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I had to go back. I had more to do here. A great building.
The Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament is a cathedral serving Roman Catholics in Detroit, Michigan, and is the home of the Archdiocese of Detroit. The cathedral is at 9844 Woodward Avenue at the corner of Boston Boulevard, adjacent to the Boston-Edison Historic District in Detroit. The cathedral was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Most Blessed Sacrament parish was established in 1905 to serve Catholics in what was then the northern city limits of Detroit. The parish was initially plagued with financial problems. Construction of the church started in 1913, but proceeded rather slowly. The interior was finished in 1930, with the dedication of the interior on Thanksgiving of that year. Detroit was elevated to an archdiocese in 1937, and Most Blessed Sacrament was chosen to be the cathedral church. However, construction of the exterior, including the twin towers on the west facade and the church spire, was not completed until 1951, coinciding with the 250th anniversary of Detroit's founding. Its consecration on November 17, 1951, was broadcast on live television.
The cathedral's architect was Henry A. Walsh of Cleveland, Ohio, who designed the cathedral in a Norman Gothic style. Due to the length of the construction, Walsh was unable to see the project to completion, and Detroit architect George Diehl was chosen to succeed him for the construction of the towers in 1950. The building's exterior is made of Ohio sandstone, with Indiana limestone used for buttress facings, traceries, and doorways. The cathedral includes statuary by sculptor Corrado Parducci.
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a tiny portable chess set bought at beijing's touristy yashow market -- one of the souvenirs i look at from time to time to remind me that i was there.
i suffer great disconnect between the places i've lived... at times i suspect i've imagined them. i know it sounds funny, but sometimes i look down on my old neighborhoods on google earth to reassure myself that they really, truly exist.
if i go back to visit, even after decade's absence, it feels as if nothing's changed and it's as if i never left.
on the blog: toomanytribbles.blogspot.com/2009/07/across-board.html
El castillo de Montbui ya consta como organizado en el año 936. El conde Borrell II lo cedió al obispo Ató de Vic en el año 970. Las primeras noticias de la iglesia datan de los años 972 y 993, cuando el obispo Fruià levantó, en la cumbre del Montbui, un nuevo castillo y una iglesia, pero esta quedó inacabada a causa de una fuerte sequía que obliga a emigrar a los repobladores de la comarca. En el año 1023 el obispo Oliba enfeudó la fortaleza al levita Guillem de Oló, que repobló definitivamente el término, restauró el castillo y acabó la iglesia. La iglesia es un edificio construido a finales del siglo X e inicios del XI. Es de planta basilical de tres naves, cabeceadas por ábsides semicirculares, cubiertos con bóvedas de cuarto de esfera. El perímetro de la iglesia se ensancha hacia la cabecera y únicamente es roto por unos contrafuertes ataludados y una capilla moderna. Los ábsides llevan decoración lombarda con arquerías entre lesenas. Las naves laterales quedan separadas por dos series de seis arcadas de donde arrancan las vueltas que las cubren. Los dos primeros tramos, seguramente corresponden a la iglesia más antigua, anterior al 990 y quizás nunca acabada. Estas dos primeras arcadas apoyan sobre pilares cuadrangulares, las restantes, hacia la cabecera, reposan sobre columnas cortas y gruesas. Las vueltas de las naves son irregulares, ya que a lo largo de su recorrido adoptan diferentes perfiles, pasando por un arco de medio punto, hasta convertirse en un arco ultrapasado o de ligera herradura. El muro oeste es coronado por un campanario de pared de dos aperturas que se erigió posteriormente. Debajo hay una ventana en forma de cruz. La puerta de acceso, abierta al muro sur, corresponde a un remodelaje posterior, seguramente del siglo XVI. En el interior se conserva una sencilla pila bautismal y otra pieza utilizada como pila benditera. Muy cerca se conservan los restos del castillo del siglo X. De planta rectangular con los ángulos redondeados. El interior bastante modificado, se organiza a partir de una planta baja, desdoblada en un recibidor y una sala cubierta con bóveda de medio punto. La planta superior solo conserva los muros. La puerta de entrada original se encuentra más arriba, a nivel del primer piso, a modo de ventanal.
The castle has already Montbui as organized in 936. Count Borrell II Atomic traded him to the bishop of Vic in the year 970. The first news of the church dating from 972 and 993, when Bishop frui up, Montbui on top of a new castle and a church, but this remained unfinished because of a severe drought that forced the settlers to emigrate of the region. In 1023 the bishop Oliba feuded strength to coat Guillem de Olo, who repopulated the term finally, restored the castle and the church ended. The church is a building built in the late tenth century and the beginning of XI. It has a basilica with three naves, apses doze by semicircular arches covered with quarter-sphere. The perimeter of the church widens toward the top and is only broken by buttresses ataludados and a modern chapel. The apses are decorated with arches between lesen Lombard. The aisles are separated by two series of six arches where they dig up the laps that cover. The first two installments, probably corresponding to the oldest church, before the 990 and perhaps never finished. These first two arches resting on square pillars, the other, toward the head, resting on short columns and thick. The turns of the vessels are irregular, because along its course take different profiles, to a semicircular arch, into an arc or slightly surpassed horseshoe. The west wall is topped by a tower wall was erected two starts later. Below is a cross-shaped window. The access door is open to the south wall, represents a later remodeling, probably sixteenth century. In Inside is a simple font and another room used as benditera stack. Nearby is the remains of the castle of the tenth century The rectangular with rounded corners. The much modified inside, is organized from the ground floor, split into a reception room and a roof deck with a half-point. The upper floor retains only the walls. The original entrance is located above the first floor level, as a window.
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This dude was crazy, but I'm sure that he had all the fun in the world.
10300 Feet above sea level, about 3100
meters above sea level, correct me if I'm wrong.
Well, we are back at home.
It feels good, but the memories of driving across country, the views, the food, the people, will forever be in my mind....
Obrigado Leley and Sussu for the nice stay in your house.
If I was ever poor, I forgot.
It was better than a five star hotel staying with you guys.
Again, thank you.
Este rapaz ai era doido mesmo, lembrei da Bel Matos, que ta meia sumidinha, mas eu aposto tambem que ele teve o maior prazer do mundo, pois bater as assas a 3100 metros nao eh para qualquer um nao.
Ele esperou muito tempo para ter um ventinho, para ele poder decolar.
Enquanto isso todo mundo esperava.
Ja estamos em casa, a viajem foi otima, a comida, o povo, as vistas, ficarao para sempre registradas em minha memoria.
Obrigado Leley pela otima estadia em sua casa...
Se fui pobre eu esqueci...
Um abraco a todos.
I look out for this Rosehip bush on my walk as I have noticed groups of Northern Cardinals quite often feasting on the berries. I find it hard to get a clear shot through all the branches..However, I was happy with this one ;) I hope you enjoy him too.....especially in this light. (Who needs textures? lol This is nature's texture!!)
"The brilliant red of a male Northern Cardinal calls attention to itself when males are around. You can also find cardinals by getting a sense of the warm, red-tinged brown of females – a pattern you can learn to identify in flight. Away from backyards, cardinals are still common but inconspicuous owing to their affinity for dense tangles. Listen for their piercing chip notes to find where they are hiding."
Enjoy your weekend everyone :)
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hope you are enjoying the various sunsets, and are going to my friend Judy, Trinimusic www.flickr.com/photos/29482098@N04/
Who is also doing a sunset each day, and beautiful ones,
I have had to pull some from my archives as the weather here has been not so good and either have I, but I hope yo like them any way,
This is one of my fav's. hope you like it.
Have a marvelous day.
Thanks all for your love and comments. As I said, still a bit under the weather so, a slow at commenting, but will catch up as fast as I can,
so said the turtle.
hugs billie.
The feeder by the window must have the best food! At times, there where up to 6 Blue Jays there at the same time! Unfortunately, it didn't make a good photo.
Taken at Metro Beach Metropark [?], Michigan, U.S.A. (IMG07625)
Explore: April 27, 2009
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“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
Dr. Seuss quotes (American Writer and Cartoonist best known for his collection of children's books. 1904-1991)
Fact of life is that we may come from the same tree but we still end up to be different from one another. No two things are exactly alike.
To get this close, and thus drive my point, I needed to do "big time" crop.
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L’Etacq – A Community of Sea and Stone
"The story of L’Etacq is deeply affected by its surroundings. Its nutrient rich côtils and proximity to the sea has seen farming and fishing featuring heavily in its history. Also the rocky cliff faces, which gave L’Etacq its name, have proved a great source of stone for quarrying."
"However, that is not to say that nothing of significance has happened in the area. In the 1890s the community was shaken by an unsolved murder which came to be known as the ‘St Ouen’s Murder Case’. Other tragedies were also seen with the dangerous northwest coast claiming a number of victims through shipwrecks. Overall the study of L’Etacq is a fascinating insight into a local coastal rural community."
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La sardana és una dansa popular catalana i és el ball nacional de Catalunya. Es balla en cercle i corresponent amb ritme i dinàmiques a la música d'una cobla. El nom pot fer referència tant al ball com a la música.
Un nombre indeterminat de balladors formen un cercle agafant-se de les mans i mirant al centre, ballant en rotllana cap a dreta i esquerra amb tempo canviant, encara que principalment lent i concentrat. Els components han de ser preferiblement parelles formades per home-dona però només cal un mínim de dues persones agafades per les mans per considerar que ja han creat una rotllana. La sardana és una dansa no excloent, de manera que qualsevol persona pot afegir-se individualment o en parella en qualsevol moment del ball (a no ser que es tracti d'un concurs o una exhibició).
El ball és més complicat del que sembla. Els balladors han de comptar el número de passos, així com identificar els canvis de ritme, de volum i d'altres motius musicals per a interpretar-ho correctament amb els passos, amb recursos com el salt, passos de moviment més ample, etc.
La música de la sardana és tocada per una cobla, consistent en 12 instruments tocats per 11 músics. Quatre d'aquest instruments (tenora, tible, flabiol i tamborí) són instruments típicament catalans; els altres són més convencionals (contrabaix, trompeta , trombó i fiscorn). La música de la sardana (que forma part del que genèricament es coneix per música de cobla) té generalment un compàs de 6/8 i pot ser escoltada en forma de concert. Algunes composicions afegeixen un acompanyament coral. Hi ha més de 25.000 partitures per sardana però només les versions instrumentals són usades per ballar.
La sardana fou prohibida durant la dictadura de Franco com a símbol nacional.
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La Sardana es una danza en grupo y en círculo, que se baila generalmente en Cataluña, Andorra y la llamada Cataluña francesa (Rosellón). Los participantes se cogen de las manos por parejas, entendiendo como pareja un hombre que coge con la mano derecha a una mujer, que resulta por lo tanto en un patrón alterno de hombre-mujer-hombre-mujer. Por lo que se refiere a la longitud de una sardana, hay sardanas de 7 y de 10 "tirades", que tienen unas estructuras definidas de pasos "curts" (cortos) y "llargs" (largos). Una variedad menos usual es la sardana revessa, una sardana donde es muy difícil encontrar el tiraje (número de compases que tiene la música) por lo que un miembro del grupo lo calcula a partir de peños motivos musicales y sus diferencias. Parte del éxito de la sardana como danza social radica en su carácter de danza abierta que admite un número altamente variable de parejas y que, al menos a nivel público, no requiere especiales condiciones físicas para su práctica, aunque no es así cuando se trata del "Bàsic d'Honor", la competición de sardanas nacional de Cataluña.
La sardana tiene su origen en la isla de Cerdeña donde se baila un baile típico hace siglos que se llama "Su passu torrao" entre otras modalidades. De allí se la trajeron los catalanes en sus viajes junto a Alfonso el Magnánimo en pleno renacimiento. Comenzó a resurgir tras varios siglos en las comarcas del norte de Cataluña, específicamente en la zona que va del Rosellón a La Selva, pasando por el Ampurdán, que era donde tenía más arraigo y fuerza. Su popularidad y extensión crecieron considerablemente en las últimas décadas del siglo XIX. Aunque el momento de su aparición permanece desconocido, existen testimonios de su popularidad desde el siglo XVI. La composición de la cobla y la coreografía actual de la danza fueron fijadas y unificadas en el siglo XIX, aunque persisten variantes y usos locales. Algunos expertos teorizan que la sardana tiene dos mil años de antigüedad, pero estas teorías tienen hoy en día pocos adeptos.
Aunque en su origen la música fue tocada por solistas o mínimas agrupaciones instrumentales de composición variable, la sardana es tocada actualmente por una cobla (una banda de viento con contrabajo), que consta de 12 instrumentos tocados por 11 músicos. Cuatro de estos instrumentos (tenora, tible, flabiol y tamboril) son instrumentos típicamente catalanes o versiones diferenciadas sólo usadas en Cataluña. Los otros (trompeta, trombón, fiscorno y contrabajo) son más convencionales.
Aunque su repertorio incluía diversas danzas sociales europeas de la época (vals, mazurka), corresponde principalmente a Pep Ventura la formación actual de la cobla y la estabilización del patrón rítmico fundamental en torno al compaseo en 6/8. Muchas sardanas tienen letra, pero sólo las versiones instrumentales suelen ser usadas para bailar.
En Cataluña y Rosellón, existen aproximadamente ciento treinta coblas activas, la mayor parte de las cuales no son profesionales. La única cobla existente fuera del territorio catalán es la Cobla La Principal, en Ámsterdam (Países Bajos).
Existen dos modos básicos de marcar los pasos la llamada empordanesa y la selvatana. Hasta la década de 1920, la variante empordanesa se caracterizaba también por mantener constantemente los brazos en posición alzada.
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The sardana (Catalan plural sardanes) is a type of circle dance typical of Catalonia.
There are two main types, the original sardana curta (short sardana) style and the more modern sardana llarga (long sardana), which is more popular. Other more unusual sardanas are the sardana de lluïment and the sardana revessa.
Nobody knows when the sardana originated, but it has been popular since the 16th century. Some believe the sardana is two thousand years old, but such theories have few adherents. Modern choreography was established as late as the end of the 19th century and features slight differences from the original North-Catalonian dance. Pep Ventura's band is credited for stabilizing different variants around a clear 6/8 rhythm and fixing the instrumental ensemble. Though some Iberian and Mediterranean circle dances follow similar patterns, instrumental music for the sardana has achieved a complexity of its own. As a non-performance dance, sardana does not require special fitness. Moreover, the circle can be opened to a highly variable number of dancers.
Music for the sardana is played by a cobla, a band consisting of 10 wind instruments, double bass and a so called "tamborí" (very small drum) played by 11 musicians. The cobla has five woodwind instruments: The flabiol is a kind of Block flute. The tenora and the tible (two of each) belong to the oboe family. These instruments plus the tamborí are typical of Catalonia. The brass instruments include: two trumpets, two fiscorn (a tipe of saxhorn created by Adolph Sax during the 19th century), and one keys-trombone. The double bass is normally a three-goat-stringed one.
In Spanish and French Catalonia about one hundred and thirty coblas are active, most of which are amateur orchestras. Outside Catalonia there is one more cobla: Cobla La Principal d'Amsterdam.
Many sardanas have lyric versions and were widely sung in the 20th century, but mostly instrumental versions are used for dancing.
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Bývalou stanicí, následně hradlem s nakladištěm a zastávkou a nyní pouhou zastávkou Bohuslavice u Kyjova projížděl dne 12. dubna 2024 spěšný vlak 1767 z Brna do Starého Města u Uherského Hradiště. V čele vlaku byla tehdejší stálice vlárské tratě, a to 754.013. Tato lokomotiva byla se zdejší tratí spjatá od května roku 1996, kdy byla předána z Liberce do depa ve Veselí nad Moravou. V roce 2004 pak proběhlo předání lokomotivy do brněnských Maloměřic, ale i nadále byla lokomotiva nasazována na vlárskou trať. S různými přestávkami zde vydržela až do prosince 2024, kdy došlo k zaturnusování modernizovaných lokomotiv 750.7 a zároveň byl omezen provoz klasických souprav na spěšných vlacích. V roce 2025 se pak ještě občas vyskytla jako náhrada za turnusové stroje v čele Slováckých expresů, ale nejčastěji byla nasazována za chybějící motorové vozy na spěšném vlaku z Brna do Bojkovic a zpět. Poslední její nasazení na tomto výkonu bylo 6. června 2025 a od té doby sloužila pouze na jihlavské trati, což se jí také 24. srpna 2025 stalo osudným, jelikož došlo k závadě na spalovacím motoru, čímž se nejspíš uzavřela její 46 let dlouhá provozní kapitola. Od té doby je lokomotiva odstavena v maloměřickém depu.
cette potentille se rencontre au printemps. Elle aime les pelouses sèches et les pentes ensoleillées. Ses feuilles sont généralement composées de 5 folioles dentées sur le haut, velues mais aux poils non étoilés. Ses fleurs sont d’un beau jaune vif, aux pétales échancrés, laissant largement apparaître les sépales. Les pétales, sépales et divisions du calicule sont au nombre de cinq.
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Montseny Natural Park is a natural park that protects part of the Montseny massif. It was established in 1977 and is managed by the Barcelona Provincial Council since 1977 and the Council of Girona since 1978. Also since 1978 is a biosphere reserve by UNESCO. It was established as a national park in 1987. It covers part of the municipal Aiguafreda El Brull, Campins and Cànoves Samalús, Figaro-Montmany, hotbed of Montclús, La Garriga Gualba Montseny Palautordera St. Stephen, St. Peter Vilamajor Seva Tagamanent Arbúcies Breda , Rails Montseny, Sant Feliu de Buixalleu and Viladrau. The top of the park is the Turó de l'Home 1706.7 meters.
Taken this evening (Sunday 11/4/10) at St Mary's lighthouse, Whitley Bay.
Originally I'd planned to head to Bolam Lake this evening. I hummed and harred, the sky looking flat and grey other than a blue band over the sea. At 7:30 I decided I'd head out and ended up at old faithful.
Overly photographed but never fails to impress!
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The Porta Nigra is a magnificent 2nd-century Roman city gate in Trier, Germany. It was given its name (which means "black gate") in the Middle Ages because of its weathered color.
History
The oldest defensive structure in Germany, the Porta Nigra was erected in about 180 AD when the Roman city was surrounded by walls. Trier was a Roman colony from the 1st century AD and then a great trading centre beginning in the second century. It became one of the imperial capitals under the Tetrarchy at the end of the 3rd century, and became known as the "second Rome."
The Porta Nigra is the only one of four Roman gates that still stands in Trier; the others were gradually pillaged for their stone and iron. The Porta Nigra survived because it was used as the humble residence of a hermit monk named Simeon for seven years (1028-35). After his death he was buried in the gate and the structure was transformed into the two-story Church of St. Simeon (lay church on the bottom, monastery church on top).
Napoleon destroyed the church in 1803, but the 12th-century Romanesque apse survived and the entire structure has been restored to its medieval appearance.
What to See
1,700 years after its construction, the Porta Nigra is still impressive at 118 feet long, 70.5 feet wide and 90 feet high. The entire structure is made without mortar - the sandstone blocks are connected only by iron rods. The stone blocks weigh as much as six metric tons each.
Two gateways lead into a small inner courtyard, where unfortunate intruders would be trapped and covered in tar. Above are two tiers of defense galleries with large open windows. It is flanked by two towers, a four-story western tower and the three-story unfinished eastern tower.
Inside, an empty apse at the east end and carvings of church fathers like Irenaeus, Ambrose and Jerome recall the Porta Nigra's use as a church.
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I always feel weird when I go shooting in the middle of the night alone. The little kid in me seems to have some fear and respect for the dark of night. Last night, the little kid's voice in my head was going overtime trying to talk me out of going to the coast to shoot this image. I finally at length decided this voice is useless (mostly). I feel much better now.
I mean, after all, next month I'll be trotting all over the place all by myself in dangerous conditions across the central plains, both day and night, and so I better grow a pair now if I'm going to ever respect myself. Seriously, I'm now glad I listened the my inner sense of reason.
Once I was at the lighthouse, it was about Midnight and the wind was howling and cold. I got my jacket on, and went to my camera bag and discovered I left my remote at home once again. The moonlight was plenty strong, so I knew I'd get a shot, but I wanted to try some real long exposures, and now it wasn't going to happen. The atmosphere was quiet, other than the crashing waves against the cliffs and the high winds, and I would actually call it peaceful and calming, at least that's how I felt at the time.
I wound up taking all the usual shots, and was feeling sort of frustrated until I came up to the fence line here. Immediately, I knew what I wanted to get. This feels like an Edward Hopper Painting to me. I like the shadows, and the fence-line a lot. Clouds were flying by, and I got some cool shots with blurred clouds, but this shot seemed to sum up the feeling of the night best.
I'm sure glad I didn't chicken out this late evening.
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AFRIKAANS gelukkige nuwejaar
ALBANIAN Gëzuar vitin e ri
ALSATIAN e glëckliches nëies / güets nëies johr
ARABIC aam saiid / sana saiida
ARMENIAN shnorhavor nor tari
AZERI yeni iliniz mubarek
BAMBARA bonne année
BASQUE urte berri on
BELARUSIAN З новым годам (Z novym hodam)
BENGALI subho nababarsho
BERBER asgwas amegas
BETI mbembe mbu
BOBO bonne année
BOSNIAN sretna nova godina
BRETON bloavezh mat / bloavez mad
BULGARIAN честита нова година (chestita nova godina)
BIRMAN hnit thit ku mingalar pa
CANTONESE kung hé fat tsoi
CATALAN bon any nou
CHINESE xin nian kuai le / xin nian hao
CORSICAN pace e salute
CROAT sretna nova godina
CZECH šťastný nový rok
DANISH godt nytår
DUTCH gelukkig Nieuwjaar
ESPERANTO felicxan novan jaron
feliæan novan jaron (Times SudEuro font)
ESTONIAN head uut aastat
FAROESE gott nýggjár
FINNISH onnellista uutta vuotta
FLEMISH gelukkig Nieuwjaar
FRENCH bonne année
FRIULAN bon an
GALICIAN feliz aninovo
GEORGIAN gilotsavt aral tsels
GERMAN ein gutes neues Jahr / prost Neujahr
GREEK kali chronia / kali xronia
eutichismenos o kainourgios chronos (we wish you a happy new year)
GUARANÍ rogüerohory año nuévo-re
HAITIAN CREOLE bònn ané
HAWAIIAN hauoli makahiki hou
HEBREW shana tova
HINDI nav varsh ki subhkamna
HUNGARIAN boldog új évet
ICELANDIC farsælt komandi ár
INDONESIAN selamat tahun baru
IRISH GAELIC ath bhliain faoi mhaise
ITALIAN felice anno nuovo, buon anno
JAPANESE akemashite omedetô
KABYLIAN asseguèsse-ameguèsse
KANNADA hosa varshada shubhaashayagalu
KHMER sur sdei chhnam thmei
KIRUNDI umwaka mwiza
KOREAN seh heh bok mani bat uh seyo
KURDE sala we ya nû pîroz be
LAO sabai di pi mai
LATIN felix sit annus novus
LATVIAN laimīgu Jauno gadu
LINGALA bonana / mbula ya sika elamu na tonbeli yo
LITHUANIAN laimingų Naujųjų Metų
LOW SAXON gelükkig nyjaar
LUXEMBOURGEOIS e gudd neit Joër
MACEDONIAN srekna nova godina
MALAGASY arahaba tratry ny taona
MALAY selamat tahun baru
MALTESE sena gdida mimlija risq
MAORI kia hari te tau hou
MONGOLIAN shine jiliin bayariin mend hurgeye (Шинэ жилийн баярын мэнд хvргэе)
MORÉ wênd na kô-d yuum-songo
NORWEGIAN godt nytt år
OCCITAN bon annada
PERSIAN sâle no mobârak
POLISH szczęśliwego nowego roku
PORTUGUESE feliz ano novo
ROMANI bangi vasilica baxt
ROMANIAN un an nou fericit / la mulţi ani
RUSSIAN С Новым Годом (S novim godom)
SAMOAN ia manuia le tausaga fou
SANGO nzoni fini ngou
SARDINIAN bonu annu nou
SCOTTISH GAELIC bliadhna mhath ur
SERBIAN srecna nova godina
SHONA goredzwa rakanaka
SINDHI nain saal joon wadhayoon
SLOVAK stastlivy novy rok
SLOVENIAN srečno novo leto
SOBOTA dobir leto
SPANISH feliz año nuevo
SRANAN wan bun nyun yari
SWAHILI mwaka mzuri
SWEDISH gott nytt år
SWISS-GERMAN es guets Nöis
TAGALOG manigong bagong taon
TAHITIAN ia orana i te matahiti api
TAMIL iniya puthandu nalVazhthukkal
TATAR yana yel belen
TELUGU nuthana samvathsara subhakankshalu
THAI สวัสดีปีใหม่ (sawatdii pimaï)
TIBETAN tashi délek
TURKISH yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun
UDMURT Vyľ Aren
UKRAINIAN Z novym rokom
URDU naya saal mubarik
VIETNAMESE Chúc Mừng Nǎm Mới / Cung Chúc Tân Niên / Cung Chúc Tân Xuân
WALOON ("betchfessîs" spelling) bone annéye / bone annéye èt bone santéye
WELSH blwyddyn newydd dda
WEST INDIAN CREOLE bon lanné
YIDDISH a gut yohr
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To all friends Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Danish (Dänisch): Glaedelig Jul og Godt Nytt Aar.
Dutch (Niederländisch, Holländisch): Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig Nieuwjaar.
English (Englisch): Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Flemish (Flämisch; z.T. in Belgien): Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar.
French (Französisch): Joyeux Noel et une Bonne Année.
German (Deutsch): Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein Glückliches Neues Jahr.
Greek (Griechisch): Kala Christougenna Kieftihismenos 0 Kenourios Chronos/ Kala Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Ethos.
Italian (Italienisch): Buon Natale e Felice Nuovo Anno.
Hindi (Hindi; Indische Landessprache.): Krist Janm Parb Mubarak Ho, Nutaan Varshki Mangalkamna Hne.
Japanese (Japanisch): Shinnen omedeto Kurisumasu Omedeto.
Kurdish (Kurdisch): Seva piroz sahibe u sersala te piroz be.
Luxemburgish (Luxemburgisch): Schéi Kreschtdeeg an e Schéint Néi Joer.
Norwegian (Norwegisch): God Jul og Godt Nytt Aar.
Polish (Polnisch): Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku.
Portuguese (Portugiesisch): Boas Festas e un Feliz Anno Nuovo/ Feliz Natal e un Ano Novo cheio de prosperidade.
Romanian (Rumänisch): Craciun fericit si un An Nou fericit/ Sarbatori Fericite La Multi Ani.
Russian (Russisch; transskribiert aus dem Kyrillischen.): Pozdravljaem vas s prazdnikom Rozhdestva Hristova i s Novym Godom.
Spanish (Spanisch): Feliz Navidad y Próspero Ano Nuevo.
Swahili (Kisuaheli; Afrika.): Heri ya Krismasi na Mwaka mpya.
Swedish (Schwedisch): God Jul och Gott Nytt Ar.
Tamil (Tamil; Landessprache in Indien und Sri Lanka.): Christmas Puthandu vazhthukkal.
Turkish (Türkisch): Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun.
Ukranian (Ukrainisch; transskribiert,s.o..): Vselich svjat Rizdva Xristovoho i Sjtsjaslivoho Novoho Roku.
Vietnamese (Vietnamesisch): Chuc mung nam moi va Giang Sing vui ve.
Yiddish (Jiddisch): Gute Vaynakhtn un a Gut Nay Yor.
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c U - effi . . from Germany
Archive from 2007
camera roll - recent turn
aphrodite, godess of love, was born when ouranos was castrated by his son cronus, who threw his severed genitals into the sea. the immortal flesh eventually spread into a circle of white foam... from this foam, (aphros) arose aphrodite her name literally means foam-born.
though she was intended to rule solely over sexual passion, aphrodite's adventures, and the adventures of her children, caused as much misery and bloodshed as any of the immortals.
it was of course aphrodite's meddling that caused the trojan war. aphrodite, hera, and athene all claimed to be the most beautiful of the godesses and appealed to zeus for a ruling. zeus put the choice in the hands of paris of troy. aphrodite bribed paris to choose her by giving him the most beautiful mortal woman in the world, helen, the wife of a greek king. the result was the destruction of troy by the greeks.
aphrodite's own son was killed in that war. she attempted to rescue him from battle but, receiving a scratch on her hand from a soldier, dropped him.
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Time : 10/6/2011
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Captured pretty much at the beginning of our Scotland trip in Saint Andrews ... just a bit north of Edinburgh. A lovely old cathedral from the 11th century.
My clunky Nikon 14-24mm monster unleashed the necessary dramatic perspective :-)
I just love this old stuff ... castles, churches, whatever ... standing there, being aware that people walked around these same places a thousand years ago. How was life by then, what did they think, what did they feel ...
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www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=hyperantus
Ringlet
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.
Black-capped Chickadee taken at Campbell Valley in Langley BC.
View large to see spider web all over his head and beak.
Best Viewed LARGE on Black: bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=3689734390&size=large&...
One Saturday morning in late June I decided to try out my new DSLR on one of the shaded streets in this beautiful area. If you click on the set to the right and run the SLIDESHOW in Full Screen Mode you can follow me up and down this street and get an idea of the architecture of the area.
"Druid Hills is an upper-class neighborhood east of Midtown, Atlanta, in DeKalb County, Georgia. The planned community was initially conceived by Joel Hurt, and developed with the effort of Atlanta's leading families, including Coca-Cola founder Asa Candler. It contains some of Atlanta's historic mansions from the late 19th and early 20th Century. Druid Hills includes the main campus of Emory University, which relocated to Atlanta in 1914. Ponce de Leon Avenue bi-sects the community.
Druid Hills was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and was one of his last commissions. A showpiece of the design was the string of parks along Ponce de Leon Avenue, designated as Druid Hills Parks and Parkways and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1975."
Some find it hard to believe that this magnificent urban neighborhood was conceived and executed as one of Atlanta’s first suburbs. Yet it remains today essentially unchanged and was recently described by the U.S. Department of the Interior to be "significant as the finest example of late 19th and early 20th century comprehensive planning and development in the Atlanta area, and one of the finest period suburbs in the Southeast."
There is a beautifully done Tour of Homes and Gardens each April during the peak bloomtime for the thousands of dogwoods and azaleas that fill the neighborhood. Here are some links:
www.druidhills.org/overview/index.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid_Hills,_Georgia
...
Best Viewed Large - 'Winter Straight Ahead' On Black
Goodbye to you, my trusted friend.
We've known each other since we're nine or ten.
Together we climbed hills or trees.
Learned of love and ABC's,
skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend, it's hard to die,
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
Pretty girls are everywhere.
When you see them I'll be there.
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the hills that we climbed
were just seasons out of time.
Goodbye, Papa, please pray for me,
I was the black sheep of the family.
You tried to teach me right from wrong.
Too much wine and too much song,
wonder how I get along.
Goodbye, Papa, it's hard to die
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
Little children everywhere.
When you see them I'll be there.
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the wine and the song,
like the seasons, all have gone.
Goodbye, Michelle, my little one.
You gave me love and helped me find the sun.
And every time that I was down
you would always come around
and get my feet back on the ground.
Goodbye, Michelle, it's hard to die
when all the bird are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
With the flowers ev'rywhere.
I whish that we could both be there.
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the stars we could reach
were just starfishs on the beach
Terry Jacks
La Costa Brava, el agreste litoral de la provincia de Girona, cuenta con una villa medieval a pocos kilómetros de su perfil marítimo. Su centro histórico se levanta sobre una colina rodeada de llanuras, que en su origen fue zona pantanosa. Hay que remontarse al siglo IX para encontrar los primeros documentos escritos que hablan de esta población, época a la que pertenece su castillo. Continuos enfrentamientos bélicos hicieron que durante siglos sólo se conservase la Torre del Homenaje de esta construcción defensiva. Se trata de una torre románica de planta circular levantada entre los siglos XI y XIII. Sus 15 metros de altura se asientan sobre una plataforma de roca natural, en la que también se encuentran numerosas tumbas visigóticas. Durante el siglo XV fue empleada como campanario, por lo que se la conoce como la Torre de las Horas. En la actualidad, el solar del castillo lo ocupa la casa de la familia Pi i Figueras, promotor de la restauración del Recinto Gótico de Pals. De factura moderna, esta casa mantiene los mismos rasgos arquitectónicos que el resto de la urbe. Calles empedradas interrumpidas por arcos de medio punto, fachadas con ventanas ojivales y balcones de piedra son los signos distintivos de Pals. La muralla es otro de los lugares que transportan al viajero a la Edad Media. Cuatro torres de planta cuadrada se mantienen aún en pie, a pesar de que datan del siglo XII. Torres con nombre propio como Ramonet, Rom, Xinel·lo y Hospital. Otros puntos de interés son el mirador Josep Pla, la Plaza Mayor, las sepulturas de la calle Mayor y la iglesia de Sant Pere. El escritor palafrugellense da nombre a una de las atalayas naturales, desde donde se divisan los campos del Ampurdán y las islas Medes. Arcos góticos y sepulturas medievales son los otros hitos que encontramos en el camino. Parte de los sillares de piedra del castillo fueron empleados en el siglo X para edificar la iglesia de Sant Pere. En su estructura final se distinguen la base románica, el ábside y nave gótica, y el pórtico y campanario barrocos. La mejor manera de recorrer Pals es perderse por su calles medievales, pero antes de esto merece la pena acercarse a una casa fortificada del siglo XV, sede del Museo de Arqueología Submarina. Entre otras curiosidades, podemos conocer la historia de los vinos y cavas de Cataluña, gracias la exposición permanente que exhibe. A las afueras de la villa se extiende otra parte del municipio de Pals, los Masos de Pals, antiguo conjunto de masías (casas de campo catalanas) que actualmente acogen a un nutrido núcleo urbano. Y en la costa, la playa de Pals. Más de cuatro kilómetros de aguas transparentes donde el viajero podrá disfrutar del benigno clima mediterráneo y de todas las oportunidades de ocio que la Costa Brava ofrece. Campos de golf, deportes náuticos y visitas al Parque Natural Illes Medes son sólo algunas de ellas. Pals también se convierte en una excelente oportunidad para acercarnos a la gastronomía del Baix Ampordà, que aúna productos del mar y la tierra. Las habas y los guisantes de la huerta aparecen junto a esqueixadas (ensalada de bacalao), escalivadas (asado de berenjena, cebolla y pimientos) o guisos de pollo o conejo con marisco. Por su parte, gambas, lubinas y doradas se preparan de multitud de maneras. Entre los postres, las frutas tienen una gran importancia (fresas, melocotones, melones, sandías, naranjas...), y se convierten en verano en helados y sorbetes.
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San Simeon Pier is a wooden structure with pristine ocean views. It is very near Hearst Castle, one of the most popular tourist attractions in all of California.
The small town of San Simeon is steeped in history, much of it relating to Hearst Castle. There is a state park and a state beach at San Simeon. They are located on the beach side of California Highway 1 directly below Hearst Castle, and, along with the castle, are operated by the California State Park system. The 1,000 foot-long fishing pier and crescent shaped beach of William R. Hearst Memorial State Beach offers a family picnic area with a grassy lawn on a hill above the beach. The facility measures only 2 acres but is a beautiful spot with a protected cove perfect for relaxing and swimming.
In 1878, Senator George Hearst (father of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst) had a new wharf constructed. The wharf extended 1000 feet into the water that was deep enough to handle the largest ships of the era. Rails were laid on the pier to allow flat cars to move cargo to and from the new warehouse on shore. The pier handled shipments for the quicksilver (mercury) mines in the area. This was necessary because there way no road that could sustain the area which was thus isolated and could be accessed only by boat. California scenic SR1 connecting San Luis Obispo with the Monterey Peninsula, which passes the beach, was not completed until the 1950s'. From 1919, all of the building materials for the Hearst Castle and other buildings on the Hearst estate were landed at the pier. William Randolph Hearst, built other warehouses near the pier to house material and goods, which were later taken to the castle.
Today the pier, located on William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach, is used for fishing and is a tourist attraction in itself. Near the pier and within the San Simeon State Park are several large beach front homes belonging to the Hearst Family, a one room school-house built in the nineteenth century and an nature interpretive center.
Tamron 10-24 mm AF @ 10mm. Exposure 1/400 of a second, f10, ISO 200 SOOC. That is not an optical illusion at the ocean end of the pier, it is not leaning. The pier was built with a 30 degree angle turn to the left to make docking and offloading easier.
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I was looking through Barry Hutton's website and made a realisation that I can't post anymore colour shots of Buttermere! This guy has done an incredible job in capturing some stunning light and colours of Lake district, specificly Buttermere! So I am sticking to monochrome! :)
This was a calm but rather dull morning!
Canon 5D, 17-40L @23mm, f/22, 4 seconds, ISO-50,used a 2 stop SE GND
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No tripod needed for this one. There's a nice chest high wall that's plenty deep enough to rest a camera on. A beanbag certainly helps and is one of the most useful things in my camera bag... The reason the log at the top of the hill is "frozen" even though this is a 30sec exposure, is ride's flash for the on ride photo. If you look really closely at the "stream" towards the bottom of the picture you can see the blur from other logs coming through.
Pictured:
Splash Mountain
Frontierland
Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney World Resort
Bay Lake, Florida
November, 2008
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The Torre Agbar, or Agbar Tower, is a 21st century skyscraper at Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and built by Dragados. It opened in June 2005 and it was inaugurated officially by the King of Spain on 16 September 2005. The Torre Agbar is located in the Poblenou neighborhood of Barcelona and is named after its owners, the Agbar Group, a holding company whose interests include the Barcelona water company Aguas de Barcelona.
According to Nouvel, the shape of the Torre Agbar was inspired by the mountains of Montserrat that surround Barcelona, and by the shape of a geyser of water rising into the air. Jean Nouvel, in an interview, described it as having a phallic character. As a result of its unusual shape, the building is known by several nicknames, such as "el supositori" (the suppository), "l'obús" (the shell) and some more scatological ones.[5] It has 30,000 m² (323,000 ft²) of above-ground office space, 3,210 m² (34,500 ft²) of technical service floors with installations and 8,351 m² (90,000 ft²) of services, including an auditorium. The Agbar Tower measures 144.4 m (473.75 ft) in height[7] and consists of 38 storeys, including four underground levels.
Its design combines a number of different architectural concepts, resulting in a striking structure built with reinforced concrete, covered with a facade of glass, and over 4,500 window openings cut out of the structural concrete. The building stands out in Barcelona; it is the third tallest building in Barcelona, only after the Arts Hotel and the Mapfre Tower, both 154 m (505.25 ft).
A unique feature of the building is its nocturnal illumination. It has 4,500 LED luminous devices that allow generation of luminous images in the facade. In addition, it has temperature sensors in the outside of the tower that regulate the opening and closing of the glass blinds of the facade of the building, reducing the consumption of energy for air conditioning. It will house the head office of the Aigües de Barcelona Group (Spanish: "Aguas de Barcelona", English: "Waters of Barcelona").