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Le site du Stangala : grandterrier.net/wiki/index.php?title=Le_site_du_Stangala , fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stangala et www.bretagne.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/stanga... ) . Le Stangala ce sont les gorges de l'Odet entre Ergué-Gabéric et Quimper .
En venant de Landrévarzec on arrive par le lieu dit Stankou . A cet endroit normalement on trouve le chemin muletier qui dévalait jusqu'au moulin . Mais ça fait bien longtemps que je suis venu, les feuilles mortes effacent tout et les bornes indicatrices sont plus ou moins vandalisées . Résultat, je me suis aussi plus ou moins perdu .
Au bout de cette allée www.flickr.com/photos/valendrevarzecois/15770438430/in/ph... se trouve un vague sentier qui dégringole la pente . Heureusement il y a des traces dans les feuilles et quelques balises judicieusement placées .
Meilh Poul, site de l'ancien moulin .
Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, France .
Photographie J-P Leroy, droits réservés .
Pça. de Santa Maria - Barcelona (Spain).
EnFoCa KDD Barcelona 21/06/2009.
Vertorama of 3 shots.
ENGLISH
Barcelona‘s Ribera district is dominated by Santa María del Mar, an imposing church built between 1329 and 1383, at the height of Catalonia's maritime and mercantile preeminence. It is an outstanding example of Catalan Gothic, with a purity and unity of style that are very unusual in large mediaeval buildings.
The first mention of a church of Santa Maria by the sea dates from 998. The construction of the present building was promoted by the canon Bernat Llull, who was appointed archdean of Santa Maria in 1324. Construction work started on 25 March 1329, when the foundation stone was laid by king Alfons the Kind, as commemorated by a tablet in Latin and Catalan on the facade that gives onto Fossar de les Moreres. The architects in charge were Berenguer de Montagut (designer of the building) and Ramón Despuig, and during the construction all the guilds of the Ribera quarter were involved. The walls, the side chapels and the facades were finished by 1350. In 1379 there was a fire that damaged important parts of the works. Finally, on 3 November 1383 the last stone was added and on 15 August the first mass was celebrated. In 1428 an earthquake caused several casualties and destroyed the rose window in the west end. The new window, in the Flamboyant style, was finished by 1459 and one year later the glass was added. The images and the Baroque altar were destroyed in a fire in 1936. The chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, adjacent to the apse, was added in the 19th century.
According to the art historian Josep Bracons, the basic unit of measurement used in Santa Maria del Mar was the mediaeval foot of 33 centimetres. Measured in this way, the side chapels are 10 feet deep, the width of the side aisles is double this, while the central aisle is four times as wide, that is, 40 feet. The total width of the church is thus 100 mediaeval feet, which is also equal to the maximum height of the building.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Mar%c3%ada_del_Mar,_Barcelona
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Santa María del Mar es una iglesia gótica de Barcelona, situada en el barrio de la Ribera y construida entre 1329 y 1383. Los maestros de obra fueron Berenguer de Montagut (el diseñador principal del edificio) y Ramón Despuig.
La construcción comenzó el 25 de marzo de 1329, tal como lo atestiguan las lápidas del portal de las Moreras (que da al Fossar de les Moreres). Un hecho destacable, que aún perdura: se acuerda que la obra había de pertenecer, exclusivamente, a los feligreses de la zona del puerto y de la Barceloneta, únicos responsables materiales del templo, ya que ellos fueron quienes la sufragaron, bien con su dinero o bien con su trabajo. Este hecho está en clara contraposición a la catedral que por aquellas mismas fechas también se estaba construyendo y que estaba asociada a la monarquía, a la nobleza y al alto clero. Parece ser que en la construcción participó activamente toda la población de la Ribera, en especial los descargadores del muelle, llamados galafates de la Ribera o bastaixos, los cuales llevaban las enormes piedras destinadas a la construcción de la iglesia desde la cantera real de Montjuïc y desde las playas, donde estaban los barcos que las habían traído a Barcelona, hasta la mismísima plaza del Borne, cargándolas en sus espaldas, una a una. La puerta principal de la iglesia homenajea a los bastaixos que ayudaron a su construcción.
Los muros, las capillas laterales y la fachada se terminaron alrededor de 1350. En 1379, a punto de acabarse el cuarto tramo de bóvedas, se incendiaron los andamios y las piedras sufrieron importantes daños. Finalmente, el 3 de noviembre de 1383 se colocó la última parte de la bóveda y el 15 de agosto del año siguiente se celebró la primera misa. En 1428 hubo un terremoto que causó el derrumbamiento del rosetón provocando algunas muertes, por la caída de las piedras del mismo. Aunque pronto se firmó un contrato para construir uno nuevo de estilo flamígero, que quedó acabado en 1459 y al año siguiente, fueron colocadas las vidrieras del mismo. La mayoría de las imágenes y el altar barroco añadidos durante los siguientes siglos resultaron quemados durante el incendio del templo el 19 y 20 de julio de 1936. Este incendio fue provocado por los anarquistas y comunistas que asaltaron el templo (así como muchas otras iglesias barcelonesas).
A día de hoy, esta iglesia es uno de los destinos más visitados de la ciudad. Este hecho se debe, en parte, a la novela de Ildefonso Falcones, La catedral del mar, que ha vendido más de un millón de ejemplares, y ha sido traducido a numerosas lenguas. También se hace referencia de ella, en la obra de Carlos Ruiz Zafón, en la novela El juego del ángel.
My photos all look the same. Its been my face for a while... I'm not too creative lately. Sorry folks.
Its raining today. (anybody notice the little squares are a screen?) I'm happy to see the snow go. :) But apparently snow is predicted for next week so... YAY?
Have a good day everyone.
PS. I havent posted a selfie in a while so I havent mentioned that I submitted some photos to my schools literary magazine! I'm really nervous as too the out come. Wish me luck! I think the magazine comes out in May-ish.
those are the ranchers at stockshow examining the horse...
I was told that real cowboy hats are made of beaver fur and big enough to protect a man from sun, rain, and all the rigors the outdoors could throw at him
" John B. Stetson saw cowboys and noticed their growing preference for broad-brimmed fur felt hats. He noted the individual styling that each cowboy applied to his brim and crown. So he returned to Philadelphia and produced the world’s first cowboy hat, the $5 “Boss of the Plains.” This unshaped, round crowned, flat-brimmed hat became the quintessential cowboy hat, influenced by the Mexican sombrero, yet made with a lower crown and narrower brim for the windier conditions of the American west. Each cowboy would shape his Boss of the Plains to fit his personality. " Boss of the Plains
Ft Worth は私の住んでいる Dallas から 車で３０分の所にありますが、 昔Gateway to the Westと言われた所です。 カウボーイの映画に出てくるように馬に乗ってたくさんの牛をここからカンサスに連れて行ったわけですがアメリカの一番の市場だったそうです。
Cowtownと呼ばれています。
今でもレンチを持っている人がおおく毎年この時期に行われるStokshowが３週間にわたってありますがとても盛んです。 牛や馬の売り買いにやってくるわけです。
その昔 ボニー＆クライドが泊まっていたというホテルがありますし、 サンダンスキッドが隠れていた所としても有名です。
[photo from Deitch Projects]
Installation view, Barry McGee, One More Thing, Deitch Projects
From ArtKrush:
"In the 1980s, when graffiti's crossover from dingy streets to white cubes was as exhilarating and dangerous as skirting the third rail, Barry McGee — the San Francisco-based bomber known as Twist — was just beginning to make his mark. Having spent so much time outside the box, McGee has more recently been bringing the streets inside. One More Thing is a mixed-media phantasmagoria of overturned vans and semi-trucks, life-sized animatronics throwing up tags, and the lacerating smell of paint from discarded spray cans. McGee says his work echoes 'the overload of the senses that one might feel walking down the street of any one of our fine American cities.' The carefully controlled environment approximates anarchy, fashioning a chaotic haven from the detritus of urban hell."
DAY 100?!?! I can't believe it.
I thought I'd crack by now. I've realized that my determination for my 365 is pretty strong. Today I went outside to take my 100th picture feeling slightly uneasy and idea-less. I then took around twenty pictures but ended up RUNNING back inside because I was LITERALLY SWARMED by mosquitoes....hate those things. I was mad. I thought, "Well, today's picture can just suck." But then a wave of determination came over me. I lathered up in bug lotion, went outside, and spent a good thirty minutes taking pictures. My neighbors think I'm CRAZY by the way. It's so embarrassing taking pictures sometimes. :/
But I'm glad with the outcome.
I'm not going to go into a long explanation of the picture. What I will say is this:
Don't give up on your dreams. It's never too late to go for it. Don't limit yourself, don't give up.
My big dream: to be a professional photographer, own my own studio, and possibly take pictures for magazines and celebrities one day. Who knows? It could happen. What I DO know, is I'm not going to stop dreaming, even if someone says I can't do it. :)
What's your dream? :)
<3 God bless.
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El verderón europeo o verderón común (Carduelis chloris) es un pequeño pájaro cantor del orden de los Passeriformes y de la familia Fringillidae (como los pinzones). Es una especie común en la Península ibérica. Descripción Mide de 13 a 15 cm de largo. El macho es de color verde amarillento, con llamativas manchas amarillas en las alas y cola. La hembra es de color más apagado y tienen tonos marrón castaño en la parte posterior, y las manchas de sus alas y cola son de color amarillo pálido. Es un ave que se adapta fácilmente en cautividad. Canto Su gorjeo está bastante articulado e intercala algunas notas típicas de llamada, aparece puntuado por un silbido sostenido nasal, que parece como si fuera producido por una inspiración forzada. Imita también los cantos de otras aves. Alimentación Su pico corto y cónico es lo suficientemente poderoso para cascar semillas grandes y duras. Semillas de cereales, tomadas sólo cuando se han desprendido de la espiga; semillas de árboles: sámaras de olmo (Ulmus minor), tilo (Tilia spp.) y fresno (Tecoma amarilla), piñones; bayas como las de tejo (Taxus baccata), zarza (Rubus ulmifolius) y escaramujo (Rosa canina); insectos, entre los cuales se cuentan áfidos, hormigas, escarabajos y también arañas. En algunas ocasiones devora los brotes de árboles frutales, pero raramente hasta el punto de constituir una plaga. En otoño visita los viñedos y frutales para comer fruta madura. Soporta bien los rigores del invierno y sabe encontrar su alimento incluso cuando la capa de nieve es espesa. Hábitat En aquellas zonas de vegetación escasa y poco densa se confina en los pinares, que constituyen quizás su hábitat original. En todos los demás lugares se le encuentra en los alrededores de casas, jardines y granjas, permaneciendo ausente de los lugares más remotos de la campiña. A finales del verano, se congrega en grandes bandadas, que merodean por los campos arados y silos en busca del grano caído y semillas de plantas silvestres, especialmente aquellas que medran en terreno cultivado. Reproducción Cuando llega el mes de marzo el macho alterna su silbido inspirado con un vuelo ascendente desde la rama en que se posa y una especie de suspensión en el aire por medio de lentos aleteos, a la manera de las mariposas o murciélagos, sin cesar de gorjear. Esta acción constituye la parte principal de su exhibición galante. Cría en las arboledas y arbustos tupidos de las zonas habitadas, parques, jardines, huertos, frutales y en los cipreses de los cementerios y todos los bosquecillos e hileras de árboles del ámbito rural. Tiende a anidar en grupos. Por regla general, el nido suele ser construido en un seto o arbusto verde con raicillas finas, musgo y lana; es revestido de raíces, pelos, plumas. Los huevos, de 4 a 6, son puestos en mayo; su color varía entre el blanco sucio y el azul verdoso con manchas pardas, rojizas o violáceas, y sus dimensiones son de 19 por 12 mm. Sólo la hembra cuida de la incubación, que dura dos semanas; entre tanto, es alimentada por el macho que permanece inmóvil desde un posadero cercano. Luego ambos, una vez nacidas las crías, los alimentan durante 13-16 días por regurgitación de insectos y de semillas aplastadas. Piden alimento a sus padres con un interminable. Cuando la hembra se dispone a hacer otro nido, el padre tiene que quedarse sólo a cargo de ellas hasta que consigan el alimento por sí mismas. Cuando adquieren sus primeras plumas, permanecen junto a sus padres, formando un grupo familiar muy unido. Realizan dos puestas anuales, ocasionalmente tres. Al final de la época de cría se reúnen en bandadas numerosas que incluyen también pájaros migrantes que llegan del norte en otoño y vuelan sin rumbo a través de bosques, campos, estepas y cultivos.
I think I may have confused a few people with yesterday's image. I apologize. I posted it with only the title "Platform 9 3/4s". Never thought to explain it given the Harry Potter coverage. Sometimes I'm too geeky. Apologies to everyone who didn't get it. Some people did get it though, and I think some that did get the reference believed it was a joking reference.
I wasn't joking. That is Platform 9 3/4s. Honest. The real thing.
I took that shot in King's Cross Station, which is the train station where J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, has Harry and his friends leave from at the start of each year to travel to Hogwart's School of Wizardry and Witchcraft.
That column is the actual column you see in all the Harry Potter films and read about in the books. When Harry and the Hogwart's students from London leave for their year at Hogwart's they run "into" that brick column. It's a sort of gateway to a special train platform that's hidden in another "dimension" so normal non-magical people (called "muggles") can't see it. The platform is number "9 3/4s" as it lies 3/4s of the way from platform 9. Actually, I think J. K. Rowling called it that because it's just a more interesting name than Platform 9 1/2 or Platform 9A (there actually is a 9A and a 9B Platform in the real world so that really wouldn't have worked).
However there was a problem that was only discovered after the books were published. The column to Platform 9 3/4s is in the older part of King's Cross. The problem is: the older part of King's Cross only goes up to Platform 8. Platforms 9 through 11 are in a modern addition to King's Cross and look nothing like the older section.... and there are no brick columns. As well, Platform 9 lies on the other side of the ticket booth behind a security wall. The kids of Hogwarts couldn't get to the platform without "muggle" tickets, and even if they did their parents definitely couldn't have accompanied them as they do in the books. I suppose magic could have solved all that though.
So the film crew had to fudge it and pretend the landing between Platform 4 and 5 is where Platform 9 3/4's is. And frankly, who's to say that the Wizards didn't add it to King's Cross magically but get the platform location wrong? ;-)
The management of King's Cross didn't have it so easy, though. When the books became popular they were inundated with thousands of children who wanted to see Platform 9 3/4s, but where do you hang the sign?? If in the old section it would be wrong (and goodness, think of all the little children who would be so confused by that encounter they could never again navigate their way through a British Train Station! ;-). Unfortunately, there was nothing to hang a sign on in the new wing, and you couldn't let any kids past the security to see it anyway! So a compromise was come to: Management found a quiet little archway next to the entrance to the new wing where they could hang the sign. Technically it's close to being the right location, but it's not in the new spiffy, steel and glass wing that has no brick columns and it's outside the security area. To finish it off they also took one of the station luggage carts the Hogwarts students use in the books and mounted the rear section to the wall so it looks like it's "passing through" the wall on its way to Platform 9 3/4s.
Hence the title of this shot: "Platform 9 3/4s Official Location"
I could probably post pictures from Greece until Christmas but as I have other things I want to post, I'm going to lfinish for now with this iconic pictures of Greece from the village of Pyrgos.
I may post some more pictures from time to time but anyone interested can see a larger set at the travel photography site:
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Varios pliegues rígidos y casi paralelos son el esqueleto de Thecamoeba , quizá uno de los endoesqueletos más primitivos y sencillos que existan en la Naturaleza -apenas unas estrías marcadas en su interior-. Son los raíles por los que esta ameba de cuerpo plano de deja deslizar dirigiendo su movimiento en cada momento y son también los invisibles muros de contención, a los que su cuerpo se ancla en sus paseos por las superficies del fondo acuático.
Caminando sobre el fondo, el cuerpo de Thecamoeba striata se desliza silenciosamente, fundiéndose a cada paso con la transparencia de una gota de agua que se deshace a cada instante sobre el infinito acuático, hoy ha chocado con un caparazón de cristal, ya vacío de Gomphonema acuminatum , y casi espoleada por su extremo afilado inicia su carrera hacia otra parte.
Cuando avanza, Thecamoeba extiende su lisa lengua viva sobre el fondo, como si fuese lava fría, barre así cualquier poso de vida que cayó a los sedimentos imitando una lluvia, lluvia incesante de pequeñas partículas de otros seres: bacterias, minúsculas algas que ahora se mezclan y fluyen en corrientes por su interior.
La ameba Thecamoeba no extiende su cuerpo en brazos al caminar como lo hacen otras de sus hermanas como Amoeba o Mayorella , camina por los raíles de su dorso, tres o cuatro repliegues rígidos que contienen su cuerpo dentro de una fina película completamente invisible.
En el interior de Thecamoeba striata se sitúa un núcleo liso en forma de disco que dirige toda la actividad de esta avalancha transparente y fluida. En la parte posterior, se abre como un cráter una gran vacuola pulsante, que expulsa el exceso de líquido que se acumula en el interior de este diminuto cuerpo bombeándolo hacia el exterior a ritmo de un corazón muy lento.
Thecamoeba striata es casi hermana gemela de Thecamoeba quadrilineata, pero presenta su núcleo con un nucleolo periférico y dividido en varias porciones, mientras que en Thecamoeba quadrilineata es íntegro mientras y de contorno circular. Se trata de amebas que siempre viven sobre superficies húmedas o sumergidas a poca profundidad.
Thecamoeba striata es una de las numerosas amebas que viven sobre los fondos del Lago de Sanabria de donde se cita por primera vez.
El vídeo, realizada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia, reproduce al doble de la velocidad normal los movimientos de esta ameba y se ha grabado sobre una muestra recolectada a cinco metros de profundidad, el 15 de mayo de 2015, por Laura, Mª José y Tomás en las inmediaciones de la Isla de Moras en el Lago de Sanabria (Zamora), desde el catamarán Helios Sanabria el primer catamarán construido en el Planeta propulsado por energía eólica y solar.
presentación ponencia congreso internacional de Limnología
informes de contaminación en el Lago de Sanabria
informe de evolución de la contaminación en el Lago de Sanabria
San Lorenzo 2008 - Huesca (Spain).
According to the tradition, the eve of the 10 of August a member of a group is raised to place in the statue of the saint the typical green "pañoleta" (kerchief). This statue is at considerable height, on the entrance of the Church of San Lorenzo.
Según la tradición, la víspera del 10 de agosto un miembro de una peña es alzado para colocar a la figura del santo la típica pañoleta verde. Esta figura está a considerable altura, sobre la entrada de la Iglesia de San Lorenzo.
ENGLISH
Saint Lawrence (c. 225 – 258) (Latin: Laurentius, meaning "laurelled") was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome who were martyred during the persecution of Roman Emperor Valerian in the year 258.
The "Acts" of St Lawrence were lost by the time of Saint Augustine, one of whose sermons on Saint Lawrence (Sermo 302, de Sancto Laurent.) admits that his narration was gained from tradition instead of reciting the Acts as was his preferred custom. Such early legends made Lawrence a native of Huesca (Roman Osca) in Hispania Tarraconensis who had received religious instruction from Archdeacon Sixtus in Rome. When Sixtus became Bishop of Rome in 257, Lawrence was ordained a deacon and was placed in charge of the administration of Church goods and care for the poor. For this duty, he is regarded as one of the first archivists and treasurers of the Church and was made the patron of librarians.
According to lore, among the treasure of the Roman church entrusted to Lawrence for safe-keeping was the Holy Chalice, the cup from which Jesus and the Apostles drank at the Last Supper. Lawrence was able to spirit this away to Huesca with a letter and a supposed inventory, where it lay hidden and unregarded for centuries.
By tradition, Lawrence was sentenced at San Lorenzo in Miranda, martyred at San Lorenzo in Panisperna, and buried in the Via Tiburtina in the Catacomb of Cyriaca by Hippolytus and Justinus, a presbyter. Tradition holds that Lawrence was burned or "grilled" to death, hence his association with the gridiron. During his torture Lawrence cried out "This side’s done, turn me over and have a bite. (Assum est, inquit, versa et manduca.)".
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Rome
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CASTELLANO
San Lorenzo fue uno de los siete diáconos de Roma, ciudad donde fue martirizado con una parrilla en 258. En latín se llamaba Laurentius (‘laureado’).
Se sitúa el nacimiento de Lorenzo de Roma en Huesca, en la Hispania Tarraconensis. Cuando en 257 Sixto fue nombrado papa, Lorenzo fue ordenado diácono, y encargado de administrar los bienes de la Iglesia y el cuidado de los pobres. Por esta labor, es considerado uno de los primeros archivistas y tesoreros de la Iglesia, y es el patrón de los bibliotecarios.
La leyenda dice que entre los tesoros de la Iglesia confiados a Lorenzo se encontraba el Santo Grial (la copa usada por Jesús y los Apóstoles en la Última Cena) y que consiguió enviarlo a Huesca, junto a una carta y un inventario, donde fue escondido y olvidado durante siglos.
Según la leyenda, Lorenzo fue quemado vivo en una hoguera, concretamente en una parrilla, cerca del Campo de verano, en Roma. Se dice que en medio del martirio, exclamó: Assum est, inqüit, versa et manduca (‘asado estoy, denme vuelta y coman’). Se considera que este hecho fue creado por los hagiógrafos, ya que no hubo testigos cristianos.
Su santo se celebra el 10 de agosto, día en el cual según la tradición recibió martirio.
10th June 1944.
The drama of Oradour-sur-Glane lasted only a few hours. Those few hours were sufficient to wipe out 642 human lives and 328 constructions were destoyed.
General de Gaulle wanted to preserve the ruins of Oradour, in order to bear witness for the rest of mankind to the consequences of the barbarity of war.
The ruins are those of a little village which was just like hundreds of others in France.
Those stones laid bare by the passage of time were those of a living community.
Barcelona. Catalonia.
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Enric Miralles Moya (25 February 1955 – 3 July 2000) was a Spanish architect. He graduated from the School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in 1978. After establishing his reputation with a number of collaborations with his first wife Carme Pinós, the couple separated in 1991. He later married fellow architect Benedetta Tagliabue, and the two practiced together as EMBT Architects. Miralles' magnum opus and his largest project, the new Scottish Parliament Building was unfinished at the time of his death.
Barcelona (English /bɑrsɨˈloʊnə/, Catalan: [bərsəˈɫonə], Spanish: [barθeˈlona]) is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,620,943[1] within its administrative limits on a land area of 101.4 km2 (39 sq mi). The urban area of Barcelona extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of around 4.5 million within an area of 803 km2 (310 sq mi),[2][3] being the sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, the Ruhr, Madrid and Milan. About five million[4][5][6][7][8] people live in the Barcelona metropolitan area. It is also the largest metropolis on the Mediterranean Sea. It is located on the Mediterranean coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs and is bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola ridge (512 metres (1,680 ft)).
in acqua i pinguini sono agili e veloci ma fuori sono proprio buffi :-)
Life at the zoo
Pairs with this one
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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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Her geçen gün israi'in yaptığı alçak saldırıda sayısı artan şehit kardeşlerimizin Ruhuna, Sağ kalıp yaralanan gazi ve orada zulüm altında olan kardeşlerimize hep birlikte dua edelim inşallah...
Allahım
Efendimiz Muhammed'e ve bütün âl ve ashabına, kâinatın zerrâtı adedince salât ve selâm et. Âlemlerin Rabbi olan Allah'a hamd olsun.
Ey Ehad ve Vâhid ve Samed olan,
Ey Ondan başka hiçbir ilâhbulunmayan,
Ey bir olan ve hiçbir şeriki bulunmayan,
Ey bütün mülk O'nun olan ve bütün hamd O'na mahsus olan,
Ey hayatı veren ve ölümü veren,
Ey bütün hayır elinde bulunan,
Ey herşeye hakkıyla kadir olan,
Ey bütün mahlûkatın dönüşü Ona olan Allahım Bu kelimelerin hakkı için...
Biz Filistin’li, din kardeşlerimizden bihaber Müslümanlar olarak, kendimizi sana şikayet ediyoruz. Halimizi sana arz ediyoruz Rabbim...
Filistindeki Gazze'deki Kardeşlerimize Yardım eyle, Onları Muhafaza Eyle,
Allahım
Ehadiyetinin sırrı hürmetine Filistine Yardım eyle,
Ey kavmi içinde Nuh'un duasına icabet eden, ey düşmanlarına karşı İbrahim'e yardım eden, ey Yusuf'u tekrar Yakub'a kavuşturan, ey Eyyüb'den zararı kaldıran, ey Zekeriya'nın duasına cevap veren, ey Yunus ibni Mettâ'nın tevbesini kabul eden Allahım!
Bu müstecap duaların sahiplerinin hürmetine Filistindeki Müslüman Kardeşlerimizi, İsrail canilerinin şerlerinden muhafaza etmeni,Senden istiyoruz ve Yalvarıyoruz. Allah’ım, Kur’ân hakkı için,
Yâ Rab! Habib-i Ekrem Aleyhissalâtü Vesselâm hürmetine ve İsm-i Âzam hakkına,duâlarımızı kabul buyur...
Âmin, âmin, âmin.
Kuran-ı kerim'de israiloğulları ile ilgili ayetlerden bir kaç tanesi;
BAKARA SÛRESİ (83)
Hani biz İsrailoğulları'ndan "Allah'tan başkasına ibadet etmeyeceksiniz anne babaya yakınlara yetimlere yoksullara iyilik edeceksiniz herkese güzel sözler söyleyeceksiniz namazı kılacaksınız zekatı vereceksiniz" diye söz almıştık. Sonra pek azınız hariç yüz çevirerek sözünüzden döndünüz.
MÂİDE SÛRESİ (12)
Andolsun Allah İsrailoğullarından sağlam söz almıştı. Onlardan on iki temsilci -başkan- seçmiştik. Allah şöyle demişti: "Sizinle beraberim. Andolsun eğer namazı kılar zekatı verir ve elçilerime inanır onları desteklerseniz (fakirlere gönülden yardımda bulunarak) Allah'a güzel bir borç verirseniz elbette sizin kötülüklerinizi örterim ve andolsun sizi içinden ırmaklar akan cennetlere koyarım. Ama bundan sonra sizden kim inkar ederse mutlaka o dümdüz yoldan sapmıştır."
İSRÂ SÛRESİ (4)
Biz Kitap'ta (Tevrat'ta) İsrailoğullarına "Yeryüzünde muhakkak iki defa bozgunculuk yapacaksınız ve büyük bir kibre kapılarak böbürleneceksiniz" diye hükmettik.
Ellie Goulding ~ Le Trianon ~ Paris ~ France ~ Wednesday February 12th 2014.
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Well, last night I had the pleasure to spend a few hours watching the adorable Ellie Golding perform here in Paris France and despite suffering from a sore throat, performed like a true pro..she was awesome from beginning to end...and despite the awful weather before hand, meaning I got drenched from head to toe waiting in the queue outside to get in, I had a great time, apart that is from getting accosted by some irate French girl who didn't speak a word of English, but I assume was giving me grief for pushing into the queue, although, why she was having a go at me I have no idea...I mean, I'M ENGLISH!!..WE KNOW HOW TO QUEUE!!!..However the Frenchies DO NOT!!!...I knew from the moment I started queuing what was going to happen the moment the doors opened, because I've been to enough gigs in France to know, they either have NO CLUE or DON'T care about the queuing system, because the queue outside of the gig was in a street, it had started as one long line, but by the time the queue had reached a road, it had then started to back up on itself, thus forming TWO queues side by side and with no barriers in between the two queues it didn't take a rocket scientist to work out what was going to happen once the doors opened...Yup the queues become one mass rabble!!! I was quite prepared to file in as I was stood behind everybody else, but I would have been a right muppet to do that, when nobody else was...so when in Rome as they say..and in so doing, I managed to get to the front of the stage, all be it at the side...But woot, woot, woot...all thanks to the Frenchies and their reluctance to queue...Oh well lol..:)
Anyhoo, It's currently throwing it down here in Paris and I have 3 days left of my trip before I go back to blightey, so it looks like it's gonna be a day of doing stuff indoors for the next two days, as the weather isn't supposed to improve until my last day on Saturday..Oh well...see you all next week then..Unless I encounter any more Irate Frenchies that is lol..:))
Il progetto fu attuato da diverse celebri figure dell'automobilismo di quegli anni: Nebbia, Fessia, Giacosa e Zerbi che costruirono una vettura dalle prestazioni di classe ma dai costi relativamente contenuti. Il modello viene presentato alla Fiera di Milano il 12 aprile del 1932 in occasione del Salone dell'automobile e si caratterizzava soprattutto per il cambio a tre marce.
Montava anteriormente un motore a quattro cilindri in linea di 995 cc di cilindrata capace di sviluppare circa 20 CV a 3500 rpm, e che aveva le valvole situate lateralmente ai cilindri. La trazione era posteriore e l'auto montava freni a tamburo su tutte e quattro le ruote, la vettura poteva spingersi a circa 80 km/h di velocità massima.
Tale versione venne sostituita però due anni dopo dalla Balilla a quattro marce e munita di carrozzeria aerodinamica a due o quattro porte.
Gli esemplari prodotti fra le varie serie dal '32 al '37 furono ben 112.000, complice il basso costo dell'auto, 10.800 lire contro le 18.500 della Fiat 509 che permise alla Fiat una produzione senza precedenti di questa fortunata realizzazione.
La Balilla veniva prodotta negli stabilimenti torinesi del Lingotto e fu venduta in tante configurazioni diverse berlina, spider, torpedo, coloniale, sport spider e berlinetta Mille Miglia, facendo anche la fortuna di molti carrozzieri che ne sfruttarono il telaio: ricordiamo in particolare Garavini, Savio, Balbo, Bertone, Casaro e Ghia.
Oltre che in Italia venne anche prodotta in Polonia e messa in vendita con il marchio Polski-Fiat 508, al prezzo di 5.400 Zł. Fu prodotta in 3 versioni successive.
Venne fabbricata anche in Francia dalla neonata Simca-Fiat. Presentata il 18 settembre 1932, fu prodotta in 26.472 esemplari fino nel 1937.
Fu anche fabbricata presso la NSU-Fiat in Germania.
La sua diretta erede fu la Fiat 508C "Nuova Balilla 1100" (1100A musetto) presentata nel 1937 con nome di progetto Fiat 508 C.
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Querol, Tarragona (Spain).
I love the smell and the fell of the grass wet by the rain.
Me encanta el olor y el tacto de la hierba mojada por la lluvia.
ENGLISH
Querol is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
Querol was occupied by the Frankish troops towards year 950. The first documentary reference is in a letter of king Lotario, dated year 988.
In the 993 it belonged to Ansulfo, countal vicar of Gurb that, in its testament, left some territories of its castles of Montagut, Querol and Pinyana to the Monastery of Sant Cugat. In 996, Sendredo and its wife Matressinda sold, among other goods, the three mentioned castles to Hugo of Cervelló. In 1053, Guerau Alemany of Cervelló put in tribute and under the authority of Ramon Berenguer I of Barcelona, the three mentioned castles, in addition to the one of Pontils. This tribute was repeated in 1062.
The castles comprised the barony of Cervelló or of the Llacuna, and towards end of 13th century the castle of Querol became in center of the Barony of this name. The castle and the village were sacked and set afire in 1400, and both received manifold attacks in all the wars that knocked down the country.
The Barony of Querol was always tie to the Cervelló, of which it passed towards 1528 to the Barberà family, castelans of Vilafranca of the Penedès, and towards 1597 to the Saiol, which had it until 19th.
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CASTELLANO
Querol es un municipio y localidad de la comarca del Alt Camp en la provincia de Tarragona, Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña, España.
Querol fue ocupado por las tropas francas hacia el año 950. La primera referencia documental se encuentra en una carta del rey Lotario, datada el año 988.
En el 993 pertenecía a Ansulfo, vicario condal de Gurb que, en su testamento, dejó algunas tierras de sus castillos de Montagut, Querol y Pinyana al Monasterio de Sant Cugat. En el 996, Sendredo y su mujer Matressinda vendieron, entre otros bienes, los tres castillos citados a Hugo de Cervelló. En 1053, Guerau Alemany de Cervelló puso en homenaje y bajo la autoridad de Ramón Berenguer I de Barcelona, los tres castillos mencionados, además del de Pontils. Este homenaje fue repetido en 1062.
Los castillos formaban parte de la baronía de Cervelló o de la Llacuna, y hacia finales del siglo XIII el castillo de Querol se convirtió en el centro de la Baronía de este nombre. El castillo y la población fueron saqueados e incendiados en 1400, y ambos recibieron múltiples embates en todas las guerras que asolaron el país.
La Baronía de Querol estuvo siempre vinculada a los Cervelló, de los cuales pasó hacia 1528 a la familia Barberà, castelanos de Vilafranca del Penedès, y hacia 1597 a los Saiol, los cuales la poseyeron hasta el siglo XIX.
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New Yorkers Protest the US$850 BILLION Wall Street BAILOUT: Wall Street, NYC - September 25, 2008
Phototgrapher: a. golden, eyewash design - c. 2008.
This is actually a GOOD guy. See: billionairesforbush.com/index.php for more information.
Friends,
The richest 400 Americans -- that's right, just four-hundred people -- own MORE than the bottom 150 million Americans COMBINED! 400 of the wealthiest Americans have got more stashed away than half the entire country! Their combined net worth is $1.6 trillion. During the eight years of the Bush Administration, their wealth has increased by nearly $700 billion -- the same amount that they were demanding We give to them for the "bailout." Why don't they just spend the money they made under Bush to bail themselves out? They'd still have nearly a trillion dollars left over to spread amongst themselves!
Of course, they are not going to do that -- at least not voluntarily. George W. Bush was handed a $127 billion surplus when Bill Clinton left office. Because that money was OUR money and not HIS, he did what the rich prefer to do -- spend it and never look back. Now we have a $9.5 trillion debt that will take seven generations from which to recover. Why -- on --earth – did -- our -- "representatives" -- give -- these -- robber -- barons -- $US850 BILLION -- of – OUR -- money?
Last week, proposed my own bailout plan. My suggestions, listed below, were predicated on the singular and simple belief that the rich must pull themselves up by their own platinum bootstraps. Sorry, fellows, but you drilled it into our heads one too many times: THERE...IS...NO…FREE... LUNCH ~ PERIOD! And thank you for encouraging us to hate people on welfare! So, there should have been NO HANDOUTS FROM US TO YOU! Last Friday, after voting AGAINST this BAILOUT, in an unprecedented turn of events, the House FLIP-FLOPPED their "No" Vote & said "Yes", in a rush version of a "bailout" bill vote. IN SPITE OF THE PEOPLE'S OVERWHELMING DISAPPROVAL OF THIS BAILOUT BILL... IN SPITE OF MILLIONS OF CALLS FROM THE PEOPLE CRASHING WASHINGTON "representatives'" PHONE LINES...IN SPITE OF CRASHING OUR POLITICIAN'S WEBSITES...IN SPITE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PROTESTING AROUND THE COUNTRY... THEY VOTED FOR THIS BAILOUT! The People first succeeded on Monday with the House, but failed do it with the Senate and then THE HOUSE TURNED ON US TOO!
It is clear, though, we cannot simply continue protesting without proposing exactly what it is we think THESE IDIOTS should/'ve do/one. So, after consulting with a number of people smarter than Phil Gramm, here’s the proposal, now known as "Mike's Rescue Plan." (From Michael Moore's Bailout Plan) It has 10 simple, straightforward points. They are that you DIDN'T, BUT SHOULD'VE:
1. APPOINTED A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO CRIMINALLY INDICT ANYONE ON WALL STREET WHO KNOWINGLY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS COLLAPSE. Before any new money was expended, Congress should have committed, by resolution, to CRIMINALLY PROSECUTE ANYONE who had ANYTHING to do with the attempted SACKING OF OUR ECONOMY. This means that anyone who committed insider trading, securities fraud or any action that helped bring about this collapse should have and MUST GO TO JAIL! This Congress SHOULD HAVE called for a Special Prosecutor who would vigorously go after everyone who created the mess, and anyone else who attempts to scam the public in future. (I like Elliot Spitzer ~ so, he played a little hanky-panky...Wall Street hates him & this is a GOOD thing.)
2. THE RICH SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THEIR OWN BAILOUT! They may have to live in 5 houses instead of 7. They may have to drive 9 cars instead of 13. The chef for their mini-terriers may have to be reassigned. But there is no way in hell, after forcing family incomes to go down more than $2,000 dollars during the Bush years, that working people and the middle class should have to fork over one dime to underwrite the next yacht purchase.
If they truly needed the $850 billion they say they needed, well, here is an easy way they could have raised it:
a) Every couple makeing over a million dollars a year and every single taxpayer who makes over $500,000 a year should pay a 10% surcharge tax for five years. (It's the Senator Sanders plan. He's like Colonel Sanders, only he's out to fry the right chickens.) That means the rich would have still been paying less income tax than when Carter was president. That would have raise a total of $300 billion.
b) Like nearly every other democracy, they should have charged a 0.25% tax on every stock transaction. This would have raised more than $200 billion in a year.
c) Because every stockholder is a patriotic American, stockholders should have forgone receiving a dividend check for ONE quarter and instead this money would have gone the treasury to help pay for the bullsh*t bailout.
d) 25% of major U.S. corporations currently pay NO federal income tax. Federal corporate tax revenues currently amount to 1.7% of the GDP compared to 5% in the 1950s. If we raised the corporate income tax BACK to the levels of the 1950s, this would give us an extra $500 billion.
All of this combined should have been enough to end the calamity. The rich would have gotten to keep their mansions and their servants and our United States government ("COUNTRY FIRST!") would've have a little leftover to repair some roads, bridges and schools...
3. YOU SHOULD HAVE BAIL OUT THE PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BUILD AN EIGHTH HOME! There are 1.3 million homes in foreclosure right now. That is what is at the heart of this problem. So, instead of giving the money to the banks as a gift, they should have paid down each of these mortgages by $100,000. They should have forced the banks to renegotiate the mortgage so the homeowner could pay on its current value. To insure that this help wouldn't go to speculators and those who tried to making money by flipping houses, the bailout should have only been for people's primary residences. And, in return for the $100K pay-down on the existing mortgage, the government would have gotten to share in the holding of the mortgage so it could get some of its money back. Thus, the total initial cost of fixing the mortgage crisis at its roots (instead of with the greedy lenders) is $150 billion, not $850 BILLION.
And let's set the record straight. People who have defaulted on their mortgages are not "bad risks." They are our fellow Americans, and all they wanted was what we all want: a home to call their own. But, during the Bush years, millions of the People lost the decent paying jobs they had. SIX MILLION fell into poverty! SEVEN MILLION lost their health insurance! And, every one of them saw their real wages go DOWN by $2,000! Those who DARE look down on these Americans who got hit with one bad break after another should be ASHAMED.! We are a better, stronger, safer and happier society when all of our citizens can afford to live in a home they own.
4. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A STIPULATION THAT IF YOUR BANK OR COMPANY GOT ANY OF OUR MONEY IN A "BAILOUT," THEN WE OWN YOU. Sorry, that's how it's done. If the bank gives me money so I can buy a house, the bank "owns" that house until I pay it all back -- with interest. Same deal for Wall Street. Whatever money you need to stay afloat, if our government considers you a safe risk -- and necessary for the good of the country -- then you can get a loan, but WE SHOULD OWN YOU. If you default, we will sell you. This is how the Swedish government did it and it worked.
5. ALL REGULATIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BE RESTORED. THE REAGAN REVOLUTION IS DEAD! This catastrophe happened because we let the fox have the keys to the hen-house. In 1999, Phil Gramm authored a bill to remove all the regulations that governed Wall Street and our banking system. The bill passed and Clinton signed it. Here's what Sen.Phil Gramm, McCain's chief economic advisor, said at the bill signing:
"In the 1930s ... it was believed that government was the answer. It was believed that stability and growth came from government overriding the functioning of free markets.
"We are here today to repeal [that] because we have learned that government is not the answer. We have learned that freedom and competition are the answers. We have learned that we promote economic growth and we promote stability by having competition and freedom.
"I am proud to be here because this is an important bill; it is a deregulatory bill. I believe that that is the wave of the future, and I am awfully proud to have been a part of making it a reality."
FOR THIS NOT TO REOCCUR, This BILL SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPEALED! Bill Clinton could have helped by leading the effort for the repeal of the Gramm bill and the reinstating of even tougher regulations regarding our financial institutions. And when they were done with that, they should have restored the regulations for the airlines, the inspection of our food, the oil industry, OSHA, and every other entity that affects our daily lives. All oversight provisions for any "bailout" should have had enforcement monies attached to them and criminal penalties for all offenders.
6. IF IT'S TOO BIG TO FAIL, THEN THAT MEANS IT'S TOO BIG TO EXIST! Allowing the creation of these mega-mergers and not enforcing the monopoly and anti-trust laws has allowed a number of financial institutions and corporations to become so large, the very thought of their collapse means an even bigger collapse across the entire economy. No ONE or TWO companies should EVER have this kind of power! The so-called "economic Pearl Harbor" can't happen when you have hundreds -- thousands -- of institutions where people have their money. When we have a dozen auto companies, if one goes belly-up, we DON'T FACE A NATIONAL DISASTER! If we have three separately-owned daily newspapers in your town, then one media company can't call all the shots (I know... What am I thinking?! Who reads a paper anymore? Sure glad all those mergers and buyouts left us with a STRONG and "FREE" press!). Laws Should have been enacted to prevent companies from being so large and dominant that with one slingshot to the eye, the GIANT FALLS and DIES. And no institution should be allowed to set up money schemes that NO ONE understands. If you can't explain it in two sentences, you shouldn't be taking anyone's money!
7. NO EXECUTIVE SHOULD EVER BE PAID MORE THAN 40 TIMES THEIR AVERAGE EMPLOYEE, AND NO EXECUTIVE SHOULD RECEIVE ANY KIND OF "PARACHUTE" OTHER THAN THE VERY GENEROUS SALARY HE OR SHE MADE WHILE WORKING FOR THE COMPANY. In 1980, the average American CEO made 45 times what their employees made. By 2003, they were making 254 times what their workers made. After 8 years of Bush, they now make over 400 times what their average employee makes. How We have allowed this to happen at publicly held companies is beyond reason. In Britain, the average CEO makes 28 times what their average employee makes. In Japan, it's only 17 times! The last I heard, the CEO of Toyota was living the high life in Tokyo. How does he do it on so little money? Seriously, this is an OUTRAGE! We have created the mess we're in by letting the people at the top become bloated beyond belief with millions of dollars. THIS HAS TO STOP! Not only should no executive who receives help out of this mess profit from it, but any executive who was in charge of running his company into the ground should be FIRED before the company receives ANY help.
8. CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE STRENGTHENED THE FDIC AND MADE IT A MODEL FOR PROTECTING NOT ONLY PEOPLE'S SAVINGS, BUT ALSO THEIR PENSIONS AND THEIR HOMES. Obama was correct to propose expanding FDIC protection of people's savings in their banks to $250,000. But, this same sort of government insurance must be given to our NEVER have to worry about whether or not the money they've put away for their old age will be there. This should have meant strict government oversight of companies who manage their employees' funds -- or perhaps it means the companies should have been forced to turn over those funds and their management to the government? People's private retirement funds must also be protected, but perhaps it's time to consider not having one's retirement invested in the casino known as the stock market??? Our government should have a solemn duty to guarantee that no one who grows old in this country has to worry about becoming destitute.
9. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH, CALM DOWN, AND NOT LET FEAR RULE THE DAY. Turn off your TVs! We are NOT in the Second Great Depression. The sky is NOT falling, Chicken Little! Pundits and politicians have lied to us so FAST and FURIOUS it's hard not to be affected by all the fear mongering. Even I wrote to and repeated what I heard on the news last week, that the Dow had the biggest one day drop in its history. Well, that was true in terms of points, but its 7% drop came nowhere close to Black Monday in 1987 when the stock market in one day lost 23% of its value. In the '80s, 3,000 banks closed, but America didn't go out of business. These institutions have always had their ups and downs and eventually it works out. It has to, because the rich do not like their wealth being disrupted! They have a vested interest in calming things down and getting back into their Jacuzzis before they slip into their million thread-count sheets to drift off to a peaceful, Vodka tonic and Ambien-induced slumber.
As crazy as things are right now, tens of thousands of people got a car loan last week. Thousands went to the bank and got a mortgage to buy a home. Students just back to college found banks more than happy to put them into hock for the next 15 years with a student loan. I was even pre-approved for a US$5K personal loan. Yes, life has gone on with little-or-no-change (other than the whopping 6.1% umeployment rate, but that happened last month). Not a single person lost any of his/her monies in bank, or a treasury note, or in a CD. And, the perhaps the most amazing thing is that the American public FINALLY didn't buy the scare campaign. The citizens didn't blink, instead telling Congress to take that bailout and shove it. THAT was impressive. Why didn't the population succumb to the fright-filled warnings from their president and his cronies? Well, you can only say 'Saddam has the bomb' so many times before the people realize you're a lying sack of shit. After eight long years, the nation is worn out and simply can't take it any longer. The WORLD is fed up & I don't blame them.
10. THEY SHOULD HAVE CREATED A NATIONAL BANK, A "PEOPLE'S BANK." Since they're really itching to print up a trillion dollars, instead of giving it to a few rich people, why don't We give it to ourselves? Now that We own Freddie and Fannie, why not set up a People's bank? One that can provide low-interest loans for all sorts of people who want to own a home, start a small business, go to school, come up with the cure for cancer or create the next great invention. And, now that we own AIG - the country's largest insurance company - let's take the next step and PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR EVERYONE. MEDICARE FOR ALL! It will SAVE us SO MUCH MONEY in the LONG RUN (not to mention bring peace of mind to all). And, America won't be 12th on the life expectancy list! We'll be able to have a longer lifespan, enjoying our government-protected pension and will live to see the day when the corporate criminals who caused this much misery are let out of prison so that We can help re-acclimate them to plain old ordinary, civilian life -- a life with ONE nice home and ONE gas-free car invented with help from the People's Bank.
P.S. Call your Senators NOW !!! ---> www.visi.com/juan/congress/
Since they voted against passing the extension of unemployment benefits and skipped out to "campaign" to us to be re-elected...call them and tell them you will vote for the other "guy" if they don't get their act together!
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The Dead Vlei, located near Sossusvlei in Namibia, contains the remnants of trees that died some 900 years ago after a changing climate and shifting sand dunes cut off the water supply to the clay pan. Due to the intense dry heat, these trees have not decomposed, leaving behind these strikingly beautiful ancient skeletons.
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Wicklow, Irish: Cill Mhantáin, meaning "church of the toothless one"[1][2]) is the county town of County Wicklow in Ireland. Located south of Dublin on the east coast of the island, it has a population of 10,070 according to the 2006 census.[3] The town is situated to the east of the N11 route between Dublin and Wexford. Wicklow is also connected to the rail network, with Dublin commuter services now extending to the town. Additional services connect with Arklow, Wexford and Rosslare Europort, a main ferry port. There is also a commercial port, mainly importing timber and textiles.
Respect!
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When God created mothers of children with autism
He had been 6 days of working overtime.
An angel appeared and said:
"You cross a whole lot of time and work in these units'
"Do you have the specifications of this order already read?" Asked God tired.
"The mother of a child must have very good eyes,
so they can see how special her child,
when all blinded by the syndrome.
She has much more energy than is normally required
so she never gives up,
even when others do.
Her skin must be extra thick to endure all the injustice
and any criticism of her parenting skills.
I gave her an even stronger hearts
with a greater capacity to love and understand.
"God," said the angel as she touched his sleeve,
"You'd better get some rest and tomorrow to continue working.
"I can not," said God, "there are more autistic children than the world knows.
The angel flew slowly around the creature and studied it carefully.
Suddenly she stopped and leaned forward.
Her fingers glided across the cheek of the woman.
"They leak," said the angel, "I think you too long to have worked through
"That's not a leak" said God, "that's a tear.
"Where is that?" Asked the angel,
"I suppose for pent-up emotions,
for too much injustice,
for lack of understanding. "God.
"You're really brilliant," said the angel
God looked somber and leaned back in his chair.
"The tears I have not made," he said.....
"Not a cry for attention, but a scream for respect"
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Aunque de aspecto primitivo y algo extraterrestre, Keratella serrulata es un rotífero de nuestro planeta y de nuestro tiempo, que con su gruesa y rígida coraza de tortuga armada, se abre paso entre los caminos del agua. Cuando esos caminos están libres de obstáculos, Keratella serrulata vuela en planeo suave con la agilidad de un ave que se deja llevar confiada por el aire, pero cuando cualquier pequeño obstáculo se interpone a su paso, el vuelo de Keratella se transforma en travesía de barquito en medio de un temporal y dando tumbos intenta llegar a tierra, con la seguridad siempre de llegar a buen puerto.
Hoy Keratella ha volado como ave y ha estado dando tumbos como un barquito a punto de un naufragio imposible, pero al final ha llegado, quizá sin proponérselo, al puerto que buscaba. De este modo, anclada con su espinoso casco a una orilla llena de grumos de vida, descansa y reposta tomando su alimento. Los cilios de la pequeña corona de Keratella crean corrientes y barren el agua arrastrando hacia el interior de su cuerpo las pequeñas algas de las que se alimenta, fundamentalmente doradas crisofitas y otras minúsculas transparentes, verdes o pintadas por cualquier pigmento que tome la energía de la luz del sol.
La robusta lorica de Keratella está repujada en amplias placas que recuerdan gruesas escamas de pez dispuestas como tejas y adornada de minúsculos botoncitos granulados. La parte anterior de esta armadura se prolonga en varias espinas suavemente curvadas y dentadas en los bordes que confieren a este pacífico rotífero un aspecto agresivo, se trata de una estrategia de defensa para hacer frente a los innumerables peligros que la acechan en este universo de lo desconocido y de las sorpresas que encierra una simple gota de agua. Las esquinas laterales posteriores de la lorica pueden estar o no armadas con dos espinas de longitud variable que cuando están presentes, ayudan a estabilizar el cuerpo de este rotífero cuando navega.
Keratella serrulata es un rotífero cosmopolita que no se encuentra en las regiones tropicales, tiene preferencia por las aguas ácidas y es relativamente común en turberas en las que se alimenta de pequeñas algas. En la Península Ibérica la mayor parte de las citas proceden de masas de agua embalsada situadas en el NW.
El ejemplar de hoy se ha fotografiado a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia y ha sido encontrado en una muestra recogida en la Laguna de las Sanguijuelas, en las inmediaciones del Lago de Sanabria (Zamora).
Cubelles, Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
Anatidae is the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These are birds that are evolutionarily adapted for swimming, floating on the water surface, and in some cases diving in at least shallow water. (The Magpie-goose is no longer considered to be part of the Anatidae, but is placed in its own family Anseranatidae.)
Extant species range in size from the Cotton Pygmy Goose, at as little as 26.5 cm (10.5 inches) and 164 grams (5.8 oz), to the Trumpeter Swan, at as much as 183 cm (6 ft) and 17.2 kg (38 lb). They have webbed feet and bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent. Their feathers are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. Anatidae are remarkable for being one of the few families of birds that possess a penis; they are adapted for copulation on the water only. Duck, eider, and goose feathers and down have long been popular for bedspreads, pillows, sleeping bags and coats. The members of this family also have long been used for food.
The reclaimed wetlands of the river Foix estuary have made this area into one of the main attractions of the town. The River Foix, which is dry during most of the year due to construction of the Foix Resservoir is another of the most emblematic places in Cubelles. At the Foix estuary, you can spend the day enjoying nature and birthwatching, or at one of the picnic areas. This zone is also intended for school visits, as it is a place where children can study the ecosystem of a Mediterranean river such as the Foix.
The estuary is separated from the sea by a sand barrier which has accumulated over time, due to sea currents and rainwater sediments, forming freshwater laguens behind the barrier. The natural area of the Foix Delta has a branch of land that sticks out into the sea. This was formed during the floods of 1994 and joins onto another branch, leaving an island in the middle. Tourists can visit the island by crossing a wooden footbridge.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatidae, www.cubelles.net/docs/20050211004068.htm
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Anatidae o anátidas ( del griego ανατος = pato por ser los patos los representantes más difundidos de esta familia). La Anatidae es una familia de aves del orden de los anseriformes. Las anátidas son aves usualmente migradoras y que suelen vivir en las proximidades del agua, una de sus adaptaciones al medio acuático hace que sean palmípedas. Entre las muy diversas especies de esta familia se encuentran los ánades o patos, eideres, ánsares, las barnaclas, los cauquenes, cisnes, coscorobas, gansos, mergos, ocas, ochandos, porrones, serretas, tarros y yaguasas. En eras modernas su distribución natural abarcaba prácticamente a todo el planeta Tierra a excepción (salvo casos ocasionales) de la Antártida.
La recuperación de los espacios húmedos de la desembocadura del río Foix ha convertido la zona en una de las de mayor atractivo del municipio. El río Foix -que desde la construcción del pantano del Foix está la mayor parte del año seco- es otro de los elementos más emblemáticos de los cubellenses. En la desembocadura del Foix, además de poder pasar un día rodeado de la Naturaleza, se puede observar el comportamiento de las aves autóctonas de esta zona o disfrutar de las áreas de picnic. El espacio también está dirigido a las escuelas, que pueden visitar y estudiar el ecosistema de un río mediterráneo, como es el del Foix.
Su desembocadura está separada del mar por una barrera de arena acumulada por las corrientes marítimas y los depósitos pluviales, formando lagunas de agua dulce en su interior. El Espacio Natural del Delta del Foix, mantiene el brazo de salida al mar que se formó por las riadas de 1994, a la que se ha añadido un segundo brazo dejando una isla en el medio, conectada con la zona de entretenimiento a través de unas pasarelas de madera. Otra pasarela de madera sobre uno de los brazos del río, sirve de punto de observación del desarrollo natural de la desembocadura del Foix.
Fuentes: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatidae, www.cubelles.net/docs/20050211004073.htm
Madrid (Spain).
High, in the centre of town, ventilated and sunny.
Alto, céntrico, ventilado y soleado.
ENGLISH
The Plaza Mayor built during the Habsburg period is a central plaza in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is located only a few blocks away from another famous plaza, the Puerta del Sol. The Plaza Mayor is rectangular in shape, measuring 129 by 94 meters, and is surrounded by three-story residential buildings having 237 balconies facing the Plaza. It has a total of nine entranceways. The Casa de la Panadería, serving municipal and cultural functions, dominates the Plaza Mayor.
The origins of the Plaza go back to 1581 when Philip II of Spain asked Juan de Herrera, a renowned Renaissance architect, to devise a plan to remodel the busy and chaotic area of the old Plaza del Arrabal. Juan de Herrera was the architect who designed the first project in 1581 to remodel the old Plaza del Arrabal but construction didn't start until 1617, during Philip III's reign. The king asked Juan Gomez de Mora to continue with the project, and he finished the porticoes in 1619. Nevertheless, the Plaza Mayor as we know it today is the work of the architect Juan de Villanueva who was entrusted with its reconstruction in 1790 after a spate of big fires. Giambologna's equestrian statue of Philip III dates to 1616, but it was not placed in the center of the square until 1848. Amazingly enough if you go in there today you can still see the blood on the walls from some of the bull fights held there in earlier years.
The Plaza Mayor has been the scene of multitudinous events: markets, bullfights, soccer games, public executions, and, during the Spanish Inquistion, "autos de fe" against supposed heretics and the executions of those condemned to death. The Plaza Mayor also has a ring of old and traditional shops and cafes under its porticoes. Celebrations for San Isidro, patron saint of Madrid, are also held here. The Plaza Mayor is now a major tourist attraction, visited by thousands of tourists a year.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Mayor_of_Madrid
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La Plaza Mayor de Madrid está situada en el centro de la ciudad, a pocos metros de la plaza de la Puerta del Sol y de la Plaza de la Villa junto a la calle Mayor.
Los orígenes de la plaza se remontan al siglo XV, cuando en la confluencia de los caminos (hoy en día calles) de Toledo y Atocha, a las afueras de la villa medieval, se celebraba en este sitio, conocido como "Plaza del Arrabal", el mercado principal de la villa, construyéndose en esta época una primera casa porticada, o lonja, para regular el comercio en la plaza.
En 1580, tras haber trasladado la corte a Madrid en 1561, Felipe II encargó el proyecto de remodelación de la plaza a Juan de Herrera, comenzándose el derribo de las "casas de manzanas" de la antigua plaza ese mismo año. La construcción del primer edificio de la nueva plaza, la Casa de la Panadería, comenzaría en 1590 a cargo de Diego Sillero, en el solar de la antigua lonja. En 1617, Felipe III, encargó la finalización de las obras a Juan Gómez de Mora, quién concluirá la plaza en 1619.
La Plaza Mayor ha sufrido tres grandes incendios en su historia, el primero de ellos en 1631, encargándose el mismo Juan Gómez de Mora de las obras de reconstrucción. El segundo de los incendios ocurrió en 1670 siendo el arquitecto Tomás Román el encargado de la reconstrucción. El último de los incendios, que arrasó un tercio de la plaza, tuvo lugar en 1790, dirigiendo las labores de extinción Sabatini. Se encargó la reconstrucción a Juan de Villanueva, que rebajó la altura del caserío que rodea la plaza de cinco a tres plantas y cerró las esquinas habilitando grandes arcadas para su acceso. Las obras de reconstrucción se prolongarían hasta 1854, continuándolas, tras la muerte de Villanueva, sus discípulos Antonio López Aguado y Custodio Moreno.
La Plaza Mayor se convirtió desde sus inicios, no solo en el principal mercado de la villa, tanto de alimentación (surtida por los numerosos tablajeros vigilados por el Repeso) como de otros géneros (instalándose en sus soportales los principales gremios); sino también en el escenario de numerosos actos públicos, como corridas de toros, autos de fe, inmortalizando el pintor Francisco Ricci el celebrado en 1680, ejecuciones públicas, colocándose el patíbulo delante del portal de pañeros si la pena era de garrote; frente a la Casa de la Panadería, si era de horca, y ante la Casa de la Carnicería, si era de cuchillo o hacha. También se celebró en la Plaza Mayor la beatificación de San Isidro, santo patrón de Madrid.
La Plaza Mayor es actualmente un importante punto turístico, visitado por miles de turistas al año. En los locales comerciales ubicados bajo los soportales, abundan los comercios de hostelería, que instalan terrazas junto a los soportales de la plaza.
Todos los meses de diciembre, se celebra el tradicional mercado navideño, costumbre que se mantiene vigente desde el año 1860.
También se celebra todos los domingos y festivos por la mañana el mercado de Filatelia y Numismática.
Sony DSC-RX100 + 28-100mm F1.8-4.9 @ 10.4 mm - 1/1600 sec at f/5.6, ISO 200
Manual mode @ 0 EV E.C - Pattern metering - no flash
Subject Distance: unknown
Great bumps to the right.
46°56'13" N 121°30'2" W, 6732.6 ft
Crystal Mountain Ski Resort
Enumclaw, Washington, United States
Taken on 02.15.2013, uploaded on 02.16.2013.
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Una semana más os traemos los mejores looks de la semana. Es tiempo de vacaciones, de estilismos veraniegos, de fiestas y de outfits más relajados. Las alfombras rojas han quedado un poco relegadas, pero aún así podemos encontrar famosas que visten de 10. ¿ Cuál es tu favorita?
La cantante Julianne Hough iba muy veraniega y favorecida con un sencillo mono negro con escote nadadora y cinturón.
Emmy Rossum apuesta por una falda midi de flores en tonos azules con camisa azul celeste y con bolso sobre en color fucsia, una combinación ganadora.
Marion Cotillard en la premiere de Two Days, One Night en Londres con vestido recto de Dior en color negro con flores bordadas con brillos y doble escote.
Diane Kruger con un maxi vestido de flores con escote palabra de honor, va perfecta para el superar el calor de la ciudad.
Anne Heche con vestido con abertura delantera en color negro con cinturón metalizado. Un look elegante y moderno por igual.
Alessandra Ambrosio, ideal con unos shorts vaqueros combinados con una camisa de print tropical y sandalias romanas.
Christina Hendricks muy guapa con un mono largo negro con detalles de encaje transparente de Temperley London.
Jessica Alba va ideal con unos pantalones estilo palazzo en color blanco roto conjuntados con una camisa de rayas en tonos azules.
Hiba Abouk en la gala benefica Starlite con vestido palabra de honor estructurado en color azul turquesa con dos largos.
Pixie Lott con un mini vestido corto en color blanco con tejido jacquard con print de flores. Me encanta el toque le dan las zapatillas.
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This shot is composed of the same photos as the original Casa Beach Sunset post, but this was done with Photomatix Pro in true HDR. Though it might appear so at first, this does not have a cartoonish affect. The sky looked much like this in person, as you can see from the original post.
Which one do you think looks better?
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The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts is an art gallery and museum located on the campus of the University of East Anglia, Norwich in the UK. It is housed in one of the first major public buildings to be designed by Norman Foster.
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In 1973 Sir Robert and Lady Lisa Sainsbury donated to the university their collection of over 300 artworks and objects, which they had been accumulating since the 1930s. The collection has since increased in size to several thousand works spanning over 5000 years of human endeavor, including pieces by Jacob Epstein, Henry Moore (numerous sculptures can be found dotted around the grounds of the university), Alberto Giacometti, Francis Bacon and John Davies, alongside art from Africa (including a 'Fang Reliquary Head' from Gabon and the Nigerian 'Head of an Oba'), Asia, North and South America, the Pacific region, medieval Europe and the ancient Mediterranean.
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The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts building was opened in 1978. It was designed between 1974 and 1976 by the then relatively unknown architect Norman Foster (now Lord Foster). It is situated on the western edge of the University campus, beside the River Yare, and also houses the School of World Art Studies and Museology.
The main building is sited on sloping, turfed ground, and consists of a large cuboid, clad steel structure. One face is almost entirely glazed, with the prefabricated skeleton clearly visible. Internally, the museum gives the impression of being one vast open space, lacking any internal divisions to interfere with the interplay of natural and artificial light. Services, lighting, toilets and maintenance access are housed in triangular towers and trusses, and between the external cladding and internal aluminium louvres.
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have YOU discovered [Utopia]?
-quotes from Traveller's Xchange at "The Beach" Website and comments from previous series
"I really believe Utopia is any place which you choose to see with your heart, and not with any stereotype image of what an ideal world is." -Ana Easson
"My Utopia is that one frame in time, when everything around you seems to slow down, and all that stands between you and the sky is the one you love most." -Trevor
"I believe that utopia, which i have not yet found, is spending time in the most amazing and stunning place imaginable with the person you love and admire the most in the world." -Adrian
"My utopia is just underneath sealevel, at an atol by the Togian islands in Indonesia. The beauty you experience there is overwelming and gives you respect and admiration for all living." -Stefk
"My utopia was in Sri Lanka. We went to this reef, four miles off the coast of Batticloa. We had to go through twenty three military checkpoints to get there. The waters were so clear, you could see to the bottom (about seventy feet) before you even jumped out of the boat. I was floating there, upside down forty feet below with a snorkel, fins and my jeans, deep blue in every direction, face to face with this huge garoupa. The boat was like a tiny little toy miles above. That was utopia for me. I didn't want to ever go back up." -Francis Lo
"paradise is by God in heaven.. the rest is what we make of it!" - d3usa
"I believe that Paradise is a gift from God and a ‘state of mind’ that is nourished through our senses. The sight of the first flowers of spring, the smell of a baby, the taste of our favorite food, the sound of laughter, the touch of a lover’s hand. All of these transport us, even for a fleeting moment, to Paradise on earth. If you are having those sensations 24/7 (earth time) then you have crossed over and are now sitting with our Creator!" - deestea
"I think paradise is in our heart- mind, hirday, before being on a beach…" - elishams
"mmm utopia... i think it's the perfect place, the perfect moment and the perfect mood." - unlimited___/
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Today, I chilled on the couch all day. Why you may ask? I totally had a headache ALL DAY long. Still have one while I'm typing this. My headaches link to change in weather, so although I've been enjoying the rain, the changing weather is really messing up my head. :(
This weekend is going to be crazy because I have to cram a bunch of school assignments because I'm a procrastinator. :/
I sat around and watched all sort of videos such as:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvrcdQWzH-8
and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgnRKyPLxng
Can I have both of those for pets?!? PLZ!!!!?
Anyways, cute videos make my head not hurt so badly.
Okay so this QOTD should be fun! :):
What is your FAVORITE Youtube video?
Here's some of mine (These are in no order):
WIZARD SWEARS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqTHmzMk0Cw
This guy is an amazing pianist:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ0E3dsHRV4
SEVERAL gymnastics videos!!!
Mary Lou Retton:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uvxNzOTKNc
Shannon Miller:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTtR17QkZ_Y
Shawn Johnson:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qQq9lhNwHA
Mitchell Davis:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp7iOwRySwY
(I've met him, and Kyle for all you people who know lots about Mitchell)
Me meeting David Archuleta's family:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G96F00fGH0
Me, Madison and Cristen being really stupid a long time ago:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxwxipxGG5c
Hope you all enjoy! :D Give me one or more of your favorites!
ALSO I MADE A LIKE PAGE ON FACEBOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMGGG
like it please?!!! :)
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With credible estimates ranging from 60 to 115 million, India has the largest number of working children in the world. Whether they are sweating in the heat of stone quarries, working in the fields sixteen hours a day, picking rags in city streets, or hidden away as domestic servants, these children endure miserable and difficult lives. They earn little and are abused much. They struggle to make enough to eat and perhaps to help feed their families as well. They do not go to school; more than half of them will never learn the barest skills of literacy. Many of them have been working since the age of four or five, and by the time they reach adulthood they may be irrevocably sick or deformed-they will certainly be exhausted, old men and women by the age of forty, likely to be dead by fifty.....
Most or all of these children are working under some form of compulsion, whether from their parents, from the expectations attached to their caste, or from simple economic necessity. At least fifteen million of them, however, are workingas virtual slaves.
India has 375 million children, more than any other country in the world. Their condition has improved in the last five decades, with child survival rates up, school dropout rates down, and several policy commitments made by the government at the national and international levels. Resource allocations by the State, however, remain quite inadequate to take care of the survival and healthcare needs of infants and children, their education, development and protection.....
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Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual y hace poco en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans.
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Hermosas, como gemas pálidas de esmeralda, las piezas -células- de Merismopedia parecen jugar sobre un tablero una partida al juego de la vida.
Ancladas todas sobre un tapiz transparente que las mantiene unidas, flotan en el agua viajando en esta alfombra mágica, balsa a la deriva, que recoge sol fabricando nuevas vidas.
Mientras esto ocurre, sobre el tablero, la partida sigue su curso, por cada una que se divida se formarán dos, por cada dos cuatro, por cada cuatro ocho…y así en sucesión interminable, rítmica como el latido y ordenada como un panal, siempre sobre el plano del tablero, siempre alternando en dos direcciones perpendiculares, tejiendo este mosaico de gemas verdes…Es así como juega la vida, multiplicando a saltos, construyendo, si es preciso, nuevos tableros donde seguir el juego.
Y sobre este mismo tablero se restan las piezas de Merismopedia que han llegado al final de su existencia, es un goteo incesante y lento, el sacrificio de su esfuerzo se ha multiplicado en descendencia.
Está claro que en el juego sobre este tablero con gemas hermosas gana la vida, es una partida que comenzó en el origen de los tiempos y que finalizará con ellos, juego de sabiduría que nos regala las formas, el orden y el color de su belleza.
Merismopedia elegans es una cianobacteria muy característica por la ordenada forma de crecimiento de sus individuos que permanecen unidos flotando, en una matriz plana, transparente y gelatinosa. El gran tamaño de los individuos y su particular forma de crecimiento permite diferenciar a esta especie de otras hermanas.
Merismopedia elegans vive formando parte del plancton en charcas y lagunas. La que aparece aquí fotografiada a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia procede de unas muestras recogidas en las charcas de las inmediaciones de la Laguna de Peñalara durante el “testing” organizado en homenaje a “Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente” por Biodiversidad virtual. La fotografía se ha realizado 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.
FOR ALL THE DETAIL AND BEAUTY, View LARGE and On PROPER Black
I was fortunate to grow up in a family of great readers!
We had a wealth of books in different languages to choose from!
The novel Peony, by Pearl S. Buck, I read at a fairly young age, in English, because, I was raised in 3 languages.
I remember enjoying it, but now realise I did not fully understand...
faculty.randolphcollege.edu/fwebb/buck/jlgornto/Peony.html
The Concepts of Yin-Yang
Presented Throughout
Peony
A revisiting is imminent!
Pearl was a wise lady and proved it in everything that she wrote, no wonder she was awarded the Nobel Prize!
Here are some of her quotes that I favour:
"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this:
A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive.
To him... a touch is a blow,
a sound is a noise,
a misfortune is a tragedy,
a joy is an ecstasy,
a friend is a lover,
a lover is a god,
and failure is death."
Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create -- so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating."
— Pearl S. Buck
"Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness."
— Pearl S. Buck
"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it."
— Pearl S. Buck
For years I 'experimented' in the studio, to get that Flemish painter's light? Well, I was born in Flanders, it must be in my blood? LOL.
NEW!!! A NEW TREAT HERE, a second choice of some of my images:
And a NEW BLOG:
magdaindigo.blogspot.com/2011/07/of-grasses-composition-a...
Lead and enjoy a good life, do and say things that enrich... and do not forget to tell the people close to you, how much you love them!
With love to you and thank you for ALL your faves and comments, M, (* _ *)
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WHAT PART of DO NOT USE is it that you DO NOT UNDERSTAND?
I find my images on numerous blogs and websites EVERY DAY, without my permission!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why not view the set as a slide-show?
Also I often upload more than one image at the same time, I see a tendency to only view the last uploaded...
Here is another damselfly (this had a brown neck) looking this time from the front. Maybe not as "in your face" as yesterday's photo, but I have been wanting to ty and get a full frontal for while, but it isn't easy. I do like the dynamic angles on this though as well.
Anyway, this one was ok, and stayed still for a while.
I tried various tubes, but I can't remember whether this was 3, 2, 1, or none!
The camera was tripod mounted. I am not steady enough most of the time to get sharp shots hand held unless the shutter speed is up high, and even then it is hit and miss.
I have found that some damsels tend to be rather more likely to stay still than dragons, and afford more time and opportunity. This one was not on the grass originally, and I managed to get it to step onto my finger and then I transferred it onto the grass blade! Some damsels are happy to be approached it seems, a bit like some hoverflies will let you get them on your hand.
The previous image was an azure, this one is a female blue-tailed damselfly, Ischnura elegans.
The other day I was watching this male Mute Swan strut his stuff around two Trumpeter Swans. Every once and awhile he'd swim in circles and puff out his feathers........The two Trumpeter Swans tagged E90 and O38 would let out a few honks then go about their own business. The two Trumpeter Swans seemed completely uninterested in this lone Mute..I never saw his mate. Perhaps he's a lonely bachelor.........?? ;)
"The Mute Swan is reported to mate for life. However, changing of mates does occur infrequently, and swans will remate if their partner dies. If a male loses his mate and pairs with a young female, she joins him on his territory. If he mates with an older female, they go to hers. If a female loses her mate, she remates quickly and usually chooses a younger male."
Enjoy!! :)
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Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: Nikon 10.5mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure Time: 1/60, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8, 1/4
Focal Length: 10.5mm
ISO: 100
Please ignore the chromatic Abberation's, I tried for at least 45 minutes and could not manage to get them out.. :(
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my written permission.
A Mammoth is a large extinct elephant with a hairy coat and curved tusks.
On my day out 'photo hunting' with my friend Loretta I found this one on top of Mammoth Hill at the Watermead Country Park , Birstall. Prehistoric remains of mammoth, bison and deer were discovered in the now flooded gravel pits of the Watermead Country Park. This one was quite happy to pose for me, lol.
Watermead is a two mile long park, with a wetland area and lakes. An ideal spot for walking, fishing, cycling, picnics, birdwatching and watersports. Plenty ducks and swans on the lake, and loads of dragonflies. It is adjacent to the canal and a river.
A Larger view to see them better?
When you are asked, "What is the first thing that comes to your mind when I say 'Washington, DC'", what would you say?
Washington Monument?
The Capitol?
White House?
Memorials?
National Mall?
Smithsonial Institute?
Well I think I would say Traffic Chaos. There are so many diversions and roadblocks that even if you have lived your entire life there in the neighborhood you have a good chance of getting lost. I was lost, driving and I was in front of a road block barricade and an officer next to it. I asked him for directions and he kindly gave me the same. The directions involved crossing a one-way street. Unbeknowest to that officer, there was another one in my way, right in the middle of the road, parked car with lights on asking me to turn around. Thanks to the One way, I couldnt get back to the same place again to ask to be rerouted (I should have taken the $10.99 GPS offer). Bottom line? Lets say, I saw the entire DC driving around in a couple of hours, unintentionally :D
The signs above were all photographed on the same morning, while walking around the downtown and tourist areas of DC. On the background is Washington Monument.
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
William Brouillard
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Artist Statement
The platters I have sent to this exhibition combine several ceramic traditions. The first is, The Palace Art Pot. Palace Art Pots were made to demonstrate wealth and power. They were made to tell a story, to commemorate an event or a person, and to demonstrate skill and challenge the abilities of the artisans who made them. The second tradition is the Fish Platter. Fish platters were a staple of the Neo Arts and Crafts Movement of the 1950s and 60s. The third and last tradition is the One-Line visual and verbal Pun, Platters of the ceramic Funk Movement.
Humor through the use of the visual pun was a mainstay of the California Funk movement. Humor in clay has a tradition as old as the use of the material. I have always felt that humor has been given short shift as a serious emotion. Art work that uses humor and has been actively excised from collections of serious art. It may be that we do not understand the function of humor as well as we understand the function of the other emotions.
In the work presented I have tried to inject some humor into the decorative / commemorative object. The platters are big to give them a slightly overblown sense of their own importance and to be able to be viewed from a distance . They are meant for the wall and the table. The large size to fit the importance of large gatherings.
I have tried to replace historical patterns with objects reduced to pattern. Some of the objects are extensions of my environment or reflections of personal interests. Images of turn of the century technology, (the Machine Age), are a personal favorite. Subject matter ranges from humorous depiction of everyday objects to gender stereotypes. My abilities as A draftsman are limited but seem to be adequate for the kind and quality of image that the subject requires. They have a cartoon look as opposed to the crisp complexity of fine china.
The clay body, a red earthenware, is heavily potted and makes no secrete of its variations and flaws. The glaze work is in the Majolica style and is done very much like a watercolor on soft paper. The pots are fired twice. They are bisqued to cone 05 and glazed to cone 04. Some may have an additional firing to Cone 018 for low temperature luster and enamels. They are fired in an oxidizing atmosphere using an electric kiln.
William Brouillard June, 22 1993
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William Craig Brouillard
CURRENT POSITION:
Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics department, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, from 1980
EDUCATION:
M.F.A., Ceramic Art, The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY, 1976
University of Wisconsin, at Madison, Wisconsin, 1973
B.A., Art Education, State University of Wisconsin, Stout at Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1969
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
Brouillard Studios, 2662 W14th st. Cleveland, OH 44113, production of pottery and ceramic commission work 1980-1993
Resident Craftsman at The Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, as a full time self supporting studio artist in clay, with some related teaching duties, 1976 -1978
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Instructor, Teaching beginning intermediate and Graduate level ceramics, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. 1978-1979
Teaching Assistantship, teaching Kiln Design and Construction, to advanced and graduate level students at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY. 1974 - 1976
Teaching Assistantship, teaching Two and Three Dimensional Design to beginning and advanced Students, also instruction in materials and techniques of woodworking, at The New York State College of
GRANTS AND AWARDS
National Cup Show, purchase award, University of Southern IL. 1992
Ohio Designer Craftsmen, purchase award, Best of 92 exhibition, Columbus, OH. 1992
Excellence in Design Award Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Best of 92 Exhibition, 1992
American Craft Museum, Design Award , for Excellence in Design, in conduction with the Designed and made for use Exhibition, at The American Craft Museum, NY 1986
Purchase Award, The Clay Cup Show, Southern IL. University, 1986
Art Park , Lewiston NY. Summer work and travel grant 1980
COLLECTIONS REPRESENTED BY
The Detroit Museum of Art [DIA], Detroit MI.
The Cleveland Museum ofArt, Cleveland OH.
The Millard Collection, St Louis, MO
The Sinker Collection, Detroit, MI.
The Vincent Lim Collection,Philadelphia, PA
The Pfannebecker Collection, Lancaster, PA
University of Southern Illinois
Ohio Designer Craftsman, Columbus, OH
Ceramics Monthly, Columbus, OH
The Cleveland Art Association, Cleveland, OH
Alfred University, Museum of Ceramics, Alfred, NY
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Lerner Tower, Cleveland, OH
PUBLICATIONS, REF.
American Ceramics Magazine, Jan. 1994 Studio Potter Magazine, Jan, 1992, "The Language of the Lip" NCCECA Journal "Developing a Plastic Alphabet", volume 6, 1985 Studio Potter "Ohio Potters", October, 1983 Craft Horizons, December , 1978 Ceramics Monthly, "Penland Potters", October 1977 The Alfred Kiln Drawings, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Publication of The Department of Art and Design, 1976
GALLERIES REPRESENTED BY
-The Clay Place, 5416 Walnut St., Pittsburgh, PA. 15232, 1-412-682-3737
-The Pewabic Pottery, 10125 East Jefferson, Detroit, MI. 48214, 1-313-822-0954
-The Farrel Collection, 2633 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20008, 1-202-483-8334
-Objects Gallery, Chicago, IL
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP
-NCCECA, National Conference For Education in the Ceramic Arts
-SPACES, Arts Organization, Cleveland, OH
-OHIO DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN, North Central Area Represenitive, Columbus, OH
-AAUP, American Association of University Professors, Washington DC