View allAll Photos Tagged php
Port Vell - Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
In January 1918, a schooner sporting three masts and named Carmen Flores was launched at the beach of Torrevieja. The vessel was active for almost 80 years, during which time it underwent various modifications and changes of name. Between 1928 and 1975 it was a motor sailer and went by the names of the Puerto de Palma and the Cala San Vicenç. As of 1975, by which time it was called the Sayremar Uno, it operated as an auxiliary ship for underwater work. The vessel continued to work in that capacity until 1997, the year in which the Museu Marítim de Barcelona acquired it through an auction. Now the schooner is renamed Santa Eulàlia in honour of one of Barcelona’s patron saints.
More info: www.museumaritimbarcelona.com/default.asp?idApartado=109
***
Saint Eulàlia (Aulaire, Aulazia, Ollala, Eulària) (ca. 290-12 February 303), co-patron saint of Barcelona, was a thirteen-year-old Roman Christian virgin who suffered martyrdom in Barcelona during the persecution of Christians in the reign of emperor Diocletian. There is some dispute as to whether she is the same person as Saint Eulalia of Mérida, whose story is similar.
For refusing to recant her Christianity, the Romans subjected her to thirteen tortures; including:
- Putting her into a barrel with knives (or glass) stuck into it and rolling it down a street (according to tradition, the one now called Baixada de Santa Eulalia "Saint Eulalia's descent").
- Cutting off her breasts.
- Crucifixion on an X-shaped cross. She is depicted with this cross, the instrument of her martyrdom.
- Finally, decapitation.
A dove flew from her neck after decapitation. This is one point of similarity with the story of Eulalia of Mérida, in which a dove flew from the girl's mouth at the moment of her death. In addition, Eulalia of Mérida's tortures are sometimes enumerated among the Barcelona martyr's, and the two were similar in age and year of death.
Eulalia is commemorated with statues and street names throughout Barcelona. Her body was originally interred in the church of Santa Maria de les Arenes (St. Mary of the Sands; now Santa Maria del Mar, St. Mary of the Sea). It was hidden in 713 during the Moorish invasion, and only recovered in 878. In 1339, it was relocated to an alabaster sarcophagus in the crypt of the newly-built Cathedral of Santa Eulalia. The festival of Saint Eulalia is held in Barcelona for a week around her feast day on February 12.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Eulalia_of_Barcelona
-------------------------------
CASTELLANO
En enero de 1919 se botó en la playa de Torrevieja un pailebote de tres palos que fue bautizado con el nombre de Carmen Flores. Durante los casi ochenta años en los que el barco estuvo en activo sufrió diferentes transformaciones y cambios de nombre. Entre 1928 y 1975 fue motovelero con los nombres de Puerto de Palma y Cala San Vicenç. A partir de 1975, con el nombre de Sayremar Uno, fue barco auxiliar para trabajos submarinos, actividad que realizaba cuando el Museo Marítimo de Barcelona lo adquirió en subasta en 1997. Actualmente recibe el nombre de Santa Eulàlia en honor de la compatrona de la ciudad.
Más info: www.museumaritimbarcelona.com/default.asp?idApartado=109&...
***
Eulalia de Barcelona (llamada también Ollala o Eulària) (h. 290 - 12 de febrero de 303), mártir cristiana.
Según la tradición cristiana, Eulalia de Barcelona vivió cerca de Barcina, Hispania (actual Barcelona, España) en los tiempos del emperador Diocleciano (284-305) durante el siglo III o IV, siendo papa Marcelino.
Durante la persecución de los cristianos en la región, Eulalia, una muchacha de entre 13 y 15 años escapó de una casa de campo donde sus padres la habían encerrado para que no se entregase a las autoridades, abiertamente confesó su fe y fue entregada al martirio.
Fue víctima de diferentes tormentos y murió en la cruz, si bien hay serias dudas sobre la historicidad de la narración de su martirio.
De acuerdo con la tradición, uno de estos tormentos consistió en lanzarla rodando dentro de un tonel lleno de vidrios rotos por la calle (actualmente llamada Baixada de Santa Eulàlia -Bajada de Santa Eulalia-), donde hay una imagen de la santa en una pequeña capilla.
Dice la leyenda que fue clavada desnuda en una cruz de forma de 'X' (forma conocida como cruz de Santa Eulalia). En aquel momento para preservar su intimidad le crecieron los cabellos y comenzó a nevar.
Al final de su oración de que el Señor la tomara a Su Reino, la gente vio volar hacia el cielo de su boca una paloma blanca.
Fue canonizada y se considera santa tanto por la Iglesia Católica Romana, como por la Ortodoxa.
Sus despojos fueron localizados en 878 por el obispo Frodoi y trasladados solemnemente a la catedral.
Better View Large On Black or press "L"
Follow me on facebook
© Hervé DAPREMONT
Ne pas utiliser sans mon autorisation écrite. Ne le faites pas ! Merci
Don't use without my written permission. Do not ! Thanks
Your comments and favorites are greatly appreciated, but NO awards, banners & graphics please. Thanks a lot ! :-)
Listen to Las Furias on MySpace
________________________________________________________________________
[Explore / 06 Apr 2011]
Explore highest position : 461 on Thursday, April 07, 2011 ! Thanks everybody !!!
________________________________________________________________________
Click nghe 01 : www.yeucahat.com/listen.php?s=252839
Click nghe 02 : www.nhaccuatui.com/nghe?M=LzzJx0ZTRS
Click nghe 02 : mp3.zing.vn/bai-hat/La-Thu-Khong-Tron-Ven-Nhieu-Ca-Si/IW7...
Lyric :
Demo
Newsong : Lá Thư Không Trọn Vẹn
Trình Bày và Sáng Tác : Mr.Kel ft lil.Sino , lil.lenz
Lyric : [Intro]
Jarry: Sino mày kéo thằng kelbi lại coi đừng để nó nhảy
Lil’Sino: Ông làm gì vậy ông bị điên hả …dừng lại
KelBi: Mày đừng cản tao ……huhuhu
Jarry: vì 1 đứa con gái có đáng để mày làm vậy không hả…thằng kia
Lil’Sino: đừng làm vậy…. hãy viết cho nó 1 lá thư đi
KelBi: lá thư hả…. tao phải viết làm sao đây
Jarry: viết bằng cảm xúc thật của mày đó…..bao nhiu ngày qua… mày lụy con nhỏ này
có đáng ko…bây giờ mày tỉnh giấc chưa hả…tỉnh đi
[Ver1- Mr.KelBi]
Lá thư cuối cùng anh sẽ viết dành cho em
Lá thư cuối cùng anh sẽ viết không trọn vẹn
Từng vết nức, từng trang giấy , anh phải viết, viết ra sao
Từng nổi nhớ, từng cảm giác, anh phải viết, như thế nào
Làm sao có thể viết lên khi 1 tờ giấy còn màu trắng
Làm sao có thể nói lên khi 1 tình iu không may mắn
Nỗi đau vẫn còn mình tôi tình iu sao phai phôi
Tình em cũng đã vậy rồi em đã ra đi theo người mới
Nước mắt vẫn còn mong theo 1 tình iu không mong đợi
Hãy thả từng nhịp cảm xúc nỗi nhớ bay xa khơi
Nỗi đau vẫn còn trong tim làm sao viết thành lời
Chỉ còn lại những hi vọng 1 tình iu không mơ tới
Nỗi nhớ ấm áp ngày nào làm sao có thể vơi
Vơi sao bao nỗi bùn tình iu sao chơi vơi
Kết thúc 1 lá thư 1 tình iu không trọn vẹn
Một bài hát đầy cảm xúc 1 kết thúc dành cho em
[Chorus-Jarry]
[Chorus]
Nhớ…nhớ phút giây xưa mặn nồng
Giờ em đã .. đã đi không về
Làm sao để thôi buồn,dù tình này giờ đã xa
Thì thôi anh không ước mong
Nay … nay trên lối xưa không còn
Một hình dung bên anh thuở nào
Giờ chỉ còn ký ức và những điều đắng cay
Đành quên , quên đi ước mơ
[Ver2-Lil’Sino]
Gió thổi bai tất cả chỉ còn nỗi buồn vương trên vai
Nay anh phải câm lặng để em bước típ cùng ai
Hình ảnh vẫn còn đó tình iu của anh vẫn còn đó
Bao kỉ niệm vẫn còn đó nhưng sao em nay không còn đó
Trong cuộc tình chúng ta thì anh đúng hay anh sai
Em có biết không rằng anh rất đau đớn khi chia tay
Dòng thư viết trên giấy anh không tin có ngày mai
Khi anh biết theo màn đêm em đã ra đi không quay lại
Từng nhịp tim anh đập theo làn song vỗ từng cơn
Dòng thư cuối anh viết con tim anh quá đau đớn
Khi lúc xưa đã tin rằng em sẽ không xa lìa
Nay vỡ tan dòng cảm xúc vì em đã bước cùng ai kia
Ngọt ngào rồi cay đắng em đã dành tặng cho anh
Hạnh phúc rồi nước mắt chúng đã đến sao quá nhanh
Có lẽ những ngày sau 1 mình anh sẽ típ tục
Hướng tới 1 ngày mai khi cuộc tình chúng ta đã kết thúc
[Chorus]
[Coda]
Dẫu biết đó lá thư này.. sẽ ko tới tay em..
Đêm ngày.. chờ mong tin em nơi xa xăm
Từng đêm anh vẫn thầm mơ
----------------------- The End ------------------------
Nghe ủng hộ cho kel nhé :X có gì spam bài này cho kel nhé
My Yahoo : Rapper.MrKel @ yahoo.com
I noticed there were so many different types of leaves that had fallen and gathered on the shores of Rock Lake. Such a variety of trees in that area!
If you have time, click here to see more of my photos on Darckr.
www.lokomotivy.net/zobraz2.php?rada=r754sk&loko=1406
Ve dnech 25. a 26. července 2026 se konala denní napěťová výluka mezi stanicemi Bytča a Považská Teplá. Důvodem této výluky byla rekonstrukce vedení VVN 2x 110 kV v místě křížení se železniční tratí v kilometru 182,580 mezi stanicí Bytča a výhybnou Plevník-Drienové. Během této výluky byly osobní vlaky nahrazeny náhradní autobusovou dopravou zatímco rychlíky a expresní vlaky byly vedeny lokomotivou nezávislé trakce. Tohoto úkolu se po oba dva dny chopila trojice zvolenských lokomotiv 754.014, 034 a 073. Na snímku z prvního dne výluky je zachycen stroj 754.014 společně s nečinným Vectronem 383.106 v čele expresu 606 "Tatran" [Košice – Bratislava hl.st.] chvíli po průjezdu zastávkou Považská Teplá. V blízkosti této zastávky se na 437 m n. m. vysokém vrchu nachází Považský hrad, což je výrazná zřícenina, která je viditelná z dálky a její historie sahá až do 12. století. Na úbočí hradního kopce se nachází vesnice Považské Podhradie, v níž lze nalézt další významné památky Pováží, a to zámek Burg, který byl postaven v 17. století jako rodinné sídlo, které nahradilo hrad. Dále se ve vesnici nachází kostel svatého Ladislava z roku 1855 a Száparayovský zámek z 18. století. Všechny tyto zmíněné významné stavby jsou na snímku zachyceny.
A REAL MUST SEE ON LARGE & BLACK TO GET FULL APPRECIATION
THIS IS ESPECAILLY FOR MY DEAR FRIEND MS. JUDI, AT HER SUGGESTION!
In the early days of settling the land of the Rio Grande River before much of Albuquerque was a very large community, the old settlers, partioned off strip's of land that ran up to the Rio Grande River, and as they passed they left these strips of land to their children, which have been handed down from generation to generation, so that parcel of the land have been in the same families for generations. There are irrigation ditches that furn along side each parcel of land dividing them, and also used as water from the river to feed what eve groups that were grown on them,
A few are still owned by the original families.
There wasn't a cloud in the sky that day, and the day previous when I flew in the clouds were in abundance! It was a lovely place to grow up as a child
rt.http://tv.cac.es/index.php?lang=va&id=100
Al llarg d'un eix de quasi dos quilòmetres, en l'antic llit del riu Túria, este complex impulsat per la Generalitat Valenciana sorprén per la seua arquitectura - obra de Santiago Calatrava i Félix Candela - i per la seua immensa capacitat per a divertir i estimular les ments dels seus visitants que, recorrent els seus edificis, coneixen diferents aspectes relacionats amb la ciència, la tecnologia, la naturalesa o l'art.
Along an axis of nearly two kilometers in the old Turia River, this complex promoted by the Generalitat Valenciana for its architectural surprises - by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela - and its immense capacity for fun and stimulate the minds of your visitors, using their buildings, understand different aspects of science, technology, nature and art. .
photoinspiration.gr/index.php?option=com_chronoforms&...
Η φωτογραφία μου αυτή, είναι ανάμεσα στις επιλογές από το Athens Photo Inspiration 2012. Αν θέλετε να την ψηφίσετε θα την βρείτε στον φάκελο "Ελεύθερο θέμα". Μαζί με την ψήφο σας υποβάλετε το email σας και όταν σας έρθει επιβεβαίωση την πατάτε για να καταχωρηθεί η ψήφος.
Ευχαριστώ πολύ!!!
'as formas muitas de desAGUAr' On White
and
'as formas muitas de desAGUAr' On Black
"as formas muitas de desaguar"
...
;D))))
.
.
... eh eh ...'enkontrei' este título
.
em
A PALAVRA
NO CIMO
DAS ÁGUAS
de
Jorge Reis Sá
colecção - Campo da Poesia - 35, Campo das Letras
.
"...
olho o céu, ...
observo alteando a face, um sol
e assim as águas
por detrás deste brilho, escondidas "
.
.
.
the WATERFALL, in the NATIONS PARK ... 1000 x 700 pixels
alright i've gotten tagged twice and so i figure it's time to get around to it!
TEN FACTS ABOUT ME! :)
#1
i love any kind of fruit blossoms <3333
#2
my boyfriend is gonna be a nurse. so proud of him :)
#3
i love buying shoes.
#4
i buy all my clothes online except pants
#5
my brother has a pet gopher named steve.
#6
my little sister is turning 8 next week.
#7
my parents are two of the most amazing people i have ever known
#8
99% of days, i'm genuinely happy with myself :)
#9
i hate being at home on my days off, i always want to be doing something, and most of the time i end up at Disneyland.
#10
i drink my daily 8 every day!
So, in my 2-3 years since becoming an absolute Disney photography junkie, I've seen some absolutely aMAZing shot of Wishes! This is obviously not one of them. Not that the shot is terrible - but it's not as good as it could be. Well, not even really close to as good as it could be. First off I didn't have a tripod, which in my opinion is really essential when taking fireworks shots to get the exposure right. Second, I only had one hand to shoot with, because the other was holding my 4 year old daughter Anna. I'm amazed that I was actually able to get one decent shot without too much camera shake. And then this guy came and stood RIGHT in front of me. UUGGHHH. Oh not to mention my wife yelling at me every 10 seconds "WOULD YOU STOP TAKING PICTURES?!?". Needless to say I didn't get many keepers.
Wishes!
Main Street Hub
Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
My Website - Aaron Yeoman Photography & Image Prints for Sale
Also Follow Me at 500px * Getty Images * Twitter * Facebook * Google+
King's Cross Underground Station, London, England
Its been a while since I uploaded an escalator or infact a London Underground image. There are many entrances and exits of King's Cross Underground station but this is its newest one. It serves the brand new and partly unfinished city offices that they are building around Kings Cross Station and I must say I am very impressed!
I love the reflections going on here off the shiny tiles, they are pure white and give it a very clean, some say a very clinical feel to the station.
I am undecided on which version to upload as I have also done a low key version which I might upload in the next few days for you all to compare. It may take me a few days myself to decide which version I like.
Photo Details
Sony Alpha SLT-A99 / ISO400 / f/11 / 1/13s / Sony Carl Zeiss 16-35mm F2.8 ZA SSM @ 16mm
Software Used
Lightroom 5
Silver Efex Pro 2
Location Information
The first underground station at King's Cross opened as part of the original section of the Metropolitan Railway in 1863 and was rearranged in 1868 and 1926. New platforms for the sub-surface lines of the Underground were opened about 400 m (440 yd) to the west in 1941 to make interchanging between the sub-surface lines and the tube lines easier; the 1868 platforms later became the former King's Cross Thameslink station, which closed on 9 December 2007 when the Thameslink service moved to St Pancras International. One of the platforms may be seen from Underground trains between the present station and Farringdon.
The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR, now part of the Piccadilly line) platforms opened with the rest of the line in December 1906, while the City & South London Railway (C&SLR, now part of the Northern line) arrived in May 1907. The Victoria line platforms came into use on 1 December 1968 with the opening of the second phase of the line. The Victoria line escalators cut through the location of the original Piccadilly line lifts.
On 18 November 1987 the station was the scene of a devastating fire that killed 31 people. The cause was attributed to a lit match falling into, and setting fire to, an escalator machine room, combined with a then-unknown fire phenomenon of the trench effect, which caused the fire to explode into the station. As a result, fire safety procedures on the Underground were tightened, staff training was improved and wooden steps on escalators were replaced with metal ones. The existing prohibition of smoking throughout the London Underground network was tightened. Due to the extensive damage caused by the fire, it took over a year to repair and reopen the station; the Northern line platforms and the escalators from the ticket hall to the Piccadilly line remained closed until 5 March 1989.
On 7 July 2005, as part of a co-ordinated bomb attack, an explosion in a Piccadilly line train travelling between King's Cross St Pancras and Russell Square resulted in the deaths of 26 people.
L'ÉVENTAIL ROUGE... View On proper Black
I became a lover of red later in life.
I took a course on colours years ago, very interesting, a real eye-opener... all very logical!
HOW THE COLOR RED AFFECTS US PHYSICALLY:
It increases enthusiasm.
It stimulates energy and can increase the blood pressure, respiration, heartbeat, and pulse rate.
It encourages action and confidence
It provides a sense of protection from fears and anxiety.
Red stands for Happiness, Celebration and Ceremony!
Red is the color most commonly associated with joy and well being. It is the color of celebration and ceremony. A red carpet is often used to welcome distinguished guests. Red is also traditional color of seats in opera houses and theaters. Scarlet academic gowns are worn at by new Doctors of Philosophy at degree ceremonies at Oxford University and other schools. In China, it is considered the color of good fortune and prosperity, and it is the color traditionally worn by brides. In Christian countries, it is the color traditionally worn at Christmas by Santa Claus, because in the 4th century the historic Saint Nicholas was the Greek Christian Bishop of Myra, in modern-day Turkey, and bishops then dressed in red
Being creative is not a choice... it is an urge in me.
READ MORE HERE, Blog: magdaindigo.blogspot.com/2010/01/about-innovative-creativ...
Have a wonderful day, filled with love and beauty, M, (*_*)
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
On EXPLORE May 5, 2008
Best to: View Large and On Black
Couldn't leave without saying to all of you a warm and heart felt "THANK YOU" for the almost 30.000 page views that my stream has gotten since I came on Flickr 9 months ago... that long already, yup :)
As most of you know I will be off Flickr for awhile. And if I forgot to send any of you a personal email in regards - I am so sorry, but I had to send so many that I lost the way on the end :S. feel very tired and am upset - but this is life, and we should take it as it comes, making the best of it in any circumstances.
Thank you once more for the views on my photos, for your friendship, and your comments, and for the ideas, and the encouragements, I've got from you all. Be well, have a great summer, and keep shooting those great shots :) {{{HUGS}}} from me to all of you's :)
Si todo el año fuera de alegre vacación, divertirse seria el mas enojoso de los trabajos.
Autor: William Shakespeare
Another from my trip to St. Michael's, Maryland. This was the pier at the house that we stayed at for the trip. The view we had was one of the reasons I fell in love with the area. The weather was perfect for our trip, not too humid. I just relaxed on the pier for hours enjoying the view.
My last seagull pic prompted a few questions about textures and which ones I'm using, so I thought I'd post another shot of my "kitchen."
You can see that I'm actually using three textures, and two to three layers of each, which I've blended in and out using masks and various overlay modes.
The post processing on this one got pretty extensive - about 24 layers (including 8 texture layers, 3 high-pass layers, and 9 adjustment layers). Fun!! :)
© All Rights Reserved, Krebs Sebastien
_____
Another sunset at St Pauls Anglican church.
The sunset was just amazing that evening and I couldn't find anywhere close to the house to get some interesting shots. Believe it or not, the other side (east) was way more interesting but I couldn't find any good foreground for it.
!!! Happy Thursday !!!
____________
- 3s, f8, ISO100, 10mm
- 0.6 GND filter
- 3xp HDR (±2ev) tone mapped in DPHDR
- Post-processed in Photoshop and Lightroom
Inspired from this shot. Its been a while since I have been to my hometown, me and my relatives we always make it a point to be in our hometown for Pongal(The festival of Harvest). Read more about Pongal. My Grandfather is a farmer and so Pongal is so special to us and we all make it a point to be in our village Thirukkurungudi. Most of my relatives, the count will come around 80, as some won't be able to make it this time will be assembling there, we don't do anything special, just sit around talk about the whole year that had gone past, we cook for everyone, there is a huge open space in front of the our home called Mutram, with a huge neem tree, which is as old as my grandfather, we just sit under that, eat, sleep together. Those are the moments which taught us how happy life can be. We wake up walk to our fields, take bath in our well, sit on our fields and enjoy the air. Every year once this festival is over, I see almost all my relatives in tears, I am not talking about kids, starting from my Grandfather and Mother everyone is in tears and they say to each other, just one more year and the next Pongal will be here. So every day, every second we start expecting the next Pongal. We have booked almost half a compartment in the train. Will meet you all after those wonderful days, enjoy your Pongal too.அனைவருக்கும் உளம்கனிந்த தமிழர் திருநாள் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள். Thanks for all your visits, favs and comments
அந்த ரயில் இங்கிருந்து கிளம்பையிலே கலைந்துவிடும் எங்களுக்கு தூக்கம்,
ஒவ்வொரு நிறுத்தம் வருகையிலும் எட்டிப்பார்ப்பேன் சீக்கிரம் வந்துறாதா என்ற நினைப்போடு,
விடிய ஊர் வந்து சேர்ந்ததும் எங்களுக்காக வந்து காத்திருப்பார் என் மாமா,
அங்கிருந்து வீடு சென்றதும் வாசலிலே நின்றிறுப்பார்கள் என் தாத்தாவும், பாட்டியும், அத்தையும்,
அவர்கள் தலைக்கு மேலாய் எங்கள் வீட்டு வேப்ப மரம்,
பகல் முழுக்க பரபரப்பாய் வேலை நடக்கும் பேசியபடியே,
இரவு வந்ததும் கோலமிட்ட படியே பேசிக்கொண்டிருப்பார்கள் என் அம்மா, சித்தி, பெரியம்மா, அத்தை, பாட்டி அனைவரும்,
தூக்கம் கண்களைச் சுழற்றுகையில் ஒரு கிழிந்த பாயை அந்த வேப்ப மரத்திற்கு கீழே போட்டு தொடரும் பேச்சு,
ஒரு நொடி கூட தொலைத்துவிடாமல் பேசிக்கொண்டே இருப்பார்கள்,
ஒரு வருடத்தின் மொத்தப் பேச்சையும் பேசிக் கழித்துவிட வேண்டும் என்ற வெறியோடு,
பள்ளிக்காலம் தொடங்கி நேற்று ரயிலில் சண்டையிட்டது வரை,
ஒரு புள்ளி மாறாமல் பறிமாறிக்கொள்வார்கள் பேச்சிலே,
சில சமயம் அவர்கள் பள்ளியில் நடித்த நாடகங்கள் கூட அரங்கேறும் பாட்டுக் கச்சேறியுடன்,
ஒயாமல் பேசியபடியே எப்போது தூங்குவார்களோ தெரியாது,
ஆனால் காலையில் நான் கண் விழிக்கையில் தொடர்ந்து கொண்டிருக்கும் பேச்சு,
ஊர் கிளம்பும் நாள் வரையில் எங்கள் உலகத்தின் மகிழ்ச்சியை, யாருக்கும் விட்டுக் கொடுக்காமல் கொண்டாடி மகிழ்வோம்,
ஊர் கிளம்பும் நொடியில் அமைதியாய் வந்து எங்கள் வீட்டையே ஆக்கிரமித்திருக்கும் ஒரு அமைதி,
வெறும் கண்ணீர்த் துளிகள் மட்டுமே பேசிக்கொண்டிருக்கும்,
அப்போதும் ஊமையாய் எங்களைப் பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் எங்கள் வீட்டு வேப்ப மரம்,
எங்கள் அடுத்த வருட வரவை எதிர் நோக்கி
©Karthik'Z photography
Explored March 10, 2009 highest #247
Today was a good day! The sun was shining, the birds were singing, it was 70 degrees out, and things are blooming!! I just love this time of year. I mean, to watch the world around you wake up and rejoice, is just amazing. Adam and I took a little romp around the neighborhood this afternoon and this pear tree caught my eye, The blooms were so pretty and were popping out everywhere. Hope you guys enjoy looking at them as much as I did!
Oh, and I'm on Adele kick these days. Enjoy the lyrics to another one of her songs!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Found myself today singing out your name,
You said I'm crazy,
If I am I'm crazy for you.
Sometimes sitting in the dark wishing you were here
Turns me crazy,
But it's you who makes me lose my head.
And every time I'm meant to be acting sensible
You drift into my head
And turn me into a crumbling fool.
Tell me to run and I'll race,
If you want me to stop I'll freeze,
And if you are me gonna leave, just hold me closer baby,
And make me crazy for you.
Crazy for you.
Lately with this state I'm in I can't help myself but spin.
I wish you'd come over,
Send me spinning closer to you.
My oh my, how my blood boils, it's sweet taste for you,
Strips me down bare
And gets me into my favourite mood.
I keep on trying, fighting these feelings away,
But the more I do,
The crazier I turn into.
Pacing floors and opening doors,
Hoping you'll walk through
And save me boy,
Because I'm too crazy for you.
Crazy for you
Lyrics copyright Adele
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: SHIN'S BASS SOLO (1 of 1) /
EL SOLO DE SHIN (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 18 of 48) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48.
LINKS:
- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Shin y Yashiro en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Hilo de la Relación entre Shin y Yashiro en la sección de Penpals de Pullip .es
- Ayrin and Sheryl PHOTOSTORIES at Flickr
Tech. Digiscoping.
Flamenco. Ave de gran tamaño, entre 120 y 145 cm de longitud y envergadura alar de 140 a 170 cm. Mayormente blanco, presenta cobertoras alares rosadas y rémiges negras. Patas rosadas. Pico grande, rosa con la punta negra. Los jóvenes son de color pardo y blanco sucio.
Vinculado a los humedales, incluso a algunos con elevados grados de alcalinidad y salinidad, suele formar grupos muy numerosos. A menudo, vuelan entre zonas húmedas próximas y, muchas veces, lo hacen de noche.
Se alimenta de pequeños invertebrados, como la Artemia salina, que obtiene filtrando el agua con su especializado pico y, en menor medida, de material vegetal, insectos acuáticos, larvas, anélidos, etc.
Se reproduce generalmente en colonias de densidad variable, llegando a varios miles de parejas en muchos puntos de su área de reproducción. La puesta es casi siempre de 1 huevo que es incubado durante un mes aproximadamente, en un nido con forma de pequeño volcán.
MIÉRCOLES 9/9/09 LIBERAN LOS MOLINETES
El sindicalista Claudio Dellacarbonara confirmó a Infobae.com que el miércoles 9/9/09 se levantarán los molinetes de 8 a 10, y que el jueves se realizará un paro total a partir del mediodía. Denuncian que el aumento no superó el 11% y reclaman el reconocimiento gremial
Foto: Propia (cualquier copia o reproducción requiere del previo permiso y/o consulta al autor).
Si querés la foto, primero consultame por correo a nicofoxfiles@hotmail.com
Texto: infobae.com
El delegado gremial de la Línea B de subtes Claudio Dellacarbonara ratificó el paro total del servicio anunciado para el jueves 10/9/09, en el marco del plan de lucha para reclamar el reconocimiento oficial de un nuevo gremio para los trabajadores del sector.
"Esto es el inicio de un plan de lucha que no está centrado el reclamo salarial. El eje de la medida tiene que ver con el reconocimiento de la asociación gremial", remarcó el sindicalista al ser consultado esa mañana por Infobae.com.
Detalló que las protestas comenzarán mañana, miércoles 9/9/09, con la liberación de los molinetes, entre las 8 y 10, para que los pasajeros viajen sin pagar. Asimismo, el jueves 10/9/09 realizará un paro total entre las 12 y las 14.
Dellacarbonara denunció también que el acuerdo salarial que ayer formalizaron Metrovías y los representantes de la UTA no supera el 11 por ciento y advirtió que el sueldo mínimo se incrementó a 2.665 pesos y no 4.200 como anunció la empresa.
"Ellos toman una cifra que venimos percibiendo de manera no remunerativa y agregan otros ítems como el tema de la antigüedad. En realidad el aumento sobre los básicos es del 10 o el 11 por ciento", replicó.
Metrovías, concesionaria del servicio de subterráneos y el Premetro, anunció que acordó con la Unión Tranviarios Automotor (UTA) un aumento salarial del 21% por una jornada laboral de seis horas y una suma no remunerativa a abonarse en dos cuotas.
Conforme a este acuerdo, el sueldo de un conductor especializado se incrementará de $5.700 a $6.700. En el caso de un conductor, el sueldo aumentará de $5.600 a $6.300; el salario de un guarda pasará de $4.000 a $4.800 y el sueldo de un boletero, de $3.500 se incrementará a $4.200.
Con respecto a la suma no remunerativa, un conductor especial percibirá un total de $3.300, un conductor $3.100, un guarda $2.350 y un boletero $2.100.
"Metrovías y el gremio que agrupa al personal de subterráneos acordaron un 21% de mejora y un monto no remunerativo a abonarse en octubre y diciembre", aseguró la empresa en un comunicado.
Algunos comentarios destacados del portal:
mescalita
4200 el sueldo mínimo??? faaa y les descontarán los días de paro?? yo cobro menos de la mitad y no ando cagandole la vida a la sociedad
elgaby2000
6700 de basico para los conductores que laburan 6 horas, basico ok? mas antiguedad, mas bla bla, y este numero no sale de los diarios sino de gente que labura adentro, y lo unico que falta es que paren porque se pelean entre elllos a ver quien se lleva la torta...dejemonos de joder, que se quejan de los del campo? vayan a pedirle a estos que son casi el sueldo mas alto del pais, un ing senior de 10 años de exp no llega a los 5000 y encima ahora le duplican o triplican el monotribut o....andaaaaa
cuerdita
encima quiere crear un nueo gremio para afanar sin compartir, que creen que habria que hacer con estos personajes?
Daycom03
Que caraduras!!! Tanta guita... Hay que sacar a toda esa manga de vagos, dirigentes caraduras y poner gente que tenga ganas de trabajar
mxtz
Son unos ladrones! Cierren los subtes por 6 meses y vuelvan a tomar gente nueva! Eso esta muy viciado...
________________________________________________________________________
Para comentar aquí debes agregarme como contacto y luego cuando me conecte agregarte (si te preguntas porque hago esto consultame por privado)
Si sos nuevo en Flickr y te haces una cuenta para agregarme y así poder comentar, indicame quien sos o a que grupo u organización perteneces por Flickrcorreo porque no agrego a los no identificados o anónimos que no tengan fotos en su haber.
________________________________________________________________________
To comment here you must add me as a contact
photo......................009/365
jfebruary...................02/2011
www.repubblica.it/ambiente/2011/02/01/news/cani_uccisi-11...
CANADA
ll massacro degli Husky
costavano e non servivano piùUn centinaio di cani, impiegati come traino da slitta per i turisti durante i giochi invernali di Vancouver del febbraio dell'anno scorso, sono stati uccisi per ragioni puramente economiche: era calata la richiesta di gite
VANCOUVER - Una mattanza di cani. Massacrati a colpi di coltello perché non servivano più. Arriva dal Canada questa storia di atrocità contro gli animali. Un centinaio di Husky che erano stati impiegati come cani da slitta per i turisti durante i Giochi invernali di Vancouver del febbraio dell'anno scorso, sono stati uccisi per ragioni puramente economiche: le due società che avevano venduto ai turisti le escursioni in slitta, Outdoor Adventures e Howling Dogs, non avevano più bisogno dei cani, perché la richiesta di gite era calata dopo le Olimpiadi invernali. A quel punto i cani erano diventati un costo. Per questo sarebbero stati uccisi a uno a uno per due giorni da un operaio che avrebbe usato un fucile e un coltello. Alcuni, per fortuna, sarebbero riusciti a fuggire da una fossa comune.
La vicenda è stata rivelata dallo stesso uomo che ha ucciso i cani, che ha chiesto e ottenuto un indennizzo da una banca locale per lo stress subito. "Non poteva essere un'esecuzione fatta bene, con un solo proiettile a disposizione per ogni cane. Ha visto scene orribili e, per dovere, vi ha posto fine" dice il legale dell'uomo.
Si muove anche la polizia locale. "Abbiamo aperto un'inchiesta e nominato un investigatore" annuncia il sergente Steve Leclair. Secondo la legge canadese una persona che uccide o ferisce un animale rischia fino a cinque anni di prigione. Far sopprimere un cane da un veterinario costa circa 100 dollari. Molti veterinari rifiutano però di sopprimere
animali in buona salute.
(01 febbraio 2011)
KEFD 23/10/16 Wings Over Houston 2016.
Taken from the Texas Raiders website, b17texasraiders.org/index.php/texas-raiders/history/history
This aircraft begin it's military career as B-17G-95-DL 44-83872. It was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Corporation at Long Beach, California. (under license from Boeing Aircraft Corporation, Seattle, Washington) where it was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps on July 12, 1945. On July 21, 1945, this aircraft was transferred to the U.S. Navy.
Following Navy acceptance, '872 became PB-1 BuNo 77235. The aircraft was converted from PB-1 to PB-1-W which consisted of sealing the bombay doors, additional long-range fuel tanks and the installation of APS-20 search Radar with the rotating scanner located in a bulbous housing below the former bomb bay. '872 was one of the first "AWAC" aircraft.
On July 11, 1952 the '872 was transferred to and flew with the the newly formed Seasearch-Early Warning, VW-2 on the Atlantic seaboard until June 3, 1953 when it under went it's second major overhaul.
The second major overhaul was completed on January 15, 1954. After this overhaul the '872 was transferred to Atsugi, Japan where it flew with VW-1 (which was the last operational assignment for this aircraft).
On January 15, 1955, PB-1W arrived at the Storage Facility at Litchfield Park, Arizona where it was maintained in Flyable Storage Status until stricken from record on July 14, 1955 and was officially retired from Naval service on August 25, 1955 following 77 months of service where this aircraft acquired 3,257 hours of flying time.
On October 1, 1957, this aircraft was acquired by Aero Services Corp. (a branch of Litton Industries) and used as a cargo plane and aerial photographic aircraft. Upon entry into the civilian aviation fleet the aircraft was given the identification registration number and call sign N-7227-C.
While in the service of the Aero Services Corp., 27-C was used as a high altitude mapping aircraft and completed assignments in the North West United States, Venezuela, and the length of Chile. Another life cycle for 27-C began when it was converted into an aerial platform for all kinds of satellite tracking equipment.
The University of Alaska contracted 7227-C to participate in the recording of the eclipse of the sun from a flight position over Northern Canada. Next, the aircraft participated in the oil and natural gas survey for the North Sea Project off western Norway and Scotland.
During the aerial photographic era, the aircraft acquired the first complete photographic coverage of the South American continent along with extensive coverage of Central America and the northern regions of North America. The aircraft was used as a electronic geophysical and magnetometer platform for field surveys in the North Sea area north and east of Scotland along with extensive coverage of the North slope regions of Alaska. It was instrumental in acquiring data which lead to the discoveries of some of the major petroleum reserves in the world.
On September 22, 1967, N7227-C was acquired by the Commemorative Air Force, Mercedes, Texas from Litton Industries for the price of $50,000. It was the first B-17 to be purchased and operated solely for the purpose of preservation. The aircraft was painted in military colors and nose markings were applied as "Texas Raiders" with a Texas State flag by the CAF in 1970. During WW II no B-17 carried the name of Texas Raiders.
After a period of time the Texas Raiders was assigned to the Gulf Coast Wing of the Commemorative Air Force in Houston, Texas. The Gulf Coast Wing has continued to upgrade and restored the aircraft to it's original combat configuration by adding the ball turret and top turret. All of the work was carried out by the volunteers of the CAF group in Houston. At the present time, the top turret is undergoing assembly prior to installation on the aircraft. This will complete the last major restoration item within the aircraft. When completed, TEXAS RAIDERS will be one of only a few B-17s which have operational top and ball turrets.
The Texas Raiders does not have an oxygen system for its crew and is restricted to altitudes below 12,000 feet. The only hydraulic systems on board the aircraft are the brakes and the cowl flaps for the four engines. All other systems aboard the aircraft are either electrical or mechanical.
The "TR" has undergone two major restorations. The first lasted three years (1983-86) and converted the "cargo" B-17 airframe to a fully restored "combat" B-17G . This restoration was done with volunteer labor and cost in excess of $300,000. In 1993, the second restoration was carried out. The nine month effort was primarily to repaint the aircraft and complete the interior restoration of the bomber. Costs of the restoration was $180,000. This restoration was documented by Public Television and the documentary "Honor Squadron" was produced. At the conclusion to the restoration, the aircraft returned to the airshow circuit where it was awarded "Best Bomber" by the Experimental Aircraft Association's Sun and Fun Air Show and "Aircraft of the Year" by the Tico airshow in Florida.
In 2001, the Gulf Coast Wing received a federally required inspection of the aircraft's wing spars and associated structures. This inspection was called an "AD" (Airworthiness Directive). Starting in early 2002 and progressing through to October of 2009, volunteer wing members and contract workers mostly disassembled the bomber, correcting corrosion and structural cracks at a cost of nearly $700,000. This Flying Fortress became airworthy on October 14, 2009 and has appeared at major airshows, and touring-locations throughout Texas and the Midwestern U.S, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the B-17 in the summer of 2010
First off,this is very much outside my comfort Zone,
and something i kept telling myself today was NOT going to happen.
I wasn't comfortable with it,so i said ...nope.
But alot of this for me is forcing myself outside what is
"comfortable for me to do", and reacting to what is really going on with me.
normally i wouldn't have had the ______(fill in the blank) for this.
but then today happened.
FUCK this day.
and yesterday.
this image in my head meant more than words could,
so i will leave it to your own interpretation.
without some of the incredible bands that i love ...
devildriver,mudvayne,Lamb of god, Mnemic and Detritus
i would not have made it thru this day.
Explored.
en Biodiversidad virtual, y en Twiter y en Instagram como @proyectoagua
*
*
Apenas un trazo alargado y en forma de arco, hacen un leve rasguño en las gotas. Dibujan así los finos contornos de esta alga aguja que en su navegar pausado va cosiendo el agua con tenues suturas sin dejar ni
rastro de una cicatriz. discretamente como pidiendo disculpas se esconde en el río calmado dentro de su delgadez.
Y es que a diferencia de otras algas hermanas de esta familia de los désmidos que parecen lucir orgullosas su cuerpo de estrella como Euastrum, Micrasterias o Staurastrum, etc. en aguas que son de cristal Closterium aciculare marca sobre el agua su raya tenue y profunda belleza arañando a cualquier masa de agua herida por la contaminación
Al igual que muchos otros désmidos Closterium aciculare presenta unas marcadas señas de identidad que no sólo se quedan en su apariencia, la gran superficie de su cuerpo la mantiene a flote con suma facilidad de tal manera que aún en zonas de corriente y oleaje siempre toma el sol en primera línea de agua. como alga fundamentalmente planctónica que es.
Pero quizá lo que más sorprenda de esta especie es algo que no se ve y que tiene que ver con su nutrición. Closterium aciculare es una especie que vive en medios eutrofizados y para poder vivir bien y reproducirse necesita amonio en el agua y no se conforma como sus hermanas con el simple nitrógeno, N2, lo necesita arropado con cuatro átomos de hidrógeno y tomarse así ese plato combinado del amonio, NH4 sin cuya presencia su vida no sería posible.
Closterium aciculare es esbelta y bastante especial, y mientras sus hermanas viven en aguas pobres en materia orgánica, ella requiere todo lo contrario y una buena ración de amonio. Pocas algas lo pueden metabolizar pero esta especie, a costa de su esbeltez lo consigue, devolviendo un agua limpia, haciendo así su suave cirugía reparadora.
Las fotografías de hoy, tomadas en vivo a 400 aumentos empleando las técnicas de contraste de interferencia y de fase, además de la de campo oscuro, proceden de una muestra tomada el 23 de marzo de 2023 por Ibone Martínez Zufiria, Alberto Ávila Pérez y Laura Fernandes desde
la Estación Biológica Internacional Duero-Douro a su paso por los Arribes del Duero entre las inmediaciones de Miranda do Douro y Torregamones (Zamora).
(c) michael fellner 2010 all rights reserved
Making a tribute for my dear friend Beate is like “eine harte Nuss knacken” which translates into English as “a tough nut to crack”. This has nothing to do with her wonderful personality – I tell you about this later – it refers only to finding the right picture for her as she is such a talented and versatile photographer showing us so many different moods, motifs and styles. But I have my special tools: www.flickr.com/photos/fotony/3258574567/.
So we soon come to the first of Beate’s passions: Taking wonderful pictures of all kinds of lovely objects like Murmeln www.flickr.com/photos/_beate_/4054772442/in/set-721576226... (funny), shells www.flickr.com/photos/_beate_/4322952494/in/set-721576232... and memory cards www.flickr.com/photos/_beate_/4294970689/in/set-721576232... . An absolute hit was here stunning nightly yellow phone box making it to the front page of Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/_beate_/4255740459/in/set-721576232... and having more than 100 fav stars now!!!!
Something else Beate loves to do are blurry and fuzzy pictures like this one www.flickr.com/photos/_beate_/3948085395/in/set-721576229... or showing us most amazing shadows and lights www.flickr.com/photos/_beate_/4194141332/in/set-721576224... .
Most of all I think Beate is interested in people and you find some wonderful portraits in her stream www.flickr.com/photos/_beate_/4100309979/in/set-721576225... . A must you have to see is her recent album about people in carnival www.flickr.com/photos/_beate_/sets/72157623447834238/ . Really one picture better than the other showing the human joyful side of life.
And now to Beate herself. There are many reasons for being lucky to having Beate as a contact or friend. First of all she loves to comment, moreover she is always extremely fast in commenting. Then she’s got lots of humor on the one side but she is a also a very deep thinking person on the other side as well. She loves reading poetry and adds very thoughtful rhymes underneath her pictures. When living in Europe and you can’t sleep very well at night Beate will be there for you as she is working at night in a home for disabled people. I am sure they love her in her working place. The experiences Beate is making there are also reflected in her pictures as they vary from pure joy www.flickr.com/photos/_beate_/4396102725/in/set-721576233... to vulnerability and defense www.flickr.com/photos/_beate_/4356014566/in/set-721576233... .
So Beate today is special day for you: Happy Birthday – Alles, alles Liebe und Gute von der Flickr-Gemeinde!!! Maybe you can see the line in the sky on my picture over Bavarian fairytale landscape. Actually I told the pilot to make a heart in the sky. But he said he’s got his flying licence for just six months and it is too early for these kind of things. But the line is nice too as it perfectly symbolizes your wonderful Flickr-stream !!!!
This is one of three Lladro figurines which unfortunately was broken by my three year old niece on one of her daring escapades. This one sustained the most damage. My mom collects these and she was just heartbroken. My dad was able to glue her head seamlessly but the lower part of her body shattered. He tried to painstakingly glue the pieces together but it's almost impossible to mend the minute pieces. She was able to stand on her own feet again however, it left two gaping holes on her flowing gown. She holds a candle which represents hope. The hope that everything can heal and mend.. in time. She's shining brightly (thanks to photoshop) with all her glory. She is once again whole.
EXPLORE: 01.08.2009 #316
It was chaos in our living room. Most of the family was there, and we're not a quiet bunch. Everyone's a communicator and everyone was communicating. The adults were involved in several conversations at once. Our two young grandsons were playing with -- let's call it enthusiasm -- maybe hoping to command a little attention. Surveying the uproar in our living room, I suddenly noticed a precious scene in the corner. It was our son with his dark-haired infant daughter, sprawled peacefully in her Daddy's arms. First they had been cheek to cheek, then she just simply fell asleep, oblivious to the storm around her, and safe in her Daddy's arms.
Our granddaughter felt safe, not because she wasn't in the middle of chaos -- believe me, she was -- but because of the security she has being in her Father's arms. It's a kind of security maybe you can only wish for right now because everything around you is up for grabs. Divorce can do that. A bad report from the doctor can do that, losing your job, losing someone you love, facing some frightening unknowns -- so many upheavals that can stress us, scare us, sink us. They remind us of a search we've been all our whole life -- the search for a safe place, no matter how out of control things around us may become -- the search for peace.
That search will not end until you are safe in your Father's arms -- Heavenly Father, that is. You weren't made to navigate life's white water alone. You were made for an intimate, trusting love relationship with the God who created you. The peace we need so badly is exactly what Jesus Christ promised to every person who belongs to Him. In John 14:27, our word for today from the Word of God, Jesus says, "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." Let those words sink into your storm-battered soul. "Peace I leave with you. My peace I give you." That peace is within your reach this very day.
The peace that may have eluded you your whole life is within your reach today. It's peace that can only be found, that can always be found, in your Daddy's arms.
_Ron_Hutchcraft
6/1/2009
Looking back to all the shoots posted in this set I've found that my way of taking photo has really changed.
I've became more "focused" on people than I've ever thought and less on what I've always shoted : few macro and close up and more on ordinary streetlife.
By the way, I'm not a streetlife photographer, I just take pictures of what I see everyday in my ordinary walk from work to the tube .
I hope you'll will enjoy looking at this set it as much as I did in taking every single shot.
Thanks a lot for your support all through the year .
♫♪♫ Nine Inch Nails - Terrible lie ♪♫♫
Soy consciente de que una vez que las fotos circulan por internet pueden llegar a cualquiera. No me disgusta ver mis fotos por ahí. Al contrario, en cierta manera me halaga. Lo que no me agrada tanto es que no me pidan permiso o al menos me digan que la han usado. Ayer, paseando por Romo, vi este cartel de un gaztetxe para organizar una parillada. Para ello han cogido mi foto del txikitero de hace unos cuantos meses.
Ahora yo cojo su cartel para jugar a las 7 diferencias. No me ha costado mucho encontrarlas :D
The working day on Brunette Downs station begins well before dawn. The cook is cranking out a hot breakfast from about 4.15 a.m. By sunrise, the boremen and the grader drivers are heading out; the mechanic’s wondering which engine to fix first as the pilot taxis down the runway, watched only by kangaroos; and the ringers are in the saddle (horse and motorbike) mustering at the yards or with helicopters in distant paddocks.
Coutesy of Australian National Geographic
“That’s just working with nature,” Brunette’s manager Henry Burke says, explaining the early call. Cattle are more active when it’s cool. No animal, two or four legged, is eager to put one foot in front of the other when the sun is on high grill out here.
Covering 12,212 sq. km of the Barkly Tableland, in the Northern Territory, Brunette Downs is one of Australia’s largest cattle stations and bigger than some countries. It’s one of several Barkly properties owned by the Brisbane-based beef-producing Australian Agricultural Company (AAco), which controls 77,000 sq. km – about 1 per cent of Australia’s land area – across Queensland and the NT.
Brunette runs 72,500 head of cattle, including the 6500 bull-breeding herd, and lies about 430 km north-west of the mining metropolis of Mount Isa, a dusty six-and-a-half-hour drive, and 350 km north-east of Tennant Creek’s bare-essentials hospital. In between, civilisation holds on by the skin of its teeth. A sign at the top of Brunette’s 10 km long driveway proclaims Sorry No Fuel, although 120,000 L of diesel are stored on-site. A cattle station’s first obligation is to its own community.
About 52 people work and live at Brunette during the reliably dry March–November ‘on’ season. Most are young, single and male: those who aren’t understand that here stockmen rule and the rest serve. Station employees receive free housing and food and a daily wage that starts from $150 a day for those aged over 21.
Fringed by horse yards, workshops, generators, dry stores and cool stores, and serviced by fleets of small aircraft and large vehicles, including a road train, Brunette is more oasis township than lonely outpost. Its neat rows of offices and company houses are linked by well-watered lawns, rose beds, trellised bougainvillea and mature trees. At the centre of the complex are blocks of dormitory accommodation, a health clinic, butchery, commercial-grade kitchen and the social club – an open-sided shed where alcohol from a lock-up bar is served for one hour at sundown. The illusion of connectedness is powerful: common rooms and offices have internet access and TVs, and the workers’ quarters have phones. Beyond the boundaries of this small community, it’s flat for as far as the eye can see and all the clichés about heat, dust and flies stick.
Courtesy of The Australian National Geographic
And before you even notice... you'll be mine forever...
There's a reason why Eve was stronger than Adam...
DUMBO.
Brooklyn, New York
Taken with a Panasonic DMC-FZ50
I want to dedicate this image to one of the best "public-kissing stealers" on this planet... because I always learn from you
The Duke of Lancaster is a railway steamer passenger ship in operation in Europe from 1956 to 1978, and currently beached in Mostyn docks, on the River Dee, north-east Wales.
The Lancaster was sold to Liverpool based company Empirewise Ltd, who intended her to be used as a static leisure centre and market. She arrived at her new home at Llanerch-y-Mor, near Mostyn on 10 August 1979.The ship was beached and the hull was sealed not in concrete as is commanly thought but surrounded by a large tonnage of sand pulled out of the dee estuary. Known as "The Fun Ship", it was also possible to visit her bridge and engine room. Conversion for use as a 300-room hotel did not appear to go beyond the preliminary planning stage. Its use as "The Fun Ship" was relatively short-lived and was subsequently closed to the public. Over time, the vessel has become increasingly derelict.
The ship was later used as a warehouse by its owners Solitaire Liverpool Ltd, a clothing company registered to the same address as Empirewise Ltd. Despite rumours of the ship being scrapped, the company stated that they have no plans to sell it, or restore it and its current use is uncertain.
Despite having large amounts of its exterior paintwork covered in red-leading, the interior of the ship is in very good condition.
Listen Skellig Loreena McKennitt
Besalú is a town in the Garrotxa region, located at 150 metre above sea level, covering an area of 4.81 km2. Bisuldunum, as its origins suggest, was a fortress between two rivers: the Fluvià in the south and the Capellades in the north. Well communicated, Besalú is located at the meeting point of three regions: Alt Empordà, Pla de l'estany and Garrotxa. Besalú began to gain importance as the capital of an independent county following the death of Guifré el Pilós (902); It lost this status with the death of Bernat III- son-in-law of Ramon Berenguer III- leaving no suvirvors. As a result, Besalú became part of Barcelona. In 1966, it was declared a "National Historic-Artistic Ensemble" due to its high architectural value.
Castellano
La importancia monumental de Besalú viene determinada fundamentalmente por su gran valor como conjunto arquitectónico, su unidad artística lo convierte en una de las muestras más importantes y singulares de los conjuntos medievales en Cataluña.
Encontramos el orígenes de la Villa en el castillo documentado en el siglo X y situado en lo alto de la pequeña colina de Santa María donde actualmente se encuentran los restos de la colegiata que lleva el mismo nombre. El hecho de encontrar la fortaleza en este emplazamiento es debido a la situación estratégica en el cruce de tres comunicaciones importantísimas en el periodo medieval : el camino de Olot hacia el pirineo, el camino de Figueres hacia el mar, el camino a Girona, capital del Obispado.
La existencia actual de importantes edificios Medievales hace posible una interesantisima lectura sobre la urbanización en la edad media, Besalú deja entrever una estructura arquitectónica y urbanística bastante coherente aunque con las consiguientes contradicciones que supone el largo proceso de construcción y evolución. Aunque los orígenes de Besalú se remontan a íberos y celtas : Bisuldunum ( fortaleza entre dos aguas) y destacando el paso de los romanos por nuestro enclave (centro arqueológico de la Devesa), el periodo más profundo, más importante transcurre durante los siglos X,XI y XII. A partir de la conquista de Girona por los carolingios (785)cuando los reyes francos encomiendan la administración de su territorio a la figura del conde, nombrado por el rey, que podía ser revocado de su cargo si el monarca así lo decidía. Doce fueron los condes de Besalú a partir de Guifredo el velloso (902) hasta Bernardo III (1111). Cabe destacar a Bernardo I Tallaferro (1020) como figura clave en el desarrollo y evolución histórica de la Villa.
Cabe destacar la convivencia de dos culturas: judíos y cristianos, puesto que hasta iniciado el siglo XV tuvieron una vida en común. Muchos fueron los médicos judíos de Besalú, algunos actuaron como médicos en la corte real e hicieron tratados sobre la peste negra .
In Wordpress In Blogger photo.net/photos/Reinante/ In Onexposure
We'll make a Sunday sound, That love's here.
i wanted to punch up the grunge and make this sort of classic or retro so I slid around to find the best black and whites and to bring out its grain. i love it. make no bones about that.
This image is a view looking east from the riverfront in Windsor, Ontario. This is Belle Isle Bridge (Douglas MacArthur Bridge) which takes you from east Detroit to Belle Isle Island which sits in the middle of the Detroit River between Detroit and Windsor and almost at the opening of Lake St. Clair. It was a bit of a hazy day and I was experimenting with some filters....and of course some editing...and ended up with this minimalist rendition. This was inspired by another one of my flickr friends (Digit_AL)...fantastic minimalistic work!
Please View On Black | Twitter | Myspace | Facebook | Flickr | Tumblr | Formspring
Tes of the Blood Company manages Oceana and wanted my to shoot them for some needed promotional shots. They havent had one that they liked since they returned from their Hiatus. They recently released their EP, Clean Head, which is amazing. It's an extremely different style compared to their second album, Birth.Eater, so they wanted a happier-styled shoot, rather than the darker stuff they've had before to match their harder genre.
This was the second location. About 4 feet away (we turned around.)
Strobe.
AB1600 boomed on Beauty dish over and left of band
AB800 bare camera right