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El monasterio femenino de Sant Joan de les abadesses, se fundó en el año 887 por el entonces conde de Barcelona, Girona Guifré el pilos, bajo el nombre original de Sant Joan de Ripoll, y bajo las reglas benedictinas con el propósito de cumplir dos objetivos: ayudar al proceso de repoblación de la zona recién arrebatada a los musulmanes y aportar patrimonio a la familia del conde, en concreto a su hija Emma, destinada a ser la primera abadesa del monasterio.
Hasta que Emma ejerció en el cargo de abadesa en el año 898, el monasterio quedó bajo la tutela del conde de Barcelona y sobretodo del obispo de Vic, Gotmar. A partir del gobierno de Emma, el monasterio contó con una comunidad de mujeres, que se vio ampliamente beneficiada por Gotmar y por un precepto de Carlos el Calvo, del año 899, en el que se le dotaba al monasterio de una total inmunidad y protección de sus bienes, sobretodo frente a cualquier poder civil o político. Probablemente fue Gotmar el que gestionase las condiciones de dicho precepto, conocedor de la familia de Emma, ya que poco después se demostraron los recelos y demandas que los hermanos de Emma realizaros en contra del monasterio. Mas adelante, ya en el 913, todas las villas y aldeas de la Vall de Sant Joan quedan bajo la jurisdicción y protección del monasterio, confirmándose incluso el derecho de los residentes del valle a no acudir a la 'host' (huestes) convocadas por el conde. Todos estos beneficios adjudicados hicieron que el poder económico del monasterio creciese rápidamente e, las donaciones se ivan sucediendo y las posesiones de la abadesa se extendían hasta Perpiñan y Girona, fundando iglesias y parroquias por todos las zonas repobladas, llegando casi hasta los límites de la misma ciudad de Barcelona.
Las abadesas del monasterio se fueron sucediendo, siendo siempre personas vinculadas a las familias condales catalanas. En total hubo 5 abadesas
Hasta la fundación del monasterio de Sant Pere de les Puelles en Barcelona en el año 945, fue el único gran monasterio femenino de los condados catalanes de la época. El final de la comunidad femenina fue trágico y penoso, al menos así nos lo cuentan los textos que de ellos nos hablan: el mes de diciembre del año 1016, el conde de Besalú, Bernat Talalferro, acudió a Roma con un notable séquito, del que formaban parte sus hijos Guillem y Guifré, su hermano Guifré, conde de Cerdaña y Oliba, abad de Ripoll, así como una representación de dignatarios del obispo de Vic, el ardiaco, el primiciero y el sacristán. Ante el papa, en Roma, acusaros a la abadesa y a las monjas de una conducta moral escandalosa, antes ya habían informado de este hecho los abades de Ripoll y Camprodón. La personalidad y integridad demostrada por el entonces abad de Ripoll y luego obispo de Vic, el abad Oliba, hacen creer que las acusaciones podrían ser ciertas. En realidad, la tradición del desmadre de las monjas de Sant Joan a pasado a ser un hecho popular, ligado desde hace mucho tiempo a las leyendas del 'Comte Arnau'.El papa Benito VIII expidió una bulla el 26 de enero de 1017, en la que tras acusar de ' meretrius de Venus ' (meretrices de Venus) a las monjas, abolió la comunidad y colocó en su lugar una comunidad de clérigos bajo la regla canonical aquisgranesa, sujeta a la Santa Sede. Dejando a un lado si los hechos fueron verdaderos o no, esta claro que Bernat tenia buenos intereses personales y económicos si desaparecía la comunidad del monasterio, ya que a parte de conseguir la desaparición de la comunidad, el papa también le concedió la creación del obispado de Besalú, dentro del ámbito del cual quedaba inscrito el monasterio. Así Gufré, hijo de Bernat, se convertía en obispo de Besalú y abad de Sant Joan de Ripoll y Santa María de Besalú. Posteriormente, la diócesis perdió su lugar y desapareció y el monasterio quedo bajo el gobierno de la comunidad de San Víctor de Marsella, al igual que el resto de monasterio del condado de Cerdaña (incluidos Ripoll), hasta el 1111, que bajo la orden agustiniana quedó de nuevo bajo la jurisdicción de la Santa sede.
La iglesia que nos queda hoy en día se consagró en el año 1150, concretamente el 2 de noviembre, fechándose una anterior consagración de un templo existente ya en el año 887, momento de la fundación del monasterio.
In Wordpress In Blogger photo.net/photos/Reinante/ In Onexposure
View On White The camera was already on the tripod, the elements were there in a chaotic pile, my time is tight and I shot only three frames, after giving myself thirty seconds to come up with a composition. I moved things around until they looked pleasing. The light, of course is through venetian blinds in my living room window. Forcing myself to do these exercises should be interesting over the next few days. Two more minutes to organize and tag, and I will comment later in the day. Wish you all a great day!
Crossing the passerelle Solférino on a rainy day. In the back, Notre Dame cathedral.
Part of a series of shots from the same "Passerelle"
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"H is for HITMAN"
So AriesEffects finished his 365, and somewhere around his 250th photo
i decided i would tribute him by doing my own set of Agent 47 photos.
if you havent seen his work OR his awesome Series
... well, you are just really missing out.
Aside from being a really funny,creative guy... he has a style
all his own. I cant even figure out how he gets his images to look
the way they do, but i always know from the thumbnail,its his.
Go congratulate him,and check out his stream.
OR ELSE.
For TOTW " Alter Ego"
because the hitman games have been one of my favorites,
and not just because we both sport the same hairstyle.
aside from being addictive and awesome, the game really
makes you think thru how to progress thru it.
Ontop of that it has consistently one of the best soundtracks
in any games, thanks to Jesper KId.
He has gone on to do the scores for many games,
most notably Assassins creed I and II. me and my brother
have collected almost all of his soundtracks,he kicks ass.
big thanks to my brother for helping me with this photoshoot,
he saved me alot of time in setting up the frame.
I have wanted to do a shoot like this for awhile,and finally
got to use my spiffy suit again in my 365.
(the red tie and the pistols were bought JUST for this tribute. :P)
www.lokomotivy.net/adm/zobraz2.php?rada=r754sk&loko=1403
Ve dnech 19. až 26. června roku 2024 probíhala rozsáhlá napěťová výluka v úseku Púchov–Bytča. Důvodem této výluky bylo přepínání stejnosměrné trakční soustavy 3 kV na střídavou soustavu 25 kV a 50 Hz. Jednalo se o další krok postupného sjednocení trakční soustavy na síti slovenských železnic. Samotná napěťová výluka Púchov–Bytča byla doplněna i výlukou jednotlivých traťových kolejí a staničních kolejí ve stanici Považská Bystrica. Díky tomu se v celém úseku Púchov–Bytča jezdilo jednokolejně s křižováním ve stanici Považská Bystrica. To mělo za následek nízkou propustnost daného úseku a vznik zpoždění vlaků kategorie R "Povážan", Ex "Tatran" a IC až na více než jednu hodinu. Osobní vlaky byly v úseku Žilina–Púchov nahrazeny náhradní autobusovou dopravou. Pro přetahy vlaků v beznapěťovém úseku byly nasazeny tři lokomotivy řady 754 a 757. Jednou z nich byla i "štvorka" 754.014, která byla na snímku zachycena společně s "Vectronem" 383.106 v čele expresu 610 "Tatran" [Košice – Bratislava hl.st.] mezi zastávkou Nosice a stanicí Púchov. Jako záložní se pak na přetazích objevily i lokomotivy řady 742 a 749.
I'd like to say it's been a good day...Of course I'd also like to say I won the lottery, both of which would be big fat lies...
I need a vacation, a break from my family...I love them dearly but handling them 24-7 is too much sometimes.
My father, I adore him but his brain is never in his head.
My uncle steals my batrhoom for hours at a time. How a man with no hair can spend four hours getting ready is beyond me. Even he admit he will just stand in there and think. What?
Of course there's Mom. I can't be in the same room with her lately without it ending in a screaming match. Since her stroke she's always had a temper, but in the past few weeks have been torture. I understand her reasons, I try my best, and do what I can, but when every single conversation ends with her yelling at me and bringing up things about me that she's hated since I was three, it gets to be too much...
So lately I'm writing more, escaping as much as I can into the world I'm carefully molding. I can say this, my frustration with them, my anger, my hurt, it does at least fuel my work and in the end, a small twisted part of me will likely be grateful.
However, I'm not miserable and I love them. I wouldn't trade them for anyone else, I just need a break.
Who wants a panda cat in there house for a while? ;)
View On Blackand in LARGE
Shoebill stork--"Balaeniceps rex", Latin for King Whalehead. In Arabic, his name means: "Father of the Shoe"
It lives in tropical east Africa in large swamps from Sudan to Zambia.
This species was only discovered in the 19th century when some skins were brought to Europe. It was not until years later that live specimens reached the scientific community. However, the bird was known to both ancient Egyptians and Arabs. There are Egyptian images depicting the Shoebill, while the Arabs referred to the bird as abu markub, which means one with a shoe, a reference to the bird's distinctive bill.
Shoebills feed in muddy waters, preying on lungfish and similar fish, as well as frogs, turtles,carrion, and even baby crocodiles. They nest on the ground and lay 2 eggs.
The population is estimated at between 5,000 and 8,000 individuals, the majority of which live in Sudan. BirdLife International have classified it as Vulnerable with the main threats being habitat destruction, disturbance and hunting.
Lowry Park Zoo
Tampa, Florida
El rey Joao II ideó una barrera defensiva que consistiría en tres fuertes: el Fuerte de San Sebastián de Caparica, la Torre de San Antonio en Cascais, y una tercera fortificación en Belém.
La torre de Belem, originariamente llamada Torre de San Vicente de Belém, en homenaje al patrón de Lisboa, fue construida por el arquitecto Francisco de Arruda, orientado por Diogo Boitaca, que por entonces estaba a cargo de la construcción del Monasterio de los Jerónimos, situado muy cerca de esta. Los trabajos comenzaron en 1514 y finalizaron en 1520.
Con el tiempo la estructura fue perdiendo su caracter defensivo original y fue utilizada como aduana, puesto telegráfico, faro y como prisión para presos políticos en el nivel inferior. Algunos historiadores sostienen que debido a su altura y a su ubicación, poco disimulada en el paisaje, la torre fue creada en realidad para funciones administrativas más que defensivas.
Si se compara con las clásicas construcciones medievales, mas bien austeras, la Torre de Belem se diferencia por su abundante decoración, que refleja el gusto del rey Manuel I, un estilo que con el tiempo se conocería como "manuelino".
Es una torre cuadrangular que se eleva sobre un bastión con forma de hexágono irregular que apunta hacia el río. Una sencilla pasarela permite acceder desde la orilla y tras atravezar un puente levadizo se entra directamente al bastión.
La torre tiene una altura de 35 metros y consta de cuatro pisos y terraza, desde la que hay una extraordinarias vistas del río Tajo.
Fue declarada Monumento Nacional en 1910.
There is a restaurant in San Diego, California called "Islands" with a beach and surfer theme in its decor, very casual but nice. They serve some really good food, high cholesterol fat-laden "American Food" - but I guess if you only indulge once in a while it won't kill you! This "Big Wave" hamburger was delish!!
INFORMATION ON THE HAMBURGER:
A hamburger (or simply burger) is a sandwich that consists of a cooked patty of ground meat and is generally served with various garnish or condiments like ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, onion, relish, pickles and cheese toppings, placed inside a sliced bun, often baked specially for this purpose, or pieces of bread or toast. The meat patty is beef, unless otherwise noted.
Hamburger also refers to the cooked patty of ground meat by itself. The patty alone is also known as a beefburger, or burger. Adding cheese makes it a cheeseburger. Hamburger is actually a distinct product from ground round and other types of ground meat. However, ground beef of any form is often commonly referred to as "hamburger." A recipe calling for 'hamburger' (the non-countable noun) would require ground beef or beef substitute- not a whole sandwich. The word hamburger comes from Hamburg steak, which originated in the German city of Hamburg. Contrary to what folk etymology might lead one to believe, there is no actual 'ham' in a hamburger.
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the term "hamburger" comes from Hamburg steak, which was first recorded in English in 1884 but was probably used much earlier. A form of pounded beef called "Hamburg Steak" was common in Hamburg in the middle of the 19th century. The recipe was brought to North America by the large numbers of people immigrating from Germany at the time, many of whom passed through the port of Hamburg. There is indirect evidence for its use on an American menu in 1836. The form hamburger steak first appeared in a Washington state newspaper in 1889.
The first recipe close to the current idea of a hamburger, using ground beef mixed with onion and pepper dates from 1902. The Oxford English Dictionary of 1802, on the other hand, defines "Hamburg Steak" simply as cured beef. In a time without refrigerators, when it took weeks to travel from Europe to the USA, cured meat was a standard food for poor US immigrants, who often started from Hamburg (which was and is the biggest German seaport and one of the biggest in the world). In a tween deck, where cooking is nearly impossible, cutting tough cured beef into pieces and putting it between slices of bread may suggest itself.
A cheeseburger is a hamburger with cheese in addition to the meat. In 1924, Lionel Sternberger grilled the first cheeseburger in Pasadena, California. When Sternberger died in 1964, Time magazine noted in its February 7 issue that:
"...at the hungry age of 16, [Sternberger] experimentally dropped a slab of American cheese on a sizzling hamburger while helping out at his father's sandwich shop in Pasadena, thereby inventing the cheeseburger..."
Source: Wikipedia
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Jara (Flor natural en un prado cerca de Huelva) De sus sumidades se obtiene una materia aromática llamada ládano. Las ramas viejas exudan a veces una sustancia dulce llamada miel de jara.
Cistus is a genus of flowering plants in the rockrose family Cistaceae, containing about 20 species (Ellul et al. 2002). They are perennial shrubs found on dry or rocky soils throughout the Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Portugal through to the Middle East, and also on the Canary Islands. The leaves are evergreen, opposite, simple, usually slightly rough-surfaced, 2-8 cm long; in a few species (notably C. ladanifer), the leaves are coated with a highly aromatic resin called labdanum. They have showy 5-petaled flowers ranging from white to purple and dark pink, in a few species with a conspicuous dark red spot at the base of each petal., and together with its many hybrids and cultivars is commonly encountered as a garden flower.
(Sorry about the sloppy editing...Been sick and don't care LMAO)
"Volunteer Killer still needed!!!!"
Heres how it goes...I will list a couple contacts of mine.....
You have to go through their photo streams (Only from the last month of photos) ....there is something from one of their photos intertwined into the crime scene...that would be WHO DUN IT!!!!
CAN YOU FIND THE KILLER???
Here are the list of 5 contacts you need to scour through. Photos uploaded from Aug 27th - Sept 27th only.
Once you think you have found the killer...copy and paste the exact photo's url into the comments so that the photo appears in the comments and put a note on the crime scene of where the evidence is!!!!!! Got all that????
OK...to keep this game going and more intriguing...I need volunteer contacts ( I WILL NOT go into your photostream unless I have your OK)...heres what happens...I will go into your photostream, find something in your photos from your last month...save one photo so that I can take a peice out of it and place into the crime scene...then your photo is deleted from my computer...honestly...I have too many of my own to keep yours...lol
If you would like to be a volunteer murderer..LMAO...just add it in the comments that you would like to be a KILLER (giving the OK)....DUN DUN DUN!! and if you are not already a contact..please add me as a contact for the game.
If you get it right...what do you win????
Winners will recieve a $15.00 gift certificate to Adorama Camera
Killers recieve a $5.00 gift certificate to Adorama Camera just as thank you...so please sign up to be a killer...we need more!!!!
READY SET.....FIND THE KILLER!!!!!!!!
Game goes to October 31st!
The sky is her blue eyes
Begin to open
The storm is upon me
But I'm chasing the sun
And she's got me down on my knees
Trying to crawl
Through all of the winter
Through all of the fall...
She's like a sweet summer
A sweet summer day
And I can't let her
I can't let her go to waste
She's like a sweet summer day
I want to breathe in her air
I want to crash through the waves
Into her fields where
These memories are made...
Now there's no turning back
I'm lost somewhere deep inside of you
The clouds have been lifted
And you're breaking through...
- The Calling
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Foggy winter morning at Pitt Meadows near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
About this photo: Well, we've been battered by some snow storms here on the west coast of Canada in the last couple of weeks. In the area where I live we must have received about a foot (about 30cm) of snow if not more. The last dump of snow came to us on Monday morning and since then it has been freezing cold with temperatures below freezing, but the snow was replaced by blue skies and sunshine. I finally have been able to go out and enjoy the sunshine in the last couple of days.
This morning I had to take my mother in law to the hospital in Maple Ridge for cataract surgery. She would be there for about 3 hours and while she was getting her eye drops done and the procedure I decided to venture out and drive to beautiful Pitt Lake which was not far away. As I approach the lake I see lots of fog and when I am walking towards the lake the sun starts hitting the fog and I am in awe standing there while the fog rises and swirls around me. What an amazing sight. I cannot capture that feeling in a photo, but I hope this photo will give you an idea of how beautiful it was to stand there!
~Camera Settings:
*Camera Model: Sony ILCA-77m2
*Focal Length: 16mm
*F-Number: F/8
*Exposure Time: 1/60 sec.
*ISO Speed: ISO-100
*Exposure Program: Shutter Priority (A)
Thank you for dropping by!
Ann :)
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)
hey guys!!
sorry i wouldve uploaded sooner.. but today i had (wait for it...) HOMEWORK. O___O
yuup, on the third day.
it sucks.
oh well. :P
ALGEBRA IS HARD.
well not really.
but i hate ittttttt.
at least i dont have to take it in highschooooool.
im
sorry
for
typing
like
this.
also, sorry for the sucky picture. it looked a lot better in my mind.
OHHHHH,
and this was inspired by stef! specifically by this. check out her stream, shes amazing!:D
i promise ill catch up on my tags later, im just way super tired right now and im about to drop dead in front of the computer.
hope you guys are having a good week, and have an awesome friday tomorrow!
10,000+ views?! ahhh, thank you guys so much! one of my goals for this year is now compleeete. (:
if you join ill love you forever:D
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: PULLIP.ES - BCN: Parque Guinardo - 26/02/2011
Meeting!! (2 of 5): L and the sweets /
Kedada!! (2 de 5): L y las chuches
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 06 of 07) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07.
FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español
Lyann: Here L, if you want we can share mine... Do you like the strawberry ones?
L: O_O T^T O_O T^T
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Lyann: Toma L, si quieres te doy un poco del mío... Te gustan los de fresa?
L: O_O T^T O_O T^T
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr
- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Shin y Yashiro en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Peregrine Falcon; an immature
Found in Golf of Aden about 50 km at sea (North Of Somalia) It was about 30 cm heigh sitting on the ships deck and very shy.
Peregrine Falcon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the Peregrine,[2] and historically as the "Duck Hawk" in North America,[3] is a cosmopolitan bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is a large, crow-sized falcon, with a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache". It can reach speeds over 320 km/h (200 mph) in a dive, making it the fastest animal in the world.[4] As is common with bird-eating raptors, the female is much bigger than the male.[5][6] Experts recognize 17–19 subspecies, which vary in appearance and range; there is disagreement over whether the distinctive Barbary Falcon is a subspecies or a distinct species.
The Peregrine's breeding range includes land regions from the Arctic tundra to the Tropics. It can be found nearly everywhere on Earth, except extreme polar regions, very high mountains, and most tropical rainforests; the only major ice-free landmass from which it is entirely absent is New Zealand. This makes it the world's most widespread bird of prey.[7] Both the English and scientific names of this species mean "wandering falcon", referring to the migratory habits of many northern populations.
While its diet consists almost exclusively of medium-sized birds, the Peregrine will occasionally hunt small mammals, small reptiles or even insects. It reaches sexual maturity at one year, and mates for life. It nests in a scrape, normally on cliff edges or, in recent times, on tall human-made structures.[8] The Peregrine Falcon became an endangered species in many areas due to the use of pesticides, especially DDT. Since the ban on DDT from the beginning of the 1970s onwards, the populations recovered, supported by large scale protection of nesting places and releases to the wild.[9]
New York City.
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New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.[6] The city is referred to as New York City or the City of New York to distinguish it from the State of New York, of which it is a part. A global power city,[7] New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. The home of the United Nations Headquarters,[8] New York is an important center for international diplomacy[9] and has been described as the cultural capital of the world.[10][11]
On one of the world's largest natural harbors,[12] New York City consists of five boroughs, each of which is a county of New York State.[13] The five boroughs—the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island—were consolidated into a single city in 1898.[14] With a census-estimated 2013 population of 8,405,837[4] distributed over a land area of just 305 square miles (790 km2),[15] New York is the most densely populated major city in the United States.[16] As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York,[17][18] making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world.[19] By 2013 census estimates, the New York Metropolitan Area's population remains by a significant margin the United States' largest Metropolitan Statistical Area, with approximately 19.9 million people,[20] and is also part of the most populous Combined Statistical Area in the United States, containing an estimated 23.4 million people.
Posting something different this time.
Taken at the Hong Kong Flower Show 2009.
Have a nice weekend~
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The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.
Albert Camus
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This is dedicated to my dearest friend CINZIA for her birthday ... a lovely and serene sunset during wintertime at the sea - this is actually a bit of sea and river (taken from Spain - you can see the portughese coast on the background - its the lovely Algarve, which has mild temperatures already in winter -- so here it goes to you dearest friend - Per te amica cara, romantica ed appassionata della natura ed il mare ti mando questo po di mare d'inverno per il tuo compleanno, da un posto che amo molto. AUGURI amica cara, che il tuo nuovo anno sia una rinnovo totale piu che tramondo una splendida aurora (alba) ed i riflessi dorati ti accompagnino tutto il tuo nuovo anno e ti portino tutto gio che desideri e meriti . Wishing you all the best in the world and more, you deserve it my romantic and talented friend. May these golden reflections bring you a smile and joy on your special day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AUGURI!
“Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.” F.Pessoa "Sábio é aquele que desfruta do espectaculo oferecido pelo mundo." F. Pessoa"Saggio è colui che gode lo spettacolo offerto dal mondo." F. Pessoa
Do listen to Segovia : www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzcEZXTQNg8
Don't use my pictures on websites without prior authorization! They are protected by Copyright All rights reserved◄PLS DO NOT USE THIS PHOTO FOR PROMOTIONALS,BLOQS, ETC .. thank you.
I am sorry but I am a mostly OFF - so I cannot comment on all of you but will catch up as soon as I can,I am so behind and busy -
Sahyadri is one of the toughest mountains in the world. You can enjoy it's beauty in various places. Shivthar Ghal is one of such places. It is comparatively a small and rare place but must be seen and especially in the rainy season.
It is a place where Samarth Ramdas had written 'Dasbodh'- his famous manuscript. You must be amazing about this place and why Ramdas Swami had chosen this place, for his holy book but you never know it until you enter a small hall where Ramdas Swami used to sit, pray and write.
Shivthar Ghal is an area of silent beauty consists of lush green views of trees, mountains, a big waterfall and a river. Its a place where you can enjoy the clam and quite nature and really concentrate. It took almost 12 years to complete Dasbodh as Ramdas Swami dictated it and Kalyan Swami wrote it down. Now a days, the place is maintained by Shri Samarth Seva Mandal' and 'Sundarmath Seva samiti'.
Shivthar Ghal is a place worth to visit and enjoy the quite beauty of the nature and remember the famous saint in Maharashtra - Saint Ramdas and his Dasbodh.
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Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques (France).
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Oloron-Sainte-Marie is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in southwestern France.
Oloron Cathedral (Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Oloron-Sainte-Marie) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the town of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France. It was the seat of the Bishopric of Oloron, suppressed by the Concordat of 1801.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oloron-Sainte-Marie, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oloron_Cathedral
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CASTELLANO
Oloron-Sainte-Marie es un municipio del sudoeste de Francia situado en el departamento de los Pirineos Atlánticos (64), en la región de Aquitania. Tiene, según el censo de 1999, 10.992 habitantes.
El nombre proviene de la fusión decretada en 1858 de los dos municipios vecinos de Oloron y Sainte-Marie. El nombre tradicional gascón es Auloron, escrito modernamente Aülourou. Auloron a su vez proviene del ibero Iluro, nombre con el que era conocida una ciudad situada en el lugar de la actual Oloron en la época romana.
La catedral de Santa María de Oloron es un edificio religioso construido por el vizconde de Bearn Gastón IV el Croata. Fue la sede episcopal de la antigua diócesis de Oloron, suprimida en 1802.
Su construcción comienza en 1102, año en que Gastón IV volvió de las cruzadas. De este primer estilo románico sólo queda la fachada esculpida por dos artistas. El primero realizó el tímpano (descenso de la cruz), cuatro capiteles y la entreventana.
El «Maestro de Santa María», tal como se conoce al segundo escultor, tenía mayor talento aún: la arquivolta más alta evoca el cielo con los 24 viejos de la apocalipsis. De cada lado surge un grupo esculpido: a la izquierda, un monstruo se traga un hombre, condenado por sus pecados; a la derecha, un caballero pisotea un enemigo vencido, la cara del cual muestra el espanto. Estas obras continúan siendo tradicionales por el tema, pero son originales por la variedad de las actitudes y el vigor de las expresiones. La otra arquivolta ofrece un contraste total: consagrada a las escenas de la vida terrestre, enseña una cacería de jabalí, la pesca de salmones y los diversos preparativos de un festín: todas estas figuras son sorprendentes por su vida y naturaleza.
El resto del edificio es de estilo gótico, y comprende una torre campanario, dos torres cuadradas y una cabecera con capillas radiantes.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oloron, ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catedral_de_Santa_Maria_d'Auloron
Icy wind blows between the houses, flashes quickly in the night on the streets of the rotten city. A shade, a woman, her eyes are shiver and charm, her look magnetize you, it won't let you go.
The photoshoot shows the creature in an own perspective, who became nowadays very popular in books, films and series. The vampire. The immortal being of the past, the present and the future.
Look at the whole series!
Az időn át - Vámpír krónikák (a jövő)
Jeges szél süvít a házak közt, fürgén cikázik az éjszakában a romlott város utcáin. Egy árny, egy nő, a szeme borzongás és igézet, megbűvöl a tekintete, nem ereszt.
A sorozat saját szemszögünkből mutatja be azt a lényt, aki mára oly divatossá vált könyvekben, filmekben és tévésorozatokban. A vámpírt. A múlt, a jelen és a jövő alakját, aki halhatatlansággal bír.
Nézd meg a sorozat többi darabját is!
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Concept, model: Ágnes Vincze
Makeup artist: Dóra Vízhányó
Hair stylist: Gábor Antal
Clothing designer: Zsuzsa Pócs
Strobist info:
Metz 58 AF-1 @ 1/2 power + Carena CA21 @ full power at camera left 45º into a reflective white umbrella, fired with Phottix Tetra PT-04II wireless trigger
Strobist.hu info:
Metz 58 AF-1 @ 1/2 teljesítményen + Carena CA21 @ max. teljesítményen kamera bal 45º-ról, fehér visszaverő ernyőbe Phottix Tetra PT-04II-vel indítva.
"Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave the way open for [God's] wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay (requite), says the Lord"
(Romans 12:19, AMP).
We all go through situations where we’re not being treated fairly. Maybe somebody is talking behind your back or trying to make you look bad, maybe you were overlooked for a promotion or cheated in a business deal. When we’re being mistreated, the natural thing is to try to defend ourselves and set the record straight. Human nature wants to get even and get revenge. But the scripture says, “Vengeance is Mine… says the Lord.” That means God wants to make your wrongs right. He wants to pay you back for every unfair thing that has happened. He is a God of justice.
Notice what today’s scripture says: you can either avenge yourself or you can let God be your avenger, but you can’t have it both ways. If you take matters into your own hands, then God is going to step back and say, “Go ahead, do it your way. Looks like you don’t need My help.” But on the other hand, if we choose to stay on the high road and say, “No, I’m going to let God be my avenger and trust God to bring justice into my life”, then you are leaving the way open for God to move mightily on your behalf!
-Joel Osteen
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El palacio fue proyectado por el arquitecto inglés Selden Wornun, en 1888, pero fue llevado a cabo por Benito Olasagasti, bajo la dirección del arquitecto José Goicoa. El palacio consta de sótano y tres plantas, las dos primeras eran las de uso privado y la última, abuhardillada, estaba reservada para la servidumbre.
San Sebastián se había convertido en la capital del turismo desde que a mediados del siglo XIX la familia real española comenzara a veranear en la ciudad. Esto dio lugar a que el Ayuntamiento empezara a barajar diferentes ubicaciones para edificar una residencia digna de los monarcas.
La Corporación Municipal finalmente optó por la ubicación actual tras desechar el adquirir el Palacio de Aiete, propiedad de la Duquesa de Bailén, y que, desde 1887, era utilizado por los Reyes como residencia de verano.
Sin embargo, la Reina María Cristina, "por no querer aceptar el sacrificio que supondría para el Ayuntamiento", compró, en 1888, la posesión que el Conde de Moviana tenía en Miraconcha
La primitiva finca ha ido ampliándose con diferentes adquisiciones, lo que le ha permitido crear un entorno envidiable de jardines y bosque.
La finca y Palacio de Miramar es, desde agosto de 1972, propiedad del Ayuntamiento de San Sebastián. Su situación sobre la Playa de La Concha y la Playa de Ondarreta hacen de él uno de los lugares más visitados por los donostiarras y por aquellos que visitan la ciudad.
Addetti al rifornimento carburante stazione OMV di viale della Repubblica, Treviso.
TREVISO. Domenica 28 febbraio in tutto il capoluogo (tangenziale esclusa) scatterà il blocco totale del traffico. Ci saranno pochissime deroghe, legate alle emergenze sanitarie. Tutti a piedi o in bicicletta contro lo smog, nei quartieri come in centro storico, con la biblioteca ex Bailo aperta e visite guidate con ingresso gratuito al museo di Santa Caterina. Auto ferme in garage, compresi i modelli più moderni e meno inquinanti, per lanciare un messaggio forte: i Comuni del nord devono allearsi contro le polveri sottili, strisciante peste nera del terzo millennio. E’ questo il piano d’azione che l’assessore all’Ambiente di Ca’ Sugana Vittorio Zanini porterà mercoledì prossimo in giunta forte del sostegno del sindaco Gobbo, che di fatto ha già informalmente dato il via libera - anche se con un certo scetticismo - alla partecipazione del Comune di Treviso al blocco del traffico che il 28 febbraio coinvolgerà un centinaio di capoluoghi della pianura padana. Ieri mattina Zanini, insieme al dirigente del settore Ambiente di Ca’ Sugana Paolo Pierobon, ha partecipato a Milano al grande summit anti-smog organizzato a palazzo Marino dai sindaci Letizia Moratti (Milano) e Sergio Chiamparino (Torino), artefici della proposta. L’allarme polveri sottili (Pm10) è ormai un’emergenza quotidiana: d’inverno gli sforamenti dei limiti di guardia non si contano, l’aria è irrespirabile, anziani e bambini sono a rischio bronchiti o peggio. Da qui la decisione di fare quadrato tra le amministrazioni locali del «catino» padano, area più inquinata d’Europa, tanto che Zanini - con il plauso della Moratti - ieri a Milano ha proposto addirittura di chiedere all’Unione europea lo stato di calamità naturale per la pianura padana. Una domenica a piedi (ne seguirà una seconda il 14 marzo, per la Treviso Marathon) non servirà certo a invertire la tendenza, ma per i Comuni è un primo passo importante. E infatti ieri a Milano è nato un coordinamento permanente dei sindaci della pianura padana che avrà il compito di stilare un protocollo da presentare al consiglio dei ministri affinché adotti provvedimenti per ridurre gli effetti dell’i nquinamento da traffico ma anche da riscaldamento privato e industriale, altra causa del boom delle Pm10.
I sindaci chiederanno al governo Berlusconi di incentivare tutto ciò che è ecologicamente sostenibile sul piano della mobilità (veicoli a gas, a metano, elettrici) ma anche il miglioramento delle condizioni energetiche degli edifici e il teleriscaldamento.
Altro obiettivo: nell’arco di tre anni, bisogna arrivare a sostituire con modelli ecologici tutto il parco dei mezzi pubblici per il trasporto di persone ma anche di merci e per la raccolta dei rifiuti.
Ma torniamo al blocco del traffico fissato per domenica 28 febbraio: la stragrande maggioranza dei capoluoghi di Provincia del Nord ha già aderito alla proposta lanciata da Moratti e Chiamparino - che è anche presidente dell’Anci - comprese le città di Padova, Venezia e Vicenza. «E Treviso non sarà da meno - assicura Zanini - Anche perché come capoluogo, da tempo, cerchiamo di fare il possibile nella lotta alle Pm10». Il 28 sarà una sorta di prova generale: il coordinamento permanente dei sindaci della pianura padana intende far scattare misure straordinarie, come il blocco del traffico, ogni volta si profileranno «condizioni di eccezionale persistenza di inquinanti in atmosfera». Altra idea emersa dal summit milanese di ieri: introdurre una piccola sovratassa sui grandi assi autostradali e sulle tangenziali, da spendere sempre per politiche di miglioramento del trasporto pubblico. Zanini rilancia: «Chiederò al coordinamento che una parte dell’accisa sulla benzina venga data ai Comuni per finanziare interventi sulla viabilità su rotaia».
This is the second Baz Luhrmann film that I'm quoting in this series.
Continuing on with my affinity for twisted love stories....Luhrman's 1996 film Romeo+Juliet is a modern interpretation of the classic Shakespeare, anachronistically juxtaposing Shakespeare's original language against a modern landscape of consumption and capitalism.
As with all of Luhrman's films, the visual style is rich and detailed, vibrantly coloured and surreal. He paints a rather sickening view of modern society, with petty vanities slathered upon the grotesque criminals of upper class society. In the midst of such ugliness, Romeo and Juliet emerge, as yet untouched by the poisonous world around them.
I've read criticism that claims Romeo and Juliet must die in order to keep their love untainted. This film takes that purity one step further: In the end Romeo and Juliet have no choice but to die, or to succumb to the grotesqueries that their parents have grown into.
This film accomplishes the ideal that I believe all film adaptations of stage plays should strive toward: it brings the work of theatre to life in a manner unique to film, using the capabilities of the medium to inform a new, deeper understanding of the original work. The play is incredibly powerful on its own. Luhrmann has built upon Shakespeare's original work to create something contemporary, relevant, beautiful and impassioned. I am in awe of his work.
Big thanks to Happy_Peasant for sending me a bird image just so I could have my wings!
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The Holy Man from India
I’m sure any one who has been to India and is camera lover can’t resist capturing India’s cultural aspects.
I was in Jaipur, and after visiting a Temple, I meet this Sadhu (also called Sanyasi or Holy man) out side the Temple. He saw me and greeted me with a smile….I asked him if I can take a picture of him, he had no issues…...
Now, something about Sadhu (Or Holy man). From the orange dress, you can tell that this is a Hindu Sadhu. The Turban has writings of mantras dedicated to Lord Shiva – “Oom Namah Shiva’ya”.
The brown garland is garland of Rudrakash . A Rudrakash bead is considered to be the most divine and powerful ornament for the human body. It was created by Lord Shiva and is believed to fulfill desires, expectations and ambitions and also free one from all sins and diseases. Rudraksha has been used by gods, saints, sages from ancient time for spiritual purposes and to gain good health.
According to Hindu Puranas, Rudraksha trees were created from the tears shed by Lord Shiva. Legend has it that Shiva was in deep meditation for thousands of years. And then one day he opened his eyes and all around him he saw human beings suffering out of ignorance. Overwhelmed by compassion, tears from his eyes dropped onto different places on earth and produced Rudraksha trees.
Rudrakshas are the seed from the fruits of the trees belonging to Elaecarpus Ganitrus Roxb variety (Rudraksha tree) in Himalayas and in South East Asia. Every Rudraksha has Mukhis or faces, which differ in number and it runs from one end of the Rudraksha to the other.
According to the Hindu Dharma, there are four stages in life also knows as four Ashramas :
1.Brahmacharya: The first 20 years of life , preceded by the Upanayanam ceremony during which a child is considered to be born again. Brahmacharya is pure contemplation of life's secrets under a Guru.
2.Grihastha : next 40 years (20-60) is the householder's stage. One married, will satisfy karma and artha within a married life and career.
3.Vanaprastha: Next 20 years (60-80) is the detachment from the material world and entering in contemplation and pilgrimage.
4.Sanyasa: conception of the mystic life to prepare the next life or moksha.
This person is on stage 3. Where he has taken detachment from the material world.
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Noise reduction
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Note : My appologies for not being a regular at Flickr, I'm so much swamped at work. I will manage some time and visit your uploads.......
Walking in the woods at Great Falls Virginia, I happened across this creature. It was huge ... maybe an 8-10" wingspan. It was very still and I thought it might be dead. I bent down and blew on it ... it didn't move. My first thought was, "Fantastic - it's dead! I can take it into a spot with good lighting and go to town with my macro lens!!" I envisioned all the amazing shots I could take while it didn't move. Sweet.
But ... I'm a wimp, and afraid to touch bugs and such. I asked my husband if he would move it for me, but he (a self-described "indoorsy" man) said he would only do so with a stick. I didn't want it to be damaged and I *really* wanted to photograph it, so I screwed up my courage and picked it up by the corner of the wing. I was so proud of my bravery!!
I carried it for a long time and was really itching to shoot it, but our trail wasn't emerging into a more well-lit area so I decided to put it down on a rock and get my fix with a few shots and then I would pick it up again and carry it to a more appropriate spot.
Well, when I put it down, what do you think happened? It *moved*! It was alive. OMG!! It must have been near death because it didn't really go anywhere so I still had the opportunity to shoot it. But, it was quite dark in the woods and I didn't have a tripod so I didn't get the shots I had been fantasizing about, but I did get these and I'm happy to at least have captured it. (Of course, it goes without saying that since I now knew it was alive I was too freaked out to pick it up again.)
It's amazing how huge and fat and furry and white its body was! I guess it needs those ginormous wings in order to carry itself around!
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This picture was taken on the way down form the Cevedale peack (3769 mt) on the italian alps. An easy mountain to climb but with an amazing view on one of the larger glacier of Europe (at least it was in the past)
Questa foto l'ho scattata durante la discesa dal Cevesale (3769 mt) una montagna senza troppe difficoltà, ma che regala una vista incredibile.
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just when i thought i found it, i lost it.
today love is the movement. :)
To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.
To Write Love On Her Arms Day is a day where anyone can write the words love on their arms, to support those who are fighting against depression and those who are trying to recovering. On this day, just write love on your arms, and show it off, other people will ask why you have love written on your arms, and you tell them you are supporting to write love on her arms day, and how its benefiting a non profit organization helping stop depression, and make love the movement.
i had this on my hand all day today. it's only written on my hand because i wore long sleeves, okay? i thought this was one cool cause, and i know how it feels. i've been adddicted before. i've been so upset before too, my best friend thought i was seriously going to go in depression. believe me. i know how this feels, and this is why i decided to support this. and if any of you want to also for the rest of the day, pick up a marker/pen and go! write "love" on your arms! :)
ps. happy friday the 13th.
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per me è un punto di riferimento...un mostro di bravura!! andate sul suo sito ;-)
La sua spiegazione per questa foto:
"By combining two exposures - one for the night sky and the other for the landscape at twilight, I was able to create this image. I consider it among my most unique images to date. What you are looking at is a remote backcountry in the Tetons and the milky way above. My exposure for the sky takes in more than five times as much light as is discernable to the naked eye, using an extremely high ISO (combined with noise reduction techniques), a big aperture of f/2.8 and keeping the shutter open for 45 seconds. The sky is totally natural in color despite being relatively invisible to us. The glow behind the peaks comes from the moon that set almost an hour before this capture. The bright spot at left is a planet. This shot is a culmination of technical advancements in photography and a great deal of diligence on my own part in the field, figuring out how to put it all together. I camped at this location three nights to achieve this result. " by Marc Adamus
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* am not sure if i'm meant to note that this is my entry in the 64 challenge group
saturday night saw me at my third concert in one year of The Band Who Shall Not Be Named. our seats were off to the side and i was able to capture the near-exact moment that the delicate, rainbow colored, paper butterflies were shot out into the air to float down onto the roaring crowd, during "Love in Japan" it's a brilliant sight and everyone goes mental when they are released.
bonus: the Lead Singer Who Shall Not Be Named is doing his spastic, like-he's-just-been-shot, dance down the runway with his blue jacket flying up behind him.
and still, as i said prior to this:
shhhhhh. for they are my guilty pleasure.
hipsters (and loads of others!) will undoubtedly mock me for lack of "coolness". Coldplay is far too palatable for the mainstream audience to ever have an edge. and being cool and liking bands that are edgy is clearlythe way to go.
so, if you accuse me of liking Coldplay? i will deny it aloud vehemently. maybe.
or perhaps, after this weekend, i think i don't care that much anymore about being "cool". ;)
duncan dhu - una calle de paris
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Es coneix com a Barri Vell la part de la ciutat que es troba –o es trobava– delimitada per les muralles medievals i els baluards d'època moderna. És la Girona d'abans de 1895, anterior a l'enderroc de les muralles del Pla de Girona. Dins seu, hi ha els principals monuments de Girona i tot l'urbanisme primigeni i primitiu de la ciutat. Aquest barri fou objecte d'una profunda renovació a partir de 1982 per part de l'ajuntament, que n'emprengué una rehabilitació i recuperació, tot enfocant-lo vers el turisme. Després de gairebé dos decennis, el Barri Vell és el principal pol d'atracció turística de la ciutat, amb una gran part d'immobles rehabilitats i l'urbanisme recuperat, especialment el del call jueu.
aqui es va rodar la pelicula el perfum dirigida per Tom Tykwer i interpretada per Dustin Hoffman y Ben Whishaw tambe s'ha rodat parcialmente a Barcelona y Munich.
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Se conoce como Barrio Viejo la parte de la ciudad que se encuentra -o se encontraba- delimitada por las murallas medievales y los baluartes de época moderna. Es la Gerona de antes de 1895, anterior al derribo|escombro de las murallas del Plan|Llano de Gerona. Dentro de sede, hay los principales monumentos de Gerona y todo el urbanismo primigenio y primitivo de la ciudad. Este barrio fue objeto de una profunda renovación a partir de 1982 por parte del ayuntamiento, que emprendió una rehabilitación y recuperación, enfocándolo hacia el turismo. Después de casi dos decenios, el Barrio Viejo es el principal polo de atracción turística de la ciudad, con una gran parte de inmuebles rehabilitados y el urbanismo recuperado, especialmente el de la judería judía.
aqui se rodó la pelicula el perfume dirigida por Tom Tykwer e interpretada por Dustin Hoffman y Ben Whishaw tambe se ha rodado parcialmente en Barcelona y Munich.
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Iridonia, the gateway to the Outer Rim.
The red sphere was a dry, harsh world, the home to the hardy Zabrak. The Zabrak had a centuries-long tradition of hyperspace trade, rivalries with the Duros, and a shareholder’s slice of the pie when it came to making decisions about hyperspace tariffs. Their homeworld’s placement provided leverage, leverage that the current regime was glad to exploit.
The House of Kesh had ruled Iridonia for decades. Lord Kesh had proven himself a violent, unstable, vain tyrant who murdered outsiders and made his own people slaves. The rest of the galaxy might have ignored this, but Kesh also made a habit of choking the Coruscant-Dantooine hyperlanes. Hitting people’s bottom lines was a good way to draw their attention.
For over a month, a growing team of CFS diplomats had been hunkered down on Iridonia to try to negotiate a deal with its government, working to arrive at some sort of agreement, both among themselves and the Iridonian leadership. Everyone in the room had different priorities: some represented the CFS Merchant Core and just wanted to relax tariffs, others had the plight of the people in mind. Some wanted to take Kesh before a trial, deal with things peacefully. Others at the table would rather see him dead.
A sandstorm of intrigue surrounded the diplomats since the moment they arrived. Spies hung on every corner and doorway: CFS spies and Iridonian spies, and spies working for individual diplomats, advancing causes unbeknownst to their colleagues. While the gears of diplomacy grinded on, some had initiated more direct action.
Forgun Bohani had been the third diplomat to arrive in the Iridonian court. He was a clever old man, always watching and listening, who found himself on the side of a peaceful transition of power. He had listened to the bickering in the court long enough to decide a fresh voice was needed. He knew exactly who to summon: a young diplomat who had negotiated terms at Kril’Dor after the Pyerce insurrection, a rising star named Lan Honn. Honn seemed intelligent, studious, and honorable, precisely what was needed here. Bohani sent a message asking for Honn’s help, offering himself as a sponsor.
When the message arrived, Lan Honn was struck speechless. Once he had composed himself, calmed his excited nerves, and closed his gaping jaw, he jumped at the opportunity with appropriate seriousness. He became a tireless student of the Iridonian situation as he traveled, pouring over not only the current stakes of the negotiation, but Iridonian culture, art, and history. Anything that might help him understand their point of view. He stared out the viewport of his transport at the grim, dust-red planet’s surface.
Though he would soon join the CFS entourage, he chose to mask his arrival by docking at a swoop slum far from the city center. He traveled in plainclothes accompanied only by his bodyguard, the dangerous Esno Bo’Barbi.
The landing pad was deserted. The only people in sight were offworlders who looked more than worse-for-wear. As Honn and Bo’Barbi walked down the gangplank, a fat, bearded Lannik approached.
Honn turned to his companion. “Here comes Dak Sirah, a rogue if ever there was one, true and merry-faced though he be.”
“Aye,” replied the gruff Bo’Barbi. “Untiring after his own interest. Though if his and ours overlap, he becomes a useful fellow.”
Honn smiled at Sirah. “Dak! It’s good to see you. Live you on borrowed credits, or your own?”
“Lan Honn!” cried the bearded man. “Prince among men! Don’t you look…discrete. For once, I’m the handsomer of us two! For a diplomat, you make a lousy first impression, y’know. Don’t jest about my finances, I try to do my best.”
Honn grinned. “You’ve never once succeeded, though you’re not without other merit.”
Sirah peered at him. “Honest for a diplomat, too. Let’s put aside the squabbling, eh? I’m here on Bohani’s behalf, he got your message and sent me to lead you to the courts. I’d say welcome, but there’s nothing welcoming about Iridonia at present. What do you know about the situation, Honn?”
“I’ve read up on my way.”
“Ah! Of course you have. I should’ve known.”
“But pretend I haven’t. I want to hear it from your perspective.”
Dak sighed. “It’s a port of wolves, Honn. The Iridonians waste no pity or kindness on their own people, much less the Duros or offworlders. Both sides watch each other, constant with their spies. Yours truly, in fact, does some work on the side for Lord Bohani! Though, come to think of it, I wasn’t meant to let on to that.”
“I would think Bohani would bring on tighter-lipped spies. Though he’d be hard-pressed to find one more likable.”
“Ahhh, that’s my trick, there. No one suspects a guy like me to do anything more subtle than a public one-man-show! Keeps ‘em off the scent. It’s a good thing you’re here, Honn. It’s all been infighting and circling so far. Every day new proposals, new amendments, but nothin’ seems to stick. They’ve needed some fresh ideas, I think you’re just the one for it.”
“Thank you, Dak. I mean to be of service.”
Sirah scoffed. “You seem nervous. You kidding me? You’ll do great, you’re a bright guy. A lot brighter than some of the statues they’ve got at the table right now. Scaft, I nearly forgot to greet your bodyguard. Mister Bo’Barbi, the most dangerous man in the galaxy, enemy to nere’do’wells! A title I hope I don’t merit.”
Bo’Barbi raised an eyebrow. “An enemy to flatterers, too, mister Sirah.”
“Ah . . . Point taken. Lovely to make your acquaintance, sir! Ol’ Dak means no harm, no harm at all.” Sirah crinkled his jolly face. “Not unless you’re a bottle of Mantelli Scotch, anyway.”
Icy wind blows between the houses, flashes quickly in the night on the streets of the rotten city. A shade, a woman, her eyes are shiver and charm, her look magnetize you, it won't let you go.
The photoshoot shows the creature in an own perspective, who became nowadays very popular in books, films and series. The vampire. The immortal being of the past, the present and the future.
Az időn át - Vámpír krónikák (a múlt)
Jeges szél süvít a házak közt, fürgén cikázik az éjszakában a romlott város utcáin. Egy árny, egy nő, a szeme borzongás és igézet, megbűvöl a tekintete, nem ereszt.
A sorozat saját szemszögünkből mutatja be azt a lényt, aki mára oly divatossá vált könyvekben, filmekben és tévésorozatokban. A vámpírt. A múlt, a jelen és a jövő alakját, aki halhatatlansággal bír.
Info:
Concept, model: Ágnes Vincze
Makeup artist: Dóra Vízhányó
Hair stylist: Gábor Antal
Strobist info:
Metz 58 AF-1 @ 1/2 power at camera right 45º into a reflective white umbrella, fired with PC cord
Strobist.hu info:
Metz 58 AF-1 @ 1/2 teljesítményen kamera jobb 45º-ról, fehér visszaverő ernyőbe szinkronkábellel indítva.
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the forest fires which are burning all up and down california are of course nature's way
and yet ..
hearts are with the wild animals for whom this was home!
and with the human folks, and their dear pets and pastured animals, who live where the fires are ferociously encroaching...
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am hesitant to even write of these fires in any personal way ..
yet my heart compels me to ... as two of the places that have been most fiercely engulfed in flames are the places i've most fiercely loved..
big sur and carmel valley
carmel valley is where, right before coming to hawaii, i lived in a cabin in the middle of nowhere ...
owls, bobcat, swallows, rattlesnakes, donkeys, cows and stars were my only neighbors.
on the same land, a little lake was home to many wild things.. including a beloved (albeit crabby :) swan .. many ducks and ducklings .. and fish
and it was a stopover for orchestras of canada geese ...
i so hope this bit of land is safe... have not been able to find out ..
(of all the places i've ever lived, i loved it most.)
and...
over several enchanted years in the 1970's, i lived in four magical places in big sur ... and worked at three.
from what i can tell from the news, all of these homes may be gone .... and all of the places i worked have fire licking at their edges.
the initial big sur fire, called "the coast gallery fire", started from lightning at the coast gallery, high above the sea.
do not know if the gallery, which served all the artists of big sur back then, is now still there..
the "coast gallery" is where i first lived and worked in big sur..
(and where somehow the gallery itself held on when the mountain there collapsed into the sea.. literally right up to my doorstep.. taking with it the sole road, that part of highway 1 .. and, most sadly, a precious soul who was working on the highway in the middle of the night, just after the outset of this sudden landslide.)
the two other places i worked, "ventana" (when it first opened) and the historic "nepenthe", have been evacuated and are in severe danger right now.
the magical house described in another image on my stream .. the one where potato vines grew up and through the walls in my attic home.. then flowered! .. is likely gone.....
as it was above the wonderful "deetjen's big sur inn", where fires came down the mountain and right up to the cottages and restaurant of the inn.
also lived in an artist studio high atop a ridge where the fires have blazed homes..
and, at the other end of big sur, i lived in a cottage with my boyfriend sandy, a harpsichord maker ...
from what i can gather, that cottage and the harpsichord studio that sandy and i built are gone.
so...
these personal connections are only the tiniest of tiny specks in the whole..
but i am sorrowful.
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my whole heart goes out to everyone whose homes all along the coastal areas of california, and inland, are in danger or have burned ...
and especially to the wild animals and their babies of spring.
≈ prayers for them .. all and each ≈
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