain

DeKalb County (Stonecrest), Georgia, USA.

27 March 2024.

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▶ "Once part of a quarry, Arabia Mountain is now protected as part of the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve. This otherworldly rock outcrop is a monadnock, a geologic formation that has seen the ground around it erode. Arabia Mountain also contains a variety of rare and endangered plants, such as diamorpha, which grows in the fragile solution pit ecosystems that appear on the rock face."

— Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance.

▶ "Stone cutters especially appreciated Arabia Mountain for the unique quality of its granite (a mix of granite and gneiss referred as 'migmatite'), known for its high density, colorfastness, and attractive appearance. When it formed deep below the surface of the Earth, bands of light and dark minerals twisted to create distinctive swirls that broke the stone’s granular appearance, giving it the fitting name, 'Tidal grey' "

— Virginie Kippelen (in the Atlanta Studies Journal).

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Ensaio Geral

O balet conta uma história onde a fantasia e magia, típicas de um romantismo, contam as aventuras de um quebra-nozes de aparência humana, vestido como um soldado, mas que tem as pernas e a cabeça de tamanho desmensurado. A heroína, Clara, gostava tanto da sua aparência que o pediu como presente de natal ao seu padrinho. Assim o padrinho Herr Dosslmeyer fabricante de relógios disse "Era precisamente para ti", logo em seguida Clara experimenta-o e vê que ele quebra as nozes sempre sem perder o seu sorriso e também com grande eficácia. Seu irmão Fritz, que tinha visto como o quebra-nozes funcionava, também quis usá-lo, mas escolhe as nozes maiores que havia no cesto. Então o quebra-nozes, sendo usado grosseiramente pelo irmão dela, acaba quebrando um de seus braços. Diante das reclamações da pobre Clara, seu pai o juiz Stahlbaun, entrega à filha o seu quebra-nozes como propriedade exclusiva, tendo Fritz que sair para brincar com os seus brinquedos. Logo em seguida Clara pega no chão o braço de quebra-nozes e o consola abraçando-o em seus braços até ele dormir e Clara, também acaba dormindo. Com o adormecimento, Clara sonha... Clara volta ao esconderijo onde havia colocado o seu quebra-nozes, mas encontra o salão cheio de ratazanas enormes que o seu padrinho Dosselmeyer criou. A casa desapareceu e no lugar onde ficavam os móveis estavam árvores gigantescas. Não foi só isso que mudou; o Quebra-Nozes de Clara agora é um soldado de carne e osso e que tem às suas ordens um pelotão de soldados como ele. Começa uma batalha entre as ratazanas e o pelotão do Quebra-Nozes. Jogando enormes sapatos até às ratazanas, os soldados vencem a batalha, e com isso o rei das ratazanas e também as suas ratazanas fogem rapidamente. O bosque se transforma numa linda estufa de inverno. E o Quebra-Nozes transforma-se num lindo príncipe que leva Clara até o Reino das Neves, onde apresenta ao rei a rainha a menina e dançam juntos. Fim do 1º Acto.

Acto II

- 2º Ato

No início do 2º acto Clara e o príncipe Quebra-Nozes despedem-se e seguem para o Reino dos Doces pelo Caminho da Limonada, onde pastéis de todos os reinos do mundo dançam com os dois. Depois deste sonho tão mágico e fantástico Clara acorda e percebe que havia sonhado,ficando triste por isso. Deste modo, vai se despedir do padrinho mago, que tinha ido para casa na companhia do sobrinho. Então, para surpresa de Clara, o tal sobrinho é na verdade o príncipe Quebra-Nozes. Assim acaba o 2º Acto.

A Companhia de Dança Ana Unger apresentará o espetáculo 'Quebra Nozes', no Teatro da Paz, de 2 a 6 de dezembro, às 16h30 e 20h, e dias 16 e 17 de dezembro, no mesmo horário, com participação da Orquestra Sinfônica do Theatro da Paz. O ingresso à venda na bilheteria do teatro custa a partir de R$ 10. Informação: (91) 3223-1929.