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This BlueJay had landed on the deck and proceeded to jump to the railing, he did this three time in a row
I am being such a lazy bastard with my China photo processing. I did this one a while ago and was waiting to upload it with a Ping'an rice field page for my blog, but since I have not been working on photos lately, I thought I would throw this into my stream.
I have to give credit to my wife for telling me I should try selective coloring with the baskets. I was going full B&W until she pointed that out. I think it made this shot 10 times better than the version I had put together.
I believe this is the result of a 3XP HDR shot with 1.33 EV spacing.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York, NY on the intersection of 5th Ave and W 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. It stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until the construction of the World Trade Center North Tower topped out on December 23, 1970, and is now once again the tallest building in New York after the destruction of the World Trade Center in the September 11, 2001 attacks. More info
The rowans or mountain-ashes are shrubs or small trees in genus Sorbus of family Rosaceae. [...]. The name "rowan" is derived from the Old Norse name for the tree, raun. Linguists believe that the Norse name is ultimately derived from a proto-Germanic word *raudnian meaning "getting red" and which referred to the red foliage and red berries in the autumn. [...].
The best-known species is the European Rowan Sorbus aucuparia, a small tree typically 4-12 m tall growing in a variety of habitats throughout northern Europe and in mountains in southern Europe and southwest Asia. Its berries are a favourite food for many birds and are a traditional wild-collected food in Britain and Scandinavia. It is one of the hardiest European trees, occurring to 71° north in Vardø in Arctic Norway, and has also become widely naturalised in northern North America.
Here's wishing you an enjoyable weekend and thanks so much for dropping by.
www.southholdernesscountrysidesociety.co.uk/70163/info.ph...
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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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: MUSE CONCERT AT BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (1 of 9): Introducing MUSE /
CONCIERTO DE MUSE EN BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (1 de 9): Presentando a MUSE
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 08 of 115) PAG: Entrada, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115.
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
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
Hilo de la Sesión en Pullip .es: Happy b-day PullipClothes! ^^ /
Feliz Cumpleaños PullipChothes! ^^)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 14 of 15) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español
Lenn: Well so... who's today's chick of the day?
Sheryl: (Oh god... T^T) Her name is PullipClothes and her birthday was some days ago. ^_^u
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Lenn: Bueno... y la churri de hoy quien es?
Sheryl: (Por dios... T^T) Se llama PullipClothes y fue su cumpleaños hace unos días. ^_^u
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Zoo - Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
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
Hay muchas cosas que nos pueden inspirar: una foto, un libro, un comentario, un sueño, un abrazo, un beso.
En este caso, esta vez la inspiración vino de una escena de Avatar.
Es solo cuestión de dejarse llevar.
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There are many things that can inspire us: a picture, a book, a comment, a dream, a hug, a kiss.
In this case, this time the inspiration came from a scene from Avatar.
It's just a matter of letting you go.
Strobist info: SB-900 1/128 power 200mm zoom with 25cm snoot camera right. Triggered by PW.
Italia - Nápoles - Castel Nuovo
www.comune.napoli.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/EN/IDP...
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ENGLISH
Castel Nuovo (English: "New Castle"), often called Maschio Angioino is a medieval castle located in front of Piazza Municipio and the city hall (Palazzo San Giacomo) in central Naples, Campania, Italy. Its scenic location and imposing size makes the castle, first erected in 1279, one of the main architectural landmarks of the city. It was a royal seat for kings of Naples, Aragon and Spain until 1815.
It is the headquarters of Neapolitan Society of Homeland History and of the Naples Committee of the Institute for the History of the Italian Risorgimento. In the complex there is also the civic museum, which includes the Palatine Chapel and the museum paths on the first and second floors.
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ESPAÑOL
El Castel Nuovo (Castillo Nuevo), conocido popularmente como Maschio Angioino (Torreón angevino), es un castillo medieval italiano construido en la ciudad de Nápoles.
Su edificación data de la época de Carlos de Anjou, quien tras su ascenso al trono de los reinos de Nápoles y Sicilia en 1266 trasladó la capital desde Palermo a Nápoles; a pesar de que ya existían en la ciudad el Castel dell'Ovo y el Castel Capuano, Carlos dispuso la elección de otro castillo donde albergar su corte. En 1279 comenzaron las obras de construcción bajo la dirección del arquitecto francés Pierre de Chaule, siendo terminado al cabo de tres años el castillo. Debido a las revueltas ocurridas durante las vísperas sicilianas, el castillo permaneció deshabitado hasta 1285, cuando fue ocupado por Carlos II de Anjou.
En 1294 fue escenario de la abdicación del papa Celestino V y la elección de su sucesor Bonifacio VIII; bajo el reinado de Roberto I de Nápoles (1309-1343) el castillo fue ampliado y embellecido. En 1347 fue saqueado por las tropas de Luis I de Hungría y hubo de ser restaurado antes del regreso de Juana I de Nápoles.
Durante el reinado de Alfonso V de Aragón, de la dinastía aragonesa, fue reforzado para resistir el batir de la nueva artillería, en desarrollo en aquellas fechas. En esa época se construyó el arco triunfal de la puerta principal.
El castillo fue nuevamente atacado en 1494 por las tropas francesas de Carlos VIII durante la primera guerra de Nápoles, y en 1503 por las fuerzas españolas de Pedro Navarro, bajo las órdenes de Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, durante la segunda guerra de Nápoles. Con la anexión de Nápoles a la corona de Aragón en la condición de virreinato en 1504, el castillo perdió su función de residencia real, que no recuperaría hasta 1734, cuando Carlos VII de Nápoles (más tarde, Carlos III de España) tomase posesión del trono napolitano.
Now I'm majorly pissed off!!!
I had just finished typing my usual waffle but flickr is deciding to play up at the moment which means it didn't upload my waffle and now I have to re-type.
Sunday wasn't a good day for me!! My Mac has been murdered.....................yep by me. I killed it with alcohol which missed my mouth! It was my first glass and I hadn't even touched a drop when it decided to spray itself all over my beautiful mac.
Then the sickness bug strikes our house and Amara spends the whole day spewing all over the carpet. So I'm now waiting for the shit and spew yourself thin diet to hit me like a sledge hammer!!! What a way to start the week!!!! ;-)
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es:
LENN HAS COMPANY(1 of 1) /
LENN TIENE VISITA (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 49 of 89) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Gwen: This bed is very comfortable... I could be lying here all day long...
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Gwen: Esta cama es super cómoda... podría pasarme todo el día en ella...
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr
- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Lenn y Gwen en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
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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
Pope Benedict recently visited the United States and shared a message relevant to our country and our world. The quote below is only one small sample of his multifaceted message. But this small reference seems to fit this image of a beautiful flower, that continues to provide the beauty that was part of its creation, in spite of being "less than whole"... Our ways of seeing are often not His ways of seeing.
"The Gospel teaches us that true freedom, the freedom of the children of God, is found only in the self-surrender which is part of the mystery of love. Only by losing ourselves, the Lord tells us, do we truly find ourselves (cf. Lk 17:33). True freedom blossoms when we turn away from the burden of sin, which clouds our perceptions and weakens our resolve, and find the source of our ultimate happiness in him who is infinite love, infinite freedom, infinite life. "In his will is our peace". Real freedom, then, is God's gracious gift, the fruit of conversion to his truth, the truth which makes us free" (cf. Jn 8:32).
-Pope Benedict XVI, April 20, 2008, Yankee Stadium
Easter flowers.
March 23, 2008.
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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.
Wanna know how to say peace in 100 different languages?
For TOTW My secret life....
If you wanna check out our hard work....
In my secret life I am surely a hippie. I freaking wish I could have went to woodstock. Plus I think hippie clothes are pretty far out!!!
Sooooo me and the mini lutman wrote the word peace on me in 100 different languages. I got these markers that "claim" they are super washable, I sure hope that is something that they are not exaggerating about, or I am screwed.
It sure does not look like 100 words, but it is, swear!
Well I am off to shower to see if I can get this all off of me, and then I am off to dinner, well maybe. If I am all markered up, I guess I will order takeout!
Happy weekend!!!!
Edit**** For being a "washable" marker, it is very hard to get off. The blue ones were a pain, I had to use lava soap to get it off, now I smell like my grandpa!!!!
[scritto nella mia agenda, il 21 marzo, mentre aspettavo con marcello davanti ai cancelli, l'apertura della seconda data]
AC/DC per la seconda volta, ad accompagnare gli stati d’animo un po’ assopiti dalla stanchezza, in un futuro molto prossimo largamente ripagati.
Il 19, prima cazzo di data, dopo una giornata stesa al sole, tremante, fremente, AGITATA sono corsa, una FOLLE CORSA sugli scalini verso l’inferno, AC/DC pensavo, e correvo sugli scalini, li facevo a 3 a 3, a 4 a 4, nessuno mi fermava, i muscoli fremevano e io andavo sempre più forte con un solo unico pensiero in testa; finiti gli scalini in salita, per una frazione di secondo ho visto il mondo dall’alto e ho un gridato un “CAZZO!!!” VENUTO DAL CUORE, MA NON C’ERA TEMPO, SONO RIPARTITA, le gambe vibravano, ho rischiato di cadere ed essere travolta, ma no, non è successo…ho corso, madonna se ho corso, vista la passerella e sorpassata, “L’ANGOLO TRA BRIAN E ANGUS era vuoto…SIIIIII, non ci credevo, ero lì, cazzo ero lì, butto la borsa, mi giro e vedo manu che correndo mi raggiunge, subito dietro Stè, C’ERAVAMO TUTTE!! Buttiamo le borse e urliamo gioia, lo staff guarda, capisce e sorride…CI SONO...mi chino sulla transenna, di spalle al resto delle persone che arrivavano stremate, mi chino e il pensiero va ad angelo, indosso avevo la sua maglietta, scendono due lacrime, sono forte, mi sonto forte, mi alza, SONO IN PRIMISSIMA FILA! Davanti ai miei occhi un maestoso ma umano palco, tutti i giochi degli AC/DC erano in fila pronti a essere usati, pronti ad essere acclamati, tutti gli show sono pronti ad accadere.
alle 8 in punto cominciano i "The Answer", un miscuglio tra Led Zeppelin ed AC/DC, bravi, da approfondire, ma vogliamo gli ac/dc....ok, ci siamo!
BUIO, si urla, nessuno si trattiene...nel megaschermo parte un'animazione con Angus sopra il "rock'n'roll train" che getta carbone per far andare più veloce, getta adrenalina....continua il video malizioso alla AC/DC, splendido!!
ESCONO....è IL DELIRIO...cominciano con "ROCK'N'ROLL TRAIN", poi, dopo "HELL AIN'T A BAD PLACE", si sente ta, tadada tadada, ta, tadada, tadada...BACK IN BLACKKKKKKK....a seguire Big Jack, bellissima dell'ultimo disco...e poi OI OI OI OI .....DIRTY DEEDS Done Dirt Cheap....SPLENDIDA DOSE DI ADRENALINAAA...mamma mia e pi l'assolo di Thunderstruck...non ci potevo credere, mani alzate e urla, mi provenivano dal fegato, non era la mia voce, non sentivo la mia voce, era Thunderstruck, la stavano facendo mio dio!!!
in "The Jack" mi hanno inquadrato nel megaschermo... ;) e poi ecco che cala la campana dell'inferno, tutti capiamo, tutti urliamo, urla disumane e il salto di quel quasi sessantaduenne che finisce sulla corda della campana, favoloso, esaltante...Hells Bells....
Hanno fatto T.N.T. ....la mia mente ora si stà annebbiando, non riesco a ricordare, a raccontare in modo lineare, mi emoziono, mi agito, tremo ancora, T.N.T. si...oddio non ho parole per descriverla, poi ROSIE, poi Let There Be Rock....breve, brevissima pausa per poi vedere fumo sul palco, tanto fumo e un piccolo Angus completo di corna salire da sotto il palco con la sua Diavoletto pronta a sbraitare...Highway to Hell....ceee...non si può immaginare esperienza migliore...infine per saluto ci regalano i cannoni con "For Those About to Rock We Salute You"...non ho piu parole, il ri-raccontare tutto mi ha fatto esaurire le poche forze rimaste...
Lo spogliarello, la pedana che si alza con Angus che rotola dentro imponendo un assolo maestoso...oddio oddio, le mie aspettative erano altissime ma loro le hanno superate travolgendo ogni cosa...
MI SONO VISTA GLI AC/DC....sono riuscita anche a prendere il plettro di Angus e la scaletta...mio dio, non ci credo ancora....
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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.
www.geoportalen.no/nasjonalbergart/artikler/nationaltreas...
www.nhm.uio.no/geomus/nettutstillinger/Osloriften/larviki...
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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Former Sounding ship of the water and shipping office Cuxhaven
Since 2010 out of service
IMO: 7642182
Technical data:
Length overall: 38.27 m
Width, overall: 8.03 m
Draught, max. 3,95 m
Max Speed: 12 knots
Area of operations: national
Built: 1946
Shipyard: Naval Shipyard Wilhelmshaven
GRT: 310
NRT: 100
Displacement: 420 tons
GL-class ship: +100 A5 E Survey Vessel
GL-Class Engine: MC
Crew: 7 people
Main drive: 1x MAK MAU 423 A, 552 kW at 360 rpm
Auxiliary Diesel: 2 x MAN D 0024 M, 37 kW
Auxiliary Diesel: 1 x MAN D 2156 MT, 132 kW
2 Surveying boats on board for use in shallow waters
Length: 6.70 m
Width: 2.30 m
Draft: max. 0.90 m
Speed: 14.5 knots
Drive. Volvo Penta AQD 40 A 280B 6 cyl, 110 kW and AQD 41A 290A 6cyl. 110kW at Aqua Master 290A (Drive)
Responsibilities:
Hydrographic surveys in the North Sea Elbe and Oste river for traffic safety of the fairway and anchorages, for the dredging requirement and control (actual and desired depths), providing data for hydromorphology and measurements for building inspection.
Yearly average of 22,000 sounding kilometers in the area of water and shipping office Cuxhaven
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es:
LENN HAS COMPANY(1 of 1) /
LENN TIENE VISITA (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 40 of 89) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Gwen: Would you show them to me? XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
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Gwen: Me los enseñas? XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr
- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Lenn y Gwen en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
February 8th,2010(sooc +3 in comments) BETTER details/listen
¬So when i grow my hair long i will never leave it down. I will always have it up in some crazy hair style or what not. and pig tails hell no i hate those crackas! I think i might not cut my hair(in the back) ,for layers and such,until it's past my neck. I got this hair idea from one of the snsd members from the video oh! i had to use sooo many bobby pins to hold up the bottom layer of my hair haha. but the rest of my hair was long enough to go up in the tiny bun..it's so cute. my hair is so thin..i've grown to love and accept it
¬"simple pleasure/little things that make me happy"
¬waking up all cozy and reading in bed
¬the smell of peppermint room spray
¬the crazy things that jonel says
¬cuties or tangerines mmm and the way they feel in your hands, and the way the peel feels as you peel it
¬long hott showers
¬the feeling of erasers against my lips
¬long texts from my best friend, adela
¬so i know i've said this before but this time i really think i'm really going to do it. i want to become fluent in spanish i'm tired of not knowing spanish fluently. I want to read, write, and speak it fluently. I mean my bf is 100% colombian and i'm 50% cuban, duh i need to learn spanish fluently..also when i have kids in my 30s i want them to grow up speaking spanish fluently, first then learn english. nothing against english haha. i just want that. how sexy will that mix be? 50% colombian 25% cuban 25% european. my kids are going to have a great mix. hehe
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hmmm..... well today's a special day .. woke up at 5:45am (1st time haha!)
yay made #191 on explore... thanks for the comments and faves guys =)
se accetto il sole,il caldo,l'arcobaleno,devo accettare anche il tuono,il fulmine e la tempesta."
kahlil gibran
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Qualunque nube può oscurare il sole
sebbene tu desideri il sereno
ed ogni giorno offre ciò che vuole
sebbene ciò non ti soddisfi appieno.
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
This pic is clicked in a trek with CTC to Venkatgiri. The morning were very very windy (see the tree branches). The sun was playing hide and seek through the clouds. And one for one moment, I got this adam's ladder blessing this tree.
Location : Venkatgiri. Andhra Pradesh, India
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Several years ago, my son and I were given a pre-show, back-stage tour before one of Jack's appearances here in Florida as a guest of Mr. Hanna. We were able to hold and pet the visiting baby fennec fox which was a great thrill. (The Ocelot was a different story--we kept our distance!) We always enjoy seeing these lovely little animals again when Mr. Hanna is in town. Jack's daughter, Julie is the handler. Julie works for the Columbus, Ohio Zoo in the Promotions Department as an animal educator and specializes in the care of baby animals.
Fennec foxes are among the most attractive desert mammals. Their most outstanding features are enormous ears, which are up to six inches long. Their ears have the dual purpose of helping track prey while remaining alert to enemies, as well as acting as a radiator to rid their small bodies of excess heat.
* These small canines are only 14 to 16 inches longs, and weigh approximately 3 pounds
* Their fur varies from reddish cream to pale fawn with long, bushy, white or black-tipped tails about 7 inches long
* Fennec foxes are primarily nocturnal whose large, dark eyes provide good night vision
* They have thick hair between their toe pads to move quickly and quietly across sandy surfaces
Fennec foxes live in arid regions of North Africa, the Sinai and Arabian Peninsulas. Primarily found in sandy areas, they usually live in burrows lined with a collection of soft materials such as feathers and bits of fur. The fennec fox is similar in appearance and life-style to the North American kit fox. --background information from livingdesert.org.
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I recently visited Morro Bay , specifically Morro strait a section of beach that words can barely descibe. Kids, dogs, and coulples just walking along this beach cannot help but be awestruck by the immense size of the rock and the atmosphere it seems to generate. The waves lap along the shore and the sun seems to just hover and play with the outline of the rock. Here is the series of shot I took this day as the sun slowly went down.
a must see for anyone visiting pismo beach or highway 1 on the California coastline. PS the riders of these horses asked me to post this as they said "they have no shots of them riding on this beach" I hope this finds you well.
www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=hyperantus
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Aphantopus hyperantus (a-fan-TOH-puss hy-per-AN-tuss)
Wingspan
Male: 42 - 48mm
Female: 46 - 52mm
Checklist Number
59.009
Family:NymphalidaeRafinesque, 1815
Subfamily:SatyrinaeBoisduval, 1833
Tribe:ManioliniGrote, 1897
Genus:AphantopusWallengren, 1853
Subgenus:
Species:hyperantus(Linnaeus, 1758)
Introduction
This is a relatively-common butterfly that is unmistakable when seen at rest - the rings on the hindwings giving this butterfly its common name. The uppersides are a uniform chocolate brown that distinguish this butterfly from the closely-related Meadow Brown. Despite this uniformity, a newly-emerged adult is a surprisingly beautiful insect, the velvety wings providing a striking contrast with the delicate white fringes found on the wing edges. The dark colouring also allows this butterfly to quickly warm up - this butterfly being one of the few that flies on overcast days.
Variation in this butterfly is primarily focused on the rings on the hindwings, the lanceolata aberration being particularly striking, where the rings are elongated to form teardrops. Other aberrations occur where the rings are greatly reduced or completely absent. Huggins (1959) also describes a form in Kerry, Ireland, that is of normal size until 600 feet, when it starts to be replaced by a dwarf form that, at 1,000 feet, takes over completely.
This butterfly can be found throughout most of the British Isles, south of a line between the South Ebudes in the west and Banffshire in the east. It is also absent from the western parts of northern England, north-west of the Midlands, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. This butterfly forms discrete colonies where numbers vary from a few dozen to several thousand.
Aphantopus hyperantus
This species was first defined in Linnaeus (1758)
Conservation Status
This is one of the few species that is doing well, with evidence of increases in both distribution and population. It is not, therefore, a priority species for conservation efforts.
Habitat
A variety of habitats is used, although sites characterised as being sheltered and damp are preferred, such as woodland clearings, woodland edges and rides, meadows, hedgerows, road verges and country lanes, where the full heat from the summer sun can be avoided and where the foodplant is lush. The butterfly is not typically found in open areas, such as grassland or heathland.
Life Cycle
There is one generation each year, with adults emerging in the second half of June, peaking in mid-July, with a few individuals continuing into August. The flight period is relatively-short when compared with its close relatives.
Imago
Male and female are almost identical in appearance, although it is just possible to make out the feintest of sex brands on the forewings of the male, which contains special scent scales used in courtship. Males adopt an exclusive strategy of patrolling for mates and are often seen in ones and twos fluttering among the grasses that typify their habitat.
A mated female lays her eggs in a somewhat-chaotic fashion, typically perched on a grass stem and ejecting a single egg at random, often into the air, causing it to land in the vegetation. Both sexes take nectar from a variety of sources, Bramble and Thistle being particular favourites.
Adults feed primarily on Bramble (Rubus fruticosus), Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica), Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria), Marjoram (Origanum vulgare), Privet (Ligustrum vulgare), Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) and Thistles (Cirsium spp. and Carduus spp.).
Ovum
Eggs are a pale yellow when first laid, but soon turn a pale brown. The stage lasts between 2 and 3 weeks.
Larva
The larva is nocturnal and hides by day at the base of a grass tussock, emerging at night to feed on the tenderest parts of the foodplant. The larva hibernates while in the 3rd instar, but will feed on particularly warm evenings during the winter. Regular feeding resumes in the spring when the larvae can be found by torchlight feeding on grass stems, although they will fall to the ground with the slightest disturbance. There are 4 moults in total.
The primary larval foodplants are Cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata), Common Couch (Elytrigia repens), False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), Meadow-grasses (various) (Poa spp.) and Tufted Hair-grass (Deschampsia cespitosa).
Pupa
The pupa is formed in a flimsy cocoon, comprising just a few strands of silk, at the base of a grass tussock. This stage lasts around 2 weeks.
The genus Agapanthus was established by L'Heritier in 1788. It used to be included in the Liliaceae (lily family), was then moved to the Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis and daffodil family), moved again into the Alliaceae (onion family) then back to Amaryllidaceae and now resides in its own family, the Agapanthaceae.
The name Agapanthus is derived from the Greek agapé love and anthos, flower. There is no clear reason for this derivation although it could be interpreted as 'lovely flower' or 'flower of love'. Agapeo means 'to be contented with' which is a possible derivation, i.e. 'flower with which I am well pleased'. The specific name praecox means early, premature, unseasonable or precocious in Latin, and was possibly given because compared to the other species it is an early flowerer; minimus means smallest, which it is; and orientalis of the east, which is most likely a case of mistaken origin. Quite often in those days, the ships carrying the new plant material back to Europe came from the East, via the Cape, and some of the botanists assumed that all the plants on board came from the East.
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- A prism of words, for the lucky who reads Neruda in spanish …
Poema El pozo
de Pablo Neruda
A veces te hundes, caes
en tu agujero de silencio,
en tu abismo de cólera orgullosa,
y apenas puedes
volver, aún con jirones
de lo que hallaste
en la profundidad de tu existencia.
Amor mío, qué encuentras
en tu pozo cerrado?
Algas, ciénagas, rocas?
Qué ves con ojos ciegos,
rencorosa y herida?
Mi vida, no hallarás
en el pozo en que caes
lo que yo guardo para ti en la altura:
un ramo de jazmines con rocío,
un beso más profundo que tu abismo.
No me temas, no caigas
en tu rencor de nuevo.
Sacude la palabra mía que vino a herirte
y déjala que vuele por la ventana abierta.
Ella volverá a herirme
sin que tú la dirijas
puesto que fue cargada con un instante duro
y ese instante será desarmado en mi pecho.
Sonríeme radiosa
si mi boca te hiere.
No soy un pastor dulce
como en los cuentos de hadas,
sino un buen leñador que comparte contigo
tierra, viento y espinas de los montes.
Ámame tú, sonríeme,
ayúdame a ser bueno.
No te hieras en mí, que será inútil,
no me hieras a mi porque te hieres.
With the statue of Dante, the loggia del Consiglio (on the left) and the Palazzo del Comune (on the right).
Loggia del Consiglio: one of the most stylish Renaissance creations in the Veneto Region. The arcaded building is characterized by yellow and red frescoes on the upper floor and five ancient celebrities of Verona on the rooftop.
Palazzo del Comune (1193) with the winged lion of Venezia is joined to the Palazzo dei Tribunali by a ark.
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Basilica del Pilar - Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar
El templo catedralicio y basilical de Nuestra Señora del Pilar es, artísticamente, uno de los monumentos arquitectónicos más importantes de la Cristiandad.
La antigua tradición nos habla de una capilla de adobes, construida por los convertidos a orillas del Ebro, en el lugar de la aparición. El edificio del Pilar se documenta por escrito desde el siglo IX como Iglesia de Santa María.
Tras la conquista de Zaragoza por Alfonso I (1118), fue sustituido por una templo románico a finales del siglo XII, sufriendo grandes modificaciones un siglo más tarde.
El templo románico fue edificado durante el pontificado del obispo Don Pedro de Librana, del que se conserva sólo un tímpano (hoy colocado en el muro sur junto a la puerta baja del templo); es un tímpano centrado por gran crismón rodado que se decora con cierta ingenuidad y monotonía, con rosetas inscritas en círculos unas, más naturalistas otras y recortadas las de la parte baja por las mordeduras del tiempo en el borde inferior de la piedra; el medio punto se decora, en modo continuo y envolvente, con una cinta formando lazos. Es la llamada lápida del «Lábaro de Constantino», de la que deriva el uso en los templos españoles de escribir el nombre de Cristo con X y con P griega. El templo gótico sufrió un incendio en 1434, por lo que exigió nuevas construcciones, acabadas en 1515.
La creciente devoción pilarista impuso el alzado de un nuevo templo, mayor que el gótico, de una sola nave y claustro anejo (rectangular y sencillo, doble largo que ancho, y de unos 85 metros2), que comenzó a calificarse en el siglo XVII, y en el que queda incorporada la Santa Capilla.
La traza general del templo se encargó a Francisco de Herrera el Mozo, cuyas obras comenzaron en 1681; lo principal del edificio barroco, incluidas sus cúpulas, estaba terminado en 1754. Mientras, el Cabildo ya había decidido en 1725 transformar el aspecto de la Santa Capilla, lo que se encomendó a Ventura Rodríguez, quedando concluida en 1765.
El templo del Pilar, joya del barroco aragonés, queda constituido como un inmenso salón (planta rectangular de 130 x 96 m., con una altura máxima de 80 m.) de tres largas naves, más ancha la central que las laterales, divididas en siete tramos, donde alternan a tresbolillo bóvedas y cúpulas, sosteniéndose sobre grandes arcos apoyados en robustos pilares de sección cuadrada -salvo los de la cúpula central, poligonales- todos ellos decorados con pilastras corintias adosadas entre las cuales se inscriben esbeltas hornacinas con dorados flamencos. En medio de la nave central se encuentra el Altar Mayor que contiene el Retablo, una de las obras de arte más importantes de este templo. Rodea el conjunto una serie de capillas, las dos sacristías, el pequeño Coro frente a la Santa Capilla y otras dependencias.
Desde 1676 ostenta la dignidad catedralicia. El 24 de junio de 1948 el Papa Pío XII concedía a la Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Pilar el título y dignidad de Basílica Menor, con el Breve "Decus ornarnentumque". Y desde el 22 de junio de 1904 es Monumento Histórico-Artístico Nacional
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FAHRZEUGGESCHICHTE
__.__.1975 Auslieferung an DR - Deutsche Reichsbahn "132 242-9"
30.08.1975 Abnahme
01.01.1992 Umzeichnung in "232 242-8"
01.01.1994 => DB AG - Deutsche Bahn AG, GB Traktion "232 242-8"
__.__.199x Umbau durch Werk Cottbus [bis __.05.1994]
25.05.1994 Umzeichnung in "234 242-6"
01.01.1998 => DB AG - Deutsche Bahn AG, GB Nahverkehr "234 242-6"
01.07.1999 => DB Regio AG "234 242-6"
__.04.2003 an DB Cargo AG "234 242-6"
__.__.2009 an DB Fernverkehr AG "234 242-6"
[NVR-Nummer: 92 80 1234 242-6 D-DB]
08.01.2015 z-Stellung
04.02.2014 Überführung von Berlin-Rummelsburg nach Hagen, Güterbahnhof
13.12.2016 Überführung von Hagen nach Sassnitz-Mukran (Rügen) [bis 14.12.2016]
29.03.2018 an SEL - Martin Schlünß Eisenbahnlogistik, Wankendorf "234 242-6"
[NVR-Nummer: 92 80 1234 242-6 D-SEL]
__.05.2019 Vermietung an EGP - Eisenbahngesellschaft Potsdam mbH, Potsdam "234 242-6"
[NVR-Nummer: 92 80 1234 242-6 D-EGP] [bis __.05.2019]
17.05.2019 Vermietung an SRS - Salzland Rail Service GmbH, Schönebeck (Elbe) "234 242-6"
[NVR-Nummer: 92 80 1234 242-6 D-SRS] [bis 17.03.2020]
__.__.2020 Vermietung an DB Fahrwegdienste GmbH, Berlin "234 242-6"
[NVR-Nummer: 92 80 1234 242-6 D-SEL] [bis __.__.2022]
01.09.2022 Vermietung an SRS - Salzland Rail Service GmbH, Bernburg (Saale) "234 242-6"
[NVR-Nummer: 92 80 1234 242-6 D-SEL] [bis __.__.202x]
__.07.2023 Vermietung an SKL Schienen Komplex Logistik Magdeburg GmbH & Co. KG, Magdeburg "234 242-6"
[NVR-Nummer: 92 80 1234 242-6 D-SEL]
fr: Un Endroit Secret, Castrum* de Belvès, Dordogne, Périgord, France
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Histoire: Fortifiée au moyen âge en raison de sa position stratégique et surnommée "ville du Pape" sous la protection du pape Clément V, Belvès conserve les vestiges d'un passé tourmenté : remparts, tour de l'Auditeur, beffroi à cloche, tour de la Mairie, ancien clocher du couvent des Frères Prêcheurs, tour de l'Hôpital, château au donjon du XIIe siècle, hôtel à façade renaissance, ancienne maison des Consuls, halle aux bois et habitations troglodytiques. L'église Notre Dame de Montcuq est une ancienne prieurale bénédictine des XIIe et XIVe siècles. Source: Villages de France
History: It was fortified in the Middle Ages because of its strategic position and came to be known as the "Pope’s city" as it was under Clement V’s protection. Belvès bears witness to a tormented past: walls and the auditeur’s tower (11th c); the belfry (15th c) the city hall tower, the castle (14th/15th), the hotel with a Renaissance façade and troglodyte dwellings. Source: Come To France
* Castrum: Camp Fortifié / Fortified Camp
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Sometimes I wonder where I am going to go with all this photography malarkey at the end of the day. I am very lucky, in that I have an audience of great people on here who are willing to read and look at what I have to say, so it makes sense for me to say something worth reading, right?
Lately I've been wondering alot about art, mostly modern, and what it actually says about anything. I get so frustrated when I see a piece of modern "art" and all it is is a load of dots that I'm sure I have as wallpaper somewhere. When I develop my photos more I want to be able to say something through them. I love banksy because his concepts are clear and well thought out, he has something to say and he says it. I hope I can be like that one day. Even if I was struggling to make enough money and no one wanted to hire me, I'd be satisfied in that my work had a purpose and wasn't pure crap passed off as "art". Fingers crossed by audience will hang around and want to see it ;)
"Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little" - Banksy on modern art (my favourite quote!)
Blog! for a before and after of this shot :) and a big fat update in general
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The Rock Run Mill was built in 1794 by John Stump, a prominent businessman, on land originally known as "Land of Promise". The mill was in continuous use until 1954. It is one of the oldest mills still standing in Harford County.
The building was restored by the State of maryland in 1965. The huge water wheel, which drives the French-made mill stones, is an exact replica of the original. The water wheel turns from the weight of the water filling the buckets. Although it weighs twelve tons, the wheel is so finely balanced that less than two pouds of force will turn it.
During its operation the mill served as a center of activity for the community. Money was seldom exchanged between the local farmers, who brought their grain to be ground into meal, and the miller. Instead, the miller took a percentage of the processed grain, known as his "pottle".