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It is my Grandmother Olga in front to the left.
Photo: Fotograf A. Andresen - Jomfrusti 4 - Haderslev
After a War in 1864 Schleswig in Jutland became a part of Prussia and the Danes living there became German citizens.
After Germany had lost World War I, the border between Denmark and Germany was redrawn by a referendum among the citizens of Schleswig and the northern part became Danish in 1920.
I believe this photo is from the celebrations of the reuinification, as Haderslev - where it was taken in 1920 - before the reunification was situated in Germany.
The minorities on both sides of the new border were granted rights to practice their language and culture to such a degree that the division and minorities never became a political issue between Denmark and Germany again and The Danish-German border was the only one of the borders imposed on Germany following World War I, not to be challenged by Adolf Hitler.
It's bewildering that you can feel connected to someone that you have never laid eyes on, never heard the tone of their voice, have no idea what color their hair is even, but yet... you still feel it. It brings truth to the saying, "True beauty cannot be seen with the eyes, but only the heart."
She has asked me more than once if I have seen Up! And I always have the same answer, "Not yet" :) This is for her, Thank you for the generous testimonial Jamie. It would not surprise me if she is a writer on top of an incredible artist. She is generous- a huge inspiration for me and just so so sweet! She is here.
Oh! Shameless plug this texture is called Ocean Memories from a new pack I am working on- I am loving it so you might see it a few times. :)
Back in 2003 I traveled to Yellowstone National Park with one of my first
digital cameras, an Olympus C5050Z. I had recently read on the Internet
about a guy who had stitched together a 1 Giga-pixel image and since my
field of view was limited I thought I'd try my hand at it. Needless to say,
when I got home and tried using his technique my results were less than
stellar. A shame since the scenery was so stunning. While browsing the
old images and thinking man, I wish I had my Nikon D300 back then. Then I
remembered that I had been having considerable luck stitching with newer
versions of Photoshop. Piecing the images together wasn't easy as it is
with my Nikon images but with a lot of work it finally started to come together. Back when I took this I was still new to digital photography and shooting in Program Mode so needless to say, none of the images matched exposure or metering. A bit
more work in Photoshop and finally it started to look like an image. I
still wish I had the Nikon back in 2003 but it's equivalent (or
approximation of what was available at the time) would have cost more than
my car.
So here, hopefully for your enjoyment, is the finished result of the storm that blew in over Yellowstone Falls in Yellowstone National Park. This is actually the lower Yellowstone Falls. The upper falls are just around the bend and out of sight. The
lower falls drop in to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and the name is
fitting. Bright yellow and orange rocks surround the falls and steep canyon
falls. It's not hard to understand why this became the world's first
National Park. The lower falls is a 308ft drop. The blue green river
water is a stark contrast against the yellow rocks. The roar of the falls
can be heard clearly from where the picture was taken. More than 63,000
gallons of water flow over the fall every second in the spring time. The
image was taken from the famous Painters Point which is a small outcropping
that extends into the canyon providing one of the most awesome sites you
will ever see. The only place that has perhaps moved me more than this
view is that of coming through the tunnel at Vista Point in Yosemite
National Park. The two parks are in stark contrast. Yellowstone is carved
by fire while Yosemite is carved by ice. Two places I would put at the top
of any nature lovers list of places to see in your lifetime.
I hope you enjoyed the image and if you read this, the story behind the
picture. Because technology continues to improve, I never throw out any
digital image. Storage is cheap. Loosing this image would have cost me
much more.
Darv
© Darvin Atkeson
California Photographer
December 13th,2009(sooc and in comments too)ON BLACK
wow does the quality of this picture look amazing or what? i think soo. anyways. I've come to this conclusion..i loathe the action of assuming. I don't like it when i do it, or when anyone does it. It never makes anything better, so why do it. People that think to much, tend to assume a lot, hehe that's an assumption because i'm sure not everyone who thinks a lot assumes. I really wish that action wasn't possible. I mean you never know what someone is thinking, so you really can't assume.
So today was chill. I made strawberry pancakes(i cut up real strawberries and put them in the batter yum) for lunch.. but extreme,haha, EPIC FAIL. you know why? i put wayyyyy to much baking powder. instead of 3 TEASPOONS i put 3 TABLESPOONS ahaha so my pancakes were uber big and puffy(pictures in comments). It's funny i've made pancakes from scratch and i've never done that, i was so hungry i didn't read the recipe ahah. also wheat flour tastes sooo different then white flour, and cane sugar tastes sooo different then ruglar sugar as well. It's probably because they are both healthier and in their natural state. the pancakes tasted soo cinnamony to me..though there was no cinnamon in them. I was getting a bit flustered and annoyed, and cooking never makes me angry or flustered, i'm quite patient with it. haha. so that was fun. My dad made and yummy spaghetti dinner, though i took out the meat in the meat sauce...they were making fun of me for that. jonel texted/called me. hehe my hibernating baby. so cute. we talked from 5:30pm-almost 8pm:D he is the greatest guy on the planet. the best, funniest, most understanding, great listener, sweet, unique, random, guy i've ever met. he's so laid back, down to earth, and chill..then at times crazy, wild and silly. he's also extremely beautiful, he's so accepting of me and i'm so crazy and silly and hyper on the phone, from lack of talking to him i get all hyper and crazy. it could just be because as the days pass by more and more i'm falling deeper in love with him. he's got me in a spell i sware. i was joking with him telling him"what if i moved back to florida?" *jonel's voice gets all excited*"are you going to?!!" "hehe do you want me too?" *jonel even more anticipated and excited then before*" are you going to?" haha him and adela really really want me to move back. Even though i miss florida like crazy, i don't want to move back, yet. Maybe in two years. idk i love california. though i miss my home even more. it's crazy when you live somewhere, you don't always appreciate it and what it has to offer but then when you move away, you see what it had, and you wish you appreciated it more. I miss florida a lot. It was my home for the past 8 years, and soooo much happened in that little time. My whole life went upside down then back up again in 8 years. It was incredible. though things happened that i didn't like..i will probably always call florida my home..more than chicago..maybe because i only spent a 11 years of my life in chicago and in those 11 years, i really can't remember much. The memories i do remember are vague, yet wonderful. I loved chicago but florida is more of my home now, it's more me. Chicago has changed a lot since i was there, and i don't like what it has become..regardless of no snow in florida i don't think i will ever go back to chicago. AHAH i so got off topic. Ah well. i'm sure you don't want to hear about jonel anyways. ok well i love you life, and jonel, and ee everything. i need to go make my lunch because i'm getting up at 5:45am(eep) to open tomorrow and i work until 3pm. how fun diddy fun. hope jonel passes his test tomorrow. hope everyone had a fun sunday. i know i did. and i love all you flickr friends. you say such nice things to me
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This is another crop of this photo : I think the former crop was too tight, and the original angle and composition (shown here) are better ?
Part of "A stroll in Paris"
Is it wrong to be doing the ironing and think “Mmmmmmmm what pic can I do that involves an iron?". My mind has been racing with all the things I have to do over xmas, what I still have to get and do, housework, kids school plays etc and as I was ironing I was thinking about the night out that I have on Friday “free bar” posh frock and all that good stuff and then I thought “god I hope I don’t get steaming” voila pic is born. Iron on face with steam coming out head. Very random I know but sometimes this is how I get my ideas. I often stare at an object and wonder how I can make a pic or a scene out of it. Why the feck I'm jumping mid air is a mystery though!!!
Oh and thanks for all the votes on the competition I entered, not sure if I posted the right link so if anyone wants to help me win here it is again Vote for me please x I just checked and I think I definately posted the wrong link in my last image. I've changed it now!!
...Please leave your taste on my tongue.
Paperweight - Joshua Radin (:
2:15AM right now on Christmas. So, merry christmas everyone!
Both are nice.
Explore #128
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La fotografía la tome en el museo de "La infancia recordada", se encuentra en Defensa 219, en San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hay muchos juguetes expuestos donados por los vecinos y la verdad que es un túnel del tiempo hacia la nostalgia. El museo esta abierto de lunes a domingo de 11 a 19. Lunes y miércoles entrada gratuita, el resto de la semana los adultos pagan $1.
{El escrito en la imagen es una estrofa de la canción República Feliz - Joaquín Sabina}
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So I've been playing around with composites more. Its really amazing to be able to create a world right on your computer. I often have trouble justifying that it's photography, when it comes down to it, it's not. Because it was always something I loved to do, and so many people told me to go into graphics instead. Although I'm sure I could eventually use my own stock photos and it could be photography?
Stock credit:
The rest is my own.
(Original picture of me, here.)
Also, I really enjoy doing sort of an informal 365. I never really thought I could do one if I was actually in one, but flickr in general motivates me to create lots of work. More work, and more creative work, than what I do while in school. Which is sad.
An early attempt using my new 10-24mm wide angle lens ! The building backs onto a dis-used railway line that became the UKs First Country Park ! It also houses a great bird hide, which I have mentioned previously on other bird photo 's !
Moving left to the photo ' takes you to West Kirby (just under 4 miles / 6 Kms) and to the right takes you to Hooton (just under 13 Kms / 8 miles) !
Great place for dragonflies during the summer months, as well as Coot, Moorhen, a variety of Finches, last but not least a great horde of the Common House Sparrow (currently under a long term study)
The pond has Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Sticklebacks and Minnows and a Great Spot for Frogs early spring !
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. . . cool shooting day today . . .
(first . . . early Sunday mornin' shot of the Cenotaph has a rainbow!!!! . . . thought that was pretty cool!!!)
(second . . . outside the church just behind the Cenotaph, I'm shooting Maple leaves and trying to get the stained glass window behind as a background . . . then the cool part . . . inside the congregation is singing . . . you guessed it "OH Canada" while I'm getting this shot!!!)
. . . I was tickled on both counts!!!! . . .
:^)
Bridge that connects the upper and lower peninsula of Michigan. It's pretty long, 5 miles from shore to shore (although it didn't really seem like that).
I have no idea if this looks correct on your guys' monitor because I have been having some serious issues with CS4 wacking out on me for the past 3 days. Everything I save as an sRGB JPEG comes out way darker than it's supposed to and it's driving me freakin crazy. I have no idea what happened or how it happened. I even uninstalled and then reinstalled Photoshop. The only way I could figure out how to get around it is to save the JPEG in the Dell 2007WFP color space. Seriously hate photoshop right now and would like to kick it in the face. Hard.
EDIT: I figured out that I had somehow toggled on Proof Colors which changed the file to CMYK and I guess that's why it was coming out strange. So happy to be done with this issue. It's so frustrating when PS is acting weird and you have no idea why or how to fix it. Sometimes I think it's too complicated of a program for my own good.
(borrowed) D90
Sigma10-20mm
The near wagon is one that I have shot before. It is a Hack Passenger Wagon c. 1862 that is in the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History collection. It was manufactured by Abbot-Downing Co. Concord, New Hampshire
This four passenger wagon is the smallest of the Hack Passenger Wagons. The lighter versions of the East were called Concord Coaches. The heavy version, suited for the rough conditions of the West, was often called a "mud wagon" or "the poor man's Concord". The leather suspension system gave a ride that was smooth by the day's standards.
This coach belonged to Petra Vela Kenedy, wife of Mifflin Kenedy. Mr. Kenedy built a ranching empire in South Texas in the mid-19th century. By the time of Mrs. Kenedy's death in 1885, the ranch comprised 390,000 acres. This coach was most likely the preferred mode of transportation for Mrs. Kenedy, who traveled frequently from the La Parra Ranch in Kenedy County to the Kenedy home on the bluff in Corpus Christi, Texas.
For more information on the Museum:
These light cubes are situated next to High Tech Center (HTC) in Ruoholahti district of Helsinki. Pretty nice effect they give when it's twilight time. To give it a bit more effect, I've done some post processing using HDR software.
This little Finch was annoyed because the side of the feeder had been covered in ice and he was unable to get at the seeds from the side he is on.
I took a trip to the sand dunes at Merthyr Mawr on Thursday during a brief respite from the rain. It seemed like a good idea at the time, until I was on the top of the tallest ridge above the dunes with the wind gusting so hard I was nearly lifted off my feet and sand swirling in all directions. I took this photo as a way of conveying the strong wind with the central trunks leaning left from a life growing with the prevailing wind coming off the Bristol Channel and the vegetation in the foreground and branches whipping around madly in the squall. Maybe it looks a bit messy, but I think it gives a fairly good impression of the wild conditions. So wild in fact that I had to have a shave when I got home just to get the sand off my face, ingrained by the wind as it was.
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I'm leavin' today
I want to be a part of it,
New York, New York...
These vagabond shoes
Are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it,
New York, New York...
I wanna wake up in a city
That doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill,
Top of the heap...
These little town blues
Are melting away
I'll make a brand new start of it,
In old New York...
If I can make it there,
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you,
New York, New York...
New York, New York...
I want to wake up in a city
That never sleeps
And find I'm A-number-one,
Top of the heap,
King of the hill,
A-number-one...
These little town blues
Oh they´'re melting away
I'm gonna make
A brand new start of it
In old New York
A-a-a-nd if I can make it there,
I'm gonna make it anywhere
It's up to you,
New York, New York...
New York...
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Empiecen a desparramar la noticia,
Me largo hoy mismo,
Quiero formar parte de ti,
Nueva York, Nueva York...
Estos zapatos viajeros,
Extrañan recorrer,
Su corazón mismo,
Nueva York, Nueva York...
Quiero despertarme en una ciudad,
Que no duerme,
Y darme cuenta que soy el rey
En la cima de todo...
Las melancolías de este pueblo
Se va esfumando,
Voy a hacer un excelente comienzo
En la vieja Nueva York...
Si puedo hacerlo allí,
Puedo hacerlo en cualquier parte,
Esa es tu responsabilidad,
Nueva York, Nueva York...
Nueva York, Nueva York...
Quiero despertarme en una ciudad,
Que nunca duerme,
Y darme cuenta que soy número Uno,
En la cima de todo,
El Rey de la montaña,
El número Uno...
Las melancolías de este pueblito
Oh se van esfumando,
Voy a hacer
Un excelente comienzo
En la vieja Nueva York.
Si puedo hacerlo allí,
Puedo hacerlo en cualquier parte,
Esa es tu responsabilidad,
Nueva York, Nueva York...
Nueva York...
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"The last service was conducted in it in 1932, when almost the entire population finally left Bodie. Since then it has been vandalized, including having the original oilcloth that had the 10 commandments painted on it, being torn down and stolen. There is a large size wire mesh blocking the entrance, but plenty of room to easily see in and take pictures. You can still see the old wood burning stoves used to heat the room during those terrible winter Sundays.
Also, many of the original pews and stained glass are still present and in tact. The small wooden structure at the front right corner of the church is a wood shed that was added on years later." --Bodie.net
He is the baby bun that will stay with Rosa! Well baby..... he got very interested in his mother and his mother in him!! So a few days ago we had to castrate him before we got more and more baby buns:) He is doing fine after this minor (not sure if the men among us agree with this) surgery.
All the time I have been trying to get a good baby binky shot but it was so very difficult. This is the only bit decent action picture I made of him in the last two months. It's a bit blurry but when I look at it, it brings a big smile on my face! Hope it does the same to you too:)
Click here to see one of the last video's we made of all the buns together.
For the other four (all female) we found a good and loving home.
Happy Furry Friday Everyone!
This will be my last picture here on Flickr for a while. Hope to be back in July:)
The eleventh episode of the Shadows Of Nar Eurbrikka just went live on Eurobricks. The Rebels take their stolen supercomputer to the rural surface of the planet Kuat, known for its shipyards located on a ring surrounding the planet. Meanwhile, the Empire does everything it can to get the precious computer back - or so it seams...
I had the honor of doing some of the promotional images for this episode, and you see the result above. The supercomputer was the main thing to build, and I enjoyed finally having the opportunity to use walkie-talkies as details, something I've been wanting to do for a while now. I had to restrain myself from using lots of grey in order to keep the contrast high, so I forced myself to use white, and I think it looks pretty good. The ladders were a nice way to quickly build a wall while retaining a high level of uniform detail that doesn't disturb the image. The ground layer was new for me. I've been looking at the way castle builders deal with rocks for a while now, and I think it's fabulous. Now I finally more or less get it because I wanted to use it in this creation to keep the cross section of the ground from becoming too cartoonish, so I'm pretty happy with the result, and will probably be using the technique in future creations. Finally, I had a lot of fun playing with the vegetation. My fellow organizers suggested to use the lavender stalk piece, so I did. I might have gone a little overboard with it, but that's the beauty of digital creations. I needed a piece to match it though, and the lavender palette is quite restricted. I ended up finding this hairpiece from the elves line, which I had to use a substitute for because it isn't available digitally. But it resulted in some pretty alien vegetation I really dig.
This is the first creation on which I really tried to fully embrace the capabilities of my render program (that's Blender), since it allowed me to have two distinct lighting conditions for the two parts, which helped to create the contrast in the picture. I tried to keep everything logical though, so all of the lights you see could theoretically be replaced by LEDs etc., so I hope you appreciate it. Another big task was to apply the decorations, because I had to make them all myself. I'm pleased by how the stormtroopers turned out in the end, because it was a real pain to match the image with the complicated geometry of the helmet. Once that was done, it was on to rendering. It took about twelve hours spread over two sessions, and the underside is still quite noisy, so don't zoom in too much there ;) I guess with a real camera you can run into similar issues too though, so I think it's sufficient.
So I hope you like it! I really enjoyed working on the contrast between technology and nature, indoor and outdoor, grey and color to create a nice picture. Be sure to check out the newest episode of SoNE on Eurobricks!
Godetevi il panorama in grande, è gratis!!!!!
Sella del diavolo.
La leggenda racconta che un giorno i diavoli, attratti dal fascino e dalla bellezza del golfo di Cagliari se ne impadronirono, Dio mandò allora i suoi angeli prediletti guidati dall'arcangelo Michele per scacciare Lucifero e i suoi adepti, ma nella fuga quest'ultimo perse la sua sella che cadde e si pietrificò, il promontorio fu quindi chiamato sella del diavolo e il golfo tanto ambito golfo degli angeli.
Veduta dalla zona del pomolo della sella.
La torre in primo piano è stata edificata durante la dominazione spagnola (1280 circa) ed è denominata del poueht, che in catalano significa pozzetto, per via di un'adiacente cisterna di origine punica, denominazione in seguito estesa a tutto il litorale col nome di Poetto.
Guardate la cartina, vi impressionerà la sua posizione.
Oggi sarò un pò assente. Ci sarà la laurea di mia figlia, in Biologia.
Tre figli e tre lauree, non male!
Nach langer vergeblicher Suche habe ich schließlich mit Hilfe der Denkmaldatenbank Schleswig-Holstein (efi2.schleswig-holstein.de/dish/dish_pdf/dish_pdfgenerate...) das Gebäude identifizieren können: "Alter Friedhof der ev. Gemeinde, 1807 auf winkelförmigem Grundstück ... als Ersatz für den innerstädtischen Kirchhof neu angelegt. Zunächst eingeschossiges Torhaus aus den Backsteinen der Umfassungsmauer des alten Friedhofs am heutigen Markt errichtet, 1925 aufgestockt und zur Kapelle umgebaut. Historische Drehkreuze der Vorgängeranlage ebenfalls wiederverwendet." Die Drehkreuze sind übrigens am rechten Bildrand zu erkennen. Es handelt sich also um die Friedhofskapelle. Allerdings könnten Wegweiser an dem Haus auch bedeuten, dass sich die Friedhofsverwaltung ebenfalls hier befindet, beide mit Eingang von der Friedhofsseite.
After a long search in vain, I was finally able to identify the building with the help of the Schleswig-Holstein Monument Database (efi2.schleswig-holstein.de/dish/dish_pdf/dish_pdfgenerate...): ‘Old cemetery of the Protestant parish, 1807 on an angular plot ... newly laid out as a replacement for the town centre churchyard. Initially a single-storey gatehouse built from the bricks of the enclosing wall of the old cemetery at today's market, it was extended in 1925 and converted into a chapel. Historic turnstiles from the previous complex were also reused.’ The turnstiles can be recognised on the right-hand side of the picture. This is therefore the cemetery chapel. However, signposts on the building could also mean that the cemetery administration is also located here, both with an entrance from the cemetery side.
Plön ist die Kreisstadt des Kreises Plön in Schleswig-Holstein und hat knapp 9000 Einwohner. Wahrzeichen der Stadt ist das Schloss, das im 17. Jahrhundert erbaut wurde. Plön besitzt ein Gymnasium mit 300-jähriger Geschichte, ist Standort der Marineunteroffizierschule und Sitz des Max-Planck-Instituts für Evolutionsbiologie.
Inhaltsverzeichnis Plön liegt direkt am größten Binnensee Schleswig-Holsteins, dem Großen Plöner See, und ist eingebettet in die hügelige Seenlandschaft der Holsteinischen Schweiz. Nur 7,8 km² des Stadtgebietes sind Landfläche. Der Rest des Stadtgebietes verteilt sich auf elf Seen, die vollständig zur Stadt Plön gehören, und fünf weitere, an denen Plön einen Anteil hat.
Durch Erbteilungen innerhalb des dänischen Königshauses entstand 1622 das Herzogtum Schleswig-Holstein-Plön. Mit Errichtung des Plöner Schlosses anstelle der alten Burg 1633–1636 durch Herzog Joachim Ernst wurde Plön Hauptstadt des kleinen Fürstentums. Als Residenzstadt erfuhr Plön eine beträchtliche Aufwertung. So gründete Herzog Johann Adolph („Hans Adolf“) 1685 im Nordwesten der Stadt die Neustadt, um hier Handwerker anzusiedeln und damit die Wirtschaftskraft des Herzogtums zu steigern. Unter Friedrich Carl wurde das Schlossgebiet um mehrere barocke Gebäude und einen Lustgarten erweitert. Die Stadt besaß damals ca. 1000 Einwohner. 1761 fiel das Herzogtum an die dänische Krone zurück, da der letzte Herzog keine Erben hatte. Damit gehörte Plön bis zum Bundesexekution Ende 1863 wie das restliche Herzogtum Holstein einerseits zum dänischen Gesamtstaat, andererseits aber auch zum Heiligen Römischen Reich (bis 1806) bzw. zum Deutschen Bund. Es diente zeitweilig dem dänischen König als Sommerresidenz, blieb ansonsten aber eine Provinzstadt mit ungefähr 2000 Einwohnern. Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts weilte der dänische Kronprinz einige Jahre zur Sommerfrische im Schloss, das seither seinen weißen Putz mit dem grauen Dach zeigt.
1867 wurde Plön, nun Teil Preußens, nach Inkrafttreten der preußischen Verwaltungsreform Kreisstadt. Die Hohenzollern-Prinzen erhielten ihre schulische Ausbildung zum Teil in Plön; die Prinzeninsel ist heute noch im Besitz des Hauses Hohenzollern. Für Besuche der Kaiserfamilie wurde ein eigener Bahnhof errichtet. König (später Kaiser) Wilhelm I. bestimmte 1868 das Schloss Plön zur Kadettenanstalt. Die ersten 100 Kadetten im Alter von 11 bis 13 Jahren zogen am 1. Mai jenes Jahres ein. Im Jahr 1896 beschloss Wilhelm II., der letzte deutsche Kaiser, seinen beiden ältesten Söhnen Wilhelm und Eitel Friedrich eine geistige und militärische Ausbildung in der Kadettenanstalt Plön zuteilwerden zu lassen. Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg wurde daraus ein Internat, das 1933–1945 als Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt diente. Seit 1946 war es wieder staatliches Internat und das bis 2000.
1891 gründete Emil Otto Zacharias mit finanzieller Unterstützung der preußischen Regierung und mehrerer Privatleute am Plöner See die erste „Biologische Station“ für Süßwasserforschung auf deutschem Boden als privates Forschungsinstitut. Nach seinem Tod übernahm August Thienemann die Leitung. Als Nachfolgeinstitution existierte lange das Max-Planck-Institut für Limnologie. Dieser Institutsstandort wurde, nach insgesamt 115 Jahren der limnologischen Forschung, als Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionsbiologie auf andere Schwerpunkte ausgerichtet. Plön ist außerdem „Korporativ Förderndes Mitglied“ der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft.
Plön is the administrative centre of the County of Plön in Schleswig-Holstein and has just under 9,000 inhabitants. The town's landmark is thePalace, which was built in the 17th century. Plön has a grammar school with a 300-year history, is home to the naval non-commissioned officer school and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology.
Plön is located directly on the largest inland lake in Schleswig-Holstein, the Großer Plöner See, and is embedded in the hilly lake landscape of Holstein Switzerland. Only 7.8 km² of the town area is land. The rest of the town area is divided between eleven lakes that belong entirely to the town of Plön and five others in which Plön has a share.
The Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön was created in 1622 through inheritance divisions within the Danish royal family. With the construction of Plön Castle in 1633-1636 by Duke Joachim Ernst to replace the old castle, Plön became the capital of the small principality. As a residential town, Plön was considerably upgraded. In 1685, Duke Johann Adolph ("Hans Adolf") founded the New Town in the north-west of the town in order to attract craftsmen and thus increase the economic power of the duchy. Under Friedrich Carl, several baroque buildings and a pleasure garden were added to the palace grounds. The town had a population of around 1000 at the time. In 1761, the duchy reverted to the Danish crown as the last duke had no heirs. This meant that Plön, like the rest of the Duchy of Holstein, belonged to the Danish state on the one hand, but also to the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806) and the German Confederation on the other, until the Confederation was decreed at the end of 1863. For a time, it served as a summer residence for the Danish king, but otherwise remained a provincial town with around 2000 inhabitants. In the middle of the 19th century, the Danish crown prince spent a few years at the castle for his summer retreat, which has retained its white plaster and grey roof ever since.
In 1867, Plön, now part of Prussia, became a County centre after the Prussian administrative reform came into force. Some of the Hohenzollern princes received their schooling in Plön; the Prinzeninsel is still owned by the House of Hohenzollern today. A railway station was built for visits by the imperial family. King (later Emperor) Wilhelm I designated Plön Castle as a cadet school in 1868. The first 100 cadets aged 11 to 13 moved in on 1 May of that year. In 1896, Wilhelm II, the last German emperor, decided to give his two eldest sons Wilhelm and Eitel Friedrich an intellectual and military education at the Plön cadet school. After the First World War, it became a boarding school, which served as a national political education centre from 1933 to 1945. It became a state boarding school again in 1946 until 2001.
In 1891, Emil Otto Zacharias founded the first "Biological Station" for freshwater research on German soil as a private research institute on Lake Plön with financial support from the Prussian government and several private individuals. After his death, August Thienemann took over the management. The Max Planck Institute for Limnology existed for a long time as a successor institution. After a total of 115 years of limnological research, this institute site was reorganised as the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology with a different focus. Plön is also a "Corporate Supporting Member" of the Max Planck Society.
Lake Pichola, situated in Udaipur city in the Indian state of Rajasthan, is an artificial fresh water lake, created in the year 1362 AD, named after the nearby Picholi village.It is one of the several contiguous lakes, and developed over the last few centuries in and around the famous Udaipur city. The lakes around Udaipur were primarily created by building dams to meet the drinking water and irrigation needs of the city and its neighborhood. Two islands, Jag Niwas and Jag Mandir are located within Pichola Lake, and have been developed with several palaces to provide views of the lake.
Three of the numerous lakes found in the vicinity of Udaipur which connect with the Pichola lake built by Maharana Dharma Chand Pichholiya and the Saroop Sagar Lake connected by an arched bridge built by Maharana Swaroop Singh (1842-1861) which in turn connects to the Fateh Sagar Lake, the crystal watered lake in the midst of tree lined hills and the smaller Arsi vilas.
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It is in the municipal area of El Port de la Selva in the province of Girona, Catalonia. It has been constructed in the side of the Verdera mountain below the ruins of the castle of Sant de Verdera that had provided protection for the monastery. It offers an exceptional views over the bay of Llançà, to the north of Cap de Creus. Near the monastery Santa Creu de Rodes is the ruins of a medieval town, of which its preRomanesque style church is the only remains dedicated to Saint Helena.
The true origin of the monastery is not known, which has given rise to speculation and legend; such as its foundation by monks who disembarked in the area with the remains of Saint Peter and other saints, to save them from the Barbarian hordes that had fallen on Rome. Once the danger had passed the Pope Boniface IV commanded them to construct a monastery.The first documentation of the existence of the monastery dates 878, it being mentioned as a simple monastery cell consecrated to Saint Peter, but it is not until 945 when an independent Benedictine monastery was founded, prevailed over by an abbot. Bound to the County of Empúries it reached its maximum splendor between the XI and XII centuries until its final decay in 17th century. Its increasing importance is reflected in its status as a point of pilgrimage.
In the 17th Century XVII it was sacked in several occasions and in 1793 was deserted by the benedictine community which was transferred to Vila-sacred and finally settled in Figueres in 1809 until it was dissolved.The monastery was declared a national monument in 1930. In 1935 the Generalitat of Catalonia initiated the first restoration work. The buildings are constructed in terraces, given its location. Cloisters of XII century form the central part of the complex. Around them the rest of constructions are distributed. The Church, consecrated in the year 1022, is the best exponent of the Romanesque style and without comparison with others of its time. Detailing features plants with three bays and a vault. These are bordered by a double column with capitals influenced by the Carolingian Style. The double column support arches separating the bays. The columns and pillars have been taken from a former Roman building. The bay is splendid with large dimensions with an arch in the apse, this is continued in the two lateral bays. Under the apse is a crypt. The church synthesizes a number of original styles including Carolingian, Romanesque and Roman. The monastery is considered one of the best examples of Romanesque architecture in Catalonia. In the western facade of the monastery is a XII Century bell tower, a square shape it is influenced by the lombards from the previous century. To the side is a defensive tower, that was probably began in the X Century but finished later after several modifications.
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Explore # 29 27 July, 2009
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Turning Torso is a 54 storage high apartment building. This is the highest in West Europe with 190,4 meters.
HSB Turning Torso is a skyscraper in Malmö, Sweden, located on the Swedish side of the Öresund strait.[1] It was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and officially opened on 27 August 2005. The tower reaches a height of 190 metres (623 feet) with 54 stories.[2] Upon completion, it was the tallest building in Scandinavia,[1] the tallest residential building in the EU and the second tallest residential building in Europe, after the 264-metre (866 ft) high Triumph-Palace in Moscow. A similar, taller skyscraper featuring a 90° twist is the Infinity Tower, currently under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Prior to the construction of Turning Torso, the 86-metre (282 ft) high Kronprinsen had been the city's tallest building.
Turning Torso Reflection Västra Hamnen Malmö [?]
Turning Torso är en skyskrapa vid Lilla Varvsgatan i Västra Hamnen, Malmö. Byggnaden är ritad och konstruerad av arkitekten Santiago Calatrava och ägs av HSB. Turning Torso är Sveriges högsta hus.
I den första detaljplanen som gjordes för Bo01 1999 fanns ett 25-våningshus inritat på platsen för Turning Torso (med HSB som möjlig byggherre). Ledningen för mässbolaget som arrangerade Bo01 hade i detta skede kontakter med Santiago Calatrava för att denne skulle gestalta en tillfällig informationspaviljong inför mässan. Diskussioner började då föras om Calatrava skulle rita detta höghus. En skulptur som Calatrava gjort diskuterades som förebild. Uppgiften på HSB:s hemsida om Turning Torso att det var den tidigare VD:n Johnny Öhrbäck som först skulle ha kontaktat Calatrava är felaktig [1]. När Calatrava engagerade sig i uppgiften kom tornet att successivt bli högre och högre och detaljplanen fick göras om.
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Si acaso piensas en mí,
te cantaré cuando el anochecer lluvioso
suelta sus sombras por el río,
arrastrando, lento, su luz vaga hacia el ocaso;
cuando lo que queda del día
es ya demasiado poco para trabajar o jugar.
Te sentarás sola en el balcón que da al Sur,
y yo me pondré a cantarteen el cuarto oscuro.
El olor de las hojas mojadas entrará por la ventana,
en el crepúsculo creciente, y los vientos tormentosos
clamorearán en los cocoteros.
Traerán la lámpara encendida al cuarto, y entonces me iré yo.
Y tú, quizá, entonces, escucharás la noche,
y oirás mi canción cuando esté yo callado.
Situada a las faldas de la Sierra, a la espalda de Alhama de Granada, a unos 2 kilómetros de la población, desde el que se puede tomar un sendero que sigue el rio Alhama por la ruta de los Tajos de Alhama, conocido como "Itinerario por los Tajos y la Presa de Alhama". O bien se puede tomar la carretera de Jatar hasta el ventorro de la Paloma donde se puede aparcar el vehículo y seguir la senda que rodea la Pantaneta, o bien utilizar el observatorio para aves que se encuentra en la zona.
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Located at the foothills of the Sierra, back in Alhama de Granada, about 2 kilometers from town, from which you can take a path that follows the river Alhama by the route of the Tajos de Alhama, known as "Route Cuts by the Dam and Alhama. Or you can take the road to Jatar of the Dove tavern where you can park your vehicle and follow the path around the Pantaneto, or use the observatory for birds found in the area.
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La scène ne se prêtant pas à un cliché "Behind the Strobist Scene" je vais mettre les info directement sur la photo !
Luc Planson, a friend of mine, and I are making a 50|50 in the same time !!!
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[Explore / 20 Jan 2011]
Explore highest position : 127 on Saturday, January 22, 2011 ! Thanks everybody !!!
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WALTZ Nr. 2 Dimitri Schostakowitsch
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These were speaking of a swaying waltz....
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Why not view the set as a slide-show?
Also I often upload more than one image at the same time, I see a tendency to only view the last uploaded...
For the usual contest for appaering on the Travcompany calendar I've chosed this shot.
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Reflection inside Beaubourg's entrance hall. A bit of an experiment, I'm not sure how it looks like but I was interested in the "double exposure" feel to it ?
Part of Silhouettes in Beaubourg
I’m going to be taking another break from Flickr. I need to put my head on straight, and this site is only distracting me from that right now. I need to start taking care of my health (which has been suffering lately) and well-being, and I need to start paying attention to school, at least until this semester is over. I'm okay, trust me, but this is just not good for me right now, if I want to keep my grades up, as well as my own personal happiness.
I know, I know I take breaks almost constantly, and I always say the same thing, but I’m going to try to stick to it right now, at least for a little while. As always, I will still be coming onto Flickr occasionally to follow your streams, but I have to stay away as much as I can right now, for various reasons. I will be back soon.
TTFN.
you should view this on black.
it's been so rainy lately. i don't think we're supposed to get sun until monday. ):
on a brighter note, i really like how this turned out! i was planning on doing a rain boot picture, and i took this to test the exposure and ended up getting incredibly lucky. haha, it's so nice to not have to take self portraits.
... a triptich? well, ... why not? ;-)
have a nice evening and a good - I hope not so snowy! - start of the week!
I muscoli del capitano - Francesco De Gregori
p.s. erm .... I'm not sure that paul klee loved tartans, but - well, may be!
p.p.s. thank you boss for the title suggestion! ;-D
This is Pol, aka..Goliath !...He is a giant of a man, while i was sat on a bench having an in depth chat about life, and his role in it , when i suddenly realized that i knew him many years ago.
Back in his heyday he was a bouncer on the doors of many an establishment i frequented..many Bristol locals would remember him from the Thekla, late eighties early nineties, as the dominating figure on the door.
He then went on to explain that he was also head of security at many famous Festivals like Glastonbury,Reading, Leeds etc etc...But !, because of the nature of clubs and festivals he ended up an alcoholic, drinking maybe thirty cans of strong larger a day !.
so much of his time is spent sitting around on streets drinking allday.. however he does have a house, and a big house in the most sortafter part of Bristol, yet he spends most of his time on the streets.
during our conversation he mentioned that he had enough of life atleast three times, this had me worried..so i said i would pass by and sit with him for a chat xmas eve.
I know i was fueling his addiction but i bought him a couple of beers to say thanks for the photos, this put a beaming smile on his face, RESPECT he said !
as i was leaving he called me back, he offered to repay my gift of beer with some old photography books he had.. i didn't want to take his books but i saw it as a chance to see him more over the lonely xmas period, if only to make sure he is well and happy..
he is the most gental of giants with an honest heart, and most of all he is my new friend. merry xmas all