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Arrojo piedras al cielo y ninguna vuelve, raramente golpean contra mi cabeza y me pregunto qué tendré sobre la misma, quizás sea allí allá donde se guardan las esperanzas, en el cielo, esa, nuestra nube particular, donde nuestras palabras son cúmulos de sueños y nuestros suspiros las lágrimas de nuestra alma.
Porque el sueño de caminar sobre una nube solamente somos capaces de cumplirlo cuando dormimos, y cuando conseguimos soñar nos encanta tanto aquello que vivimos de el que no queremos despertar nunca, no es algo ponerlo en práctica pero no hay que olvidar nunca que por debajo de nuestros pies hay algo mas que nubes, dura tierra.
Ser conscientes de estar en la tierra ayuda a ser precavido con la vida y calcular las cosas, no hablo de una barrera en nuestros sentimientos, si no de ser realistas y saber que todo puede pasar en ésta vida.
the image that is posted here bears only a slight resemblance to the image i had in my mind when i went about my merry little way to purchase some rainbow colored balloons.
i was meant to have heaps more balloons than this and this was meant to be in a park with beautiful skies filled with clouds. and i envisioned something more like a one sheet for a film (the theatrical poster they use in the theaters that are lit from behind and are a touch better brighter more fantasy than the regular flat poster. sort of).
i thought i'd include my hand. have the ribbons twisted around my wrist and the rainbow strips cascading to the ground, gracefully. and the massive amount of balloons. like they could carry me away.
instead it was about 97 degrees in Hollywood, which broke a record for that day. there was no way to have one balloon, let alone heaps of them survive inside a super hot car ride (air conditioning can only do so much for the delicate little things). clearly, the park was out.
then sky was just all endless blue. you know those amazing skies you see on Flickr? the ones filled with colorful, thick, amazing clouds? yeah, we don't really get those in LA.
and it was windy as well, another anomaly for this time of year, causing the balloons to tangle up.
and the store had only a few of the sort of balloons i wanted. i left with 7.
and i ended up trying to take my photos on this little no-name, sort of run down side street in east Hollywood.
after trying out several "ideas" for Interesting Photo Ever, nothing was working. so i tied them to my left ankle, lifted it towards the sun, laid out flat on my back on a grungy SIDEWALK. with people watching, thinking i'd clearly gone mental, while attempting to wrangle them towards the sun with my other foot.
it was a bit of a mess.
so, i didn't get the shot i had conceived of. but surprisingly, i had fun. and eventually i will have heaps of balloons, just you wait! so, until then i have these 7 balloons plus flare (!!) and awesome brick-like textures.
the end.
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I was hoping to center myself more, but after taking said shot this one really stood out to me more!
But I hope everyone had a great holiday! So great to be with family and celebrate; it's sad how fast it goes.
On another note I got a flash! I love it so much and actually used it in this shot! (It's in the comments below) I do prefer natural light but it will be a major help indoors and shadowy places outdoors.
Hope everyone has a great week!
Kids climbed on top of an abandoned tower in Rawalpindi, on the eve of the elections. To go down, some of them slided down a big pipe !
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
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Winter Wonderland written in 1934 by Felix Bernard (composer)
and Richard B. Smith (lyricist).
There are lots of interpretations. Here comes Pat Boone:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE8D52xD4uw
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening,
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight,
We're happy tonight.
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Gone away is the bluebird,
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song,
As we go along,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married?
We'll say: No man,
But you can do the job
When you're in town.
Later on, we'll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we've made,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
And pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman,
Until the other kids knock him down.
When it snows, ain't it thrilling,
Though your nose gets a chilling
We'll frolic and play, the Eskimo way,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
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Entry to 2014-2015 LEGO Middle-earth LEGO Olympics.
Category: Music of Middle-Earth.
Description: "Select ONE of the songs below and interpret it (or part of it) into ONE build. The build can have different components, but it should clearly be one congruent entry. Your interpretation can be from the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit or it can be something more artistic/abstract. All we ask is that you avoid building from other official LEGO themes. Your own ideas are fine, but we don’t want to see any Harry Potter, Star Wars, etc. themed creations in a Middle Earth contest. Music has the power to inspire, so as you listen, pay close attention to the mental images that come to mind!"
Song chosen: The Last Goodbye.
Prepare for some really artsy-fartsy stuff. You have been warned.
When I first heard this song, it was kind of hard to decipher what Billy Boyd (Pippin in the original trilogy) was saying. After reading the lyrics, I slowly started to get the idea of someone dying. Keep in mind, I only have a slight passing interest in LOTR, I'm not a hard-core Tolkein fan like so many people I know. Eventually I started to think about my favourite character Boromir, and the scene in "The Fellowship" where he is SPOILERS killed by the Uruk-hai.
The idea of the moc is that the song is playing as Boromir begins to die ("I saw the light, fade from the sky, On the wind, I heard a sigh"), and as he dies, he thinks of his fallen comrades he has failed ("But now comes the day
To bid you farewell
Many places I have been
Many sorrows I have seen But I don’t regret
Nor will I forget
All [who took the road with me]").
The build uses forced perspective as well to emphasize the importance of Boromir. I often feel he's a very over-looked character in LOTR, so I felt this would help to emphasize that importance as a son of Gondor.
The reason for the scattered loose pieces is also "artistic". As Boromir begins to fade, so does the world around him begin to wither and disappear. Keep in mind, I tried to imagine this from Boromir's perspective, so obviously interpretation is allowed. The tails and stacked slopes are used to emphasize this disappearance, that the world beneath him is fading as his life slowly drains, and the loose pieces are to emphasize how his world is breaking up and crumbling and coming apart.
"But now comes the day
To bid you farewell
I bid you all a very fond farewell."
The Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit and all related names, images etc. are property of Warner Brothers Entertainment. All Rights Reserved.
Edit: Super special thanks to edgeless Abyss for the Orcs and idea. Technically this should be his moc, I was merely just a grunt...
Light show in Beaubourg by Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist, called "A la belle étoile". The 10mn show will be projected every night from 7pm to 8am until Feb. 26. Tip: pretend you're going to the restaurant on the 6th floor and stop at the 5th floor, which is opened and from where you can see the show from above without any glasses interfering :-) The previous link is also offering a webcam of the show.
Part of A la belle étoile
"... included in a massive 'urban renewal' project, half of the streets (old tong laus) have already been demolished, and the rest should be gone in one year's time... (Here's an article in HK Magazine if you want to know more.)"
Gage Street, Central, Hong Kong
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Have we lost our way?...
We must return again to the call of nature ...
This call is muted with the hurts around us ...
Destruction of the good and bad ...
We must return, not as aliens, but as Keepers of all
things that are a part of us ...
Some are forever gone ...
Others are crying out in despair ...
Just as our Ancestors kept the faith with all things
Great and Small ...
So must we be the guardians of the Sun, the Moon
and the Stars ...
It is because of them, and our respect for their powers
that we must raise our voices to be heard ...
We are not just the Red Man, we are THE PEOPLE ...
Our fathers before us worshipped all things of nature ...
This is good, for Nature is the Heart of all things ...
All of us spring from Mother Earth and must return to
her bosom ...
If we poison Her, so will our future be poisoned ...
She will rebel against the hurts and we will be the losers ...
We must return ...
You are looking at the Bridal Veil Falls of the American (Niagara) Falls on the extreme right of this photo..This is the beauty of the American Falls as I saw it on Sunday. I'm happy with the sensor in this new little sony of mine ;) I hope you enjoy this wintery scenic view of Niagara Falls...USA. Each and every time we go I see the beauty no matter what the weather conditions. I like the sensor on this new little sony ;) camera.
Niagara Falls is Romantic, 'kitschy' and fun!!
"•The Falls at Niagara are about 12,000 years old
•Falls were formed when melting glaciers formed massive fresh-water lakes (the Great Lakes) one of which (Lake Erie) ran downhill toward another (Lake Ontario). The rushing waters carved out a river in their descent and at one point passed over a steep cliff like formation (the Niagara escarpment). From the original falls going over the Niagara Escarpment, the water began to wear its way back up the river. The path that it left is known today as the Niagara Gorge (a deeply-cut and very scenic river path).
•The word Niagara comes from the word "onguiaahra" which means "a thundering noise".
•An "Old Scow" (a steel barge) remains stranded a few hundred meters above the Falls and has been marooned there since August 6, 1918 when a near tragedy was averted by three men who opened the dumping hatches of the barge to let water in and ground the out-of control boat.
•Water that flows over the Falls at Niagara ultimately ends up in Lake Ontario - from there, water drains by way of the St. Lawrence River in to the Atlantic Ocean.
•One of the bloodiest battles of the War of 1812 took place on July 25, 1814 at Lundy's Lane in Niagara Falls, Ontario... A total of 7500 Americans and Canadians fought for six hours. At the end, 1,000 soldiers lay dead or wounded."
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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY !!!
Five years old bringin comedy.
Everytime I look at you I think man a little me, just like me.
If the world attacks and you slide off track,
you can cry isn’t shame in it.
Remember one fact I got your back.
I hear the cyrstal raindrops fall
On the window down the hall
And it becomes the morning dew
Just the two of us
Building them’ castles in the sky
Just the two of us
You and I
Just two of us by Will Smith & Bill Withers.
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One of sculptor Antony Gormley's famous statues in the sea at Crosby beach near Liverpool.
Technical info:
Nikon D700 and 70-300 zoom lens at 300mm (saves me getting my feet wet!)
15 second exposure using a Lee 'Big Stopper' nd filter (10 stops) to smooth the small waves from the incoming tide.
f5.6 and iso 200
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[...] The sky is eternity. And "sun, moon and five stars" are "the manifestation of the time, which imitate eternity and a number of law following turn, are the moving images of eternal being who is" alone and not the will obey. What we see with our senses, is not heaven, not the original eternal being itself, solely by God's Spirit West. If we "want to live in the light of eternity," therefore, we need to get into the spirit of God.
"Is that possible?" You might ask. But, it's not about the possibility of achieving this goal - but the need.
Otherwise we would not even be able to only this to our time-bound and living in days and nights, months and years, measured life.
What is needed, however, which must be possible.
If the eternal, refuses to manifest in the "Forms of Time", then left it to the forms of time but not helpless themselves
If the Eternal is the moving, changing, sentient forms of the time denied it burrow yet in them. [...]
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[…] Der Himmel ist die Ewigkeit. Und „Sonne, Mond und die fünf Sterne“ sind „die Erscheinungsformen der Zeit, welche die Ewigkeit nachahmen und einem Zahlengesetz folgend sich drehen“, sind die sich bewegende Abbilder des ewigen Wesens, das allein „ist“ und nicht dem Werden gehorchend. Was wir mit unseren Sinnen sehen, ist nicht der Himmel, nicht das ursprüngliche ewigen Wesens selbst, das allein Gottes Geist durchwest. Wenn wir daher „ im Licht der Ewigkeit leben wollen“, müssen wir in Gottes Geist eindringen.
„Ist das möglich?“ könnte man fragen. Allein, es geht nicht um die Möglichkeit, dieses Ziel zu erreichen – sondern um die Notwendigkeit.
Andernfalls wären wir nicht einmal in der Lage, auch nur dieses unser an die Zeit gebundenes und nach Tagen und Nächten, Monaten und Jahren gemessenes Leben zu leben.
Was aber notwendig ist, das muss möglich sein.
Wenn das Ewige, sich weigert, sich in den „Formen der Zeit“ zu manifestieren, dann überließe es die Formen der Zeit dennoch nicht hilflos sich selbst.
Wenn sich das Ewige sich den bewegten, wechselnden, fühlenden Formen der Zeit verweigert, so verbärge es sich dennoch in ihnen. […]
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Source: D.T. Suzuki, „Der westliche und der östliche Weg“ (The Western and Eastern Weg),
Chapter: „Leben im Licht der Ewigkeit“ (Living in the Light of Eternity)
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Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United States. The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect the city's famous skyline and the clouds above. A 12-foot-high arch provides a "gate" to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives.
Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high. Cloud Gate sits upon the At&T Plaza.
"What I wanted to do in Millennium Park is make something that would engage the Chicago skyline…so that one will see the clouds kind of floating in, with those very tall buildings reflected in the work. And then, since it is in the form of a gate, the participant, the viewer, will be able to enter into this very deep chamber that does, in a way, the same thing to one's reflection as the exterior of the piece is doing to the reflection of the city around."
-Anish Kapoor
So last week Robin Wilson posted THE best shot I have seen from Garden of the Gods(go to www.flickr.com/photos/12899218@N00/4922078720/) I wanted to do a little comp-stomping so Robin was kind enough to take me up there Sunday morning. Though I did take this same comp, mine doesn't even come close to his so I'm not going to embarrass myself by posting it!! We got skunked on the sunrise but I'll be back at this location for some shots with a better sky (and maybe some snow on the ground!! That would look cool!)
Inspired by: Claude Monet
As I come into Your presence
Past the gates of praise
Into Your sanctuary
Til we're standing face to face
I look upon Your countenance
I see the glory of Your Holy face
I can only bow down and say...
You are awesome in this place, Mighty God
You are awesome in this place, Abba Father
You are worthy of all praise
To You our lives we raise
You are awesome in this place, Mighty God
- Dave Billingham
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Annual Honesty (Lunaria annua) is a tall (height about 1 m), hairy-stemmed biennial plant native to the Balkans and south west Asia, and naturalized throughout Europe, North America, and parts of Asia. It has large, pointed oval leaves with marked serrations. The common name "Honesty" arose in the 16th century, and it may be due to the translucent seed-pods which are like flattened pea-pods and borne on the plant through winter. In South-East Asia and elsewhere, it is called the Money Plant, because its seed pods have the appearance of silver coins. In the United States it may also be known as "Silver Dollars," also because of the seed pods. In Denmark it is known as Judaspenge and in The Netherlands as Judaspenning (coins of Judas), an allusion to the story of Judas Iscariot and the thirty pieces of silver he was paid.
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White Headed Duck ~ London Wetland Centre ~ Barnes ~ London ~ Wednesday February 4th 2015.
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Well, I went to the London Wetland Centre on Wednesday.........1st time in a while, not the greatest of days weather wise!...twas cold, overcast and damp...:(
It's also the middle of winter so there wasn't much in the way of action...However, I did manage to sign my very first autograph in the shop...as from the links above, they are selling cards in the shop that have my photographs on them..:) So when one woman brought one of mine I offered to sign it for her..lol...perhaps I should set up a signing table there...Bwhahaha..:)
Anyhoo....I did manage to capture a White Headed Duck.:)
I hope everybody has a great day...:)
Continuing my snowy Rattlesnake lake serie. reaching the end of it though. i still have several valuable captures that i got to process in the best way possible. i sometimes keep shots aside for weeks. i suppose it's a good thing.
i often have the feeling that photography is like illustration. if you capture (or paint) something, it's better to serve it hot instead of waiting. otherwise the hesitation you initially had, will grow stronger and stronger. there are many exception though. and i'm slowly learning to go against that feeling.
basically it still is just a feeling. i still process old shots. for my illustrations it's more of a problem. i have tons of sketches left in folders, that i will probably never use. i'll certainly have to push on the same mental process here.
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I don't know if you all know but this year's Vday clashes with the first day of the Lunar New Year.
And to be honest, I can't be arsed with both.
I don't celebrate V-day, even if I'm attached, I just don't see the point. I'd rather have a good make out session than a bouquet of flowers or a box of chocolates, but that's just me.
And Chinese New Year?
I really dislike visiting people, especially certain relatives whom my family members aren't on good terms with.
And this year, my Chinese New Year break is pathetic because I've got 2 major assignments due right when school starts again. One good thing though, is that I've gotten my hands on Dante's Inferno Death Edition, I have ALWAYS been fascinated with the poem and it's awesome that there's a game based on it!!! Will probably do an inspired shot or something soon =)
I think the next game I want to get my hands on will be Heavy Rain.
This shot was pretty spontaneous, I wore that qipao thingy and was wondering what to shoot, so I just randomly threw my quilt on the floor, grabbed some random items from my table and took some photos.
I had quite a few different edits for this shot and an outtake which will be in the comments.
Happy Vday to all and Happy CNY to asian flickrites =)
(Ps. I hope the colour looks ok on your screen cause on some screens it can tend to look toooo yellow, sorry if on your screen it does!)
et mes petits camarades....
anne flickr.com/photos/12346165@N00/3302736355/in/pool-petitpr...
manue flickr.com/photos/olam/3302460131/in/pool-petitprojetcommun/
marine flickr.com/photos/8559973@N02/3302802025/
prof flickr.com/photos/26390076@N05/3300590168/
sam flickr.com/photos/28005804@N04/3300613214/
sophie www.flickr.com/photos/23741543@N04/3304636252/in/pool-pet...
paula www.flickr.com/photos/paula6805/3303514121/in/pool-petitp...
The Bosphorus Bridge, also called the First Bosphorus Bridge (Turkish: Boğaziçi Köprüsü or 1. Boğaziçi Köprüsü) is a bridge in Istanbul, Turkey spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: Boğaziçi). The bridge is located between Ortaköy (European side) and Beylerbeyi (Asian side). It is a gravity anchored suspension bridge with steel pylons and inclined hangers. The aerodynamic deck is hanging on zigzag steel cables. It is 1,510 m long with a deck width of 39 m. The distance between the towers (main span) is 1,074 m (World rank: 13th) and their height over road level is 105 m. The clearance of the bridge from sea level is 64 m. It was the 4th longest suspension bridge in the world when completed in 1973, and the longest outside the United States of America.
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On the location of Norway House, built by Edward Mortimer, claims were made that lights and sounds came from an old wooden building falling into decay. When the building was torn down these strange happenings ceased. LINK to photo - www.novastory.ca/digital/collection/phps/id/181/
(11 January 1913) - PICTOU, Nova Scotia – The large, stone Georgian building that until a week ago stood on Norway Point in Pictou was a house of rich history. In its 200 years, it was officially called many names: Mortimer House; Norway House; Maritime Odd Fellows Home and The Edward Mortimer Inn.
Edward Mortimer, born in Scotland, came to Pictou about a decade after the ship Hector landed with Scottish settlers. He started working in the lumber business, but quickly came to own and operate a number of successful natural resource firms. He became a leader in the community as a member of the Pictou militia and a member of the house of assembly. Mortimer’s influence earned him the nicknames ‘King of Pictou’ and ‘our Oat Meal Emperor from the East.’ According to historian Susan Buggey, Mortimer began Norway House in 1810, a “massive stone residence for which he brought out skilled Scottish carpenters and masons.” It was completed in 1814. Though he was once one of the richest men in Nova Scotia he was deep in debt and died penniless in 1819. His widow continued to live in the residence until 1834, at which time it was sold to Edward Smith. Smith was a well-to-do employer for the Hudson’s Bay Company. The Griffin, a newsletter published by the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, says Smith named the residence Norway House, after the Hudson Bay Company post in northern Manitoba. After Smith died, the house soon found its way to Donald Smith, another successful HBC employee who later became the company’s principal shareholder. He later was dubbed Lord Strathcona. In his storied career, he helped found the province of Manitoba, was a member of parliament and co-founded the Canadian Pacific Railway. His place in history was secured when he drove the last spike into the first railway to span the country.
Lord Strathcona had homes all over Canada and tried to convince family members to live in the house full time, to no avail. His stepson inherited the house when Lord Strathcona died in 1914. The building was converted from a private residence into a home for the aged in 1922. It was purchased by the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of Atlantic Canada. It had the distinction of being the first ‘Home’ of its kind in Atlantic Canada. In 1975, the building opened its doors to the general public. Previously, the home had only been available to individuals involved with the Odd Fellow and Rebekah Order.
The house is perhaps best remembered as an icon of a bygone era, a symbol of Pictou’s connection with one of Canada’s distinguished men, whose life not only reflects the 19th century, but, as Donna McDonald says in her biography of Lord Strathcona, “closely mirrors Canada’s passage to nationhood.” “It is sad to come across the causeway and see the icon of Pictou's past gone,” says Henderson. “But perhaps it will be replaced with the beginning of the next chapter.” LINK to the complete article - www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/local/a-look-back-a...
While most of Valentine’s cards were photo based landscapes, they also produced an Artotype series in the early 1900’s that reproduced artist drawn illustrations. These were more brightly colored than their typical cards because they were produced through tricolor printing. Their Mezzograph series was produced as a tinted collotype, only here the collotype was in blue, which gives these cards a heavy and mannered look.
The Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd. Montreal and Toronto / Printed in Great Britain
The earliest Canadian postcards published by Valentine & Sons were uncoloured collotypes of scenery along the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway north of Lake Superior and in the Rocky Mountains. Typically, Valentine postcards have a 6-digit serial number (###,###) on the view side with the initials “J.V.” in a circle adjacent to that number. The main series of numbering begins with a Halifax card as no. 100,000 and ends (as far as we know) with a postcard of Toronto as no. 115,981. There are also two short runs of numbers in the 400,000 range that are found on some cards from the Yukon Territory and a longer run of views from various parts of Canada that begins at 600,000 and continues past 602,000.
100,000 – 1905 (July)
101,000 – 1906 (August)
102,000 – 1907 (January)
Link to everything you wanted to know about the - Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. - torontopostcardclub.com/canadian-postcard-publishers/vale...
Waiting for iPhone 3g - Jul 18, 2008 - 094
On the corner of Fifth Avenue and 60th Street -- i.e., at the opposite end of the block where the iPhone fans were waiting in line -- this young couple staked out a spot with a sign that said "Feed us." I gave them some money; I hope they did use it to buy some food ...
A few months after I originally uploaded this photo, this picture has been viewed so many times that it is now the 8th most-viewed of all 11,000+ public photos on my Flickr site -- and 3 people have marked it as a "favorite". I'm flattered by the attention, but also humbled: I have no idea what it is that makes the photo so popular. The couple shown here had nothing to do with the main focus of this collection of photos -- i.e., people waiting in line to get a new Apple iPhone3G -- and probably had no interest at all in the phone. I now wish I had spoken to them, to find out who they were, where they came from, what they were planning to do when they left (as they did shortly after this picture was taken, because the cops shooed them away). And now, three months later, I have no idea where they have gone, or what they are doing ... or whether anyone actually did feed them.
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Note: On Aug 11, 2009 I uploaded an edited version of this photo. There were various "hot spots" (overexposed" and "cold spots" (underexposed) that had to be fixed, and I bumped up the color saturation a little...
Note: on Aug 11, 2009 this photo was published in a French blog titled "Fooding or Feeding ? La guerre de l'espace publicitaire." And on Sep 29, 2009 it was published in a blog titled "'Loving Laura Mor'” by Harrell Fletcher." It was also published in a Dec 2, 2009 TextNexus blog with the same "Feed Us!" title as the caption on the photo itself. And it was published as an illustration in an undated (Dec 2009) "Only Jewelry" blog, in a posting titled "Apple anklet."
On May 30, 2010, the photo was published in a blog titled "Why You Shouldn't Give Money to Panhandlers." And on Jun 6, 2010, the photo was published in a German blog titled "Für eine neue Esskultur: Wohlbefinden ersetzt Wohlstand." It was also published in an undated (Sep 2010) blog titled "Special September 2010 fares for RTW tickets." And it was published in a Nov 11, 2010 iPhones information blog, with the same title and detailed notes that I had written on this Flickr page.
Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a Jan 27, 2011 blog titled "Editorial or Note to Stupid Hipsters who Beg for Beer and Pot Money on the Street: ." It was also published in a May 31, 2011 neue-lebensmittel blog, with the same caption and detailed notes that I had written for this Flickr page. It was also published in an undated (mid-Aug 2011) "Idiomeaning" blog titled "Fall on Hard Times." And it was published in an undated (early Oct 2011) IdioMeanings blog titled "Fall on Hard Times."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Mar 21, 2012 blog titled "How my RTW trip would go." And it was published in an undated (late May 2012) "Idiomeaning" blog titled "Scrape By." And it was published in a Jul 17, 2012 blog titled "Don't Call Me Maybe If You're Drowning In Student Loan Debt." It was also published in a Jul 25, 2012 blog titled "6 Things Young People Should Think About When Trying To Find A Job." It was also published in an Aug 25, 2012 blog titled "Millennials Aren’t Buying Cars Or Houses, And It Could Hurt The Economy." And it was published in a Sep 6, 2012 blog titled "Why The Student Loan Bubble Is Much Worse Than It Looks."
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in an undated (mid-Feb 2013) Idiomeaning blog titled "Scrape by." It was also published in a Mar 26, 2013 Forbes article titled "Millennials, Hipsters, And Life After Financial Melancholy." And it was published in a May 11, 2013 blog titled "All Signs Suggest The College Bubble Has Finally Burst." It was also published in a Nov 25, 2013 blog titled "We suck and we’re sorry ~ Millennials respond to being called “lazy”."
Moving into 2014, the photo was published in an Apr 4, 2014 blog titled "将来のために30歳から始めたい事." And on Jul 24, 2014 the photo was published in a blog titled "Summer Panhandling Strategies."
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Silly me: after the iPhone 3g had been out for a full week, I thought I could stroll right into the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue & 59th Street in mid-town Manhattan, and simply buy one without any muss, fuss, bother, or delay.
But when I arrived at 11 AM, I found a line of approximately 150 people waiting outside in the broiling sun, not seeming to move forward at all; it turned out that the Apple store "concierge" folks were letting them in in groups of ten, when the previous ten had been taken care of. When I asked the woman how long she had been waiting, she said, "Four hours" -- she had arrived at 7 AM, having already determined that the AT&T stores were sold out throughout New Jersey and Connecticut.
Well, I'm a gadget freak and a Mac fan, but there's a limit to my passion for such things; four hours was just too much. So instead, I decided to take a bunch of pictures of the people who were in the line. Of course, I have no idea whethere the people queued up in front of Apple stores in other cities (or at other stores here in NYC) are similar to this group ... but I'm inclined to think that they are. And if that's true, then the demographics of this group -- in terms of age, gender, nationality, ethnic groups, etc. -- is particularly intriguing. I saw only one guy dressed in a corporate uniform of suit and tie; Apple may be trying to break into the "enterprise" market, but that's not who was standing in line for all those hours in the sun...
i think i am in love with this Structure and also this shot . .
i am sorry i haven't been posting much new stuff lately . . i have been a lil too busy . . hope to change that soon , maybe . .
meanwhile here's a different edit of such a previous shot.
My gallery Mirrors.
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The Taj Mahal
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The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower is a prestigious luxury hotel located in the Colaba region of Mumbai, India, next to the Gateway of India. Part of the Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces, this iconic 105-year old heritage building retains its stature as the flagship property of the group and contains 565 rooms. From an historical and architectural point of view, The Taj Mahal Palace and the Tower are two distinct buildings, built at different times and in different architectural designs.
The Taj Mahal Palace hotel resort was commissioned by Tata and first opened its doors to guests on December 16, 1903.
It is widely believed that Tata decided to build the luxurious hotel after he was refused entry to one of the city's grand hotels of the time, Parke's Apollo Hotel, as it was restricted to 'whites only'. However, this story has been challenged by some commentators that suggest that Jamsedji Tata was unlikely to have been concerned with 'revenge' against his British adversaries. Instead they suggest that the Taj was built at the urging of editor of the Times of India who felt a hotel "worthy of Bombay" was needed.
The original Indian architects were Sitaram Khanderao Vaidya and D. N. Mirza, but the project was completed by an English engineer W. A. Chambers. The cost of construction was £250000 (£127 million today).During World War I, the hotel was converted into a 600-bed hospital. The dome of the hotel is made from the same steel as used in the Eiffel Tower. Jamsedji Tata imported the same steel during that time. The hotel was the first in India to install and operate a steam elevator.
On November 26, 2008, in a series of attacks in the southern part of Mumbai, the hotel (as well as the Oberoi) was attacked as part of a terrorist attack in Mumbai, during which material damage occurred including the destruction of the roof of the hotel in the hours afterwards. Hostages were taken during the attacks. At least 167 people were killed in the attacks and 293 wounded (the numbers include casualties at CST railway station, The Oberoi Hotel, Nariman House and the Cama Hospital), including many foreigners. The casualties were mostly Indian citizens, although westerners carrying foreign passports were singled out. Indian commandos killed the gunmen barricaded in the hotel to end the three-day battle.
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Gateway Of India
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The Gateway of India is a monument in Mumbai, India. Located on the waterfront in Apollo Bunder area in South Mumbai, the Gateway is a basalt arch 26 metres (85 ft) high. In earlier times, the Gateway was the monument that visitors arriving by boat would have first seen in the city of Bombay.
The Gateway is built from yellow basalt and reinforced concrete. While its design is a combination of both Hindu and Muslim architectural styles, the Gateway of India is a symbol of Hinduism & Islam. Many of its elements are derived from the Muslim architectural styles of 16th century Gujarat. The pillars are derived from the design of Hindu temples and the design of the Gateway's windows comes from Muslim architecture.
The central dome is 15 metres (49 ft) in diameter and is 26 metres (85 ft) above ground at its highest point. The whole harbour front was realigned in order to come in line with a planned esplanade which would sweep down to the centre of the town. The cost of the construction was Rs. 21 lakhs (2,100,000), borne mainly by the Government of India. For lack of funds, the approach road was never built, and so the Gateway stands at an angle to the road leading up to it.
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My buddy Domino. She passed away in 2007, but lives on in my heart. I'm feeling nostalgic today.
(7 Feb. 2010) I got tagged, and this one's interesting: Who or what is the love of your life? List 14 reasons why. Well, I'm sentimental when it comes to pets (and animals in general), so it shouldn't surprise people who know me that Domino was/is the "love of my life" (and I'm man enough to admit it).
1. Domino was the first cat I ever adopted (after having had two dogs while growing up).
2. She had the sweetest disposition of any pet (dog or cat) that I've ever known.
3. When she was little more than a kitten, she accidentally pulled an unaffixed drawing tabletop down on top of herself, giving her a concussion. We drove her to the emergency vet at midnight; I held her in the passenger seat on a stiff piece of cardboard to try to keep her from being jostled. I talked to her the entire way to keep her with us. She was at the vet overnight, unconscious, with an IV in her leg, and they really didn't know how she'd come out of it. At 4am, the vet called and said she would be fine; she was just small enough that the table didn't do more than give her a good knock on the head (the tabletop's rails were just tall enough that she wasn't badly crushed by the tabletop). From that day forward, she was my buddy; I really think my talking to her created a strong bond. She never left my side after that.
4. She purred and it sounded so musical, unlike any other purr I've ever heard.
5. She was definitely the Yin to my other adopted cat Whisper's Yang. (Funny that Domino was mostly black and Whisper was all white.) Nothing at all against Whisper (the devilish little brat), but Domino was the "good" cat. :)
6. She was very, very social and loved everyone, which at the time I thought was rare for a cat.
7. She loved to be picked up and held (and purred while she was held).
8. She insisted on going outside on my balcony but was never angry if I took my time letting her out. I could always count on her to stay safely away from the edge.
9. She learned how to beg for food, but would be content after one tiny scrap of meat, after which she'd walk away from the table satisfied.
10. Domino loved eating unbuttered, unsalted popcorn. She daintily ate one piece at a time and never ate more than three pieces.
11. She loved other cats and even my family's dog.
12. She never complained (well, almost never), and she seemed very wise.
13. She never gave anyone a reason to dislike her.
14. She gave me joy every day I had her, and even now, nearly three years after her passing, I smile when I think of her. I love my current cat Lily Bean more than I can say, but Domino will always be what I told her she was: the best cat in the world.
View On Black - - - Explore #226 on july 22nd 2010
brandhorst museum munich, germany (2008)
Bad Bruise, Deep Peach and Ruben’s Flesh
The polychromatic facade appears similar to a large, abstract painting. It is constructed of several layers. A layer of horizontally folded bi-coloured sheet-metal skin with fine perforations absorbs the traffic noise. 36,000 ceramic rods, glazed in 23 different colours, are hung in front of this element. They are arranged in three colour families (“Bad Bruise”, “Deep Peach” and “Ruben’s Flesh”) in such a way that the building appears to consist of three interlocking volumes.
The surface of the building alters as the observer moves. At the scale of the façade as a whole, the layering of horizontal and vertical lines along with the contrast and merging of colours create a general impression of oscillation in the closed exterior walls of the building – almost of dematerialisation.
Design team:
project team:
David Wegener (project leader), Peter Apel, Rasmus Jörgensen, Mareike Lamm, Jürgen Bartenschlag, Philip Engelbrecht, Andrea Frensch, Michaela Kunze
Best viewed on black.
Bricks, corrugation, tasty colors, and shadow play... all in one :).
Probably won't be uploading too often now that school has started. This weekend I'm going to experiment with my friend's 50mm f/1.8 lens and will probably go into Boston at some point to try out some street-shots. That's right--there is a slight chance that my next picture won't be a colorful wall! Shocking.
Since my last upload, two of my pictures have been recognized in public groups!
1) Geometry (Admin's Pic of the Day in the Ministract Pool).
2) The Road to Oz (Competition #3 winner in the Bare Minimum Pool).
Thanks to everyone who made it happen! It made this past week a very happy one :).
edit: Wondering what this is? Check the street view on Google Maps! Pretty sweet stuff :).
edit #2: Alternate title by jawdoc: Tea Party. I like it :).
B:S:O - el puente sobre el rio kwai
Colera es un municipio y localidad de la comarca del Alto Ampurdán, provincia de Gerona, comunidad autónoma de Cataluña,
Censado por primera vez como municipio independiente en 1936, tras desagregarse del municipio de Portbou.
El término municipal de Colera limita al norte con el municipio de Portbou y Banyuls-sur-Mer (Francia). Al sur limita con el termino municipal de Llançà. Al este está el mar Mediterráneo. Al oeste limita con los términos municipales de Rabós y Llançà.
El término municipal de Colera tiene dos playas:
Playa de Garbet. Tiene una longitud de 650 metros y una anchura media de 140 metros. Dispone de zona de fondeo. Esta compuesta por piedra de ribera grande y pequeña. El oleaje suele ser moderado con viento de levante. Tiene aparcamiento en la misma playa, duchas, agua potable, papeleras y teléfono público. No están permitidos los animales.
Playa d'en Goixa. Tiene una longitud de 350 metros y una anchura media de 30 metros. Esta compuesta por piedra de ribera grande. El oleaje suele ser moderado con viento de levante. Tiene aparcamiento cercano, duchas, agua potable, papeleras, puerto deportivo, acceso a minusválidos y teléfono público. No están permitidos los animales.
Colera tiene un total de 601 habitantes, de los cuales 310 son hombres y 291 mujeres, según datos del INE 2006.
Boat Harbour Beach on the northwest coast of Tasmania is a tiny township with a population of fewer than 500 but nestled in its small sheltered bay is a picturesque white sand beach with amazingly clear sapphire-blue water. Its other attraction is Jolly Rogers beachside cafe that serves much-better-than-average burgers, excellent smoked salmon bruschetta, and scones with a generous serving of thick cream and fruity jam.
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El Paseo de la Castellana es una de las principales avenidas de Madrid. Actualmente con seis carriles centrales y cuatro laterales, que recorre la ciudad desde la Plaza de Colón (al fondo de la imagen) hasta el Nudo Norte. Su trazado correspondía al del antiguo cauce fluvial del arroyo de la Fuente Castellana (fuente que manaba en la plaza de Castilla), hasta lo que ahora son los Nuevos Ministerios. Desde allí se hizo una prolongación, proyectada en tiempos de la I República, hasta casi el antiguo pueblo de Fuencarral.
Utilizo esta vía casi a diario y me llamó tanto la atención verla tan desierta que no pude resistirme a subir al paso elevado de Eduardo Dato y fotografiarla a gusto. El motivo de la ausencia de tráfico era que ese día finalizaba allí, como es tradicional, la Vuelta Ciclista a España.
HDR de tres imágenes hoquilladas un paso de exposición.
She'll be a good Mom.
(thats yogurt on her facec btw)
I feel like crap today. I'm feeling stressed out, and tired. I got a sore throat too.
I'll probably laze around all day. I find sleeping a complete waste of time, but I might have to give in. I'm exhausted.
GAH.
I should move to something happier. Like, The fact that Chase Coy and Joe Brooks have made my day slightly better. I love there music. Its totally relate-able, and I can't count how many times I've cried while listening to Chase Coy. DANG. They're fab.
I'm supposed to be doing home work, I'm not. I'm too busy thinking about more important things, like how I'm going to make myself slightly happier, and why bubble gum is the only gum you can blow bubbles with (That question seems to be haunting me).
Maybe I could ASK.com it? I'm not sure. I should try. I've seen the commercials. ASK. com is supposed to be a very useful site.
www.wikihow.com/Blow-a-Bubble-with-Bubblegum
I found that, It might be slightly useful. Although I still have no clue why, It seems I've been blowing bubbles my whole life wrong.
I usually flatten the gum against the roof of my mouth, and then move it to my teeth, I think it works better that way.
Thats stressful to know.
Today's Discovery's:
I have been blowing bubbles wrong.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECCA.
The massive bruise on my leg is gone.
I feel asleep watching "dragonheart" with Alexa last night.
Song of the day: Foolish Man - Joe Brooks
Mom and I had the opportunity to stay at this B and B at the beginning of summer in Durango, Colorado. We had a little cottage all to ourselves with a nice front porch with a swing. The breakfast we received was delicious and they had a happy hour in the evening. The Inn had these wonderful ponds and great gardens to walk around. Across the highway, you could watch the Durango/Silverton narrow gauge railroad go by in the morning and come back in the evening. If you are ever in the Durango area, I recommend you to look in to staying here. Click here for the their website. I suggest clicking the link and having a look at how wonderful this place is.
I used textures by Encouter, I'm not able to find them on here but I appreciate their works of art.
Badewald. 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.
I was going through my archives when I found this picture. It's a shot I took last winter at the end of the day when it was dark already.
ISO 800 - fill-in flash.
Have a great sunday!
The Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) is the largest canid of South America, resembling a dog with reddish fur.
The distribution includes southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia east of the Andes. It is an endangered species.
The Maned Wolf has often been described as "a Red Fox on stilts" due to its similar coloration and overall appearance, though it is a far larger animal and is not related to the genus Vulpes. The adult animal stands almost 1 m (3 ft) tall at the shoulder, and weighs 20 to 25 kg. (50 to 55 lb). Its fur is reddish brown to golden orange on the sides, with long, black legs and a distinctive black mane. The coat is further marked with a whitish tuft at the tip of the tail and a white "bib" beneath the throat. The mane is erectile, and is typically used to enlarge the wolf's profile when threatened or when displaying aggression.
Unlike other large canids (Wolves, African Hunting Dogs, Dholes) the Maned Wolf does not form packs.Monogamous pairs may defend a shared territory, though the wolves themselves may seldom meet, outside of mating. Several adults may congregate in the presence of a plentiful food source; a fire-cleared patch of grassland, for example, which would leave small vertebrate prey exposed to foraging wolves.
They use their urine to communicate. It has a very distinctive smell, which some people liken to just opened beer, or cannabis. The responsible substance is very likely a pyrazine, which occurs in both cannabis and hop (which is used in beer). In Rotterdam Zoo, the police even once searched for cannabis smokers because of this. (HA!)
The Maned Wolf is not closely related to any other canid. It is apparently a survivor from the Pleistocene fauna of large South American mammals; its closest relatives seem to be the dogs and wolves (genus Canis). Previously, some authorities placed it with the various South American foxes, others with the Bush Dog.
from Wikipedia
The lighthouse is located on Lizard Point at Marsden, but takes its name from Souter Point, which is located a mile to the south. This was the intended site for the lighthouse, but it was felt that Lizard Point offered better visibility, as the cliffs there are higher, so the lighthouse was built there instead. The Souter Lighthouse name was retained in order to avoid confusion with the then recently built Lizard Lighthouse in Cornwall.
Designed by James Douglass and opened in 1871, the lighthouse was built due to the dangerous reefs directly under the water in the surrounding area. In one year alone - 1860 - there were 20 shipwrecks. This contributed to making this coastline the most dangerous in the country with an average of around 44 shipwrecks per every mile of coastline.
Souter Lighthouse's original generator
Souter Lighthouse was the first to use alternating electric current, the most advanced lighthouse technology of its day. Douglass also designed the fourth incarnation of the Eddystone Lighthouse off the coast of Plymouth.
The 800,000 candle power light was generated using carbon arcs and not a standard filament bulb and could be seen for up to 26 miles. The electricity was generated using a steam engine located in the engine house.
One of the machine is blowing artificial "snow", for the joy of the children :-) It's also safe for the cameras apparently ;-)
Part of "Le Grand Répertoire", a set on this exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris.
Canfranc-Estación, Huesca (Spain).
Through a closed window. No treatment in this photo. If I stare here, I believe to see shadows to pass...
A través de una ventana cerrada. Sin tratamiento en esta foto. Si miro muy fijamente me da la impresión de ver pasar sombras...
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Canfranc is a municipality in the Aragón Valley of north-eastern Spain consisting of two towns. The name of the village is from Campus Franci, literally the field of foreigners. It was originally a small market village, as well as providing pilgrims on the Arles route of the Way of St. James their first respite after the difficult crossing of the Pyrenees over the pass of Somport.
It was founded between 1080–90 by Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragón. Canfranc was also a command post, protecting the borders and controlling taxes, which were donated to the Cathedral of Jaca.
On 29 October 1288, the treaty of Canfranc mediated by Edward I of England was signed here, providing for the release of Charles II of Naples from his imprisonment by Peter III of Aragon.
The village, which lies in the valley of the Aragón River covers an area of 71,6 km² and is situated at an altitude of 1040 m. The remains to be seen include a Romanesque pilgrim's bridge and two churches of interest: Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (12th-16th c) with four Baroque retablos, and la Trinidad (16th century). The town was obliterated by fire in 1617 and again in 1944, after which the villagers for the most part moved to nearby Canfranc Estación. The current population is 77.
Canfranc-Estación (altitude 1190 m.) was largely created due to the inauguration of a railroad crossing the Pyrenees on 18 July 1928. The trains continued running until an international train accident destroyed the bridge at nearby L'Estanguet and severed the link on March 27, 1970. Canfranc Estación is most well known due to the rumours of "German gold" arriving here during World War II (see external link below). Also, British espionage smuggled information and people from Vichy France to the consulate in San Sebastián through Canfranc since the nearer Irún bordered with occupied France. The train station is the highlight of the village and was used during the filming of Doctor Zhivago. There has been talk for some time of reopening international train traffic between France and Spain, but until that time the area is profiting from its nearness to the ski resorts of Candanchú and Astún. The current population is 454.
The tunnel is being used for the Laboratorio subterráneo de Canfranc (Canfranc underground laboratory).
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canfranc
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CASTELLANO
Canfranc (en aragonés Canfrán) es un municipio del Valle del Aragón, comarca de la Jacetania, en la provincia de Huesca (Aragón, España). Consta de dos unidades de población, el pueblo originario Canfranc Pueblo o Canfranc Quemado (4 km al norte de Villanúa y 16 km de Jaca) y 4 km más al norte Canfranc-Estación. Entre ambos sumaban 672 habitantes a comienzos de 2007 (INE), 575 en la Estación y 97 en el pueblo.
En el siglo XI, y a la misma vera del camino de Francia, nació Canfranc como perfecto ejemplo de pueblo fronterizo. En medio de un valle profundo, con escasos recursos agrícolas, sus habitantes se dedicaron al comercio, basando su economía en las transacciones entre Aragón y el Bearn, incluida la acogida de viajeros y peregrinos ya que por aquí discurre el Camino de Santiago aragonés.
Desde antiguo, las comunicaciones interfronterizas han marcado el origen y la evolución histórica del valle: el Somport – también llamados en tiempos el puerto de Canfranc – es el paso fronterizo menos abrupto y más transitado de todo el Pirineo central. Desde el viejo camino de herradura, transformado en 1876 en carretera, hasta la construcción del ferrocarril transfronterizo – inaugurado en 1928 – y el reciente túnel carretero, la historia de las comunicaciones a través del Somport se confunde con la propia historia de Canfranc.
La antigua villa de Canfranc, pese a los devastadores incendios de 1617 y 1944, todavía conserva parte de su antiguo patrimonio monumental. Los restos del castillo, de origen medieval y ampliado en el siglo XVI, se conservan sobre una roca; la fachada de la torre de Aznar Palacín del siglo XIV; la iglesia parroquial de la Asunción, con sus cuatro retablos barrocos; y el conjunto monumental de la Trinidad fundado en el siglo XVI por D. Blasco de Les para atender a pobres y peregrinos.
Tras el incendio de 1944 se trasladó el ayuntamiento y la capitalidad del municipio al que fuera barrio de la Estación, construido a lo largo del siglo XX en la partida de los Arañones. La Estación Internacional de ferrocarril, monumental edificio con cierto aire francés y espectacular cubierta de pizarra, se ha convertido en el emblema más conocido y divulgado de Canfranc.
La Estación Internacional de Canfranc, inaugurada el 18 de julio de 1928 por Alfonso XIII vivió momentos de esplendor y otros oscuros y novelescos como los del famoso oro alemán en tiempos de la II Guerra Mundial. Para su construcción fue preciso realizar una gran obra de ingeniería forestal ya que las avenidas de nieve y desprendimientos de las laderas eran constantes dada la geografía tan abrupta que presenta y la intensa deforestación a la que se vio sometida en los siglos anteriores. Para corregir este problema se realizó lo que se considera uno de los mejores ejemplos de restauración hidrológico-forestal que se conocen. De esta manera se consiguió retener el terreno y restaurar la masa arbórea, lo que posibilitó la construcción del ferrocarril que comunicaría ambos lados del Pirineo.
El 27 de marzo de 1970 un tren de mercancías francés descarriló a la entrada del puente de L'Estanguet en Francia. Desde entonces el tráfico internacional ferroviario quedó interrumpido.
Desde hace años se reclama la reapertura del tráfico internacional y la rehabilitación de la estación y su entorno. La reapertura de la línea sigue en manos del Gobierno francés y la rehabilitación de la Estación se ha visto envuelta en polémica.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canfranc
Una pareja de jaguares hermosos tratando de preservar la especie
A couple of beautiful jaguars trying to preserve the species
Soda Stereo toca la maravillosa Canción Animal
Para los mayas el jaguar era un dios y lo llamaban Balam. Símbolo de poder, señor de la noche, soberano del inframundo. Cuenta la leyenda que el Dios del Sol, se transforma en jaguar para poder viajar durante la noche por el mundo de los muertos y luchar contra él; su victoria simboliza el amanecer de cada nuevo día. Su hermosa piel moteada representa las estrellas del firmamento.
For the Maya, the jaguar was a god and they called it Balam. Symbol of power, lord of the night, sovereign of the underworld. The legend tells us that the god of the Sun transforms into a jaguar to travel the world of the dead, at night, and fight against it; its victory symbolizes the dawn of each new day. Its gorgeous mottled skin represents the stars in the Sky.
taken from the webpage www.xcaret.com
Plaça Major - Manresa, Barcelona (Spain).
Dancers of the Esbart Manresà performing "Lleis de l'Univers" (Universe laws).
Bailarinas del Esbart Manresà representando "Lleis de l'Univers" (Leyes del Universo).
ENGLISH
Contemporary scholars have suggested that one of the first written references to the Roma, under the term "Atsinganoi", (Greek), dates from the Byzantine era during a time of famine in the 9th century. In 800 CE, Saint Athanasia gave food to "foreigners called the Atsinganoi" near Thrace. Later, in 803 CE, Theophanes the Confessor wrote that Emperor Nikephoros I had the help of the "Atsinganoi" to put down a riot with their "knowledge of magic".
"Atsingani" was used to refer to itinerant fortune tellers, ventriloquists and wizards who visited the Emperor Constantine IX in the year 1054. The hagiographical text, The Life of St. George the Anchorite, mentions that the "Atsingani" were called on by Constantine to help rid his forests of the wild animals which were killing his livestock. They are later described as sorcerers and evildoers and accused of trying to poison the Emperor's favorite hound.
In 1322 CE a Franciscan monk named Simon Simeonis described people resembling these "atsinganoi" living in Crete and in 1350 CE Ludolphus of Sudheim mentioned a similar people with a unique language whom he called Mandapolos, a word which some theorize was possibly derived from the Greek word mantes (meaning prophet or fortune teller).
Around 1360, an independent Romani fiefdom (called the Feudum Acinganorum) was established in Corfu and became "a settled community and an important and established part of the economy."
By the 14th century, the Roma had reached the Balkans; by 1424 CE, Germany; and by the 16th century, Scotland and Sweden. Some Roma migrated from Persia through North Africa, reaching Europe via Spain in the 15th century. The two currents met in France. Roma began immigrating to the United States in colonial times, with small groups in Virginia and French Louisiana. Larger-scale immigration began in the 1860s, with groups of Romnichal from Britain. The largest number immigrated in the early 1900s, mainly from the Vlax group of Kalderash. Many Roma also settled in Latin America.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people
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La palabra "gitano" procede de "egiptano", porque en el siglo XV se pensaba que los gitanos procedían de Egipto. Cuando penetraron en Europa, muchos grupos de gitanos se presentaban a sí mismos como "nobles egipcianos"; así, en 1425, dos rom pidieron un salvoconducto al rey Juan II de Aragón, en el cual se hacían llamar "condes del Egipto Menor". La palabra "calé" parece proceder del indostaní "kâlâ", que significa "negro".
Dado que se pueden encontrar en multitud de estados de todo el mundo, existen una gran variedad de etnónimos. Los principales son los siguientes:
Zíngaros
Término derivado probablemente del griego Ατσίγγανος (literalmente intocable), nombre atribuido a una secta maniquea procedente de Frigia, aunque hay lingüistas que la consideran una falsa etimología. De este término provienen los derivados en alemán (Zigeuner), en húngaro (cigány), en italiano (zingaro) y en portugués (cigano). En francés se usa con doble ortografía (tzigane o tsigane). Los romaníes prefieren la forma sin z, porque esta letra recuerda al tatuaje empleado por los nazis en los campos de concentración para identificarlos, a pesar de lo cual es lo recomendado por la Academia Francesa.
Bohemios
Término utilizado en francés (bohémiens o boumians) por haber entrado los gitanos europeos en el siglo XV mediante un salvoconducto del rey de Bohemia.
Sin embargo, continúa siendo un desafío polémico para la antropología, la historia y la sociología a la hora de explicar sus orígenes, su evolución en el tiempo y sus estrategias de supervivencia en sociedades dentro de las cuales siempre son minoritarios.
La opinión más extendida afirma, a partir de análisis genéticos y lingüísticos y a la vista de los documentos conservados, que proceden del Punjab, en cualquier caso de alguna zona comprendida entre India y Pakistán. Los datos lingüísticos apuntan a que los antepasados de los gitanos vivieron en el noroeste de la India, antes de migrar al occidente pasando por la costa sur del Mar Caspio. Se desconoce si con anterioridad habían migrado de otro lugar aún más remoto. También se desconocen las causas exactas de su migración hacia el oeste, que se produjo en torno al siglo XI. Tras una estancia al norte de Persia, se desplazaron, nuevamente, hasta Asia Menor, donde se asentaron durante el siglo XIV. La inestabilidad política provocó el primer éxodo fielmente documentado hacia el oeste y el sur: una rama del pueblo gitano se internó en la Europa Central y otra descendió hasta el norte de África. La entrada de los gitanos en Europa se documenta a partir de los primeros años del siglo XV. A fines de ese siglo, la ruta del sur y la del norte ya se habrían unido en algún punto del sur de Europa (en Francia o España).
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_gitano
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La Plaza de España de Sevilla constituye un conjunto arquitectónico encuadrado en el Parque de María Luisa, configura uno de los espacios más espectaculares de la arquitectura regionalista.
La Plaza de España constituyó el proyecto más emblemático de la Exposición Iberoamericana del año 1929, fue proyectada por el arquitecto sevillano Aníbal González, que también era arquitecto director del evento expositivo, fue ayudado por un buen conjunto de colaboradores, entre los que se encontraban el ingeniero José Luis de Casso y el arquitecto Aurelio Gómez Millán. Las obras de construcción comenzaron en el año 1914, resultando el proyecto más ambicioso y costoso de la Exposición, llegando a trabajar en su construcción mil hombres al mismo tiempo, puede resultar asombroso, cómo una ciudad en situación económica difícil en esos años, se embarcó en un proyecto de semejante magnitud. Algunos aspectos del proyecto suscitaron algunos rechazos, la Academia de Bellas Artes se opuso a la altura prevista de las dos torres que podían rivalizar con la Giralda y Forestier, diseñador del Parque de María Luisa rechazaba la construcción de la ría que rodea la plaza, para una ciudad con gran escasez de agua como Sevilla. En 1926, tras la dimisión de Aníbal González de su cargo de director de la Exposición, asume la finalización del proyecto el arquitecto Vicente Traver, que terminó los cerramientos del recinto y añadió la fuente del centro de la Plaza.
La plaza de España ha sido utilizada como escenario de algunas películas conocidas, entre ellas:
* En la película Lawrence de Arabia, la plaza representaba el cuartel general del Ejército británico en el Cairo
* En la película Star Wars Episodio II: El Ataque de los Clones de la saga de la Guerra de las Galaxias, la plaza representa el planeta Naboo, aunque el escenario de la filmación fue modificado digitalmente.
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The Plaza de España ("Spain Square", in English) is a plaza located in the Parque de María Luisa (Maria Luisa Park), in Seville, Spain built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. It is a landmark example of the Renaissance Revival style in Spanish architecture.
In 1929 Seville hosted the Ibero-American Exposition World's Fair, located in the celebrated Maria Luisa Park (Parque de María Luisa). It was designed by Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier. The entire southern end of the city was redeveloped into an expanse of gardens and grand boulevards. The centre of it is Parque de María Luisa, a 'Moorish paradisical style' with a half mile of: tiled fountains, pavilions, walls, ponds, benches, and exhedras; lush plantings of palms, orange trees, Mediterranean pines, and stylized flower beds; and with vine hidden bowers. Numerous buildings were constructed in it for the exhibition.
The Plaza de España, designed by Aníbal González, was a principal building built on the Maria Luisa Park's edge to showcase Spain's industry and technology exhibits. González combined a mix of 1920s Art Deco and 'mock Mudejar', and Neo-Mudéjar styles. The Plaza de España complex is a huge half-circle with buildings continually running around the edge accessible over the moat by numerous beautiful bridges. In the centre is a large fountain. By the walls of the Plaza are many tiled alcoves, each representing a different province of Spain.
Today the Plaza de España mainly consists of Government buildings. The Seville Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it. The Plaza's tiled 'Alcoves of the Provinces' are backdrops for visitors portrait photographs, taken in their own home province's alcove. Towards the end of the park, the grandest mansions from the fair have been adapted as museums. The farthest contains the city's archaeology collections. The main exhibits are Roman mosaics and artefacts from nearby Italica.
The Plaza de España was used for location shooting some scenes in the films Lawrence of Arabia and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.