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Went out for a pretty darn spontaneous shoot this evening...My buddy Shuck called up our two friends Alex and Morgan and asked if they wanted to shoot today....they agreed....

We ended up getting some killer sunset shots in this big open field a few minutes from my house. There will DEFINITELY be more where this came from, so KEEP CHECKING BACK!...also, make sure you check out Shuck's stream...he got some outstanding shots (it was his first real shoot!)

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p.s. this was Alex's first time modeling!....I'd say she did an awesome job!

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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: AFTER THE CONCERT (6 of 9): Shin and Near /

DESPUÉS DEL CONCIERTO (6 de 9): Shin y Near

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 97 of 184) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107,108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184.

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Near: (I heard you... ¬¬)

L: Remember what I told you about patience... ^_^u

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Near: (Te he oido...¬¬)

L: Recuerda lo que te he dicho de tener paciencia... ^_^u

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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"

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Diwali,or Deepawali, (also called Tihar and Swanti in Nepal) is a major Indian and Nepalese festive holiday, and a significant festival in Hinduism and some of the other faiths which originated in India - Today it is celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs across the globe as the "Festival of Light," where the lights or lamps signify victory of good over the evil within every human being. The festival is also celebrated by Buddhists of Nepal, particularly the Newar Buddhists.The Sanskrit word Deepavali means an array of lights that stands for victory of brightness over darkness. As the knowledge of Sanskrit diminished, the name was popularly modified to Diwali, especially in northern India. The word "Divali/Diwali" is a corruption of the Sanskrit word "Deepavali" (also transliterated as "Dipavali"). Deepa/dipa means "light of the dharma", and avali means "a continuous line". The more literal translation is "rows of clay lamps".

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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: AFTER THE CONCERT (3 of 9): L and Near. Part 2 /

DESPUÉS DEL CONCIERTO (3 de 9): L y Near. Parte 2

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 39 of 184) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107,108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184.

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A structure with flexible and transparent rooms: In December 2001, following in-depth debates, the board of the BMW AG has voted in favour of the architectural concept by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. The outstanding concept of the BMW Welt is characterised very much by the unique roof structure and the so-called Double Cone.

The 16,000 m² of cloud roof which emanates from the forming Double Cone is only carried by twelve hinged columns and creates the impression that it is floating. In its basic system, it consists of an upper and a lower girder grillage with a basic grid of five by five metres. Between the layers, diagonal struts are inserted which link the two layers of girder grillage, hereby creating a spatial supporting structure.

The Double Cone which protrudes prominently from the entire building acts as a powerful and dynamic eye-catcher. The cyclone made of glass and steel, winding upwards, ending in the roof which is suspended freely, floating just like a cloud, is created by a dynamic deformation of the two girder layers and constitutes one of the main supporting points of the roof.

The architectural concept of the BMW Welt combines form and function. This is shown in the elegant steel facade, for example, which serves the function of air-conditioning the BMW Welt, among other things. For this purpose, the solar energy which is lead from the roof to the facades contributes to the heating of the building and the ventilation of the building is also implemented with the large wall areas. Enveloping surfaces made of glass create a thermically comfortable surface temperature. Vegetation outside, specifically near the natural ventilation elements bind dust particles and also have a cooling effect.

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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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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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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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Taken during the DMUBoston Meetup

Yeah, I know the compositions a little wacky, but I like the way the end result looks.

For those of you who don't know that other man there is the great Sir Thomas Hawk, a man on a mission to publish one million photographs in his lifetime. You can see his already extensive library of work here.

Nikon D40

105mm, f/3.2, 1/15 sec, ISO800

Zoo - Barcelona (Spain).

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The Frill-necked Lizard, or Frilled Lizard also known as the Frilled Dragon, (Chlamydosaurus kingii) is so called because of the large ruff of skin which usually lies folded back against its head and neck. The neck frill is supported by long spines of cartilage, and when the lizard is frightened, it gapes its mouth showing a bright pink or yellow lining, and the frill flares out, displaying bright orange and red scales. The frill may also aid in thermoregulation.

Adult frill-necked lizards may grow up to one metre in total length. They often walk quadrupedally when on the ground. When frightened they begin to run on all-fours and then accelerate onto the hind-legs. In Australia, the frill-necked lizard is also known as the "bicycle lizard" because of this behaviour. Males are significantly larger than females both as juveniles and when mature. The frill of the Australian frilled dragon is used to scare off potential predators — as well as hissing and lunging. If this fails to ward off the threat, the lizard flees bipedally to a nearby tree where it climbs to the top and relies on camouflage to keep it hidden.

More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frill-necked_Lizard

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El clamidosaurio (Chlamydosaurus kingii) es un reptil que habita en el sur de Nueva Guinea, norte y oeste de Australia. Es también conocido con el nombre de "clamidosaurio de King".

Como característica particular, cabe destacar una porción de piel que descansa detrás de su cabeza y sobre su lomo, una especie de collar con largas espinas de cartílago que se abre cuando se siente amenazado.

El clamidosaurio llega a medir unos ochenta centímetros de largo, siendo los machos bastante más grandes que las hembras. Es carnívoro y pasa gran parte del tiempo en los árboles al acecho. Su sentido de la vista es muy desarrollado, siendo capaz de capturar un insecto cuando pasa delante de él.

Este animal posee una gran capacidad de adaptación al medio ambiente. Los científicos australianos notaron que aprovechaba los constantes incendios del norte de Australia: después de un incendio, su estómago es capaz de alojar presas de mayor tamaño a las que captura habitualmente. Si bien muchos de estos reptiles mueren en los incendios, los sobrevivientes prefieren quedarse en la zona devastada para conseguir más fácilmente su alimento.

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

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I have climbed highest mountain

I have run through the fields

Only to be with you

Only to be with you

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...

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Big Pizza Pie!

If I remember correctly, aside of resizing, this is SOOC.

I love my Sonic.

Yeah, I named my camera Sonic, did I tell you guys that?

I feel like I did....anyway.

I tried to make a super cool shot for today but GIMP decided to be an ass and not work right, so... I just gave up and posted this instead. I took it toward the beginning of the month. This shot of the moon isn't as detailed as the other one I have where I'm hanging from the moon... I've noticed that when the moon is full you can't see the craters as easily as you can when it's only like a 3/4 moon.

Anyway,

I hope you guys like it.

Monday Blues...

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There's a crazy bird in the neighbourhood.

Came back home after a night at work a couple of mornings ago and as I stood there in the bright sunshine on the yard I heard a strange noice. And then again. And again. A metallic sound which vibrated over the whole area in the quietness of the weekend morning.

And then I saw it. A woodpecker on top of a street light, bombing its head into the lamp.

*CLONK*

Good thing it has an intricate head design with concussion prevention among other things.

*CLONK*

I'm neglecting flickr. Yes, I know, I deserve a good round of spanking for that, and I shall endure it humbly. Very humbly.

It seems I can't keep my head wrapped around many things at one time (wait, I'm not a man am I...), and at the moment planning my trip takes all my time. I always have some sort of a magnet out there, drawing me in, and atm, it's different kinds of travel forums etc. It is a shame, but something which will be corrected in some time, after my initial excitement has gone. I'm sorry for not visiting your streams and catching up with you as I would like to... I do not expect comments, views or anything as I haven't returned "the favours" in some time, but still need to upload from time to time, to somehow keep myself connected to this fab place of photographic friendship. Please bare with me.

(yes, I know it's bear, but I love how it sounded with the wrongly spelled version)

I seriously have come to the conclusion I'm not entirely human. What I partly am, besides human, is yet to be confirmed. Sarthongian perhaps? Or a fish.

See, the thing is, I had my wisdom teeth removed last Friday, and... well, I almost shit my pants before the procedure, was nervously afraid, shaken and stirred. After having sedated me (maybe not the right word, but I just like it), he, the devilish doctor, roamed around my mouth for about 5 minutes and just as I was about to really flip out and have a nervous breakdown, he stopped, put a piece of bandage inside my mouth and said: "alright, keep your teeth clenched now, they came out very easily."

I just stared at him, unable to comprehend. He was done...!? No, could not be, it was only 5 minutes and I didn't feel a freaking thing, this got to be a mistake...

But, yes, he was done. I had had my wisdom teeth removed in less than 5 minutes and I did not feel a thing. Scary. Even more scary is, that I did not feel any pain whatsoever afterwards either, nothing.

This is not normal, this is not how it should be, and I feel bereft of one of the major stories you share with other people, the one about how terrible it was to have your back teeth removed. It was an outright scam. I should complain, this ain't justice. It ain't right!! Is it a human right to suffer pain during the removal of your wisdom teeth? Anyone out there with a degree in law, preferably with a specialty in said rights?

Anyhoo, I'm off to Turku to visit David Beckham. He's expecting me I'm sure.

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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).

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Guča Trumpet Festival, Serbia

Jul 5, 2012 Explore #31

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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: THAT'S HOW I MET HIM (1 of 2) /

ASÍ LO CONOCÍ (1 de 2)

(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33.

PHOTOSTORY: In English / En Español

Morgana: ...emmmm... well... yeah... I know... ^_^u Heeeee's just a friend, I allowed him to sleep in my room becauseeeeeee... because yesterday we went out till very late and he didn't... anyway doesn't mind, get out a moment and I'll go in a minute, okay? ^_^uuuuuu

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Morgana: ...Eeeehhh... estoooo... seee... ya, ya lo sé... ^_^u Eeees un amigo, que le he dejado dormir en mi cuarto porqueeeee.... porque ayer salimos hasta muy tarde y no... bueno es igual, sal un momento que ahora salgo yo, vale? ^_^uuuuuuuu

COLLABORATION:

- Miercole's Morgana Collaboration

- Morgana y Valo en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

SHERYL LINKS:

- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl

- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012

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My heart is filled so full of doubt.

- The Ataris

I decided to finally explore textures. Holymygosh. They are SO much more fun than texture brushes! And you can manipulate them alot more. This feels very Jessi-esque to me.

Layer #1 is from James' Textures for Layers set, I used this one. Layer #2 is here.

I woke up at 5 this evening. Passed out last night at 930. My sleep schedule is driving me crazy.

My necklace from the jewelry party came in! This isn't the super awesome one I was talking about, but mom won't let me have it until my birthday. Which I think is pretty lame because I already know what it is and my birthday isn't until November. :( I asked if I could just use it for my 365 and she said yes. In November. Poop. :(

My whole body aches. My thighs are killing me from jumping in and out of this pose a million times yesterday. My neck is tense, I've got a massive headache and my sinuses have that itchy/allergy/pressured 'you might be getting sick, muahahaha' feeling. :(

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The Ferrari 360 is a mid-engine midsize two-seater sports car produced from late 1999 until 2005. The 360 replaced the Ferrari F355 and was itself replaced by the fairly similar Ferrari F430. For the 360, Ferrari partnered with Alcoa to produce an entirely new all-aluminum space-frame chassis that was 40% stiffer than the F355, yet 28% lighter despite a 10% increase in overall dimensions. Along with the new frame was a new Pininfarina body styling that broke ranks with the last decade's sharp angles and flip-up headlights, replacing them with a rounded appearance that harkened to the 1960s. The new V8 engine, common to all versions, was only slightly larger and more powerful than the F355's at 3.6 litres and 400 bhp (300 kW) of power, but the lighter frame and added stiffness improved performance; the 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) acceleration performance improved from 4.6 to 4.4 seconds, . An engine replacement resulted in the V8 road model that followed, the F430 (internally referred to as the evoluzione or evo) which came out in 2004.

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I was on my way to the store where I bought my Nikon D90 to change the Nikon Camerabag, which was falling apart after only half a year, with a friend of mine when I saw this Ferrari appearing in my rearview mirrors.

I quicky grabbed my Nikon from the backseats and set the settings so I would be able to get some decent shots.

When I was to busy watching the traffic and trying to keep up with the yellow beast, I passed my camera to my friend which managed to get some shots too.

Madrid (Spain).

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High, in the centre of town, ventilated and sunny.

Alto, céntrico, ventilado y soleado.

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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.

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

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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

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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:

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And a NEW BLOG:

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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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IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved

Also I often upload more than one image at the same time, I see a tendency to only view the last uploaded...

vote for Miley!

www.teenchoiceawards.com/index.php :D

she's nominated for 12 TCA'S ! :D SOOOOOOO COOOOL!!!

*Best Dance in a Movie - Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth – The Last Song.

*Best Chemistry in a Movie - Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth – The Last Song.

*Best Lip-Lock in a Movie - Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth – The Last Song.

*Best Drama in a Movie - The Last Song.

*Best Actress Drama - Miley Cyrus- The Last Song.

*Best Hissy Fit in a Movie - Miley Cyrus – The Last Song.

*Best Female Artist - Miley Cyrus.

*Best Love Song- When I Look At You- Miley Cyrus.

*Best Single - Can’t Be Tamed- Miley Cyrus.

*Best Celebrity Fashion Line - Miley Cyrus and Max Azria- Miley & Max.

*Best Red Carpet Icon - Miley Cyrus.

*BEST FANATIC FANS - Miley Cyrus ! ;D

please vote for her! she deserves it! ;)

btw what'cha think of the edit ? :)

Late afternoon view from Boundary Bay Regional Park near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Spot the Bald Eagles! :)

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About this photo: This last week has been so gorgeous and it feels like spring has arrived with lots of sunshine and temperatures around +12C/54F! After our daughter's soccer game last weekend there was still some afternoon/evening left and we decided to drive out to beautiful Boundary Bay Regional Park which is located in the South Delta/Tsawwassen area of Greater Vancouver near the USA border (Washington State). Ava enjoyed playing on the wonderful playground right by the beach and after that we went for a walk around the area to captured some photos of the area. We stayed until the sun went down.

I noticed there were quite some Bald Eagles flying around. When I was taking some photos of the late sunlight and on the surrounding mountains I spotted a few Bald Eagles sitting on the dry sandy areas left by the low tide along the shoreline. Through my lens I couldn't really tell how many were there, but there were a couple for sure. Turns out there were a few more. I thought it made the photo more interesting. Can you spot them? :)

Enjoy!

~Camera Settings:

*Camera Model: Sony SLT-A57

*Focal Length: 210mm

*F-Number: f/5.6

*Exposure Time: 1/500 sec.

*ISO Speed: ISO-200

*Exposure Program: Aperture Priority (A)

*Exposure Compensation (E/V): -0.3 step

Thank you for dropping by and I hope you like this photo!

Ann :-)

Some information about Boundary Bay Regional Park: It has a beautiful big playground for kids right at the beach, there is a big beach, the Centennial Cafe, walking trails and more. The views from here are amazing with the mountains and the ocean. You can see Mount Baker (located in the USA) from here as well.

Boundary Bay Regional Park is stretched along Delta's southwestern shores and is a haven of warm shallow waters. The huge stretch of sand, sea and wetlands provide for a number of water activities from para sailing, skim boarding and swimming at Centennial Beach to an array of wading birds such as sandpipers, gulls and blue herons. At low tide, the beach curves around to Point Roberts (Washington State, USA).

There are picnic tables as well and a lot of the trails are accessible for bike riding or horseback riding as well. The dykes are great places to view eagles, hawks and owls year round. The last couple of winters the Snowy Owl has been frequenting the area. Hopefully they will return this year, I'd love to go and see if I can capture some photos of this beautiful owl.

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This is the first time I was able to have a full view of the Chaudière Falls and take this shot from the road as luckily the road was closed for the marathon runners.

Here is the brief history of the falls.

The Chaudière Falls are a set of cascades and waterfall in the centre of the Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan area in Canada where the Ottawa River narrows between a rocky escarpment on both sides of the river. The falls are about 60 m (200 ft) wide and drop 15 m (50 ft).

The name of the falls come from the French Chutes de la Chaudière, meaning "Cauldron Falls" but has been historically translated as "Kettle Falls". The shape of the falls before its development resembled a large cauldron.

The damming of the river and the presence of industry have greatly altered the waterfall's appearance, especially in the summer when the Ottawa River is low. Then the falls all but disappear because the water is diverted to power stations. The development also greatly limits the locations from which to view the falls.

Source : Wikipedia

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their music are always in my most favorite list...

pink floyd rocks and will always rock...

Know More about PINK FLOYD

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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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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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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.

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Bas-relief Number 3 from the 2nd century AD in the Tang-e Chowgan gorge by Bishapur is extremely worn by a flooding after an aqueduct was constructed in the gorge in the 1960s. The aqueduct wasn't removed until the 1970s, by which time a deep groove had formed throughout the gorge damaging this relief between the fourth and fifth register, near the bottom. Regardless of the damage, the rich detailing of its former glory can still clearly be distinguished.

There are many Sassanid bas reliefs in throughout the Sassanid Empire, with some excellent examples of 'vistory' and 'equestrian' reliefs found in Naqsh-e Rostam and Nasqsh-e Rajab (photos coming soon).

Bishapur' s 'Relief Number 3' is often referred to as Shapur's Victory. 'Triple Victory' would have been a more apt description. The great quantity of horsemen firmly makes this an equestrian victory relief, but the gift bearers are reminiscent of the Achaemenid Eastern Apadana Staircase reliefs in Persepolis, while the cavalries are similar to those depicted on Trajan's Column in Rome.

Sassanid King Shapur I is depicted at the heart of the relief, roughly in the centre of the third register, on his horse and victorious over three Roman Emperors.

The upper left first and second registers and lower left fourth and fifth registers the show the cavalry approaching from the left, as with all Sassanid reliefs. Notwithstanding the flood groove in the fifth register, the use of less well defined figures located on the lower registers would suggest this to represent lower orders of the cavalry.

The middle left third register shows the best defined horse riding figures, probably representing the courtiers and officers of the cavalry.

The upper right first and second registers depict people carrying tribute by way of gifts and offerings to Shapur. Unlike the identifyiable Eastern Apadana Staircase reliefs of Persepolis the graphical identitfication of the ethnicity of the gift bearers is somewhat open to speculation, but the most agreeable interpretation is that these figures depict Romans.

The middle right third register shows the well defined infantry section approaching Shapur from the right. Apart from he Romans there is also the curious presence of an elephant on the extreme right...

The lower right fourth and fifthe registers are damaged by the flooding, which makes identification of the gift bearing figures more difficult, but even before the erosion there has always been speculation about these figures

See also Bishapur Reliefs Number 1, Number 2, Number 4, Number 5, Number 6

Due to the challenging form and placement of this relief, this is not strictly speaking a photo (hence no EXIF metadata), but a rather composite, like the Chehel Sotun composite.

The uploaded version is a much lower resolution version than the actual composite, but seven detail shots are uploaded individually at about half the original resolution, while the centre piece featuring Shapur is uploaded at full resolution.

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Els orígens del Beagle són confusos i remots. L'any 350 a. de C. Jenofonte ja descrivia a uns gossos de tipus sabueso (hound en anglès)que coincideixen en la majoria de detalls amb el Beagle. Segons es creu van ser els romans qui els van dur a Anglaterra com caçadors de conills i una vegada allí van ser creuats amb gossos de tipus sabueso del lloc. Els Talbot Houndson són considerats els ancestres del Southern Hound, el Beagle, i el Foxhound. Entre el 1300 i el 1400 els Beagles van arribar un elevat grau de popularitat entre els monarques britànics. Eduard II i Enric VII ja tenien gossades de Glove Beagles, anomenats així per la seva reduïda grandària, fins i tot cabien en un guant. Isabel I tenia Beagles que amidaven fins a 22 centímetres. Les gossades de sabuesos eren populars en gairebé totes les grans propietats campestres. Cap al 1400, els Beagles ja s'havien estès per Gran Bretanya, Itàlia, Grècia i França augmentant així la seva popularitat. Sobre el 1700, existien dos tipus de sabuesos especialitzats en la caça del conill: el Southern Hound, i el més veloç North Country Beagle. A causa del gran auge que estava experimentant la cacera de la guineu, els Beagles anaven perdent terreny en favor dels Foxhounds. Afortunadament per a l'existència del Beagle, els grangers a Anglaterra, Irlanda i Gal·les van seguir mantenint gossades amb les quals sortien a caçar.

A principis de la dècada del 1870, els Beagle donen el salt als Estats Units. Norman Elmore de Nova Jersei i el general Richard Rowet, de Illinois van importar Beagles anglesos d'excel·lent tipus i pedigrí i van donar inici a la idea de dur registres dels aparellamments i ventrades per a un major control de la raça. Fins a aquest moment, el Beagle anglès havia estat ensinistrat principalment per a perseguir guineus, i havia estat criat per a arribar a una altura de 37-42 centímetres dedse la creu.

El reverend Phillip Honeywood criava la seva gossada d'Essex (Anglaterra) potenciant les seves habilitats caçadores sense importar-li l'aparença, mentre que el seu compatriota Thomas Johnson s'encarregà de criar línies de Beagle que poguessin tant caçar com ser atractius. A Amèrica, no obstant això, el Beagle va ser criat amb la finalitat de reduir la seva altura. Actualment, no és difícil trobar Beagles d'una altura de només 25 o 30 centímetres desde la creu. Durant tot aquest temps, el Beagle era vist estrictament com a un gos de caça, sent criat i ensinistrat exclusivament a tal efecte. No ha estat fins a més tard quan el Beagle va començar a popularitzar-se per les seves qualitats com animal de companyia, tot i que sempre ha estat i estarà molt unit als caçadors.

El nom que rep la raça té dues possibles orígens. D'una banda es considera una derivació de la paraula cèltica beag que significa petit, mentre que per un altre se sosté que prové de la paraula francesa begueule que significa boca oberta, potser en referència al fragorós clam que produïxen en el grup.

No són gossos especialment cridaners, solen bordar durant les caceres per a avisar als caçadors que es troben sobre la presa. A més dels sons comuns a tots els gossos. Es caracteritzen per un udol típic de la raça, una 'cant' barreja de bordar i udolar. Generalment, emeten aquest so quan detecten una olor que crida la seva atenció. L'udol d'un beagle és més aviat fort a causa de la seva gran capacitat pulmonar però no arriba a un to molt greu.

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The Beagle is a medium-sized dog breed. A member of the hound group, it is similar in appearance to the Foxhound but smaller with shorter legs, and longer, softer ears. Beagles are scent hounds developed primarily for tracking hare, rabbit, and other game. They have a keen tracking instinct and an excellent sense of smell, which has seen them employed as detection dogs for prohibited agricultural imports and foodstuffs in quarantine around the world. They are popular as pets because of their size, even temper, and lack of inherited health problems. These characteristics also make them the dog of choice for animal testing.

Although beagle-type dogs have existed for over 2,000 years, the modern breed was developed in Britain around the 1830s from several breeds, including the Talbot Hound, the North Country Beagle, the Southern Hound and possibly the Harrier.

Beagles have been depicted in popular culture since Elizabethan times in literature and paintings, and, latterly in film, television and comic books. Snoopy of the comic strip "Peanuts" has been called the world's most famous Beagle.

Dogs of similar size and purpose to the modern Beagle can be traced back to around the 5th century BC. Xenophon, born around 433 BC, in his Treatise on Hunting refers to a dog that hunted hares by scent and was followed on foot.[1] Dogs of this type were taken to Rome and may have been imported to Roman Britain. Small hounds are mentioned in the Forest Laws of Canute which exempted them from the ordinance which commanded that all dogs capable of running down a stag should have one foot mutilated.[2] If genuine, Canute's laws would confirm that beagle-type dogs were present in England before 1016, but it is likely they were written in the Middle Ages to give a sense of antiquity and tradition to Forest Law.

In the 11th century, William the Conqueror brought the Talbot hound to Great Britain. The Talbot was a predominantly white, slow, deep-throated, scent hound derived from the St Hubert Hound which had been developed in the 8th century. At some point the English Talbots were crossed with Greyhounds to give them an extra turn of speed.[4] Long extinct, the Talbot strain probably gave rise to the Southern Hound which, in turn, is thought to be an ancestor of the modern day Beagle.

From Medieval times, beagle was used as a generic description for the smaller hounds, though these dogs differed considerably from the modern breed. Miniature breeds of beagle-type dogs were known from the times of Edward II and Henry VII, who both had packs of Glove Beagles, so named since they were small enough to fit on a glove, and Queen Elizabeth I kept a breed known as a Pocket Beagle, which stood 8 to 9 inches (20 to 23 cm) at the shoulder. Small enough to fit in a "pocket" or saddlebag, they rode along on the hunt. The larger hounds would run the prey to ground, then the hunters would release the small dogs to continue the chase through underbrush. Elizabeth I referred to the dogs as her singing beagles and often entertained guests at her royal table by letting her Pocket Beagles cavort amid their plates and cups.[5] Nineteenth century sources refer to these breeds interchangeably and it is possible that the two names refer to the same small variety. In George Jesse's Researches into the History of the British Dog from 1866, the early 17th century poet and writer Gervase Markham is quoted referring to the Beagle as small enough to sit on a man's hand and to the:

little small mitten-beagle, which may be companion for a ladies kirtle, and in the field will run as cunningly as any hound whatere, only their musick is very small like reeds.[6]

Standards for the Pocket Beagle were drawn up as late as 1901; these genetic lines are now extinct, although modern breeders have attempted to recreate the variety

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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.

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Dear Friends,

I don't really know if I will keep up with Flickr in these next months. Expect 1-2 uploads/month.

Things are pretty busy and it looks like they will become worse from the very next week.

I will be attending a specialization in the next four months, 8 hours/week, so spare time will be at its minimum!!!

I hope to have the chance of shooting as soon as spring starts!

I don't know if I will be able to check your streams out, I hope you don't mind.

This was shot a month ago: I arrived there an hour before sunrise, and luckly those pink clouds had a wonderful timing, making all the landscape look magnificent.

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The shot

This is an artificial lake, about 50 km from where I live

The Processing

Camera Raw

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Photoshop

- Switched to LAB to improve tones;

- Added a few Soft Light layers to adjust light;

- Added a Color Balance layer;

- Resized for the Web (1200px);

- Applied an Unsharp Mask to slightly improve contrast;

- Cleaned some dust spots using the healing brush

- Smart Sharpen + More accurate (On luminosity 'blending mode' with the sky masked off);

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José Honorato Lozano (1821 - 1885)

Letras y’ Figuras (Views of Manila)

signed (lower right)

Ca. 1850

gouache and watercolor on paper

22” x 33” (56 cm x 84 cm)

Opening bid: PHP 5,000,000

Literature:

Roces, Alfredo. Felix Resurrección Hidalgo & The Generation of 1872.

Eugenio Lopez Foundation, Inc., 1998, p. 66.

Provenance: The Benito J. Legarda, Jr. Collection

This enchanting work in watercolor by Jose Honorato Lozano from the 1840s shows a vanished, magnificent Manila inevitably altered by the 1863 and 1880 earthquakes, Spanish decline, Revolution, American modernization, the World War II holocaust, postwar demolitions, and careless city administrations. The painting is composed of three horizontal panels: the top and bottom panels have three sections each while the middle panel is a panoramic view of the Manila Bay.

The first section of the top panel shows Calle Anloague in Binondo (“Street of the Carpenters,” now Juan Luna street leading to the Divisoria entrepot) where several foreign trading firms are headquartered. We see an all–stone building or house on the left with the flag of the United States of America (in the 1840s), it is likely the head office of an American trading firm. (It can be disputed that this is a view of Calzada de San Sebastian [now R Hidalgo street] with its rows of elegant houses. The said street rose in importance during the 1830s when the rich of the long–established arrabales (districts) of Intramuros, Binondo, and Santa Cruz, in an effort to escape their crowded and smelly communities, started constructing big urban villas with the (then unheard–of) luxury of fruit and vegetable gardens and passable, clean estuaries/waterways at the back which were impossible to build in the older arrabales. However, the view really seems to be that of Calle Anloague, which is a much more important street at the time than Calzada de San Sebastian.)

The initial letter V is composed of well–dressed, hat–wearing laborers carrying logs. The letter I is formed by a well dressed native woman with a parasol and her companions. The second/middle section of the top panel shows a view of the commercial buildings, warehouses, and big houses lining the Pasig river from Santa Cruz to Binondo to Tondo (right to left). (This brings to mind personalities like the very rich Don Narciso Padilla, who during this exact time owns a fleet of ships, boats, and cascos [big bamboo rafts] which carries goods from the Pasig river all the way up north to the Ilocos and all the way down south to the Visayas, as well as rows of warehouses that stretch from Binondo to Tondo. This shipping and logistics empire is inherited by his daughter Dona Maria Barbara Padilla y Flores [“Dona Baritay”] who subsequently becomes known as La Reina de Rio Pasig because of her immense shipping and warehousing businesses; she becomes the mother of the master painter Don Felix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla.)

The letter E is formed by laborers carrying logs and an ambulant Chinese vendor selling lugaw rice porridge and its condiments as well as gupit noodles to his hungry customers. The letters W and S are composed of veiled women and well–dressed men. The third section of the top panel shows a bahay kubo/nipa hut in a rustic setting which is probably the Gagalangin area in Tondo, even then the most populous district of the city. There is a simple couple huddling in a bamboo shed. Tondo in the 1800s, specially the Gagalangin area with its charming front gardens, is a pleasant residential district inhabited by people of modest means but also by some of the richest families in Manila with fortunes from international and domestic trading, warehousing, manufacturing, financing, and even micro-financing. Tondo in the 1800s up to the prewar was a vastly different community compared to what it is today.

The second section is a panoramic view of the Manila Bay with many ships and boats. It is a beautiful, swimmable beach with fine sand, just like all the lovely beaches of Las Islas Filipinas. Tragically, the Americans would fill it with boulders, stones, and sand to make Dewey boulevard (now Roxas boulevard) during the early 1900s. There is a succession of interesting vignettes on the beachfront. From the left going right, we see a young, well–dressed principalia couple of the ruling class on their horses; two men with sparring roosters (cockfighting); a man on a carabao; the letter O formed by a man inside a casco (raft) or a boat; a mother and child just finished bathing in the sea; the letter F formed by a couple pounding rice on a wooden mortar; a female vendor with a small tapayan / earthenware water container on her head, a male vendor balancing a pole hung with 2 baskets, a mature, well–dressed principalia couple, and a female vendor selling rice cakes she is preparing on a papag or bamboo daybed.

The first section of the bottom panel shows a view outside Intramuros looking north to the Pasig river. From the left, we see the Puente de Espana (Bridge of Spain) which has been there since 1630, the Pasig river, the Magellan monument, and the Maestranza wall. The Maestranza is a long portion of the Intramuros walls facing north to the Pasig river with many chambers built in the early 1600s to accommodate soldiers as well as all sorts of goods being traded downstream and upstream. There is a big woven rice thresher in the middle of it all, likely for the processing of rice being grown in the areas around Intramuros.

The letter M is formed by musicians with a harp and guitar with chickens on top. The letter A is composed of a man amidst bamboo.

The second/middle section of the bottom panel shows the Plaza Mayor of Intramuros with the three major buildings flanking it: We see the Manila Cathedral in the middle (south), the Palacio del Gobernador on the right (west), and the Ayuntamiento/Casas Consistoriales on the left (east). It is still about 20 years before the great earthquake of 1863 which will level them all. (It is after that devastation that the Governor–General will transfer the seat of power to the far more modest riverside villa in the nearby San Miguel district that is the Palacio de Malacanan. The transfer of the Governor–General to San Miguel impels the rich --- specially the Spanish peninsular and the Spanish mestizo rich --- to construct grand villas with sprawling lush gardens in the area, setting off the most European incarnations of the Filipino bahay–na–bato. The idea of luxurious urban villas conceived in Calzada de San Sebastian achieves perfection in nearby San Miguel. Calle General Solano and Calle Aviles become the most fashionable addresses of the Filipino rich towards the end of the Spanish regime in 1898.)

The letter N is formed by women with a horse. The letter I is composed of a group of men with top hats and women. The letter L is made up of a bahay kubo, a big woven rice thresher, a man with sacks, and other men.

The third section of the bottom panel shows the Binondo church with a frontage of greenery (unbelievable to contemporary eyes). It looks like an orchard with rows of fruit trees.

The final letter A is formed by an old woman cooking with palayok earthenware pots, and there is a Chinese vendor balancing a pole from which hang a pair of tapayan vessels, probably filled with clean water.

Jose Honorato Lozano was one of several painters in Manila during the first half of the 1800s, along with the pioneering Damian Domingo, Juan Arzeo, and the younger Antonio Malantic and Justiniano Asuncion (“Capitan Ting”). In the tradition of miniaturismo (highly detailed art) popular in those days, Lozano specialized in the quaint art of letras y figuras, in which a full name was exquisitely spelled out with letters formed by vignettes with all kinds of subjects --- people, animals, plants, musical instruments, conveyances, landscape views, etc. These incredibly detailed works charmed the affluent locals who hung them in their reception rooms as well as the expatriate Spaniards and other Europeans who commissioned and brought them home as souvenirs of an exotic Asian sojourn.

This utterly charming Views of Manila from the erudite Benito J. Legarda , Jr. collection was likely commissioned by a British or American client. The work in watercolor was signed por Jose Honorato Lozano in elegant script on the lower right side. It is not known how it made its way to Legarda’s collection; it could have been acquired from a prominent Filipino family but it was most likely purchased from leading rare maps and books dealers in the USA or the UK (many of whom were his longtime friends), as were many of Legarda’s Filipiniana collections. This Jose Honorato Lozano Views of Manila stands on its own as a great Filipino work of art and an important, unassailable pictorial document of Spanish Manila as it was in the 1840s, almost two hundred years ago.

Lot 70 of the Leon Gallery auction in February 2021. Please see leon-gallery.com for more details.

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Built on a basalt outcrop, the castle was known to the native Britons as Din Guardi and had been the capital of the British Kingdom of Bryneich from the realm's foundation in c.420 until 547, the year of the first written reference to the castle. In that year the citadel was captured by the Anglo-Saxon ruler Ida of Bernicia and became Ida's seat. It was briefly retaken by the Britons from his son Hussa during the war of 590 before being relieved later that same year.

His grandson Æðelfriþ passed it on to his wife Bebba, from which the early name Bebbanburgh was derived. The Vikings destroyed the original fortification in 993.

The Normans built a new castle on the site, which forms the core of the present castle. William II unsuccessfully besieged it in 1095 during a revolt supported by its owner, Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland. After Robert was captured, his wife continued the defence until coerced to surrender by the king's threat to blind her husband.

Bamburgh then became the property of the reigning English monarch. Henry II probably built the keep. As an important English outpost, the castle was the target of occasional raids from Scotland. In 1464 during the Wars of the Roses, it became the first castle in England to be defeated by artillery, at the end of a nine-month long siege by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick.

The Forster family of Northumberland provided the Crown with twelve successive governors of the castle for some 400 years until the Crown granted ownership to Sir John Forster. The Forster family retained ownership until Sir William Forster (d. 1700) was posthumously declared bankrupt and his estates, including the castle, were sold to Lord Crew, Bishop of Durham ( husband of his sister Dorothy) under an Act of Parliament to settle the debts.

The castle deteriorated but was restored by various owners during the 18th and 19th centuries. It was finally bought by the Victorian industrialist William Armstrong, who completed the restoration.

During the Second World War, the Royal Navy corvette HMS Bamborough Castle was named after it.

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desnuda y con sombrilla / Silvio Rodriguez

tú, sentada en una silla

yo, de pie con expresión de lord

tu, desnuda y con sombrilla

yo, vestido pero con calor.

Tú, con uñas y con dientes

mirándome de frente

con brillo de matar.

Yo, retrocediendo un poco

llenándome de un loco deseo de sangrar.

Tú, besando tus rodillas

yo, discreto pero sin rubor.

Pero tú creando maravillas

yo soñándome esquimal sin sol.

Tú, con un ritmo tan lento

buscando un alimento

frotado con alcohol.

Yo de pronto ensimismado

mirándote alelado colmada de licor.

Tú, ardiente y sin capilla

yo, quitándome el sombrero alón

pero tú, dispuesta la vajilla

yo, al filo de mi pantalón.

Yo, a punto del delirio

extraigo un solo cirio

que poso ante tu flor.

Tú, susurrando un misterio

de un no sé qué venéreo

me das un protector.

Tú, sentada en una silla

yo, de pie con expresión de lord.

Pero tú, desnuda y con sombrilla.

Yo, vestido pero con calor.

Tú.

Yo.

Él.

*Carquinez: pronounced car-kee-nez. . . . . View Large

The activity of so many boats has stirred the bottom and muddied the waters of the strait.

From the stern of the Tractor Tugboat Andrew Foss. I'm very fortunate to be standing here. It was also a sad day, as the 887-foot Battleship IOWA is headed to the "Mothball Fleet" in Suisun Bay, California; there she'll languish for 10 years, before being saved for future generations.

The Iowa's three sister battleships already have found permanent homes as museum ships.

BB-62 New Jersey is in Camden, New Jersey.

BB-63 Missouri is at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

BB-64 Wisconsin is at Norfolk, Virginia .... and NOW the last,

BB-61 Iowa is at San Pedro, California (Port of Los Angeles)

Go to Battleship Iowa's website, www.pacificbattleship.com...

Note 'Konabish' in blue letters on the tug ;)