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The 16th Avenue Tiled Steps project has been a neighborhood effort to create a beautiful mosaic running up the risers of the 163 steps located at 16th and Moraga in San Francisco.
Artists Aileen Barr and Colette Crutcher led the creation of the 163 mosaic panels that were applied to the step risers, over 300 neighbors joined us in making them, and over 220 neighbors sponsored handmade animal, bird and fish name tiles imbedded within the mosaic. The City permitting process was completed on August 18, 2004. KZ Tile, a major San Francisco tile setting company, generously agreed to set the mosaic panels into the risers and tile the step treads with rough, nonslip tile.
If we live our life in fear,
I'll wait a thousand years
Just to see you smile again.
Kill the prayers for love and peace,
You'll wake the thought police.
We can't hide the truth inside.
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To the left of this tree, out of frame obviously, is a bench where we were sitting looking around for some good spots to photograph when a dog came up and said hello. It then proceeded to turn around and pee on Harley's knee and my camera bag. My bag spent the rest of the day being scrubbed with Dettol Surface Cleaner... Highlight of the day.
This Julie's Pond or as more well known, The Heart Shaped Pond, please read the brief explanation
From Wikipedia
Prince's Lodge was named for the estate His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Duke of Kent resided in while in Halifax in the 1700s .In 1794, Prince Edward arrived to serve in Halifax.with his French mistress Julie St. Laurent. The Duke was often entertained at the "Friar's Cell" and liked it so much that Wentworth felt obliged to offer it to him during his stay in Halifax. Prince Edward accepted, and renovated the residence and developed the gardens around the estate by landscaper from England. The result was what is today Hemlock Ravine Park , 185 acres (0.75 km2) with a heart shaped pond known as Julie's Pond, and was constructed by the Duke in honor of his mistress.
The Wentworth's resumed living in the lodge When Prince Edward returned to England. Now called the Prince's Lodge, it was here that Sir John established the Rockingham Club. But after Sir John died, the estate was neglected. By 1870, in ruins, it was sold at auction and divided into building lots. All that remains of the original estate is the Rotunda,which the Nova Scotia Government acquired in 1959. It is a small, round music room that stands on a knoll overlooking the Bedford Basin.
54/365 - Carolina Drama - The Raconteurs
Today was another really tough day of hard work.
It started badly with the viewing of our work on the "Tea or Coffee" weekly theme with our studio teacher, and the work we did was not what he was thinking about.
We were too late at noon to grab the equipment we needed for the work of the afternoon so we had to eat something as quickly as possible and get back to the studio to finally take away a Mamiya RB67, a studio flash and a 120 Superia 400 ISO film.
We had less then 3 hours to go to town and shoot the film in order to make portraits on location of people working.
I was with Loic, Hugo and Florent with only 1 medium format camera for all of us... 4 different places to go to, including time to meet the guys, set up, find the good light, the good settings, to shoot, and to pack all things again... And be on time at school for the economic course, the "finish to kill" last course of the day until 7.15PM...
Luckily we met Simon who's already done his job and he lend to Loic and I his own RB67.
Loic had a appointment at Corezone shop but first we went to Hurley shop to shoot my film.
I've been there several times to take some testing portrait for shool, and the guys over there are really too nice and cool ! A huge thanks to them !
So this was a testing shot we did with the 7D to test the light before shooting with the Mamiya. Can't wait to see the analog results, this was a test for our studio course and my teacher will judge me on this work.
Also Loic did some cool shot with the Corezone shop's crew who are awesome !
Today I've chosen to quote lyrics from a Jack White's band The Raconteurs because it's a huge song and it's also on the original soundtrack of an awesome surf movie with Rob Machado.
I'm a huge fan of The Raconteurs and Jack White's music in fact.
Rob Machado is the guy on the picture behind Loic, it's an awesome surfer sponsored by Hurley that you should watch surfing !
Link to the trailer of the movie "The Drifter" with Carolina Drama - The Raconteurs music on the OST.
Light :
- 1 flash Elinchrom D-Lite4 with Portalite softbox at min power on the left of the sofa, fired with PC synch cable
Canon EOS 7D - Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG macro EX
Sébastien Huruguen
Best view : Large On Black | SETUP
Je me suis fait une petite série "gouttes d'eau" pour le délire. J'étais sur qu'il fallait un flash à "haute vitesse" pour réaliser ce genre de photo, du coup je n'avait jamais tenté... Merci à Erwan Bazin pour l'info, le flash intégré fait l'affaire ;-)
Camera : Canon EOS 50D
Lens : Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Exif : 100mm - ISO320 - 1/250s - f/8
Post Process : Photoshop / Lightroom (single Raw, no hdr)
Proyecto Final de Fotografía Artística (Junio 2010) :))))))))))))).
DESAFÍO A LA VEJEZ
Cuando yo llegue a vieja
si es que llego
y me mire al espejo
y me cuente las arrugas
como una delicada orografía
de distendida piel.
Cuando pueda contar las marcas
que han dejado las lágrimas
y las preocupaciones,
y ya mi cuerpo responda despacio
a mis deseos,
cuando vea mi vida envuelta
en venas azules,
en profundas ojeras,
y suelte blanca mi cabellera
para dormirme temprano
como corresponde
cuando vengan mis nietos
a sentarse sobre mis rodillas
enmohecidas por el paso de muchos inviernos,
sé que todavía mi corazón estará
-rebelde- tictaqueando
y las dudas y los anchos horizontes
también saludarán mis mañanas.
Gioconda Belli
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After visiting the Grand Canyon in May, we spent an afternoon visiting Williams, Arizona and walking down the old town's Route 66 admiring the vintage buildings, cafes and shops. We still didn't see it all and want to return for another visit soon. Above is a photo of what I think is a beautiful 1950 Ford outside Pete's Gas Station Museum on Route 66 in Williams. I enhanced this photo with PhotoShop filter Fractalius.
INFORMATION ON PETE'S GAS STATION MUSEUM:
Pete's Route 66 Gas Station Museum is a homage to old time gas stations, part museum and part gift shop, specializing in a collection of gas station memorabilia, including old gas pumps, vintage oil cans, vintage signs and equipment. It's owned, operated and is being restored by Pete's son. It's been a station for a very long time but the current building was built in 1949. It operated as a gas station till 1989 when it ceased operation and the tanks were removed from the ground. It sat idle for several years but is now whipped back into presentable shape. Half of the garage is a museum and the other half is a gift shop. The late 1940’s classic Ford sedan out front is Pete's.
INFORMATION ON THE 1950 FORD:
Although all Fords looked nearly identical during the 1949-1951 model years the cars themselves were dramatically changed underneath. The reason was that the '49 was a dog of a machine that rode poorly, rattled and shook, and was fraught with defects. During its 17-month production run it caused nothing but trouble for the company, but well over a million of them were sold to a public starved for new cars.
By the 1950 model year's fall of '49 introduction, Ford engineers had solved most of the major problems with the cars. The loosy-goosey '49's frame and body were stiffened and thickened in many areas, body sealer was pumped into weld joints, door weatherstrip was redesigned and the front end was re-engineered. The old one, Ford's first fully independent front suspension, was impossible to align so the '50 model was given the addition of a redesigned torsional stabilizer and a bunch of other tweaks. The rear springs were relocated as well in a response to customer complaints about bouncy ride.
The gas filler neck was removed from the body and put behind a little flap door and the bumpers were strengthened to allow the cars to be jacked up. Many earlier '49 Fords were attempted to be jacked up at the side of the road, only to find the bumpers and brackets bending hopelessly out of place and the wheel still on the ground.
Many other refinements were put into the 1950 models in an attempt to keep customers from going over to Chevrolet and, for the most part, the result was quite acceptable. The base engine was the same flathead inline 6 from earlier years. It was a very good engine that put out 95 horsepower. The venerable flathead V8 was optional. It put out 100 horsepower and didn't suffer the piston-slap and timing gear problems of earlier engines.
Sedans and business coupes were upholstered in striped gray fabric or broadcloth, but customers could opt to get the same thing in tan. Vinyl was used on the sides and tops of seats and the door panels were done in the same material as the seats. Headliners too were done in broadcloth and the stamped-steel instrument panels were done in either gray or tan. These were the days of rubber floor mats, by the way, and only the very top-end models offered carpet. "Magic-Air" heaters were optional too.
The 1950 model lineup included 2-door and four-door sedans, business coupes, convertibles and station wagons. The top of the line was the Crestliner, a gussied-up and heavily trimmed model that very few people bought because Ford didn't advertise it in any noticeable way, and it was about $200 more expensive than the other models. That was a lot of money in 1950.
1950 Fords were basic cars. Transmission offerings were limited to the 3-speed manual (three on the tree!) with an optional overdrive that was touted as "automatic," in the sense that it would cut in at speeds above 27 mph and return to normal below about 20 mph. Tires were 6.00 X 16, which was typical of the day. Whitewalls were a big deal back then, but tire life was pitiful by today's standards. Ten-thousand miles was a long, long life for a tire.
1950 Ford Collectability: 1950 Fords are actually quite popular with collectors. Convertibles and wagons (wagons?) are the most sought-after, with fully restored examples routinely selling in the $30,000+ range. Crestliners are virtually non-existent and very valuable.
1949 Fords, by contrast, are not popular with knowledgeable collectors for all the reasons above. Besides, most of them were junked long, long ago and a good-condition '49 is a rare thing to find.
Canon Eos 450D 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6. IS
ISO 200, F10 , 1/250sec, 18mm
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«La più piccola parola è circondata da acri ed acri di silenzio, e perfino quando riesco a fissare quella parola sulla pagina mi sembra della stessa natura di un miraggio, un granello di dubbio che scintilla nella sabbia.»
Paul Auster
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Sagi Rei
...every day and every night
i always dream that you are by my side
oh, baby,
every day and every night
well i said every
thing's gonna be alright..
ie.youtube.com/watch?v=ihw_4wy1nWY&feature=related
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La spiaggia del Principe è una delle spiagge più belle della Costa Smeralda, lungo la costa nord orientale della Sardegna.
Il suo nome è legato ad una presunta preferenza del principe Aga Khan per questo angolo di mare. E' un grande arco di sabbia finissima delimitato da rocce e circondato dalla macchia mediterranea. Il colore e la limpidezza di questo mare si devono al particolare fondale in sabbia e granito. E' divisa in due parti da un gruppo di scogli che emerge sulla battigia.
Come arrivare: da Olbia seguire le indicazioni per la Costa Smeralda. Preso il bivio per Cala di Volpe, subito dopo l'omonimo Hotel, si gira a destro verso la località Romazzino. Dopo circa un km e mezzo si lascia l'auto e si procede a piedi per qualche centinaio di metri.
This link is just in Dutch unfortunately. Here is a brief translation I just cooked up:
In early times only the Steenweg ‘Rock road’, could be found here. An old road paved with cobblestones which connected the ‘Grootbrug’, or ‘Large Bridge’ and the present day Steenweg, part of an important route from Bavay in the North of present day France to Utrecht in the Netherlands. A canal was dug in the 13th century along the Steenweg which connected the river Dijle and the Koolvliet. On the Eastern bank of this canal a Vismarkt (fishmarket) was built.
In 1532 this canal was put underground and the Vismarkt moved to where it nowadays. The last part of the canal on the Ijzeren Leen was filled up in 1675.
The name Ijzeren Leen dates from the 17th century, and stems from the iron railings (ijzeren leuningen), which were put along the canal in the century before. They were probably manufactured between 1531 and 1534 and restored between 1783 and 1927.
(source: Bouwen door de eeuwen heen in Vlaanderen)
Nowadays the Ijzeren Leen called the Champs Elysees of Mechelen. It contains the ‘Schepenhuis’, which is the former town hall. This houses a small museum with 16th and 17th century art.
With all the great parts on the PaB walls right now I was planning another Small PaB Cup challenge ala Mantiskings's Single Set Challenge like the one I did last January, but after scoping out the wall, making a plan and buying the cupful of parts, I haven't had much time and I lost motivation.
A few days ago I sat down with the cup and started fiddling and this happened. I don't think I'm going to finish the challenge, but at least I got something from the cup. Once finished, it struck me how much it looked like a Poke Ball. HA!
Querol, Tarragona (Spain).
A beautiful view from the road.
Una bonita vista desde la carretera.
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.
a quote by the lovely Eleanor Powell.
So, what WILL YOU become? (:
I have this journal that I bought at Barnes And Noble, and I love it.
Every single page has an inspiring quote along with a verse from the Bible
that matches the quote. Every time I write in it, I feel so inspired.
When I write about how bad I want to give up, I look up at the top of the page, and
i see a quote that tells me not to.
and at the bottom, there's a beautiful bible verse that tells me God has created plans for me.
I guard that journal with my life.
and I carry it everywhere I go.<333
I want to give God the greatest gift.
because he's blessed me, well, with my own life.
That is why i don't want to take my life for granted.
I want to make something out of it and please Him with it.
I want to be a photographer.
A photographer that through pictures, will show how lovely and merciful He is
to a world that lives and is lost in hopelessness, sadness, pain, death and fear.
and that He can change lives.
I want to be a person, that when people look at me, they can see clearly that Jesus lives
in my heart.
You are my reason for my joy. You are my reason for my happiness. Because of You I can rejoice. Because of you i treasure every breath, I owe this to You. For all that You do. To worship you in spirit and in truth. I live my life for You. I give you my heart. I give you my soul. Lord I give You my everything.
Note:
I might be a little silly, but the reason behind this picture was that
I was looking up, and when I saw the sky and the power lines
I was instantly reminded of a piece of paper (:
The sky, being the paper, and the power lines being the lines in which we write (:
It reminded me of my journal...<
This is a photo of the old abandoned Ludlow Cafe on Route 66 in Ludlow, California. The Ludlow Cafe served its last ice cream malt years ago.
The original photo was taken by Jonas Hansson, a very good Swedish friend of mine, on his trip with his father Hans in 2006 (via their vintage Volvo PV convertible) across the USA on Route 66. With Jonas' permission, I've been selecting some of my favorite photos of their road trip along the "Mother Road" and doing some post processing... enhancing, cropping, tone mapping, special effects, etc.
The original photo was not so great. I used Photoshop to crop and enhance the photo, and then my Photoshop filter "Fractalius" to turn it into a digital painting/drawing. This is one that looks much better when viewed large.
Below is a link to Hans and Jonas' blog about their historic trip:
hanssonroute66.blogspot.com/2006/07/information-in-englis...
LUDLOW, CALIFORNIA, THE TOWN THAT REFUSES TO DIE:
Today, Ludlow is a town that refuses to die. Ludlow is really three towns in one. It is a ghost town of two eras; the mining era and old Route 66. When Interstate 40 was built the Route 66 Ludlow died. Residents picked up and moved north another block to meet the Interstate. It is the Interstate that keeps Ludlow alive today.
Located along the railroad tracks of the 35th parallel, Ludlow became a water stop for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in 1882 (now the Santa Fe RR). The discovery of ore in the nearby hills assured the town of growth in the late 1880's. The decline of mining and rail traffic in the 1940's spelled Ludlow's decline. Ludlow is a ghost town of two eras; it was also a stop on old Route 66. When Interstate 40 was built Ludlow died a second time. Businesses moved once more to meet the demand of travelers on the new Interstate leaving another collection of highway memories baking in the intense Mojave heat.
During the heyday of Route 66 Ludlow was a welcome stop for the tired and thirsty traveler, a place to rest and get away from the heat of the Mojave Desert. This second more modern ghost town tells a tale of the glory days of Route 66 when travelers would stop for a bite to eat or get repairs on their cars. If they were heading west they knew that the next day they would be on the golden shores of the Pacific Ocean.
Sentieri d'autunno 2011 - Fra i tre laghi - Umbria
turismo.comune.perugia.it/resources/Itinerari/PDF/sentier...
Viaggi e miraggi - De Gregori
www.musictory.it/musica/Francesco+De+Gregori/Viaggi+%26+M...
"Dietro a un miraggio c'è sempre un miraggio da considerare,
come del resto alla fine di un viaggio
c'è sempre un viaggio da ricominciare..
..Perciò partiamo, partiamo che il tempo è tutto da bere..
..Beviamo tutto, sentiamo il gusto del fondo del bicchiere
e partiamo, partiamo, non vedi che siamo partiti già? .."
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i had a photo shoot yesterday for the artwork that is going to be on display on the walls of a new restaurant/bar opening here in Tallahassee. It's all pin-up girl themed and this is a behind the scenes shot of what we did yesterday.
This was toward the end of the shoot when we didn't have 4 hair/make up people, other models, another photog, and just random people coming in and out.
It was super hectic, but the images that I got are hands down some of my best. Super excited to post some of them!
strobist: if it's not obvious:
ab800 through socked beauty dish
ab800 to the right had different gels shooting onto the background
ab800 to the left as a little rim light
all fired via pocket wizardry
light | dark | expired agfacolor 200-n
The 2010 Traveling Panoramic Camera Adventure
A panorama camera was shared among 16 photographers throughout the USA and the UK and the resulting images and experiences are being shared on the long square project flickr group.
Specs for the camera are:
28mm fixed two element lens
1/125 shutter f/11
13 x 36 mm panorama mask
My fellow adventurers are:
Andy Schmitt NJ
Brian Krummel PA
Peter Schafer WV
Meredith Shinko Ensell OH
Angie Harris OH
David Lindley OH
Bill Bressler MI
Karen Taylor TX
Warren Harold TX
Randy Ray Cathey TX
Robert Williams NM
Steve Welch NM
Ariel Boston NM
Phil Bebbington UK
Shari Baker UK
Ver grande sobre fondo negro I View large on black
Mas fotos en éste monográfico:
Hoy es para mí un día triste, muy triste, jodida e inmensamente triste.
Hace unas pocas horas he recibido como un mazazo la indeseable noticia del fallecimiento de mi buen y querido amigo, el Doctor Luis Alberto Melograno Lecuna.
Pocas horas antes de abandonarnos, nos dejaba éste mensaje en su página de facebook donde, tan sólo desde hace unos meses, una legión de seguidores vivía pendiente de su evolución y de sus vivencias a través de una especie de club de fans, un grupo de seguidores del Doctor Melograno Lecuna, creado especialmente con ese fin. Decía en ese último mensaje:
“(...) Nuestra vida es muy corta y el tiempo pasa volando...Si alguien sabe que el sentido de la vida es algo distinto y mejor que el de desarrollar nuestros talentos para hacer cosas trascendentes para nuestra especie, por favor que me pase el dato(...)”
Dr. Luis A. Melograno Lecuna.
He querido titular esta trilogía de fotos con una cita de su querido y admirado maestro Jorge Luís Borges, que estoy seguro que él aprobaría con orgullo, y que además es un claro reflejo de lo que ha sido su vida, su intensa y bien aprovechada vida, a pesar de su cortedad, pues ha sido un hombre renacentista, polifacético, inquieto por cualquier actividad humana que se moviese a su alrededor. Un hombre de una vasta cultura e innumerables vivencias, viajero impenitente y gran conversador. Todo un lujo de ser humano. Un hombre próximo, cariñoso, siempre dispuesto a embarcarse en cualquier proyecto, para con su esfuerzo personal, satisfacer las demandas de las personas de su entorno, a pesar de que su entorno era muy, muy grande.
Tuve oportunidad de conocerte, amigo, virtualmente como a tí te gustaba decir, a través de la página flickr, ese gran punto de encuentro para todos los fotógrafos del orbe, cuando uno de los primeros estadíos de tu enfermedad te tuvo postrado, y tú aprovechaste la ocasión para, utilizando este espacio como una válvula de escape, darnos a conocer una ingente cantidad de tú material fotográfico. Desde un primer momento supe que había tenido la enorme fortuna de haberme topado con un ser especial, con un ser excepcional, con una de esas personas con las que merece la pena compartir escenario en esta puñetera vida. Tu optimismo, tu alegría de vivir, tus conocimientos y tu generosidad y amplitud de miras no me dejó indiferente ,y supe desde ese mismo instante, que tendría un amigo para siempre al otro lado del Atlántico.
Recuerdo con enorme cariño y emoción, uno de los primeros mensajes que me enviaste:
Hola, Chema!
Cuando por primera vez aparecí en Firenze, mientras me acercaba en la Galería de la Academia de Bellas Artes a la espectacular escultura del David, escoltada a ambos lados de gran pasillo de paredes ocre pálido por los famosos "prisioneros" de Buonarroti, me surgió instintivamente un comentario sobre ese artista colosal que a los 28 años pudo gestar semejante obra.
Fue así que llegué hasta la base de la escultura, y extendí mi mano hasta tocarle el dedo gordo del pie izquierdo (sin que nadie me viera para que no me llamara a la atención), mientras murmuraba una frase que a mi enteder (desde la profunda admiración y el afecto), resumía lo que en mi despertaba el genial Michelangelo.
Simplemente dije: "Éste es un hijo de la gran puta"
Con el mismo respeto y admiración y hablando de fotografía, querido Chema, debo decir... que eres un hijo de la gran puta...
No elijo una sola foto tuya como favorita, porque todas lo son, y no tiene sentido derivar a mi listaddo de fotos todo tu photostream. Simplemente voy a él, y lo disfruto. Sólo puse, por una cuestión de agradecimiento, la primer HDR que publicaste y me dedicaste.
Por lo visto, no existen las casualidades, sino las causalidades...
Y en ese sentido, Flickr ha sido (lo sigue siendo) una fuente de energía y estética y amigos virtuales y ganas de vivir...
Un abrazo,
Betto
Aún me aborda una triste sonrisa cuando releo tus palabras escritas, que en aquellos momentos me sorprendieron con un inmerecido orgullo. Nunca podrás saber cuánto te las agradecí en aquel momento. O quizás sí. También me obsequiaste con un emotivo testimonial que aparece en mi perfil de flickr, y que desde entonces ha sido para mí un pequeño tesoro que conservo y conservaré con agradecimiento y cariño hacia tu persona.
A raiz de ello comencé a seguirte a través de tus múltiples blogs y páginas, a conocer tu obra, a leer tus escritos, con los cuales pude ligeramente aproximarme a atisbar la dimensión de tu obra y de tu persona. Betto, desde luego que en el momento de entregar la cuchara no lo has hecho con las manos vacías, ni mucho menos. Si hay que rendir cuentas ante alguien o algo del aprovechamiento de una vida, es un hecho bien cierto, que tu llevas el zurrón lleno de experiencias y vivencias intensamente aprovechadas y sentidas, intensamente trabajadas en beneficio siempre de la gente que hemos tenido la gran suerte de convivir y compartir contigo el camino a recorrer en algún momento de tu existencia.
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Large, 45 mm high, long-dead, eroded specimen with imbricate (flounced) growth lines surviving in grooves between spiral cords; magnified X4 in inset.
Cast up from offshore onto storm beach strandline, Kirkcudbright, S.W. Scotland, July 1968.
Full SPECIES DESCRIPTION BELOW
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Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758).
Synonyms: Murex erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758; Ocenebra erinacea [misspelling in Graham, 1988]; 45 unaccepted subspecies and varieties listed on WoRMS.
Current taxonomy: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140405
Vernacular: European sting winkle, European oyster drill (English); Gwichiad coliog (Welsh); Stekelhoren, Geschubde stekelhoren (Dutch); Großes Seekälbchen, Gerippte Purpurschnecke, Gerippte Felsschnecke, Austernbohrer (German); Cormaillot (French); Ψευτόστρομπος (Greek).
GLOSSARY below.
Shell description.
The matt, opaque, solid shell grows sublittorally to 50 mm high and 25 mm wide (Fretter & Graham, 1985) fig. 01 flic.kr/p/2op3qCC, but most intertidal specimens are less than 30 mm high fig. 02 flic.kr/p/2op6v13 . The body-whorl is about 75% of the shell’s height. Those in the Mediterranean are larger (Jeffreys, 1867), occasionally up to 65 mm high (Pers. comm. Jakov Prkić, 18 March 2023), are generally more colourful and ornate fig. 03 flic.kr/p/2op3Kef & fig. 04 flic.kr/p/2op6tN8 and there are some differences in body features. The differences may be geographical variation, but it would be helpful if differing specimens could be molecularly sequenced.
Each of the tumid whorls has an angled shoulder and eight or nine widely spaced, strong costal ribs which are crossed by two major, rounded spiral cords on the spire whorls and by eight or nine on the body-whorl fig. 05 flic.kr/p/2op6th8 ; minor cords are also present. There are low knobs where the cords and costal ribs intersect. Numerous flounced growth lines cross the spiral cords and grooves and give the whole shell an imbricate appearance fig. 06 flic.kr/p/2op6t35 & fig. 07 flic.kr/p/2op8Aq1 unless eroded, when they survive longest in the grooves fig. 01 flic.kr/p/2op3qCC . On adults the most recently formed costal rib acts as a labial varix which thickens the palatal lip of the aperture fig. 05 flic.kr/p/2op6th8 unless there has been recent new growth fig. 06 flic.kr/p/2op6t35 . The sutures between the whorls are deep and sinuous. The sculpture becomes more pronounced with age. The shell exterior is yellowish white fig. 05 flic.kr/p/2op6th8 with varying amounts of brown which may create bands associated with the spiral cords or costal ribs fig. 08 flic.kr/p/2op6sCH . The protoconch, lacking obvious sculpture, has about two and a half tumid, smooth whorls about 1 mm in diameter fig. 02 flic.kr/p/2op6v13 which, when not eroded, form a sharp apical point.
The height of the aperture is about 60% of the shell height fig. 02 flic.kr/p/2op6v13 . It is approximately ‘P’ shaped with the nearly straight inner lip (parietal and columellar) and long siphonal canal forming the upright, and the palatal lip forming the curve. On young shells the canal is open fig. 02 flic.kr/p/2op6v13 . Later the columellar lip expands over the canal to roof it fig. 08 flic.kr/p/2op6sCH to a greater or lesser degree. All lips are pure white and the parietal lip tends to spread onto the adjacent body-whorl. The palatal lip may consist of the labial varix or a thin, finely folded lip projecting a minimal fig. 05 flic.kr/p/2op6th8 or moderate fig. 06 flic.kr/p/2op6t35 distance beyond the varix, depending on recent growth and erosion. It meets the parietal lip at about 90°. On mature shells, the palatal lip often has interior protrusions which correlate with the spiral grooves of the exterior fig. 09 flic.kr/p/2op8Yue . The interior of the aperture is smooth and glossy white.
The operculum fig. 10 flic.kr/p/2op7LKL has a fairly straight columellar-parietal edge. Its palatal edge is curved except for a straight basal section which, with the columellar-parietal edge, forms a wedge which fits into the siphonal canal. Centrally, it is dark reddish brown, but a wide peripheral zone is translucent yellowish fig. 11 flic.kr/p/2op6rLh .The outer face, made of conchiolin produced by the opercular groove, has a marginal nucleus with many fine, surrounding, concentric growth lines. The inner face has a non-marginal, excentric nucleus surrounded by broad, concentric, bands of adventitious conchiolin produced by a ring of gland cells in the opercular disc fig. 10 flic.kr/p/2op7LKL . Both interior bands and exterior growth lines are visible through the translucent operculum when viewed against a backlit white background; the patterns cross each other fig. 11 flic.kr/p/2op6rLh . The inner face has an area of rougher texture where the columellar muscle attaches to it. The edge of the attachment area is visible as a curved line unaligned with either growth lines or adventitious bands. Apart from the rough muscle-attachment, the inner face of operculum has a shiny varnished surface fig. 10 flic.kr/p/2op7LKL . The operculum is flexible so it can fit the aperture tightly behind the interior protrusions, if any, of the palatal lip fig. 09 flic.kr/p/2op8Yue or bend round the body fig. 12 flic.kr/p/2op8XAa .
Body description
The flesh is translucent white or yellowish white with many opaque white blotches, and yellow, sometimes saffron (Jeffreys, 1867), distally on the cephalic tentacles fig. 12 flic.kr/p/2op8XAa & fig. 13 flic.kr/p/2op8XsQ , but the yellow may not be developed on small juveniles fig. 07 flic.kr/p/2op8Aq1 and juveniles less than 5 mm high in the Adriatic may have grey and black bodies fig. 37 flic.kr/p/2opNWxW . Dark viscera are visible in parts of the body rarely extended into view fig. 14 flic.kr/p/2op7KP7 .
The small dorsoventrally flattened head consists of two diverging cephalic tentacles with thick bases tapering about two thirds of their length to an eye fig. 12 flic.kr/p/2op8XAa & fig. 14 flic.kr/p/2op7KP7 beyond which they are slender. Ventrally there is an opening slit (rhynchostome) fig. 15 flic.kr/p/2op8WGX for eversion of the pleurembolic feeding proboscis which can extend greatly; there is no permanently external snout. The radula, buccal mass and true mouth are in the distal end of the proboscis fig. 14 flic.kr/p/2op7KP7 when extended. The short rachiglossan radula has in each row of three colourless, transparent teeth a wide, central, rachidian tooth with many small cusps (points) flanked on either side by a longer marginal tooth. The cusps on the anterior rows are usually worn down by boring into the shells of prey.
The translucent yellowish white mantle roofs the mantle cavity fig. 12 flic.kr/p/2op8XAa and a folded portion fig. 14 flic.kr/p/2op7KP7 extends as a respiratory siphon through, but rarely beyond, the siphonal canal of the shell fig. 17 flic.kr/p/2op6qtC . The mantle covers the body but is translucent enough to reveal the organs when the animal is removed from the shell fig. 22 flic.kr/p/2op8VfZ . The edge of the mantle is thickened, more yellowish and less translucent fig. 12 flic.kr/p/2op8XAa .
The short, broad foot is about 33% the length of the shell fig. 18 flic.kr/p/2op6qhA . When fully spread it is widest at the anterior fig. 19 flic.kr/p/2op7JJm but it can vary to circular fig. 20 flic.kr/p/2op3Ek2 . There are no distinct propodial tentacles, but the agile foot can fold readily and bring the sides and flexible front corners together fig. 17 flic.kr/p/2op6qtC to manipulate prey or, in the case of females, manoeuvre egg capsules. The opening to the inverted accessory boring organ is on the medial fold line of the sole a short distance from the anterior. It is difficult to detect except when the sucker-like boring organ is everted to hold and to soften the shell of the prey for boring by the radula. A little further posterior than the boring gland on females there is an opening to the ventral pedal gland into which the foot inserts each newly laid egg capsule for final shaping and subsequent fixing to the substrate.
Dorsally the foot is coloured as the body but the yellowish white sole lacks opaque white marks except where those on the dorsum show through the thin periphery fig. 20 flic.kr/p/2op3Ek2
Behind the right tentacle, males have a large, white penis fig. 21 flic.kr/p/2op6pqL .
Removal of the shell fig. 22 flic.kr/p/2op8VfZ & fig. 23 flic.kr/p/2op8wre will show a large, yellowish, pinnate ctenidium and a smaller, pinnate, red-brown osphradium resembling a ctenidium in structure. The following organs may be visible through the translucent mantle: the greenish hypobranchial gland, rectum, black rectal gland, heart, kidney and the visceral lump containing the digestive gland and, in the breeding season, the ovary or testes.
Key identification features
Ocenebra erinaceus
1. Maximum height 50 mm, width 25 mm (W/H 50%) fig. 01https://flic.kr/p/2op3qCC . Littoral specimens usually to 30 mm high.
2. 8 to 9 costal ribs. Numerous imbricate growth lines fig. 06 flic.kr/p/2op6t35 .
3. Most recently formed costal rib forms a labial varix on or near palatal lip fig. 05 flic.kr/p/2op6th8 .
4. Two major spiral cords on the spire whorls and 8 to 9 on the body-whorl fig. 05 flic.kr/p/2op6th8 . Minor cords are also present.
5. Shell yellowish white with pure white aperture lips and siphonal canal. Open fig. 02 flic.kr/p/2op6v13 or closed fig. 08 flic.kr/p/2op6sCH siphonal canal often slightly longer than the aperture above it.
6. Cephalic tentacles translucent white with opaque white marks and yellow distally fig. 12 flic.kr/p/2op8XAa , but small juveniles may lack the yellow fig. 13 flic.kr/p/2op8XsQ .
7. Egg capsules 6 to 13 mm high. Shaped like a hot water bottle with sloping shoulders. Sometimes have a raised rib giving triangular cross section. Narrow aperture on a short neck has a small protruding plug. Whitish turning to yellow or purple with age fig. 24 flic.kr/p/2op6oKN .
8. Norway to Morocco and Mediterranean. Lives on rocky substrate all round Britain except east Scotland. Lower shore and sublittoral. Does not live in the Baltic or on continental coasts of the North Sea; multiple records of it at
waarneming.nl/species/20959/maps/?start_date=2000-08-29&a...
are fossils in sand dumped to replenish Dutch beaches (Han Raven, pers. comm. 14 March 2023).
Similar species
Shells have intraspecific variations with interspecific overlap, and features may be eroded or indiscernible on images, so use of more than one feature is advisable for reliable identification.
Ocinebrellus inornatus (Récluz, 1851)
O. inornatus “is very similar to Ocenebra erinaceus and is very difficult to distinguish due to the morphological variability of both” (Trigo et al. 2018). First arrivals of this invasive species are frequently mistaken for O. erinaceus. Large unworn adult shells of O. inornatus show the most distinct sculptural features. The form of egg capsules and colour of tentacle tips are diagnostic in north-west Europe.
1. Maximum height 63 mm (fig. 27 flic.kr/p/2op7GK1 ).
2. Usually 8 to 9, occasionally 4 to 12 costal ribs (Amano & Vermeij 1998 in Goud et al. 2008) on body-whorl. They are more prominent and angulated at the shoulder giving a more pronounced turreted effect than on Ocenebra erinaceus fig. 25 flic.kr/p/2op8vQj . No imbricate growth lines are visible in images of O. inornatus available for this account fig. 26 flic.kr/p/2op7GSA .
3. On large mature specimens the ribs on the body-whorl may be blade-like with the final one flaring out widely from the lip, level with the substrate fig. 27 flic.kr/p/2op7GK1 . But the more frequent smaller specimens have costal ribs and a labial varix like those on O. erinaceus fig. 25 flic.kr/p/2op8vQj .
4. 4 to 7 spiral cords on the body-whorl (Lützen et al, 2011).
5. Shell white with varying amounts and shades of brown. Aperture lips and siphonal canal white are sometimes whitish and brownish in parts. Siphonal canal is often slightly shorter than aperture above it.
6.Cephalic tentacles distally pure white without any yellow beyond the eye fig. 26 flic.kr/p/2op7GSA & fig. 28 flic.kr/p/2op3CD1 but some may be white faintly tinted brownish or pinkish proximally below the eye fig. 29 flic.kr/p/2op7Grf .
7. Egg capsules 15 to 20 mm high. Shaped like a kite with rounded lateral corners and a face strongly flexed so its two wings bend towards each other. Its tall neck tapers to a narrow aperture. Initially whitish turning yellow with age fig. 24 flic.kr/p/2op6oKN .
8. China, Korea, Japan and Sakhalin Island. Preys on Magallana gigas and has been accidentally translocated with commercial shipments of M. gigas to Pacific coasts of North America and to Europe from Iberia to Denmark. Locally common and a pest on oyster beds Not yet recorded in Britain (pers. comm. S. Taylor, Marine Recorder of Conchological Soc. G.B. & Ireland,15 March 2023) but because of difficulty in differentiating it from Ocenebra erinaceus it might be present unrecognised.
Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)
1. Usual maximum height 15 mm and width 10 mm.
2. Eight to ten broad costal ribs on body-whorl. Slightly imbricate growth lines raised at irregular intervals, but not as prominently as on Ocenebra erinaceus.
3. Thin, crenulate palatal (outer) lip has no labial varix fig. 30 flic.kr/p/2op8TJc .
4. 18 to 20 spiral ridges on the body-whorl.
5. Shell dark brown fig. 30 flic.kr/p/2op8TJc , may show red of body within when well lit in water fig. 31https://flic.kr/p/2op7G27 . Dead worn shells are paler. Sigmoid, pearlescent white, parietal-columellar (inner) lip fig. 30 flic.kr/p/2op8TJc does not extend onto body-whorl. Siphonal canal open and orange-buff, when young, closed when older.
6. Cephalic tentacles and whole body intense red flecked with yellowish white spots fig. 31 flic.kr/p/2op7G27 . Tips of tentacles and siphon paler.
7. Egg capsules barrel shaped (Wigham & Graham, 2018).
8. Found often in proximity of Perforatus perforatus (Cirripedia) from the Mediterranean to Bretagne, Scilly Isles and south-west England.
Urosalpinx cinerea (Say, 1822). fig. 32 flic.kr/p/2op6ngR
1. Maximum height 40 mm, width 20 mm.
2. 10 to 12 low, sometimes inconspicuous, costal ribs on final whorl.
3. Thin, crenulate palatal (outer) lip thickens and develops internal ribs with age. No labial varix.
4. 16 to 18 spiral ridges on the body-whorl, eroded where they cross the costae, so no protruding nodules. Sometimes spiral ridges more prominent than costae.
5. Shell yellowish or grey with brownish white aperture lips and siphonal canal. Open siphonal canal half the length of the aperture above it.
6. Flesh is cream with dark marks on tentacles and mantle edge.
7. Egg capsules about 5 mm high. Flattened oval attached to substrate with a thin stem. Wide, slightly everted aperture has recessed plug. Buff or yellowish fig. 24 flic.kr/p/2op6oKN
8. Nova Scotia to Florida. Introduced from America with commercial Magallana gigas to south-east England and the Netherlands. Lower shore and sublittoral to 15 m.
Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
1. Usual maximum height 45 mm, to 65 mm sublittorally.
2. No costal ribs. Numerous imbricate growth lines on small juveniles occasionally persist on adults fig. 33 flic.kr/p/2op8SiB .
3. No labial varix. Lip thin when young, thickened when full grown.
4. Shell often worn smooth fig. 34 flic.kr/p/2op3AEX but some have about 2 spiral bands on the spire whorls and about 10 on the body-whorl fig. 35 flic.kr/p/2op6kjQ .
5. Shell usually whitish; sometimes yellowish, and bands of various colours may occur fig. 34 flic.kr/p/2op3AEX . Aperture lips and siphonal canal usually white but can have patches of other colour.
6. Body and cephalic tentacles pure white fig. 34 flic.kr/p/2op3AEX .
7. Egg capsules are spindle shaped, up to 10 mm high and 4 mm wide, on a short thin stalk. Yellowish white becoming yellow or sometimes purple or brownish with age fig. 24 flic.kr/p/2op6oKN .
8. White Sea to Gibraltar, not Baltic (low salinity), and Greenland to New York. Common on hard substrate all around Ireland and Britain, avoiding low salinity of inner estuaries.
Habits and ecology
O. erinaceus lives on rocky shores at LWST and sublittorally to 150 m on stony substrate.
It feeds on bivalves, barnacles and tube dwelling worms, boring holes through their shells to rasp out the flesh with its radula. It takes about ten days to bore into and consume an oyster with its everted proboscis fig. 16 flic.kr/p/2op8y3A .
The strong shell affords protection against predators. When active, little of the animal protrudes beyond its shelter fig. 18 flic.kr/p/2op6qhA and the operculum protects nearly half of the foot. In Croatia those in shallow water are often covered with algae which conceal them fig. 36 flic.kr/p/2op3zyP . When sealed, the long siphonal canal protects the siphon so it can remain safely extended for respiration when the animal is retracted into the shell fig. 09 flic.kr/p/2op8Yue .
Inhalant water entering through the respiratory siphon has its quality checked by the pectinate osphradium at the inner end of the siphon before passing through the larger pectinate ctenidium fig. 22 flic.kr/p/2op8VfZ & fig. 23 flic.kr/p/2op8wre .
O. erinaceus breeds in late April and May in Britain. The male fertilizes the female internally with its long penis. Egg capsules from the oviduct are manoeuvred one at a time by the female’s flexible foot into the ventral pedal gland where they are moulded before being fixed to rock or shells. Several capsules are laid close together, and females often lay in company. The egg capsules are 6 to 13 mm high, and are shaped like a hot water bottle with sloping shoulders. Sometimes a raised rib creates a triangular cross section. The narrow aperture is on a short neck and has a protruding plug. The capsules are initially whitish turning to yellow or purple with age fig. 24 flic.kr/p/2op6oKN . After nine or ten weeks, most of the young emerge from the capsule as crawling juveniles, but about 14% emerge as late veliger, swimming larvae with a well developed four-lobed velum and a foot. They lose the velum within five days (Wigham & Graham, 2018).
Like Nucella lapillus, females in the vicinity of boats treated with Tributyltin (TBT), an anti-fouling biocide, experience imposex, the malformation of the oviduct causing sterility. Near Plymouth and Falmouth docks, England, about 90% of female O. erinaceus were so affected in studies from 1991 to 1995 (Gibbs, 1996). Even so, the reproductive failure was less than that experienced by N. lapillus perhaps because of arrival of swimming late veligers, which N. lapillus lacks, from less affected areas.
Distribution and status
O. erinaceus occurs from the Azores and the Mediterranean to its winter-cold induced limits in northern France and south-east Scotland. It does not live in the Baltic or on continental coasts of the North Sea; multiple records of it at
waarneming.nl/species/20959/maps/?start_date=2000-08-29&a...
are fossils in sand dumped to replenish Dutch beaches (Han Raven, pers. comm. 14 March 2023) and probably some misidentified Ocinebrellus inornatus. These misleading records have transferred to GBIF at www.gbif.org/species/4364689 . Because of the mild Atlantic drift in winter, it extends up the west coast of Ireland and Britain to Orkney and Shetland. The U.K. distribution map at species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0021055838 probably shows the true position (accessed March 2023), but there, too, fossils are present in pleistocene glacial drift (Forbes & Hanley, 1853) from which they may be washed out onto beaches.
In the past, the limits have shifted. During the exceptionally severe winters 1928 - 1929 and 1962 - 1963, the population along the British North Sea coast was almost annihilated (Lützen et al., 2011). With global warming it is possible that it may spread north of its current limits, but recording of any change should be based on live specimens as the solid shells persist for long periods after death.
Acknowledgements
For use of images I thank Philippe Boissel, Pierre Corbrion, Valentin Engelbos, Marion Haarsma, Gabriel Paladino Ibáñez, Kaila Wheatley Kornblum, Michal Maňas, Alen Petani, Jakov Prkić, Malcolm Storey, Simon Taylor, Freek Titselaar, Albert van den Bruele, Daniëlla van Dijk and Stefan Verheyen. For helpful discussion and information I thank Han Raven and Stefan Verheyen.
Links and references
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archive.org/details/historyofbritish03forbe/page/370/mode...
Fretter, V. 1941 The genital ducts of some British stenoglossan prosobranchs J. Mar. Biol. Ass. 25(1): 173-211.
plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/1194/1/The_genital_ducts_of_some_...
Fretter, V. and Graham, A. 1962. British prosobranch molluscs: their functional anatomy and ecology. London, Ray Society.
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Gibbs, P.E. 1996. Oviduct malformation as a sterilising effect of tributyltin (TBT)-induced imposex in Ocenebra erinacea (Gastropoda: Muricidae). J. Moll. Stud., 62 (4): 403 to 413. academic.oup.com/mollus/article/62/4/403/1053911 (open access).
Goud, J., Titselaar, F. & Mulder, G. 2008. Weer een ‘verstekeling’: de Japanse Stekelhoren Ocinebrellus inornatus (Récluz, 1851) (Gastropoda, Muricidae) levend aangetroffen in de Oosterschelde. Spirula 365: 132 to 134. natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1002492
Graham, A. 1988. Molluscs: prosobranch and pyramidellid gastropods. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) no.2 (Second edition). Leiden, E.J.Brill/Dr. W. Backhuys. 662 pages.
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Glossary
acrembolic = (of proboscis) entirely invertible/eversible like finger of glove.
adventitious = in an unusual anatomical position.
aperture = mouth of gastropod shell; outlet for head and foot.
buccal mass = anterior of digestive system including a radula, odontophore and muscles.
cephalic = (adj.) of or on the head.
cf. = (abbreviation of Latin ‘confer’) compare with.
cilia = (pl.) vibrating linear extensions of membrane used in locomotion.
coll. = (or “in coll.”, abbreviation of “in collectionem”) in the collection of (cf. leg.).
columella = axis of gastropod shell spiral, exposed on final whorl by aperture.
columellar = (adj.) of or near central axis of spiral gastropod.
columellar lip = lower (abapical) part of inner lip of aperture.
conchiolin = horny flexible protein which forms the operculum of most marine gastropods, the periostracum and a matrix for the deposition of calcium carbonate to create a mollusc’s shell. Chemical structure C30H48O11N3; ‘chitinous’ as it resembles, though not identical to, chitin (C8H13O5N)n.
costa = (pl. costae) axial rib crossing shell whorl at about right-angles to any spiral striae.
costal = (adj.) of, or arranged like, costae.
ctenidium = comb-like molluscan gill with filaments either side of a rachis .
cusp = raised point or prominence on crown of a tooth.
digestive gland = organ which acts like the liver and pancreas in mammals to absorb food.
distal = away from centre of body or from point of attachment.
dorsoventrally flattened = as if pressed flat from above.
efferent = (adj. of vessel) carrying haemolymph away from an organ.
efferent branchial vessel = vessel along rachis of ctenidium which carries oxygenated haemolymph away from the ctenidium to the heart for circulation to organs.
ELWST = extreme low water spring tide (usually near March and September equinoxes).
everted = turned inside out from the body.
height = (abbreviation H.) distance from apex of shell to base of aperture.
hypobranchial gland = gland which secretes mucus to trap and consolidate particles from inhalant water. Probably other biologically active compounds produced. On contact with air and light, mucus changes from greenish through red to purple.
imbricate = arranged to overlap like roof tiles.
inverted = turned outside in like a sock.
labial varix = especially strong or broad costa (rib) near edge of outer lip of aperture.
leg. = (abbreviation of legit) collected/ found by (cf. coll.)
LWST = low water spring tide, two periods of a few days each month when tide falls lowest.
mantle = sheet of tissue that secretes shell and forms a cavity for the gill in most marine molluscs. mantle edge = only part that produces exterior layers of shell. When flounced, it makes protruding shell-growth that forms imbricate sculpture.
odontophore = tongue-like structure of cartilage supporting radula.
opercular = (adj.) of the operculum.
operculum = plate of horny conchiolin, rarely calcareous, used to close shell aperture.
osphradium = organ for testing inhalant water for particles and/or chemicals produced by pollutants, prey or predators.
parietal lip = upper part of inner side of gastropod aperture.
periostracum = thin horny layer of chitinous material often coating shells.
pers. comm. = personal communication by face-to-face conversation, telephone, letter or email.
pleurembolic proboscis = basal part (only) of proboscis inverts to form a sac for rest of proboscis to be retracted into without inversion. (cf. acrembolic).
proboscis = internal feeding tube, containing the buccal mass with radula; only extended when feeding.
protoconch = apical whorls produced during embryonic and larval stages; different in form from other whorls forming teleoconch.
proximal = towards the centre of the body or point of attachment.
rachidian = (adj.) median/middle tooth in each row of teeth on radula.
rachiglossan = (adj.) of radula with a many-cusped, rachidian tooth, and single marginal tooth at each side.
rachis = central shaft/main axis of a feather or gill plume.
radula = chitinous ribbon of teeth; extended on odontophore to rasp food.
rectal gland = black or brown diverticulum of the rectum lying over it. Found in O. erinaceus and other Neogastropoda. Its function is unknown.
velum = bilobed flap on veliger larva, with beating cilia for swimming.
rhynchostome = opening on ventral surface of head for eversion of a proboscis.
sigmoid = curved in two directions like letter ‘S’ but often with shallower curvature.
suture = groove or line where whorls of gastropod shell adjoin.
teleoconch = entire gastropod shell, apart from apical protoconch.
tumid = bulging, distended, swollen, distinctly convex.
tumidity = the condition of being tumid.
varix = (see labial)
veliger = shelled larva of marine mollusc; swims by waving cilia on velum (bilobed flap).
Chorão-das-praias é o nome comum da espécie Carpobrotus edulis, uma planta suculenta, rastejante, nativa da região do Cabo, na África do Sul. Em regiões com clima semelhante, como o Mediterrâneo e partes da Austrália e Califórnia, escapou ao controle humano e tornou-se uma espécie invasora.
Carpobrotus edulis is a creeping, mat-forming succulent species and member of the Stone Plant family Aizoaceae, one of about 30 species in the genus Carpobrotus. It is also known as Ice Plant, Highway Ice Plant, Pigface or Hottentot Fig and in South Africa as the Sour Fig, on account of its edible fruit. It was previously classified in genus Mesembryanthemum and is sometimes referred to by this name. The species is native to South Africa but is naturalised in many other regions throughout the world.
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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
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The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" is a fountain in Rome, Italy, located in the Piazza Navona. Designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini, it is emblematic of the dynamic and dramatic effects sought by High Baroque artists. It was erected in 1651 in front of the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone, and yards from the Pamphilj Palace belonging to this fountain's patron, Innocent X (1644-1655).
The four gods on the corners of the fountain represent the four major rivers of the world known at the time: the Nile, Danube, Ganges, and Plate. The design of each god figure has symbolic importance.
Design
Bernini's design was selected in competition. The circumstances of his victory are described as follows:
So strong was the sinister influence of the rivals of Bernini on the mind of Innocent that when he planned to set up in Piazza Navona the great obelisk brought to Rome by the Emperor Caracalla, which had been buried for a long time at Capo di Bove for the adornment of a magnificent fountain, the Pope had designs made by the leading architects of Rome without an order for one to Bernini. Prince Niccolò Ludovisi, whose wife was niece to the pope, persuaded Bernini to prepare a model, and arrange for it to be secretly installed in a room in the Palazzo Pamphili that the Pope had to pass. When the meal was finished, seeing such a noble creation, he stopped almost in ecstasy. Being prince of the keenest judgment and the loftiest ideas, after admiring it, said: “This is a trick … It will be necessary to employ Bernini in spite of those who do not wish it, for he who desires not to use Bernini’s designs, must take care not to see them.”
Paraphrase from Filippo Baldinucci, The life of Cavaliere Bernini (1682)
Public fountains in Rome served multiple purposes: first, they were highly needed sources of water for neighbors in the centuries prior to home plumbing. Second, they were monuments to the papal patrons. Earlier Bernini fountains had been the Fountain of the Triton in Piazza Barberini, the fountain of the Moor in the southern end of Piazza Navona erected during the Barberini papacy, and the Neptune and Triton for Villa Montalto, whose statuary now resides at Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Each has animals and plants that further carry forth the identification, and each carries a certain number of allegories and metaphors with it. The Ganges carries a long oar, representing the river's navigability. The Nile's head is draped with a loose piece of cloth, meaning that no one at that time knew exactly where the Nile's source was. The Danube touches the Papal coat of arms, since it is the large river closest to Rome. And the Río de la Plata is sitting on a pile of coins, a symbol of the riches America could offer to Europe (the word plata means silver in Spanish). Also, the Río de la Plata looks scared by a snake, showing rich men's fear that their money could be stolen. Each is a river god, semi-prostrate, in awe of the central tower, epitomized by the slender Egyptian obelisk (built for the Roman Serapeum in AD 81), symbolizing by Papal power surmounted by the Pamphili symbol (dove). In addition, the fountain is a theater in the round, a spectacle of action, that can be strolled around. Water flows and splashes from a jagged and pierced mountainous disorder of travertine marble. A legend, common with tour-guides, is that Bernini positioned the cowering Rio de la Plata River as if the sculpture was fearing the facade of the church of Sant'Agnese by his rival Borromini could crumble against him; in fact, the fountain was completed several years before Borromini began work on the church.
The dynamic fusion of architecture and sculpture made this fountain revolutionary when compared to prior Roman projects, such as the stilted designs Acqua Felice and Paola by Fontana in Piazza San Bernardo (1585-87) or the customary embellished geometric floral-shaped basin below a jet of water such as the Fontanina in Piazza Campitelli (1589) by Giacomo della Porta.
Unveiling
he Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi was unveiled to the populace of Rome on 12 June 1651. According to a report from the time, an event was organised to draw people to the Piazza Navona. Beforehand, wooden scaffolding, overlaid with curtains, had hidden the fountain, though probably not the obelisk, which would have given people an idea that something was being built, but the precise details were unknown. Once unveiled, the full majesty of the fountain would be apparent, which the celebrations were designed to advertise. The festival was paid for by the Pamphili family, to be specific, Innocent X, who had sponsored the erection of the fountain. The most conspicuous item on the Pamphili crest, an olive branch, was brandished by the performers who took part in the event.
The author of the report, Antonio Bernal, takes his readers through the hours leading up to the unveiling. The celebrations were announced by a woman, dressed as the allegorical character of Fame, being paraded around the streets of Rome on a carriage or float. She was sumptuously dressed, with wings attached to her back and a long trumpet in her hand. Bernal notes that "she went gracefully through all the streets and all the districts that are found among the seven hills of Rome, often blowing the round bronze [the trumpet], and urging everyone to make their way to that famous Piazza." A second carriage followed her; this time another woman was dressed as the allegorical figure of Curiosity. According to the report, she continued exhorting the people to go towards the piazza. Bernal describes the clamour and noise of the people as they discussed the upcoming event.
The report is actually less detailed about the process of publicly unveiling the fountain. However, it does give ample descriptions of the responses of the spectators who had gathered in the Piazza. Once there, Bernal notes, the citizens of the city were overwhelmed by the massive fountain, with its huge life-like figures. The report mentions the "enraptured souls" of the population, the fountain, which "gushes out a wealth of silvery treasures" causing "no little wonder" in the onlookers. Bernal then continues to describe the fountain, making continuous reference to the seeming naturalism of the figures and its astonishing effect on those in the piazza.
The making of the fountain was met by opposition by the people of Rome for several reasons. First, Innocent X had the fountain built at public expense during the intense famine of 1646-48. Throughout the construction of the fountain, the city murmurred and talk of riot was in the air. Pasquinade writers protested the construction of the fountain in September 1648 by attaching hand-written invectives on the stone blocks used to make the obelisk. These pasquinades read, "We do not want Obelisks and Fountains, It is bread that we want. Bread, Bread, Bread!" Innocent quickly had the authors arrested, and disguised spies patrol the Pasquino statue and Piazza Navona
The streetvendors of the market also opposed the construction of the fountain, as Innocent X expelled them from the piazza. The Pamphilij pope believed they detracted from the magnificence of the square. The vendors refused to move, and the papal police had to chase them from the piazza. Roman Jews, in particular, lamented the closing of the Navona, since they were allowed to sell used articles of clothing there at the Wednesday market.
Navona Square (Piazza Navona).
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Piazza Navona is a city square in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in first century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium.[1] The ancient Romans came there to watch the agones ("games"), and hence it was known as 'Circus Agonalis' (competition arena). It is believed that over time the name changed to 'in agone' to 'navone' and eventually to 'navona'.
Defined as a public space in the last years of 15th century, when the city market was transferred to it from the Campidoglio, the Piazza Navona is a significant example of Baroque Roman architecture and art. It features sculptural and architectural creations: in the center stands the famous Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or Fountain of the Four Rivers (1651) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini; the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone by Francesco Borromini and Girolamo Rainaldi; and the Pamphilj palace also by Rainaldi and which features the gallery frescoed by Pietro da Cortona.
The Piazza Navona has two additional fountains: at the southern end is the Fontana del Moro with a basin and four Tritons sculpted by Giacomo della Porta (1575) to which, in 1673, Bernini added a statue of a Moor, or African, wrestling with a dolphin, and at the northern end is the Fountain of Neptune (1574) created by Giacomo della Porta. The statue of Neptune in the northern fountain, the work of Antonio Della Bitta, was added in 1878 to make that fountain more symmetrical with La Fontana del Moro in the south.
At the southwest end of the piazza is the ancient 'speaking' statue of Pasquino. Erected in 1501, Romans could leave lampoons or derogatory social commentary attached to the statue.
During its history, the piazza has hosted theatrical events and other ephemeral activities. From 1652 until 1866, when the festival was suppressed, it was flooded on every Saturday and Sunday in August in elaborate celebrations of the Pamphilj family. The pavement level was raised in the 19th century and the market was moved again in 1869 to the nearby Campo de' Fiori. A Christmas market is held in the piazza.
Other monuments on the Piazza Navona are:
Stabilimenti Spagnoli
Palazzo de Cupis
Palazzo Torres Massimo Lancellotti
Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore
Palazzo Braschi (Museo di Roma)
Sant'Agnese in Agone
Literature and films
The piazza is featured in Dan Brown's 2000 thriller Angels and Demons, in which the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi "The Fountain of the four rivers"(the Danube, the Gange, the Nile and the River Plate) is listed as one of the Altars of Science. During June 2008, Ron Howard directed several scenes of the film adaptation of Angels and Demons on the southern section of the Piazza Navona, featuring Tom Hanks.
The piazza is featured in several scenes of director Mike Nichols' 1970 adaptation of Joseph Heller's novel, Catch-22.
The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi was used in the 1990 film Coins in the Fountain. The characters threw coins into the fountain as they made wishes. The Trevi Fountain was used in the 1954 version of the film.
A Fontana Dei Quattro Fiumi, é maior das três fontes, localizada no centro da praça. Na fonte dos rios, Bernini projetou quatro estátuas representando os rios dos quatro continentes: o Nilo, o Danúbio, o rio da Prata e o Ganges. As estátuas estão montadas sobre um obelisco egípcio, sendo circundadas por leões e outros animais fantásticos, tendo no cume uma pomba em bronze, símbolo da paz no mundo e da família Pamphili. Para realçar a rivalidade entre Bernini e Borromini, que fez a igreja de Santa Agnese, os romanos criaram uma lenda em torno da fonte dos rios, que fica em frente a esta igreja. Segundo os romanos, as estátuas duvidam da solidez do projeto de Borromini. A que retrata o rio da Prata, tem a mão erguida, a proteger o corpo do desabamento da igreja; a que retrata o Nilo, traz a cabeça coberta por um véu, a recusar a ver a obra de Borromini.
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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fonte dos Quatro Rios), foi esculpida por Gian Lorenzo Bernini entre 1648 e 1651, artista do barroco italiano, foi concebida por uma ordem do Papa Inocencio X o Papa da familia Pamphili, cujo tinha sua casa nesta praça.
Esta localizada na Praça de Navona, em Roma. Ela representa os quatro principais continentes do mundo cortados por seus principais rios: Rio Nilo, na África; Rio Ganges, na Ásia, Rio da Prata, na América e o Rio Danúbio, na Europa.
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A escultura da Fonte dos Quatro Rios, encontra-se na Piazza Navona de Roma (Itália) e foi criada e talhada pelo escultor e pintor Gian Lorenzo Bernini em 1651 baixo o papado de Inocencio X, em plena época barroca, durante o período mais prolífico do genial artista e cerca da que em outro tempo fué a Chiesa dei San Giacomo de gli Spagnoli
A fonte compõe-se de uma base formada de uma grande piscina elíptica, coroada em seu centro de uma grande mole de mármol, sobre a qual se eleva um obelisco egípcio de época romana, o obelisco de Domiciano .
As estátuas que compõem a fonte, têm umas dimensões maiores que na realidade e são alegorias dos quatro rios principais da Terra (Nilo, Ganges, Danubio, Rio da Prata), a cada um deles em um dos continentes conhecidos na época. Na fonte a cada um destes rios está representado por um gigante de mármol .
As árvores e as plantas que emergem da água e que se encontram entre as rochas, também estão em uma escala maior que na realidade. Os animais e vegetales, gerados de uma natureza boa e útil, pertencem a espécies grandes e potentes (como o leão, cavalo, cocodrilo, serpente, dragão, etc.). O espectador, girando em torno da fonte, descobre novas formas que dantes estavam escondidas ou cobertas pela massa rocosa. Com esta obra, Bernini quer suscitar admiração em quem olha-a, criando um pequeno universo em movimento a imitação do espaço da realidade natural.
A fonte foi submetida a restauração, um trabalho que se deu por concluído em dezembro de 2008. Constitui um dos palcos finque da novela e o filme Anjos e Demónios, à qual é arrojado um dos cardeais sequestrados, e Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) se lança à água para lhe salvar.
Os animais da fonte
A fonte apresenta figuras de sete animais, além de uma pequena pomba e o emblema dos Pamphili. Para poder observá-las basta com dar uma volta ao redor da fonte. As figuras são: um cavalo, uma serpente de terra (na parte mais alta, cerca do obelisco), uma serpente de mar, um delfín (que funciona também como desagüe), um cocodrilo, um leão e um dragão. Notar também a vegetación esculpida que parece real.
Praça Navona.
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A Praça Navona (em italiano: Piazza Navona) é uma das mais célebres praças de Roma. A sua forma assemelha-se à dos antigos estádios da Roma Antiga, seguindo a planificação do Estádio de Domiciano (também denominado entre os italianos de Campomarzio, em virtude da natureza rude e esforçada dos exercícios - manejo de armas - e desportos atléticos que aí se realizavam). Albergaria até 20 mil espectadores sentados nas bancadas. A origem do nome deve-se ao nome pomposo que lhe foi dado ao tempo do Imperador Domiciano (imperador entre 81-96 d.c.): "Circo Agonístico" (do étimo grego Agonia, que significa precisamente - exercício, luta, combate). Actualmente o nome corresponde à corruptela da forma posterior in agone, depois nagone e finalmente navone, que por mero acaso significa também "grande navio" na língua italiana.
As casas que entretanto e com o passar dos anos foram sendo construídas sobre as bancadas, delimitariam e circunscreveriam até à actualidade o tão afamado Circo Agonístico.
A Navona passou de fato a caracterizar-se como praça nos últimos anos do século XV, quando o mercado da cidade foi transferido do Capitólio para aí. Foi remodelada para um estilo monumental por vontade do Papa Inocêncio X, da família Pamphili e é motivo de orgulho da cidade de Roma durante o período barroco. Sofreu intervenções de Gian Lorenzo Bernini (a famosa Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fonte dos Quatro Rios, 1651) ao centro); de Francesco Borromini e Girolamo Gainaldi (a igreja de Sant'Agnese in Agone); e de Pietro de Cortona, que pintou a galeria no Palácio Pamphilj, sede da embaixada do Brasil na Itália desde 1920.
O mercado tradicional voltou a ser transferido em 1869 para o Campo de' Fiori, embora a praça mantenha também um papel fundamental em servir de palco para espectáculos de teatro e corridas de cavalos. A partir de 1652, em todos os Sábados e Domingos de Agosto, a praça tornava-se num lago para celebrar a própria família Pamphili.
A praça dispõe ainda duas outras fontes esculpidas por Giacomo della Porta - a Fontana di Nettuno (1574), na área norte da praça, e a Fontana del Moro (1576), na área sul.
Na extremidade norte da praça, por debaixo dos edifícios, foram postas a descoberto ruínas antiquíssimas, a uma cota muito abaixo da actual, comprovando a primeva utilização daquele imenso terreiro. Outros monumentos com entrada para a praça:
Stabilimenti Spagnoli
Palazzo de Cupis
Palazzo Torres Massimo Lancellotti
Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore
Curiosidades
Na Piazza Navona, está localizado o Palazzo Pamphilj, propriedade da República Federativa do Brasil, sede da Embaixada Brasileira e da Missão Diplomática do Brasil para a Itália.
Here is an example of "the bird staying late and catching the worm". I watched for ten minutes while this white egret scratched, rooted and pecked in the muddy silt at the bottom of one of the shallow Venice California canals until he found the meal he was looking for. Then he spread his wings and flew to the opposite shore to enjoy the meal away from other wading birds. Color provided by the marvelous late afternoon light. Hand held. Nikon d90 Tamron 18-270 lens @ 250mm 1/800 of a second f6.3 ISO 200.
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In September of 2004, John L. Hennessy, President of Stanford University, made the unprecedented decision to reject Device to Root Out Evil, a sculpture that had been commissioned by the President's Panel on Art by the American sculptor Dennis Oppenheim. Hennessy feared a potential controversy because the sculpture is an inverted church. In a statement, Hennessy said the piece was "not appropriate" for the campus.
Following this announcement, the local and national press reported a dismayed and sometimes outraged reaction to the President’s verdict from those who felt that the University should not use hidden decisions to avoid controversy.
Later, Oppenheim has announced that the Benfic Foundation, a private foundation, located in Vancouver, British Columbia has purchased "Device to Root Out Evil" for over three-hundred thousand dollars and it is permanently installed at Harbour Green Park, the longest continuous waterfront park in downtown Vancouver. At the present site, the twenty-five foot aluminum structure shimmers against the waterfront background. Hand-blown deep red glass shingles and blue-glass windows reflect sunlight during the day and are illuminated from within at night. The sculpture's new home enables Vancouver citizens and visitors to permanently enjoy the conversation which Device to Root Out Evil evokes. The sculpture is part of the The Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale Open Spaces 2005/2006.
The artist maintains that his interest is in exploring the dialogue between architecture and sculpture. Device to Root Out Evil "withdraws functionality from architecture." To those reading religion into the work, he answers that "Turning the church upside down makes it more aggressive, but not blasphemous."
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When: 20110202
How and why: The light and the shapes. I made sure to include the shadows and light in the foreground as much as possible.
Editing: The scene was mostly black and white but the heavy light and contrast created some chromatic aberrations so I had to desaturate anyway.
Zoo - Barcelona (Spain).
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The Bottlenose Dolphin is one of the most common and well-known dolphins. Recent molecular studies show it is in fact two species, the Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (T. aduncus). It inhabits warm and temperate seas worldwide and may be found in all but the Arctic and the Antarctic Oceans.
Bottlenose Dolphins are still occasionally killed in dolphin drive hunts for their meat or because they compete for fish. Bottlenose Dolphins (and several other dolphin species) often travel together with tuna, and since the dolphins are much easier to spot than the tuna, fishermen commonly encircle dolphins to catch tuna, sometimes resulting in the death of dolphins. This has led to boycotts of tuna products and a "dolphin-safe" label for tuna caught with methods that do not endanger dolphins.
Bottlenose Dolphins (as well as other dolphins) are often trained to perform in dolphin shows. Some animal welfare activists claim that the dolphins there are not adequately challenged and that the pools are too small; others maintain that the dolphins are well cared for and enjoy living and working with humans.
Direct interaction with dolphins is used in the therapy of severely handicapped children and adults, and many report it as having a highly positive effect.
The military of the United States and Russia train Bottlenose Dolphins as military dolphins for wartime tasks such as locating sea mines or detecting and marking enemy divers. The USA's program is the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program, located in San Diego, California.
In the town of Laguna in south Brazil, a pod of Bottlenose Dolphins is known to drive fish towards fishermen who stand at the beach in shallow waters. One dolphin will then roll over, which the fishermen take as sign to throw out their nets. The dolphins feed on the escaping fish. The dolphins were not trained for this behaviour; the collaboration has been going on at least since 1847. Similar cooperative fisheries also exist in Africa, and have been reported through recorded history.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottlenose_Dolphin
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CASTELLANO
De las más de 30 especies de delfines que existen, el delfín mular o delfín hocico de botella (Tursiops truncatus) es el más común y más conocido de la familia de los Delphinidae. Ello se debe a que con frecuencia se tiene en cautiverio, pues su naturaleza sociable y su inteligencia lo convierten en la estrella de muchos espectáculos.
En estado salvaje, estos delfines grises viven en grupos de hasta 10 ó 12 individuos. Como otros delfines, se sirven de un sistema de "eco" para localizar su alimento y, a menudo, cooperan entre ellos para acorralar a sus presas. Frecuentemente surcan la estela dejada por los barcos y, a veces, se acercan a los nadadores y los dejan jugar con ellos.
Habitan en los mares cálidos y templados de todo el mundo y pueden encontrarse en todos los océanos a excepción del Ártico y el Antártico.
La especie se conoce comúnmente por su carácter y curiosidad amistosos. Es frecuente que un zambullidor sea investigado por un grupo de ellos. De vez en cuando, los delfines han rescatado a zambullidores en peligro llevándolos a la superficie, un comportamiento que también demuestran hacia los miembros en peligro de sus propias especies. En noviembre de 2004, un informe más dramático de la intervención de un delfín vino de Nueva Zelanda: un gran tiburón blanco se acercó a tres salvavidas, nadando a 100 m de la costa cerca de Whangarei. Un grupo de delfines, detectando al parecer el peligro de los nadadores, se reunió y los rodeó firmemente por cuarenta minutos, previniendo un ataque del tiburón.
Las apariciones de los delfines en la mitología y las leyendas son numerosas, y atestiguan de la relación entre el hombre y los delfines desde la antigüedad. La mitología griega cuenta que estos mamíferos marinos antes que delfines fueron hombres, concretamente unos piratas que intentaron vender al dios Dionisio como esclavo, y este como castigo los convirtió en dichos cetáceos. En la mitología romana Neptuno, el dios romano del agua y el mar, siempre era representado con su característico tridente y rodeado de delfines. Se trasmite la leyenda que entre los antiguos cristianos los delfines es el simbolismo de la regeneración del individuo.
Desde la época de la Guerra Fría los delfines se usan por parte del la Marina estadounidense con fines bélicos debido a su gran inteligencia: ya sea como colocadores de minas, como espías (transportando equipos de detección ópticos o electrónicos) o directamente como soldados, atacando a buzos o embarcaciones. Estos delfines están bajo una Unidad que se conoce como "Unidad de Mamíferos Marinos". El Pentágono ha confirmado el uso de delfines en el Golfo Pérsico para el dragado de minas y la detección de buceadores.
Al igual que los perros antitanque, los delfines son entrenados y usados con fines bélicos, en este caso en el medio subacuático. Se los adiestra para que transporten, coloquen o remuevan minas explosivas magnéticas bajo el casco de embarcaciones militares metálicas. Cuando colocan minas, su labor no es suicida, ya que huyen tras la colocación de la bomba y pueden ser usados para una futura nueva misión.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delf%c3%adn_mular, es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebro_del_delf%c3%adn#Capacidades...
I was tagged by Anna.Teresa, sooo:
1. I HATE gum and eggs; the mere smell of both make me want to gag. Lol.
2. I can drink milk with ANYTHING edible, seriously<3
3. I like the left side of my body (face and all) better than my right.
4. I used to have size 00 gauges, but then figured out they were completely pointless.
5. I have the best memory for the smallest, most random things.
6. I may not look it, but I'm Hispanic (Colombian and Puerto Rican) and speak/read/write fluent Spanish. My hips (don't lie) and curves are proof of my Latin blood.
7. Despite that, I'm actually quite petite; 5'2" and 105 lbs.
8. I have this super obsession with sunrises, sunsets, the sky in general, stars, and anything space-related. And Taylor Swift. Lol
9. 7 is my absolute favorite number. It's everywhereee, and in the Bible tons! Next is 11. I don't like even numbers at ALL.
10. I'm Christian; part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints aka LDS aka Mormon (:
BTW- I am discontinuing my 365 project. I'm a little disappointed in myself because I feel as though I never commit to anything, but it really IS so hard some days to take and upload good shots when you're busy 24/7. I'll probably still upload almost every day, but I'd rather not have the 365 pressure.
"My girlfriend's got a boyfriend, funny
He doesn't make a dime all day
And all her girlfriends' boyfriends with money
What more can i say?
It's true
He never made it through a day of school
The only thing he studied was you
He knows your body better than you do
Maybe i'm your mr. right
Baby, maybe i'm the one you like
Maybe i'm a shot in the dark
And you're the morning light
Whoa
Maybe this is sad but true
Baby, maybe you've got nothing to lose
You could be the best of me
When i'm the worst for you
My girlfriend's got a boyfriend, running
To catch the bus to meet
To meet up with the boyfriend's girlfriend
Who's stunning
she's such a sight to see
It's true
The moment he layed eyes on you he knew
The only wish he wanted came true
He knows he's lucky that he met someone like you."
--"Mr. Right" by A Rocket To The Moon
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This is Russell Sweet. Some of you have seen him before in my photos. He's such a good model. I have so many pictures from today. I can't wait to share them.
This is part of a series. = )
The series Home Town Boy is about a local boy who is stuck in a small town. The series consists of photos all around his small town. It is nostalgic and he is just looking back on his small town existence, because now that he has graduated he is going off to bigger and better things.
This particular shot is at our local Snack Bar. A tiny little fast food joint that almost all of the teens in our town have worked at. haha
Gracias a nuestros amigos de Brasil de AFNatura, en especial a Rosane Marques y a Emídio Bastos por su cariñosa acogida y difusión de la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA ¡ Un gran abrazo !
Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual y hace poco en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans.
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Pediastrum biradiatum, es como todas sus hermanas un alga estrella, estrella que en ésta aparece redoblada, joya multiplicada en sí misma. Pediastrum flota como una estrella frente a la estrella del Sol, cara a cara, reflejándose en quien le da la vida con su luz.
En arte de magia, quizá de magia celta del lugar de donde procede, Pediastrum biradiatum va creando en simetría estas joyas de equilibrio. Armonía de una unión que les permite volar sosteniendo su cuerpo de doble sol en las aguas de las lagunas. Ocho, dos o treinta y dos células, individuos, son los números cabalísticos de esta magia de equilibrio que como un rosetón gótico se abre en el muro fluyente del agua.
En Pediastrum biradiatum los individuos centrales aparecen profundamente recortados, dejando amplias lagunas entre ellos, y los dos lóbulos de cada célula del margen están divididos por una hendidura poco profunda. Nadie dijo que se colocaran así, lo hicieron ellos, lo hizo su magia celta, esa misma magia que les hace volar.
Pediastrum biradiatum vive en zonas con pequeñas acumulaciones de agua y aparece de manera dispersa en estos lugares en los que flota extendiendo su doble corona de radios. Joya celta de las lagunas, Pediastrum biradiatum procede de la localidad bretona de Ille et Vilane, próxima a Rennes y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos, empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
Sitges, Barcelona (Spain).
My first photo with corrected perspective. Obviously I can't reach here standing up.
Mi primera foto con perspectiva corregida. Evidentemente no puedo llegar aquí de pie.
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Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is an Indo-European, Romance language that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade. It was taken to Africa, the Americas, and Asia Pacific with the expansion of the Spanish Empire between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Today, between 322 and 400 million people speak Spanish as a native language, making it the world's second most-spoken language by native speakers (after Mandarin Chinese).
Spanish evolved from Vulgar Latin, with major influences from Arabic in vocabulary during the Andalusian period and minor surviving influences from Basque and Celtiberian, as well as Germanic languages via the Visigoths. Spanish developed along the remote cross road strips among the Alava, Cantabria, Burgos, Soria and La Rioja provinces of Northern Spain, as a strongly innovative and differing variant from its nearest cousin, Leonese speech, with a higher degree of Basque influence in these regions (see Iberian Romance languages). Typical features of Spanish diachronical phonology include lenition (Latin vita, Spanish vida), palatalization (Latin annum, Spanish año, and Latin anellum, Spanish anillo) and diphthongation (stem-changing) of short e and o from Vulgar Latin (Latin terra, Spanish tierra; Latin novus, Spanish nuevo). Similar phenomena can be found in other Romance languages as well.
During the Reconquista, this northern dialect from Cantabria was carried south, and remains a minority language in the northern coastal Morocco.
The first Latin-to-Spanish grammar (Gramática de la Lengua Castellana) was written in Salamanca, Spain, in 1492, by Elio Antonio de Nebrija. When it was presented to Isabel de Castilla, she asked, "What do I want a work like this for, if I already know the language?", to which he replied, "Your highness, the language is the instrument of the Empire."
From the 16th century onwards, the language was taken to the Americas and the Spanish East Indies via Spanish colonization.
Catalan is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia—where it is known as Valencian— and in the city of Alghero in the Italian island of Sardinia. It is also spoken, although with no official recognition, in the autonomous communities of Aragon (in La Franja) and Murcia (in El Carxe) in Spain, and in the historic Roussillon region of southern France, roughly equivalent to the current département of the Pyrénées-Orientales (Northern Catalonia).
Catalan language developed by the 9th century from Vulgar Latin on both sides of the eastern part of Pyrenees mountains (counties of Roussillon, Empúries, Besalú, Cerdanya, Urgell, Pallars and Ribagorça). It shares features with Gallo-romance and Ibero-romance, and it could be said to be in its beginnings no more than an eccentric dialect of Occitan (or of Western Romance).
As a consequence of the Catalan conquests from Al-Andalus to the south and to the west, it spread to all present-day Catalonia, Balearic Islands and most of Valencia.
During the 15th century, during the Valencian Golden Age, the Catalan language reached its highest cultural splendor, which was not matched again until La Renaixença, 4 centuries later.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language
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CASTELLANO
El idioma español o castellano es una lengua romance del grupo ibérico. Es uno de los seis idiomas oficiales de la ONU.
El español es la lengua más hablada del mundo tras el chino mandarín, por el número de hablantes que la tienen como lengua materna. Lo hablan como primera y segunda lengua entre 450 y 500 millones de personas. Por otro lado, el español es el segundo idioma más estudiado en el mundo tras el inglés, con al menos 14 millones de estudiantes, si bien otras fuentes indican que se superan los 46 millones de estudiantes distribuidos en 90 países.
El español, como el resto de lenguas romances, es una continuación moderna del latín hablado (denominado latín vulgar), desde el siglo III a. C. y que, tras el desmembramiento del Imperio Romano, fue divergiendo de las otras variantes del latín que se hablaban en las distintas provincias del antiguo Imperio, dando lugar mediante lenta evolución a las distintas lenguas neolatinas. Debido a su propagación por América, el español es, de largo, la lengua neolatina que ha logrado la mayor difusión.
El castellano se originó como un dialecto del latín en las zonas limítrofes entre Cantabria, Burgos, Álava y La Rioja, provincias del actual norte de España, convirtiéndose en el principal idioma popular del Reino de Castilla (el idioma oficial era el latín). De allí su nombre original de "idioma castellano", en referencia a la zona geográfica donde se originó. La otra denominación del idioma, "español", procede del latín medieval Hispaniolus o más bien de su forma ultracorrecta Spaniolus (literalmente: "hispanito", "españolito"), a través del occitano espaignol. Menéndez Pidal ofrece otra explicación etimológica: el clásico hispanus o hispánicus tomó en latín vulgar el sufijo -one (como en bretón, borgoñón, sajón, frisón, lapón...) y de *hispanione se pasó en castellano antiguo a españón, "luego disimilando las dos nasales se llegó a español, con la terminación -ol, que no se usa para significar naciones".
Avatares históricos y socioecónomicos, y su uso popular como lengua de intercambio, convirtieron el castellano en la lengua franca de toda la península ibérica, en convivencia con las hablas vernáculas allí donde existían: a mediados del siglo XVI se estima que el 80% de los españoles ya hablaban castellano. Con la conquista de América, que era una posesión personal de la corona de Castilla, el idioma español se extendió a través de todo ese continente, desde California hasta el Estrecho de Magallanes.
El catalán (català), también llamado valenciano (valencià) en la Comunidad Valenciana, es una lengua romance occidental que procede del latín vulgar. Estudios realizados por Germà Colón basados en la presencia de determinados aspectos comunes de las lenguas románicas, morfología, fonética, sintaxis, léxico, concluyen que dicho idioma, junto al occitano y al francés, remonta a un diasistema particular, el «latín gálico», como término sin ninguna connotación, atendiendo estrictamente a la tipología lingüística.
Se habla en algunas regiones de España, (particularmente en Cataluña, Comunidad Valenciana e Islas Baleares) y también en Francia, Andorra e Italia. Es la lengua habitual de unos 4,4 millones de personas; además, son capaces de hablarlo unos 7,7 millones y es comprendido por cerca de 10,5 millones de personas.
Como en todas las lenguas romances, el cambio del latín vulgar al catalán fue gradual y no es posible determinar en qué momento se inicia su historia. Según Coromines, los cambios más radicales debieron producirse en los siglos VII y VIII, pero es difícil saberlo con precisión porque los textos se escribían exclusivamente en un latín artificioso, ajeno a la lengua de uso. Ya en el siglo IX y sobre todo en los siglos X y XI, aparecen palabras e incluso frases enteras intercaladas en algo que ya se puede denominar catalán. Desde 1150 hay ya numerosos documentos escritos y hacia finales del siglo XII aparece el primer texto literario conocido, las Homilías de Organyà, un fragmento de una colección de sermones.
El catalán surge a ambos lados de los Pirineos (condados del Rosellón, Ampurias, Besalú, la Cerdaña, Urgell, Pallars y Ribagorza) y se extendió hacia el sur durante la Reconquista en varias fases: Barcelona y Tarragona, Lérida y Tortosa, el antiguo Reino de Valencia, las Islas Baleares y Alguer.
En cuanto al catalán como lengua extranjera, aunque no es una lengua muy difundida, cuenta con una larga tradición que se remonta a la Edad Media, a causa de la expansión medieval de la Corona aragonesa, y en su momento dejó huella especialmente en la Península itálica y en el vocabulario náutico mediterráneo. Actualmente, se enseña en varias universidades tanto en Europa como en los EE.UU. e Hispanoamérica, así como en numerosos centros catalanes de todo el mundo.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castellano, es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_catal%c3%a1n
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CATALÀ
El castellà o espanyol és un idioma nascut als antics Regnes de Castella i de Navarra parlat actualment, a més d'Espanya, en nombrosos països dels continents americà, africà i asiàtic, per 450 milions de persones (en l'anomenada Hispanitat), i per més de 500 milions si s'inclouen els que la parlen com a segona llengua.
És la llengua materna més parlada al món darrera el xinès mandarí. És la llengua més estudiada al món com a segona llengua darrera l'anglès. És llengua oficial a l'Organització de les Nacions Unides.
Pertany al grup de les llengües indoeuropees i prové de l'evolució del llatí vulgar (+90%), evidenciant també la influència de l'àrab - gran quantitat de paraules provinents d'aquesta llengua- així com del basc (evolució fonètica).
La llengua castellana es va desenvolupar a la regió nord-central de la península Ibèrica, a partir del llatí vulgar, amb possible influència de les llengües cèltiques i del basc. Algunes característiques del castellà inclouen la lenició (llatí: vita, castellà: vida), la palatalització (llatí: annum, castellà: año), i diftongació de les vocals breus e/o del llatí vulgar (llatí: terra, castellà: tierra; llatí: novo, castellà: nuevo); alguns d'aquests canvis fonològics es troben en altres llengües romàniques.
Durant la reconquesta, aquest dialecte del nord es va estendre cap al sud i a altres regions de la península Ibèrica.
El primer diccionari Llatí-Castellà (Gramática de la Lengua Castellana), es va publicar a Salamanca el 1492 per Elio Antonio de Nebrija. Després del segle XVI, la llengua es va portar a Amèrica i algunes regions de l'Àsia per la colonització espanyola. El segle XX, es va portar a la Guinea Equatorial i al Sàhara Occidental.
El català és una llengua romànica parlada per gairebé 9 milions i mig de persones al món. Els límits del domini lingüístic inclouen Catalunya excepte la Vall d'Aran, el País Valencià (a excepció d'algunes comarques), les Illes Balears, Andorra, la Franja de Ponent (Aragó), la ciutat de l'Alguer (a l'illa de Sardenya), la Catalunya del Nord (95% del Departament dels Pirineus Orientals, i el Carxe, un petit territori de Múrcia poblat per modernes migracions de valencians. El domini lingüístic, amb una superfície de 59.905 km² i 12.805.197 d'habitants (2006), inclou 1.687 termes municipals, 9 dels quals tenen només una part minoritària catalanoparlant.
El català fou prohibit al Principat de Catalunya en el camp oficial des del Decret de Nova Planta (1716) i al País Valencià (1707). A Catalunya Nord ja s'havia aplicat una prohibició similar el 1700. Al segle XX, a l'estat espanyol, s'interdí durant les dictadures de Primo de Rivera (1923-1930) i Franco (1939-1975). En els territoris catalanoparlants d'Espanya no es retrobà l'oficialitat fins a l'entrada dels diferents estatuts d'autonomia.
Almenys ja d'ençà el segle XIV, aquesta llengua també rep, entre d'altres, el nom de valencià, denominació emprada sobretot al País Valencià. Actualment i per evitar els conflictes que això pot crear com a arma política per afeblir la llengua, l'AVL ha arribat a la conclusió, el 9 de febrer de 2005 que «És un fet que a Espanya hi ha dos denominacions igualment legals per a designar esta llengua: la de valencià, establida en l'Estatut d'Autonomia de la Comunitat Valenciana, i la de català, reconeguda en els Estatuts d'Autonomia de Catalunya i les Illes Balears.»
A la Catalunya del Nord, el català ha estat reconegut com a llengua del departament, ensems amb el francès, el 10 de desembre del 2007 pel Consell General dels Pirineus Orientals mitjançant la Carta en favor del català. Val a dir que aqueix acte no comporta pas cap conseqüència ni té pas cap valor legal a l'estat francès.
Més info: ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell%c3%a0, ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catal%c3%a0
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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: AFTER THE CONCERT (3 of 9): L and Near. Part 2 /
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L: I told you not to hurry... patience is your best ally.
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Near: o_o
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One of the most beautiful and charming places in Paris - smaller and more intimate than the Tuileries and the Luxembourg gardens. A place to rest in, relax, shop, and watch people surrounded by magnificent architecture.
Originally known as the Place Royale, the Place des Vosges was built by Henri IV from 1605 to 1612. A true square (140 m x 140 m), it embodied the first European program of royal city planning. The Place des Vosges, inaugurated in 1612 with a grand carrousel to celebrate the wedding of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, is the prototype of all the residential squares of European cities that were to come. What was new about the Place Royale in 1612 was that the housefronts were all built to the same design, probably by Baptiste du Cerceau, of red brick with strips of stone quoins over vaulted arcades that stand on square pillars.
Former illustrious Residents of the Place des Vosges:
No. 1bis Madame de Sevigné was born here
No. 6, ""Maison de Victor Hugo"" Victor Hugo from 1832–1848, in what was then the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéménée, now a museum devoted to his memory, managed by the City of Paris
No. 7 Sully, Henri IV's great minister
No. 8 poet Théophile Gautier and writer Alphonse Daudet
No. 11 occupied from 1639-1648 by the courtesan Marion Delorme
No. 15 Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, wife of Cosimo III de' Medici
No. 17 former residence of Bossuet
No. 21 Cardinal Richelieu from 1615–1627
No. 23 post-impressionist painter Georges Dufrénoy {From Wikpedia}"
I recently returned from a trip to the state of Oregon, where I was treated to some of the most breathtaking landscapes you can imagine. We were very fortunate to have two experienced guides to take us into some of the most remote areas of the state. I brought home some of my best images to date, most of which would not have been possible without Jason and Maria to lead the way. I am indebted to them. On this particular outing they indulged my desire to capture the light of the setting sun on the west face of the mountain to the point that we arrived back at the car in near total darkness.
This was a hard earned image taken from near the top of Castle Dome in Castle Crags State Park, looking back into Oregon from just over the border in California. To get to this vantage point requires a 5-1/2 mile round trip hike with an elevation gain of 2,200 ft. to a total elevation of approx. 5,500 ft. This really tested my endurance, but it was worth every step.
I've finally been sleeping at night again...It really feels wonderful and I think I forgot that...The past few weeks I've let stress ruin my body and my mind...I've been pushed to my breaking limit and slowly, I'm climbing back up...I don't want to be the sad girl on Flickr...I also don't want to fake my emotions or photos...So they'll come as they are, up and down like me...BUT I am going to try harder to look on the bright side of things...
Today though, today is lovely...It's cold and rainy, I feel sleepy in the warm happy way and I just want to nuzzle my guy to a bad sci-fi movie and relax and stay in the moment...
**sidenote**
This makeup is sooo much prettier in person but I used the flash and it washed a lot of the color out...
And if anyone wants to know:
Purple: two dark and light shades mixed from the Coastal Scents 88 Shimmer Palette
Yellow: M.A.C's Primary Yellow pigment (thanks my sexy Jacqueline! *lick*)
Highlight: M.A.C's Vanilla pigment.
Madrid (Spain).
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Lavapiés is a barrio of the city of Madrid, centred on Plaza de Lavapiés.
It was the Jewish quarter of the city until the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, the church of San Lorenzo being built on the former site of the synagogue. The name literally means "wash feet", and seems to refer to the ritual washing of one's feet before entering the temple, possibly in the fountain in Plaza de Lavapiés.
It has long been a neglected area of the city. An inscription on a fountain in Plaza de Cabestreros is the only monument to the Spanish Republic in Madrid, such mentions having been systematically removed elsewhere during the Franco regime. The ruins of Escuelas Pías, a religious school, were left to stand for many years after it was burned down by supporters of the Popular Front in 1936. Only in 2002 the ruins were converted into a university library.
In the late 1980s and 1990s, Lavapiés had acquired a reputation as a "vertical slum", with its tenement blocks either empty or occupied by older people paying low rents. As a result, it became the most important location for okupación, or squatting, in Madrid.
More recently, it has become the focal point for immigrant populations, particularly Chinese, Arabs and people from the Indian subcontinent. It has been estimated that around 50% of the population is of foreign origin.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavapi%c3%a9s
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CASTELLANO
Lavapiés es el nombre de una plaza del centro de Madrid (España). Ha dado nombre también a una calle, un barrio y una estación de metro.
En su origen Lavapiés fue la judería o barrio judío de la ciudad. La actual Iglesia de San Lorenzo ocupa el solar que antaño ocupaba la sinagoga, que se comunicaba con la plaza de Lavapiés a través de la calle que hoy se llama de la Fe, llamada entonces calle de la Sinagoga. A partir de 1391 se reconstruyó la aljama y, por orden de los Reyes Católicos, fue rodeada de una muralla que cerraba sus puertas al anochecer. El motivo, según los historiadores, era proteger a sus habitantes más que aislarlos, pues la relación entre la judería y el concejo era por entonces excelente.
Muchas familias judías vivieron en el barrio de Lavapiés hasta los días de la expulsión, en 1492. Sólo algunos judíos madrileños notables (especialmente los médicos) estaban autorizados a vivir fuera de Lavapiés, para que pudiesen auxiliar a sus enfermos durante la noche. La expulsión decretada por los Reyes Católicos dejó a Lavapiés y a Madrid sin judíos. Muchos años después, llegarían de nuevo algunos judíos de Lisboa, Egipto, Túnez y otros lugares de África.
Cerca de la calle del Salitre, en la ladera de Buena Vista, mirando al Santuario de Atocha, aparecieron vestigios de lo que pudo ser un cementerio hebreo (ya que no se encontraron en él objetos cristianos) previo a la expulsión de 1492.
Parece que el nombre de Lavapiés podría proceder de una fuente que había en la plaza, donde se hacía el lavado ritual de las extremidades inferiores antes de acudir al templo. En cualquier caso, sí es cierto que en la plaza hubo una importante fuente hasta finales del siglo XIX. Lavapiés es el nombre original del barrio: la denominación El Avapiés, antigua, es en realidad una ultracorrección de Lavapiés, nombre más antiguo que el anterior.
La denominación manolo y manola que se da a los castizos madrileños procede de Lavapiés, y se dice que tiene su origen en la profusión del nombre Manuel, con el que se bautizaron muchos judíos para escapar a la expulsión en 1492. Los manolos rivalizaban con los chulapos y chulapas, procedentes éstos del barrio de Malasaña. Hoy en día se suelen emplear ambos términos indistintamente para referirse a la gente vestida con el atuendo tradicional madrileño.
A finales de los años 1980 Lavapiés era un barrio habitado exclusivamente por gente mayor, típicamente en casas viejas y de pequeñas dimensiones construidas alrededor de un patio (lo que se llama corrala, aunque su denominación correcta es la de casa de corredor). Por eso se ha hablado de chabolismo vertical. La abundancia de casas abandonadas y de viviendas de renta baja atrajo en los años 80 y 90 a multitud de jóvenes con pocos recursos, entre ellos numerosos okupas: Lavapiés ha sido, probablemente, la zona de Madrid con mayor densidad de casas ocupadas, y en ella tuvieron lugar las primeras experiencias de ocupación de la capital. Hoy en día la okupación casi ha desaparecido, pero sigue siendo el barrio con mayor cantidad de asociaciones y movimiento vecinal de Madrid.
En una segunda oleada, y por las mismas razones, acudieron al barrio centenares de inmigrantes. Se calcula que alrededor del 50% de la población del barrio es de origen no español. De hecho, eventos como el año nuevo chino o el ramadán tienen casi más resonancia en Lavapiés que, por ejemplo, la navidad.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavapi%c3%a9s
There are 15 web pages listing Ottawa, Gatineau & area half marathoners. This web page lists the area half-marathoners who have first names starting with an S to Stephen.
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For the names of the other half-marathon runners, go to the set called "Ottawa-area Half-marathoners" which has links to the full directory of names i.e., all 15 web pages.
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To access race statistics AND pictures (if available), first click on this Sportstats’ link and enter the runner's last and first names, and then click on Search.
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The names are derived from the following half-marathon races:
i) 2010 Canada Army Run (link for photos only)
ii) 2010 Ottawa Fall Colours (link for photos only)
iii) 2010 Nine Run Run (link for photos only)
iv) 2011 Winterman (link for photos only)
v) 2011 Ottawa Race Weekend (link for photos only)
vi) 2011 Canada Army Run (link for photos only)
vii) 2011 Scotiabank Waterfront (link for photos only)
The pictures are available for sale from ASI Photos, Zoom Photo, etc.
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(list no. 13, in order by first name)
1….S Bastien Elie….Plantagenet….M30-39
2….S Bastien Taillefer….Ottawa….M20-29
3….S Moran….Gatineau….M40-44
4….Saad Mokdad….Petawawa….M20-29
5….Sabine Mersmann….Pembroke….F45-49
6….Sabrina Avery….Ottawa….F20-29
7….Sabrina Bradford….Ottawa….F25-29
8….Sabrina Cornwall….Ottawa….F25-29
9….Sabrina Kalapati….Ottawa….F20-29
10….Sabrina Mayer….Ottawa….F20-24
11….Sabrina Mehes….Ottawa….F25-29
12….Sabrina Quraeshi….Ottawa….F50-59
13….Sabrina Sengupta….Ottawa….F25-29
14….Sacha Guilbault….Stittsville….M30-39
15….Safeta Nalic….Ottawa….F40-49
16….Sage Martin….Petawawa….F30-34
17….Said Irene….Gatineau….M50-59
18….Salim Hammad….Ottawa….M25-29
19….Salli Dambrowitz….Kinburn….F35-39
20….Sally Floyd….Nepean….F40-44
21….Sally Gelpke….Ottawa….F40-49
22….Sally Plant….Ottawa….F55-59
23….Sam Boardley….Ottawa….F30-34
24….Sam Brownrigg….Gatineau….M19
25….Sam Cui….Ottawa….M19
26….Sam Geller….Ottawa….M19 & under
27….Samanta Jacques-Arsenault….Ottawa….F30-34
28….Samantha Hunter….Ottawa….F20-29
29….Samantha Calder-Sprackman….Ottawa….F20-24
30….Samantha De Benedet….Ottawa….F20-29
31….Samantha Moreau….Petawawa….F40-49
32….Samantha Newton….Ottawa….F30-39
33….Samantha Omand….Nepean….F19 & under
34….Samantha O'neill….Ottawa….F20-29
35….Samantha Rivest….Kanata….F20-29
36….Samantha Ruddy….Ottawa….F20-24
37….Samantha Ryder….Petawawa….F20-29
38….Samantha Stagar….Ottawa….F30-39
39….Samantha Stergaros….Ottawa….F40-44
40….Samba Forget….Ottawa….F40-49
41….Samer Forzley….Nepean….M30-39
42….Samira Afrand….Ottawa….F20-29
43….Samuel Breau….Ottawa….M20-29
44….Samuel Chenevert….L'Ange Gardien….M30-39
45….Samuel Galante….Nepean….M40-49
46….Samuel Morin….Gatineau….M25-29
47….Samuel Roy….Gatineau….M25-29
48….Samuel Valle….Gloucester….M20-29
49….Samy El-Jaby….Ottawa….M20-29
50….Sander Post….Ottawa….M30-39
51….Sandi Horner….Stittsville….F50-54
52….Sandi Wensink….Ottawa….F45-49
53….Sandi Wright….Ottawa….F30-39
54….Sandor Gyuk….Orleans….M40-49
55….Sandra Bellemare….Ottawa….F30-39
56….Sandra Billings….Barry's Bay….F40-44
57….Sandra Boyko….Ottawa….F40-49
58….Sandra Campbell….Ottawa….F30-39
59….Sandra Chong….Ottawa….F30-39
60….Sandra Contant….Cornwall….F45-49
61….Sandra Cook….Orleans….F30-39
62….Sandra Craig-Browne….Orleans….F30-39
63….Sandra Derby….Ottawa….F45-49
64….Sandra Faubert….Orleans….F40-49
65….Sandra Faught….Petawawa….F40-49
66….Sandra Forbes….Kanata….F50-54
67….Sandra Gage….Ottawa….F40-44
68….Sandra Hession….Ottawa….F60-64
69….Sandra Huertas….Ottawa….F35-39
70….Sandra Kelly….Ottawa….F50-54
71….Sandra Kuchta….Ottawa….F30-34
72….Sandra Lalonde….Ottawa….F50-54
73….Sandra Lett….Nepean….F45-49
74….Sandra Macleod….Ottawa….F40-49
75….Sandra Monaghan….Ottawa….F55-59
76….Sandra Monforton….Ottawa….F40-49
77….Sandra Moore….Almonte….F45-49
78….Sandra Moorman….Ottawa….F40-44
79….Sandra Nevill….Ottawa….F40-49
80….Sandra Plourde….Kanata….F30-39
81….Sandra Roberts….Gatineau….F40-49
82….Sandra Ryan….Brockville….F25-29
83….Sandra Troccoli….Ottawa….F40-49
84….Sandra Waller….Maxville….F40-44
85….Sandro Mazzucato….Ottawa….M40-44
86….Sandy Bell….Stittsville….F45-49
87….Sandy Brennan….Kanata….F40-49
88….Sandy Clark….Orleans….F40-44
89….Sandy Dale….Ottawa….M40-49
90….Sandy Dos Santos….Ottawa….F35-39
91….Sandy Fredette….Ashton….F50-54
92….Sandy Macleod….Ottawa….F40-49
93….Sandy Moger….Orleans….F50-59
94….Sandy Nicholls….Kemptville….F55-59
95….Sandy Noonan….Prescott….M35-39
96….Sandy Solowjew….Almonte….M60-69
97….Sandy Whittaker….Ottawa….F30-39
98….Sanja Denic….Ottawa….F20-29
99….Sanjana Sivasalapathi….Nepean….F19 & under
100….Sanjay Vachali….Gatineau….M30-39
101….Sanjeev Bhanjana….Ottawa….M40-49
102….Sara Boucher….Ottawa….F20-29
103….Sara Clark….Ottawa….F20-24
104….Sara Frost….Ottawa….F30-39
105….Sara Javadi Nejad….Ottawa….F20-24
106….Sara Jones….Ottawa….F35-39
107….Sara Kemp….Gatineau….F35-39
108….Sara Krenosky….Ottawa….F30-34
109….Sara Leblond….Ottawa….F30-39
110….Sara Lopes….Ottawa….F25-29
111….Sara Lyman….Ottawa….F20-29
112….Sara Mcconnell….Ottawa….F30-39
113….Sara Rock….Ottawa….F35-39
114….Sara Strawczynski….Ottawa….F25-29
115….Sara Tubman….Ottawa….F30-39
116….Sara Wilson….Manotick….F45-49
117….Sarah Abrahams….Ottawa….F30-34
118….Sarah Abrahams….Ottawa….F30-39
119….Sarah Anson-Cartwright….Ottawa….F45-49
120….Sarah Armstrong….Ottawa….F30-39
121….Sarah Beare….Petawawa….F20-29
122….Sarah Beaupre….Petawawa….F25-29
123….Sarah Bendell….Kanata….F55-59
124….Sarah Blair….Nepean….F30-34
125….Sarah Boardman….Ottawa….F35-39
126….Sarah Boettcher….Stoney Creek….F40-49
127….Sarah Bowes Christie….Perth….F30-39
128….Sarah Brown….Ottawa….F40-44
129….Sarah Carkner….Ottawa….F20-29
130….Sarah Choquette-Fuks….Ottawa….F25-29
131….Sarah Clowater….Ottawa….F20-24
132….Sarah Connor Gorber….Ottawa….F35-39
133….Sarah Coombs….Kemptville….F19 & under
134….Sarah Crowder….Ottawa….F25-29
135….Sarah Crowe….Gatineau….F30-34
136….Sarah Currie….Kanata….F30-39
137….Sarah Curtis….Ottawa….F25-29
138….Sarah Curtis….Ottawa….F20-29
139….Sarah Davison….Ottawa….no age
140….Sarah Derks….Chesterville….F40-49
141….Sarah Dolan….Ottawa….F20-29
142….Sarah Dooley….Ottawa….F20-29
143….Sarah Fisher-Reid….Ottawa….F30-39
144….Sarah Gee….Ottawa….F20-29
145….Sarah Geiger….Ottawa….F50-54
146….Sarah Gray….Carleton Place….F20-29
147….Sarah Green….Kanata….F40-49
148….Sarah Hasler….Ottawa….F20-24
149….Sarah Hebert….Chelsea….F30-39
150….Sarah Heer….Petawawa….F30-39
151….Sarah Herweyer….Russell….F25-29
152….Sarah Higgins….Stittsville….F20-29
153….Sarah Hudson….Nepean….F20-29
154….Sarah Jayne Blair….Nepean….F30-39
155….Sarah Kennedy….Ottawa….F35-39
156….Sarah Lockhart….Ottawa….F25-29
157….Sarah Lyons….Ottawa….F25-29
158….Sarah Macmillan….Ottawa….F20-24
159….Sarah Mather….Ottawa….F25-29
160….Sarah Matthews….Nepean….F30-39
161….Sarah Mcdonald….Ottawa….F19 & under
162….Sarah Mcwhinnie….Stittsville….F30-39
163….Sarah Moorcroft….Nepean….F30-34
164….Sarah Muldoon….Kanata….F30-39
165….Sarah Murdoch….Ottawa….F20-29
166….Sarah Murphy….Gatineau….F25-29
167….Sarah Mustapha….Ottawa….F20-29
168….Sarah Myers….Morrisburg….F20-24
169….Sarah Orchard….Ottawa….F40-44
170….Sarah Patriquin….Ottawa….F20-29
171….Sarah Payne….Ottawa….F30-39
172….Sarah Powers….Ottawa….F30-39
173….Sarah Rampersad….Ottawa….F25-29
174….Sarah Rietschlin….Ottawa….F30-39
175….Sarah Scott….Ottawa….F20-29
176….Sarah Shackell….Ottawa….F19 & under
177….Sarah Spencer….Ottawa….F65-69
178….Sarah Taylor….Ottawa….F20-24
179….Sarah Tessier….Russell….F30-39
180….Sarah Trautrim….Pembroke….F19 & under
181….Sarah Waddell….Hammond….F20-29
182….Sarah Waters….Ottawa….F35-39
183….Sarah Wiles….Ottawa….F30-39
184….Sarah Wilkinson….Ottawa….F30-34
185….Sasha Pellerin….Gatineau….F20-29
186….Sasha Richards….Kanata….F30-34
187….Sasha Simek….Ottawa….F30-34
188….Saskia Meuffels….Ottawa….F50-59
189….Satvinder Bawa….Ottawa….M40-49
190….Savannah Pulfer….Ottawa….F19 & under
191….Savitha Rao….Ottawa….F40-49
192….Savvas Farassoglou….Gloucester….M30-39
193….Scot Bryant….Orleans….M45-49
194….Scott Armstrong….Ottawa….M30-39
195….Scott Beauchamp….Ottawa….M30-39
196….Scott Blain….Beachburg….M50-59
197….Scott Bowen….Ottawa….M30-39
198….Scott Brown….Stittsville….M30-34
199….Scott Bush….Nepean….M25-29
200….Scott Campbell….Petawawa….M30-39
201….Scott Carlyle….St. Albert….M30-39
202….Scott Carnie….Pontiac….M40-44
203….Scott Clucas….Maitland….M40-49
204….Scott Colvin….Ottawa….M40-49
205….Scott Couillard….Ottawa….M19
206….Scott Doran….Ottawa….M40-49
207….Scott Duxbury….Ottawa….M20-29
208….Scott Ellis….Ottawa….M20-29
209….Scott Evans….Greely….M40-49
210….Scott Felman….Ottawa….M30-39
211….Scott Fenton….Stittsville….M40-49
212….Scott Ferguson….Ottawa….M40-44
213….Scott Guenther….Ottawa….M40-49
214….Scott Harrald….Ottawa….M40-44
215….Scott Healey….Ottawa….M40-49
216….Scott Heath….Cornwall….M40-44
217….Scott Hodgins….Kanata….M40-49
218….Scott Jewer….Kanata….M30-39
219….Scott Lang….Petawawa….M30-39
220….Scott Macklin….Ottawa….M40-44
221….Scott Matys….Ottawa….M20-24
222….Scott Mcdonald….Luskville….M45-49
223….Scott Mcleod….Greely….M40-49
224….Scott Miller….Stittsville….M45-49
225….Scott Mitchell….Petawawa….M40-49
226….Scott Moffatt….Smiths Falls….M35-39
227….Scott Moir….Ottawa….M50-59
228….Scott Munro….Ottawa….M50-54
229….Scott Parrington….Nepean….M25-29
230….Scott Rawlings….Ottawa….M40-49
231….Scott Robertson….Metcalfe….M30-39
232….Scott Rogers….Stittsville….M30-39
233….Scott Rowland….Ottawa….M40-44
234….Scott Rudan….Ottawa….M20-29
235….Scott Schultz….Ottawa….M30-39
236….Scott Shaver….Lanark….M35-39
237….Scott Simpson….St. Albert….M40-49
238….Scott Snyder….Ottawa….M35-39
239….Scott Strachan….Perth….M40-44
240….Scott Tessier….Ottawa….M40-44
241….Scott Tomlinson….Ottawa….M30-39
242….Scott Townley….Ottawa….M40-49
243….Scott Vernon….Kanata….M35-39
244….Scott Walker….Nepean….M45-49
245….Scott Wiebe….Ottawa….M35-39
246….Sean Adams….Ottawa….M19 & under
247….Sean Boushel….Gatineau….M40-49
248….Sean Byers….Ottawa….M25-29
249….Sean Campbell….Kemptville….M30-39
250….Sean Clancy….Ottawa….M50-59
251….Sean Dauphinee….Ottawa….M25-29
252….Sean English….Orleans….M20-24
253….Sean Fallon….Kanata….M30-39
254….Sean Gagnon….Stittsville….M30-39
255….Sean Hanstke….Ottawa….M30-39
256….Sean Hinds….Ottawa….M30-39
257….Sean Keating….Ottawa….M25-29
258….Sean Keating….Ottawa….M20-29
259….Sean Lewis….Richmond….M19 & under
260….Sean Macginnia….Ottawa….M25-29
261….Sean Maddox….Ottawa….M40-44
262….Sean Mcelhinney….Ottawa….M30-39
263….Sean Mcgrath….Ottawa….M60-69
264….Sean Mcnair….Gloucester….M20-29
265….Sean Moore….Gatineau….M30-34
266….Sean Muir….Carleton Place….M40-44
267….Sean Murphy….Carleton Place….M35-39
268….Sean Nowostawsky….Ottawa….M20-29
269….Sean O'Brien….Ottawa….M30-39
270….Sean O'Brien….Ottawa….M40-49
271….Sean O'reilly….Ottawa….M20-24
272….Sean Salter….Orleans….M35-39
273….Sean Sinclair….North Gower….M20-29
274….Sean Sonier….Ottawa….M20-24
275….Sean Trenholm….Petawawa….M30-39
276….Sean Young….Stittsville….M20-29
277….Sebastian Citro….Ottawa….M50-59
278….Sebastien Blanc….Gatineau….M30-39
279….Sebastien Defoy….Gatineau….M40-44
280….Sebastien Gravelle….Gatineau….M25-29
281….Sebastien Hug….Ottawa….M30-34
282….Sebastien Lavoie….Gatineau….M35-39
283….Sebastien Plourde….Ottawa….M25-29
284….Sebastien Taillefer….Ottawa….M20-29
285….Sebastien Thiboutot….Gatineau….M35-39
286….Sebastien Vinette….Ottawa….M20-29
287….Sebastien Williamson….Ottawa….M20-24
288….Selena Grinham….Gatineau….F20-29
289….Selena Neily….Petawawa….F30-39
290….Selva Trebert-Sharman….Rockland….F30-39
291….Semir Nalic….Ottawa….M19 & under
292….Sepideh Ziaei….Nepean….F25-29
293….Sera Chiuchiarelli….Ottawa….F25-29
294….Sereena Trottier….Ottawa….F30-34
295….Serena Stavenjord….Nepean….F19 & under
296….Serge Arseneault….Orleans….M40-49
297….Serge Benvenuti….Ottawa….M40-49
298….Serge Boucher….Gatineau….M40-49
299….Serge Carignan….Orleans….M40-49
300….Serge Couture….Chelsea….M40-49
301….Serge Decoeur….Petawawa….M40-49
302….Serge Demers….Ottawa….M40-49
303….Serge Dussault….Gatineau….M40-49
304….Serge Froment….Limoges….M40-49
305….Serge Gouin….Gatineau….M30-39
306….Serge Guindon….Gatineau….M45-49
307….Serge Marguerie….Manotick….M55-59
308….Serge Menard….Petawawa….M30-39
309….Serge Provencher….Gatineau….M50-54
310….Serge Richard….Ottawa….M30-39
311….Serge Sabourin….Russell….M35-39
312….Serge Sylvestre….Ottawa….M50-59
313….Sergio De Franco….Ottawa….M30-34
314….Sergio Tomasi….Petawawa….M40-49
315….Seth Bocknek….Ottawa….M20-24
316….Seyi Okuribido-Malcolm….Ottawa….F30-39
317….Shahab Rezaei-Zadeh….Petawawa….M20-29
318….Shakila Khan….Nepean….F30-39
319….Shamiah Mcgilp-Gallivan….Ottawa….F25-29
320….Shana Rogerson….Almonte….F35-39
321….Shanda Allard….Ottawa….F25-29
322….Shanda Pelletier….Gloucester….F30-34
323….Shane Brennan….Ottawa….M40-49
324….Shane Brown….Ottawa….M20-29
325….Shane Lafreniere….Smiths falls….M40-49
326….Shane Lebeau….Rockland….M40-49
327….Shane Leston….Ottawa….M20-29
328….Shane Skinner….Elizabethtown….M25-29
329….Shane Westgate….Nepean….M40-49
330….Shaneen Meghji….Ottawa….F35-39
331….Shani Gates….Brockville….F40-44
332….Shanna Bancroft….Orleans….F20-29
333….Shanna Delorme….Limoges….F25-29
334….Shanna Killen….Ottawa….F20-24
335….Shannon Bellefeuille….Kanata….F20-24
336….Shannon Bradey….Cantley….F25-29
337….Shannon Bush….Ottawa….F20-29
338….Shannon Carr….Ottawa….F25-29
339….Shannon Clair….Elgin….F30-39
340….Shannon Clark….Petawawa….F19 & under
341….Shannon Farnham….Stittsville….F19 & under
342….Shannon Fisher….Ottawa….F35-39
343….Shannon Fitzpatrick….Ottawa….F30-39
344….Shannon Forrest….Brockville….F35-39
345….Shannon Holt….Kanata….F30-39
346….Shannon Leblond….Ottawa….F25-29
347….Shannon Malcolm….Ottawa….F30-34
348….Shannon Marini….Ottawa….F25-29
349….Shannon Matheson….Nepean….F40-49
350….Shannon Mcmillan-Kunstadt….Ottawa….F30-39
351….Shannon Moore….Kanata….F20-29
352….Shannon Nix….Ottawa….F40-44
353….Shannon Olson….Ottawa….F30-39
354….Shannon Renaud….Ottawa….F45-49
355….Shannon Ryan….Ottawa….F30-34
356….Shannon Sheil….Ottawa….F40-44
357….Shannon Summers….Ottawa….F30-39
358….Shannon Watson….Ottawa….F19 & under
359….Shannon Weatherhead….Ottawa….F20-29
360….Share Duggan….Ottawa….F30-39
361….Shari Dejong….Orleans….F30-39
362….Shari Goodfellow….Ottawa….F40-44
363….Shari Keyes….Morrisburg….F45-49
364….Shari Keyes….Morrisburg….F40-49
365….Shari-Lynn Lawson….Stittsville….F40-49
366….Sharla Riley….Ottawa….F30-39
367….Sharleen Boudreau….Gatineau….F55-59
368….Sharon Barr….Stittsville….F40-49
369….Sharon Brodo-Smith….Ottawa….F45-49
370….Sharon Chomyn….Ottawa….F50-59
371….Sharon Etmanskie….Nepean….F40-49
372….Sharon Fine….Kanata….F30-39
373….Sharon Hiebert….Ottawa….F30-34
374….Sharon Johnston….Ottawa….F30-39
375….Sharon Karidis….Nepean….F30-39
376….Sharon Kozicki….Kanata….F40-49
377….Sharon Lavine….Ottawa….F55-59
378….Sharon Lee….Kanata….F45-49
379….Sharon Murphy….Ottawa….F70+
380….Sharon Priestman….Arnprior….F30-39
381….Sharon Singleton….Pembroke….F40-49
382….Sharon Tobin….Ottawa….F50-59
383….Sharron Miller….Cornwall….F50-59
384….Sharye Marcus….Nepean….F50-59
385….Shaun Burridge….Nepean….M20-29
386….Shaun Dolter….Ottawa….M30-34
387….Shaun Dunne….Oxford Mills….M55-59
388….Shaun Hassanali….Nepean….M20-29
389….Shaun Jackson….Gatineau….M30-34
390….Shaun Klein….Ottawa….M30-34
391….Shaun Morrow….Ottawa….M40-44
392….Shauna Devlin….Ottawa….F25-29
393….Shauna Graham….Ottawa….F40-44
394….Shauna Hanratty….Ottawa….F30-39
395….Shawn Bardell….Ottawa….M30-39
396….Shawn Bedard….Stittsville….M30-39
397….Shawn Boyle….Orleans….M20-29
398….Shawn Crockett….Cornwall….M45-49
399….Shawn Dandy….Ottawa….M25-29
400….Shawn Delay….Nepean….M40-44
401….Shawn Dickie….Pembroke….M20-24
402….Shawn Dolan….Ottawa….M35-39
403….Shawn Garbutt….Ottawa….M45-49
404….Shawn Hamilton….Arnprior….M40-44
405….Shawn Hebert….Gatineau….M35-39
406….Shawn Hoag….Russell….M40-49
407….Shawn Hollinger….Ottawa….M30-39
408….Shawn Leroux….Ottawa….M30-34
409….Shawn Maloney….Gatineau….M20-29
410….Shawn Mccleery….Ottawa….M50-54
411….Shawn Mcintaggart….Kanata….M35-39
412….Shawn Murphy….Ottawa….M50-59
413….Shawn Murray….Ottawa….M50-59
414….Shawn Osborne….Ottawa….M50-59
415….Shawn Osborne….Ottawa….M30-39
416….Shawn Pigeon….Ottawa….M20-29
417….Shawn Rivers….Ottawa….M40-49
418….Shawn Robertson….Gatineau….M50-59
419….Shawn Rodgers….Ottawa….M20-29
420….Shawn Russell….Stittsville….M30-34
421….Shawn Rycroft….Ottawa….M30-39
422….Shawn Villeneuve….Ottawa….M30-34
423….Shawna Colbey….Ottawa….F25-29
424….Shawna Hunt….Ottawa….F30-39
425….Shawna Moffatt….Ottawa….F30-39
426….Shawna Thornhill….Nepean….F30-39
427….Shawnda Parsons….Orleans….F40-49
428….Shawnna Van Drunen….Ottawa….F30-39
429….Shawntel Burt….Ottawa….F20-29
430….Shayne Chamberlain….Orleans….M40-49
431….Shayne Mullin….Ottawa….M50-59
432….Sheah Gaston….Ottawa….F25-29
433….Shehryar Sarwar….Ottawa….M40-49
434….Sheila Appleton….Brockville….F40-49
435….Sheila Barth….Ottawa….F45-49
436….Sheila Bondesen….Ottawa….F30-39
437….Sheila Currie….Ottawa….F40-49
438….Sheila Forward-Davis….Ottawa….F40-49
439….Sheila Maclean….Petawawa….F45-49
440….Sheila Macleod….Ottawa….F50-54
441….Sheila Mason….Nepean….F35-39
442….Sheila Mcisaac….Ottawa….F50-59
443….Sheila Osborne-Brown….Ottawa….F40-49
444….Sheila Reid….Nepean….F50-54
445….Sheila Reid….Ottawa….F50-59
446….Sheila Robertson….Ottawa….F60-69
447….Sheila Ryan….Pembroke….F50-59
448….Sheila Sankey….Ottawa….F35-39
449….Shelagh Haynes….Orleans….F20-29
450….Sheldon Andrews….Ottawa….M30-39
451….Sheldon Cole….Deep River….M20-29
452….Sheldon Rice….Petawawa….M40-49
453….Shelley Baran….Stittsville….F30-39
454….Shelley Brown….Ottawa….F40-49
455….Shelley Chambers….Ottawa….F45-49
456….Shelley Cruise….Ottawa….F35-39
457….Shelley Doering….Nepean….F30-39
458….Shelley Hindle….Munster….F40-49
459….Shelley Mcdonald….Kanata….F40-49
460….Shelley Mcdonald….Ottawa….F40-49
461….Shelley Mcgoff….Metcalfe….F20-24
462….Shelley Millar….Ottawa….F35-39
463….Shelley Milton….Gatineau….F35-39
464….Shelley Moody….Gatineau….F40-49
465….Shelley Moorhead….Nepean….F40-44
466….Shelley Murdock….Nepean….F50-54
467….Shelley Neill….Nepean….F35-39
468….Shelley Rossetti….Ashton….F30-39
469….Shelley Slocombe….Orleans….F35-39
470….Shelley Sourges….Ottawa….F40-49
471….Shelley Steenwyk….Brockville….F40-44
472….Shelly Mccracken….Elizabethtown….F40-44
473….Shelly Nesbitt….Kanata….F40-49
474….Shelly O'brien….Stittsville….F50-59
475….Shelly Stackpole….Ottawa….F30-39
476….Shelly Williams….Kanata….F40-44
477….Shena Riff….Ottawa….F30-39
478….Shera Richer….Ottawa….F20-24
479….Shereen Ismael….Ottawa….F40-49
480….Sheri Beaulieu….Stittsville….F30-39
481….Sheri Cayouette….Kanata….F40-49
482….Sheri Gareau….Pembroke….F55-59
483….Sheri Mccready….Ottawa….F40-44
484….Sheri Mcmullen….Athens….F30-34
485….Sheri Steeves….Kemptville….F40-49
486….Sheri Venedam….Ottawa….F30-34
487….Sheri Vermette….Orleans….F30-39
488….Sheridan Cheng….Nepean….F20-24
489….Sherri Boucher….Ottawa….F30-34
490….Sherri Mackenzie….Ottawa….F35-39
491….Sherri Ryan….Greely….F40-44
492….Sherri Wilson….Ottawa….F40-44
493….Sherrie Guthrie….Kemptville….F35-39
494….Sherry Beaudry….Rockland….F40-49
495….Sherry Burke….Almonte….F40-49
496….Sherry Camm….North Gower….F40-49
497….Sherry Campbell….Ottawa….F40-44
498….Sherry Carson….Ottawa….F50-54
499….Sherry Hamilton….Gatineau….F30-39
500….Sherry Strowbridge….Ottawa….F40-49
501….Sheryl Urie….Ottawa….F40-49
502….Shevaughn Murta….Ottawa….F25-29
503….She-Yang Lau-Chapdelaine….Ottawa….M20-29
504….Sheyla Dussault….Nepean….F30-39
505….Shin Hung….Ottawa….M35-39
506….Shinjini Pal….Ottawa….F25-29
507….Shinobu Lacelle….Ottawa….F25-29
508….Shireen Khaliq….Ottawa….F40-49
509….Shirlanne Schroeder….Killaloe….F25-29
510….Shirley Carruthers….Ottawa….F35-39
511….Shirley Curran….Wakefield….F40-49
512….Shirley Diener….Ottawa….F40-44
513….Shirley Ivan….Kanata….F45-49
514….Shirley Lazurko….Athens….F55-59
515….Shirley Trottier….Ottawa….F55-59
516….Shirley Ward….Ottawa….F55-59
517….Shona Gray….Renfrew….F30-39
518….Shona Humphrey….Petawawa….F40-49
519….Shoujit Mitra….Kanata….M35-39
520….Sian Williams….Ottawa….F45-49
521….Sidney Ben….Ottawa….M35-39
522….Sierra Phillips….Ottawa….F20-29
523….Silvana Di Gaetano….Ottawa….F50-59
524….Silver Buckler….Metcalfe….M30-39
525….Silvesta Ng….Kanata….M30-39
526….Silvia Zanon….Ottawa….F40-49
527….Simon Amirault….Carleton Place….M19
528….Simon Button….Ottawa….M19
529….Simon Deschenes….Gatineau….M35-39
530….Simon Desrosiers….Gatineau….M30-34
531….Simon Duval….Ottawa….M25-29
532….Simon Ferguson….Ottawa….M30-34
533….Simon Gollish….Ottawa….M19
534….Simon Good….Ottawa….M50-59
535….Simon Hart….Ottawa….M20-29
536….Simon Hetherington….Stittsville….M45-49
537….Simon Jomphe Tremblay….Gatineau….M20-29
538….Simon Jones….Ottawa….M20-29
539….Simon Kalechstein….Deep River….M30-34
540….Simon Keneford….Ottawa….M40-49
541….Simon Lalonde-Beaudoin….Gatineau….M19
542….Simon Larouche….Gatineau….M30-39
543….Simon Mason….Ottawa….M40-44
544….Simon Page….Gatineau….M40-49
545….Simon Pierre Dubreuil….Gatineau….M25-29
546….Simon Roussin….Ottawa….M30-39
547….Simon Shearman….Almonte….M40-49
548….Simon Sukstorf….Ottawa….M45-49
549….Simone Charron….Ottawa….F19 & under
550….Simone Durocher….L'Orignal….F25-29
551….Simone Rose-Oliver….Ottawa….F50-54
552….Simon-Pierre Lamoureux….St Albert….M25-29
553….Sindy Dobson….Kanata….F45-49
554….Siobhan Flynn….Ottawa….F20-29
555….Siobhan Jones….Ottawa….F35-39
556….Siu Hong Yu….Ottawa….M30-34
557….Sky Schryer….Perth Road Village….F20-24
558….Skye Purdy….Ottawa….M20-29
559….Slobodan Delev….Gatineau….M50-54
560….Sofie Mauger….Ottawa….F30-34
561….Sohail Robert….Ottawa….M35-39
562….Sohaila Moghadam….Ottawa….F40-49
563….Solajo Couturier….Gatineau….M30-39
564….Solange Berube….Orleans….F50-59
565….Solita Pacheco….Ottawa….F40-49
566….Somphane Souksanh….Ottawa….F20-29
567….Sondra Macdonald….Ottawa….F20-29
568….Sonia Alexander….Gatineau….F40-49
569….Sonia B Land….Gatineau….F40-49
570….Sonia Baptista….Ottawa….F20-24
571….Sonia Barrette….Vars….F40-44
572….Sonia David….Gatineau….F40-44
573….Sonia Desnoyers….Embrun….F30-39
574….Sonia Granzer….Ottawa….F30-39
575….Sonia Kluck….Ottawa….F20-29
576….Sonia Laneuville….Orleans….F30-39
577….Sonia Lefebvre….Gatineau….F40-44
578….Sonia Leroy….Ottawa….F40-49
579….Sonia Mclean….Rockland….F40-49
580….Sonia Mendes….Ottawa….F35-39
581….Sonia Moioli….Ottawa….F35-39
582….Sonia Raganold….Ottawa….F30-39
583….Sonia Smee….Ottawa….F50-54
584….Sonja Adcock….Gatineau….F50-59
585….Sonja Mcfadyen….Ottawa….F25-29
586….Sonja Renz….Gloucester….F20-29
587….Sonja Schmidt….Almonte….F30-39
588….Sonny Ballinger….Ottawa….M20-24
589….Sony Singh….Ottawa….M35-39
590….Sonya Bisson….Ottawa….F40-49
591….Sonya Coward….Ottawa….F30-34
592….Sonya Oleinikow….Petawawa….F40-49
593….Sophia Giaccone….Ottawa….F20-24
594….Sophia Khan….Carp….F45-49
595….Sophie Amberg….Ottawa….F30-39
596….Sophie Belisle….Ottawa….F25-29
597….Sophie Breton….Ottawa….F20-29
598….Sophie Brunet….Chelsea….F20-29
599….Sophie Caron….L'Orignal….F20-29
600….Sophie Chatel….Gatineau….F35-39
601….Sophie Coupal….Cantley….F35-39
602….Sophie Daz….Ottawa….F20-29
603….Sophie Daze….Ottawa….F25-29
604….Sophie Deslauriers….Gatineau….F30-39
605….Sophie Dumoulin….Greely….F30-39
606….Sophie Forget….Ottawa….F20-29
607….Sophie Gauvreau….L'Ange-Gardien….F20-29
608….Sophie Godbout-Beaulieu….Ottawa….F20-24
609….Sophie Gravel….Ottawa….F40-49
610….Sophie Hollingsworth….Orleans….F30-39
611….Sophie Lebel….Ottawa….F30-39
612….Sophie Lucier….Ottawa….F25-29
613….Sophie Martel….Gatineau….F35-39
614….Sophie Morin….Ottawa….F25-29
615….Sophie Oliver….Ottawa….F40-44
616….Sophie Richer….Gatineau….F25-29
617….Soraya Moghadam….Ottawa….F40-44
618….Soren Antosz….Ottawa….M30-34
619….Sorya Gopalan….Ottawa….F30-34
620….Sotero Ramirez….Ottawa….M40-44
621….Spencer Olson….Ottawa….M35-39
622….Sridhar Erukulla….Kanata….M40-49
623….St Phane Siegrist….Gatineau….M40-49
624….St Phanie Dicaire….Gatineau….F30-39
625….St Phanie Seguin….Orleans….F30-39
626….Stacey Beumer….Ottawa….M40-49
627….Stacey Brennan….Ottawa….F30-34
628….Stacey Fox….Ottawa….F35-39
629….Stacey Grenier….Orleans….F30-34
630….Stacey Lance….Ottawa….F20-29
631….Stacey Lillico….Osgoode….F20-29
632….Stacey Martin Bafi-Yeboa….Ottawa….F30-34
633….Stacey Streng….Carleton Place….F40-44
634….Staci Walsh….Ottawa….F19 & under
635….Stacie Carey….Ottawa….F20-29
636….Stacie King….Cornwall….F30-39
637….Stacy Kauk….Ottawa….F30-39
638….Stacy Levac….Ottawa….M30-34
639….Stacy Wakeford….Ottawa….F40-49
640….Stadig Malcolm….Kemptville….M35-39
641….Stan Baldwin….Orleans….M60-69
642….Stan Druskis….Ottawa….M40-44
643….Stan Sinclair….Prescott….M40-44
644….Stan Staple….Ottawa….M60-69
645….Steacy Kavaner….Gananoque….F40-49
646….Steeve Pratte….Ottawa….M30-39
647….Stefan Beaudoin….Nepean….M40-49
648….Stefan Bilan….Ottawa….M45-49
649….Stefan Lehmeier….Ottawa….M30-34
650….Stefan Reinecke….Ottawa….M35-39
651….Stefan Van Kessel….Ottawa….M30-39
652….Stefania Parnanzone….Ottawa….F20-29
653….Stefanie Green….Brockville….F35-39
654….Stefanny St-Laurent….Chelsea….no age
655….Stella Gaerke….Ottawa….F40-49
656….Stella Lui….Ottawa….F25-29
657….Stenio Tabicas….Gatineau….M30-34
658….Stepha Currie-Mccarragher….Orleans….F35-39
659….Stephan Bazin….Ottawa….F40-44
660….Stephan Cronier….Orleans….M30-39
661….Stephan De Wit….Ottawa….M30-39
662….Stephan Dirnberger….Val-des-Monts….M30-39
663….Stephan Ethier….Ottawa….M35-39
664….Stephan Lemaire….Orleans….M30-39
665….Stephane Barry….Val-des-Monts….M45-49
666….Stephane Bedard….Kanata….M40-44
667….Stephane Bedard….Kanata….M40-49
668….Stephane Blanchard….Gatineau….M30-39
669….Stephane Boudrias….Gatineau….M30-39
670….Stephane Burelle….Orleans….M40-49
671….Stephane Castonguay….Ottawa….M40-49
672….Stephane Gagne….Gatineau….M40-44
673….Stephane Gosselin….L'Ange Gardien….M30-39
674….Stephane Gregoire….Embrun….M40-49
675….Stephane Kelly….Gatineau….M45-49
676….Stephane Kroetsch….Cantley….M25-29
677….Stephane Lavigne….Alexandria….M40-44
678….Stephane LAVIGNE….Alexandria….M40-44
679….Stephane Montpetit….Orleans….M35-39
680….Stephane Parent….Ottawa….M45-49
681….Stephane Perras….Vars….M30-39
682….Stephane Raynaud….Ottawa….M30-39
683….Stephane Siegrist….Gatineau….M40-49
684….Stephane Sirard….Gatineau….M35-39
685….Stephanie Abdon….Petawawa….F30-39
686….Stephanie Bean….Orleans….F25-29
687….Stephanie Bell….Orleans….F35-39
688….Stephanie Berry….Stittsville….F20-24
689….Stephanie Borowyk….Kanata….F25-29
690….Stephanie Bougie….Plantagenet….F20-24
691….Stephanie Brodeur….Ottawa….F30-39
692….Stephanie Brule….Orleans….F19 & under
693….Stephanie Corbett….Ottawa….F30-34
694….Stephanie Cote….Ottawa….F30-39
695….Stephanie Courcelles….Greely….F40-49
696….Stephanie Cowan….Carp….F35-39
697….Stephanie Currie-Mccarragher….Orleans….F30-39
698….Stephanie Dicaire….Gatineau….F35-39
699….Stephanie Dort….Petawawa….F30-39
700….Stephanie Dowling….Ottawa….F20-29
701….Stephanie Ducharme….Orleans….F30-39
702….Stephanie Duhaime….Ottawa….F30-34
703….Stephanie Dunne….Nepean….F50-59
704….Stephanie Earle….Ottawa….F20-29
705….Stephanie Emard….Stittsville….F30-39
706….Stephanie Fortin-Provost….Limoges….F19 & under
707….Stephanie Gauthier….Ottawa….F20-29
708….Stephanie Geary….Ottawa….F20-24
709….Stephanie Gervais….Ottawa….F25-29
710….Stephanie Goods….Ottawa….F30-34
711….Stephanie Gordon….Ottawa….F30-39
712….Stephanie Haley….Ottawa….F20-29
713….Stephanie Hornby….Ottawa….F20-29
714….Stephanie Howard-Davies….Ottawa….F65-69
715….Stephanie Jack….Ottawa….F25-29
716….Stephanie Jeffrey….Deep River….F30-34
717….Stephanie Johnson….Ottawa….F30-39
718….Stephanie Jones….Ottawa….F20-29
719….Stephanie Justus-Aloia….Ottawa….F30-34
720….Stephanie Kellar….Manotick….F19 & under
721….Stephanie Kinsella….Ottawa….F30-34
722….Stephanie Langford….Ottawa….F50-59
723….Stephanie Levasseur….Pembroke….F30-39
724….Stephanie Mcmullen….Gatineau….F30-39
725….Stephanie Mombourquette….Kemptville….F30-39
726….Stephanie Newberry….Nepean….F25-29
727….Stephanie Ouellette….Gatineau….F30-34
728….Stephanie Racine….Gatineau….F30-39
729….Stephanie Reddoch….Martintown….F45-49
730….Stephanie Rivers….Nepean….F50-59
731….Stephanie Robertson….Ottawa….F35-39
732….Stephanie Rose….Kemptville….F30-39
733….Stephanie Seguin….Gatineau….F30-39
734….Stephanie Semeniuk….Ottawa….F30-39
735….Stephanie Strittmatter….Orleans….F25-29
736….Stephanie Vanderpool….Ottawa….F25-29
737….Stephanie Vivier….Ottawa….F30-39
738….Stephanie Zellerer….Kanata….F20-24
739….Stephen Anderson….Ottawa….M30-39
740….Stephen Barry Plotz….Brockviile….M30-39
741….Stephen Bignucolo….Ottawa….M20-29
742….Stephen Bisson….Nepean….M35-39
743….Stephen Boyd….Orleans….M25-29
744….Stephen Budzinski….Orleans….M40-44
745….Stephen Bygott….Cardinal….M30-39
746….Stephen Cadieux….Kanata….M40-49
747….Stephen Chapman….Ottawa….M25-29
748….Stephen Chisnall….Orleans….M19
749….Stephen Clayton….Ottawa….M55-59
750….Stephen Crossman….Ottawa….M20-24
751….Stephen Day….Ottawa….M50-59
752….Stephen Donachey….Ottawa….M45-49
753….Stephen Donoghue….Ottawa….M35-39
754….Stephen Fryer….Nepean….M40-49
755….Stephen Goodman….Kanata….M40-49
756….Stephen Granleese….Ottawa….M50-54
757….Stephen Hunt….Stittsville….M40-49
758….Stephen Inskip….Ottawa….M35-39
759….Stephen Jacobsen….Ottawa….M40-49
760….Stephen Knox….Ottawa….M50-54
761….Stephen Laplante….Ottawa….M50-59
762….Stephen Lee….Nepean….M45-49
763….Stephen Lee….Ottawa….M55-59
764….Stephen Long….Ottawa….M40-44
765….Stephen Lowe….Orleans….M50-59
766….Stephen Mcgibbon….Perth Road….M50-54
767….Stephen Molaski….Kanata….M40-49
768….Stephen Osmond….Ottawa….M20-29
769….Stephen Pinsent….Ottawa….M40-44
770….Stephen Richards….Ottawa….M40-49
771….Stephen Roberts….Kanata….M45-49
772….Stephen Roster….Ottawa….M40-49
773….Stephen Shew….Ottawa….M40-49
774….Stephen Sunquist….Rockland….M35-39
775….Stephen Symons….Ottawa….M20-24
Photo Credit: .asiorders.com
My last shot in Andalusia, but the trip continues with the return to home...
Mi última foto en Andalucía, pero el viaje continúa con el regreso a casa...
ENGLISH
La Alpujarra (sometimes Las Alpujarras) is a mountainous district in Southern Spain, which stretches south from the Sierra Nevada mountains near Granada in the autonomous region of Andalusia. The western part of the region lies in the province of Granada and the eastern part in the province of Almería. In older sources the name is sometimes spelled Alpuxarras; it may derive from Arabic al Busherat meaning "the grass-land".
The region consists principally of valleys which descend at right angles from the crest of the Sierra Nevada on the north, to the Sierras Almijara, Contraviesa and Gádor, which separate it from the Mediterranean Sea, to the south.
The region is one of great natural beauty. Because of a warm southerly climate combined with a reliable supply of water for irrigation from the rivers running off the Sierra Nevada, the valleys of the western Alpujarras are among the most fertile in Spain, though the steep nature of the terrain means that they can only be cultivated in small fields, so that many modern agricultural techniques are impractical. They contain a rich abundance of fruit trees, especially grape vines, oranges, lemons, persimmons, figs and almonds. The eastern Alpujarra, in the province of Almería, is more arid, but still highly attractive.
La Alpujarra was successively settled by Ibero-Celtic peoples, by the Romans, and by Visigoths before the Moorish conquest of southern Spain in the eighth century. The region was the last refuge of the Moors, who were allowed to remain there for nearly 150 years after the fall of Granada in 1492. Following the Morisco Revolt of 1568, the Moorish population was forced from the region after the Moriscos used it as a military base. By order of the Spanish crown, two Moorish families were required to remain in each village in order to demonstrate to the new inhabitants, introduced from northern Spain, the workings of the terracing and irrigation systems on which the district's agriculture depends.
The influence of the Moorish population can be seen in the agriculture, the distinct cubic architecture (reminiscent of Berber architecture in Morocco's Atlas Mountains) the local cuisine, the local carpet weaving, and the numerous Arabic placenames.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpujarras
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CASTELLANO
La Alpujarra (o Las Alpujarras) es una comarca de Andalucía, en el sur de España. Incluye parte de la provincia de Granada y parte de la provincia de Almería, en las faldas de la ladera sur de Sierra Nevada.
En textos antiguos a veces la región es denominada alpujarras, nombre que deriva del término árabe al Busherat (al-bugscharra), que podría traducirse como "la Tierra de hierba" o "la Tierra de pastos". Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, que viajó por la comarca y escribió un libro, publicado en 1874, da, además de esta versión del nombre, cuatro más. Citando a Luis de Mármol, Alarcón dice que la palabra viene de la voz árabe "abuxarra" que, siempre según Alarcón, quiere decir "la rencillosa, la pendenciera". El mismo Alarcón da una segunda hipótesis del origen del nombre, que toma del arabista Miguel Lafuente Alcántara, quien añade que la palabra árabe "abuxarra" también significa "indomable". Una tercera opinión del origen del nombre procede de los arabistas ingleses Romey y Sacy quienes, basándose en los testimonios del historiador árabe Suar el-Kaicí, consideran que la palabra Alpujarra viene de la voz arábiga "Albordjela" que significa "la fortificada". Finalmente, Alarcón menciona la opinión del historiador francés Simonet que sugiere que puede proceder del nombre "Albuxarrat" que Simonet traduce por "La Sierra Blanca" o Sierra Nevada.
La región consiste principalmente en una serie de valles que descienden en ángulo recto desde las cumbres de Sierra Nevada en el Norte, a la Sierra de la Contraviesa y Sierra de Gádor, las cuales la separan del Mar Mediterráneo, al sur.
La región es de una enorme belleza natural. A causa de su clima suave combinado con una fuente fiable de agua para la irrigación de los ríos que descienden de Sierra Nevada, los valles de la Alpujarra disfrutan de un importante grado de fertilidad, si bien a causa de la naturaleza del terreno sólo pueden ser cultivados en pequeñas parcelas, por lo cual la técnicas modernas de agricultura no suelen ser viables. Abundan los árboles frutales, como naranjos, limoneros, caquis, manzanos, higueras, castaños, almendros, y los viñedos. La zona este de la Alpujarra, la almeriense, es más árida.
La Alpujarra fue sucesivamente colonizada por íberos y celtas, por la antigua Roma, y por visigodos, antes de la conquista musulmana del sur de España durante el siglo VIII; no obstante, el historiador árabe Ibn Ragid declara que la región no fue conquistada por los árabes debido a la aspereza de su territorio. Su colonización, por tanto, hubo de ser posterior y realizarse modo muy paulatino. La región fue el último refugio de los moriscos, a quienes se les permitió permanecer allí hasta mucho después de la caída del Reino Nazarí de Granada en 1492. Tras la revuelta morisca de 1568, (donde Aben Humeya, de nombre cristiano Fernando de Córdoba y Válor, se proclamó Rey de la Alpujarra) la población morisca fue expulsada de la región tras que ésta fuese usada como su base militar. Por orden de la corona española, se requirió que dos familias moriscas permaneciesen en cada villa para ayudar a los nuevos habitantes , introducidos desde el norte de España (fundamentalmente asturianos, gallegos y leoneses), la forma de trabajar las terrazas y los sistemas de irrigación de los que depende la agricultura de la región.
La influencia de la población morisca se puede observar, lógicamente, en la agricultura, la arquitectura cúbica (reminiscencias de la arquitectura bereber de las montañas marroquíes del Atlas), la cocina local, el tejido de alfombras y numerosos nombres de lugar de origen árabe.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpujarras
I've travelled from Texas
To Old Loussianne
Through mountains and valleys and plains
Footsore and weary
I rested a while
On the banks of old Pontchartrain
The fairest young maiden
That I ever saw passed by when it started to rain
We both found a shelter
Beneath the same tree
On the banks of old Pontchartrain
I ventured a smile but she thought I was bold
I hastened to try and explain
Somehow I knew I would linger a while
On the banks of old Pontchartrain
We hid from the shower and hour or so
She asked me how long I'd remain
I told her I spend the rest of my days
On the banks of old Pontchartrain
As time drifted by we fell deeper in love
A love that would just bring her pain
I knew that one day I would leave her alone
On the banks of old Pontchartrain
I just couldn't tell her that I ran away
From a jail on the West Texas plain
I prayed in my heart I would never be found
To the banks of old Pontchartrain
Then one day a man put a hand on my arm
Said I must go west the same day
I said I couldn't without saying goodbye
On the banks of old Pontchartrain
Tonight I sit here alone in my cell
I know that she is waiting in vain
And hoping and praying someday to return
On the banks of old Pontchartrain
...............Hothouse Flowers
HDRI (3 exposures by three different HDRs)in Photomatix, Panorama in Photostitch, Polaroid-Filter (Alien Skin Exposure 2, Plug-In for PS), Unsharp Mask (overall 9 separate shots)
Info:
Exposures: 1/6 Sec.; 1/25 Sec.; 0.6 Sec.;
0.3 Sec.; 1/13 Sec.; 1.3 Sec.;
0.5 Sec.; 1/8 Sec.; 2 Sec.;
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO-Speed: 100
Focal Length: 18mm
I'm not sure what causes those weird magenta splotches on the right side... maybe I'll work on fixing that.
This was a fairly hazy day, so I thought using IR would be a good choice on this image.
I kind of wish there were better clouds, but I really like the contrast of the trees against the mountain and sky.
Stitched from 5 images, for a total of 22 megapixels.