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The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. Founded in 1852 as the South Kensington Museum, the V&A has since grown to now cover some 12.5 acres[2] and 145 galleries. Its collection spans 5000 years of art, from ancient times to the present day, in virtually every medium, from the cultures of Europe, North America, Asia and North Africa.

The holdings of ceramics, glass, textiles, costumes, silver, ironwork, jewellery, furniture, medieval objects, sculpture, prints and printmaking, drawings and photographs are among the largest and most comprehensive in the world. The museum possesses the world's largest collection of post-classical sculpture, the holdings of Italian Renaissance items are the largest outside Italy. The departments of Asia include art from South Asia, Japan, China, Korea and the Islamic world. The East Asian collections are among the best in Europe, with particular strengths in ceramics and metalwork, while the Islamic collection, alongside the Musée du Louvre and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is amongst the largest in the world.

Alongside other neighbouring institutions, including the Natural History Museum and Science Museum, the V&A is located in what is termed London's "Albertopolis", an area of immense cultural, scientific and educational importance. Since 2001, the Museum has embarked on a major £150m renovation program[3] which has seen a major overhaul of the departments including the introduction of newer galleries, gardens, shops and visitor facilities. Following in similar vein to other national UK museums, entrance to the museum has been free since 2001.

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I was able to sit and enjoy a bit of this awesome sunset with my love about 2 weeks ago. Those moments, like a sunset, always seem so fleeting, yet stunning in their impact and importance to the grounding of the soul. Living ferry rides and hours drive apart sucks. But, again, like sunsets, the small moments you have to just sit in aww of how amazing life can be, are so worth it.

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This Julie's Pond or as more well known, The Heart Shaped Pond, please read the brief explanation

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Prince's Lodge was named for the estate His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Duke of Kent resided in while in Halifax in the 1700s .In 1794, Prince Edward arrived to serve in Halifax.with his French mistress Julie St. Laurent. The Duke was often entertained at the "Friar's Cell" and liked it so much that Wentworth felt obliged to offer it to him during his stay in Halifax. Prince Edward accepted, and renovated the residence and developed the gardens around the estate by landscaper from England. The result was what is today Hemlock Ravine Park , 185 acres (0.75 km2) with a heart shaped pond known as Julie's Pond, and was constructed by the Duke in honor of his mistress.

The Wentworth's resumed living in the lodge When Prince Edward returned to England. Now called the Prince's Lodge, it was here that Sir John established the Rockingham Club. But after Sir John died, the estate was neglected. By 1870, in ruins, it was sold at auction and divided into building lots. All that remains of the original estate is the Rotunda,which the Nova Scotia Government acquired in 1959. It is a small, round music room that stands on a knoll overlooking the Bedford Basin.

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Erotic photography is a style of art photography of an erotic, sexually suggestive and even sexually provocative nature. Though the subjects of erotic photography are usually completely or mostly unclothed, that is not a requirement. Erotic photography should be distinguished from pornographic photography, which is of a sexually explicit nature.

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I went out scouting for shooting locations with Sandy today for our food bank photos (we are going to have a seriously dark and twisted shot going up in the next month or so). While we were out Sandy taught me a new photography technique. It's called "Through the Viewfinder" (or TTV). You take a high quality dSLR with a macro lens and shoot through the viewfinder of an old camera. It gives a very cool effect. Kind of a soft, noisy, vintage sort of feel.

This is my first attempt at this kind of photography. I think it has potential though. Now I just need to get a good MACRO lens...

Thoughts?

If you've got some time, here is Sandy's stream:

www.flickr.com/photos/sandyphimester/

It's excellent! Sandy's been kind enough to teach me lighting and all sorts of other stuff.

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«La più piccola parola è circondata da acri ed acri di silenzio, e perfino quando riesco a fissare quella parola sulla pagina mi sembra della stessa natura di un miraggio, un granello di dubbio che scintilla nella sabbia.»

Paul Auster

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Sagi Rei

...every day and every night

i always dream that you are by my side

oh, baby,

every day and every night

well i said every

thing's gonna be alright..

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La spiaggia del Principe è una delle spiagge più belle della Costa Smeralda, lungo la costa nord orientale della Sardegna.

Il suo nome è legato ad una presunta preferenza del principe Aga Khan per questo angolo di mare. E' un grande arco di sabbia finissima delimitato da rocce e circondato dalla macchia mediterranea. Il colore e la limpidezza di questo mare si devono al particolare fondale in sabbia e granito. E' divisa in due parti da un gruppo di scogli che emerge sulla battigia.

Come arrivare: da Olbia seguire le indicazioni per la Costa Smeralda. Preso il bivio per Cala di Volpe, subito dopo l'omonimo Hotel, si gira a destro verso la località Romazzino. Dopo circa un km e mezzo si lascia l'auto e si procede a piedi per qualche centinaio di metri.

Guimerà, Lleida (Spain).

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Guimerà is a municipality of the region of the Urgell, in Lleida.

It is located in the valley of the Corb river. The main body of houses, formerly walled, rests on the North slope of the valley. The streets and the houses extend above mountain from the river-bed.

Still part of the walls is conserved, with their 9 gates, the watchtower of the castle of Guimerà and centennial houses, as well as the medieval store of snow.

Also Guimerà is known as “the nine Glasses”, since the view of the town from the river is an accumulation of houses on others.

The main activity of the town is the dry land agriculture.

In the middle of August a medieval fair is celebrated, with stands of craftsmen and old offices, and some performances.

The most remarkable buildings of the municipality are the rest of the castle and the church of Santa Maria.

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Guimerà es un municipio de la comarca del Urgell, en Lleida.

Se sitúa en el valle del río Corb. El núcleo principal de casas, antiguamente amurallado, reposa sobre la vertiente norte del valle. Las calles y las casas se extienden montaña arriba desde el lecho del río.

Aún se conservan parte de las murallas, con sus 9 puertas, la atalaya del castillo de Guimerà y casas centenarias, así como la nevera medieval.

También se conoce Guimerà como 'El nueve de Copas', ya que la vista del pueblo desde el río es un amontonamiento de casas unas sobre otras.

La actividad principal del pueblo es la agricultura de secano.

A mediados de agosto se celebra una feria medieval, con puestos de artesanos y de oficios antiguos, y algunas actuaciones.

Los edificios más notables del municipio son los restos del castillo y la iglesia de Santa María.

Más info (en catalán): ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guimer%c3%a0, www.guimera.info

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I was tagged by Anna.Teresa, sooo:

1. I HATE gum and eggs; the mere smell of both make me want to gag. Lol.

2. I can drink milk with ANYTHING edible, seriously<3

3. I like the left side of my body (face and all) better than my right.

4. I used to have size 00 gauges, but then figured out they were completely pointless.

5. I have the best memory for the smallest, most random things.

6. I may not look it, but I'm Hispanic (Colombian and Puerto Rican) and speak/read/write fluent Spanish. My hips (don't lie) and curves are proof of my Latin blood.

7. Despite that, I'm actually quite petite; 5'2" and 105 lbs.

8. I have this super obsession with sunrises, sunsets, the sky in general, stars, and anything space-related. And Taylor Swift. Lol

9. 7 is my absolute favorite number. It's everywhereee, and in the Bible tons! Next is 11. I don't like even numbers at ALL.

10. I'm Christian; part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints aka LDS aka Mormon (:

BTW- I am discontinuing my 365 project. I'm a little disappointed in myself because I feel as though I never commit to anything, but it really IS so hard some days to take and upload good shots when you're busy 24/7. I'll probably still upload almost every day, but I'd rather not have the 365 pressure.

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In Southern California, we have deserts, we have mountains, and we have deserts in our mountains. At an elevation of 4,000 feet, this is one beautiful example of a desert in the mountains, with its own kind of fall colors.

The contrasts between the reds, grays, tans, browns, and greens were quite striking during the day, but I would not have been able to capture them, since they were too extreme. I think the perfect time would have been at first light or just before sunset, but I didn't expect such beautiful scenes, so we didn't arrive in time for a morning shoot and we were still busy with testing in the afternoon, so there wasn't time before sunset.

This was shot at about 30 minutes after sundown and the colors are pretty true, but the sky was still blown and when I compensated for that, the rest of the scene was too dark. I wish I would have brought my tripod, so I could have made an HDR, but if I did, it probably would have looked fake, since it already kind of does in this single shot.

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La verdad es que había decidido no subir más fotos de esta cascada de momento y esperar al otoño o a una nueva visita para probar encuadres y aproximaciones diferentes, concretamente pensaba en vertoramas, que era mi idea inicial. Los comentarios de Ander e Iban en las dos primeras me ayudaron a ver por donde pueden ir los tiros para mejorar lo presente, y me reafirmaron en que un vertorama podría sacar un muy buen encuadre de este sitio. Al final, ni una ni dos sino todo lo contrario: cargué tres. Está presenta un encuadre un poco diferente, con el salto pequeño en un plano más cercano. Las dos anteriores son muy similares, pero a la vez veo muchas diferencias en relación al encuadre (a pesar de estar tomadas desde puntos apenas separados un metro) y me gustaría conocer vuestra opinión, ya que encuentro partes que me gustan y otras menos en ambas (por eso pienso que el vertorama podría dar un buen rendimiento aquí). La riega de Justatorio (o riega de La Blanca) es un afluente del río Miñances, que a su vez es un tributario del Cares.

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I'd decided to stop upload of this series, and wait for a new visit to try some new framings and some vertorama. Finally, I changed my mind and today I uploaded these three. This one is a bit different composition, pointing out to the pool and that small cascade. The other two may look very similar, but in both of them I see good and bad things, and I though that a good picture should combine elements from these two. This is the reason because I think a vertorama can provide some light here, but I realize that it wouldn't be easy.

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This was a shoot from my first air show put on by the Navy Blue Angels. A fantastic show. These planes (for the show) are flying at speeds ranging from 150-450 mph, so high shutter speed is important to get sharp images and is not really difficult to achieve on sunny days like this one. The Blue Angels have a predetermined spot at which they perform some of their maneuvers like this one in which they pass by one another at a very close distance (remarkable) so here, shutter speed, aperture, steady camera and knowing that sweet spot where they pass is important to get sharp images. Here, I didn't know where that center point was so I panned with the number six plane and shot at 5 frames a second hoping to get the image I got, but because of my panning the number five plane became blurred (traveling the opposite direction of the pan). The show was wonderful and I learned a lot.

This image was shot with a 70-200VR lens at 5.6 and a shutter speed of 1/2500 sec.

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The Atlantis is a German tourist steamer, which was from the HADAG - Hamburg Steamship Corporation - for the Helgoland service between Cuxhaven and Heligoland ordered by Bremer Rolandwerft. Following the bankruptcy of the shipyard, the ship was towed to Kiel, where it was finished from the HDW shipyard .

The keel laying took place on 15 May 1971, the launching on 19 February 1972 and the completion of the ship in July 1972.

After a change of ownership and many years in the Baltic Sea, the ship is now on the route Cuxhaven - Heligoland. Owner of the ship, the shipping company Cassen Eils, Cuxhaven.

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Die Atlantis ist ein deutsches Seebäderschiff, das von der HADAG - Hamburger Dampfschiff Aktiengesellschaft - für den Helgolanddienst zwischen Cuxhaven und Helgoland bei der Bremer Rolandwerft bestellt wurde. Nach dem Konkurs der Werft wurde das Schiff nach Kiel geschleppt und dort von der HDW-Werft fertiggestellt und ausgeliefert.

Die Kiellegung fand am 15. Mai 1971, der Stapellauf am 19. Februar 1972 und die Fertigstellung des Schiffes im Juli 1972 statt.

Nach einem Eignerwechsel und langjährigem Einsatz in der Ostsee verkehrt das Schiff nun in Charter der Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) in Flensburg erneut auf der Route Cuxhaven - Helgoland. Eigner des Schiffes ist die Reederei Cassen Eils in Cuxhaven.

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Flagge: Deutschland

Ex Namen: First Lady,Helgoland

Heimathafen:Cuxhaven

Eigner: Reederei Cassen Eils,Cuxhaven

Bauwerft: Rolandwerft Bremen,Deutschland

Stapellauf: 19. Februar 1972

Länge: 75,69 m

Breite: 12,00 m

Tiefgangmax. 3,25 m

BRZ: 1525 t

NRZ: 525 t

Maschine: 2 Dieselmotoren

Maschinenleistung: 2 x 1962 kW

Geschwindigkeit:max. 18 kn (33 km/h)

Propeller: 2

Besatzung: 8

Zugelassene Passagierzahl1000

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Sentieri d'autunno 2011 - Fra i tre laghi - Umbria

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Viaggi e miraggi - De Gregori

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"Dietro a un miraggio c'è sempre un miraggio da considerare,

come del resto alla fine di un viaggio

c'è sempre un viaggio da ricominciare..

..Perciò partiamo, partiamo che il tempo è tutto da bere..

..Beviamo tutto, sentiamo il gusto del fondo del bicchiere

e partiamo, partiamo, non vedi che siamo partiti già? .."

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Young Robin getting his red breast. But sadly I'm not sure but he may have some fishing line hanging from his mouth. I spotted him along the river bank where there are some most inconsiderate fisher men/women who seem to think its ok to discard there waste along the bank regardless of what happens to it :o((( I wouldn't call them anglers as all the anglers I know and have met have a love of all nature and a great respect for wild life and there surroundings. This little cutie was eating OK and flying about but I couldn't help but notice a little line out of the corner of its mouth.

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Every achiever that I have ever met says, "My life turned around when I began to believe in me."

Dr. Robert Schuller

We spent Canada Day at Martinique Beach supposedly looking for Sandpipers and other sea birds. Not me seen these beauties growing in a wet marshy area so spent an hour crawling around getting some shots of them. I am unsure if they are wild Iris or som type of wild Orchid but they are definitely growing wild.

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ligt aan de buitenrand van het dorpje Leuvenheim. Het landgoed dateert al uit de 15e eeuw. Het landgoed viel tot de zestiende eeuw onder de Geldersche Toren in Spankeren. In de eerste helft van de zeventiende eeuw woonde er Gerhard Casyn van der Hell tot de Wildbaan, een zeer belangrijk figuur in die tijd, onder andere burgemeester van Arnhem. Van 1678 tot 1795 was de Wildbaan een leen van de Staten van Gelderland. Na 1814 was het respectievelijk in bezit van de families baron Van Rhemen van Rhemenshuizen, baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye en (sinds 1845) van mr. H.A.C. Metelerkamp.

Diens opvolger, neef A.J.P. Metelerkamp, bekend paardenfokker in die dagen en kolonel bij de Cavalerie, liet de oude Wildbaan afbreken (zie fotoblok hieronder) en in 1910 herrijzen in de huidige vorm.

Het huis is gebouwd in de zogenaamde Amsterdamse stijl (trapgevel-grachtenhuis), op wens van mevrouw Metelerkamp, geboren Den Tex, dochter van de burgemeester van Amsterdam.

In de tijd dat de families Metelerkamp het huis bezaten had het de reputatie dat het er zou spoken. 's Avonds laat zouden in de keuken verschillende deuren van kasten plotseling vanzelf opengaan!

Na de oorlog werd de Wildbaan (1952) het bezit van een r.k.orde van missionarissen, die er in 1961 een kapel liet aanbouwen.

In 1970 is het gebouw in gebruik genomen door de Stichting Philadelphia als tehuis voor geestelijke gehandicapten.

Momenteel is er een bedrijf in gevestigd. Het landgoed is toegankelijk, huis en directe omgeving zijn niet toegankelijk voor het publiek.

bron www.kleinknoevenoord.nl/uittips/buurtplaatsen/leuvenheim....

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Sin querer la vida y yo llegamos bien

hasta aquí, hasta hoy

No pedí nacer pero bueno, aquí voy,

como vos, como todos

Amores que vienen y que van

Abrazo, llanto y despedidas

Sublime el sueño que me dejó

en el lugar justo donde estoy

Sin querer me tocó ser lo que soy ♪♫

día y mes, también años

No pedí que hubiera esa noche de amor

que se fue hace tiempo

Caminos que nunca se tocan

y otros se cruzan al azar

Sublime el sueño que me dejó

en el lugar justo donde estoy

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Una tardecita de febrero en San Clemente del Tuyú - Partido de la Costa - Buenos Aires - Argentina

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“Y estos derechos... a respetarlos, ¿eh? ¡No vaya a pasar como con los diez mandamientos!” (Mafalda)

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Baggara streek (= nomaden)

We rijden dwars door een savanne - gebied waar veel nomaden doortrekken met hun grote kudden runderen en geiten.

Het zijn de Fulani - nomaden die het Nuba-gebied doortrekken. Ze komen van west Soedan en trekken in de richting van de Witte Nijl naar het oosten.

De vrouwen en kinderen zitten hoog bovenop de kamelen, waarop ze dikwijls een bed hebben gemonteerd. Van daaruit hebben ze tevens een goed uitzicht hoog boven het hoge gras. Soms volgen nog wat volgeladen karren met etenswaren en vooral met veel water. Die karretjes worden dan getrokken door ezels.

uit:

nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulbe

Fula or Fulani are an ethnic group of people spread over many countries, predominantly in West Africa, but found also in Central Africa and Sudanese North Africa, and as far as Sudan in the east. Fulas are not a majority in every country they live, but in Guinea they represent a plurality of the population (largest single group).

zie ook:

www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/fulani.htm

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Isola Bella took the name of Carlo III’s wife, the bella Isabella, in the 17th century, when its centrepiece, Palazzo Borromeo was built for the Borromeo family. Mussolini tried to stave off WWII here at the Conference of Stresa in April 1935; other well-known guests have included Napoleon and Josephine in 1797 (you can see the bed they slept in), and Prince Charles and Princess Di in 1985. The Borromeo family still use it as their summer residence, occupying the 2nd floor during August and September.

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“75 millones por nada”

Foto: Propia (cualquier copia o reproducción requiere del previo permiso y/o consulta al autor).

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Texto: Por Germán López.

El candidato a diputado nacional, Aníbal Ibarra, denunció que las empresas Roggio y Dycasa “recibieron 75 millones de pesos” del Gobierno de Mauricio Macri “para que no hagan nada con los subtes”. Ibarra aseguró a adnciudad.com que “tardaron 10 días en firmar ese contrato y entregar 75 millones por nada”.

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El candidato a diputado nacional Aníbal Ibarra denunció este miércoles al mediodía que el Gobierno de Mauricio Macri “entregó 75 millones de pesos a dos empresas para que no hagan nada en los subtes”. El destituido Jefe de Gobierno sostuvo que “no es que no hay plata en la Ciudad” sino que está mal administrada.

“Macri tiene 5 mil millones de dólares, cuenta con los recursos que nunca ningún Jefe de Gobierno tuvo, y encima dice que no tiene plata, entregó 75 millones de pesos a dos empresas para que no hagan nada en los subtes”, dijo Ibarra en la conferencia de prensa.

“Además, tardaron sólo 10 días en firmar ese contrato y entregar 75 millones contra nada”, explicó y agregó: “Las empresas que recibieron la plata para los subtes son Roggio y Dycasa”.

“En lo que es manejo de recursos, endeudando la Ciudad, gobernando con déficit, hay un manejo que se va a notar en los próximos años. El año pasado sacaron 120 millones de obras en escuelas y lo mandaron a baldosas. Deberían estar haciendo mucho más con los recursos que tienen”, concluyó.

En diálogo con adnciudad.com, Ibarra dio más detalles de la denuncia: “En noviembre pasado, el Gobierno de la Ciudad le otorgó 34.600.000 pesos a la empresa Dycasa y 39.600.000 pesos a Roggio, como adelanto de las obras por un total de 500 millones de pesos que debían realizarse en la extensión de la línea A (Dycasa) y de la línea B de subtes (Roggio)”.

A lo que añadió: “La idea era hacer las cocheras para los vagones de ambas líneas, pero acto seguido el macrismo transfirió los 300 millones de pesos destinados a tal fin a otra repartición, desfinanciando las obras”.

Frente a lo cual Ibarra expresó: “Actualmente no hay ningún adelanto en las obras previstas en las líneas de subtes, ni tampoco hay un reclamo de devolución de los adelantos, dado que ahora no hay recursos para concluir los trabajos”.

En imagen: En Floresta, sobre Avenida Rivadavia, el tránsito sortea las obras complementarias correspondientes al emplazamiento de la futura Cochera Taller posterior a Nazca. Las mismas, siguen paralizadas por desfinanciamiento y mala administración del Gobierno de Macri.

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For foreign people that don't know this place, La Défense is a major business district for the city of Paris. It is centered in an oval freeway loop straddling the towns of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux.

The district is at the westernmost extremity of Paris' 10 km long Historical Axis, which starts at the Louvre in Central Paris and continues along the Champs-Élysées, well beyond the Arc de Triomphe before culminating at La Défense.

Around its 110-metre (360 ft)-high Grande Arche and esplanade ("le Parvis"), the district holds many of the Paris urban area's tallest high-rises. With its 77.5 acres (314,000 m2), its 72 glass-and-steel slick buildings including 14 high-rises above 150 metres (490 ft), its 150,000 daily workers and 3.5 million square metres (37.7 million sq ft) of office space, La Défense is Europe's largest business district.

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Allí estaba en la esquina de una mesa del restaurante de Antequera..

así lo vi...

así quise plasmar el recuerdo de su fría y corta vida...

sin haber conocido líquido que refrescar....

sin haber sido utilizado y derretido como juguete erótico.. festivo...

que lástima tan chico..

tan claro y transparente...

¿será la lluvia que cáe en la calle parte de su espiritu reencarnado..?..

Hasta siempre....cubito..

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La cabeza ida, lo siento, son las amenazas de venganza de Pakito Ruiz que hacen que me encuentre regular..

sin sentirme las piernas....

Todo comenzó por la flecha roja en el agua

el motivo de la venganza

There it was in the corner of a table of the restaurant of Antequera...

thus I saw…

thus I wanted to shape the memory of its cold one and cuts life…

without to have known that liquid to refresh….

without to be used and to be melted like erotic toy...

that so small pity...

so clearly and it is transparent…

it will be the rain that falls in the street leaves from its reincarnated spirit?...

Until always....cube.

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The head going, I feel, it, are the threats of revenge of Pakito Ruiz who cause that she finds me to regulate....

without feeling the legs to me….

Everything began by shoots with an arrow red in the water

the reason for the revenge

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This weekend it is Carnival "Fiesta Carnaval" in my town Almunecar. The rain was poring down yesterday so no new shots. This one is from last year to give you an idea how the children dress out.

I think they have the Pirate idea from Hollywood Productions. They would never dress like this if they had got proper information about the serious Piracy problems in the world.

Here is how the real thing works!

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9fIj4u3RKA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj5f6ApIjUE

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Piracy off the Somali coast has been a threat to international shipping since the beginning of the Somali Civil War in the early 21 century.[1] Since 2005, many international organizations, including the International Maritime Organization and the World Food Programme, have expressed concern over the rise in acts of piracy.[2] Piracy has contributed to an increase in shipping costs and impeded the delivery of food aid shipments. Ninety percent of the World Food Programme's shipments arrive by sea, and ships have required a military escort.[3] According to the Kenyan foreign minister, Somali Falla have received over US$150 million in ransom during the 12 months prior to November 2008.[4]

Clashes have been reported between Somalia's Islamist fighters (who are opposed to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG)) and the pirates.[5] In August 2008, Combined Task Force 150, a multinational coalition task force, took on the role of fighting Somali piracy by establishing a Maritime Security Patrol Area (MSPA) within the Gulf of Aden.[6] The increasing threat posed by piracy also caused significant concerns in India since most of its shipping trade routes pass through the Gulf of Aden. The Indian Navy responded to these concerns by deploying a warship in the region on October 23, 2008.[7][8] In September 2008, Russia announced that it too will soon join international efforts to combat piracy.[9]

On October 5, 2008, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1838[10] calling on nations with vessels in the area to apply military force to repress the acts of piracy.[11] At the 101st council of the International Maritime Organization, India called for a United Nations peacekeeping force under unified command to tackle piracy off Somalia.[12] (There has been a general and complete arms embargo against Somalia since 1992.)

In November 2008, Somali pirates began hijacking ships well outside the Gulf of Aden, perhaps targeting ships headed for the port of Mombasa, Kenya.[13] The frequency and sophistication of the attacks also increased around this time, as did the size of vessels being targeted. Large cargo ships, oil and chemical tankers on international voyages became the new targets of choice for the Somali hijackers. This is in stark contrast to the pirate attacks which were once frequent in the Straits of Malacca, another strategically important waterway for international trade, which were according to maritime security expert Catherine Zara Raymond, generally directed against “smaller , more vulnerable vessels carrying trade across the Straits or employed in the coastal trade on either side of the Straits.”[14]

There are discussions under way to begin an aggressive covert operation against the pirates. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been publicly warning of this potential threat for months. In a Harpers Magazine article, a CIA official stated, "We need to deal with this problem from the beach side, in concert with the ocean side, but we don't have an embassy in Somalia and limited, ineffective intelligence operations. We need to work in Somalia and in Lebanon, where a lot of the ransom money has changed hands. But our operations in Lebanon are a joke, and we have no presence at all in Somalia."[15]

I think they have the Pirate idea from Hollywood Productions. They would never dress like this if they had got proper information about the serious Pirate problems in the world.

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|| I-Ching - Hexagramm - 易經 || "Behind the door" or "Hexagramm" or "易經 ||

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Series: The orderly Chaos

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易經 = Book of Changes

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I Ching and the genetic code -

or how to heal the consciousness of the cell.

(= Channel in which life energy flows) produce. [...]

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I Ging und genetischer Code –

oder wie man das Bewußtsein der Zelle heilen kann.

[…] Dabei entdeckte sie viele verschiedene Gemeinsamkeiten, die ich im Folgenden kurz darstellen und noch um einige andere erweitern möchte.

1. Jedes genetische Codon besteht aus 3 Aminosäure-Paaren.

Ein Hexagramm im I Ging besteht aus 3 Strichpaaren

Die Chaosforschung entdeckte, daß es im Chaos eine Ordnung gibt. Leben

entwickelt sich nach der so genannten Periode 3

2. Ein DNA-Molekül besteht u.a. aus 4 Stickstoffbasen, die die Grundbausteine

des gesamten genetischen Codes bilden. Dies sind Adenin, Thymin, Guanin

und Cytosin.

Das I Ging besteht aus den beiden Polaritäten Yin, und Yang die in ständigem

Wandel begriffen sind und dem sich wandelnden yin und dem sich

wandelndem yang.

In der östlichen Medizin (Akupunktur, Akupressur) bilden die 4 Elemente

Metall (yang), Erde (yin), Feuer (das sich wandelnde yang) und Wasser (das

sich wandelnde yin) zusammen mit dem Holz-Element die Basis für die

Energiemedizin und alle anderen energetischen Heilweisen.

3. Von den vier Stickstoffbasen des genetischen Codes bilden 2 jeweils ein

feststehendes Paar, das auf 2 verschiedene Weisen verbunden ist.

Es verbindet sich Adenin mit Thymin und Guanin mit Cytosin.

Drei Paare ergeben eine genetische Informationseinheit, auch Codon oder

Triplet genannt. Diese 3 Paare können sich zu insgesamt 64 verschiedenen

Codons oder Triplets (= Informationseinheiten) miteinander verbinden. Daraus

entsteht die Vielfalt des menschlichen Lebens, aber auch des tierischen und

pflanzlichen Lebens. Die Vielfalt der Schöpfung basiert auf diesen

Stickstoffbasen.

Beim I Ging gibt es die unterbrochene und die durchgezogene Linie, die auf 4

verschiedene Weisen zu einem festen Paar verknüpft werden

Drei dieser Paare ergeben ein Hexagramm. Dadurch entstehen die 64

Hexagramme des I Ging, die jeweils eine Weisheit und eine Anleitung für die

Lebensweise des erleuchteten Menschen in unterschiedlichen Lebenslagen

beinhalten.

Feuer; Wasser; Erde; Metall: Jedem dieser Grundelemente entsprechen 2

Meridianpaare, ein yin und ein yang Meridian. Die Yin Meridiane zeigen, wie

die jeweilige Energie auf den Menschen einwirkt, die Yang Meridiane, wie er

darauf nach außen reagiert.

4. Der genetische Code bildet eine Doppelhelix, die wir mit einer in sich

gewundenen Strickleiter vergleichen können. Die Stränge werden von einem 5

C Zucker und Phosphaten, die Sprossen dieser Leiter von den Stickstoffbasen

der Codons gebildet. Diese Doppelhelix ist jedoch in sich geschlossen, besitzt

also keinen definierbaren Anfang und kein definierbares Ende. Der Anfang

und das Ende einer Informationssequenz wird durch so genannte Start und

Stop Codons angezeigt.

Das I Ging wird auch als das Buch der Wandlungen bezeichnet. Es beschreibt

die Abläufe im menschlichen Leben, die es als zyklische, immer

wiederkehrende Kreisläufe erkennt, denen man mit der rechten Einstellung

und Herangehensweise nicht hilflos ausgeliefert ist. Auch hier gibt es

Hexagramme, die über den rechten Beginn oder den Abschluss bzw. Wandel

von Unternehmungen informieren.

Zu den 4 Grundelementen kommen in der östlichen Medizin noch als 5.

Element das Holz-Element, das für Lebendigkeit steht, sowie das

Schutzsystem, das den 5 Elementen ermöglicht ihre Form und Struktur zu

bewahren und unter verschiedenen Lebensbedingungen zu halten, hinzu. Man

könnte sie also auch mit den Strängen der Leiter und die Grundelemente mit

ihren Sprossen vergleichen. Auch hier wird das Wirken der Lebensenergiemeridiane

als zyklisch, in einem Kreislauf eingebettet angesehen. Danach ist

auch die Behandlung und Heilung mit den Energiemeridianen oder

Energiepunkten ausgerichtet.

Von den Hexagrammen des I Ging kann man direkte Verbindungen zu den

Elementen in der östlichen Medizin und damit zu bestimmten Akupunkturmeridianen

(= Bahnen in denen unsere Lebensenergie fließt) herstellen. […]

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Source: I Ching and the genetic Code

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: PULLIP MEETING AT BARCELONA: 03/07/2011 - JOAN BROSSA /

QUEDADA DE PULLIPS EN BARCELONA: 03/07/2011 - JOAN BROSSA

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 31 of 32) 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.

PHOTOSTORY: In English / En Español

- CLICK! -

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- CHIC! -

LINKS:

- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

Mosaic Maker

Let me know if you give it a whirl. I'd love to hear your feedback.

(Flickr blogged Jun 27, 2005)

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More photos from SUKMA XII, Terengganu 2008

A swimmer, takes off her goggles after she lost the race during the SUKMA XII (2008) in Terengganu, Malaysia.

SUKMA is a multi-sports competition or ‘Mini Olympics’ that involves young and budding athletes. It is held every 2 years, and this year its held in Terengganu.

The official Malaysia National Sports website

Gears: Nikon D50 and Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF

Location: SUKMA XII (2008), Batu Burok Swimming Complex, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

Processing: Channel HSL

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My gawd, this picture came out beautifully on the first try. I spent like a total of 10 minutes executing my idea for this picture, which is record time.

Well, the first try with the scarf that is. I tried it first with no scarf, and I was like: No, it needs to be more middle eastern, and i saw this scarf belt i had peeking from underneath my closet door and I was like: PERFECT! I grabbed it and started to wrap it around my head and i was like: this is awesome. :]

I really wanted it to look like I had a story behind my eyes and I sort of imagined something sad to do so. I hope you all see what I see. ._. Ahaha.

My lashes look so long and there's not even mascara there! O_o

I'm in love with middle eastern/muslim women though, they are just gorgeous to me, which is what inspired the photo in the first place. :) [My grandfather was a muslim/indian as well. :-> ]

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My sunday was filled with sleep so now i have to race against the clock to finish my art projects! I paused for my 365, geez, i'm dedicated! Hahaha. At least I made up with my hubs and we are good again. I need to work on being more patient!! O_O Anyhow, back to art projects!

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: SARAY AND PILUH / SARAY Y PILUH

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 08 of 10) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10.

PHOTOSTORY: In English / En Español

Piluh: Happy?

Saray: Yeeeeeeess! ^__________^

Piluh: Ok then, glasses back, I can't see a damn thing... T_T

Saray: Can we get shot with MUSE guys? :DDD

Sheryl: Sure, going for them ;)

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Piluh: contenta?

Saray: Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! ^__________^

Piluh: Va dame mis gafas que no veo nada... T_T

Saray: Podemos hacernos una foto con los MUSE? :DDD

Sheryl: Claro, luego los traigo. ;)

LINKS:

- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

Custom Saray: at Saray's Flickr

Custom Piluh: at Saray's Flickr

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EXPLORE 360 - Thank You! :)

Rearing to have a Go at life, head on....

Kiki Vol-au-Vent

I can't help it, when I see something as beautiful as this, I feel like crying and singing at the same time!

Can there be anything more beautiful than what Nature is offering us - for free, without subscription, no botox/face lifting/tucking needed and no art-work by human beings?!

Seeing this makes me a Happy Person! Have a Good and Wonderful Day :)

I am listening to an cellist who - to me - is a new discovery and her playing is just as beautiful and perfect as is this bud! Her name is Anne Gastinel, a Lyon born artist. Please join me here for a trailer of J.S. Bach's Cello Suites.

Anne's comments are French spoken but the music is in Esperanto .... :))))))

I have 'found' Anne Gastinel on Radio Suisse Romande on 'Treasure Island' (L'île aux trésors). I don't know for how long you can listen to the emissions of this week, so if you don't want to miss out, do it soon (we still have Friday's emission to look forward to!) and you can re-listen for some weeks after.

And no, I have no personal interests in Radio Suisse Romande! But when I find a treasure, I want to share it with my friends :)

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Kindly visit my Flickr DNA for more information on me and my work. Thanks!

aumentar

Gracias a nuestros amigos de Brasil de AFNatura, en especial a Rosane Marques y a Emídio Bastos por su cariñosa acogida y difusión de la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA ¡ Un gran abrazo !

Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual y hace poco en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans.

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Pediastrum biradiatum, es como todas sus hermanas un alga estrella, estrella que en ésta aparece redoblada, joya multiplicada en sí misma. Pediastrum flota como una estrella frente a la estrella del Sol, cara a cara, reflejándose en quien le da la vida con su luz.

En arte de magia, quizá de magia celta del lugar de donde procede, Pediastrum biradiatum va creando en simetría estas joyas de equilibrio. Armonía de una unión que les permite volar sosteniendo su cuerpo de doble sol en las aguas de las lagunas. Ocho, dos o treinta y dos células, individuos, son los números cabalísticos de esta magia de equilibrio que como un rosetón gótico se abre en el muro fluyente del agua.

En Pediastrum biradiatum los individuos centrales aparecen profundamente recortados, dejando amplias lagunas entre ellos, y los dos lóbulos de cada célula del margen están divididos por una hendidura poco profunda. Nadie dijo que se colocaran así, lo hicieron ellos, lo hizo su magia celta, esa misma magia que les hace volar.

Pediastrum biradiatum vive en zonas con pequeñas acumulaciones de agua y aparece de manera dispersa en estos lugares en los que flota extendiendo su doble corona de radios. Joya celta de las lagunas, Pediastrum biradiatum procede de la localidad bretona de Ille et Vilane, próxima a Rennes y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos, empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia

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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.

José Saramago: Ni leyes ni Justicia

Martín Pallín

Firmas de apoyo en Facebook

Radio Nacional Holandesa

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Aun quedan algunas fotos que no quería subir pero terminaron por convencerme. Habían tantos papeles tirados y sucios en el piso de la disco que busqué una buena toma para retratar el olvido en que se encuentran. Me llama la atención que un lugar donde solíamos bailar y pasarla bien se reduce a unas ruinas que irradian desolación. Un triste paisaje.

Quiero agradecer en esta foto por las ya más de 2000 visitas. Muchas gracias a todos los que pasan por aquí y disfrutan de mi trabajo. Vamos por las 5000!

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There’re still some photos that I didn’t want to upload but ended up convincing me. There were so many lying-dirty papers on floor of the discotheque that I looked up for a nice shot to show the oblivion they were in. It strikes me that a place were we used to dance and have fun is reduced to some ruins that emanate desolation. A really sad view.

I want to say thank on this image for the more than 2000 visits. Thanks you all guys that come over here and enjoy my work. Go for the 5000!

Hay personas que con su simple existencia te alegran la vida, que en dos meses iluminan un poco más tu camino y te invitar a llegar allá. ♫

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My last shot in Andalusia, but the trip continues with the return to home...

Mi última foto en Andalucía, pero el viaje continúa con el regreso a casa...

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La Alpujarra (sometimes Las Alpujarras) is a mountainous district in Southern Spain, which stretches south from the Sierra Nevada mountains near Granada in the autonomous region of Andalusia. The western part of the region lies in the province of Granada and the eastern part in the province of Almería. In older sources the name is sometimes spelled Alpuxarras; it may derive from Arabic al Busherat meaning "the grass-land".

The region consists principally of valleys which descend at right angles from the crest of the Sierra Nevada on the north, to the Sierras Almijara, Contraviesa and Gádor, which separate it from the Mediterranean Sea, to the south.

The region is one of great natural beauty. Because of a warm southerly climate combined with a reliable supply of water for irrigation from the rivers running off the Sierra Nevada, the valleys of the western Alpujarras are among the most fertile in Spain, though the steep nature of the terrain means that they can only be cultivated in small fields, so that many modern agricultural techniques are impractical. They contain a rich abundance of fruit trees, especially grape vines, oranges, lemons, persimmons, figs and almonds. The eastern Alpujarra, in the province of Almería, is more arid, but still highly attractive.

La Alpujarra was successively settled by Ibero-Celtic peoples, by the Romans, and by Visigoths before the Moorish conquest of southern Spain in the eighth century. The region was the last refuge of the Moors, who were allowed to remain there for nearly 150 years after the fall of Granada in 1492. Following the Morisco Revolt of 1568, the Moorish population was forced from the region after the Moriscos used it as a military base. By order of the Spanish crown, two Moorish families were required to remain in each village in order to demonstrate to the new inhabitants, introduced from northern Spain, the workings of the terracing and irrigation systems on which the district's agriculture depends.

The influence of the Moorish population can be seen in the agriculture, the distinct cubic architecture (reminiscent of Berber architecture in Morocco's Atlas Mountains) the local cuisine, the local carpet weaving, and the numerous Arabic placenames.

More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpujarras

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CASTELLANO

La Alpujarra (o Las Alpujarras) es una comarca de Andalucía, en el sur de España. Incluye parte de la provincia de Granada y parte de la provincia de Almería, en las faldas de la ladera sur de Sierra Nevada.

En textos antiguos a veces la región es denominada alpujarras, nombre que deriva del término árabe al Busherat (al-bugscharra), que podría traducirse como "la Tierra de hierba" o "la Tierra de pastos". Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, que viajó por la comarca y escribió un libro, publicado en 1874, da, además de esta versión del nombre, cuatro más. Citando a Luis de Mármol, Alarcón dice que la palabra viene de la voz árabe "abuxarra" que, siempre según Alarcón, quiere decir "la rencillosa, la pendenciera". El mismo Alarcón da una segunda hipótesis del origen del nombre, que toma del arabista Miguel Lafuente Alcántara, quien añade que la palabra árabe "abuxarra" también significa "indomable". Una tercera opinión del origen del nombre procede de los arabistas ingleses Romey y Sacy quienes, basándose en los testimonios del historiador árabe Suar el-Kaicí, consideran que la palabra Alpujarra viene de la voz arábiga "Albordjela" que significa "la fortificada". Finalmente, Alarcón menciona la opinión del historiador francés Simonet que sugiere que puede proceder del nombre "Albuxarrat" que Simonet traduce por "La Sierra Blanca" o Sierra Nevada.

La región consiste principalmente en una serie de valles que descienden en ángulo recto desde las cumbres de Sierra Nevada en el Norte, a la Sierra de la Contraviesa y Sierra de Gádor, las cuales la separan del Mar Mediterráneo, al sur.

La región es de una enorme belleza natural. A causa de su clima suave combinado con una fuente fiable de agua para la irrigación de los ríos que descienden de Sierra Nevada, los valles de la Alpujarra disfrutan de un importante grado de fertilidad, si bien a causa de la naturaleza del terreno sólo pueden ser cultivados en pequeñas parcelas, por lo cual la técnicas modernas de agricultura no suelen ser viables. Abundan los árboles frutales, como naranjos, limoneros, caquis, manzanos, higueras, castaños, almendros, y los viñedos. La zona este de la Alpujarra, la almeriense, es más árida.

La Alpujarra fue sucesivamente colonizada por íberos y celtas, por la antigua Roma, y por visigodos, antes de la conquista musulmana del sur de España durante el siglo VIII; no obstante, el historiador árabe Ibn Ragid declara que la región no fue conquistada por los árabes debido a la aspereza de su territorio. Su colonización, por tanto, hubo de ser posterior y realizarse modo muy paulatino. La región fue el último refugio de los moriscos, a quienes se les permitió permanecer allí hasta mucho después de la caída del Reino Nazarí de Granada en 1492. Tras la revuelta morisca de 1568, (donde Aben Humeya, de nombre cristiano Fernando de Córdoba y Válor, se proclamó Rey de la Alpujarra) la población morisca fue expulsada de la región tras que ésta fuese usada como su base militar. Por orden de la corona española, se requirió que dos familias moriscas permaneciesen en cada villa para ayudar a los nuevos habitantes , introducidos desde el norte de España (fundamentalmente asturianos, gallegos y leoneses), la forma de trabajar las terrazas y los sistemas de irrigación de los que depende la agricultura de la región.

La influencia de la población morisca se puede observar, lógicamente, en la agricultura, la arquitectura cúbica (reminiscencias de la arquitectura bereber de las montañas marroquíes del Atlas), la cocina local, el tejido de alfombras y numerosos nombres de lugar de origen árabe.

Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpujarras

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Auschwitz Concentration Kamp - Oswiecim, Polland

"Dà un senso di sgomento, ancora, quella scritta con la sua agghiacciante ironia."

sgnapino

"I visited Auschwitz once, a memory that will live with me forever. Everyone should go there once, once is enough. It helps to put your life into perspective."

pominoz

"ogni volta che vedo quella scritta mi sale un brivido su per la schiena..."

azzeccagarbugli

"don't forget, what happened !!"

RijkV

"AHHHH,

che dolore, che orrore. Mai dimenticare, mai pensare di rifarlo.

Eppure questa tua foto, imbarazzante, testimonia che oggi purtroppo non è cambiato nulla: da Abu Grahib al Myanmar, dall'Argentina, al Cile...da...ovunque, ecco quello che mi sgomenta. Ma è mai possibile che non impariamo nulla dall passato?

Ho visitato anni addietro a Gerusalemme il "memoriale"..ho ancora il ricordo del dolore che avevo mentre piangevo, e non era comandato dall'attimo, il dolore veniva dal profondo della mia anima"

federico.soffici

"a black chapter in our german history"

the-father

"L' orrore non ha mai fine...."

Fabiologis50

"a sad shot, about a very sad place"

Flixos

"per non dimenticare...M A I ............"

rogilde

"Nazism's foolness and personal irony:if works (dead) makes free,vacancy makes prisoner?"

Winterfallover

"Mai frase fu più una presa in giro. Ho incontrato ed intervistato a lungo Primo Levi per una mia tesina, molti anni fa e credo di essere uscito da quell'incontro molto cambiato. E' tristemente vero, non dobbiamo dimenticare!"

man_drake

"Chilling and instantly recognizable ... even the thumbnailmakes my heart tighten .... you've managed to capture the banality, the bureaucracy and ordinariness behind which such horrors took place"

gee hue

"Una prospettiva dal basso ed un drammatico bianco e nero ad immortalare una delle più insensate brutalità umane, ovvero la disumanità, una disumanità che continua a manifestarsi."

FranGesco

www.v100.de/index.php?nav=1000208&lang=de&id=1732...

Lebenslauf

[Kontaktformular]

09.11.1962 - Auslieferung an DB - Deutsche Bundesbahn [D] "V 100 1345"

09.11.1962 - Abnahme

01.01.1968 - Umzeichnung in "211 345-4"

30.05.1988 - z-Stellung

30.06.1988 - Ausmusterung

20.03.1990 - an BE - Bentheimer Eisenbahn AG, Bad Bentheim [D] "D 25"

__.__.1993 - __.__.1993 Umbau

[Remotorisierung mit CAT 3513]

__.__.199x - => BE - Bentheimer Eisenbahn AG, Nordhorn [D] "D 25"

01.01.2007 - Vergabe der NVR-Nummer [NVR: "92 80 1211 345-4 D-BE"]

__.05.2010 - 22.10.2010 Vermietung an EEB - Emsländische Eisenbahn GmbH, Meppen [D]

19.01.2011 - 01.04.2011 Vermietung an BEG Bocholter Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH, Bocholt [D] "D 25"

14.07.2011 - 30.08.2011 Vermietung an Michael Bugdoll Bau- und Sicherungsarbeiten e. K., Dorsten [D]

__.07.2015 - Abstellung mit Fristablauf

__.12.2015 - an AIXrail GmbH, Aachen [D] "211 345-4" [NVR: "92 80 1211 345-4 D-AIX"]

__.08.2018 - 10.09.2018 Vermietung an EVG - Eifelbahn Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, Linz (Rhein) [D] "211 345-4"

16.08.2018 - 10.09.2018 Untervermietung an UTL Umwelt- und Transportlogistik GmbH, Singen (Hohentwiel) [D] "211 345-4"

10.09.2018 - Unfall in Plochingen [D] [Kollision mit Bagger]

19.09.2018 - 10.04.2019 Abstellung in Bremen-Sebaldsbrück [D] [Unfallausbesserung]

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Basta ricordare che siamo fatti di acqua calda, che siamo soffici, liquidi ed elastici.

L'abbandono è uno stato difficile a cui non siamo più abituati, perché sempre ossessionati dal controllo a tutti i costi dei particolari.

L'abbandono invece è partecipazione alla pienezza, una forma di consapevolezza. Come dire: è così chiassosa la storia, nell'infinito silenzio universale, che è inutile aggiungere altro rumore.

Dunque è un prendere atto di esistere, di possedere braccia, dita e talento non nostri, di essere in possesso di un'identità che ci è data, così come tutto in noi e attorno a noi ci è donato, ci avanza, trabocca le nostre aspettative: nulla ci appartiene.

Allora ecco risvegliarsi in noi l'infantile stupore per ogni cosa, sempre nuova, sempre provvisoria. L'abbandono è una costante primavera, dove tutto continuamente nasce.

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And then here comes awaken the childish astonishment for all the things around, anew, provisional. The abandon is a constant spring, where everything continuously springs up.

Giovanni Allevi, an excerpt from his book la musica in testa, translated by me.

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The Zwinger (Der Dresdner Zwinger) is a palace in Dresden, eastern Germany, built in Baroque style.

The location was formerly part of the Dresden fortress of which the outer wall is conserved. The name derives from the German word Zwinger (outer ward of a concentric castle); it was for the cannons that were placed between the outer wall and the major wall. The Zwinger was not enclosed until the neoclassical building by Gottfried Semper called the Semper wing was built to host the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister art gallery.

The name Zwinger goes back to the common medieval German term for that part of a fortification between the outer and inner defensive walls, or "outer ward". Archaeological evidence indicates that the construction of the first city wall took place in the last quarter of the 12th century. A documentary entry as civitas in 1216 points to the existence of an enclosed Dresden Fortification at that time. In 1427, during the Hussite Wars, work began on strengthening the city's defences and they were enhaned by a second - outer - wall. These improvements began near the Wildruffer Tor gate. Step by step the old moat had to be filled in and moved. The area between the two walls was generally referred to as the Zwinger and, in the vicinity of the castle, was utilised by the royal court at Dresden for garden purposes. The location of the so-called Zwingergarten from that period is only imprecisely known to be between the fortifications on the western side of the city.[1][2] Its extent varied in places as a result of subsequent improvements to the fortifications and is depicted differently on the various maps.

This royal Zwingergarten, a garden used to supply the court, still fulfilled one of its functions, as indicated by the name, as a narrow defensive area between the outer and inner defensive walls. This was no longer the case when work on the present-day Zwinger palace began in the early 18th century, nevertheless the name was transferred to the new building. Admittedly the southwestern parts of the building of the baroque Dresden Zwinger including the Kronentor gate stand on parts of the outer curtain wall that are still visible today; but there is no longer any trace of the inner wall

Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony, returned from a grand tour through France and Italy in 1687–89, just at the moment that Louis XIV moved his court to Versailles. On his return to Dresden, having arranged his election as King of Poland (1697), he wanted something similarly spectacular for himself. The fortifications were no longer needed and provided readily available space for his plans. The original plans, as developed by his court architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann before 1711, covered the space of the present complex of palace and garden, and also included as gardens the space down to the Elbe River, upon which the Semper opera house and its square were built in the nineteenth century.

The Zwinger was designed by Pöppelmann and constructed in stages from 1710 to 1728. Sculpture was provided by Balthasar Permoser. The Zwinger was formally inaugurated in 1719, on the occasion of the electoral prince Frederick August’s marriage to the daughter of the Habsburg emperor, the Archduchess Maria Josepha. At the time, the outer shells of the buildings had already been erected and, with their pavilions and arcaded galleries, formed a striking backdrop to the event. It was not until the completion of their interiors in 1728, however, that they could serve their intended functions as exhibition galleries and library halls.

The death of Augustus in 1733 put a halt to the construction because the funds were needed elsewhere. The palace area was left open towards the Semperoper square and the river. Later the plans were changed to a smaller scale, and in 1847–1855 the area was closed by the construction of the gallery wing now separating the Zwinger from the opera place; the architect was Gottfried Semper, who designed the opera house.

The building was mostly destroyed by the carpet bombing raids of 13–15 February 1945. The art collection had been evacuated before, though. After the war, in a referendum, the people of Dresden voted to restore the building and generally preferred to rebuild the glories of the city, instead of having the ruins razed to make way for the architecture of socialist realism then prevalent in the German Democratic Republic.

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Yardley Church is the usual mixture of periods and styles. The chancel is 13th century; the nave, north aisle, and Becket Chapel are 14th-15th centuries; and the porch, tower and spire are 15th century. The roof is modern. Despite its inconvenient location for most of its congregation, and though neighbouring parishes had chapels-of-ease by the 15th century, St. Edburgha's remained the only church in Yardley until Marston Chapel was consecrated in 1704. This was perhaps due to the fact that there was no nucleated settlement other than the village by the church - elsewhere population was scattered, and probably sparsest in the most distant and still wooded south.

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Barsebäck NPP

Country Sweden

Coordinates 55°44′40″N 12°55′15″E / 55.74444°N 12.92083°E / 55.74444; 12.92083Coordinates: 55°44′40″N 12°55′15″E / 55.74444°N 12.92083°E / 55.74444; 12.92083

Status Decommissioned

Construction began 1969

Commission date May 15, 1975

Decommission date Reactor 1: November 30, 1999 Reactor 2: May 31, 2005

Operator(s) Barseback Kraft AB

Reactor information

Reactors decom. 2 x 615 MW

Power generation information

Annual generation 3,572 GW·h

Net generation 187,018 GW·h

As of August 1, 2007

Barsebäck is a closed nuclear power plant in Sweden, which is situated in Barsebäck, Kävlinge Municipality, Skåne. Located just 20 kilometers from the Danish capital, Copenhagen, the Danish government pressed for its closure during its entire lifetime. As a result of the Swedish nuclear power phase-out, its two reactors have now been closed. The first reactor, Barsebäck 1, was closed November 30, 1999, and the second, Barsebäck 2, ceased operations May 31, 2005.

Land for the plant was bought in 1965 by the energy company Sydkraft, and the first of the two BWR reactors was ordered from Asea-Atom in 1969. Unit one first attained criticality on January 18, 1975 and commercial operation began on May 15. The second reactor attained criticality in March 21, 1977 and commercial operation began on June 12. Following a decision in the Parliament in 1997, the Government of Sweden decided that the first reactor was to close July 1, 1998, and the second July 1, 2001. Due to the operator's appeal of the decision, the closure was postponed. The destruction of the facility will await the construction of a storage facility, scheduled to be ready by 2020.

At the time of closure, each reactor had a capacity of 600 megawatts. The plant was operated by Barsebäck Kraft AB, a subsidiary of Ringhals AB, owned by Vattenfall and Sydkraft.

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The Fukusahima I Nuclear Power Plant (福島第一原子力発電所, Fukushima Dai-Ichi Genshiryoku Hatsudensho?, Fukushima I NPP), often referred to as Fukushima Dai-ichi (Dai-ichi simply means number 1), is a nuclear power plant located in the town of Okuma in the Futaba District of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, first commissioned in 1971. The plant consists of six boiling water reactors. These light water reactors[1] have a combined power of 4.7 GW, making Fukushima I one of the 15 largest nuclear power stations in the world. Fukushima I was the first nuclear plant to be constructed and run entirely by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). The plant suffered major damage from the 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, disabling the reactor cooling systems and triggering a widespread evacuation surrounding the plant.

The Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant, 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) to the south, is also run by TEPCO.

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Un célula verde casi esférica con dos largos filamentos con los que se desplaza y una pequeña mancha ocular roja, podría ser una descripción válida para muchas algas verdes, pero hoy corresponde a Eudorina y no vive sola, al principio se dividió en dos y así hasta cinco veces y han resultado de este modo 32.

Son treinta y dos hermanas gemelas que se han asociado y ya no sólo en un plano como Pediastrum o Gonium, sino en cinco, como cinco pisos bien organizados, el primero y el último con cuatro vecinas y los tres de en medio con ocho, entre todas vuelven a sumar treinta y dos, no se ha perdido ninguna.

Aunque todas estas hermanas tienen su individualidad trabajan en equipo recorriendo su mundo acuático en forma de esfera errante, pero con una importante novedad, han desarrollado una envuelta común, esférica, transparente y gelatinosa, como resaltando así que aunque son muchas son sólo una.

Eudorina vive en las aguas superficiales de estanques y lagos, nuestro ejemplar de hoy procede de la Laguna de Peces, en la Alta Sanabria zamorana y ha sido fotografiada con 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia

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J'ai écrit à la plume, au dos du vase ce poème.

Sabot de Vénus©

Sabot de Vénus tu es ma fleur

Préférée, élancée et distinguée

Tu remplis mon âme de sérénité,

Comme une enfant contre mon cœur

Au bonheur toujours renouvelé

Dans la pureté et la simplicité.

Ton langage tout en couleur,

Blanc, naïf, pur et idéalisé,

Rose, séduisant par sa sensualité,

Jaune, l’amour et sa chaleur,

Rouge, l’urgence de l’ amour désiré

Qui mène aux noces de l’orchidée.

Élie Mangoubi

Elie Mangoubi est un médecin psychiatre, né à Héliopolis et vivant à Chicago depuis 1968. Docteur en médecine de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles, il fit sa résidence en Psychiatrie à Rush-Presbyterian St Luke's à Chicago. Son plus grand bonheur fut d'avoir soigné les vétérans de 1974 à 2007, eux qui ont tant sacrifié pour sauvegarder notre liberté et de soigner les résidents chez les Petites Soeurs des Pauvres de 1970 jusqu’à ce jour et sa reconnaissance va à eux.

Depuis qu'il a pris sa retraite en temps que psychiatre au service des vétérans, il écrit des poèmes sur les juifs du Nil qui furent forçés de quitter l'Egypte avec l'arrivée au pouvoir de Nasser. Il parle de la souffrance de cette communauté qui a dû partir dans des conditions difficiles mais qui a su faire face à cet exode avec courage et détermination.

Ces poèmes traitent de thèmes divers: la famille, l’amour, la violence dans ce monde, l’injustice, la santé, la sérénité et l’importance de la spiritualité. Il est un témoin vibrant des souffrances de cette communauté, de tous les opprimés et les souffrants dans le monde. Son message lucide et clair; est une prière continuelle à la non violence pour promouvoir la tolérance, trouver la sérénité et la paix.

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The photos are arranged without a particular order. I just put them all up there so watch out for a more extensive collection in the future :D

Have a great weekend everyone!

Links to each photo can be found below. Each photo has a numbered note to serve as your guide. Take your pick!

1. JOSEPH, 2. Purity of a Mother's Heart, 3. Cesar , 4. I'm a little different... so what!, 5. Armor, 6. Caleruega, Philippines, 7. Britney, 8. My soul is longing (IT # 47), 9. HBW and HGGT Combo with a HIT!!! (IT # 52), 10. “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” - Rabindranath Tagore, 11. "Excuse me while I kiss the sky." - Jimi Hendrix (EXPLORE # 276 MAY 5, 2009), 12. Jobsite Cat II Color, 13. Open Up, 14. Dream of me in blue (EXPLORE # 323 JUNE 15, 2009), 15. Succulent Goodness, 16. White Horse (EXPLORE # 137 MAY 21, 2009), 17. Arangya (EXPLORE # 202 MAY 17, 2009), 18. Veins, 19. “There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.”- Walt Streightiff (EXPLORE #492 APR 11,2009), 20. George, 21. Lady by the Bay (IT # 48), 22. Roadside, 23. "The mountains, I become a part of it... The morning mists, the clouds, the gathering waters, I become a part of it." - Navajo Chant (EXPLORE # 441 April 19, 2009), 24. “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” - Ansel Adams (EXPLORE # 189 MAY 4, 2009), 25. "What we see depends mainly on what we look for." - John Lubbock (IT # 49), 26. Bubu, 27. Nigel 2009, 28. "The sky is the daily bread of the eyes." Ralph Waldo Emerson, 29. Hiding from Aretha, 30. Jackielou (TGIF!)

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Living in Southern California has some real advantages, like visiting Laguna Beach. I took this photo from the outdoor patio of a fabulous restaurant there - what a view!

In this photo I used Photoshop filter Fractalius to enhance the original with a "painterly" effect. (The original photo is below in the comments section.)

INFORMATION ON LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA:

Laguna Beach includes 7 miles of coastline with some of Southern California most scenic beaches and coves you'll find along the Southern California coast. The best tide pools, diving opportunities, and best sunsets on this region of California coast are right in Laguna Beach. Home to mansions and quaint cottages that line bluffs above the sandy coves, for over 100 years, tourists have flocked to a little piece of paradise to scuba dive, to paint the colors of nature which seem more vibrant there and to enjoy natural beauty not seen elsewhere. Laguna Beach enjoys healthy tourism with over 3 million visitors each year. Note: These numbers do not factor in local day visitors within a close radius to Laguna Beach.

Laguna Beach holds the distinction of having one of the greatest number of localized beaches of any city on the California coast. The list includes the northern beaches of Irvine Cove, Crescent Bay, Shaw's Cove, Boat Canyon, Diver's Cove, Picnic Beach and Rockpile. Central Beaches include Main Beach, Sleepy Hollow, St. Ann's Street, Thalia Street, Oak Street, Brook's Street and Mountain Road Beach. Southern Laguna Beach (South Laguna Beach) beaches include Bluebird Canyon, Pearl Street, Wood's Cove, Moss Point, Rockledge, Victoria Beach and Treasure Island. Guarded by a premier force of lifeguards, Laguna Beaches are operated under the City of Laguna Beach Lifeguard Services. www.lblg.org

What's unique about the Laguna Beach beaches are their tourist and hotel friendly locations. With properties constructed on and near the beach before the California Coastal Commission regulations changed the building permit process, you'll see some spectacular hotel and resorts sitting on cliffs above the ocean in South Orange County. That's why tourists love visiting and staying overnight in Laguna Beach. You can park your car and walk down to the on location beach at many hotels, or walk downtown to the great shops, restaurants and art galleries. Of all the Orange County cities that range from San Clemente, Dana Point, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach, Sunset Beach and Surfside, Laguna Beach offers the most beach hotel rooms directly on the sand without crossing Pacific Coast Highway. Montage, the newest resort property, is spectacular with its views, pools, lawns and beaches that are open to the public. You'll be hard pressed to find a more luxurious resort destination than Laguna Beach.

Laguna got its name long ago from the Ute-Azteca Indian word for lakes, Lagonas. Spaniards who arrived later called it Canada de las Lagunas (Canyon of the Lakes) and in 1904, the area became known as Laguna Beach.

Around the same time artist Norman St. Clair traveled from Los Angeles to capture the scenery on canvas. His artist friends were so impressed with his paintings and reports of a balmy year-round climate that they joined him. (He and his wife actually lived in Laguna off and on prior to 1912.) The plein-air artists who painted in the style of French impressionists, settled and by the late 1920’s, half of the residents were artists.

Following the artists came the Hollywood film makers who found Laguna to be every bit as appealing on the silver screen as it was painted on canvas. Many of Hollywood’s famous stars like Bette Davis, Mary Pickford, Judy Garland, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin and Mickey Rooney maintained homes in Laguna Beach.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Steinbeck also went to Laguna for inspiration and relaxation, frequenting landmarks like the White House and the Cabrillo Ballroom.

Laguna’s universal allure is best expressed on a famous gate built in 1935 (which still

stands on the corner of Forest and Park Avenues); it reads “This gate hangs well and

hinders none, refresh and rest, then travel on.”

Source: www.beachcalifornia.com/laguna.html

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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

Following, a text, in english, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" is a fountain in Rome, Italy, located in the Piazza Navona. Designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini, it is emblematic of the dynamic and dramatic effects sought by High Baroque artists. It was erected in 1651 in front of the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone, and yards from the Pamphilj Palace belonging to this fountain's patron, Innocent X (1644-1655).

The four gods on the corners of the fountain represent the four major rivers of the world known at the time: the Nile, Danube, Ganges, and Plate. The design of each god figure has symbolic importance.

Design

Bernini's design was selected in competition. The circumstances of his victory are described as follows:

So strong was the sinister influence of the rivals of Bernini on the mind of Innocent that when he planned to set up in Piazza Navona the great obelisk brought to Rome by the Emperor Caracalla, which had been buried for a long time at Capo di Bove for the adornment of a magnificent fountain, the Pope had designs made by the leading architects of Rome without an order for one to Bernini. Prince Niccolò Ludovisi, whose wife was niece to the pope, persuaded Bernini to prepare a model, and arrange for it to be secretly installed in a room in the Palazzo Pamphili that the Pope had to pass. When the meal was finished, seeing such a noble creation, he stopped almost in ecstasy. Being prince of the keenest judgment and the loftiest ideas, after admiring it, said: “This is a trick … It will be necessary to employ Bernini in spite of those who do not wish it, for he who desires not to use Bernini’s designs, must take care not to see them.”

Paraphrase from Filippo Baldinucci, The life of Cavaliere Bernini (1682)

Public fountains in Rome served multiple purposes: first, they were highly needed sources of water for neighbors in the centuries prior to home plumbing. Second, they were monuments to the papal patrons. Earlier Bernini fountains had been the Fountain of the Triton in Piazza Barberini, the fountain of the Moor in the southern end of Piazza Navona erected during the Barberini papacy, and the Neptune and Triton for Villa Montalto, whose statuary now resides at Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Each has animals and plants that further carry forth the identification, and each carries a certain number of allegories and metaphors with it. The Ganges carries a long oar, representing the river's navigability. The Nile's head is draped with a loose piece of cloth, meaning that no one at that time knew exactly where the Nile's source was. The Danube touches the Papal coat of arms, since it is the large river closest to Rome. And the Río de la Plata is sitting on a pile of coins, a symbol of the riches America could offer to Europe (the word plata means silver in Spanish). Also, the Río de la Plata looks scared by a snake, showing rich men's fear that their money could be stolen. Each is a river god, semi-prostrate, in awe of the central tower, epitomized by the slender Egyptian obelisk (built for the Roman Serapeum in AD 81), symbolizing by Papal power surmounted by the Pamphili symbol (dove). In addition, the fountain is a theater in the round, a spectacle of action, that can be strolled around. Water flows and splashes from a jagged and pierced mountainous disorder of travertine marble. A legend, common with tour-guides, is that Bernini positioned the cowering Rio de la Plata River as if the sculpture was fearing the facade of the church of Sant'Agnese by his rival Borromini could crumble against him; in fact, the fountain was completed several years before Borromini began work on the church.

The dynamic fusion of architecture and sculpture made this fountain revolutionary when compared to prior Roman projects, such as the stilted designs Acqua Felice and Paola by Fontana in Piazza San Bernardo (1585-87) or the customary embellished geometric floral-shaped basin below a jet of water such as the Fontanina in Piazza Campitelli (1589) by Giacomo della Porta.

Unveiling

he Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi was unveiled to the populace of Rome on 12 June 1651. According to a report from the time, an event was organised to draw people to the Piazza Navona. Beforehand, wooden scaffolding, overlaid with curtains, had hidden the fountain, though probably not the obelisk, which would have given people an idea that something was being built, but the precise details were unknown. Once unveiled, the full majesty of the fountain would be apparent, which the celebrations were designed to advertise. The festival was paid for by the Pamphili family, to be specific, Innocent X, who had sponsored the erection of the fountain. The most conspicuous item on the Pamphili crest, an olive branch, was brandished by the performers who took part in the event.

The author of the report, Antonio Bernal, takes his readers through the hours leading up to the unveiling. The celebrations were announced by a woman, dressed as the allegorical character of Fame, being paraded around the streets of Rome on a carriage or float. She was sumptuously dressed, with wings attached to her back and a long trumpet in her hand. Bernal notes that "she went gracefully through all the streets and all the districts that are found among the seven hills of Rome, often blowing the round bronze [the trumpet], and urging everyone to make their way to that famous Piazza." A second carriage followed her; this time another woman was dressed as the allegorical figure of Curiosity. According to the report, she continued exhorting the people to go towards the piazza. Bernal describes the clamour and noise of the people as they discussed the upcoming event.

The report is actually less detailed about the process of publicly unveiling the fountain. However, it does give ample descriptions of the responses of the spectators who had gathered in the Piazza. Once there, Bernal notes, the citizens of the city were overwhelmed by the massive fountain, with its huge life-like figures. The report mentions the "enraptured souls" of the population, the fountain, which "gushes out a wealth of silvery treasures" causing "no little wonder" in the onlookers. Bernal then continues to describe the fountain, making continuous reference to the seeming naturalism of the figures and its astonishing effect on those in the piazza.

The making of the fountain was met by opposition by the people of Rome for several reasons. First, Innocent X had the fountain built at public expense during the intense famine of 1646-48. Throughout the construction of the fountain, the city murmurred and talk of riot was in the air. Pasquinade writers protested the construction of the fountain in September 1648 by attaching hand-written invectives on the stone blocks used to make the obelisk. These pasquinades read, "We do not want Obelisks and Fountains, It is bread that we want. Bread, Bread, Bread!" Innocent quickly had the authors arrested, and disguised spies patrol the Pasquino statue and Piazza Navona

The streetvendors of the market also opposed the construction of the fountain, as Innocent X expelled them from the piazza. The Pamphilij pope believed they detracted from the magnificence of the square. The vendors refused to move, and the papal police had to chase them from the piazza. Roman Jews, in particular, lamented the closing of the Navona, since they were allowed to sell used articles of clothing there at the Wednesday market.

Navona Square (Piazza Navona).

Following, a text, in english, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Piazza Navona is a city square in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in first century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium.[1] The ancient Romans came there to watch the agones ("games"), and hence it was known as 'Circus Agonalis' (competition arena). It is believed that over time the name changed to 'in agone' to 'navone' and eventually to 'navona'.

Defined as a public space in the last years of 15th century, when the city market was transferred to it from the Campidoglio, the Piazza Navona is a significant example of Baroque Roman architecture and art. It features sculptural and architectural creations: in the center stands the famous Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or Fountain of the Four Rivers (1651) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini; the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone by Francesco Borromini and Girolamo Rainaldi; and the Pamphilj palace also by Rainaldi and which features the gallery frescoed by Pietro da Cortona.

The Piazza Navona has two additional fountains: at the southern end is the Fontana del Moro with a basin and four Tritons sculpted by Giacomo della Porta (1575) to which, in 1673, Bernini added a statue of a Moor, or African, wrestling with a dolphin, and at the northern end is the Fountain of Neptune (1574) created by Giacomo della Porta. The statue of Neptune in the northern fountain, the work of Antonio Della Bitta, was added in 1878 to make that fountain more symmetrical with La Fontana del Moro in the south.

At the southwest end of the piazza is the ancient 'speaking' statue of Pasquino. Erected in 1501, Romans could leave lampoons or derogatory social commentary attached to the statue.

During its history, the piazza has hosted theatrical events and other ephemeral activities. From 1652 until 1866, when the festival was suppressed, it was flooded on every Saturday and Sunday in August in elaborate celebrations of the Pamphilj family. The pavement level was raised in the 19th century and the market was moved again in 1869 to the nearby Campo de' Fiori. A Christmas market is held in the piazza.

Other monuments on the Piazza Navona are:

Stabilimenti Spagnoli

Palazzo de Cupis

Palazzo Torres Massimo Lancellotti

Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore

Palazzo Braschi (Museo di Roma)

Sant'Agnese in Agone

Literature and films

The piazza is featured in Dan Brown's 2000 thriller Angels and Demons, in which the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi "The Fountain of the four rivers"(the Danube, the Gange, the Nile and the River Plate) is listed as one of the Altars of Science. During June 2008, Ron Howard directed several scenes of the film adaptation of Angels and Demons on the southern section of the Piazza Navona, featuring Tom Hanks.

The piazza is featured in several scenes of director Mike Nichols' 1970 adaptation of Joseph Heller's novel, Catch-22.

The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi was used in the 1990 film Coins in the Fountain. The characters threw coins into the fountain as they made wishes. The Trevi Fountain was used in the 1954 version of the film.

A Fontana Dei Quattro Fiumi, é maior das três fontes, localizada no centro da praça. Na fonte dos rios, Bernini projetou quatro estátuas representando os rios dos quatro continentes: o Nilo, o Danúbio, o rio da Prata e o Ganges. As estátuas estão montadas sobre um obelisco egípcio, sendo circundadas por leões e outros animais fantásticos, tendo no cume uma pomba em bronze, símbolo da paz no mundo e da família Pamphili. Para realçar a rivalidade entre Bernini e Borromini, que fez a igreja de Santa Agnese, os romanos criaram uma lenda em torno da fonte dos rios, que fica em frente a esta igreja. Segundo os romanos, as estátuas duvidam da solidez do projeto de Borromini. A que retrata o rio da Prata, tem a mão erguida, a proteger o corpo do desabamento da igreja; a que retrata o Nilo, traz a cabeça coberta por um véu, a recusar a ver a obra de Borromini.

A seguir um texto, em português, da Wikipédia a Enciclopédia Livre:

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fonte dos Quatro Rios), foi esculpida por Gian Lorenzo Bernini entre 1648 e 1651, artista do barroco italiano, foi concebida por uma ordem do Papa Inocencio X o Papa da familia Pamphili, cujo tinha sua casa nesta praça.

Esta localizada na Praça de Navona, em Roma. Ela representa os quatro principais continentes do mundo cortados por seus principais rios: Rio Nilo, na África; Rio Ganges, na Ásia, Rio da Prata, na América e o Rio Danúbio, na Europa.

A seguir, texto em português do site Wiki lingue:

A escultura da Fonte dos Quatro Rios, encontra-se na Piazza Navona de Roma (Itália) e foi criada e talhada pelo escultor e pintor Gian Lorenzo Bernini em 1651 baixo o papado de Inocencio X, em plena época barroca, durante o período mais prolífico do genial artista e cerca da que em outro tempo fué a Chiesa dei San Giacomo de gli Spagnoli

A fonte compõe-se de uma base formada de uma grande piscina elíptica, coroada em seu centro de uma grande mole de mármol, sobre a qual se eleva um obelisco egípcio de época romana, o obelisco de Domiciano .

As estátuas que compõem a fonte, têm umas dimensões maiores que na realidade e são alegorias dos quatro rios principais da Terra (Nilo, Ganges, Danubio, Rio da Prata), a cada um deles em um dos continentes conhecidos na época. Na fonte a cada um destes rios está representado por um gigante de mármol .

As árvores e as plantas que emergem da água e que se encontram entre as rochas, também estão em uma escala maior que na realidade. Os animais e vegetales, gerados de uma natureza boa e útil, pertencem a espécies grandes e potentes (como o leão, cavalo, cocodrilo, serpente, dragão, etc.). O espectador, girando em torno da fonte, descobre novas formas que dantes estavam escondidas ou cobertas pela massa rocosa. Com esta obra, Bernini quer suscitar admiração em quem olha-a, criando um pequeno universo em movimento a imitação do espaço da realidade natural.

A fonte foi submetida a restauração, um trabalho que se deu por concluído em dezembro de 2008. Constitui um dos palcos finque da novela e o filme Anjos e Demónios, à qual é arrojado um dos cardeais sequestrados, e Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) se lança à água para lhe salvar.

Os animais da fonte

A fonte apresenta figuras de sete animais, além de uma pequena pomba e o emblema dos Pamphili. Para poder observá-las basta com dar uma volta ao redor da fonte. As figuras são: um cavalo, uma serpente de terra (na parte mais alta, cerca do obelisco), uma serpente de mar, um delfín (que funciona também como desagüe), um cocodrilo, um leão e um dragão. Notar também a vegetación esculpida que parece real.

Praça Navona.

A seguir, um texto em português, da Wikipédia a Enciclopédia livre:

A Praça Navona (em italiano: Piazza Navona) é uma das mais célebres praças de Roma. A sua forma assemelha-se à dos antigos estádios da Roma Antiga, seguindo a planificação do Estádio de Domiciano (também denominado entre os italianos de Campomarzio, em virtude da natureza rude e esforçada dos exercícios - manejo de armas - e desportos atléticos que aí se realizavam). Albergaria até 20 mil espectadores sentados nas bancadas. A origem do nome deve-se ao nome pomposo que lhe foi dado ao tempo do Imperador Domiciano (imperador entre 81-96 d.c.): "Circo Agonístico" (do étimo grego Agonia, que significa precisamente - exercício, luta, combate). Actualmente o nome corresponde à corruptela da forma posterior in agone, depois nagone e finalmente navone, que por mero acaso significa também "grande navio" na língua italiana.

As casas que entretanto e com o passar dos anos foram sendo construídas sobre as bancadas, delimitariam e circunscreveriam até à actualidade o tão afamado Circo Agonístico.

A Navona passou de fato a caracterizar-se como praça nos últimos anos do século XV, quando o mercado da cidade foi transferido do Capitólio para aí. Foi remodelada para um estilo monumental por vontade do Papa Inocêncio X, da família Pamphili e é motivo de orgulho da cidade de Roma durante o período barroco. Sofreu intervenções de Gian Lorenzo Bernini (a famosa Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fonte dos Quatro Rios, 1651) ao centro); de Francesco Borromini e Girolamo Gainaldi (a igreja de Sant'Agnese in Agone); e de Pietro de Cortona, que pintou a galeria no Palácio Pamphilj, sede da embaixada do Brasil na Itália desde 1920.

O mercado tradicional voltou a ser transferido em 1869 para o Campo de' Fiori, embora a praça mantenha também um papel fundamental em servir de palco para espectáculos de teatro e corridas de cavalos. A partir de 1652, em todos os Sábados e Domingos de Agosto, a praça tornava-se num lago para celebrar a própria família Pamphili.

A praça dispõe ainda duas outras fontes esculpidas por Giacomo della Porta - a Fontana di Nettuno (1574), na área norte da praça, e a Fontana del Moro (1576), na área sul.

Na extremidade norte da praça, por debaixo dos edifícios, foram postas a descoberto ruínas antiquíssimas, a uma cota muito abaixo da actual, comprovando a primeva utilização daquele imenso terreiro. Outros monumentos com entrada para a praça:

Stabilimenti Spagnoli

Palazzo de Cupis

Palazzo Torres Massimo Lancellotti

Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore

Curiosidades

Na Piazza Navona, está localizado o Palazzo Pamphilj, propriedade da República Federativa do Brasil, sede da Embaixada Brasileira e da Missão Diplomática do Brasil para a Itália.