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Supporters of the PPP at a popular rally in Nasirabad, in the suburbs of Rawalpindi on Jan.4, 2008. At some point, people (incl. children) were praying for Benazir Bhutto, a scene that I've seen repeatedly at every gathering. As in many other aspects of life in Pakistan, it seems that politics and religion are closely intricated.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Pakistani Elections (Recommended as a slideshow)
I've had a mountain of work to get through the past few days and still have but thought I would post some college stuff. My little sister (17 years old) who I trailed into the studio as part of my Editorial project. This week has been a busy and erm very interesting week to say the least. I collected my Mac on Monday yipee only to discover on my return to the car that I had parked nicely in the car park had indeed mounted the kerb and on reversingI ripped the bumper and fog light off ............oops!!!
I also learnt that this photo landed the lovely Dave a shoot in London with Diesel!
Oh and I know Man United just one the Champions League but holly molly why do men have to get so excited about a bunch of blokes running about in white shorts?.............I mean it's not as though they are tight shorts is it? ;-)
Garden State is one of my favorite movies. It is one of those movies where you can sit back, watch, and let it sink in. :) It was also Zach Braff's feature film debut as a director. Commendable job there.
Zach's and Natalie Portman's charaters are quite endearing. And Peter Sarsgaard's character has its own element of endearment. :)
And of course, one of the soundtracks in the movie is "Let Go" by Frou Frou. A beautiful song.
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"Grandma spoke of the big city all-a-time. How as a lil girl she and friends ran the streets of the lower east side hollering and screaming and doing the things kids do growing up on tenement streets. I saw the old photographs and how the sun hit the smiling faces of people sitting on summer stoops. I saw the open hydrants and kids with wet underwear jumping into piped waterfalls of glistening, gushing streams of water. The people up on the fire escapes, looking down on their world of streets lined with garbage cans and chalked sidewalks and shoppers buying vegetables and fruit from colorful outdoor stands. A dog running loose, a radio somewhere blasting a salsa song from a curtained window, the smell of fried fish and a baby crying. The mailman coming up the street with his mail-sack slung across his back and older folks waiting for him in doorways to get their monthly welfare checks. All this came to mind as I sat here on this bench having just come off that bus. Joplin, Missouri is a long way off now, in time and place. A duffle bag a new watch my ‘good jeans’ and jacket. Got some money in my wallet and strong hands to work and make some more. Gonna do it too. Rivington Street is just up the block. Got this address here in my pocket, an apartment for rent. Got a number too, a place on Delancy needs a dish washer and someone to sweep. These hands learn real quick and if I "smile a lot you’ll make new friends", Grandma always said that. I see a fella across the way taking my picture. Thinks I don’t see him. Guess he got nothing better to do. Maybe him and me could be friends. My first. Yeah, das right. Gonna get up now and introduce myself…….”Hey photographer man, glad to meet you, my name is Archie Lee Weston from Joplin…"
- SS
The opening of the Wall at Berlin Bornholmer Strasse 1989
Dedicated to all the berliner friends, to the city of Berlin, to its glorious history and to all who cares about freedom and friendship - hoping the all the existing walls - also those who still are living in our minds - will fall down, brick by brick .
have a great week :-)
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CHI SONO ?
SONO DUE UOMINI CHE LOTTANO CON LA SLA ED E' PER QUESTO CHE AMANO LA VITA E CON IL LORO AMORE PER LA VITA CI DICONO CHE NON VA BUTTATA NE' DISPREZZATA.
NON VI DICO DI PIU', MA VI DO TUTTI I LINK PER COLLEGARVI CON QUESTI AMICI PER CONOSCERE LA LORO ESPERIENZA SIA ATTRAVERSO FOTO CHE SCRITTI E CANZONI.
NATURALMENTE QUESTA VOLTA NON ANDRO' A SCOMODARE CANTANTI PIU' O MENO FAMOSI MA VI FARO' SENTIRE UNA CANZONE SCRITTA E CANTATA DA GIANLUCA FANTELLI CHE VI FARA' MEDITARE.
IO VIVO......IO vivrò
Cosa mi manca per essere felice .
Posso camminare
anche se ho qualche cicatrice.
Posso respirare, ballare, cantare una canzone.
Posso stare in piedi per ore.
Cosa mi manca me lo si legge in faccia
eppure posso fare tutto.
Posso muovere le braccia.
Posso raccontare di posti bellissimi e lontani.
E toccarmi i piedi .....
E toccarmi i piedi con le mani.
Io vivo, io vivo.
Io vivo, io vivrò
Qualcuno che usa la testa
come fosse all'asilo
e non vuole comprendere
che siamo davvero ...
appesi tutti ad un filo
E gente che butta la vita...
che continua a rovinarsi
ma come si fa a non capire
che quello che abbiamo non è roba normale.
Tenetevi stretti gli affetti
Parlatevi e ditevi tutto
Soprattutto prendete il tempo
per dare ragione
e spendete le parole ...
e ascoltate....
e abbracciatevi forte
Perchè questo è il momento..
Perchè dopo potrebbe non esservi tempo
E a volte ti guardo e ti sento morire.
perchè penso a quando
non sarò in grado di dirti a parole
che ho nel cuore l'amore del mondo.
E adesso non so come fare
e, al solo pensiero, mi sento uno straccio.
mi sembra incredibile,
ma sarà impossibile, tenerti in braccio.
Allora mi fermo a guardarti...
e c'è il tuo sorriso
Lo so che diranno che è roba banale
Ma è così che deve essere il Paradiso.
E' forse per questo che aspetto
e resto qui sulla soglia
perchè c'è un motivo più grande
per cui sono vivo....
e sei tu .... mia figlia.
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INGLESE
I LIVE ...... I'll live
What I miss being happy.
I can walk
even if I have a few scars.
I can breathe, dance, sing a song.
I can stand for hours.
What do not you read me in the face
yet I can do everything.
Can I move my arms.
I can tell a beautiful and remote places.
And touch my feet .....
And touch my feet with her hands.
I live, I live.
I live, I live
Someone who uses his head
like kindergarten
and do not want to understand
that we really ...
all hanging by a thread
And people who throw their lives ...
which continues to ruin
but how do you not understand
that what we have is not normal stuff.
Hang with the
Speak and tell all of you.
Above all, take the time
to account
and spend the words ...
and listen ....
and strong embrace of you
Why this is the time ..
Why might not be long after
And sometimes I look at you and you feel like dying.
because I think of when
I will not be able to tell you in words
I love in the heart of the world.
And now I do not know how to do
and, at the very thought, I feel a rag.
it seems incredible,
but it will be impossible to hold you in my arms.
Then I stop and look ...
and there's your smile
I know they say that stuff is trivial
But it is as it should be the Paradise.
And 'perhaps this aspect that
and the rest here on the threshold
because there is a pattern,
why I'm alive ....
and it is you .... my daughter.
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SPAGNOLO
YO VIVO ...... voy a vivir
Lo que echo de ser feliz.
Puedo caminar
aunque tenga algunas cicatrices.
Puedo respirar, bailar, cantar una canción.
Puedo estar de pie durante horas.
Lo que no me lee en el rostro
sin embargo, puedo hacer todo.
Puedo mover los brazos.
Me puede decir a un lugar hermoso y remoto.
Y tocar mis pies .....
Y tocar mis pies con sus manos.
Yo vivo, vivo.
Yo vivo, vivo
Alguien que usa la cabeza
como jardín de infantes
y no quieren entender
que realmente ...
todo pende de un hilo
Y las personas que tiran sus vidas ...
que sigue a la ruina
Pero, ¿cómo no te entiendo
que lo que tenemos no es algo normal.
Cuelgue con la
Hablar y decirles a todos ustedes.
Por encima de todo, tómese el tiempo
para tener en cuenta
y pasar de las palabras ...
y escuchar ....
y fuerte abrazo de usted
Por qué este es el momento ..
Por qué no podría ser mucho después de
Y a veces te miro y te sientes como morir.
porque creo que de cuando
No voy a ser capaz de decirle con palabras
Me encanta en el corazón del mundo.
Y ahora no sé cómo hacerlo
y, al mismo pensamiento, me siento un trapo.
parece increíble,
pero será imposible de tenerte en mis brazos.
Entonces me pongo a mirar ...
y ahí está tu sonrisa
Ya sé que dicen eso es trivial
Pero es como debe ser el Paraíso.
Y "quizás este aspecto que
y el resto aquí en el umbral
porque no hay un patrón,
por qué estoy vivo ....
y que es .... mi hija.
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PORTOGHESE
EU VIVO ...... eu vou viver
O que eu sinto falta de estar feliz.
Eu posso andar
mesmo se eu tiver algumas cicatrizes.
Eu posso respirar, dançar, cantar uma canção.
Eu posso ficar por horas.
O que você não lê na minha cara
ainda que eu possa fazer tudo.
Posso mover meus braços.
Eu posso dizer a um lugares bonitos e remotos.
E tocar meus pés .....
E tocar meus pés com as mãos.
Eu vivo, eu vivo.
Eu vivo, eu vivo
Alguém que usa a cabeça
como jardim de infância
e não quero entender
que realmente ...
todos por um fio
E as pessoas que jogam suas vidas ...
que continua a ruína
mas como vocês não entendem
que o que temos não é uma coisa normal.
Sair com os
Falar e dizer a todos vocês.
Acima de tudo, ter o tempo
para a conta
e passar as palavras ...
e ouvir ....
e forte abraço de você
Porque este é o momento ..
Por que não pode ser muito tempo depois
E às vezes eu olho para você e você sente como morrer.
porque eu acho que de quando
Eu não vou ser capaz de dizer em palavras
Eu amo no coração do mundo.
E agora eu não sei como fazer
e, com o pensamento muito, eu me sinto um trapo.
Parece incrível,
mas será impossível segurar você em meus braços.
Então eu parar e olhar ...
e há o seu sorriso
Eu sei que eles dizem que o material é trivial
Mas é como deveria ser o Paraíso.
E 'talvez o aspecto este que
eo resto aqui no limiar
porque não há um padrão,
porque eu estou vivo ....
e é você .... minha filha.
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FRANCESE
JE VIS ...... je vais vivre
Ce qui me manque d'être heureux.
Je peux marcher
même si j'ai quelques cicatrices.
Je peux respirer, danser, chanter une chanson.
Je peux rester debout pendant des heures.
Que tu ne me lire dans le visage
Pourtant, je peux tout faire.
Puis-je déplacer mes bras.
Je peux raconter une belle place et à distance.
Et toucher mes pieds .....
Et toucher mes pieds avec ses mains.
Je vis, je vis.
Je vis, je vis
Quelqu'un qui utilise sa tête
comme la maternelle
et ne veulent pas comprendre
que nous avons vraiment ...
tous suspendus par un fil
Et les gens qui jettent leurs vies ...
qui continue de ruiner
mais comment vous ne comprenez pas
que ce que nous avons n'est pas des choses normales.
Accrochez avec le
Parlez et vous dire à tous.
Surtout, prenez le temps
pour tenir compte
et passer les mots ...
et écouter ....
et embrasser fort de vous
Pourquoi est-ce le temps ..
Pourquoi ne pourrait pas être longtemps après
Et parfois, je vous regarde et vous avez envie de mourir.
parce que je pense quand
Je ne vais pas être en mesure de vous dire en mots
J'ai l'amour dans le cœur du monde.
Et maintenant je ne sais pas comment faire
et, à la pensée très, je me sens un chiffon.
Cela semble incroyable,
mais il sera impossible de vous tenir dans mes bras.
Puis je m'arrête et je regarde ...
et il ya ton sourire
Je sais qu'ils disent que les choses sont triviales
Mais c'est comme cela devrait être le paradis.
Et «peut-être cet aspect qui
et le reste ici sur le seuil
parce qu'il ya un motif,
pourquoi je suis vivant ....
et c'est vous .... ma fille.
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TEDESCO
I LIVE ...... Ich werde leben
Was ich vermisse, glücklich zu sein.
ich kann laufen
auch wenn ich noch ein paar Narben.
Ich kann atmen, tanzen, singen ein Lied.
Ich kann stundenlang stehen.
Was lesen Sie denn keine mir ins Gesicht
doch kann ich alles tun.
Kann ich meine Arme.
Ich kann Ihnen sagen eine schöne und abgelegene Orte.
Und berühren meine Füße .....
Und berühren meine Füße mit den Händen.
Ich lebe, ich lebe.
Ich lebe, ich lebe
Jemand, der seinen Kopf benutzt
wie Kindergarten
und wollen nicht verstehen,
dass wir wirklich ...
Alle hängen an einem seidenen Faden
Und die Leute, die ihr Leben zu werfen ...
die weiterhin in den Ruin
aber woher wissen Sie nicht verstehen
dass das, was wir haben, ist nicht normal stuff.
Hang mit der
Parlatevi um und sage zu dir selbst
Vor allem die Zeit nehmen,
zu berücksichtigen,
und verbringen die Worte ...
und hören ....
und eine starke Umarmung
Warum ist dies die Zeit ..
Warum könnte nicht lange nach
Und manchmal habe ich schaue dich an und du fühlst dich wie im Sterben.
weil ich denke, wenn
Ich werde nicht in der Lage sein, Sie in Worten erzählen
Ich liebe in das Herz der Welt.
Und jetzt weiß ich nicht, wie zu tun
und bei dem bloßen Gedanken, fühle ich mich einem Lappen ab.
Es scheint unglaublich,
aber es wird unmöglich sein, dich in meinen Armen zu halten.
Dann höre ich auf und schauen ...
und es ist dein Lächeln
Ich weiß, sie sagen, das Zeug ist trivial
Aber es ist wie es das Paradies sein sollte.
Und "vielleicht diesen Aspekt, dass
und der Rest hier an der Schwelle
denn es ist ein Muster,
warum ich lebe ....
und es ist Ihnen .... meine Tochter.
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POLACCO
I LIVE ...... będę żyć
Za czym tęsknię, by być szczęśliwym.
Mogę chodzić
nawet jeśli mam kilka blizn.
Mogę oddychać, tańczyć, śpiewać piosenki.
Mogę stać godzinami.
Czego nie czytać mi w twarz
jeszcze mogę zrobić wszystko.
Czy mogę przenieść moje ramiona.
Mogę powiedzieć, piękne i odległych miejscach.
I dotknij moich stóp .....
I dotknąć mojej nogi rękami.
Żyję, żyję.
Żyję, żyję
Ktoś, kto korzysta z głową
jak przedszkole
i nie chce zrozumieć
, że naprawdę ...
wszystkie wisi na włosku
A ludzie, którzy rzucają swoje życie ...
które w dalszym ciągu do ruiny
ale jak nie rozumiecie
że to, co nie jest normalne rzeczy jest.
Hang z
Porozmawiaj i powiedz wszystkim.
Przede wszystkim trochę czasu,
na konto
i spędzić słowa ...
i słuchać ....
i silny uścisk się
Dlaczego jest to czas ..
Dlaczego nie może być długo po
A czasami patrzę na ciebie i masz ochotę umiera.
ponieważ myślę, kiedy
I nie będzie w stanie powiedzieć w słowach
I miłość w sercu świata.
I teraz nie wiem jak to zrobić
, a na samą myśl, czuję się szmatą.
wydaje się niewiarygodne,
ale nie będzie można trzymać cię w ramionach.
Potem zatrzymać się i spojrzeć ...
i jest twój uśmiech
Wiem, że powiedzieć, że rzeczy są trywialne
Ale to jest tak jak powinno być Paradise.
I "być może ten aspekt, że
a reszta tutaj na progu
bo nie ma wzorca,
dlaczego żyję ....
i to ty .... moja córka.
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OLANDESE
IK LEEF ...... ik zal leven
Wat ik mis om gelukkig te zijn.
Ik kan lopen
zelfs als ik een paar littekens.
Ik kan ademen, dansen, zingen een lied.
Ik kan staan voor uren.
Wat je niet leest me in het gezicht
maar ik kan alles.
Kan ik mijn armen.
Ik kan een mooi en afgelegen plaatsen.
En raak mijn voeten .....
En raak mijn voeten met haar handen.
Ik leef, ik leef.
Ik leef, ik leef
Iemand die gebruik maakt van zijn hoofd
als kleuterschool
en niet wil begrijpen
dat we echt ...
alle opknoping door een draad
En mensen die gooien hun leven ...
die nog steeds ruïne
maar hoe doe je niet begrijpt
dat wat we hebben is niet normaal spul.
Hangen met de
Spreken en vertellen jullie allemaal.
Boven alles, de tijd nemen
rekening te houden
en brengen de woorden ...
en luisteren ....
en sterke omhelzing van je
Waarom dit is de tijd ..
Waarom zou niet lang na
En soms kijk ik naar je en je feel like dying.
omdat ik denk van wanneer
Ik zal niet in staat om u te vertellen in woorden
Ik liefde in het hart van de wereld.
En nu weet ik niet hoe dat te doen
en, bij de gedachte, ik voel me een vod.
Het lijkt ongelooflijk,
maar het zal onmogelijk zijn om je in mijn armen.
Daarna heb ik stop en kijk ...
en er is uw glimlach
Ik weet dat ze zeggen dat spul triviaal is
Maar het is zoals het moet zijn het paradijs.
En 'misschien dit aspect dat
en de rest hier op de drempel
want er is een patroon,
waarom ik leef ....
en het is je .... mijn dochter.
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UNGHERESE
Traduzione da italiano verso ungherese
Én LIVE ...... fogok élni
Amit ne hagyj ki, hogy boldog.
Tudok járni
még akkor is, ha van egy pár hegek.
Tudok lélegezni, táncolni, énekelni egy dalt.
Tudok állni órákig.
Mit nem hallasz engem az arc
Még meg tudom csinálni mindent.
Tudom mozgatni a karom.
Elmondhatom egy szép és távoli helyeken.
És érintse meg a lábam .....
És érintse meg a lábam a kezével.
Élek, élek.
Élek, élek
Valaki, aki használja a fejét
mint óvodai
és nem akarja megérteni,
hogy valóban ...
Minden lógott egy téma
És az emberek, akik dobja az életüket ...
amely továbbra is tönkre
de hogyan nem érti
hogy mi van, az nem normális dolog.
Hang a
Beszélj és mondd mindenkinek.
Mindenekelőtt, hogy az idő
felelősségre
és töltse a szavak ...
és hallgatni ....
és erős ölelésében van
Miért ez az idő ..
Miért lehet, hogy nem sokkal azután,
És néha rád nézek, és úgy érzi, mint a halál.
mert úgy gondolom, hogy mikor
Nem fogok tudni mondani a szavakat
Szeretem szívében a világ.
És most nem tudom, hogyan kell csinálni
és a gondolat, úgy érzem, egy rongyot.
úgy tűnik, hihetetlen,
de lehetetlen lesz megtartani akkor a karjaimban.
Aztán megáll, és nézd ...
és van a mosolya
Tudom, azt mondják, hogy a dolgok triviális
De így is kell lennie a Paradicsom.
És "talán ezt a szempontot, hogy a
és a többi itt a küszöbön
mert van egy minta,
miért élek ....
és ez meg .... a lányom.
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SVEDESE
Traduzione da italiano verso svedese
I LEVANDE ...... jag bor
Vad jag saknar att vara lycklig.
Jag kan gå
även om jag har några ärr.
Jag kan andas, dansa, sjunga en sång.
Jag kan stå i timmar.
Vad du inte läst mig i ansiktet
men jag kan göra allt.
Kan jag flytta mina armar.
Jag kan berätta en vacker och avlägsna platser.
Och röra mina fötter .....
Och röra mina fötter med händerna.
Jag lever, jag bor.
Jag lever, jag lever
Någon som använder huvudet
som dagis
och vill inte förstå
att vi verkligen ...
allt hänger på en tråd
Och folk som kastar sina liv ...
som fortsätter att förstöra
men hur förstår man inte
att det vi har är inte normalt grejer.
Häng med
Tala och berätta er alla.
Framför allt tar sig tid
till svars
och tillbringa ord ...
och lyssna ....
och stark omfamning av er
Varför detta är det dags ..
Varför kan inte vara långt efter
Och ibland tittar jag på dig och du känner för att dö.
eftersom jag tänker på när
Jag kommer inte att kunna berätta i ord
Jag älskar i hjärtat av världen.
Och nu vet jag inte hur man gör
och vid blotta tanken, känner jag en trasa.
Det verkar otroligt,
men det kommer att bli omöjligt att hålla dig i mina armar.
Då jag stannar och tittar ...
och det är ditt leende
Jag vet att de säger att saker är triviala
Men det är som det ska vara i Paradiset.
Och "kanske denna aspekt som
och resten här på tröskeln
eftersom det finns ett mönster,
varför jag lever ....
och det är du .... min dotter.
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NORVEGIA
Traduzione da italiano verso svedese
I LEVANDE ...... jag bor
Vad jag saknar att vara lycklig.
Jag kan gå
även om jag har några ärr.
Jag kan andas, dansa, sjunga en sång.
Jag kan stå i timmar.
Vad du inte läst mig i ansiktet
men jag kan göra allt.
Kan jag flytta mina armar.
Jag kan berätta en vacker och avlägsna platser.
Och röra mina fötter .....
Och röra mina fötter med händerna.
Jag lever, jag bor.
Jag lever, jag lever
Någon som använder huvudet
som dagis
och vill inte förstå
att vi verkligen ...
allt hänger på en tråd
Och folk som kastar sina liv ...
som fortsätter att förstöra
men hur förstår man inte
att det vi har är inte normalt grejer.
Häng med
Tala och berätta er alla.
Framför allt tar sig tid
till svars
och tillbringa ord ...
och lyssna ....
och stark omfamning av er
Varför detta är det dags ..
Varför kan inte vara långt efter
Och ibland tittar jag på dig och du känner för att dö.
eftersom jag tänker på när
Jag kommer inte att kunna berätta i ord
Jag älskar i hjärtat av världen.
Och nu vet jag inte hur man gör
och vid blotta tanken, känner jag en trasa.
Det verkar otroligt,
men det kommer att bli omöjligt att hålla dig i mina armar.
Då jag stannar och tittar ...
och det är ditt leende
Jag vet att de säger att saker är triviala
Men det är som det ska vara i Paradiset.
Och "kanske denna aspekt som
och resten här på tröskeln
eftersom det finns ett mönster,
varför jag lever ....
och det är du .... min dotter.
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RUSSIA
Traduzione da italiano verso russo
Я ЖИВУ ...... Я буду жить
То, что я скучаю быть счастливым.
Я могу пройти
даже если у меня есть несколько шрамов.
Я могу дышать, танцевать, петь песни.
Я могу стоять часами.
Что ты не читал мне в лицо
еще я могу делать все.
Могу ли я перенести оружие.
Могу сказать красивый и труднодоступных местах.
И прикоснуться к моим ногам .....
И прикоснуться к моим ногам руками.
Я живу, я живу.
Я живу, я живу
Кто-то, кто использует голову
как детский сад
и не хотят понять,
что мы на самом деле ...
все висит на волоске
И люди, которые бросают их жизни ...
которая продолжает разорения
но как вы не понимаете
что то, что мы не нормальные вещи.
Повесьте с
Говорите и сказать всем вам.
Прежде всего, найдите время,
на счет
и тратить слова ...
и слушать ....
и сильные объятия вы
Почему именно в это время ..
Почему не может быть долгое время после
А иногда я смотрю на вас и вы чувствуете, как умирает.
потому что я думаю о том, когда
Я не буду в состоянии сказать вам на словах
Я люблю в самом центре мира.
И теперь я не знаю, как это сделать
и, при одной мысли, я чувствую себя тряпкой.
это кажется невероятным,
но это будет невозможно, чтобы держать вас в моих руках.
Тогда я остановиться и посмотреть ...
и есть твоя улыбка
Я знаю, они говорят, что материал является тривиальным
Но это так и должно быть Раю.
И ', возможно, этот аспект
, а остальное здесь, на пороге
потому что есть модели,
Почему я жив ....
и это ты .... моя дочь.
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CINA
我......我会活LIVE
我怀念欣慰。
我可以走
即使我有几个疤痕。
我能呼吸，舞蹈，唱歌。
我能站在几个小时。
什么你不看我的脸
但我可以做的一切。
我可以移动我的怀里。
我可以告诉一个美丽而遥远的地方。
和触摸我的脚.....
而她的手触摸我的脚。
我活着，我住。
我活着，我活着
有人谁使用他的头
像幼儿园
并没有想明白
我们真的...
所有不绝如缕
和人民谁扔他们的生活... ...
它继续破坏
但你怎么不明白
说什么我们是不正常的东西。
恒与
说话，告诉大家。
总之，走的时候
占
消费的话... ...
听....
和强大的拥抱你
为什么是这样的时间...
为什么会在不长
有时我看着你，你想死的感觉。
因为我认为当
我不能告诉你的话
我爱世界的心。
现在我不知道该怎么办
并且，在非常想，我觉得抹布。
这似乎不可思议，
但它不可能在我的怀里抱你。
然后，我停下来看看... ...
和有你的微笑
我知道他们说的东西是微不足道
但是，因为它应该是天堂。
而“也许这方面的
而在门槛上休息这里
因为有规律可循的，
为什么我还活着....
它是你....我的女儿。
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GIAPPONE
私はライブ......私が住んでいるでしょう
私は満足しているミス。
私は歩くことができる
私はいくつかの傷を持っていても。
私は、呼吸ダンス、歌を歌うことができる。
私は時間のために立つことができる。
あなたは顔で私を読んでいない
まだ私はすべてを行うことができます。
私は私の腕を動かすことができます。
私は美しいとリモートの場所を伝えることができます。
と私の足に触れ.....
と彼女の手で私の足に触れる。
私が住んでいる、私が住んでいます。
私が住んでいる、私が住んでいる
彼の頭を使って誰か
幼稚園のような
と理解することはしたくない
本当に私たちはその...
すべてのスレッドがハング
自分たちの生活をスローし、人々...
台無しにし続けている
しかし、どのように理解していない
私たちが持っていることは正常なものではないこと。
〜で飾る
話すとあなたのすべてを伝える。
何よりも、時間がかかる
アカウントへの
と言葉を費やして...
と聞いて....
あなたのと強い抱擁
なぜこれが時間です..
なぜ長いの後ではないかもしれません
そして時々私はあなたを見て、あなたは死ぬように感じる。
私は時を考えるので、
私は言葉であなたに伝えることができなくなります
私は世界の中心で愛。
そして今、私はその方法がわからない
と、非常に思考で、私は雑巾を感じる。
それは、信じられないようだ
しかしそれは私の腕であなたを保持することができなくなります。
それから私は停止し、見て...
そしてあなたの笑顔があります
私は、彼らはその原料が自明であると言う知っている
それはパラダイスあるべき姿が、それはです。
そして"おそらくこの局面その
閾値上でここに、残り
パターンがありますので、
私が生きてる理由....
そしてそれはあなたです....私の娘。
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ARABO
أنا . سوف أعيش
أفتقد ما يجري سعيدة.
أستطيع المشي
حتى لو كان لدي ندبات قليلة.
لا أستطيع التنفس ، والرقص ، والغناء أغنية.
لا أستطيع الوقوف لساعات.
ما لا تقرأ في وجهي
حتى الآن أستطيع أن أفعل كل شيء.
لا أستطيع تحريك ذراعي.
استطيع ان اقول من الأماكن الجميلة والنائية.
ولمس قدمي.....
ولمس قدمي بيديها.
أعيش ، أنا أعيش.
أعيش ، أنا أعيش
شخص يستخدم رأسه
مثل روضة
ولا يريدون أن يفهموا
أننا حقا...
كل معلق بخيط رفيع
والناس الذين يلقون حياتهم...
الذي لا يزال الخراب
ولكن كيف لا يفهم
إن ما لدينا ليست الاشياء العادية.
شنق مع
أتكلم وأقول لكم جميعا.
قبل كل شيء ، تأخذ من الوقت
إلى حساب
وتنفق على الكلمات...
ويستمع....
واعتناق قوي منكم
لماذا هذا هو الوقت المناسب..
لماذا قد لا تكون لفترة طويلة بعد
وأحيانا كنت أنظر إليك ، وكنت أشعر بأن الموت.
لأنني عندما أفكر في
لن اكون قادرا على ان اقول لكم في كلمات
أنا الحب في قلب العالم.
وأنا الآن لا تعرف كيف تفعل
وعند التفكير جدا ، وأشعر خرقة.
يبدو لا يصدق ،
ولكن سوف يكون من المستحيل عقد لكم في ذراعي.
ثم أتوقف ونظرة...
وهناك ابتسامتك
أعرف أنهم يقولون تلك الأشياء تافهة
لكنه هو ما ينبغي أن تكون الجنة.
و "ربما أن هذا الجانب
والباقي هنا على عتبة
بسبب وجود نمط ،
لماذا انا على قيد الحياة....
وأنه هو أنت.... ابنتي.
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GRECO
Traduzione da italiano verso greco
I ΖΩΝΤΑΝΑ ...... θα ζήσω
Αυτό που μου λείπει να είμαστε ευτυχισμένοι.
Μπορώ να περπατήσω
ακόμη και αν έχω μερικά σημάδια.
Μπορώ να αναπνεύσω, χορεύουν, τραγουδούν ένα τραγούδι.
Μπορώ να σταθεί για ώρες.
Τι δεν σας μου να διαβάσω στο πρόσωπο
ακόμα μπορώ να κάνω τα πάντα.
Μπορώ να κουνήσω τα χέρια μου.
Μπορώ να σας πω ένα όμορφο και απομακρυσμένες περιοχές.
Και τα ακουμπήσει τα πόδια μου .....
Και τα ακουμπήσει τα πόδια μου με τα χέρια της.
Ζω, ζω.
Ζω, ζω
Κάποιος που χρησιμοποιεί το κεφάλι του
όπως το νηπιαγωγείο
και δεν θέλουν να καταλάβουν
ότι εμείς πραγματικά ...
όλα κρέμονται από μια κλωστή
Και οι άνθρωποι που ρίχνουν τη ζωή τους ...
η οποία συνεχίζει να καταστρέψει
αλλά πως δεν καταλαβαίνετε
ότι αυτό που έχουμε δεν είναι φυσιολογική ουσία.
Κρεμάστε με την
Μιλήστε και πείτε σε όλους σας.
Πάνω απ 'όλα, πάρτε το χρόνο
στο λογαριασμό
και να περάσουν τις λέξεις ...
και ακούστε ....
και ισχυρή αγκαλιά σας
Γιατί αυτή είναι η ώρα ..
Γιατί μπορεί να μην είναι πολύ καιρό μετά
Και μερικές φορές κοιτάζω και να νιώθετε σαν πεθαίνει.
γιατί πιστεύω του, όταν
Δεν θα είναι σε θέση να σας πω με λόγια
Μου αρέσει στην καρδιά του κόσμου.
Και τώρα δεν ξέρω πώς να το κάνουμε
και, σε πολύ σκέψη, αισθάνομαι ένα κουρέλι.
Φαίνεται απίστευτο,
αλλά θα είναι αδύνατο να κρατάτε στην αγκαλιά μου.
Τότε θα σταματήσει και να δούμε ...
και δεν υπάρχει το χαμόγελό σας
Ξέρω ότι λένε αυτά τα πράγματα είναι ασήμαντο
Αλλά δεν είναι όπως θα έπρεπε να είναι ο Παράδεισος.
Και «ίσως αυτή η πτυχή που
και τα υπόλοιπα εδώ στο κατώφλι
γιατί υπάρχει ένα μοτίβο,
γιατί είμαι ζωντανός ....
και αυτό είναι εσύ .... Η κόρη μου.
Large on black canvas | My favorite shots
Real HDR 101
After the pseudo HDR restoration treatment on my previous post , I thought it's about time to get my hands dirty on some real HDR, for a change. With a tripod in the back of my ride I drove to a place nearby and started fiddling around with the automatic exposure bracketing settings of my camera. With a 4-stop range across three exposures (-2 Ev, +/-0 Ev and +2 Ev) I finally hit the shutter in aperture priority mode.
The HDR approuch
With the help of Photomatrix I was able to combine my differently exposed RAW files into one HDR image. With the Tone Mapping tool applied throughout the image I was able to visually reveal its higher dynamic range.
Final touchups
In PS the copper hues throughout the scene was created by different Hue/Saturation layers on top of the 32-bit HDR representation. Locally I painted in or out from the accompanying masks to enhance the color-contrast of different parts in the sky. As a final touch up I used a contrast adjustment layer with a value of 10 for a tiny bit of extra eye popping awe, which I very like in here. Selective sharpening was done with a high-pass layer in overlay mode with a value of just below 0.8 pixels in the High Pass filter settings dialog. Irrelevant sharpened parts - such as noise - were painted out from its layer mask afterwards, to enhance the edges of the trees throughout. Personally I am quite satisfied with the results right now and I hope you folks will like it too.
Was it fun?
Yes. I must admit that visually less treatment - thus time - was needed to achieve better result compared to conventional techniques I am using for over a decade. Within approximately one hour - without noticeable loss of detail - I am quite content with the end results.
Location: At the borders of Holland and Germany nearby the North-Eastern region of the province of Groningen.
Children’s star
As a shooting star landed on the ocean pier, it has lighten up the dark playground into children’s wonderland. The lights shined like kinder stars, the ferris wheel brighten the whole beach front, and the carnival enlightened the cheering crowd.
The hours have passed by, children have gone home, shooting star has dimmed and the pier turned dark into loneliness again.
Even though, all the children have returned with smiles in their dream, the dream that the shooting star has brought, the children’s star.
Kennymuz.
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I think this is the first shot I try to take advantage of the wildflowers we've got growing here in California.
Due to the increased rain and snow that fell across the US, this spring should display some of the best wildflowers in years.
Not the most optimal conditions that I sought out for. I wish I had more blues in the sky but it wasn't in the cards for me this time. :(
Still dealing with some major colic issues with Sienna. Seems to be worse than it's ever been. Now it's so bad that every time she's awake, she's crying. And she basically cries herself to sleep. All I know is that there has to be a special place in heaven for parents of colicky babies.
Have a great week everyone!
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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
Following, a text, in english, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" is a fountain in Rome, Italy, located in the Piazza Navona. Designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini, it is emblematic of the dynamic and dramatic effects sought by High Baroque artists. It was erected in 1651 in front of the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone, and yards from the Pamphilj Palace belonging to this fountain's patron, Innocent X (1644-1655).
The four gods on the corners of the fountain represent the four major rivers of the world known at the time: the Nile, Danube, Ganges, and Plate. The design of each god figure has symbolic importance.
Design
Bernini's design was selected in competition. The circumstances of his victory are described as follows:
So strong was the sinister influence of the rivals of Bernini on the mind of Innocent that when he planned to set up in Piazza Navona the great obelisk brought to Rome by the Emperor Caracalla, which had been buried for a long time at Capo di Bove for the adornment of a magnificent fountain, the Pope had designs made by the leading architects of Rome without an order for one to Bernini. Prince Niccolò Ludovisi, whose wife was niece to the pope, persuaded Bernini to prepare a model, and arrange for it to be secretly installed in a room in the Palazzo Pamphili that the Pope had to pass. When the meal was finished, seeing such a noble creation, he stopped almost in ecstasy. Being prince of the keenest judgment and the loftiest ideas, after admiring it, said: “This is a trick … It will be necessary to employ Bernini in spite of those who do not wish it, for he who desires not to use Bernini’s designs, must take care not to see them.”
Paraphrase from Filippo Baldinucci, The life of Cavaliere Bernini (1682)
Public fountains in Rome served multiple purposes: first, they were highly needed sources of water for neighbors in the centuries prior to home plumbing. Second, they were monuments to the papal patrons. Earlier Bernini fountains had been the Fountain of the Triton in Piazza Barberini, the fountain of the Moor in the southern end of Piazza Navona erected during the Barberini papacy, and the Neptune and Triton for Villa Montalto, whose statuary now resides at Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Each has animals and plants that further carry forth the identification, and each carries a certain number of allegories and metaphors with it. The Ganges carries a long oar, representing the river's navigability. The Nile's head is draped with a loose piece of cloth, meaning that no one at that time knew exactly where the Nile's source was. The Danube touches the Papal coat of arms, since it is the large river closest to Rome. And the Río de la Plata is sitting on a pile of coins, a symbol of the riches America could offer to Europe (the word plata means silver in Spanish). Also, the Río de la Plata looks scared by a snake, showing rich men's fear that their money could be stolen. Each is a river god, semi-prostrate, in awe of the central tower, epitomized by the slender Egyptian obelisk (built for the Roman Serapeum in AD 81), symbolizing by Papal power surmounted by the Pamphili symbol (dove). In addition, the fountain is a theater in the round, a spectacle of action, that can be strolled around. Water flows and splashes from a jagged and pierced mountainous disorder of travertine marble. A legend, common with tour-guides, is that Bernini positioned the cowering Rio de la Plata River as if the sculpture was fearing the facade of the church of Sant'Agnese by his rival Borromini could crumble against him; in fact, the fountain was completed several years before Borromini began work on the church.
The dynamic fusion of architecture and sculpture made this fountain revolutionary when compared to prior Roman projects, such as the stilted designs Acqua Felice and Paola by Fontana in Piazza San Bernardo (1585-87) or the customary embellished geometric floral-shaped basin below a jet of water such as the Fontanina in Piazza Campitelli (1589) by Giacomo della Porta.
Unveiling
he Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi was unveiled to the populace of Rome on 12 June 1651. According to a report from the time, an event was organised to draw people to the Piazza Navona. Beforehand, wooden scaffolding, overlaid with curtains, had hidden the fountain, though probably not the obelisk, which would have given people an idea that something was being built, but the precise details were unknown. Once unveiled, the full majesty of the fountain would be apparent, which the celebrations were designed to advertise. The festival was paid for by the Pamphili family, to be specific, Innocent X, who had sponsored the erection of the fountain. The most conspicuous item on the Pamphili crest, an olive branch, was brandished by the performers who took part in the event.
The author of the report, Antonio Bernal, takes his readers through the hours leading up to the unveiling. The celebrations were announced by a woman, dressed as the allegorical character of Fame, being paraded around the streets of Rome on a carriage or float. She was sumptuously dressed, with wings attached to her back and a long trumpet in her hand. Bernal notes that "she went gracefully through all the streets and all the districts that are found among the seven hills of Rome, often blowing the round bronze [the trumpet], and urging everyone to make their way to that famous Piazza." A second carriage followed her; this time another woman was dressed as the allegorical figure of Curiosity. According to the report, she continued exhorting the people to go towards the piazza. Bernal describes the clamour and noise of the people as they discussed the upcoming event.
The report is actually less detailed about the process of publicly unveiling the fountain. However, it does give ample descriptions of the responses of the spectators who had gathered in the Piazza. Once there, Bernal notes, the citizens of the city were overwhelmed by the massive fountain, with its huge life-like figures. The report mentions the "enraptured souls" of the population, the fountain, which "gushes out a wealth of silvery treasures" causing "no little wonder" in the onlookers. Bernal then continues to describe the fountain, making continuous reference to the seeming naturalism of the figures and its astonishing effect on those in the piazza.
The making of the fountain was met by opposition by the people of Rome for several reasons. First, Innocent X had the fountain built at public expense during the intense famine of 1646-48. Throughout the construction of the fountain, the city murmurred and talk of riot was in the air. Pasquinade writers protested the construction of the fountain in September 1648 by attaching hand-written invectives on the stone blocks used to make the obelisk. These pasquinades read, "We do not want Obelisks and Fountains, It is bread that we want. Bread, Bread, Bread!" Innocent quickly had the authors arrested, and disguised spies patrol the Pasquino statue and Piazza Navona
The streetvendors of the market also opposed the construction of the fountain, as Innocent X expelled them from the piazza. The Pamphilij pope believed they detracted from the magnificence of the square. The vendors refused to move, and the papal police had to chase them from the piazza. Roman Jews, in particular, lamented the closing of the Navona, since they were allowed to sell used articles of clothing there at the Wednesday market.
Navona Square (Piazza Navona).
Following, a text, in english, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Piazza Navona is a city square in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in first century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium.[1] The ancient Romans came there to watch the agones ("games"), and hence it was known as 'Circus Agonalis' (competition arena). It is believed that over time the name changed to 'in agone' to 'navone' and eventually to 'navona'.
Defined as a public space in the last years of 15th century, when the city market was transferred to it from the Campidoglio, the Piazza Navona is a significant example of Baroque Roman architecture and art. It features sculptural and architectural creations: in the center stands the famous Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or Fountain of the Four Rivers (1651) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini; the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone by Francesco Borromini and Girolamo Rainaldi; and the Pamphilj palace also by Rainaldi and which features the gallery frescoed by Pietro da Cortona.
The Piazza Navona has two additional fountains: at the southern end is the Fontana del Moro with a basin and four Tritons sculpted by Giacomo della Porta (1575) to which, in 1673, Bernini added a statue of a Moor, or African, wrestling with a dolphin, and at the northern end is the Fountain of Neptune (1574) created by Giacomo della Porta. The statue of Neptune in the northern fountain, the work of Antonio Della Bitta, was added in 1878 to make that fountain more symmetrical with La Fontana del Moro in the south.
At the southwest end of the piazza is the ancient 'speaking' statue of Pasquino. Erected in 1501, Romans could leave lampoons or derogatory social commentary attached to the statue.
During its history, the piazza has hosted theatrical events and other ephemeral activities. From 1652 until 1866, when the festival was suppressed, it was flooded on every Saturday and Sunday in August in elaborate celebrations of the Pamphilj family. The pavement level was raised in the 19th century and the market was moved again in 1869 to the nearby Campo de' Fiori. A Christmas market is held in the piazza.
Other monuments on the Piazza Navona are:
Stabilimenti Spagnoli
Palazzo de Cupis
Palazzo Torres Massimo Lancellotti
Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore
Palazzo Braschi (Museo di Roma)
Sant'Agnese in Agone
Literature and films
The piazza is featured in Dan Brown's 2000 thriller Angels and Demons, in which the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi "The Fountain of the four rivers"(the Danube, the Gange, the Nile and the River Plate) is listed as one of the Altars of Science. During June 2008, Ron Howard directed several scenes of the film adaptation of Angels and Demons on the southern section of the Piazza Navona, featuring Tom Hanks.
The piazza is featured in several scenes of director Mike Nichols' 1970 adaptation of Joseph Heller's novel, Catch-22.
The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi was used in the 1990 film Coins in the Fountain. The characters threw coins into the fountain as they made wishes. The Trevi Fountain was used in the 1954 version of the film.
A Fontana Dei Quattro Fiumi, é maior das três fontes, localizada no centro da praça. Na fonte dos rios, Bernini projetou quatro estátuas representando os rios dos quatro continentes: o Nilo, o Danúbio, o rio da Prata e o Ganges. As estátuas estão montadas sobre um obelisco egípcio, sendo circundadas por leões e outros animais fantásticos, tendo no cume uma pomba em bronze, símbolo da paz no mundo e da família Pamphili. Para realçar a rivalidade entre Bernini e Borromini, que fez a igreja de Santa Agnese, os romanos criaram uma lenda em torno da fonte dos rios, que fica em frente a esta igreja. Segundo os romanos, as estátuas duvidam da solidez do projeto de Borromini. A que retrata o rio da Prata, tem a mão erguida, a proteger o corpo do desabamento da igreja; a que retrata o Nilo, traz a cabeça coberta por um véu, a recusar a ver a obra de Borromini.
A seguir um texto, em português, da Wikipédia a Enciclopédia Livre:
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fonte dos Quatro Rios), foi esculpida por Gian Lorenzo Bernini entre 1648 e 1651, artista do barroco italiano, foi concebida por uma ordem do Papa Inocencio X o Papa da familia Pamphili, cujo tinha sua casa nesta praça.
Esta localizada na Praça de Navona, em Roma. Ela representa os quatro principais continentes do mundo cortados por seus principais rios: Rio Nilo, na África; Rio Ganges, na Ásia, Rio da Prata, na América e o Rio Danúbio, na Europa.
A seguir, texto em português do site Wiki lingue:
A escultura da Fonte dos Quatro Rios, encontra-se na Piazza Navona de Roma (Itália) e foi criada e talhada pelo escultor e pintor Gian Lorenzo Bernini em 1651 baixo o papado de Inocencio X, em plena época barroca, durante o período mais prolífico do genial artista e cerca da que em outro tempo fué a Chiesa dei San Giacomo de gli Spagnoli
A fonte compõe-se de uma base formada de uma grande piscina elíptica, coroada em seu centro de uma grande mole de mármol, sobre a qual se eleva um obelisco egípcio de época romana, o obelisco de Domiciano .
As estátuas que compõem a fonte, têm umas dimensões maiores que na realidade e são alegorias dos quatro rios principais da Terra (Nilo, Ganges, Danubio, Rio da Prata), a cada um deles em um dos continentes conhecidos na época. Na fonte a cada um destes rios está representado por um gigante de mármol .
As árvores e as plantas que emergem da água e que se encontram entre as rochas, também estão em uma escala maior que na realidade. Os animais e vegetales, gerados de uma natureza boa e útil, pertencem a espécies grandes e potentes (como o leão, cavalo, cocodrilo, serpente, dragão, etc.). O espectador, girando em torno da fonte, descobre novas formas que dantes estavam escondidas ou cobertas pela massa rocosa. Com esta obra, Bernini quer suscitar admiração em quem olha-a, criando um pequeno universo em movimento a imitação do espaço da realidade natural.
A fonte foi submetida a restauração, um trabalho que se deu por concluído em dezembro de 2008. Constitui um dos palcos finque da novela e o filme Anjos e Demónios, à qual é arrojado um dos cardeais sequestrados, e Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) se lança à água para lhe salvar.
Os animais da fonte
A fonte apresenta figuras de sete animais, além de uma pequena pomba e o emblema dos Pamphili. Para poder observá-las basta com dar uma volta ao redor da fonte. As figuras são: um cavalo, uma serpente de terra (na parte mais alta, cerca do obelisco), uma serpente de mar, um delfín (que funciona também como desagüe), um cocodrilo, um leão e um dragão. Notar também a vegetación esculpida que parece real.
Praça Navona.
A seguir, um texto em português, da Wikipédia a Enciclopédia livre:
A Praça Navona (em italiano: Piazza Navona) é uma das mais célebres praças de Roma. A sua forma assemelha-se à dos antigos estádios da Roma Antiga, seguindo a planificação do Estádio de Domiciano (também denominado entre os italianos de Campomarzio, em virtude da natureza rude e esforçada dos exercícios - manejo de armas - e desportos atléticos que aí se realizavam). Albergaria até 20 mil espectadores sentados nas bancadas. A origem do nome deve-se ao nome pomposo que lhe foi dado ao tempo do Imperador Domiciano (imperador entre 81-96 d.c.): "Circo Agonístico" (do étimo grego Agonia, que significa precisamente - exercício, luta, combate). Actualmente o nome corresponde à corruptela da forma posterior in agone, depois nagone e finalmente navone, que por mero acaso significa também "grande navio" na língua italiana.
As casas que entretanto e com o passar dos anos foram sendo construídas sobre as bancadas, delimitariam e circunscreveriam até à actualidade o tão afamado Circo Agonístico.
A Navona passou de fato a caracterizar-se como praça nos últimos anos do século XV, quando o mercado da cidade foi transferido do Capitólio para aí. Foi remodelada para um estilo monumental por vontade do Papa Inocêncio X, da família Pamphili e é motivo de orgulho da cidade de Roma durante o período barroco. Sofreu intervenções de Gian Lorenzo Bernini (a famosa Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fonte dos Quatro Rios, 1651) ao centro); de Francesco Borromini e Girolamo Gainaldi (a igreja de Sant'Agnese in Agone); e de Pietro de Cortona, que pintou a galeria no Palácio Pamphilj, sede da embaixada do Brasil na Itália desde 1920.
O mercado tradicional voltou a ser transferido em 1869 para o Campo de' Fiori, embora a praça mantenha também um papel fundamental em servir de palco para espectáculos de teatro e corridas de cavalos. A partir de 1652, em todos os Sábados e Domingos de Agosto, a praça tornava-se num lago para celebrar a própria família Pamphili.
A praça dispõe ainda duas outras fontes esculpidas por Giacomo della Porta - a Fontana di Nettuno (1574), na área norte da praça, e a Fontana del Moro (1576), na área sul.
Na extremidade norte da praça, por debaixo dos edifícios, foram postas a descoberto ruínas antiquíssimas, a uma cota muito abaixo da actual, comprovando a primeva utilização daquele imenso terreiro. Outros monumentos com entrada para a praça:
Stabilimenti Spagnoli
Palazzo de Cupis
Palazzo Torres Massimo Lancellotti
Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore
Curiosidades
Na Piazza Navona, está localizado o Palazzo Pamphilj, propriedade da República Federativa do Brasil, sede da Embaixada Brasileira e da Missão Diplomática do Brasil para a Itália.
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Estoy pensando en ti (Eros Ramazotti & Tina Turner)
Ay los domingos...¡que mal se llevan :(! Todo se ve negro o gris oscuro...
MELANCOLÍAS
Como es sabido la melancolía
no es sinónimo de soledad
aunque una y otra lleguen
con un llanto sequísimo
una ternura en trozos
una tristeza que no tiene nombre
con la melancolía no se juega
sobre todo si sube desde los huesos
y se abre temblorosa y delirante
hay una melancolía que se engancha a la vida
y otra melancolía que se asoma a la muerte
pero los melancólicos no son candorosos
conocen por lo general de qué se trata
la asumen como una fiebre recurrente
como una propensión a la dulzura
o un modo inédito de respirar
normalmente
la soledad y la melancolía
tienen vergüenza de mostrarse
sólo el amor les infunde coraje
y las convierte en pájaros de fuego.
Mario Benedetti
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Una esbelta silueta de largas alas acodadas aparece en el cielo, zigzagueando. De pronto, el Aguilucho Lagunero se deja caer, con las garras abiertas, en la vegetación palustre; se oyen aleteos de pánico en la charca, una focha escapa por poco, la rapaz prosigue incansable su búsqueda.
Este ave manifiesta una marcada preferencia por los terrenos pantanosos y su aparición, siempre repentina, siembra el pánico entre las aves acuáticas. Sin embargo, los patos no tienen nada que temer de esta rapaz indolente, diestra, pero poco rápida; bien armada, pero muy endeble para apoderarse de las presas voluminosas.
Este aguilucho, de plumaje delicadamente coloreado, anima con su presencia nuestros lagos y charcas, siempre que los carrizales le aseguren un refugio y el hombre no la persiga. En ocasiones no deja de cobrar su diezmo en las polladas de patos.
El Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental es una de las rapaces cuya población ha descendido más en los últimos años en España. Las razones de ello no son propiamente alimenticias, sino más bien debidas a la contaminación.
Identificación: Principalmente castaño oscuro; el macho tiene pecho ocráceo listado, grandes marcas alares gris-azulado y cola gris; la hembra tiene píleoParte superior de la cabeza, coronilla. y cuello pálido; el macho en vuelo muestra anchas bandas grises en las alas.
Nidificación: La hembra construye una sólida plataforma de vegetación acuática, revestida con hierbas, siempre en el suelo, entre espesa vegetación de plantas marismeñas; puesta, marzo-junio, 2 a 6 huevos azul muy pálido; incubación, alrededor de 38 días, principalmente por la hembra; los pollos, alimentados por la hembra, dejan el nido a los 35-40 días, volando una o dos semanas más tarde.
Alimentación: Ratas de agua; gallinetas, fochas y otras aves; huevos y pollos; ranas y culebras.
Hábitat: Marismas y zonas palustres.
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The Mach 1 Mustang was a performance model of the Ford Mustang that Henry Ford began in 1969. The original production run of the Mach 1 ended in 1979 because the Mustang II coupe was being phased out in favor of newer Mustangs on the Fox body platform.
The name "mach 1" as used by Ford was originally introduced in 1959 on a concept "Levacar" originally shown in the Ford Rotunda. This concept "vehicle" utilized a cushion of air as propulsion on a circular dais. This concept vehicle was orange and white.
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Seen and captured again at the lakeside of Zurich in Stäfa ... just chosen a slightly different location and time than used for the "Red Bench" shot.
I chose a French title since - let's be honest - French titles sound f... sexy! :-)
Still a few minutes to go until entering the "blue hour", however it had to be that title!
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Sounds like a signal from you
Bring me to meet your sound
And I will bring you to my heart
Love like a signal you call
Touching my body my soul
Bring to me, you to meet me here
Home be the temple of your heart
Home be the body of your love
Just like Holy water to my lips
Yes I do know how I survive
Yes I do know why I'm alive
To love and be with you
Day by day by day by day
Time, time again, it is said
We will hear, we will see
See it all-in his wisdom-hear
His truth will abound the land
This truth will abound the land
This State of independence shall be
by Moodswings "spiritual High"
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The Yodo River, usually called the Seta River in Shiga Prefecture, begins at the southern outlet of the lake in Ōtsu. There is a dam here to regulate the lake level. Further downstream, the Seta flows into Kyoto Prefecture and changes its name to the Uji River, and then merges with two other rivers, namely the Katsura River and the Kizu River in Kyoto Prefecture. The Katsura has its headwaters in the mountains of Kyoto Prefecture, while the Kizu comes from Mie Prefecture. From the three-river confluence, the river is called the Yodo River, which flows south, through Osaka, and on into Osaka Bay. It is a source of water for irrigation and is used for power in the process of hydroelectricity.
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Panoramic view of a now derelict reservoir on the grounds of the Norristown Farm Park. Formerly this reservoir supplied the Norristown State Hospital. Constructed in 1893 the reservoir held nearly three and a half million gallons of water.
Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though its breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, youll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
Youll see the sun come shining through for you
Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
Thats the time you must keep on trying
Smile, whats the use of crying?
Youll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile
Thats the time you must keep on trying
Smile, whats the use of crying?
Youll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile
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For The Rogue Players (Smile Campaign) and Theme of the Week (Many Faces of Me).
Explored! 05/28/09
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it must've been past 2am when we arrived at sounion saturday night. star trails were out of the question because the clouds refused to dissipate.
we parked across the temple and decided to rest, as i was just too tired to risk driving back. in the middle of the night, i woke up and peered over, and saw that they'd turned off the lights that showcase the temple. the moon had made its appearance, shining through the overcast sky. it looked very spooky, so i decided to capture it with a long exposure.
that moon moves fast! i initially saw it just over the hill, but by the time i'd set up the tripod and camera, i could just barely fit it into my frame.
i stood outside for a while, enjoying the quiet -- there weren't even any cars passing by at that hour so all i could hear was the sound of light waves. feeling tired again, i threw my gear inside and entered the warmth of the car for some more shut-eye.
thank goodness i'm a light sleeper and woke up in time to capture first light.
this main image is HDR with photomatix.
i've placed our position on the map.
on the blog: toomanytribbles.blogspot.com/2009/04/overnight-at-cape-so...
I'd say there are two photographers who were primarily responsible for inspiring me to take up photography. One of them is famous. His name is Galen Rowell. The other one is not. His name is Charles Uibel, and I don't remember how I came across his photos but he was one of my first flickr contacts. I followed his work for years before I became seriously interested in photography and decided to buy my first "real" camera. I was mesmerized by the relationship he had with the Great Salt Lake. It seemed like every day he could go out and find something completely new and fascinating, yet familiar. Featured in many of those photos is Antelope Island -- sometimes dominant, sometimes looming in the distance. It's often an anchor and a thread that weaves his images together. Always the same place, always seen in a new way.
Anyway, despite what my title suggests, I don't have hundreds of photos from this place. But Mickey Butte did remind me of Antelope Island. And the Mickey and Alvord basins are places worthy of the same sort of attention Uibel gives the Great Salt Lake. This was the third time I had been out here, and I plan to return as often as I can. I'm much more interested in seeing a place captured in a hundred different ways than I am in seeing a single trophy shot.
è un piccolo paesino in provincia di Lecco, posto su un piccolo rilievo montuoso, il primo venendo da Milano, dalla cui sommità è possibile scrutare l’intera pianura Padana. La favorevole posizione ne ha favorito il turismo sia grazie al parco naturale circostante il paese, che alla fama enogastronomica dei suoi prodotti tipici, che alla bellezza della val Curone.
da Wikipedia:
Montevecchia, detto anche Monte delle veglie, volgarmente Montaveggia. Era un tempo un fortissimo castello, sui di cui fondamenti è fabbricata la moderna parrocchiale. L'oratorio di s. Bernardo, fabbricato dal canonico di s. Maria della Scala in Milano Giovanni Antonio Scaccabarozzi, fu consacrato dall'arcivescovo Gaspare Visconti l'anno 1592.
Un Resta vi lasciò alcuni fondi per l'erezione d'un monastero per le Clarisse, ma impossibilitata la fabbrica, s. Carlo aggregò i fondi al monastero di s. Apollinare di Milano. Recaronsi quassù i Milanesi condotti da Roberto Gallo per discacciare da Calco Francesco Sforza, che impediva i Veneti dal soccorrerli. Giacomo Brivio nel 1713 diventò feudatario di questa sua patria. Il feudo era indi passato negli Agnesi. La celebre Agnesi vi si recava. In quell'aere purissimo, in quell'amenità di siti la mente di lei doveva elevarsi ai profondi calcoli matematici, che tanto l'onorano. E maestosa la gradinata che mette alla chiesa parrocchiale, che è posta sulla vetta del monte.
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
The Monastery of Sant Benet de Bages is a former Benedictine monastery, in the Catalan comarca of Bages. The Romanesque monastery was thoroughly restored at the beginning of the twentieth century by the Catalan architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch. The monastery was founded about 950 by the noble Salla and his consort Ricarda, of the house of the viscounts of Osona . According to the founding legend, Salla traveled to Rome to have his institution authorized, and to have it depend directly on the Holy See, the usual method for preserving the community from interference from the bishop— in this case of Vic— in whose diocese it lay. The abbey church was consecrated 3 December 972, witnessed by a gathering of notables: Borrell II, Count of Barcelona, the bishops Frugifer of Vic, Guisad of Urgell and Pere of Barcelona, the viscount Guadald of Osona, and three of the four offspring of the recently deceased founder, his son Isarn and the sisters Quíxol and Ego, at the head of witnesses both laymen and priests, in a grand ceremonial recorded in the surviving act of consecration. The community was dedicated to the Holy Trinity and to Benedict of Nursia (Sant Benét in Catalan) founder of the order, and Peter and Andrew, all guarantors of its future orthodoxy. The founder secured dispensations that the future abbots would be chosen from among their descendents, making the abbey a form of proprietary church, an agreement that would soon lead to disputes among the various branches of their lineage as to choice of abbots.
From 965, the abbey church held the supposed relics of Saint Valentine, enclosed in a wooden reliquary with plates of silver depicting miracles of Saint Valentine, which was rediscovered in 1863 in the church of Navarcles. At the beginning of the eleventh century the monastery passed under the direction of the Abbey of Saint Peter of Tomeras at Narbonne, from which the community freed itself in 1108. In 1125 Sant Benet de Bages suffered from an attack by Moors that required a rebuilding, financed by local nobles who required in return the right to be buried in its consecrated ground. The most splendid age of Sant Benet de Bages was in the fourteenth century, until the Black Death left the community with only two survivors, in a period that witnessed the beginning of its decline. On 9 November 1593, by order of Pope Clement VIII the community passed under the direction of the Abbey of Montserrat, and remained so until it was suppressed in 1820, serving as a place of retirement for Montserrat's community of monks. By the "law of desamortización" of 1835, all religious orders in Spain were required to render upo their possessions. The crumbling ancient structure attracted the interest of intellectuals who organised visits to it in the late nineteenth century. The architect Puig i Cadafalch and the painter Ramon Casas encouraged the mother of Casas to buy the property in 1907; in 1910 it passed into the hands of Casas, who commissioned Puig i Cadafalch to restore it. Since 2000, when it was purchased from Casas' heirs it has belonged to the Caixa de Manresa, a financial institution that has undertaken its maintenance.
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Durante la mayor parte del año los archibebes comunes son aves sociables, que se mezclan con otros limícolos en las riberas abiertas y fangosas, reuniéndose con frecuencia en considerables bandos; pero cuando llega la época de cría, las parejas prefieren anidar por separado en algún rincón herbáceo o marisma.
El grito del Archibebe Común es un resonante «tiubebe» al cual hace referencia su onomatopéyico nombre.
Al volar, el Archibebe Común muestra el borde posterior de las alas de color blanco, detalle que lo identifica también cuando el ave estira sus alas al descansar; ningún otro limícolo de tamaño parecido tiene un borde blanco tan ancho en el ala. Cuando desconfía hace un movimiento de cabeceo y al espantarse vuela errático.
En España cría repartido por casi todo el país, tanto en zonas costeras como en puntos apropiados del interior, aunque generalmente en muy pequeño número a excepción de algunas localidades, como las Marismas del Guadalquivir, en las que anida en gran cantidad, particularmente en ciertos años. Muy común en pasos y como invernante en zonas adecuadas.
Identificación: Pardo-grisáceo con marcas más oscuras; por debajo, claro; patas largas rojo-anaranjado; obispillo [Rabadilla de los pájaros] blanco y marcas blancas en el dorso de las alas; es más oscuro en verano que en invierno; sexos iguales.
Nidificación: Ambos sexos hacen hoyo en el suelo pantanoso, en general bien oculto por manojo de hierba; hembra lo forra con hierba seca; pone, mediados de abril-junio, 4 huevos con forma de pera, ocráceos con puntos y marcas marrón oscuro; incubación, unos 23 días, por ambos padres; los pollos, alimentados por la pareja, dejan el nido al nacer, volando unas cuatro semanas después.
Alimentación: Principalmente insectos, pequeños moluscos y gusanos; alguna materia vegetal.
Hábitat: Marismas y zonas palustres.
©Angela M. Lobefaro Explore
Isola Bella is one of the Borromean Islands of Lago Maggiore in north Italy. The island is situated in the Borromean Gulf 400 meters from the lakeside town of Stresa. Isola Bella is 320 meters long by 400 meters wide and is entirely occupied by the Palazzo Borromeo and its Italianate garden.
History
Until 1632 the island—known only as l’isola inferiore or isola di sotto[1]—was a rocky crag occupied by a tiny fishing village: but that year Carlo III of the influential House of Borromeo began the construction of a palazzo dedicated to his wife, Isabella D'Adda, from whom the island takes its name. He entrusted the works to the Milanese Angelo Crivelli, who was also to be responsible for the planning the gardens. The works were interrupted around middle of the century when the Duchy of Milan was struck by a devastating outbreak of the plague.
Construction resumed when the island passed to Carlo’s sons, Cardinal Giberto III (1615-1672) and Vitaliano VI (1620-1690); the latter in particular, with the financial backing of his elder brother, entrusted the completion of the works to the Milanese architect Carlo Fontana and turned the villa into a place of sumptuous parties and theatrical events for the nobility of Europe.
The completion of the gardens, however, was left to his nephew Carlo IV (1657 -1734). They were inaugurated in 1671.
The island achieved its highest level of social success during the period of Giberto V Borromeo (1751 – 1837) when guests included Edward Gibbon, Napoleon and his wife Joséphine de Beauharnais, and Caroline of Brunswick, the Princess of Wales. It is said that Caroline, having fallen in love with the place, did her best to convince the Borromeo family to sell her Isola Madre or the Castelli di Cannero islands; in the event she established herself on the banks of Lake Como at Cernobbio in the Villa d’Este.
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Firefighters' demonstration in Paris.
Right before the Pont d'Austerlitz, some of the firefighters clashed with the riot police, which defended themselves with tear gases. No zoom for this, and no crop (just B&W conversion) ;-)
Part of "Au feu, les pompiers !" (please watch in the order of the set, to better understand the chronology of events)
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Quelques photos de la hêtraie d'Allagnat.
Une des plus belles du Puy de Dôme.
Some photos of the beech Allagnat.
One of the most beautiful in the Puy de Dome.
Algunas fotos de la Allagnat haya.
Uno de los más bellos de Puy de Dome.
Algumas fotos do Allagnat faia.
Um dos mais bonitos do Puy de Dome.
Merry Christmas!
¡Feliz Navidad!
Feliz Natal!
Bonne journée à tous. merci pour vos visites et commentaires.
Have a nice day. Thanks for your visits and comments.
Buenos días a todos. gracias por sus visitas y comentarios.
Tina is the partner of Mowgli. She's usually seen lounging around the place but on this day she was staring out in quite a predatory manner. Jostling for position to get a clear shot of her as she passed back and forth was tricky and took some patience but I nailed it in the end. Just in time too; straight after this she got bored and wandered off.
If I had my own world
I'd fill it with wealth and desire
A glorious past to admire
And voices of kids out walking,
Dogs, birds, planes, cleanest cars
If I had my own world
I'd love it for all that's inside it
There'd be no more wars, death or riots
There'd be no more police, packed-parking lots,
Guns, bombs sounding off,
If I had my own world
I'd show you the life that's inside it
The way that it glows when you find it
The way it survives with it's families,
Friends or it's enemies
Let's make this a new world
I swear you can go if you want to
I know that you have that within you
Inventing the first clean and usable,
God's greatest miracle
Una parte delle mura del Castello di Riva di Ponte dell'Olio (PC).
Questa è una parziale visione del fossato che circonda il Castello.
da Wikipedia:
"I castello di Riva è un complesso fortificato che si trova a Ponte dell'Olio, in provincia di Piacenza. Posto sulla riva destra del torrente Nure tra il corso d'acqua e la strada provinciale che collega Piacenza a Ferriere, controllava il passaggio nella val Nure. La sua collocazione, nel punto in cui la pianura finisce e la vallata si strige addentrandosi tra le colline, era strategica poiché permetteva il controllo del passaggio verso il mare, in Liguria, attraverso la val d'Aveto, (Ponte dell'Olio deve il suo nome ai magazzini di olio d'oliva) e in Lunigiana attraverso la val di Taro.
Costruito con le pietre del fiume, è parzialmente circondato dal fossato. Ha pianta a forma di triangolo isoscele, con una torre semicircolare, e due quadrate, poste ai vertici e lungo il lato più lungo. Le mura con merlature ghibelline, sono sovrastate dal cammino di ronda. Un elegante loggiato, costruito nel 1703 dai Maggi, con archi a tutto sesto, collega la torre maggiore con una torre intermedia. L'ingresso si trova sul lato sud-est, è protetto da una torre con porta a saracinesca e ponte levatoio.Una quarta torre si trova all'interno, e serviva per controllare il ponte levatoio. La torre maggiore si trova a nord-ovest, nel punto d'incontro dei lati maggiori del perimetro, è un'imponente mastio quadrato cinquecentesco, ornato di beccatelli collegati da archetti sui quali sono appoggiati i merli a coda di rondine. Ospitava nel sotterraneo la prigione e il pozzo del taglio, a piano terra la sala delle armi con quattro stanze sovrastanti. La base del torrione è lambita dalle acque del fiume che da quel punto si incanalano nella bocca del canale, chiamato Rio San Giorgio, che, costruito nel medioevo a scopo irriguo, dagli Anguissola di Vigolzone, attraversa la pianura oltrepassando San Giorgio Piacentino.
Due sono le leggende che aleggiano intorno al maniero. Secondo la prima, esiste un cunicolo sotterraneo che, partendo dalla torre rompitratta posta sul lato nord, passava sotto il fossato e si collegava ad un edificio adiacente al maglio di ferro*, dove probabilmente venivano conservate armi da fuoco. Un'altra versione narra di un condotto che metteva in comunicazione il castello di Riva con quello di Bicchignano, correndo addirittura al di sotto del greto del torrente.Di questa galleria si sostiene che se ne siano perse le tracce attorno al 1310, poiché gli abitanti del castello, visti a mal partito, vi si sono rifugiati all'interno, i nemici però preferirono farne franare le parti terminali, murandovi all'interno vivi gli avversari. Più probabile è che fosse presente un tunnel, di cui non vi sono comunque tracce, per garantire la fuga in caso di assedio.
La seconda leggenda ricorda la storia della figlia del fiorentino Niccolò Soderini, che era ospite della moglie del signore di Riva Gian Giacomo Anguissola, Beatrice Tedeschi, che divenne ladra per amore. Ella era innamorata di un uomo rozzo, sempre bramoso di denaro, difatti la figlia di Soderini rubò il tesoro al castellano e lo sotterrò sotto il mastio quadrato, in attesa che fosse arrivata l'occasione propizia perché il suo fidanzato lo andasse a dissotterrare, la quale, però, non si presentò mai ed il tesoro rimase sepolto dove l'aveva deposto la bella fiorentina.Lei fu la prima ad essere sospettata e venne gettata nel pozzo del taglio*. Per questo si dice che nelle notti di luna piena l'acqua del Nure (che passa direttamente sotto al mastio) emani bagliori di color verde smeraldo come la figlia di Niccolò Soderini, fatta ladra per amore.
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.
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Como esas nubes que ahora ves,
que van regando de vida los campos,
así lloraba de vez en vez,
Haberse visto en la soledad,
esa que aman los sabios,
hoy se ha nublado para llorar,
todo el cielo que te he confiado.
Como un ciego,
que apunta al ruido de mi cabeza,
como todo, como siempre, como es sin ver.
Hacia el abismo de sed,
que no calma el agua, ni las lágrimas,
como todo, como siempre, como es sin ver.
Como esas nubes que ahora ves,
que van regando de vida los campos,
así lloraba de vez en vez,
todo el cielo del desengaño
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{El cielo del desengaño - La Renga}
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No usar esta imagen en páginas web, blogs u otros soportes sin mi autorización, © Todos los derechos reservados.
Don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
“Y estos derechos... a respetarlos, ¿eh? ¡No vaya a pasar como con los diez mandamientos!” (Mafalda)
Created for GhostWorks Poetry Challenge #2
Challenge #30 - AUTUMN IS HERE
Texture:Shadowhouse Creations
Background: OmegaStock fav.me/d18ckh6
Model: PersephoneStock fav.me/d11ojna
Rock: Zememz fav.me/d36mgqi
Butterflies: Penigbuddy fav.me/d4c4sn6
Каждый из нас знал, что у нас
Есть время опоздать и опоздать еще,
Но выйти к победе в срок.
И каждый знал, что пора занять место,
Но в кодексе чести считалось существенным
Не приходить на урок;
И только когда кто-то вышел вперед,
И за сотни лет никто не вспомнил о нем,
Я понял - небо
Становится ближе
С каждым днем...
Мы простились тогда, на углу всех улиц,
Свято забыв, что кто-то смотрит нам вслед;
Все пути начинались от наших дверей,
Но мы только вышли, чтобы стрельнуть сигарет.
И эта долгая ночь была впереди,
И я был уверен, что мы никогда не уснем;
Но знаешь, небо
Становится ближе
С каждым днем...
Сестра моя, куда ты смотрела, когда восход
Встал между нами стеной?
Знала ли ты, когда ты взяла мою руку,
Что это случится со мной?
И ты можешь идти и вперед, и назад,
Взойти, упасть и снова взойти звездой;
Но только пепел твоих сигарет - это пепел империй,
И это может случиться с тобой;
Но голоса тех богов, что верят в тебя,
Еще звучат, хотя ты тяжел на подъем;
Но знаешь, небо
Становится ближе;
Слышишь, небо
Становится ближе;
Смотри - небо
становится ближе
С каждым днем.
Aквариум Hебо cтановится ближе
Big thanks to Essence of a Dream and leschick fortextures!
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 :)
Best viewed LARGE.
Jesus is the "velcro friend" who sticks with you through it all. He wants to be that friend for you. People can fire you, abuse you, criticize you, divorce you, disappoint you, abandon you - but millions of us have found what those Latvian followers of Christ found - that Jesus is life's one and only "through it all" person. In fact, intimacy is born from difficulty. When the Apostle Paul said his passionate life goal was to "know Christ," he went on to say that involved knowing "the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings" (Philippians 3:10). You never really know Jesus until you really, really need Jesus. And when you really, really need Him, He's really, really there.
"What a friend we have in Jesus." It's more than a song. It's a life you can have. Then no matter what the future holds, that will be your personal anchor - "what a friend I have in Jesus."
View in all its grainy glory on black
Lyrics from Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls.
This is the hardest thing. I find it so hard to be honest with myself, let alone other people. I constantly find myself becoming somebody I'm not. Somebody I don't want to be.
I feel like I'm going in the completely wrong direction.
Love:
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
I will never get tired of this.
(edit: I just realized this looks a lot like some of Meagan's photos. That was completely unintentional, although she is amazing.)
"Inspiration" is what our little rescue Annie brought to our senior dog, Boo. Her effervescence brought out the puppy in our old girl and she learned how to really play with a doggie friend for the first time in her life. Boo is 14 and can still run like the wind, and although she might pull a few tricks out of her natural herding bag like cutting corners, she can keep up with her little youngster friend (who's a fast little bullet herself for being so low to the ground!). Thanks, Annie!! You've changed all our lives for the better.
Inspiration texture by temari09
phoebe texture by kim klassen
all that glitters by thebline.amy bethune
glitter II brushes by obsidiandawn
en Pemisera a Salou, gaudint dels darrers instants d'estiu ... tot s'acaba, les tempestes de tardor ja amenacen per l'horitzó, i el segon llibre del Larsson també arriba a la seva fi, ... una vegada el va acabar, es va aixecar i va fer aquesta fotografia www.flickr.com/photos/pemisera/3916336463/ .... minuts després tots corriem per les primeres gotellades, que es van acabar en això, en quatre gotes ...
During the Independence Day parade on Aug. 6th, an old man celebrates the memories of his ancesters who fought the Chaco war against Paraguay.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Happy Tall Ship Tuesday everyone! LOL
What:
The tall ship Europa, a barque (3 mast) that was built in 1911.
Where:
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
When:
Last week during the Tall Ships Festival
About:
Well you may have seen my last 2 shots from the tall ship festival from the heavy fog on Saturday. Well I'm happy to say that the weather broke and Sunday and Monday were amazing! Monday was the last day and that is when they have a parade of sail out of the harbour and on to their next destination.
Darrell from the photo club arranged a charter boat so 21 us signed up and got to get out and see these amazing ships in full sail. It was an awesome day!
Thanks Darrell!
BTW, make sure you check out the Europa's website. They have some great info and AMAZING photos there!
Links:
Tall Ships Festival: www.tallshipsnovascotia.com/
The Europa tall ship: www.barkeuropa.com
This is the Americana at Brand, L.A.'s newest beacon of American consumerism that opened on May 2, 2008 in Glendale. On the surface, it may look like just another mall, but with more than 75 stores and restaurants—plus a state-of-the-art movie theater and a park with a water fountain, it's definitely bigger than anything Los Angelenos have ever seen before.
Two years in the making and cost $400 million, Americana is the new shopping center and residential center in Glendale made possible by Grove developer Rick Caruso.
Caruso, who spent millions fighting Glendale Galleria owner General Growth Properties while planning the project, has built an empire by creating stylized retail centers that encourage shoppers to kick back and hang out. You either love the idea of shopping in a fantasy land -- where shiny trolleys cruise mini-streets and uniformed elevator men ask "Which floor? "-- or you cringe over its Disney-esque surrealness.
But only the terminally cynical will be blind to the Americana's charms. Yes, architectural purists will bemoan the hodgepodge of design styles -- Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Mediterranean, Classical and many more. But walking down the paved pathways, you almost feel as if you're strolling Boston's Newbury Street or Georgetown in Washington D.C. Or the main drag in Vegas. A 2-acre grassy knoll features an 80-foot "dancing" fountain, the centerpiece of the project, with stores and a playground curving around all sides.
Unlike at the Grove, there are no department store anchors, only a multilevel Barnes & Noble and an 18-screen Pacific movie theater. And though the outdoor space is triple what it is at the Grove, there's actually less retail.
But the lineup is aimed straight at younger shoppers: Calvin Klein, Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, Lacoste, Martin + Osa, Free People, H&M, Juicy Couture, Custo Barcelona and XXI from Forever 21.
Abercrombie & Fitch opened its first store in California for its Australia-based line Gilly Hicks, which features hip lingerie and lounge wear for twentysomethings. Paperchase, a British stationery store, will debut its first West Coast shop.
Tiffany & Co. launched its lower-priced "concept store," geared toward the trendy jewelry shopper.
And you won't go hungry -- though you might leave with a touch of indigestion. Restaurants and eateries include Cheesecake Factory, Beard Papa (cream puffs), Caffe Primo (salads and paninis), Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, CrepeMaker (handmade crepes), Jamba Juice and Richie's Neighborhood Pizzeria. On the higher end, there's Katsuya, the Japanese restaurant from sushi chef Kaysuya Uechi and designer Phillippe Starck.
The Americana takes its customer service seriously. The concierge desk offers -- for fees -- valet service, on-site oil changes, rental car and taxi reservation assistance, wardrobe consultation and styling, dry cleaning, tailoring, a notary public and even a yoga instructor. That's just for shoppers.
There are even more perks for those planning to move into Caruso's Neverland. Stacked above the center's shops and restaurants are 100 condos and 238 apartments, with condos ranging from the low $700,000s to $2 million and rents from $2,000 to $5,500 a month. The list of services for residents reads like Mariah Carey's backstage rider: piano tuning, baby-sitting (kids, pets and plants), movie tickets, personal shopping, art appraisal and food delivery.
Day shoppers who won't be rolling out of bed and into Urban Outfitters -- and don't want to valet -- will be subjected to a fascimile of the Grove's creeping, merry-go-round of a parking garage. But then passage to strange lands has always been tricky.
Info from www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-ig-americana27apr27... (with minor changes and additions)