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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.
A small grotto downstream of Dark Hollow Falls in Shenandoah National Park
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Today started off like any other day, rushing to school, trying not to be late to class, and trying to stay awake during lectures. I had two shoots lined up today and i was completely psyched because I haven't done a serious shoot for myself in a while now. One got canceled unfortunately but will be rescheduled for a date coming up soon! :]
Tonight however was definitely unique. My friend Alyssa came up from gardens to see one of my best friends Lisa, so us and a few other people got together and scoped out some places to shoot. After realizing i didn't have a transmitter and running back home to get it, we finally found this pretty sweet place!
We were all really goofing around having some laughs and of course snapping some pictures. This is on of the shots that i got, i really like how it came out, I'm thinking about going into more "depth" with the editing of this, but its going to have to wait till tomorrow at least because I am super tired.
And of course I cant forget driving across town to bring my GF a single egg, bahaha <3 but i got to see her and her doggy moosey :] So it was worth it!
Tomorrow hanging out with Josiah and Zack Ramsey! Can't wait, gonna be a sick shoot! =D Now time for sleep.
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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.
Gears: Nikon D50, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM
Location: Kampung Cina (China Town), Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
Processing: Not processed, cropped to 16:9 aspect
Chinese New Year's Eve is known as Chúxī (除夕). Chu literally means "change" and xi means "Eve".
Celebrated in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese, Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had a strong influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbours, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These include Koreans, Mongolians, Nepalese, Bhutanese, Vietnamese, and formerly the Japanese before 1873. In Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and other countries with significant Chinese populations, Chinese New Year is also celebrated, largely by overseas Chinese, but it is not part of the traditional culture of these countries. In Canada, although Chinese New Year is not an official holiday, many ethnic Chinese hold large celebrations and Canada Post issues New Year's themed stamps in domestic and international rates.
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This photo was taken early January 2010 in Öxarfjörður located in the northern part of Iceland.
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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? ;)
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Scarborough South Bay Pool, South Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
This probably will be my last photo I upload for 2014. I decided to revisit this POV as it was the first photo I uploaded when I first moved to Scarborough back in April of this year. First reason is that I wasn't quite happy with the overall result of the original photo and secondly I thought it would be fitting to revisit the first photo I took in Scarborough.
The weather was very much different to the original, I didn't think I got anything good from this photowalk. The clouds were speeding along however there was no definition in them and more importantly no breaks in the clouds. However I am quite happy with this result.
2014 has been a great year for my photography, certainly learned new skills and met some new photography friends. I am looking forward to 2015 and plan to take more landscape photographs considering I am now back in Yorkshire and right near the coast, I have no excuse do I?
Thank you all to those who have followed my work this year and also taken the time to comment too. I hope you all have a wonderful New Year and I'll see you in 2015!
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Location Information
Scarborough (/ˈskɑrbrə/ or /ˈskɑrbərə/) is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town lies between 10-230 feet (3-70 m) above sea level, rising steeply northward and westward from the harbour onto limestone cliffs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by a rocky headland.
With a population of around 50,000 Scarborough is the largest holiday resort on the Yorkshire coast. The town has fishing and service industries, including a growing digital and creative economy, as well as being a tourist destination.
Inhabitants of the town are known as Scarborians, or as Algerinos by people in Whitby. The origin of this nickname is thought to come from a ship called the Algerino which sunk off the bay of Scarborough; the locals at Scarborough refused to assist the ship in peril and fishermen took a more dangerous route in a lifeboat from Whitby, to the coast of Ravenscar, in a successful effort to save sailors of the Algerino. In an attempt to rid the town of the embarrassing story associated with the nickname, some inhabitants proposed that Algerino was a promiscuous individual of Italian descent who is supposed to have lain with many Scarborough females whilst their partners were at war.
View along Rannie Road just before Pitt Lake in 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, although it's very cold outside.
I had to take my mother in law to the hospital in Maple Ridge for cataract surgery a few days ago. 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. I stopped near the dykes first which is only a few km before Pitt Lake. The views from here are always so beautiful. There was still snow around and the surrounding mountains looked all white as well. What a beautiful day it was.
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Some information on the Pitt Lake area: Pitt Lake is located in Grant Narrows Regional Park in Pitt Meadows which is about 45 minutes east of downtown Vancouver. Pitt Lake is the second-largest lake in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, being about 53.5 square km (20.5 square mi) in area. It is about 25km (15.6mi) long and about 4.5km (2.8mi) wide at its widest, and is also one of the world's largest tidal lakes, its confluence with the Fraser being only a few miles upstream from that river's estuary into the Strait of Georgia. Its southern tip, where the Pitt River resumes, is 40km (25mi) east of downtown Vancouver.
The upper Pitt River valley is a typical U-shaped glacial valley in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia. The over-deepening of the lower end of the valley over the span of the Wisconsin glaciation created a trough over 140m (462ft) below current sea level. After initial glacial retreat at around 13,000 years ago a saltwater fjord occupied this basin when relative sea levels were still ca 120m (396ft) to 140m (462ft) above current levels in the region. Unlike neighbouring Indian Arm and Howe Sound farther west this fjord basin became cut off by sedimentation of the lower Fraser River by ca 10,500 years ago and is now considered a tidal fjord lake.
The community of Pitt Meadows occupies the marshy lowland at the southern end of the lake, some of which has become drained and is known as the Pitt Polder. Just southwest of the lake is the community of Port Coquitlam, which is across the Pitt River from Pitt Meadows. At the north end of the lake is a locality named Alvin, which is a transport and shipping point for logging companies and their employees. The Upper Pitt, meaning the valley upstream from the lake, is considered BC's best fly-fishing rivers and one of its best steelhead streams.
The lake is popular with boaters and canoeists, but is prone to heavy winds and rains as well as big waves (due to its great depth). The mountain range on its east flank comprises Golden Ears Provincial Park, its basin to the north is in southern Garibaldi Provincial Park, while the mountain range on its west, northeast of Vancouver's Coquitlam Lake watershed reservoir, is Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. The waterfront and foreshore of the lake and river are public-access and include extensive migratory wildfowl habitat. There is a destination golfing resort in the Pitt Polder area called Swan-e-set.
The area along the east side of the lake is somewhat famous for being the reputed location of Slumach's lost gold mine, the location of many failed and sometimes disastrous searches for the alleged murderer's lost gold mine. (Info from Wikipedia)
Se ve mejor en grande sobre fondo negro
Del viaje a Port Aventura en Halloween.
Trabajando con HDR suelo hacer autenticas chapuzas, pero esta me ha gustado. Espero que a vosotro@s también.
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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.
Today is Remembrance Sunday, a time to remember all war dead. This photo is part of a bronze frieze commemorating the fighter pilots who took part in The Battle of Britain in 1940, known as The Few. My late father was one of their number.
In Flanders' Fields - John McCrae
In Flanders' fields the poppies blow.
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
in Flanders' fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch be yours to hold it high
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders' fields.
Lest we forget.
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The Monastery of Sant Benet de Bagés is a former Benedictine monastery, in the Catalan comarca of Bages. The Romanesque monastery was thoroughly restored at the beginning of the twentieth century by the Catalan architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch.
The monastery was founded about 950 by the noble Salla and his consort Ricarda, of the house of the viscounts of Osona . According to the founding legend, Salla traveled to Rome to have his institution authorized, and to have it depend directly on the Holy See, the usual method for preserving the community from interference from the bishop of Vic, in whose diocese it lay. The abbey church was consecrated 3 December 972, witnessed by a gathering of notables: Borrell II, Count of Barcelona, the bishops Frugifer of Vic, Guisad of Urgell and Pere of Barcelona, the viscount Guadald of Osona, and three of the four offspring of the recently deceased founder, his son Isarn and the sisters Quíxol and Ego, at the head of witnesses both laymen and priests, in a grand ceremonial recorded in the surviving act of consecration.
The community was dedicated to the Holy Trinity and to Benedict of Nursia (Sant Benét in Catalan) founder of the order, and Peter and Andrew, all guarantors of its future orthodoxy. The founder secured dispensations that the future abbots would be chosen from among their descendents, making the abbey a form of proprietary church, an agreement that would soon lead to disputes among the various branches of their lineage as to choice of abbots.
From 965, the abbey church held the supposed relics of Saint Valentine, enclosed in a wooden reliquary with plates of silver depicting miraclesa of Saint Valentine, rediscovered in 1863 in the church of Navarcles.At the beginning of the eleventh century the monastery passed under the direction of the Abbey of Saint Peter of Tomeras at Narbonne, from which the community freed itself in 1108. In 1125 Sant Benet de Bagés suffered from an attack by Moors that required a rebuilding, financed by local nobles who required in return the right to be buried in its consecrated ground.
The most splendid age of Sant Benet de Bagés was in the fourteenth century. The Black Death left the community with only two survivors, in a period that witnessed the beginning of its decline. On 9 November 1593, by order of Pope Clement VIII the community passed under the direction of the Abbey of Montserrat, and remained so until it was suppressed in 1820, serving as a place of retirement for Montserrat's community of monks. By the "law of desamortización" of 1835, all religious orders in Spain were required to render upo their possessions.The crumbling ancient structure attracted the interest of intellectuals who organised visits to it in the late nineteenth century. The architect Puig i Cadafalch and the painter Ramon Casas encouraged the mother of Casas to buy the property in 1907; in 1910 it passed into the hands of Casas, who commissioned Puig i Cadafalch to restore it. Since 2000, when it was purchased from Casas' heirs it has belonged to the Caixa de Manresa, a financial institution that has undertaken its maintenance.
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Dne 28. února 2025 se stala ve stanici Hustopeče nad Bečvou vážná železniční nehoda, při které došlo k vykolejení několika cisteren ložených benzenem a jejich následnému rozsáhlému požáru. Vlivem toho byl zcela přerušen provoz v úseku Hranice na Moravě – Lhotka nad Bečvou, a to na delší dobu. Nákladní vlaky, které měly tímto úsekem projíždět, byly odkloněny, což byl i případ vlaku loženého sklářským pískem pro sklárnu ve slovenském městě Nemšová. Jeho odklonová trasa ovšem vedla netradičně přes Staré Město u Uherského Hradiště, Uherský Brod, Bylnici a Vlárský průsmyk. Po této trase již tento vlak jezdil v roce 2022, kdy došlo k sesuvu svahu v úseku Valašská Polanka – Horní Lideč. V té době se vozba ložených vlaků odehrávala v noci nebo nad ránem, což se mělo dít i nyní, ale vlivem husté osobní dopravy se jízda vlaku protáhla o několik hodin a bylo možné ho tedy spatřit za denního světla. To dokazuje snímek pořízený dne 6. března 2025 nedaleko bývalé stanice Pitín, na kterém je zachycena lokomotiva 744.179 v čele 1774 tun těžkého vlaku Nex 52755 [Jestřebí–Nemšová]. Na postrku na plný výkon pracovala dvojice strojů 742.075+426. Vlak již měl v tomto místě nejnáročnější stoupání za sebou, tím bylo stoupání okolo obce Pitín, ale do vrcholového bodu tratě před Slavičínem mu ještě chybělo několik kilometrů. Jednalo se tak, na místní poměry, o nevšední podívanou, jelikož v úseku Bojkovice–Bylnice již není provozována žádná pravidelná nákladní doprava. Zachytit tak nákladní vlak s dvěma nejvýznamnějšími památkami mikroregionu Bojkovska - kostelem sv. Vavřince a zámkem Nový Světlov, vyžaduje notnou dávku štěstí.
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It is strange how the light changes a landscape. I was shooting moving waves and a wonderful sunset at the adriatic coast accompanied by my patient family. When we were about to head back I saw this beautiful photographic scene and decided to do a couple of long exposures to try to capture the moon reflection in the sea. The D80 captured the colors wonderfully and a perfect day got a perfect ending.
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The Gaol was erected in 1826 under the direction of Captain James Butler who taken over as commandant of the penal settlement the previous year. Butler had adopted the ideas of Jeremy Bentham, the English philosopher and social reformer. In the area of prison reform Bentham advocated abolishing the practice of flogging and argued instead for the use of sensory deprivation in silence and darkness as a means of discipline. The notion was that under these conditions the miscreants would be caused to reflect and realise the errors of their ways. Following these theories, Butler constructed the gaol on Sarah Island to be, in his words, a reformatory. The cells were approximately three feet wide, seven feet long and eight and a half feet high; and they were completely dark except when warders were observing a prisoner through a system of shutters. For convicts who had broken the rules, Butler saw this as a more humane form of discipline than flogging with the cat-o'-nine-tails. However, the practice was eventually discredited because the sensory deprivation drove many men insane.
For other photographs and further information about the Sarah Island penal settlement, see my images 0224 and 0225. For photographs and information related to the convict system in general (and to the Port Arthur penal settlement in particular), take a look at my images 0254 to 0262.
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fr: Un coup d'oeil sur la bastide à travers les arcades III, Monpazier, Périgord, Dordogne, France
*"HDR" from 3 different exposures - no Photomatix - blending mean + minimum of 3 pictures - EXIF from -1ev Exposure - Tripod - WB asjusted to 3000K High fluorescent.
you REALLY have to view it BIGGER On Black or the boogeyman will get you! :-)
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The real challenge on this series is to find the right WB setting for a consistant look and feel. Still more pictures from this series coming soon...
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*History: This town was founded in 1284 by the English King, Edward I, who was also had the title of Duke of Aquitaine. It is an example of an almost completely preserved bastides, which were fortified towns, built in the areas disputed by England and France in the 12th century. This attractive and peaceful village has a turbulent and violent history at the hands of various protagonists.
*Histoire: Monpazier est sans nul doute la bastide anglaise la mieux conservée du périgord par sa place à arcades, ses ruelles, ses maisons, ses églises et les vestiges de ses fortifications.
La ville forme un quadrilatère de 400 mètres sur 220 mètres dont le grand axe est orienté du Sud vers le nord. Toutes les maisons sont d'égales dimensions et sont séparées par d'étroits intervalles (andrones) prévus pour limiter la propagation des incendies.
Cette bastide fut fondée le 7 janvier 1284 par Edouard 1er, roi d'angleterre et duc d'angleterre sur des terrains cédés par le baron Pierre de Gontaut Biron. Ses habitants bénéficiaient de nombreux avantages comme l'exemption d'impôt et l'abolition du droit seigneurial.
Pendant la guerre de cent ans, Monpazier changea plusieurs fois de main. En 1637 une révolte de 8000 croquant naquit à Monpazier.
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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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La dominante verde è dovuta al filtro applicato all'obiettivo.
Wikipedia dice:
Con il termine picnic si identifica quel tradizionale pasto all'aperto compiuto in un contesto turistico o comunque che abbia una funzione sociale e ludica e non solamente alimentare. L'etimologia del termine va attribuita al termine composto piquenique, che in un francese arcaico abbina "pique" (prendere, rubacchiare) e "nique" (oggetto di poco valore). Il termine sembra si sia cominciato a diffondere alla fine del 1600 ed inizialmente si riferiva alla frugalità dell'evento, eseguito al di fuori dei riti imposti dal pranzo, composto da pochi e semplici cibi sottratti direttamente alla cucina.
Nel picnic, come ai nostri giorni, essenziale era il piacere del contatto con la natura e la partecipazione di più persone che provvedevano a portare singolarmente il cibo che veniva poi condiviso, senza avere l'ufficialità e lo sfarzo della classe nobiliare. Quest'ultima, specie nel XVIII secolo, era solita avere un seguito di servitori che imbandivano tavolate all'aria aperta, a seguito di partite di caccia che vedevano le prede essere preparate al momento. Il picnic aveva un'estrazione più popolare, se vogliamo intellettuale, dove il motivo aggregante era la socializzazione e il gusto del contatto con la natura.
Nel XIX secolo ci si riferiva al picnic come alla consumazione di un pasto in allegria e in clima rilassato da effettuarsi sui prati, in riva ad un fiume o sulla spiaggia, perdendo il desiderio di aggregazione in favore di un approccio più intimo, ideale contorno per il corteggiamento. Solitamente erano privilegiati i piatti freddi precedentemente preparati, come pane, salumi, formaggi, uova, insalate, frutta, torte, il tutto accompagnato da bevande generalmente analcoliche o da vini e birre a bassa gradazione.
Bueno creo que voy a cambiar un poco el tercio de sacar archivos de mi biblioteca, y vamos a empezar a subir foto recién salidas del horno, esta tarde de domingo he llevado a mi novia después de comer a dar un paseo, por un sitio diferente, hemos ido a caminar por la arena mientras que yo me entretenía haciendo alguna que otra foto en Calnegre, ella no había estado nunca por esta zona, asique como si fuésemos niños jeje…
Nota: Este procesado ha sido cosa de mi novia, yo he ido haciendo cosas y ella me decía, “así mejor, ahora no, ahora sí” Procesado con objetos inteligentes y una capa de niveles para el reflejo.
Esta foto se la dedico a todo el mundo, hay que ver que grandes son las pequeñas cosas…
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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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El bicácaro Canarina canariensis. También llamada bicacarera, bicacarero o campanilla es una planta trepadora endémica de Canarias.
Se trata de una de las especies vegetales más emblemáticas de Canarias, considerada por algunos autores como la «flor nacional» de las Islas.
A finales del siglo XVII, los jardines de Hampton Court, residencia veraniega del rey Guillermo III de Inglaterra, ya contaban con ejemplares de Canarina Canariensis, cuyas semillas habían sido enviadas por los comerciantes de vino británicos afincados en Canarias.
Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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
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America isn't known for castles or treasure from past kings on display in countless museums. America's crown jewels are it's wilderness, landscapes and natural wealth. Nothing probably signifies that more than Yellowstone, our first National Park.
Here we have an icon of the Park that has to be one of the most photographed things on earth: Old Faithful Geyser erupting. Behind lurks another national treasure: Old Faithful Inn.
Designed by architect Robert Reamer, Old Faithful Inn is a magnificent example of “Parkitecture” on a massive scale. From the National Park Service:
The building is an exposed log and wood-frame structure of rustic design and gigantic proportions: nearly 700 feet in length and a central core seven stories high.
Old Faithful Inn is one of the few remaining log hotels in the United States. The Inn is a masterpiece of rustic architecture in its stylized design and fine craftsmanship. Its influence on American architecture, particularly park architecture, was immeasurable in its uses of natural materials to create a feeling of high-style rusticity. In a broad sense the design of the Inn parallels architectural ideas being used in hotel construction today with its enormous multi-story lobby surrounded by levels of galleries.
Old Faithful Inn undoubtedly is the queen of rustic hotels in the national parks. Its use of natural materials, allusions to pioneer building techniques, and strong ties with its site through the use of onsite materials are three key principles of rustic design with which National Park Service architects worked through World War II.
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.”
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.
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there is always loads of sunshine the week of Thanksgiving-slash-my birthday. and this always irritates me slightly.
by now, i'm more than ready for cooler weather. and usually we've had a taste of it in the weeks prior. colder nights, sweater weather during the day, sometimes a bit of rain.
so, when Thanksgiving rolls around, i'm always disappointed at the flip flops and t-shirt weather that accompanies this handful of days.
i don't know why it seems to happens so frequently, but i can count on one hand the number of times that this week has actually been properly cold in the past dozen or so years (well, properly cold for Los Angeles, anyway).
i'm so ready to swap out the flip flops for a pair of comfy flat boots that i can tuck my jeans into. and some rain. and some hot cocoa.
EDIT: i'm well aware that it's a bit silly to be complaining about the weather when i live in Southern California. i love love love our weather for the most part. and no, i wouldn't want to live somewhere that goes freezing and hurls snow at me.
but dammit! i just would love it if it was BELOW 70 degrees for Thanksgiving! :)
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"3 x 5," by John Mayer
maybe I will tell you all about it when I'm
in the mood to lose my way
but let me say
you should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes
it brought me back to life
you'll be with me next time I go outside
no more 3x5's
It was a sunny Tuesday afternoon and it was approximately 84 degrees outside.
You were sitting in my room complaining about how hot it was. I didn't complain because you already knew how much I adored this weather. I observed you, and I could see this expression of "I'm dying." upon your face. I suggested we go to the beach for a while. You got up right away and said "You're so smart. That's a great idea." I giggled because even you could have come up with that, but I suppose you were too hot to even think.
I changed into some denim ripped shorts and a flowy tank top. You, of course, we're screwed because you wore jeans and a t-shirt. but it didn't matter.
you always seemed to manage.
i grabbed some sun-block and towels and we headed out to your car.
It was pretty hot in there. I said "Wow, I can't even breathe." and so we rolled down the windows. We got on the 10 freeway and there wasn't much traffic, which was awesome because the faster we got there, the better. We put on our ipods, you started off with some loud hardcore music, i didn't mind. I was actually getting the hang of it and even started building a like for it. Then, I blasted some Taylor Swift. You weren't such a big fan, but you didn't mind it either. While you kept your eyes on the road, I kept my eyes on the sky and started imagining all the fun we were going to have on this really hot day.
You held my hand and I started playing with your fingers. We held hands until our palms started getting sweaty. We released them, and we started giggling saying "ewwwwwww." we were such children.
we're about 5 minutes away and we can already see the pier and the ocean. we make our way into the parking lot. once we're parked, we get out of the car and I start running away from you, making my way towards the sand. you go after me and say "Girl, where do you think you're going?" I laugh and let you catch up to me. You wrap your arm around me and we see what looks like a huge family of seagulls. You look at me and give me that smirk. I already know what you're thinking. I say "Honey, leave them alone. They're just cute little birds. They aren't doing a thing to us." You laugh because I always had the habit of defending animals. You take me by the hand and start running. I couldn't stop myself and so there we were. We chased after the seagulls making funny noises at them, scaring them away. I couldn't help but to just laugh. You say "Wasn't that fun?" I reply "it was a workout." after the seagull chase, we find ourselves a nice spot to lay our stuff down. There's children everywhere playing with their shovels and buckets, making mud pies. I suggest that we build a sandcastle. and so we do. at the end, we're both very satisfied with our castle and I proudly declare that you're the prince and I'm the princess. you give me a soft kiss on the cheek and call me "dork."
the sun kissed our skin beautifully with its warmth and its rays shining down upon us.
you roll up your jeans halfway and we start to walk towards the ocean. as the waves come crashing down, I start squealing because I can feel the cold water wash over my feet. You begin splashing me with your hands and I kick you on the side of your leg. I then start splashing you back. You don't care that you didn't bring extra clothes. you simply enjoy the moment you're having and forget about everything that doesn't matter. After an hour of spending some time in the water, we walk back to our things and I dip my little red-painted toes in the sand and giggle like a child as I move them around. You pull up and sit next to me. We both start shivering because we got completely wet. I grab a towel and wrap it around our frail little shoulders. I ask how you're feeling and you reply "Much better, I'm so happy we did this." As you look up into the sky, I look at you. Amazed. Of what? Only I knew. We never had a day like this. It felt completely magical. As the sun starts going down, we question if we should stay or leave. In the end, we decide to stay. We fall asleep for a while on the towels we laid out.
we wake up and its already dark. you help me up and we walk towards a lifeguard dock. we then just sit there, observing the stars. I look afar, and I see what looks like a big sparkly star. Amused, i say to you "oh my gosh! do you see that star?! its so big! and it sparkles like no other!" You look, and then you reply "Oh baby. That's not a star, that's a helicopter." To my dissapointment, you were right. I look down feeling stupid, and you simply lift my chin up and say "You know, some things aren't what they seem. But you and I, we're real. We're up in the night sky, and we sparkle, twice as much as all the other stars." You point out a star, one that I had not seen, and it was sparkling, so bright. It made its reflection upon the ocean, and you were right. Once again.
I lay there in your arms, with my head resting upon your chest, and I can feel your heartbeat. As I'm there, the lyric "You belong with me, not swallowed in the sea." makes its way into my head.
The night was perfect.
Our day at the beach, it was perfect.
and it will forever remain in my heart.
[P.s. Ta-da! I hope you enjoyed this little story that I made up lol. I'm working on my writing and story-telling soooo, bear with me. One day I'll write a perfectly nice story that makes sense. :) and I uploaded this photo in the past, but deleted it, and uploaded it once again to tell this story.]
Glass gazebo-like entrance to Pacific Centre Mall. Vancouver, BC, Canada
Pacific Centre is a shopping mall located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is operated by Cadillac Fairview Corporation. Based on the number of stores, many of which are underground, it is the largest mall in Downtown Vancouver with over 100 stores and services. Anchor stores include Sears and Holt Renfrew, SportChek and Coast Mountain Sports among numerous other shops.
The mall is also connected to The Bay department store, Vancouver Centre Mall, a SkyTrain transit station, and the Four Seasons Hotel, a 385-room luxury hotel.
In 2006-2008, the mall underwent a major renovation project, with the construction of a new Holt Renfrew store, a new food court and common area updating. Security for the centre is provided by Concord Security and heating is provided via underground pipes from Central Heat Distribution.
The City of Vancouver has approved an expansion of Pacific Centre, including retail premises that will extend to the street on both sides of West Georgia Street, and a link connecting the shopping centre to the new Vancouver City Centre rapid transit station on Granville Street. The link opened in the summer of 2009 in conjunction with the opening of the Canada Line.
New retailers for Pacific Centre are British Columbia's first Apple Store, an H&M flagship store, Teenflo, Browns shoes, Coach, Miss Sixty, Energie, and Hollister.
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ale che questa gliela dedico solo perchè sono giorni che mi rompe le palle.ale che non avrei dovuto metterla solo perchè oggi sfotteva.ale che è un amico.ale che è L'amico.ale che con me ha una pazienza infinita.ale che mi ascolta pomeriggi interi.ale che se devo piangere è la mia spalla preferita su cui farlo.ale che magari finge di ascoltarmi ma in realtà sta giocando col cellulare.ale che ora sta meglio.ale che si giustifica con me,come se fumando facesse un torto a me e non al suo polmone sinistro.ale che domani torna a scuola.ale che dopo due anni continua a dirmi "no bea,non sei brutta,piantala",quando mi butto giù,invece di tirarmi un pugno.ale che quando ride per le cazzate che dico sono felice.ale che non usa creme per le mani.ale che si innamora.
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They were part of a group of people having their photo taken for a wedding celebration.
I snapped around the whole scene... but when I got home and saw this picture, I realized she doesn't look like celebrating much... I couldn't believe it... how infinitely sad that look she has is... It almost brings me to one of those usual pictures of Africa, with mothers holding their child in a mute cry for help.
I don't know why this happens to me, but the more I look at this, the deeper her emotion gets into my soul... so I thought I'd share it and reflect or feel together...
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I pass this old truck almost every day of my life. It sits in a yard just down the road from where I live. So I finally decided to stop and snap some pics. The guy who owns this classic truck told me that this beauty STILL runs, despite it's extremely weathered condition. He claims he actually drove it to and from Seattle (on more than one occasion, I might add) not so very long ago.
Some great things just stand the test of time.
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I had walked the paddock and parkingplaces several times when I suddenly noticed a Lamborghini which wasn't there before.
Only a quick glance at the car pointed out that it had to be a LP640 Hamann.
The details like the spoiler, double exhaustpipes and the roofscoop make it immediately clear that it wasn't an 'ordinary' Murciélago.
I don't know for how lang this car was present at the event, because after I'd taken several shots of this car I walked the premissses some more.
When I got back to this location, the Hamann was already gone.
It's quite a rare and exclusive car, especially here in the Netherlands (and Belgium off course).
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With some Haiku Notes:
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Other dimensions
providing information,
just don't look; but see.
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Take aim and you'll see
truth behind reality
in both yin and yang
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It's all in your mind
concentrate and be mindful
sense reality
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The Noble Eightfold Path describes the way to the end of suffering, as it was laid out by Siddhartha Gautama. It is a practical guideline to ethical and mental development with the goal of freeing the individual from attachments and delusions; and it finally leads to understanding the truth about all things. Together with the Four Noble Truths it constitutes the gist of Buddhism. Great emphasis is put on the practical aspect, because it is only through practice that one can attain a higher level of existence and finally reach Nirvana. The eight aspects of the path are not to be understood as a sequence of single steps, instead they are highly interdependent principles that have to be seen in relationship with each other.
1. Right View
Right view is the beginning and the end of the path, it simply means to see and to understand things as they really are and to realise the Four Noble Truth. As such, right view is the cognitive aspect of wisdom. It means to see things through, to grasp the impermanent and imperfect nature of worldly objects and ideas, and to understand the law of karma and karmic conditioning. Right view is not necessarily an intellectual capacity, just as wisdom is not just a matter of intelligence. Instead, right view is attained, sustained, and enhanced through all capacities of mind. It begins with the intuitive insight that all beings are subject to suffering and it ends with complete understanding of the true nature of all things. Since our view of the world forms our thoughts and our actions, right view yields right thoughts and right actions.
2. Right Intention
While right view refers to the cognitive aspect of wisdom, right intention refers to the volitional aspect, i.e. the kind of mental energy that controls our actions. Right intention can be described best as commitment to ethical and mental self-improvement. Buddha distinguishes three types of right intentions: 1. the intention of renunciation, which means resistance to the pull of desire, 2. the intention of good will, meaning resistance to feelings of anger and aversion, and 3. the intention of harmlessness, meaning not to think or act cruelly, violently, or aggressively, and to develop compassion.
3. Right Speech
Right speech is the first principle of ethical conduct in the eightfold path. Ethical conduct is viewed as a guideline to moral discipline, which supports the other principles of the path. This aspect is not self-sufficient, however, essential, because mental purification can only be achieved through the cultivation of ethical conduct. The importance of speech in the context of Buddhist ethics is obvious: words can break or save lives, make enemies or friends, start war or create peace. Buddha explained right speech as follows: 1. to abstain from false speech, especially not to tell deliberate lies and not to speak deceitfully, 2. to abstain from slanderous speech and not to use words maliciously against others, 3. to abstain from harsh words that offend or hurt others, and 4. to abstain from idle chatter that lacks purpose or depth. Positively phrased, this means to tell the truth, to speak friendly, warm, and gently and to talk only when necessary.
4. Right Action
The second ethical principle, right action, involves the body as natural means of expression, as it refers to deeds that involve bodily actions. Unwholesome actions lead to unsound states of mind, while wholesome actions lead to sound states of mind. Again, the principle is explained in terms of abstinence: right action means 1. to abstain from harming sentient beings, especially to abstain from taking life (including suicide) and doing harm intentionally or delinquently, 2. to abstain from taking what is not given, which includes stealing, robbery, fraud, deceitfulness, and dishonesty, and 3. to abstain from sexual misconduct. Positively formulated, right action means to act kindly and compassionately, to be honest, to respect the belongings of others, and to keep sexual relationships harmless to others. Further details regarding the concrete meaning of right action can be found in the Precepts.
5. Right Livelihood
Right livelihood means that one should earn one's living in a righteous way and that wealth should be gained legally and peacefully. The Buddha mentions four specific activities that harm other beings and that one should avoid for this reason: 1. dealing in weapons, 2. dealing in living beings (including raising animals for slaughter as well as slave trade and prostitution), 3. working in meat production and butchery, and 4. selling intoxicants and poisons, such as alcohol and drugs. Furthermore any other occupation that would violate the principles of right speech and right action should be avoided.
6. Right Effort
Right effort can be seen as a prerequisite for the other principles of the path. Without effort, which is in itself an act of will, nothing can be achieved, whereas misguided effort distracts the mind from its task, and confusion will be the consequence. Mental energy is the force behind right effort; it can occur in either wholesome or unwholesome states. The same type of energy that fuels desire, envy, aggression, and violence can on the other side fuel self-discipline, honesty, benevolence, and kindness. Right effort is detailed in four types of endeavours that rank in ascending order of perfection: 1. to prevent the arising of unarisen unwholesome states, 2. to abandon unwholesome states that have already arisen, 3. to arouse wholesome states that have not yet arisen, and 4. to maintain and perfect wholesome states already arisen.
7. Right Mindfulness
Right mindfulness is the controlled and perfected faculty of cognition. It is the mental ability to see things as they are, with clear consciousness. Usually, the cognitive process begins with an impression induced by perception, or by a thought, but then it does not stay with the mere impression. Instead, we almost always conceptualise sense impressions and thoughts immediately. We interpret them and set them in relation to other thoughts and experiences, which naturally go beyond the facticity of the original impression. The mind then posits concepts, joins concepts into constructs, and weaves those constructs into complex interpretative schemes. All this happens only half consciously, and as a result we often see things obscured. Right mindfulness is anchored in clear perception and it penetrates impressions without getting carried away. Right mindfulness enables us to be aware of the process of conceptualisation in a way that we actively observe and control the way our thoughts go. Buddha accounted for this as the four foundations of mindfulness: 1. contemplation of the body, 2. contemplation of feeling (repulsive, attractive, or neutral), 3. contemplation of the state of mind, and 4. contemplation of the phenomena.
8. Right Concentration
The eighth principle of the path, right concentration, refers to the development of a mental force that occurs in natural consciousness, although at a relatively low level of intensity, namely concentration. Concentration in this context is described as one-pointedness of mind, meaning a state where all mental faculties are unified and directed onto one particular object. Right concentration for the purpose of the eightfold path means wholesome concentration, i.e. concentration on wholesome thoughts and actions. The Buddhist method of choice to develop right concentration is through the practice of meditation. The meditating mind focuses on a selected object. It first directs itself onto it, then sustains concentration, and finally intensifies concentration step by step. Through this practice it becomes natural to apply elevated levels concentration also in everyday situations.
An Additional Haiku Note:
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Take time be aware
we are no-thing but our thoughts
so said the Buddha
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Personal Thoughts from August 07, 1976
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Energy is one.
Individuals are parts of that one.
Individuals through a source such as Love
(or other emotion or virtue) are one.
Thoughts are a source of energy.
Energy is neither created or destroyed.
Thoughts are neither created or destroyed.
Individuals are tuned-in to thoughts.
We do not think; we experience thought.
Our level of development is how we use
these thoughts to experience other
thoughts.
We are actually experiencing energies.
Our level of development is how we can
tune-in to these energies.
Our true purpose is to think and develop;
think and develop; become the source of energy.
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