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El Ayuntamiento se halla frente a la fachada principal de la catedral. Tiene su origen en el siglo XIV, en tiempos de los Reyes Católicos.
No siempre existió esta plaza. Su origen se halla en el año 1339 cuando a instancias del cardenal Gil de Albornoz, se derribaron unas casas del cabildo catedralicio para dar esplendor al templo.
A finales del siglo XVI se inició el actual edificio sobre otro mudéjar allí existente. Este proyecto es obra del arquitecto Juan de Herrera. Consta de nueve bóvedas, donde se instalaron las escribanías. Este cuerpo bajo, el primer piso y la terraza se construyeron bajo la dirección de obras de Nicolas Vergara.
Muerto Vergara, tomó en 1612 las obras en sus manos José Manuel Theotocópuli, hijo del Greco, quien levantó el segundo piso cambiando los arcos por aberturas adinteladas, coronando el edificio con un pequeño frontón triangular donde colocó el escudo de la ciudad.
Posteriormente, entre 1690 y 1703, el arquitecto Teodoro Ardemans realizó la última y definitiva reforma. Añadió otro piso a las torres, que había quedado chatas, y las coronó con los actuales chapiteles barrocos, también cubierta de pizarra. En la de la izquierda, se halla instalado el archivo municipal, con importantes documentos para el estudio de la ciudad y de España.
Highest position in Explore # 2 & Featured at Explore Frontpage on 23rd Feb'09
Crystal clear water, white sand and blue sky; maybe this is the definition of tropical paradise.
Located 20 minutes east of Phuket, Koh Khai Nok is a tiny idyllic island; little more than a forested lump poking out of the sea ringed by white sand and coral. I heard during high tides only peak of these rocks can be seen while rest goes under the water.
Trivia
Khai Nok Island where the white sandy beach meets the emerald Andaman Sea is famous among tourists for feeding fish.
Del castell de Talamanca en tenim notícies ja a l'any 967. En el testament sacramental de Ramon Folc, vescompte de Cardona, apareix l'any 1086,el castell de Talamancha com a propietat familiar. En el s.XII ens consta en diversos documents l'existència de la família Talamanca, castlana del territori. Sembla ser que un tal Guillem de Talamanca es casà amb Dolça de Santa Coloma, inserint-se així aquest darrer cognom. El 1288, Berenguer de Talamanca era senyor del castell de Talamanca. En els fogatges que van de 1365 a 1370 hi apareix el "Castell de Talamancha, d'en Ramon de Talamanca, XXX focs". El 1406 Andrea de Talamanca es casà amb Joan Aymerich. En el mateix segle s'introdueix també per casament el cognom de Planella. El 1668 Maria Francesca es casà amb Joan d'Amat i Despalau, senyor de Castellbell, del matrimoni nasqué el fill que esdevingué el primer marquès de Castellbell. Al 1714 entraren al castell de Talamanca les tropes castellanes de Felip V capitanejades pel marquès de Poal. Al 1717 el castell fou desmantellat del tot, encara que les seves pedres serviren per edificar el Casal conegut per "El castell" o "El castell del Marquès" (per al.lusió a la família marquesal dels Castellbell).
Highest spot on Explore #197 on Jan 2, 2009. My Third photo in Explore. Thanks to all of you that visit my photostream and have so many wonderful things to say about my images.
I am going back to my archives. So here is just a typical nice photo with no wow factor or excitement. I need to go on a photo shoot to get some more material for my daily post. Hope you at least enjoy this calm, tranquil shot wishing for warmer weather.
Thank you for those that have left and in advance for those that do leave comments either positive or constructive. I am trying to give the world the best photography I can give and it is other professionals like you that help me to that goal.
Dimanche 3 Février après-midi, le DAL (Droit Au Logement) a occupé un gymnase rue du Renard pendant quelques heures. Après la promesse d'un rendez-vous avec Delanoë la semaine prochaine, les 150 à 200 militants et familles ont quitté les lieux vers 20h30, après une brève manifestation jusqu'à la place de l'Hôtel de Ville.
Dans le gymnase, les enfants passent le temps en jouant, sautant des espaliers sur les matelas.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Droit Au Logement (Recommended as a slideshow)
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Model: Marlene Senko
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I have been wanting to do a shoot like this for a while. Ever since I saw Simon Filip's stop motion I have been so inspired by it. I love how there was so much detail in his music video and it was all so beautiful.
I set up this shoot by myself. This was the first shoot I have ever done that was well thought out. Usually my photos come to me and I shoot, but this one I thought long and hard about it.
This photo wouldnt look it's best without a little help of some people. I would like to thank my grandmother for allowing me to use her typewriter and flowers, my little sister for letting me use her butterfly (the one on the table in the jar - it is real but dead). I would also like to thank my friend Daniel for letting me use his birdcage at short notice. I appreciate it. And i would also like to thank my mom for driving me and my model to this location and sitting in the 90 degree weather for 2 hours while we shoot. Last but certainly not least, thank you Marlene. I am so glad you like doing shoots with me. You are so beautiful and patient with me and you didnt care that it was hot and the ants were crawling on you. :)
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When I rise above what I can see
Beyond the windows of eternity
And there I’m known for what I can be
For where I’ve flown to set me free.
More important than what I can become
Is the fact that I have the power of the sun
To make things grow within my heart
Inside of every vision wherein I start.
This moment makes me strong
And I remember well the song
That sings of purposes fulfilled
And of flowers fragrance that thrilled.
Recognize the power that is in this hour
Make your dreams for real with what you feel
Know inside what cannot hide that opens wide
And shows you that yes you can every now and when.
See it. Say it. Show it. Prove it. Become it.
Friday Poems ©Mark Siet 2008
After having a fantastic chocolate fondue, my friend and I decided to have a walk and to take some pictures in the streets of Augsburg. She grabbed her EOS 5D and the Nifty Fifty and I used my EOS 400D with the EF-S 17-85mm f4-5.6 IS USM (my EF 50mm f1.8 was stolen during the Stars & Cars event) otherwise we would have had a quite interesting comparison for both cameras.
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Scraplift of frani_54-- Joyful
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Quote- Song by R Kelly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
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CWD321 - Assignment: Numbers
A visual metaphor, obviously. Of course, binary itself is a sort of metaphor, too, for microscopic switches turning on and off, so perhaps it could be a metaphor within a metaphor.
These little zeros and ones could possibly be considered the most important numbers of our current age, yet they are also rapidly becoming so commonplace that Internet access is itself a commodity anymore much like water and gas, and computers are yet another household appliance. Before long, future generations will look back and not be able to even comprehend how society managed without it, much like we view electricity.
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original upload: 07/3/2009
Zollverein - Kokerei/Coking Plant @ Night (HDR)
The coking plant at Zollverein had been a "no-go-area” until mid 1993.
Today the artificial channel is opened for ice skating in the winter.
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex
(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since December 14, 2001 and is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
[...]
Shaft 12 (seen on my first two images of this Series) became the main supplier of new central coking plant from 1961 with its 192 ovens, which was again designed by Fritz Schupp. After an expansion in the early 1970s, Zollverein placed among the most productive coking plants worldwide with around 1.000 workers and an output of up to 8.600 tons of coke a day on the so-called dark side. The white side of the plant produced side products such as ammonia, raw benzene and raw tar.
[...]
On its 25th session in December 2001, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared both the sites of the shafts 12 and 1/2 and the cokery a World Heritage Site.
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old world charm in the neighborhoods of nafplion, greece.
above, ring, ring. below, knock, knock.
i've added this image to the map.
on the blog: toomanytribbles.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-anybody-home.html
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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk II
Lens: Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye
Exposure: 5 exposures (-2,-1,0,+1,+2 EV)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 15mm
ISO Speed: 100
Accessories: Manfrotto 190XB Tripod, Manfrotto 322RC2 Heavy Duty Grip Ball Head, Canon RC1 Wireless Remote
Date and Time: 26 November 2010 2.40pm
Post Processing:
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Curves layer for contrast adjustment
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Noise reduction layer
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Re-imported back into Lightroom
Added keyword metadata
Exported as JPEG
From Wikipedia:
St Paul's is built in a revival of the style known as Gothic transitional, being partly Early English and partly Decorated. It was designed by the distinguished English architect William Butterfield, who was noted for his ecclesiastical work. The foundation stone was laid in 1880. Butterfield never saw the site and the building work was frequently delayed by disputes between Butterfield, in England, and the Church authorities on the spot. Butterfield resigned in 1884 and the building was finished by a local architect, Joseph Reed. Consequently the design of the spires differs greatly from those originally planned (similar to those built at Christ Church, South Yarra). The Cathedral Chapter has a scale model of the original completed design.
winter solstice . deep bass notes . dark sacred night . dark of the moon
purest stillness . falling snow . ancient awe . stars aglow
sacred gifts to gather our peace
peace all around us
peace within us
every breath, a prayer for peace
every breath, a prayer of gratitude
shhhh ... find the still place within
tonight we may dream of faraway drumbeats
in the morning we will know a secret
it was mother nature's wakening heartbeat
the sound of light returning
so we take this peace
gathered in the stillness of winter solstice
and spread it like seeds in the warming ground
*
lovelight to You*
alight
Have you ever had someone look at one of your photos and comment "Gee, you must have a really nice camera"?
A friend sent me an email the other day wanting to know if he should spend (a fortune) to buy a laundry list of new camera equipment because he wanted to "take better photos".
In response to that, I wanted to post this shot taken with a $199 "point and shoot" 3-megapixel digital camera. I keep it in my briefcase when I'm traveling on business and can't take my D90.
Would this shot have been better with my Nikon? Sure.... there is some noise in the sky due to using a high ISO on a cheap camera and the optics can't match a $1200 lens.... but the basic image would have been the same.
Becoming a better photographer is about learning to see differently, experimenting, learning, challenging yourself - not about how much equipment you purchase.
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taken in Koh Yao, Thailand. June 2008
My Most interesting photos for a guy called Isaias
Ko Yao (Thai: เกาะยาว) is a district (Amphoe)
Ko Yao (เกาะยาว), sometimes written Koyao, is a group of islands between Phuket and Krabi. There are two main islands, Ko Yao Noi ("Small Long Island") and Ko Yao Yai, with Noi being the more developed of the two.
Ko Yao Noi remains a beautiful island, where most people still believe that the island should be preserved from human degradation.
Sea Gypsies (Moken people) were inhabiting the Bay before anybody else, except maybe other nomadic people like forest hunters and collectors (Sakai, Negritos). The 3,500 or so inhabitants of Koh Yao Noi are thought to be recent migrants from the Malay Peninsula (Satun, Trang).
The Mon population, linguistically and culturally belonging to the Khmer ethnolinguistic group, did settled in peninsular Thailand since ever, ruling maritime states like the one of Ligor (Nakhon Si Thammarat). They melt continuously with Southern migrants from Malaysia and with Northern rulers (Thai), over centuries of commercial exchanges and political conflicts. Most probably the Mon stock remains prevalent for most of the people living nowadays in Southern Thailand, including people of Koh Yao.
Numerous cave paintings hidden in the many islands of the bay, extending from 2000 years ago to last century, attest the influence of distinct communities in the emergence of a mixed origin population, living now in the provinces of Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi and Satun.
The most recent migrations (17th-18th century) from Satun and Trang to Ko Yao Yai and Koh Yao Noi is attested by the fact that the particular dialect spoken on the island still bear obvious Malaysian lexical traces, particularely regarding toponyms and vernacular names of the flora species.
The main industries on the island are fishing and rubber planting. A little rice farming and some fruit, palm and coconut plantations are evident. Boat building and farming techniques here have been passed from father to son and, while some of the youngsters leave Ko Yao to seek the bright lights of Phuket, most return to their tight knit community
From: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphoe_Ko_Yao
A very special place with no one in sight, kind of scary and surreal.
Early morning
Eight o'clock precise
I see the lonely August sun arise
Say you know
You will
Move me like you do
Out on the fields...
I'm waiting the whole night through
Early morning, early morning, yeah
Ran the whole way
Down to the tracks
Through the doorway
Then a last look back
Say you know
You will
Save me like you do
Out on the fields...
I've waited the whole night through
Early morning, early morning, yeah
I climbed all the stairways
To find the rooftop clear
Got the shotgun lying with me here
Say you know
You will
Move me like you do
Out on the fields...
You know how it feels, yeah
Early morning, early morning, yeah
Early morning
Eight o'clock precise
A-Ha
"Early morning"
Here is a recent image to break up my recent Tahoe photos. I had to go tonight and see the impending storm that is making its way down the Pacific coast. Early this morning we had hail, which is unique since we live right on the beach. I ran up the coast just North of Santa Cruz. The whole way up all I could do was keep my eyes on these crazy sun beams. Seriously the whole ocean was lit up by isolated beams hitting the surface North, South and West of Santa Cruz.
As I ran down the cliff to the beach I watched the beams disappear. I just missed them. I am sure that up North they were going off, but I was already down at the site by that time, and it would take 30 minutes to run up the hill and find another site.
Here is my version of the approaching storm, that is sure to bring a week of power outages, flooding and more snow and hail.
Nikon D300
Tokina 11-16mm @ 11mm
ISO 100
f/11 for 2s
Singh-Ray 3 stop reverse
Lee .6 soft GND
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Candidate for my 52 weeks for Dogs project. What do you think? Another to follow soon.
Jake and I send you greetings from our NC mountain vacation. Here we are at about 4600 ft.- and are above the clouds below us. Often there are beautiful inversions- where the top of a mountain is in sunshine above the clouds covering the valleys below. This moment is one of those magical ones. Jake is a 9 month old standard poodle puppy- he has been hiking with me in the woods- and running through the woods. I just comb out the dirt. Poodles are actually fairly easy to keep, in spite of their bad rep.
Limited computer access- so will catch up sometime.
Taken 6/8/09, posted 6/10/09
© Angela M. Lobefaro
All Rights Reserved
taken in Koh Yao, Thailand. June 2008
My Most interesting photos for a guy called Isaias
Ko Yao (Thai: เกาะยาว) is a district (Amphoe)
Ko Yao (เกาะยาว), sometimes written Koyao, is a group of islands between Phuket and Krabi. There are two main islands, Ko Yao Noi ("Small Long Island") and Ko Yao Yai, with Noi being the more developed of the two.
Ko Yao Noi remains a beautiful island, where most people still believe that the island should be preserved from human degradation.
Sea Gypsies (Moken people) were inhabiting the Bay before anybody else, except maybe other nomadic people like forest hunters and collectors (Sakai, Negritos). The 3,500 or so inhabitants of Koh Yao Noi are thought to be recent migrants from the Malay Peninsula (Satun, Trang).
The Mon population, linguistically and culturally belonging to the Khmer ethnolinguistic group, did settled in peninsular Thailand since ever, ruling maritime states like the one of Ligor (Nakhon Si Thammarat). They melt continuously with Southern migrants from Malaysia and with Northern rulers (Thai), over centuries of commercial exchanges and political conflicts. Most probably the Mon stock remains prevalent for most of the people living nowadays in Southern Thailand, including people of Koh Yao.
Numerous cave paintings hidden in the many islands of the bay, extending from 2000 years ago to last century, attest the influence of distinct communities in the emergence of a mixed origin population, living now in the provinces of Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi and Satun.
The most recent migrations (17th-18th century) from Satun and Trang to Ko Yao Yai and Koh Yao Noi is attested by the fact that the particular dialect spoken on the island still bear obvious Malaysian lexical traces, particularely regarding toponyms and vernacular names of the flora species.
The main industries on the island are fishing and rubber planting. A little rice farming and some fruit, palm and coconut plantations are evident. Boat building and farming techniques here have been passed from father to son and, while some of the youngsters leave Ko Yao to seek the bright lights of Phuket, most return to their tight knit community
this is a photo I found while going through my pictures searching for things to delete.
The date modified was Jun 29, 2005. I may have been using Paintshop Pro for this
conversion to black and white and for the frame.
I began my blog and web page in early 2005. mmmee.blogspot.com/2005/03/computer-stuff.html I have been using photoshop to make the photo albums, so I am not sure which program I used to make this drop shadow.
Coldplay - Daylight from the album A Rush of Blood to the Head
Play It Loud!!
To my surprise, and my delight
I saw sunrise, I saw sunlight
I am nothing in the dark
And the clouds burst to show daylight
Ooh and the sun will shine
Yeah on this heart of mine
Ooh and I realise
Who cannot live without
Ooh come apart without
On a hill top, on a sky-rise
Like a first born child
On a full day, and a full flight
Defeat darkness, breaking daylight
Ooh and the sun will shine
Yeah on this heart of mine
Ooh and I realise
Who cannot live without
Ooh come apart without
Daylight
Slowly breaking through the daylight (10x)
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe
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Gulf of Kemang(PD)
71050, Negeri Sembilan
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From Wikipedia:
Yoyogi National Gymnasium is an arena in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan. (It) is famous for its suspension roof design.
It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming and diving events during the 1964 Summer Olympics.
The arena holds 10,500 people and is now primarily used for ice hockey and basketball.
Details:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk II
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Exposure: 5 exposures (-2.-1,0,+1,+2 EV)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Post Processing:
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Tonemap generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Exported tonemapped image to CS5
Curves layer for contrast adjustment
Hue/Saturation layer
Noise reduction layer
Unsharp mask filter
Spot removal layer
Crop tool
Re-imported back into Lightroom
Added keyword metadata
Exported as JPEG
Nach langer vergeblicher Suche habe ich schließlich mit Hilfe der Denkmaldatenbank Schleswig-Holstein (efi2.schleswig-holstein.de/dish/dish_pdf/dish_pdfgenerate...) das Gebäude identifizieren können: "Alter Friedhof der ev. Gemeinde, 1807 auf winkelförmigem Grundstück ... als Ersatz für den innerstädtischen Kirchhof neu angelegt. Zunächst eingeschossiges Torhaus aus den Backsteinen der Umfassungsmauer des alten Friedhofs am heutigen Markt errichtet, 1925 aufgestockt und zur Kapelle umgebaut. Historische Drehkreuze der Vorgängeranlage ebenfalls wiederverwendet." Die Drehkreuze sind übrigens am rechten Bildrand zu erkennen. Es handelt sich also um die Friedhofskapelle. Allerdings könnten Wegweiser an dem Haus auch bedeuten, dass sich die Friedhofsverwaltung ebenfalls hier befindet, beide mit Eingang von der Friedhofsseite.
After a long search in vain, I was finally able to identify the building with the help of the Schleswig-Holstein Monument Database (efi2.schleswig-holstein.de/dish/dish_pdf/dish_pdfgenerate...): ‘Old cemetery of the Protestant parish, 1807 on an angular plot ... newly laid out as a replacement for the town centre churchyard. Initially a single-storey gatehouse built from the bricks of the enclosing wall of the old cemetery at today's market, it was extended in 1925 and converted into a chapel. Historic turnstiles from the previous complex were also reused.’ The turnstiles can be recognised on the right-hand side of the picture. This is therefore the cemetery chapel. However, signposts on the building could also mean that the cemetery administration is also located here, both with an entrance from the cemetery side.
Plön ist die Kreisstadt des Kreises Plön in Schleswig-Holstein und hat knapp 9000 Einwohner. Wahrzeichen der Stadt ist das Schloss, das im 17. Jahrhundert erbaut wurde. Plön besitzt ein Gymnasium mit 300-jähriger Geschichte, ist Standort der Marineunteroffizierschule und Sitz des Max-Planck-Instituts für Evolutionsbiologie.
Inhaltsverzeichnis Plön liegt direkt am größten Binnensee Schleswig-Holsteins, dem Großen Plöner See, und ist eingebettet in die hügelige Seenlandschaft der Holsteinischen Schweiz. Nur 7,8 km² des Stadtgebietes sind Landfläche. Der Rest des Stadtgebietes verteilt sich auf elf Seen, die vollständig zur Stadt Plön gehören, und fünf weitere, an denen Plön einen Anteil hat.
Durch Erbteilungen innerhalb des dänischen Königshauses entstand 1622 das Herzogtum Schleswig-Holstein-Plön. Mit Errichtung des Plöner Schlosses anstelle der alten Burg 1633–1636 durch Herzog Joachim Ernst wurde Plön Hauptstadt des kleinen Fürstentums. Als Residenzstadt erfuhr Plön eine beträchtliche Aufwertung. So gründete Herzog Johann Adolph („Hans Adolf“) 1685 im Nordwesten der Stadt die Neustadt, um hier Handwerker anzusiedeln und damit die Wirtschaftskraft des Herzogtums zu steigern. Unter Friedrich Carl wurde das Schlossgebiet um mehrere barocke Gebäude und einen Lustgarten erweitert. Die Stadt besaß damals ca. 1000 Einwohner. 1761 fiel das Herzogtum an die dänische Krone zurück, da der letzte Herzog keine Erben hatte. Damit gehörte Plön bis zum Bundesexekution Ende 1863 wie das restliche Herzogtum Holstein einerseits zum dänischen Gesamtstaat, andererseits aber auch zum Heiligen Römischen Reich (bis 1806) bzw. zum Deutschen Bund. Es diente zeitweilig dem dänischen König als Sommerresidenz, blieb ansonsten aber eine Provinzstadt mit ungefähr 2000 Einwohnern. Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts weilte der dänische Kronprinz einige Jahre zur Sommerfrische im Schloss, das seither seinen weißen Putz mit dem grauen Dach zeigt.
1867 wurde Plön, nun Teil Preußens, nach Inkrafttreten der preußischen Verwaltungsreform Kreisstadt. Die Hohenzollern-Prinzen erhielten ihre schulische Ausbildung zum Teil in Plön; die Prinzeninsel ist heute noch im Besitz des Hauses Hohenzollern. Für Besuche der Kaiserfamilie wurde ein eigener Bahnhof errichtet. König (später Kaiser) Wilhelm I. bestimmte 1868 das Schloss Plön zur Kadettenanstalt. Die ersten 100 Kadetten im Alter von 11 bis 13 Jahren zogen am 1. Mai jenes Jahres ein. Im Jahr 1896 beschloss Wilhelm II., der letzte deutsche Kaiser, seinen beiden ältesten Söhnen Wilhelm und Eitel Friedrich eine geistige und militärische Ausbildung in der Kadettenanstalt Plön zuteilwerden zu lassen. Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg wurde daraus ein Internat, das 1933–1945 als Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt diente. Seit 1946 war es wieder staatliches Internat und das bis 2000.
1891 gründete Emil Otto Zacharias mit finanzieller Unterstützung der preußischen Regierung und mehrerer Privatleute am Plöner See die erste „Biologische Station“ für Süßwasserforschung auf deutschem Boden als privates Forschungsinstitut. Nach seinem Tod übernahm August Thienemann die Leitung. Als Nachfolgeinstitution existierte lange das Max-Planck-Institut für Limnologie. Dieser Institutsstandort wurde, nach insgesamt 115 Jahren der limnologischen Forschung, als Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionsbiologie auf andere Schwerpunkte ausgerichtet. Plön ist außerdem „Korporativ Förderndes Mitglied“ der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft.
Plön is the administrative centre of the County of Plön in Schleswig-Holstein and has just under 9,000 inhabitants. The town's landmark is thePalace, which was built in the 17th century. Plön has a grammar school with a 300-year history, is home to the naval non-commissioned officer school and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology.
Plön is located directly on the largest inland lake in Schleswig-Holstein, the Großer Plöner See, and is embedded in the hilly lake landscape of Holstein Switzerland. Only 7.8 km² of the town area is land. The rest of the town area is divided between eleven lakes that belong entirely to the town of Plön and five others in which Plön has a share.
The Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön was created in 1622 through inheritance divisions within the Danish royal family. With the construction of Plön Castle in 1633-1636 by Duke Joachim Ernst to replace the old castle, Plön became the capital of the small principality. As a residential town, Plön was considerably upgraded. In 1685, Duke Johann Adolph ("Hans Adolf") founded the New Town in the north-west of the town in order to attract craftsmen and thus increase the economic power of the duchy. Under Friedrich Carl, several baroque buildings and a pleasure garden were added to the palace grounds. The town had a population of around 1000 at the time. In 1761, the duchy reverted to the Danish crown as the last duke had no heirs. This meant that Plön, like the rest of the Duchy of Holstein, belonged to the Danish state on the one hand, but also to the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806) and the German Confederation on the other, until the Confederation was decreed at the end of 1863. For a time, it served as a summer residence for the Danish king, but otherwise remained a provincial town with around 2000 inhabitants. In the middle of the 19th century, the Danish crown prince spent a few years at the castle for his summer retreat, which has retained its white plaster and grey roof ever since.
In 1867, Plön, now part of Prussia, became a County centre after the Prussian administrative reform came into force. Some of the Hohenzollern princes received their schooling in Plön; the Prinzeninsel is still owned by the House of Hohenzollern today. A railway station was built for visits by the imperial family. King (later Emperor) Wilhelm I designated Plön Castle as a cadet school in 1868. The first 100 cadets aged 11 to 13 moved in on 1 May of that year. In 1896, Wilhelm II, the last German emperor, decided to give his two eldest sons Wilhelm and Eitel Friedrich an intellectual and military education at the Plön cadet school. After the First World War, it became a boarding school, which served as a national political education centre from 1933 to 1945. It became a state boarding school again in 1946 until 2001.
In 1891, Emil Otto Zacharias founded the first "Biological Station" for freshwater research on German soil as a private research institute on Lake Plön with financial support from the Prussian government and several private individuals. After his death, August Thienemann took over the management. The Max Planck Institute for Limnology existed for a long time as a successor institution. After a total of 115 years of limnological research, this institute site was reorganised as the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology with a different focus. Plön is also a "Corporate Supporting Member" of the Max Planck Society.
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Switzerland.
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Switzerland (German: Schweiz[note 3] [ˈʃvaɪts]; French: Suisse [sɥis]; Italian: Svizzera [ˈzvittsera]; Romansh: Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ]), officially the Swiss Confederation (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH), is a federal parliamentary republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western and Central Europe,[note 4] where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8 million people is concentrated mostly on the Plateau, where the largest cities are to be found. Among them are the two global cities and economic centres – Zürich and Geneva.
Son tan frágiles, son tan débiles, son tan vulnerables.
Pero por suerte allí estamos nosotros, los padres, para brindarles todo nuestro amor y protección.
Hasta que un día, finalmente, puedan abandonar su cálido nido.
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They are so fragile, so weak, so vulnerable.
But luckily there we are, as parents, to offer all our love and protection.
Until one day, finally, they will abandon their warm nest.
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Street scene from Rawalpindi, inside the "old" city. This is not a tourist "souk" or bazaar, in fact, you never see any foreigner ! People are all the more happy to see you, discuss (even if it's in a broken english) and often, offer you tea ;-)
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Pakistani Lifestyle (Recommended as a slideshow)
Esplanade des Invalides: a new anti-CPE demonstration on the 23 turned even more violent than the 18. A couple of photographers have been beaten up by provovateurs, a few cameras stolen, and large riots erupted in different places of this huge esplanade. At least 3 cars have been burnt as well as part of a building.
Here, a fireman is trying to extinguish the fire still burning under the car. He won't suceed, and shortly after, the firemen will have to flip the car on its side to expose the reservoir.
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Seen and captured (this time with tripod :-) ) in Berne ... the lovely town where I was born. Showing Kramgasse in the medieval old town with the famous Zeitglockenturm in the background.
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This evening while walking to dinner at an Uzbekistan restaurant, the sun started to go down behind the icy overcast skies, casting more of that eerie blue light across the city of Kiev. There were a few flecks of snow beginning to fall, but not enough to obscure Saint Andrews Church here as we passed.
This classically baroque church was originally in the mid 18th century and is still occasionally used by the creatively anachronistic Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox church for services. It's built on a very steep hill, near a steeper and scenic curved road, which was too icy for me to get down with the tripod. It's one of the few times I decided discretion was the better part of photographic valor.
La primavera de Vivaldi - Els Pinyons
Ayer paseé por primera vez por un lugar de ensueño...
El Jardín Botánico-Histórico de La Concepción de Málaga...
Es un paseo espectacular viajas a través del mudo por su flora...con auténticas selvas tropicales, bosques y jardines de todo tipo...con una temperatura increíble en algunos de ellos....
El Espectáculo por antonomasia en estos días es la floración de la Glicinia una maravillosa planta que en su floración -solo dura 15 días al año- da unos ramilletes de flores moradas absolutamente preciosos, que envuelven el ambiente con un suave aroma a vainilla...
El cenador de la imagen te transporta a otro mundo es un sueño total y fantástico...
también puedes ver como la planta trepa por las palmeras llegando a alcanzar en algunos casos los 20 metros de altura....
El espectáculo de la naturaleza en estado puro..
Buen Fin de Semana & Feliz Semana Santa a Todos..
Gracias & Besos
I took a walk yesterday for the first time by a dream place…
The Botanical-Historical Garden of the Conception of Malaga…
It is a spectacular stroll you travel through dumb by his flora. with authentic tropical forests, forests and gardens of all type…with an incredible temperature in some of them….
The main Spectacle in these days is the flowering of the Glicinia a wonderful plant that in its flowering - it only lasts 15 days to the year- gives branch of absolutely precious mulberry flowers, that surround the atmosphere with a smooth aroma to vanilla…
The cenador of transports you to the image to another world is a total and fantastic dream…
also you can see as the plant climb by the palms arriving to reach in some cases the 20 meters of height….
The Epectacle of the Nature in pure state....
Good Weekend & Happy Easter to All. ..
Thanks & Kisses
This is a close crop of a photo I took of Chihuly's glass art exhibit at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. I used the Photoshop filter "Fractalius" to enhance the photo and focus on the beautiful colors and shapes. These colorful glass globes are presented stacked in a rowboat in the desert landscape!
Dale Chihuly's glass art exhibition at the Garden is named "Chihuly: The Nature of Glass" and Chihuly's work is displayed from November 22, 2008 to May 31, 2009. The Nature of Glass exhibit features new and unique works of glass artfully located throughout the Garden. Dale Chihuly is known for his innovative glass sculptures, and his work is immediately recognizable for its grand scale and vibrant colors. This is Chihuly's first exhibition in an outdoor desert environment.
“The artist permits and encourages photography of the artwork in this exhibition for educational and non-commercial use only.”
INFORMATION ON ARTIST DALE CHIHULY:
Dale Patrick Chihuly (b. September 20, 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, United States) is an American glass sculptor. Chihuly graduated from high school in Tacoma. Supported by his mother, after his brother George's death in a flight-training accident in Florida and his father's death of a heart attack, he enrolled at the College of the Puget Sound (now University of Puget Sound) in 1959.
In 1967, he received a Master of Science in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chihuly lives and works in his 25,000 square foot (2300 m²) studio, nicknamed "The Boathouse" for its former use, on Lake Union. Since losing the vision in one of his eyes in a car accident in 1976, Chihuly (who wears an eyepatch) no longer has the depth perception necessary to handle the molten glass himself. Instead, he conceptualizes each project with paint and canvas and then employs a team of artists to do the work.
About his work: His fascination with abstract nature forms comes from his mother's garden in Tacoma, Washington. One of his sculptures would be prominently displayed on the sitcom Frasier, which is set in nearby Seattle. His love for the ocean and its creatures is also reflected in his art.
Over the past forty years, Chihuly's glass sculptures have explored color, design, and assemblage. Although his work varies in size and color, he is best known for his multipart blown masterpieces. Also interested in Irish culture, he has produced a sizeable volume of "Irish cylinders," which are more modest in conception than his blown glass works.
Some of Chihuly's works cover whole ceilings of casinos and hotels, while others are hand-sized abstract flowers. Chihuly uses intense colors to bring his work to life. He is also known for using neon and argon.
Chihuly uses nature as a setting for his pieces, and tries to create his pieces as though they are part of nature. He sometimes entwines his pieces around tree branches and trunks. He also suspends them in space and floats them in water. Although it is not widely known, some components of Chihuly's installations (for example, the stacked aqua-colored chunks that decorate the Tacoma "Bridge of Glass") are made of an acrylic-type material rather than glass.
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Beautiful calm morning at Pitt Lake in Pitt Meadows near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
About this photo: Last week my friend and I enjoyed a lovely fall day in our area. We drove out to Pitt Lake in Pitt Meadows near Vancouver, BC, Canada. It was a fairly sunny day and while walking along the trail I still found some fall colours at the marshes. I loved how the sun was shining on the colours full trees across the marsh which was calm and allowed for some lovely reflections.
We had a wonderful time that day which was followed by a delicious late lunch at nearby restaurant. We had a fun filled day with beautiful views.
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Some information on the Pitt Lake area: Pitt Lake is located in Grant Narrows Regional Park in Pitt Meadows which is about 45 minutes east of downtown Vancouver. Pitt Lake is the second-largest lake in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, being about 53.5 square km (20.5 square mi) in area. It is about 25km (15.6mi) long and about 4.5km (2.8mi) wide at its widest, and is also one of the world's largest tidal lakes, its confluence with the Fraser being only a few miles upstream from that river's estuary into the Strait of Georgia. Its southern tip, where the Pitt River resumes, is 40km (25mi) east of downtown Vancouver.
The upper Pitt River valley is a typical U-shaped glacial valley in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia. The over-deepening of the lower end of the valley over the span of the Wisconsin glaciation created a trough over 140m (462ft) below current sea level. After initial glacial retreat at around 13,000 years ago a saltwater fjord occupied this basin when relative sea levels were still ca 120m (396ft) to 140m (462ft) above current levels in the region. Unlike neighbouring Indian Arm and Howe Sound farther west this fjord basin became cut off by sedimentation of the lower Fraser River by ca 10,500 years ago and is now considered a tidal fjord lake.
The community of Pitt Meadows occupies the marshy lowland at the southern end of the lake, some of which has become drained and is known as the Pitt Polder. Just southwest of the lake is the community of Port Coquitlam, which is across the Pitt River from Pitt Meadows. At the north end of the lake is a locality named Alvin, which is a transport and shipping point for logging companies and their employees. The Upper Pitt, meaning the valley upstream from the lake, is considered BC's best fly-fishing rivers and one of its best steelhead streams.
The lake is popular with boaters and canoeists, but is prone to heavy winds and rains as well as big waves (due to its great depth). The mountain range on its east flank comprises Golden Ears Provincial Park, its basin to the north is in southern Garibaldi Provincial Park, while the mountain range on its west, northeast of Vancouver's Coquitlam Lake watershed reservoir, is Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. The waterfront and foreshore of the lake and river are public-access and include extensive migratory wildfowl habitat. There is a destination golfing resort in the Pitt Polder area called Swan-e-set.
The area along the east side of the lake is somewhat famous for being the reputed location of Slumach's lost gold mine, the location of many failed and sometimes disastrous searches for the alleged murderer's lost gold mine. (Info from Wikipedia).
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taken on the longtailboat boat towards Bamboo Island, Koh Phi Phi, Thailand.
June 2008
The Phi Phi Islands (Thai: หมู่เกาะพีพี) are located in Thailand, between the large island of Phuket and the western Andaman Sea coast of the mainland. Phi Phi Don, the larger and principal of the two Phi Phi islands, is located at [show location on an interactive map] 7°44′00″N, 98°46′00″E. Both Phi Phi Don, and Phi Phi Leh, the smaller, are administratively part of Krabi province, most of which is on the mainland, and is located at [show location on an interactive map] 8°02′30″N, 98°48′39″E.
Ko Phi Phi Don ("ko" (Thai: เกาะ) meaning "island" in the Thai language) is the largest island of the group, and is the only island with permanent inhabitants, although the beaches of the second largest island, Ko Phi Phi Lee (or "Ko Phi Phi Leh"), are visited by many people as well. There are no accommodation facilities on this island, but it is just a short boat ride from Ko Phi Phi Don. The rest of the islands in the group, including Bida Nok, Bida Noi, and Bamboo Island, are not much more than large limestone rocks jutting out of the sea.
Phi Phi Don was initially populated by Muslim fishermen during the late 1940s, and later became a coconut plantation. The Thai population of Phi Phi Don remains more than 80% Muslim.But the actual population if counting laborers, especially from the north-east, from the mainland is much more Buddhist these days.
Ko Phi Phi Leh was the backdrop for the 2000 movie The Beach. Phi Phi Leh also houses the 'Viking Cave', from which there is a thriving bird's nest soup industry. There was criticism during filming of 'The Beach' that the permission granted to the film company to physically alter the environment inside Phi Phi Islands National Park was illegal. [1] The controversy cooled down however, when it was discovered that the producers had done such a decent job of restoring the place that it finally looked better than it had done before.
Following the release of The Beach, tourism on Phi Phi Don increased dramatically, and with it the population of the island. Many buildings were constructed without planning permission.[citation needed]
Ko Phi Phi was devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, when nearly all of the island's infrastructure was wiped out. Redevelopment has, however, been swift, and services like electricity, water, Internet access and ATMs are up and running again, but waste handling has been slower to come back online.
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